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Former champions Louis Oosthuizen and Jordan Spieth sparkled in the morning sunshine as the 149th British Open started at Royal St George’s on Thursday.
South African Oosthuizen, the winner in 2010, made six birdies in a flawless 64 to finish on six under par, one shot ahead of American Spieth, champion in 2017.
Brian Harman matched his compatriot Spieth with a 65 to share second place, one clear of Canadian Mackenzie Hughes, South African Dylan Frittelli and veteran American Stewart Cink, another former champion.
Oosthuizen, 38, struck his irons beautifully to pick up three birdies around the turn and added three more on the closing holes to make a strong start to his bid for a second Major title.
“Probably in my mind it was the perfect round I could have played,” he told reporters. “I didn’t make many mistakes. When I had good opportunities for birdie, I made the putts. So, yeah, just a very good solid round.”
Spieth made four consecutive birdies from the fifth hole and sank a 12-foot putt on the 16th green to cap a fine round and confirm the 27-year-old’s return to form after he finished 2020 ranked 82nd in the world.
England’s Justin Rose, Danny Willett, Andy Sullivan and Jack Senior carded 67s along with South African Justin Harding, American Scottie Scheffler and South Korea’s Byeong-Hun An.
The 2020 tournament was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic but up to 32,000 fans are allowed in each day this year as part of a British government test event and warm applause rippled around the links course.
“The Open is a very special venue, a very special tournament for everyone,” Willett, the 2016 Masters champion, told reporters.
“To be able to be clapped onto every tee, every green makes a big difference in this game and it’s been fantastic to have them back.”
It was a tough day for 2020 US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau who battled to a round of 71.
The long-hitting American visited the treacherous rough on several occasions and made three bogeys on the front nine to drop back to one over.
DeChambeau appeared to have worked out the undulating fairways when he collected three consecutive birdies from the 12th but two more dropped shots left him well off the pace.
World number one Dustin Johnson started with a solid 68 and defending champion Shane Lowry carded 71 playing with Oosthuizen and Spanish US Open champion Jon Rahm, whose 71 was spoiled by a double bogey at the ninth.
Richard Bland was given the honour of hitting the opening shot of the tournament and the Englishman, who won his first European PGA Tour title this season at the 478th attempt, struck his drive straight down the fairway.
“It was very special, very nerve-racking,” Bland told reporters. “This is what it’s all about. The nerves definitely sort of cranked up a little bit and I was glad to hit one in the fairway.”
Early scoreboard
British and Irish unless stated, par 70, (a) denotes amateurs
64 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
65 Jordan Spieth (USA), Brian Harman (USA)
66 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Dylan Frittelli (Rsa), Stewart Cink (USA)
67 Andy Sullivan, Justin Harding (Rsa), Danny Willett, Jack Senior, Justin Rose, Scottie Scheffler (USA), Byeong Hun An (Kor)
68 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Paul Casey, Chris Kirk (USA), Dustin Johnson (USA), Sergio Garcia (Esp), Brandt Snedeker (USA), Daniel von Tonder (Rsa), Jaco Ahlers (Rsa)
69 Marcus Armitage, Abraham Ancer (Mex), Brooks Koepka (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Joel Dahmen (USA), Marcus Kinhult (Swe), Talor Gooch (USA), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Will Zalatoris (USA), Yuxin Lin (Chn) (am), Erik van Rooyen (Rsa), Cameron Tringale (USA), Lanto Griffin (USA).
70 Richard Bland, Chan Kim (USA), Dean Burmester (Rsa), Sam Horsfield, Jason Kokrak (USA),Daniel Berger (USA), Lucas Herbert (Aus), Victor Perez (Fra), Kevin Streelman (USA), Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Aaron Rai, Jazz Janewattananond (Thai), Harold Varner III (USA), Johannes Veerman (USA)
71 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Esp), JC Ritchie (Rsa), Darren Clarke,Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), CT Pan (Tai), Jonathan Thomson, Sam Burns (USA), Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm (Esp), Lee Westwood
72 Richard Mansell, Ryan Palmer (USA), Thomas Detry (Bel), Ian Poulter, Ernie Els (Rsa), Jorge Campillo (Esp), Branden Grace (Rsa), Chez Reavie (USA), Paul Waring, Christoffer Bring (Den) (am), Adam Long (USA)
73 Abel Gallegos (Arg) (am), Garrick Higgo (Rsa), Joe Long (am), Gary Woodland (USA), Marcel Schneider (Ger), Brendan Steele (USA), Troy Merritt (USA)
74 Alexander Noren (Swe), Laird Shepherd (am), Min Woo Lee (Aus), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Matthias Schmid (Ger) (am), Romain Langasque (Fra), Aaron Pike (Aus)
75 Haotong Li (Chn), Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Cole Hammer (USA), Harris English (USA), Lucas Glover (USA), Jason Day (Aus), John Catlin (USA)
76 Daniel Croft, Joost Kuiten (Neth)
77 Conor Wordsall