Bogey-free, the 38-year-old South African strolled round Royal St George’s in a nifty six-under par 64 to claim the early lead in the 149th Open Championship.
Cameron Smith will look to make a second-round surge after enduring difficult winds to lead the Aussie charge in Round 1 of The Open Championship at Royal St George’s Golf Club overnight.
Sometimes, if we’re lucky, the man and the moment collide on the 72nd hole, producing transcendence. Think Seve at St Andrews or Tiger at Torrey or Phil at Augusta. Time will tell if Jon Rahm deserves to share the same sentence as those legends.
During the four biggest weeks of the year, this man shows up time and again, to the point where not a single soul is surprised to see him back in one of the final two groups at a Major for the second time in the past five weeks.
Tour pros – despite obviously being gifted with incredible hand-eye co-ordination – fail to connect properly when performing the simple celebration of a high-five way more often than you might think.
The win, which counts as an official tour victory, is Leishman’s sixth, his first since the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open. Smith now has three, two at the Zurich and one at the 2020 Sony Open.
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