British Open 2015: Real-Time Leaderboard Updates for Thursday Leaders

The questions on everyone's mind right now as we follow the 2015 Open Championship are: Is Tiger Woods really this bad? Will Jordan Spieth make another run at his third straight major? And is this finally the major when Dustin Johnson holds up through the weekend?

All of those questions are compelling storylines to follow through Sunday, and each can be answered by following the real-time leaderboard included in this article.

You can also see the entire leaderboard at PGATour.com.

Spieth finished with a five-under 67 to ensure he'd be firmly in the hunt heading into Friday's action. He was on fire through the front nine as he birdied five holes. He stumbled a bit on the back nine with two bogeys, but he finished on a high note with a birdie on the 18th hole.

All in all, Spieth seemed happy after his performance on Thursday. Per Bob Harig of ESPN.com, Spieth said:

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It was certainly nice to finish that way. I hit a drive that would have been in big, big trouble on any other hole. Luckily it was the 18th at St. Andrews. Got a good number. I walked the entire thing off. It was like 92 yards. 

I walked to the green because we weren't sure from that angle how far we had. To see that putt go in was nice. To steal the one back from 17 [where he made bogey] and to shoot even par on the back nine, which -- once you turn into that breeze -- is a good score.

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Dustin Johnson also fired a "good score." His seven-under 65 was pacing the field when he concluded his round. Steady is the best word to describe Johnson's first-round performance. He didn't have an amazing run of birdies, but he also never bogeyed.

Johnson also turned in the scintillating eagle on the fifth hole to give his round a bit of flair, per The Open's Twitter account.

After an epic collapse at the U.S. Open, Johnson's resilience is noteworthy.

Unfortunately for Woods, the only thing noteworthy for the future Hall of Famer and living legend is how bad he's playing. Tiger shot a four-over 76 for the worst first round of his career at St. Andrews. It was painful to watch someone once so great struggle so mightily to simply be decent by pro golfers' standards.

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You search for moral victories in Woods' game, but the lack of consistency is frightening.

We'll have to see if he can salvage something with a big day on Friday, but even a competitor of his ilk has to be fighting to maintain some confidence.