Smyth plays through the pain

Des Smyth is fighting through pain to stay just one shot off the leaders in today's opening round of the Open Championship.

2 under - Jeff Maggert (USA) (6)

Stewart Cink (USA) (4)

John Cook (USA) (2)

1 under - Des Smyth (9)

Patrik Sjoland (Swe) (8)

Niclas Fasth (Swe) (5)

Brad Faxon (USA) (3)

Even - Sandy Lyle (8)

Steve Elkington (Aus) (7)

Ian Woosnam (6)

Thomas Levet (Fra) (5)

Peter O’Malley (Aus) (4)

Toro Taniguchi (Jpn) (4)

Dudley Hart (USA) (4)

Ernie Els (Rsa) (3)

Lee Westwood (3)

Mark O’Meara (USA) (2)

Angel Cabrera (Arg) (2)

Dean Wilson (USA) (1)

Paul Lawrie (1)

1 over - Peter Baker (9)

Peter Lonard (Aus) (8)

Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) (4)

Paul McGinley (4)

Loren Roberts (USA) (1)

2 over - James Kingston (Rsa) (9)

Ian Stanley (Aus) (6)

Frank Lickliter (USA) (5)

3 over - Kiyoshi Miyazato (Jpn) (7)

4 over - Tom Watson (USA) (7)