GOLF – DENMARK’S Jacob Skov Olesen, China’s Li Haotong, England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick, South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout and American Harris English shot four-under-par 67s to share the British Open first-round lead at Royal Portrush yesterday.
World number one Scottie Scheffler was one stroke adrift, and Rory McIlroy scrambled to a 70 after a rollercoaster round in which he bogeyed the first hole and fought back to three under before fading on the back nine.
Qualifier Olesen, the world number 354, sank a 40-foot birdie putt on the tough opening hole and eagled the 12th before making his second bogey at the last.
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