Only a few players per generation ever reach Major-count territory that early. Tiger was one. Jordan another. After conquering the game’s oldest test in his first go, Collin is there, too.
There is a cliché in golf about how dinner always tastes better when a round ends on a positive note. Make a clutch birdie on 18, and it will be delicious. Make a bogey, and you might need help washing it down.
Isaac Newton’s third law of motion states; “what goes up must come down.” Adam Scott found that out the hard way during the third round of the Open Championship at Royal St George’s.
He knows it will take something “pretty perfect” but Cameron Smith’s quest for the 149th Open Championship remains alive after a round of two-under 68 at Royal St George’s on Saturday.
If you thought the story of the week at Royal St George’s, the first Open Championship in nearly two years, was going to be golf, then you know very little about golf.
Most are thrilled to have fans to play for and feed off of, but as Tyrrell Hatton found out on Friday, it’s significantly less fun when you’re an Englishman on the cut line trying to save bogey and some troll is running his mouth during your putting stroke
Marc Leishman did not putt well Friday at Royal St George’s. If certain reports are to be believed, his putter proceeded to break. His putting then improved. Such is golf.
Bryson DeChambeau has taken to Instagram to apologise for his post-round outburst at the Open Championship after he blamed his new Cobra driver for a wayward day on the links.
Cameron Smith will look to make a second-round surge after enduring difficult winds to lead the Aussie charge in Round 1 of The Open Championship at Royal St George’s Golf Club overnight.
After Bryson DeChambeau criticised his driver following an opening-round 71, Cobra golf rep Ben Schomin responded in an interview with Golfweek. His full comments:
You probably arrived at this post thinking our patented “This is it” headline (Copyright Christopher Powers) is a bit hyperbolic. Well, you’d be wrong. Because this actually is it. This is the worst putt in golf history. For real.
Eleven Aussie golfers – the country’s strongest representation since 2017 at Birkdale – will hope two historical omens hold true when they contest the 149th Open Championship at Royal St George’s Golf Club starting Thursday.
The return of the Open Championship after a two-year hiatus will be cause for celebration this week. But reminders of why it was canceled last year still linger.
Australian Golf Digest
