Slow play on first day of The Open sparks frustration

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2025-07-17

London (PA Media/dpa) - Slow play was an issue on the first day of The Open at Royal Portrush, with Australia's Marc Leishman complaining he felt like he was on the course "for about 12 hours". In reality the three-ball groups were taking around half that time, but there were frequent, long waits of up to 10 minutes on the par-five seventh. Leishman, who was out at 11.26am but encountered the worst of the weather, said: "It felt like we were on t......

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