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The Guardian
29 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Scheffler and Lowry ride out storm while Morikawa gets bogged down again
It was grin-and-bear-it weather during the first morning of the Open, the sort that makes you question why you ever thought a British seaside holiday was a good idea to begin with. The first shower blew in right around the time Scottie Scheffler got to the 1st tee. He had the air of a stubborn parent who'd made the mistake of hauling their kids out in the heedless belief that it was going to clear up any minute, and was now determinedly leading them into the local folk museum that had been recommended by the holiday home owners. Scheffler gritted his teeth and got on with it, pretending he was enjoying it. 'Was there a shot that stood out today for you, that you were really pleased with?' Scheffler was asked after his round. 'No' he said. Scheffler's round was all ups and downs. He made birdies at the 3rd, where he holed an 18ft putt, and the 7th and 10th, but bogeys at 9th and 11th when both his tee shots blew wide right into the rough. That put him one-under by the time the weather finally changed, and he was able to pick up a couple more shots with back-to-back birdies at the 16th and 17th on his way back in. He finished in 68, which was a hell of a round in the conditions. It left him a shot off the clubhouse lead, an auspicious position for him, and an ominous one for everyone else. For a man who says he doesn't much care about winning, he's mighty good at it. Scheffler just doesn't miss. 'Even when you look at him and it looks like he's hitting a bad shot, it doesn't go in a bad spot,' said his playing partner Shane Lowry. The two of them were playing with Collin Morikawa. They made for an entertaining threesome, with six major championships between them. Lowry, born and raised in County Offaly, is the local favourite, and the sort of lunatic who seems to enjoy playing in these conditions. It's hard to be sure, because he only ever seems to be scowling when he is out there. He has the rictus grimace of a farmer ploughing the lower 40 in a squall. He won the Open here in 2019 by scoring 72 in conditions that were so bad they brought the tee times forward. Lowry, last man out, ended up winning his one major in some of the worst conditions in the modern history of the championship. Almost everyone else was playing a long iron off the 1st tee, Lowry was one of the few to hit a driver, which he walloped, low, sure, and straight up the fairway. Gosh but he knows how to play in the wind and rain, even after all the years of warm-weather living in Florida. He was two-under through the first six holes, with birdies at the long par-five and the short par-three. He would have been better yet if he had only found his putting touch, but the ball always seemed to sit up inches from the cup. Soon enough he was striding around the greens like a bear who's just out of hibernation, swatting at the ball like he was trying to bat a passing salmon with his paw. A couple of three-putts when the weather was at its worst meant Lowry finished in one-under, sealed with a two-putt from 60ft on the 18th, where his final 5ft par putt was cheered in by a packed grandstand of home fans. Sign up to The Recap The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend's action after newsletter promotion Which made Morikawa the odd one out. A lot has been made of Scheffler's curious remarks in his press conference earlier this week, when he got himself in a tangle trying to describe what motivates him. To be honest, Scheffler is the straight-down-the middle sort who might think twice about trying to spell existential crisis out loud, let alone talk about how he's suffering from one. Morikawa, though, does seem unsure of himself these days. It is coming up on two years since his last victory, at the Zozo Championship in late 2023. He has used four different caddies in the past six months, and most of his headlines have been about the rows he's having with the media. Out here Morikawa seemed to be on the wrong side of a running argument with his ball. 'Sit, sit, sit,' he pleaded as it scuttled over into the long grass at the back of the 1st green, 'go, go, go,' he urged as it dropped, plopped, and stopped short of the 4th. 'Oh my God!' he bellowed as it flew way wide at the 7th, where it fetched up in a group of spectators gathered on top of one of the high dunes. His day didn't get any better. He made three bogeys on the back nine, and finished four-over and as good as out of it. Like Lowry said: 'Days like today, you can really play your way out of a tournament.'
