Articles by Murray Wenzel | AAP

July 16th, 2026

Open Championship 2026: 35 years on from Royal Birkdale, Ian Baker-Finch is back with a pitch for the world’s best

Ian Baker-Finch’s return to Royal Birkdale has doubled as a recruitment mission, with the Australian PGA chair talking to Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm about playing big-money golf in Australia.

July 15th, 2026

‘I want to win’: Travis Smyth has high hopes at happy Aussie hunting ground

Travis Smyth has earned his place as one of seven Australians in the Open Championship field at Royal Birkdale, while Min Woo Lee also arrived in form.

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TOUR Championship - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Scottie Scheffler	-16	F	4
2	Viktor Hovland	-13	F	4
3	Ryan Gerard	-12	F	4
T4	Alex Fitzpatrick	-11	F	4
T4	Jacob Bridgeman	-11	F	4
T4	Min Woo Lee	-11	F	4
T4	Russell Henley	-11	F	4
T4	Rory McIlroy	-11	F	4
T4	Chris Gotterup	-11	F	4
T4	Ludvig Åberg	-11	F	4
T11	Tommy Fleetwood	-10	F	4
T11	Cam Young	-10	F	4
T11	Adam Scott	-10	F	4
T14	Xander Schauffele	-9	F	4
T14	Tom Kim	-9	F	4
T14	Collin Morikawa	-9	F	4
T14	S.W. Kim	-9	F	4
T18	Akshay Bhatia	-7	F	4
T18	Justin Rose	-7	F	4
T18	Sam Burns	-7	F	4
T21	Patrick Cantlay	-5	F	4
T21	Hideki Matsuyama	-5	F	4
T21	Matt Fitzpatrick	-5	F	4
T21	Wyndham Clark	-5	F	4
25	Kristoffer Reitan	-3	F	4
26	Ryan Fox	-2	F	4
27	Alex Smalley	-1	F	4
28	Robert MacIntyre	E	F	4
29	Gary Woodland	+2	F	4
WD	J.J. Spaun	-	-

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Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Michael La Sasso	-18	18	4
2	Jon Rahm	-17	18	4
T3	Bryson DeChambeau	-16	18	4
T3	Sergio Garcia	-16	18	4
T5	Richard T. Lee	-15	18	4
T5	Scott Vincent	-15	18	4
T5	Laurie Canter	-15	18	4
8	Dean Burmester	-14	18	4
9	Richard Bland	-13	18	4
T10	Marc Leishman	-12	18	4
T10	Thomas Detry	-12	18	4
T12	Björn Hellgren	-11	18	4
T12	Tom McKibbin	-11	18	4
T12	Matthew Wolff	-11	18	4
T12	Bubba Watson	-11	18	4
T12	Younghan Song	-11	18	4
T17	Lucas Herbert	-10	18	4
T17	Byeong Hun An	-10	18	4
T17	Abraham Ancer	-10	18	4
T17	Branden Grace	-10	18	4
T17	Joaquin Niemann	-10	18	4
T17	Harold Varner III	-10	18	4
T17	Thomas Pieters	-10	18	4
T17	Josele Ballester	-10	18	4
T17	Cameron Smith	-10	18	4
26	Ian Poulter	-9	18	4
T27	Charles Howell III	-8	18	4
T27	Peter Uihlein	-8	18	4
T27	Tyrrell Hatton	-8	18	4
T27	Caleb Surratt	-8	18	4
T27	Lee Westwood	-8	18	4
T32	Danny Lee	-7	18	4
T32	Brendan Steele	-7	18	4
T34	Anthony Kim	-6	18	4
T34	Adrian Meronk	-6	18	4
T36	Sebastian Muñoz	-5	18	4
T36	Yosuke Asaji	-5	18	4
T36	Carlos Ortiz	-5	18	4
T39	Do-Yeob Mun	-4	18	4
T39	Luis Masaveu	-4	18	4
T39	Dustin Johnson	-4	18	4
T39	Travis Smyth	-4	18	4
T43	Louis Oosthuizen	-3	18	4
T43	Talor Gooch	-3	18	4
T45	Paul Casey	-2	18	4
T45	Miguel Tabuena	-2	18	4
T45	Charl Schwartzel	-2	18	4
T45	Minkyu Kim	-2	18	4
49	David Puig	-1	18	4
T50	Martin Kaymer	E	18	4
T50	Ollie Schniederjans	E	18	4
T52	Cameron Tringale	+2	18	4
T52	Graeme McDowell	+2	18	4
54	Jason Kokrak	+5	18	4
55	Sam Horsfield	+6	18	4
56	Anirban Lahiri	+9	18	4
57	Max Rottluff	+10	18	4

Articles by Murray Wenzel | AAP

Open Championship 2026: 35 years on from Royal Birkdale, Ian Baker-Finch is back with a pitch for the world’s best

‘I want to win’: Travis Smyth has high hopes at happy Aussie hunting ground

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