Debutant Jackson Suber led the British Open with a stunning five-under opening round of 65 on Thursday as fellow Americans, reigning champion Scottie Scheffler and big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau, made their mark.
England’s Dan Brown and South Korea’s Im Sung-jae had shared the clubhouse lead after early rounds of 66 at a scorched Royal Birkdale before Suber moved top of the leaderboard.
Scheffler, bidding to become the first man since Ireland’s
