SOUTHPORT, England—After reports indicated that he would miss the Open Championship due to his wife’s pregnancy, Sam Burns was on site Monday at Royal Birkdale and is expected to compete at the Open Championship. Burns is coming off a heartbreaking performance at the U.S. Open, where he made a Sunday charge at Shinnecock to challenge Read more…
Royal Birkdale has burned brown and firm ahead of the Open Championship, the driest it’s played since Carnoustie in 2018. Jordan Spieth and others weigh in on what that means for the week ahead.
[Photo: Thibaut Durand] I was nursing a coffee, watching fellow scribes tee off at the Old Course, waiting behind the first tee for a St. Andrews local to arrive for an interview in the middle of a summer spent bouncing around the linksland. Because standing in front of the Old Course never gets old, or Read more…
The league is filing Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices in the United States. The notice is a legal requirement, not a definitive announcement of job cuts, but it signals that a workforce reduction is possible.
On the heels of questionable behaviour from fans towards Wyndham Clark at the US Open, the R&A announced overnight that a code of conduct will be enforced at this year’s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
In took 73 holes, five days and a little help from Scottie Scheffler (and Mother Nature), but Hovland is the winner of the 2026 Travelers Championship.
Mickelson’s name is no longer listed in the Open Championship’s field on the tournament’s website, instead moving to the non-playing portion of exempt players.
There is a plan now. A real one, pointed in the right direction, built with the right people in mind. After years of managed stasis, there is movement. That it took this long is the indictment. That it’s finally here is the story.
Starting in 2028, the tour will look fundamentally different with two co-existing series, real promotion and relegation, a re-imagined postseason and a schedule built around markets the tour has mostly ignored.
Wyndham Clark walked into Shinnecock on Sunday as the villain. He left as the champion. An in-depth look at the man, the crowd and one of the most compelling final rounds in recent major history.
After two days of grumbling that the setup lacked teeth, Shinnecock Hills and the USGA found their nerve, leaning into everything the course is capable of, and perhaps announcing what the final day intends.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Wyndham Clark’s commanding performance somewhat sucked the energy from the property on Saturday at Shinnecock. And there wasn’t much energy to begin with. Viewers at home noted a lack of fans in attendance over the final hours at the U.S. Open. Many of the grandstands were half-full to watch Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick, Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Harry Higgs was not supposed to be there. Nobody is supposed to be behind the 11th green at Shinnecock Hills. Those who end up there are simply trying to make one of those scrappy bogeys this championship occasionally hands out. Instead, from 30 yards out, Higgs reached for a putter, sent his Read more…
Wyndham Clark was six under through 16 holes and four shots clear of the field at Shinnecock Hills after round one, helped by calmer winds in the afternoon wave. The former US Open champion is in prime position heading into round two.
Jason Day’s US Open campaign is over before it began, with the former world No.1 withdrawing after just 10 holes at Shinnecock Hills due to a back injury. Day had made seven bogeys in his opening nine before being spotted hopping into a cart.
Rory McIlroy carded a 69 in round one at Shinnecock Hills and while an eagle at the fifth grabbed the headlines, it was his patience, course management and composure that told the real story of just how far he’s come since his 2018 nightmare at the same venue.
The announcement comes after what tour sources tell Golf Digest was a passionate meeting between players, USGA representatives and the tour on the subject at a recent tour event.
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