Not one of Rickie Fowler’s better days even though he’s playing as well now as he ever has. Tied 5th on the 18th hole he then hit two balls out of bounds,

Earlier he had been heckled by a man in the gallery who called him a coward for not going through with the Leeds United investment that Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas are involved in.

Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas have gone ahead with theninvestment. Jordan said “it’s a big city, a historic club, a great venue – Elland Road. Once you start to look into it, we knew it could be really exciting. I’m really excited to have a team that I’m emotionally invested in. It’ll be Championship for now, but Premier League hopefully soon.”

Spieth put together a strong opening round at Royal Liverpool by carding a 69, leaving himself at -2, but the story of the day was 6ft 8in amateur Christo Lamprecht stealing an early march as he went into the clubhouse at -5.