Much like the players at Royal St. George's, we had mixed results on day one of the 2011 Open Championship. A small profit was made thanks to Steve Striker's three ball win and Ian Poulter's tie with Yuta Ikeda but Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy were unlucky losers in their three balls.

Both players will recover from their opening setbacks and rounds of 72 and 71 keep them in contention but for the second round at Sandwich we will focus instead on some groupings that look easier to figure out, particularly those in the morning, where scoring conditions will be at their best.

The first selection is the 2010 US Open champion Graeme McDowell, who is out at 08:42 GMT with Bubba Watson and Jason Day. G-Mac outscored his playing partners on Thursday, despite beginning with a double bogey six on the first hole and his 68 was one of the best rounds of the day. The Northern Irishman looked comfortable and composed once he had found his rhythm and he will be expecting to put in a strong performance on Friday to establish himself as one of the tournament leaders. He is 5/4, at Ladbrokes, to at least shoot a lower score than Watson or Day and that looks an absolute minimum for McDowell.

Another player who will be looking to be amongst the leaders by the end of play tomorrow is Martin Kaymer. Like McDowell, the world number three shot an opening round of 68 and he is more than capable of putting together a round that will see him jump to the top of the leaderboard. He is playing with Phil Mickelson, who has never gotten to grips with links golf and looked uncomfortable all day on Thurday, and reigning Open champion Louis Oosthuizen. The South African was two over par on the opening day and there is more likelihood of him going backwards than forwards on Friday. Odds of 6/5 that Kaymer outscores that pair look unmissable.

The same could well be the said about the 2/1 that Frederik Andersson Hed shoots lower than his playing partners Davis Love III and Robert Allenby on day two of the Open. The Swede was second at last week's Scottish Open and his 68 on Thursday makes him a contender again this week. The 39-year-old was one of the few players who scored well who didn't make his birdies in the last nine holes and that shows that there is even more improvement possible tomorrow. His playing partners both performed well in their opening rounds but neither is in the kind of form Andersson Hed has shown recently.

Form, or lack of it, is what drives our final selection. Brian Davis finished five over par on day one, with David Duval even worse at eight over. Both look destined for an early exit from Royal St. George's, whereas playing partner Camilo Villegas, who is on three over, still has an opportunity to make the cut. The Colombian has only failed to make it to the weekend in one major tournament in his career and he will be desperate to avoid that fate this week. He is even money to shoot the lowest round of his three ball and that is a must bet.

06:30

P Whiteford 11/8

S Levin        2/1

T Aiken        9/4

06:41

P Meesawat 7/4

M Maritz 7/2

H Frazar 11/10

06:52

C Campbell 5/4

K Ferrie 5/2

S Jamieson 2/1

07:03

R Jacquelin 2/1

M Wilson 15/8

K Stanley 13/8

07:14

S Marino 12/5

R Green        7/4

P Larrazabal 6/4

15 Jul. 07:25

R Sabbatini 10/11

S Lyle        5/1

Anthony Kim 13/8

15 Jul. 07:36

E Molinari 6/4

C Howell 6/4

J Luiten 11/4

07:47

B Snedeker 11/8

L Bjerregard 5/1

T Immelman 11/10

07:58

D Clarke 6/4

J Byrd        11/4

Y-E Yang 6/4

08:09

L Glover 5/4

H Kawai        6/1

R Karlsson 11/10

08:20

B Macpherson 4/1

M Kuchar 11/8

P Harrington 5/4

08:31

Z Johnson  12/5

A Scott        6/4

J Rose        7/4

08:42

G McDowell 5/4

J Day        2/1

Bubba Watson 5/2

08:58

J Furyk        evens

B Langer 10/3

T Takayama 2/1

09:09

L Westwood 11/8

S Stricker 7/4

C Schwartzel 13/5

09:20

L Oosthuizen 14/5

M Kaymer 6/5

P Mickelson 15/8

09:31

H Stenson  6/5

T Lewis        6/4

T Watson 4/1

09:42

R Allenby 13/8

D Love III 15/8

F Andersson Hed 2/1

09:53

R Barnes 5/4

JB Holmes 11/8

Sang-Moon Bae 4/1

10:04

W Simpson 11/10

R Rock        7/4

A Canizares 7/2

10:15

K Barnes 3/1

J Leonard 5/2

J Overton 10/11

10:26

L Corfield         7/2

B Crane        evens

F De Vries 15/8

10:37

R Palmer 8/11

T Lehman 11/5

A Wootton 5/1

10:48

Jung-Gon Hwang 2/1

G Boyd        6/4

R Garrigus 2/1

10:59

G Coetzee 4/9

A Smith        8/1

B Kennedy 14/5

11:10

J Knutzon 7/4

A Johnston 7/4

Chih-Bing Lam 2/1

11:31

J Kelly        12/5

N Green        5/2

D Willett 11/10

11:42

T Jaidee 2/1

M Calcavecchia 2/1

G Storm        6/4

11:53

G Havret 6/4

C Hoffman 13/8

M Brier        13/5

12:04

T Hamilton 12/5

S Khan        11/10

P Marksaeng 12/5

12:15

Rhys Davies 5/2

F Jacobson 8/13

M O'Meara 11/2

12:26

T Bjorn        6/4

S Dyson        13/8

G Woodland 5/2

12:37

K-T Kim        5/2

R Moore        11/8

A Quiros         7/4

12:48

B Van Pelt 2/1

K J Choi 11/8

M Laird        9/4

12:59

S Gallacher 7/5

B Haas   11/8

H Fujita 10/3

13:10

G Ogilvy 7/4

P Uihlein 3/1

MA Jiménez 5/4

13:21

F Molinari         6/4

T Hiratsuka 7/2

S Cink        5/4

13:32

N Watney 7/4

M Manassero 15/8

A Cabrera 15/8

13:43

Y Ikeda 3/1

I Poulter 11/8

D Johnson 6/4

13:59

B Curtis 12/5

P Casey        11/8

A Baddeley 15/8

14:10

E Els 11/4

R McIlroy 11/10

Rickie Fowler 11/5

14:21

L Donald 11/10

R Ishikawa 4/1

S Garcia 13/8

14:32

R Goosen 13/8

H Mahan        15/8

A Hansen 2/1

14:43  

B Davis 13/8

C Villegas evens

D Duval        9/2

14:54

J Daly        7/2

R Fisher 11/8

P Hanson 11/8

15:05

G Bourdy evens

J Dufner 6/5

C Hinton 15/2

15:16

A Noren        11/8

Paul Lawrie 2/1

K Na        9/4

15:27

S O'Hair 7/4

Seung-Yul Noh 2/1

T Olesen 7/4

15:38 

S Edwards 7/1

B Estes        7/4

R McEvoy 8/11

15:49

F McGuirk 7/2

M Millar 2/1

K Streelman evens

16:00

M Laskey 15/8

T Shadbolt 11/5

R Kulacz 6/4

16:11

S Lilly 5/2

C Tidland 6/4

N Schietekat 13/8