Clarke carded a one-over 72

1823 Sweden's Carl Pettersson birdies 11 to join the leaders on four under.

1821 Nick Faldo birdies 15 to go to one over as Colin Montgomerie misses a short birdie putt on 17 to stay two over.

1805 Darren Clarke cards a one-over-par 72 as Nick Faldo saves par on 14 to stay two over.

Meanwhile, David Toms misses his 10ft birdie putt at the last for a round of 67.

1748 Nick Faldo leaves his birdie putt short on 13 as David Toms puts an eagle chance pin high on 17 - but he holes the birdie putt to go four under.

Meanwhile, Phil Mickelson birdies 13 to go one under and Colin Montgomerie pars 16 to stay two over.

1745 Phil Mickelson's drive at the short 13th skirts the cup. Elsewhere Retief Goosen cards a level-par round of 71.

1741 Former US Open champion Steve Jones bogies 18 to finish with a 68 and join the group on three under, one shot back.

Meanwhile, another former US Open champion Retief Goosen leaves a long eagle putt just short but collects a birdie to go to level par through 17.

1730 Colin Montgomerie is in trouble on 14 after a wayward tee shot as former champion Nick Price reaches two under through 12.

1727 Phil Mickelson produces a scintillating bunker shot to inches and saves par on 11. Meanwhile, David Toms leaves another long putt for birdie short on 16 but safely makes par.

Remesy bogeyed 18 to go three under

And Nick Faldo drains a long one at 11 for his first birdie to go to two over.

1718 American Steve Jones holes a chip for eagle at 17 to go four under.

1713 David Toms leaves his long birdie putt agonisingly short on 15 to stay three under as Nick Faldo drops another shot to slip to three over.

1708 Nick Faldo is down in the dumps and almost putts his third on the 10th green back off and into a bunker.

1655 Nick Faldo leaks his second shot right to 10 and is not very happy. Meanwhile, David Toms slips back into the pack after a bogey on 14.

1655 Nick Faldo misses a shortish putt for birdie to reach the turn two over.

1652 Colin Montgomerie pars 11 to stay level par.

1644 Darren Clarke misses a long birdie putt at 13 but makes par to stay two over as playing partner David Toms also makes his birdie putt for share of the outright lead.

1640 Colin Montgomerie safely negotiates the 10th in par to stay level.

Harrington briefly joined the leaders

1630 US PGA champion David Toms finally sinks a birdie putt to reach three under at 12. Nick Faldo pars the eighth to stay two over as Phil Mickelson reaches the ninth tee level.

1622 Colin Montgomerie birdies nine to reach the turn in level-par 36.

1615 Nick Faldo misses the green right at the short seventh and takes a bogey to continue his demise, slipping to two over.

1608 Darren Clarke misses a long putt at 10 to stay two over.

1604 A poor chip through the green at the eighth en route to a double bogey sees Colin Montgomerie slip back to one over.

Meanwhile, Nick Faldo makes bogey at six to go one over after a wayward tee shot.

1553 US PGA champion David Toms continues to threaten as another birdie putt slips by to stay two under through nine holes.

1545 Colin Montgomerie is perched on the edge of a bunker on seven but plays a brilliant chip to a foot and sinks the putt for par to stay one under.

1523 American Duffy Waldorf holes a 10-foot putt at the last for a 67 and the outright clubhouse lead on four under.

1515 JF Remesy bogies 18 to slip back into the leading pack on three under.

1502 JF Remesy birdies the long 17th to take the outright lead at four under as Duffy Waldorf misses a birdie putt at the same hole to join him.

1442 Ireland's Padraig Harrington completes a round of 69 to trail by one after briefly joining the leaders.

But Andrew Coltart slips out of the leading pack after a bogey at 10.

Ernie Els has struggled to make an impact

1420 Coltart birdies the ninth to join the leading group as does American Duffy Waldorf.

1415 Former Open champion Greg Norman completes a first-round even par 71.

1345 Defending champion David Duval signs for a one-over-par 72 as playing partner Thomas Bjorn lips out for a birdie to finish on 68 and stay in a five-way share of the lead.

1330 Thomas Bjorn leaks his approach to the long 17th left. He chips on to three feet but lips out and has to settle for a bogey six.

1320 Padraig Harrington birdies 13 to move to two under.