Jackson Suber was the surprise leader at the end of Round 1, he was 350/1 at the start of the tournament, he’s now into 18/1! Unfortunately no one has him for LMS, otherwise that would have been an inspired pick!

Dean and Ian lead the way on our LMS leaderboard with Michael joining them on -8 but he sits in third. It’s incredibly tight at the top with 24 entries in our Top 10!

At the other end of the table, Kie probably won’t be challenging for the prize pot as he’s currently on +15 after picking Gary Woodland – 150 (+8), Justin Rose – 28 (+5) and Matt Fitzpatrick – 16 (+2).

There were no withdrawals before all the golfers teed off, so the prize pot remains at £16,300, which is split as follows:

1st – £12,225

2nd – £3,250

3rd – £825

Top 10

After Round 1, the top 10 is as follows:

1st – Dean Bellair2 -8 (-4,-3,-1)

1st – Ian Turner 3 -8 (-4,-3,-1)

3rd – Michael Dixon 2 -8 (-3,-3,-2)

4th – Kieran Ambrose 4 -7 (-3,-2,-2)

4th – Paul Flaherty 5 -7 (-3,-2,-2)

6th – Neil Brazell -6 (-3,-3,0)

6th – Steve McIntyre -6 (-3,-3,0)

8th – Chris Gale 3 -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – chris parrish mum -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Conor Murray -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Dan Hamill -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Freddie Greenwood -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Golfmik 2 -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – James Ashurst -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Jim Cheung 4 -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Kieran Mawdesley -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Mark McCarthy 4 -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Michael Dixon 8 -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Neil McCulloch -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Paul Ashton -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Paul sharkey 1 -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Phil gore 3 -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Rhiannon Williams -6 (-3,-2,-1)

8th – Rylan eden 2 -6 (-3,-2,-1)

The predicted cut currently stands at +1, so the entries with Rory McIlroy – 6 (381), Matt Fitzpatrick – 16 (376), Justin Rose – 28 (195), Brian Harman – 100 (171), Wyndham Clark – 33 (143), Xander Schauffele – 22 (110) and Patrick Reed – 50 (110) will all be sweating today as they are in danger of missing the cut.

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

https://lms.golf/2026-lms/2026-the-open/2026-the-open-last-man-standing-leaderboard/

Shot of the Day

Shot of the day goes to Harry Hall who chipped in for eagle on hole 17.

https://x.com/i/status/2077804605191196827

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

Best of luck,

Cole & Alex