France's amateur golfer Lev Grinberg watches his iron shot from the 1st tee on day one of the 154th Open Golf championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club near Southport in north-west England on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

France's amateur golfer Lev Grinberg leaves the 1st tee on day one of the 154th Open Golf championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club near Southport in north-west England on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

South Africa's Hennie Du Plessis plays from the 1st tee on day one of the 154th Open Golf championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club near Southport in north-west England on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

TOMIYA, JAPAN - JULY 16: Keiko Yamamoto of Japan hits her tee shot on the 3rd hole during the first round of MEIJIYASUDA LADIES GOLF TOURNAMENT at Sendai Classic Golf Club on July 16, 2026 in Tomiya, Miyagi, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

TOMIYA, JAPAN - JULY 16: Junna Okuyama of Japan hits her tee shot on the 3rd hole during the first round of MEIJIYASUDA LADIES GOLF TOURNAMENT at Sendai Classic Golf Club on July 16, 2026 in Tomiya, Miyagi, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre walks onto the 1st tee on day one of the 154th Open Golf championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club near Southport in north-west England on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and his caddie Mike Burrows look at a drone flying above the 1st tee on day one of the 154th Open Golf championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club near Southport in north-west England on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

England's Matthew Southgate plays from the 1st tee on day one of the 154th Open Golf championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club near Southport in north-west England on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE