TROON, Scotland, July 14 (Reuters) - Soren Kjeldsen's subtle message to his British Open rivals was 'don't discount me from title contention' after the Dane bulldozed through the pack to fire a 67 in the first round on Thursday.
His four-under-par effort pushed the world number 50 within four strokes of leader Phil Mickelson of the U.S., leaving him happy in the knowledge that his all-round game was back to where he wants it to be after a brief spell of difficulty.
"The last 18 months were really good and then I played poorly at last month's U.