Englishman Howell hits first shot at British Open


  • Golf
  • Thursday, 17 Jul 2014

HOYLAKE England (Reuters) - David Howell launched the 143rd British Open on a glorious sunny morning at Royal Liverpool on Thursday, hitting his opening drive down the right of the 458-yard first hole.

With the small grandstand around the first tee already packed at 6.25am local time, Englishman Howell was followed on to the tee by 2001 champion David Duval of the United States and Robert Karlsson from Sweden.

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