Live updates from the opening day at CarnoustieGet the latest updates from the official leaderboardDavid Leadbetter’s course guide | The key role of Met OfficeAnd feel free to email scott.murray@theguardian.com 3.00pm BST The Masters champion Patrick Reed has been uncharacteristically poor today. He went into this week on the back of a high finish at the US Open, and a decent showing in the Scottish version last week at Gullane. But a double-bogey six at the 2nd took the wind almost immediately from his sails, and he’s never regained any momentum. He’s recently dropped another stroke at 16; he’s +3. Meanwhile up on 18, Jon Rahm is a dimple’s width away from making a 25-foot birdie putt: he drops his head for a moment, but is soon his bouncy self again, very pleased with an opening round of 69. 2.56pm BST Spieth is not alone. Chesson Hadley went out in 33 strokes this morning, but on the way back he took 40, dropping shots at 11, 12, 16, 17 and 18. Carnoustie’s infamous closing run really took a chunk out of the man from Raleigh, NC. The veteran Bernhard Langer will be cursing that finishing stretch too: the two-time Masters champion, who narrowly missed out on the Open in 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 2001 and 2005, bogeyed 16 and 17 to end the day with a two-over 73. Continue reading…
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