Golf: Faxon moves ahead of the field

British Open Leaderboard at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s:

3 under - Brad Faxon (USA) (after 7 holes)

2 under - Carlos Franco (Par) (7)

Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) (5)

1 under - Jean Hugo (Rsa) (9)

David Howell (9)

Dudley Hart (USA) (4)

Phillip Price (4)

Paul McGinley (2)

Scott Henderson (USA) (2)

Tiger Woods (USA) (1)

Level - Des Smyth (10)

Mark Roe (9)

Justin Rose (6)

Steve Stricker (USA) (4)

Padraig Harrington (5)

Ian Woosnam (4)

Justin Leonard (USA) (2)

(x) Michael Hoey (3)

Mark O’Meara (USA) (2)

Bernhard Langer (Ger) (2)

Steve Flesch (USA) (2)

Selected Others:

3 over - Thomas Bjorn (Den) (6)