The Open golf LIVE: Tee times, leaderboard and scores as Rory McIlroy goes for glory

Jason Day with those magic hands from the bunker on the third.

Perhaps the best bunker player in the world? He splashes out of the deep bunker and has an easy par putt to stay at -1.

Koepka struggling early, still +1, some others off to a slow start include: Matt Fitzpatrick (+1) and Rickie Fowler (+1).

The 22-year-old South African amateur Lamprecht makes another! -4!

Scheffler with 20 feet more or less and it almost dies one rotation before the hole, but it’s in!

The world No 1 and joint-favourite with McIlroy moves to -1.

Fleetwood’s effort, from much closer, is too hard, he stays at even.

Brooks Koepka (+1) looking to get back to level, has about 20 feet for birdie on three.

A nice punched iron from Fleetwood on the second, it rolls to within eight to 10 feet. Lovely. A birdie try for the local favourite.

Cam Smith birdies the first! What a start for the champion.

Scheffler now, on the second, 20 feet for his birdie coming up.

Cameron Smith is off, the champion plays a tidy fade and avoids the dreaded rough on the left side that has proven a popular landing spot.

And the US Open champion Wyndham Clark is underway too: It’s a baby fade and lands softly on the first fairway. Lovely start.

Rickie Fowler, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland – 22/1

Tyrell Hatton, Patrick Cantlay – 25/1

Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry, Xander Schauffele – 28/1

Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth – 33/1

Justin Rose, Max Homa, Min Woo Lee, Wyndham Clark – 50/1

Our man out on the course, Luke Baker, is already picking up a trend off the first.

“Everyone is going left off this 1st tee, Scheffler, Fleetwood and now Adam Scott have all just done so.

“Although Matt Jordan was able to save par from there despite then going into a bunker.”

It’s the group of the first wave and we’ll have updates throughout the morning.

Spieth’s second shot into the third is tidy, the 2017 Open champion will hope to be in the mix this week.

Now then, the world No 1, Scottie Scheffler, takes driver and it’s a big swinging draw down the left, it’s in the rough.

Stewart Cink is also in the red, the 2009 Open champion at Turnberry birdies the fifth, a clean start through six holes.

The big names are starting to venture out onto the course now too, Brooks Koepka is underway alongside Patrick Cantlay and Hideki Matsuyama.

My word, the South African amateur Christo Lamprecht is pulling clear early on.

He’s -3 and has a two-shot lead after six holes in his opening round.

Jordan, Herbert, Larrazabal, Reed and Pieters all at -1 and starting nicely on this fine morning in Hoylake, it’s beautiful golf weather and a very low round is surely out there for somebody.