Ask an AFL grand-final winning player how many beers fit inside the premiership cup and they’ll likely know the answer right away. As for golf’s version of the trophy, the claret jug, the answer is a bit more unclear.
Viktor Hovland smiles an awful lot for a villain. He didn’t ask for that label. He hasn’t done a single thing to deserve it – apart from having the audacity to match Rory McIlroy shot-for-shot on Saturday at the Old Course.
Rory McIlroy has done it again. A couple of months removed from the absurd bunker-busting chip-in on the 72nd hole of the Masters, McIlroy splashed in another at the Old Course on Saturday – this time for eagle and the outright lead (albeit briefly).
Grandstands may line the 18th hole at St Andrews this week for the Open Championship, but starting next month, they’ll be replaced with the first ever permanent storefront featuring co-branded apparel and accessories from TravisMathew.
Ping introduces the ChipR, a short-game alternative club that mixes the length of a putter with the loft of a 9-iron to help golfers who struggle with chunked and bladed chips.
Rather than wait for questions, Slumbers addressed the Saudi-backed series directly in his opening remarks and did so in the most strongly worded statement of any leader of an organisation overseeing a men’s Major championship.
The first groups of golfers have been revealed for The R&A Celebration of Champions but Australian legend Greg Norman won’t be one of them after the R&A confirmed it told the LIV Golf commissioner he won’t be welcome at the 150th Open festivities.
Australian Golf Digest
