Cameron Young just pulled off the gutsiest shot of the week at the 152nd British Open at Royal Troon. And it came from one foot off the green at the postage stamp par-3 eighth. That feels wrong to say after watching Friday afternoon’s carnage-fest, which featured a front-nine 45 from Justin Thomas and consecutive 9s Read more…
There were plenty of big names who missed the cut at Royal Troon on Friday, from Rory McIlroy to Bryson DeChambeau to Viktor Hovland to Tommy Fleetwood to, well, you get the point. But one name you won’t find on that list is Hideki Matsuyama. In fact, the Japanese star has quite an impressive streak Read more…
TROON, Scotland — It was a primal scream usually released on Sunday afternoons, when the crowds are 15 deep and the field has been whittled to a chosen few. But this was only Friday evening at the British Open, in front of a half-empty grandstand, a man trying to cut his deficit from 14 to Read more…
Rory McIlroy’s week at Royal Troon was so rough that he admitted to thinking about where he was going to go on vacation next week just 22 holes into the event. Which is fitting, because there’s also a clip of him that would be perfect for the next Southwest Airlines “Wanna get away?” commercial. McIlroy’s Read more…
Another fruitless major season is over for Rory McIlroy. Struggling to find fairways and greens in the high winds at Royal Troon, the Irishman didn’t survive the British Open battle into the weekend after shooting four-over-par 75 on Friday. McIlroy got off to a bad start to the tournament with a 78, and his 11-over Read more…
TROON, Scotland—For the first seven holes, players march in an almost perfectly straight line, back into the wind, and all the way out to the far corner of Royal Troon’s property. It’s exhausting to walk, let alone to hit golf shots in. Then they reach the par-3 8th, Royal Troon’s famed Postage Stamp hole, and Read more…
Golf fans haven’t seen or heard as much of Dustin Johnson since he left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf two years ago. For one thing, LIV doesn’t play as many events. For another, DJ has been a non-factor at the four major championships since then. But after a fantastic 69 on Friday at the Read more…
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In many ways, we should have seen Justin Rose contending at the British Open coming. The oldest major championship routinely rewards older players, but at 43, Rose has mostly struggled this season on the PGA Tour. So much, in fact, that he had to qualify for The Open at Royal Troon. Regardless, Rose has played Read more…
A little over 24 hours after he opened with a three-under 68 that had him in the solo lead for much of Thursday’s first round, Justin Thomas is now in danger of missing the cut in the 152nd British Open at Royal Troon. Wait, what? That’s right, it’s an utter carnage-fest on Friday at the Read more…
TROON, Scotland — Don’t look now. Here he comes. You know, the tall American guy with the beard. As ever hidden in plain sight, Scottie Scheffler has lurked his almost traditional way into contention at a major championship. No one else amongst golf’s elite hangs around leaderboards with the same consistency. So it is no Read more…
When you’re at the top of the leaderboard, especially during a major, you’re going to be getting a few more cameras in your face than initially expected. That goes doubly (or quadruply) so for Daniel Brown, who emerged from the depths of the Open field and shot a blistering six under on Thursday. One of Read more…
To be fair to Aguri Iwasaki, just about everyone struggled at Royal Troon on Friday. Even a two-time major champ like Justin Thomas shot a front-nine 45 to move from near the top of the leaderboard to outside the cut line. But the 26-year-old Japanese tour pro had a historically bad stretch of golf that Read more…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: The story of the 2024 British Open so far has been the weather and the story of the weather on Friday was the wind. Lots and lots wind. With gusts blowing off the Firth of Clyde at over 30 miles per hour, the afternoon wave was forced Read more…
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