The Open 2026: golf updates from day one at Royal Birkdale – live

The 154th Open Championship has begun at Royal Birkdale, with first-round action underway on a relatively calm morning with light winds expected to increase for later starters. In the opening group, Thomas Detry claimed the first birdie of the week with a wedge to eight feet on hole one, while James Nicholas made bogey and Matthew Baldwin carded par. Conditions are expected to become slightly more challenging as the day progresses.