Tommy’s time to fire at the Open and challenge

experience,” Fleetwood said. “I didn’t get off to the start I wanted to, but the week as a whole just doesn’t happen to everybody.

“It’s not very often that you play an Open where you grow up and I was having a really good year.

“There’s no really good reason why I couldn’t win it [this year]. It really doesn’t matter what’s happened in the past. The only thing they do is build your confidence.

“The US Open was more proof that I can finish 72 holes right up there.” THREE-TIME champion Tiger Woods has a late start for tomorrow’s first round of the Open Championship at Carnoustie.

The 42-year-old world number 71, returning to the event for the first time since 2015, tees off at 3.21pm.

England’s world number three, Justin Rose, tees off at 9.58am, while Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy is off at 12.53.

The first shot will be hit by 60-year-old two-time major champion Sandy Lyle, who will make his final Open appearance unless he can finish in the top 10.

Woods is in a group featuring Lyle’s fellow Scot, Russell Knox, who won this month’s Irish Open.

Rose goes out with defending champion Jordan Spieth of the United States.

Meanwhile, Padraig Harrington claims it is only a matter of time before McIlroy starts winning majors again despite rivals having caught him up.

McIlroy, the former world number one, has not added to his major tally since winning the Open and US PGA Championship back to back in 2014.

Harrington said: “Rory’s obviously played well this year and yet seems to be getting a lot of press saying he’s not playing so well.

“I think players have caught up. It’s just a tougher ask but the beauty for Rory is he’s still very young, he’s still very capable.”