The first round of the men's golf overseas major tournament, the British Open Championship, was held in the United Kingdom on the 15th, and both Takumi Kanaya and Ryutaro Nagano finished 48th in the even par.
Kanaya had two birdies and two bogies, and Nagano had one eagle and two bogies, both of which were even pars, placing him in 48th place, 6 strokes behind the lead.
Rikuya Hoshino, the representative of the Tokyo Olympics, was behind in 127th place with 3 birdies and 7 bogies with 4 overs.
Ryosuke Kinoshita started in 91st place with 2 overs, and Yuki Inamori started in 137th with 5 overs.
South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen, who was second in the PGA Championship and the US Open Championship this year, took the lead alone with a 6-under.
Hideki Matsuyama has not participated.