By James Cave · 16th July 2026
Southport’s Tommy Fleetwood has teed off at the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
The The FedEx Cup holder hit a decent tee shot at the first, reaching the left of the fairway, to begin his first round of the world’s oldest golf tournament, eventually making par having exceeded the green on his secodn shot.
Fleetwood hit the rough on 2 and 3, but recovered well to make par on both.
Fleetwood plays in the 10:09 game with former-PGA Tour #1 Jordan Speith and Spain’s Jon Ram.
This is the 11th time Royal Birkdale has hosted The Open, with over 300,000 spectators expected.
Fleetwood is third favourite with Ladbrokes to secure the Championship, after Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy.
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