2017 British Open Championship live blog: Thursday's Round 1
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2017 British Open Championship live blog: Thursday’s Round 1

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The 2017 British Open Championship is underway from Royal Birkdale in England, with the best players in the world taking on the now 10-time Open host.

We've got 14 hours of live blog coverage of the game's oldest major championship through our friends at By the Minute Sport!

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