300/1 outsider Daniel Brown currently holds the lead after Round 1 at The Open. Scoring has proved tricky for most of the field however he carded an impressive -6, unfortunately no one picked him for LMS though! Shane Lowry sits 1 shot behind Brown and plenty picked him so they’ll be hoping he can continue to score well in Round 2.

Only 13 golfers scored under par in Round 1, the forecast looks more tricky as the day goes on with wind gusts picking up. The golfers teeing off late morning/early afternoon will have to be on top form if they want to remain in contention.

Anthony Jermone is currently leading in our LMS leaderboard, all 3 of his golfers are under par, which considering the overall leaderboard is very impressive!

At the other end of the table Michael is struggling on +24 after picking Rory McIlroy (+7), Cameron Smith (+9) and Rickie Fowler (+8), it’s safe to say he’s going to be struggling to challenge for the prize pot!

There were no withdrawals so the prize pot remains as announced and stands at £12,500

1st – £9,375

2nd – £2,500

3rd – £625

Unfortunately, there was an early exit for 21 entries with Romain Langasque withdrawing mid round so they are all out of the competition.

Top 10

After Round 1, the top 10 is as follows:

1st – Anthony jerome 2 -10 (-5,-3,-2)

2nd – Paddy Garvey 2 -7 (-5,-1,-1)

3rd – Sam Carter -6 (-5,-2,1)

3rd – Jon Millward -6 (-5,-2,1)

3rd – Joe Knall -6 (-5,-2,1)

3rd – Mark Condren -6 (-5,-2,1)

3rd – Andrew Harley -6 (-5,-2,1)

8th – Brendan Magennis 3 -6 (-5,-1,0)

9th – Jake Johnson -5 (-5,-2,2)

9th – Mr R Piece 2 -5 (-5,-2,2)

9th – Mark Gould -5 (-5,-2,2)

9th – Mathew Berkley -5 (-5,-2,2)

9th – Chris Kernot 2 -5 (-5,-2,2)

9th – Stephen Roberts -5 (-5,-2,2)

9th – Paul De Asha 2 -5 (-5,-2,2)

The entries with Rory McIlroy (326), Ludvig Åberg (233), Tommy Fleetwood (205), Wyndham Clark (139), Sahith Theegala (131), Bryson DeChambeau (103), Tom Kim (100) and Akshay Bhatia (96) will all be sweating today as they are in danger of missing the cut. The projected cut is currently +3 so we could be looking at a huge number of entries being out of the running!

Individual scores can be viewed on our website by clicking on the link below

https://lms.golf/2024-lms/2024-the-open/2024-the-open-last-man-standing-leaderboard/

Shot of the Day

Shot of the day goes to Stephan Jaeger who holed this impressive eagle from the rough on the 13th hole.

https://x.com/TheOpen/status/1813904625646342336

We will send out an update after Round 2 with details on how many people have survived the cut.

Best of luck,

Cole & Alex