Luke Donald soaked up the applause from the crowd acknowledging the World Number One playing on home soil on his way to an opening 71.
"You hear a few shouts from the crowd, 'number one' and 'congrats' and stuff like that, and you try to draw from all the good stuff that got you to number one," he said.
"Certainly there was a lot more applause onto tees; I think people [were] appreciating the good golf I've been playing lately.
"You try to use the energy of the crowd to your advantage but it was tricky and the conditions weren't easy.
"The wind at times was very gusty but I felt like I played a pretty solid round, other than some missed opportunities on the greens.
"I had three or four lip-outs today, a few other opportunities that went amiss.
"It really could have been a very good round, although 71 is still solid, but certainly it could have been a little bit better if I'd had the putter going."
