Sepp Straka’s Impressive Start at the 151st British Open: Leaderboard, Highlights, and More

2023-07-20 20:15:27

Sepp Straka started the 151st British Open for the legendary Claret Jug trophy and $16.5 million in prize money in Hoylake (England) with a par round. The Illinois PGA tournament winner recorded five birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey in his opening round of 71. At the top is a trio with 66 strokes each, five under par: South African amateur Christo Lamprecht, Englishman Tommy Fleetwood and Argentinian Emiliano Grillo.

They lead a beat ahead of another trio. Lamprecht, who was only 22, had won the amateur championship and thus qualified for the Open.

Straka had provided one of, if not the, best shot of the day on the 18th hole, which was also shared by the official Open website and the PGA Tour via Twitter. He chipped a ball out of a bunker over a wave. That put him on course for the weekend, in contrast to last year when he took 81 shots early in St Andrews to make the cut early.

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