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Scottie Scheffler posts 68-68. 

He joins Tyrrell Hatton and Cameron Young at 8-under par.

Here's how Scheffler rated his chances heading into this week.

Paul Casey played the first eight holes in 4-under par. 

He's home in 39, meaning he will card a 1-under 71. 

That'll frustrate the Englishman, given his start. 

Spieth makes a birdie with a nice putt from six feet to move back to 2-under. 

Jon Rahm hits his lag putt to four feet and tidies up the par. 

Nothing much for Harold Varner III today, mind. He's 2-over. 

Ronan Mullarney, ranked 1806 in the world, moves to 3-under thru eight holes. 

He secured second place in a 36-hole qualifier. 

Now look at him. Wonderful stuff!

Woods has a great chance for birdie at 12, but misses left from about six feet.

He's really angry with himself. He just can't any momentum going. 

Fitzpatrick and Homa remain level par. 

Speaking of LIV Golf, Sergio Garcia goes for the hero shot on the Road Hole and his ball stops well short of its intended target and trickles back towards him. 

He's at 1-over par and has work to do to keep it that way. 

Talor Gooch joined up with LIV Golf then took credit for the prize purse increases announced by the PGA Tour. 

He also famously likened the atmosphere of LIV to the Ryder Cup.

He's in the mix here, with a solid opening round of 4-under 68. 

Sahith Theegala took the place of Daniel Berger at the 150th Open. 

Berger has been struggling with a back problem all season.

Theegala either was very confident or thought he'd missed his birdie putt at No. 9. 

His golf ball slammed into the middle of the cup and he moves to 3-under. 

A great start. This fella has a bright future. 

Si Woo Kim, take a bow. 

Par at the Road Hole is never bad.

If at first you don't succeed...#The150thOpenpic.twitter.com/5HssXaR9Zk

— The Open (@TheOpen) July 14, 2022

Tiger drops back to 5-over. 

His par putt at the par-3 11th just misses the left edge. 

That was silly, his birdie attempt didn't nearly have enough juice. 

Jordan Spieth saved par after narrowly avoiding the gorse at the ninth hole, but then moments later has to scream "fore" after hooking his drive way left on his next tee shot.

And his ball ends up on the top of one of the bushes.

He decides not to take the shot on, and takes a penalty drop. 

Playing three at the par-4 10th, he puts his ball right of the pin. 

It's a safe play but very likely a dropped shot. 

Brooks Koepka +1 

Shane Lowry E 

Collin Morikawa E 

Tommy Fleetwood E 

Patrick Reed E 

Phil Mickelson E 

Bryson DeChambeau -3 

We've not heard too much from Jon Rahm today. 

He's made the turn at 1-under with a couple of birdies and a dropped shot at No. 8. 

'That is just about inch perfect'@JonRahmpga#The150thOpenpic.twitter.com/dBopIibx0w

— The Open (@TheOpen) July 14, 2022

Young -8 (64)

McIlroy -6 (66)

Smith -6 (66)

Brown -5 (67)

Kitayama -4 (68)

Westwood -4 (68)

Kennedy -4 (68)

Hovland -4 (68)

Min-Woo Lee -3 (69)

Poulter -3 (69)

KH Lee -3 (69)

DeChambeau -3 (69)

Willett -3 (69)

Vincent -3 (69)

Schauffele -3 (69)

By now, we're sure you've seen Jordan Spieth absolutely devour an ice cream. 

I mean, it was truly a bizarre moment. 

Who eats a 99 like that?! 

Anyway, Spieth is in a bit of trouble at the ninth. 

He's faced with a tricky situation just off the green playing his third shot and will have work to do if he is to remain at 2-under.

Are you ok, @JordanSpieth? #The150thOpenpic.twitter.com/KgEUtrmlJH

— The Open (@TheOpen) July 13, 2022

Dustin Johnson made the turn at 1-under par. 

Since then, he's moved up the leaderboard with two more birdies at 11 and 12. 

He's just made par at No 13. 

Will he be a factor this week?!

We haven't checked in with Scottie Scheffler for a while. 

So far, he's one of the later starters who has muscled himself into contention with holes to play. 

He's currently 3-under par after he made bogey at 13, his first of the day. 

Thanks for the valuable updates Matt. 

Can we talk for a second about the pace of play today?

It's absolutely shocking. 

Woods, Homa and Fitzpatrick have been playing for almost three hours and they've not yet reached the turn. 

Ridiculous! 

Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth are playing well in the first round of The 150th Open Championship!

Both of these major champions found birdies on the 6th hole to move to 2-under-par.

Rahm is looking for his second major championship, while Spieth is looking for his second Claret Jug... 

Bryson DeChambeau on Bridgestone:

"This is a major championship. I'm going into it with a mindset that I'm focused on trying to win this golf tournament.

"So, it hasn't been on the top of my mind. I've been focused on competing and doing my best out here.

"I love them (Bridgestone). I love what they do. I still will hopefully continue to have conversations with the R&D team all the time.

"I've given them five or six different little things that have helped improve the golf ball. And hopefully will continue to do so.

"I respect it and understand everybody’s position and the ties that everybody has. I respect it."

It is a packed leaderboard on day one of The 150th Open Championship:

-8 C Young

-6 R McIlroy

-5 C Smith

-4 B Brown, K Kitayama, L Westwood, B Kennedy, V Hovland, S Scheffler (10)

-3 I Poulter, J. H. Kim, B DeChambeau, K.H. Lee, D Willett, S Vincent, X Schauffele, J Parry (17), T Gooch (13), Casey (11)

-2 L Herbert, R MacIntyre, E Els, D Frittelli, T Detry (17), M Ford (16), T Lawrence (13), S W Kim (13), D Johnson (11)