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A little local knowledge come in handy. matthewjordan grew up playing this links. he came through qualifying and will now hit the first tee shot on thursday. it's an amazing honour. um, i'm sure the first tee, no matter what,| was going to be special, . but obviously to have this, you know, as a kid growing up, i used to wake up early, - you know, it's half six and - that was the open commencing and that was it done. so, um, i've got fond memories. so, to have this, as you say, honour is brilliant. _ who hits the last shots come sunday will likely etch their name into an illustrious history. w...

The first tee shot was hit around 6:30 this morning, and watching all the action today — our sports correspondent, andy swiss. bright skies, big crowds, and huge anticipation. as the golf world descended on the wirral, a local lad got the ball rolling. on the tee from england, matthewjordan! matthewjordan has played at hoylake since he was seven, and the qualifier set the early pace with a round of 2—under. dispatched further to the target. but soon an even more unlikely name led the way — south african amateur christo lamprecht. this is astonishing. 6'8", and making a big impression. as...

And breaking. a little local knowledge come in handy. matthewjordan grew up playing this links. he came through qualifying and will now hit the first tee shot on thursday. it's an amazing honour. um, i'm sure the first tee, no matter what,| was going to be special, . but obviously to have this, you know, as a kid growing up, i used to wake up early, - you know, it's half six and - that was the open commencing and that was it done. so, um, i've got fond memories. so, to have this, as you say, honour is brilliant. _ who hits the last shots come sunday will likely etch their name into an illustri...

Instead away. i'm up there and thousands of photographers, i'm on the first tee hitting the ball in a take a swing and hit it perfectly right down the middle of the lawn by any standard, the longest per age but pretty long and everybody was very impressed and then this guy gets up and he rips it in his ball was starting to get airborne. we had a great time and he loved it. but he loved japan and he loved the people and he respected the united states. we had a very unfair trade deal with japan, they took advantage like everybody does. there was in a country where we had a fair deal. south korea...

Big crowd on the first tee. there is no mulligans allowed at rivera the first tee. the president gets up. strikes one down the middle. i get up, cold top it into the dune down below. he pardoned the first shot. presidential ruling, i'm giving peyton manning a mulligan. thank you for that, mr. president. that was nice of you. >> i didn't feel bad for you. i thought you were, you know, high stakes performer. and -- >> believe me. i was a little shocked by that. >> i would rather throw four interceptions on national tv than do what i did front of you. >> turn now to the nhl and a new iron man in ...