Jason Day is relishing the forecast brutal second-round conditions after grinding his way into red numbers at the British Open.
Australia's world No.6 will start four shots adrift of the lead following a topsy-turvy one-under-par 69 in his first competitive look at Royal Birkdale.
"It's early days," he said.
"The weather is a big factor when it comes to scoring and if we have what it's supposed to get tomorrow, it's going to be a very, very difficult task to shoot anything under par.
"I think it may blow from what we had in the practise rounds, and that's a tougher wind to play in because a lot of the longer par-4s play into the wind and make it a very difficult task to try to par those.
"The main goal is to try to get yourself in contention come Sunday. So there's still a lot of golf to be played."
Struggling to find his A-game, Day admits when the going gets tough he gets going.
"I feel like I play better in worse weather," he said.
"I really don't want to walk around in the rain tomorrow in 35-miles-an-hour wind and the cold. But if I have to, I have to.
"That's just what you have to do to try to win The Open Championship.
"(I've) just got to be patient with myself and understand that it's been a while since I've been in a position to contend other than the Byron Nelson this year.
"It's been pretty dry but, for the most part, I'm very pleased with how things went out there today."
Injury-plagued Day clutched his wrist on several occasions during the first round, but played down any serious distress.
"Every time I come over here the ground is so hard," he said.
"They need to get out and water it a little bit. It's so hard, and then once again I'm always in the wispy stuff.
"It's not very good on the wrist when you're hitting it out of the hay."
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