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148th Open Championship: Thursday

Images from Thursday’s first round of the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

Jon Rahm

Jon Rahm of Spain plays his second shot on the 9th fairway during Day One of the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Portrush, Co Antrim. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods of the United States climbs out of the bunker on the first hole during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)

Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka prepares to putt at the 9th green during the first round of the British Open golf Championships at Royal Portrush golf club in Northern Ireland on July 18, 2019. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)

Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts to a missed putt on the sixteenth hole during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Warren Little/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)

Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his shot from the eighth tee during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods of the United States looks on the 6th during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson of the United States plays a shot on the 16th hole during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

Jason Day and Steve Williams

Jason Day of Australia (R) looks down the 6th with his caddie during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson of the United States prepares to play a putt on the 5th green during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Paul Casey

Paul Casey of England hits his second shot on the fifth hole during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)

Kurt Kitayama

Kurt Kitayama of the United States reacts on the 18th green during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Warren Little/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)

Matthew Fitzpatrick

Matthew Fitzpatrick of England lines up a putt on the 18th hole during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland searches for the ball on the 1st hole during Day One of the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Portrush, Co Antrim. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Rickie Fowler

Rickie Fowler of the United States looks on after playing his tee shot on the sixth hole during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)

Tommy Fleetwood

England’s Tommy Fleetwood prepares to tee off from the 9th hole during the first round of the British Open golf Championships at Royal Portrush golf club in Northern Ireland on July 18, 2019. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)

Patrick Reed

Patrick Reed of the United States speaks to a rules official during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)

Ian Poulter

Ian Poulter of England walks on the 18th green during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Francesco Molinari

Francesco Molinari of Italy waves to the crowd on the first hole during the first round of the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)