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Jordan Spieth Lurking After Solid 1st Round at 2019 British Open

For the first five holes on Thursday, it looked like Jordan Spieth might set the Royal Portrush golf course on fire with his red-hot play.

He cooled off considerably after that, however, starting his Open Championship with a one-under 71 in the first round of play.

That put him three strokes behind Shane Lowry (four-under), who sat atop the leaderboard after his opening round alongside JB Holmes and Jon Rahm (who were both four-under and still in action at the time of publication).

Spieth shot up the leaderboard early with birdies on the second, third and fifth holes.