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Todd Hamilton returns to Royal Troon for 1st time since 2004 (The Associated Press)

TROON, Scotland (AP) -- The latest from the British Open (all times local to Scotland):

12:30 p.m.

Colin Montgomerie gets to hit the opening tee shot at Royal Troon in what likely will be his final British Open.

Montgomerie's father was a longtime secretary at Royal Troon, so this effectively is his home course on the Open rotation. The 53-year-old Scot went through final local qualifying to make it back to golf's oldest championship.

Montgomerie will be joined in the first group at 6:35 a.m. Thursday with Luke Donald and Marc Leishman, who lost in a playoff at St.