Jon Rahm is having a day to forget at the British Open

Spanish golfer Jon Rahmnumber 3 in the world, had a day to forget on the first day of the tournament British Open which he supplemented with a card 74 strokes (3 over par) at the Royal Liverpool Club, which is far from the top of the order led by the South African Christo Lamprecht, the British Tommy Fleetwood and the Argentine Emiliano Grillo.

Rahm stuck around from the start of the round heading into the first hole with a putt into the tall grass that he later corrected to finish even.

The the first six holes were tiedwith some compromising moments, especially when leaving the tee, which he knew how to correct, but the seventh ended with a bogey that gave him +1.

The eighth and ninth were also tied and it wasn’t until the tenth that he managed to make another birdie, which is how he started the worst moments playing on the course, managing to make three more bogeys — holes 12, 16 and 18 — which made him finish with 74 shots and his main goal right now is to get the lead on the second day.

Jon Rahm’s friend was Northern Irish Rory McIlroy, the winner of the 2014 edition and who came to this event after winning the Scottish Open, and a Brit Justin Rosenumber 32 in the world and who knows what it’s like to be close to winning this tournament, where he was second in 2018.

McIlroy finished a rather erratic course which he corrected on the fourteenth and fifteenth holes with two birdies which put him at even par, quite the opposite of Rose who finished with a 74 (+3).