First round leaderboard from the British Open at the par-70 Royal St George's course in Sandwich, England on Thursday: -3 Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 12 holes -2 Mark Calcavecchia (United States) 16
Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 9 -1 Danny Willett (Britain) 17
Graeme Storm (Britain) 16
Simon Dyson (Britain) 12
Ryan Moore (United States) 12
Stewart Cink (United States) 9
John Daly (United States) 3
Alexander Noren (Sweden) 2
Selected others: Par Luke Donald (Britain) 6 +2 Rory McIlroy (Britain) 6