St.Andrews vulnerable without the wind..Dustin Johnson leads at -7

The Open Championship leaderboard http://www.theopen.com/Leaderboard#!/traditional

All links courses depend first and foremost on the weather as their natural defence. Today so far as predicted there is very little wind, it rained a lot yesterday and recently in Scotland, the rough has been deliberately thinned out and as a result scoring is low.

I have to go down to T89 to find anyone over par and one of those someone's is Tiger who struggled in at +4 76.

Before I get to the scores, remember the front nine, in fact the first 12 which includes what is known as the loop, ( where you turn around and head back in out at the top end of the course) are where you score traditionally on the old course. The breeze is down and from the right helping as you go out today, then in and from the left as they come in.

As you can see from my leaderboard link, American Robert Streb was in the clubhouse -6 66 for the early lead, as the morning wave enjoys these benign conditions and he'd never played the course before Tuesday.

Retief Goosen is in with 66 -6, Greg Owen from England can say he led the Open as he was first in the clubhouse at -4 68. Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson are paired together Dustin Johnson is leading the field at -7 after an easy looking 65, Spieth shot 67 -5 after struggling over the last 6 holes. Paul Lawrie who won the 1999 Open at Carnoustie where Van de Velde melted down, is in at -6 66l

Graham DeLaet was going great, 100% fairways hit, 94% greens in regulation, averaging 323 yards a drive -3 playing the road hole but it got him as it gets many and he made bogey 5 then followed with a bogey on 18 to finish at -1 71.  David Hearn opened with a par, made birdie at 3 then bogey at 4 and also was doing very well at -3 playing #14 but then made 3 bogey's and a double in his last 5 holes to drop to +2 74. So disappointing finishes for booth Canucks

Tom Watson shot 76 +4 and Bubba Watson -1 71.

Late wave... update
Justin Rose is at -3 through 5 holes, Jimmy Walker at -3 through 8, Marc Warren the Scot is at -4 through 13, Mickelson and Stenson are paired at -2 through 6..

Follow all the scores on my link and send me your comments as well..

I have work to go to and will return later to wrap up the day here.. 

Bryan