Golf - The 146th Open Championship - Royal Birkdale - Southport, Britain - July 20, 2017 USA’s Mark O’Meara hits his tee shot on the first tee during the first round REUTERS/Hannah McKay
SOUTHPORT, England (Reuters) - Former winner Mark O'Meara was given the honour of being first off in what will almost certainly be his final British Open, but the American endured a horrible round of 81 in the rain at Royal Birkdale.
The 60-year-old won at the course on the North-West coast in 1998 and this is his final year of automatic eligibility for the competition.
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