In the Rules of Golf, Rule 8.1 states that a player is prohibited from improving the “conditions affecting the stroke.” That includes the player’s lie, the area of his intended stance, the area of the player’s intended swing and the player’s line of play.
SOUTHPORT, England — The first two days of the British Open are a test of attrition. Round begins at 6:35 in the morning and end around 10 in the evening, requiring patience and perseverance for the 156 players trying to figure out the best way to tame the links. As those who didn’t figure it Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — The contrast couldn’t have been larger on Friday at the Open Championship. Lucas Herbert walked off Royal Birkdale a touch disappointed with the 62 he had just posted in the second round after making bogey on the 18th hole at Royal Birkdale. Two groups later, Sam Burns was elated after holing a Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — There’s something different about the Open Championship. Maybe it’s a cliché or the American in me that feels that way, but since I started coming to the event back in 2005, it’s been one of the tournaments I most look forward to covering because of just how unique the environment is. And Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — So much for needing experience to have success in the Open Championship. The first-round leader at Royal Birkdale is Jackson Suber, a second-year PGA Tour pro who played his first round of links golf on … Monday upon arriving in England. “I’ve never been to Europe,” he said after shooting a five-under Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Sarcasm has always been a second language for Henrik Stenson, who wielded it quite a bit after posting a tidy two-under 68 in the opening round of the Open Championship. Asked if it felt like 10 years since his Open victory at Troon, the Swede quickly deadpanned: “9½ at the most.” But Read more…
There is room for debate as to whether the claret jug is the most iconic item awarded to a tournament winner in golf, a chorus of folks representing a sleepy town in Georgia likely arguing that a certain emerald blazer has an awful lot of cachet, too.
From a Ukrainian-born teenager to an Irishman living with cystic fibrosis, here are the ten amateurs chasing the Silver Medal at the Open Championship, awarded to the low amateur through 72 holes.
SOUTHPORT, England — Mark Darbon, R&A CEO, says he’ll be rooting for England’s football team Wednesday night as the country takes on Argentina in the World Cup semifinals. Should it win and make it to the finals for the first time since 1966, however, it will create what Darbon describes as a “great problem to Read more…
The Open Championship’s total prize pool has risen to AU$25.2 million for 2026, with the winner at Royal Birkdale set to take home AU$4.6 million. Here’s the full payout breakdown for every finishing position.
The passage of time for golfers often is marked by the return to venues where they made memories. For Justin Rose, Royal Birkdale is just that, as this is his fourth visit to compete in an Open Championship, the first coming 28 years ago as a teenage amateur whose 72nd hole chip-in to finish in Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Aldrich Potgieter came in third in the Last Chance Qualifier on Monday morning, but later in the afternoon he found his way into the field of the 154th Open Championship anyway. That’s because South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen announced he was withdrawing from the championship at Royal Birkdale, opening a spot for Potgieter, Read more…
Few people earn their keep more at the Open Championship 2026 than David Lancaster. He’s the first tee announcer, taking over the job from legendary Ivor Robson in 2016. If things go to schedule, Lancaster will arrive at his post this week at Royal Birkdale shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Thursday and Friday and remain Read more…
Johnson’s ties to the John Deere event run deep. It’s the PGA Tour stop that’s closest where he grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. And he won the 2012 edition of the event, one of 12 PGA Tour wins in his career.
Wyndham Clark wasn’t just playing against the field on the final day at the US Open. He had to hold his own against a vocal and partisan crowd at Shinnecock Hills that had not just been rooting for his rivals but also cheering against him.
Yet if the first 54 holes were a test of patience and perseverance, the final 18 will be a uniquely challenging task. A six-shot lead would seem to be too difficult to lose, save for the fact that one of the chasers, and the one playing with him in the final pairing, will be Scottie Scheffler.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Ryder Cowan has a million-dollar smile, and he got to show it off a lot Friday at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. You would be smiling, too, if you were a 21-year-old amateur from Edmond, Okla., with your name on the leaderboard at the U.S. Open. A few weeks removed from finishing his Read more…
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