PHOTOS: 2014 British Open Golf Championship, Round 1 – July 17, 2014
July 17, 2014
Tiger Woods of the United States hits from a greenside bunker on the 18th hole during the first round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool on July 17, 2014 in Hoylake, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images) ( 452273196 )
Marc Leishman of Australia hits from the rough during the first round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool on July 17, 2014 in Hoylake, England. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) ( 452270478 )
Spectators watch play from beside the 17th fairway on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531718169 )
Ernie Els of South Africa grimaces after a putt on the 12th green during the first day of the British Open Golf championship at the Royal Liverpool golf club, Hoylake, England, Thursday July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) ( APTOPIX British Open Golf )
Ian Poulter of England plays a bunker shot on the fifth hole during the first round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool on July 17, 2014 in Hoylake, England. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) ( 452272126 )
South Korea's Kim Hyung-Sung watches his drive from the 1st tee during his first round on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. England's former Ryder Cup star David Howell got the 143rd British Open underway just after the crack of dawn at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Thursday with all eyes early on riveted on a "fit again" Tiger Woods. (ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531701915 )
India's Anirban Lahiri (C) waits on the 1st tee during his first round on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. England's former Ryder Cup star David Howell got the 143rd British Open underway just after the crack of dawn at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Thursday with all eyes early on riveted on a "fit again" Tiger Woods. (ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531701951 )
England's David Howell plays the opening shot of the Championship from the 1st tee during his first round on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. England's former Ryder Cup star David Howell got the 143rd British Open underway just after the crack of dawn at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Thursday with all eyes early on riveted on a "fit again" Tiger Woods. (ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531702266 )
Argentina's Angel Cabrera (R) on the 2nd fairway during his first round on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. England's former Ryder Cup star David Howell got the 143rd British Open underway just after the crack of dawn at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Thursday with all eyes early on riveted on a "fit again" Tiger Woods. (PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531704967 )
Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland hits from a bunker on the 5th hole during the first round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool on July 17, 2014 in Hoylake, England. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) ( 452266980 )
US golfer Tiger Woods tests the wind on the 4th tee during his first round on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. A rusty Tiger Woods made a poor start to the British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Thursday with bogeys at the first two holes. (PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531706149 )
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy walks to the 13th green during his first round on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. Rory McIlroy went to five under after just 12 holes to share the lead in the first round of the British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf club on Thursday. (ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531708438 )
US golfer Russell Henley plays out of a green-side bunker on the 15th hole during his first round 75, on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531718592 )
Ben Martin of the United States tees off on the 4th hole during the first round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool on July 17, 2014 in Hoylake, England. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) ( 452263588 )
Sweden's Henrik Stenson (L) watches his shot from the 9th tee during his first round on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531708638 )
US golfer Phil Mickelson leaves the 1st tee during his first round on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531711652 )
Japan's Ryo Ishikawa plays from the rough on the16th hole during his first round 74, on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531717235 )
Mounted police are seen outside the course on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531712520 )
US golfer Tom Watson walks to the 13th tee during his first round on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531712429 )
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez leaves the 15th green during his first round 75, on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531716832 )
Italy's Edoardo Molinari watches his shot from the 1st tee during his first round on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. England's former Ryder Cup star David Howell got the 143rd British Open underway just after the crack of dawn at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Thursday with all eyes early on riveted on a "fit again" Tiger Woods. (ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531702631 )
Tiger Woods of the United States walks off the 2nd tee with Henrik Stenson of Sweden during the first round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool on July 17, 2014 in Hoylake, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images) ( 452266280 )
Denmark's Thomas Bjorn walking on the 13th green during his first round 70, on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531709854 )
Japan's Ryo Ishikawa reacts after making a long putt on the 18th green during his first round 74, on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531718598 )
US golfer John Daly in the rough on the 18th hole during his first round 77, on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531718617 )
Japan's Hideki Matsuyama plays out of a green-side bunker on the 17th hole during his first round 69, on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531712603 )
Spectators sleep in the sunshine on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531716252 )
Australia's Adam Scott waits on the 17th green during his first round 68, on the opening day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 17, 2014. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) ( 531718039 )
Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland plays a shot on the 5th hole during the first day of the British Open Golf championship at the Royal Liverpool golf club, Hoylake, England, Thursday July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super) ( British Open Golf )
A house near the fifth tee displays a large model octopus during the first round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool on July 17, 2014 in Hoylake, England. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) ( 452281498 )
(EDITORS NOTE: A GRADUATED FILTER WAS USED IN THE CREATION OF THIS IMAGE) Adam Scott of Australia tees off on the 13th hole during the first round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool on July 17, 2014 in Hoylake, England. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) ( 452286748 )