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Jon Rahm

was not fine

at the start of The Open Championship.

Just a

six

-foot

birdie

on the 18th hole to sweeten the sour first round, in which he finished at +1, seven shots behind his

matchmate Louis Oosthuizen

, the morning's leader six under par for Royal St George's.

The return of the Spanish is summarized in a few lines: the

putter

did not work.

The

US Open winner's

game from

tee

to

green

was up to the task, but he only took advantage of two of the many

birdie

opportunities

that presented themselves.

To all this must be added the double

bogey

on hole 9, where Barrika's was over-ambitious.

His exit ended in one of the deep

bunkers and the attempt to get the ball onto the

green

with his second shot crashed into the bunker wall, further complicating the resolution of the hole.

On a prolific morning of

birdies

at Royal St. George's, the Spaniard's card over par is a significant slowdown to his winning aspirations.

His options go through a great reaction on Friday, with a very low card, although for this, his game on the

greens

will have to change radically.

Sergio García, the best Spanish

More wise was

Sergio García

, also framed in the morning shift. The Castellón finished with two under par for the field after completing his journey with five

birdies

and three

bogeys.

A good finish with

birdies

on the 17th and 18th allows him to dream of victory on Sunday. After Ballesteros' three victories at the British Open, Sergio is the Spaniard who came closest to victory. It was in the 2007 edition, when he started the last day four strokes ahead and ended up losing in the tiebreaker against Irishman

Padraig Harrington

.

Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño

finished with +1 in one of the first matches of the morning, while

Jorge Campillo

did it by delivering a card of two over par.

Rafa Cabrera-Bello

is at stake in the afternoon shift, where the wind can be one of the main protagonists.

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