-3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley

Here’s Justin Thomas finishing off his opening round of 68. He’s the current leader and has the safety of being in the clubhouse.

-3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley

It’s a bogey at 12 for Maverick McNealy who had been playing well and settling for consistent pars. That’s another instance of the course taking a shot back after a player goes slightly out of position.

-3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley, McNealy

Here’s a look at the big names teeing off in the next hour or so which include Tiger Woods, Collin Morikawa and Scottie Scheffler:

2.26 - Wyndham Clark, Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama

2.37 -Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Tiger Woods

2.48 - Collin Morikawa

2.59 - Matthew Fitzpatrick, Shane Lowry, Cameron Smith

3.10 - Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth

-3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley, McNealy

Rahm’s second shot on the 16th, a par-5 with potential for birdies, is a big fade that catches the wind. ‘Four right’ shouts the Spaniard as his ball sails into the rough. Not a great shot that one.

His playing partner, Tommy Fleetwood, fizzes his second shot over the back of the green and finishes up next to the stand. If he can get up-and-down from there it’ll be a birdie.

-3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley, McNealy

Henley can’t convert the birdie chance at the par-5 16th and settles for a nice par. He remains one stroke off the lead and will have his sights set on getting into the clubhouse without any errors.

A hole further back, Tom Kim slides a right-to-left putt across the green from 10-feet or so and records a birdie. That drops him back to +3 but there are a couple of holes he can attack on the way in.

-3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley, McNealy

Jason Day has given himself a couple of chances to score early but hasn’t been able to take either of them. Still these are welcome pars on the first two holes for the Australian who is easing into this round.

That’s good! On 16 Russell Henley flicks his third shot on the green with a touch of top spin. The ball rolls on and weighs up around three or four feet from the hole.

-3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley, McNealy

Oh my. That one is going to hurt Sam Hutsby. He’s on the eighth, the postage stamp par-3, and misses the green off the tee. He can only recover to leave a bogey putt but leaves it wide of the hole.

It’s a five for the Englishman who drops back to one under.

-3 Thomas, Hutsby; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley, McNealy

Jon Rahm has a birdie putt from the edge of the green on 15. He’s a long way out and nails his foot. Halfway to the hole it looks as though the ball is flying past but it slows up and just trickles by the hole.

Playing with him, Robert MacIntyre leaves his birdie effort short of the hole.

-3 Thomas, Hutsby; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley, McNealy

-3 Thomas, Hutsby; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley, McNealy

That is good. Sam Hutsby takes his share of the lead with a third birdie of the day at the seventh. He’s been remarkable consistent at the start of this round and could set a very tough score to catch if he keeps this going.

At 13, Brian Harman wobbles a birdie putt just to the left of the hole and grimacez when it fails to drop. He fancied that one.