One of the world's premier golf classics reported by BBC outside broadcast cameras direct from the Championship Course at Carnoustie.
The first round of this 72-hole stroke-play championship in which the established stars of the international golf circuit compete for one of the highest individual honours in the game, and seek to emulate the feats of Tommy Armour, Henry Cotton, and Ben Hogan, previous 'Open' winners over this famous Scottish course
Introduced by Harry Carpenter.
(See colour feature on centre pages)
(to 16.30)