Golf: Tiger admits to 'grinding his butt off'

Quotes of the day, day one:

Tiger Woods, after opening his defence of the title with a level par 71: ‘‘I was grinding my butt off.’’

Brad Faxon, after putting himself among the early leaders with a 68: ‘‘I love playing over here, I love links golf. I played the Walker Cup down the street in 1983 and enjoyed everything about it. I love the people, the appreciation everybody here has for the game. It turned me on.’’

Justin Rose, after an impressive opening round of 69: ‘‘I played really well but I was more encouraged with my putting. I am using the putter I used at the Tour School 1999 and 2000, it is a putter I always go back to in my hour of need.’’

Jose Maria Olazabal, after joining the leaders with a 69: ‘‘I always carry the one iron, if you don’t drive the ball well you have to.’’

Colin Montgomerie, after setting the early pace with a six-under 65: ‘‘All this is, is a good start. I have never dreamt of any Thursday at the Open, but I have had a couple of dreams about Sundays.’’

Michael Hoey, the amateur champion from Belfast, after opening with a 73: ‘‘My brother Edward is carrying my bag and before the round I said to him: ‘Punch me if I go for the driver’. Hence the fact I used it only once today.’’

1 MONTGOMERIE, Colin SCO 18 -6 65

2 FAXON, Brad USA 18 -3 68

T3 ROSE, Justin ENG 18 -2 69

T3 JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Angel ESP 18 -2 69

T3 MCGINLEY, Paul IRL 18 -2 69

T3 HAYES, JP USA 18 -2 69

T3 DUVAL, David USA 18 -2 69

T3 OLAZABAL, José Maria ESP 18 -2 69

T3 APPLEBY, Stuart AUS 18 -2 69

T3 FULKE, Pierre SWE 18 -2 69

T3 ANDRADE, Billy USA 18 -2 69

T3 BALICKI, Alexandre FRA 18 -2 69

T3 FASTH, Niclas SWE 18 -2 69

T3 CEJKA, Alex GER 18 -2 69

T3 PARNEVIK, Jesper SWE 17 -2 -2

T3 MICKELSON, Phil USA 15 -2 -2

T3 GOOSEN, Retief RSA 13 -2 -2

T3 LANE, Barry ENG 13 -2 -2

T3 ROBERTS, Loren USA 12 -2 -2

T3 SINGH, Vijay FIJ 11 -2 -2

T3 SABBATINI, Rory USA 10 -2 -2

T3 MAYFAIR, Billy USA 9 -2 -2

T3 LYLE, Sandy SCO 8 -2 -2

T3 ILONEN, Mikko FIN 3 -2 -2

T25 O'MEARA, Mark USA 18 -1 70

T25 CLARKE, Darren NIR 18 -1 70

T25 BRAND JNR., Gordon SCO 18 -1 70

T25 DIXON (AM), David ENG 18 -1 70

T25 ROMERO, Eduardo ARG 16 -1 -1

T25 LONARD, Peter AUS 12 -1 -1