Jordan Spieth Outshone by Dustin Johnson Amid Failing Light at Open

Shortly before 6pm there was a changing of the guard at St Andrews, with Sir Nick Faldo waving his farewells to the Old Course galleries from the Swilcan Bridge on the 18th fairway while the threeball of Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama were all lining up birdie putts on the 1st green. The trio had been warned as a huge roar from the Road Hole stand caught everybody’s attention while they were leaving the tee to start their round and it transpired that Faldo, the 1990 champion at St Andrews, had made a birdie at the most difficult hole on the course. The cheers and applause followed him and his playing partners, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler, all the way to the 18th tee as Spieth and his partners pondered their second shots to the green.