Brilliant start for Fisher

Ross Fisher today made a brilliant start to his bid for a first major title in the final round of the Open Championship at Turnberry.

Fisher teed off in the penultimate group and promptly birdied the first from 14 feet and chipped in from 10 yards left of the second green for another.

At five under par he had suddenly gone from one behind Tom Watson to two in front, Watson dropping a shot at the first after failing to get up and down from a greenside bunker.

Fisher remains adamant he will quit at any stage to be with his wife Jo if she goes into labour, but no news continued to be good news for the 28-year-old.

His manager, Conor Ridge said today: "She's in good shape and so is he. All good on the home front."

Playing alongside Fisher, fellow Englishman Lee Westwood was three off the pace on two under after opening with two pars, one ahead of Bristol's Chris Wood, who turned professional immediately after finishing fifth at Birkdale last year as an amateur.

Wood, who was unable to even get into the field for the France Open and Scottish Open over the last two weeks, opened with six straight pars before holing from 10 feet for an eagle on the seventh and similar distance for birdie on the next.

American Jeff Overton and Argentina's Andres Romero - third at Carnoustie two years ago - had set the early clubhouse target on two over after matching rounds of 67.