Fleetwood savours 'great day' as he grabs early share of Open lead

The Englishman carded six birdies en route to an opening 66 that left him tied with South African amateur Christo Lamprecht on mixed morning for Irish hopes

TAKING IT ALL IN: England's Tommy Fleetwood walks down the 18th during day one of The Open at the Royal Liverpool, Wirral. Pic: Richard Sellers/PA Wire.

Tommy Fleetwood rode a wave of home support to the top of the leaderboard on day one of the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.

Roared on by a partisan crowd, the 32-year-old from Southport carded six birdies and a solitary bogey in an opening 66 to share the clubhouse lead with South African amateur Christo Lamprecht on five under par.