Nick Taylor of Winnipeg, Manitoba is in contention after the first round of the 2026 British Open at Royal Birkdale. Taylor is currently at two-under-par. He is in 13th place, but only three strokes back of the leader, American Jackson Suber, who is at five-under-par.
On Thursday, Taylor had five birdies and three bogeys. He birdied the first, second, third, eighth, and 18th holes. Taylor bogeyed the fifth, 15th and 16th holes.
There are two golfers tied for second place at -4, and one stroke back. They are South Korea’s Sungjae Im and England’s Daniel Brown.
There are nine golfers tied for fourth place at -3 and two strokes back. They are Americans Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 and 2024 United States Open winner, Alex Smalley, Ryan Gerard, Pierceson Coody and Cameron Young, South Africa’s MJ Daffue, Italy’s Francesco Molinari (2018 British Open champion), Belgium’s Thomas Detry, and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre.
There are 10 other golfers tied for 13th place with Taylor at -2 and three strokes back. They are Americans Scottie Scheffler, the 2022 and 2024 Masters winner, 2025 PGA Championship winner and 2025 British Open winner, Collin Morikawa, the 2020 PGA Championship winner and 2021 British Open winner, and Bud Cauley, Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, the 2016 British Open winner, Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren, England’s Jordan Smith, France’s Victor Perez, Austria’s Sepp Straka, South Korea’s Si Woo Kim, and Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune.
