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The first shot of the second day of the Open is hit by the 2009 champion golfer Stewart Cink. The US star didn’t get the acclaim he deserved upon winning at Turnberry back in the day, the unavoidable cost of beating the legendary Tom Watson in a play-off. Watson was 59, agonisingly close to breaking all sorts of records, and so Cink was cast in the role of dream-snatcher and heart-breaker, all for having the temerity to win the biggest tournament of his life with some brilliant golf. Well, he gets the love he deserves now with a warm round of applause as he sends his opening tee shot down the middle. A film of Cink’s 2009 triumph and its aftermath, Underdogs, is on Sky Sports and well worth your time. Warning: Cink’s disarming charm may make you feel a tad guilty. Anyway, now 52, Cink is +4, with a bit of work to do if he’s to avoid the cut this time round.
… and we’re back. Less than nine hours ago, the first day of the 153rd edition of the Open Championship came to a close. Now we’re up and running again! Friday promises to be another Homeric odyssey, and we’ll be blogging about it ♫♪ all day looooooonng♫♪. Here’s how the very top of a star-studded leaderboard looked at the end of play last night …