British Open Round 1 Recap: Louis Oosthuizen Jumps Out to Early Lead

Louis Oosthuizen is the first-round British Open leader after a 6-under 64. Morning Read's Alex Miceli offers insight and analysis on location at Royal St.

Alex Miceli | Jul 15, 2021

Louis Oosthuizen is the first-round British Open leader after a 6-under 64. Morning Read's Alex Miceli offers insight and analysis on location at Royal St. George's.

Published Jul 15, 2021

ALEX MICELI

Alex Miceli, a journalist and radio/TV personality who has been involved in golf for 26 years, was the founder of Morning Read and eventually sold it to Buffalo Groupe. He continues to contribute writing, podcasts and videos to SI.com. In 1993, Miceli founded Golf.com, which he sold in 1999 to Quokka Sports. One year later, he founded Golf Press Association, an independent golf news service that provides golf content to news agencies, newspapers, magazines and websites. He served as the GPA’s publisher and chief executive officer. Since launching GPA, Miceli has written for numerous newspapers, magazines and websites. He started GolfWire in 2000, selling it nine years later to Turnstile Publishing Co.