Five to watch at the 154th Open

Royal Birkdale will host the 154th Open Championship from Thursday onwards.

Here the Press Association looks at some of the players to watch.

The Northern Irishman has won only one Claret Jug, at nearby Royal Liverpool 12 years ago, but will still go into the tournament as second favourite and will have a huge backing from fans. On his only previous appearance at Birkdale in 2017 he finished joint fourth after a first-round 71 left him playing catch-up six behind.