Times
37 minutes ago
- Times
English Heritage and the National Trust are on the brink — this is why
With the UK struggling on so many fronts right now I'm sure I'm not alone in seeking solace in the beauties of our countryside and the wonders of our historic built environment. If all else fails we still have inspiring landscapes, magnificent coastlines and an array of architectural masterpieces to rival any other nation's. We can surely be confident, can't we, that this heritage of natural and man-made glories will always be available for us and future generations to enjoy? Well, I hate to be the bearer of yet more bad news, but the answer to that assertion is either 'not necessarily' or a blunt 'no', depending on how pessimistic you want me to be. And after the announcements of the past few weeks I'm veering down the unremittingly gloomy route.
The Independent
an hour ago
- The Independent
Fun on the fairways as tens of thousands descend on Portrush for The Open
It was fun on the fairways in Portrush as tens of thousands flocked to the north coast to see the world's top golfers tee off on the first day of The Open. The crowds included actor James Nesbitt, US ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens, First Minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly. While anticipation was high to see returning hero Rory McIlroy in action, during the wait there was an opportunity to recreate his famous television clip chipping golf balls into a washing machine. McIlroy was a primary school child in 1999 when he appeared on UTV's Kelly show as a promising youngster showing off his skills with the trick. Ms Little-Pengelly, herself a keen golfer, was among those who tried the 'chipping it like Rory' challenge. Despite the watching crowd, the deputy First Minister showed no sign of pressure as she took a moment to carefully line up the perfect shot, which resulted in the ball deftly landing in the drum. Breaking into a huge smile she punched the air amid cheers. The crowds, ten deep in places, endured heavy rain showers in the early afternoon before the sun finally broke through not long before McIlroy himself appeared at the first fairway. You could have heard a pin drop as people stretched every sinew and used all possible vantage points to get a glimpse of the Holywood man taking his first shot of the tournament. Almost 280,000 fans snapped up tickets for the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush, which will be the second best attended in history. Among them on Thursday were Lilian Kennedy and Norman Kennedy from Coleraine, and her niece Tracey Bradley from Dungannon, with Karl Holmes, originally from south Wales. They said they were delighted to see some of the biggest names in golf, including McIlroy, as well as Shane Lowry, who won The Open last time it was held in Portrush in 2019. It was Mrs Kennedy's birthday, and she was enjoying the experience thanks to Ms Bradley, who gave her the ticket for The Open as a birthday gift. 'I couldn't have asked for anything better than that, a great birthday present,' she said, giving her niece a hug. Mr Holmes said they had been there all week and it had been 'fantastic'. 'It's great, the facilities are fantastic, we haven't seen much today because of the weather, but I saw Rory McIlroy right in front of me yesterday which was fantastic,' he said. 'Good old brolly,' he added, in reference to the rain. Mr Kennedy laughed and said it had been hard to see much with all the umbrellas earlier, before the sun re-emerged, but praised the good atmosphere. Gene Fleming, Bart Lewis, Brian Halloran and William Bell, friends who had been fraternity brothers at Eastern Kentucky University in the US, said they were enjoying the true European golf experience with the rain. Mr Lewis said it was his second Open, after attending the 150th at St Andrews in Scotland. 'It was awesome so we came back, and so far so good,' he said. 'Actually when we were in Scotland the weather wasn't bad at all, so I wanted to experience a British Open that had the actual weather, that's part of it. 'The weather does seem to have a bigger play in the tournament result (in the UK compared to tournaments in the US), but I do enjoy the hospitality in Europe all over, I think it's a great place, we've had a fantastic time.' Mr Fleming said they had loved the experience of playing golf in the rain on the island of Ireland themselves, before the Open tournament. 'What's so amazing is that if we had this weather in the United States, the complaining and carrying on at the golf course would be unbearable, but there is no sympathy here, the weather is the weather, we're learning about it, we played two rounds in it, enjoyed it thoroughly,' he said. 'We got great weather one day and we got the whole Irish experience the other day. 'We loved it, I'll never forget it, I'm so glad I came here. My mother's maiden name of O'Brien, so I've got some Irish in me.'
