PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Moments after earning his best major finish of 2025—T-33, at the time of writing, at the 2025 British Open—Sergio Garcia turned his attention to the Ryder Cup under a barrage of questions from the gathered press. Would his three-under 281 performance at Royal Portrush be enough to earn a spot on Read more…
There’s been no shortage of enthusiasm for the British Open in Portrush this week. Fans have lined the fairways 10 deep from Tuesday to Sunday, mostly to cheer on local boy Rory McIlroy as he vies for the first home-soil claret jug since Paul Lawrie in 1999. Unfortunately for the throngs of Guinness-sloshing golf maniacs, Read more…
Time is of the essence for the players in the field at this week’s Barracuda Championship. The co-sanctioned event between the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour is an opportunity for players trying to secure their spots on the FedEx Cup and Race to Dubai points list on each tour to gain valuable points Read more…
With Scottie Scheffler holding a four-shot lead through 54 holes, the final round of the 2025 British Open seems like a foregone conclusion. Even for those competing against the World No. 1. But at least one golf fan is confident that there will be a final-round comeback. By Haotong Li. RELATED: Daniel Berger drives green Read more…
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — A head girl named Gracie wears a headset—over here, “head girl” means something like “class president”—and the information travels the airwaves from Score Control, a hub near the media center. Not long after the new scores crackle in her ear, Gracie and her fellow students from Coleraine Grammar School and Dominican Read more…
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland— Temper again got the best of Sergio Garcia. On Royal Portrush’s par-5 second, the Spaniard sent his tee shot soaring to the left. The swing was barely completed when the former Masters champ recoiled, slamming his club into the turf. However, as soon as the driver made impact with the ground, the Read more…
Canadian Aphrodite Deng reinforced her standing as one of the two best juniors in the world on Saturday, winning the 76th U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, defeating Xingtong Chen of Singapore, 2 and 1, in the 36-hole final on the Riverside Course at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga. Deng opened a 4-up lead Read more…
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland—Viewed from the fairway, Rory McIlroy’s eagle on the 12th hole Saturday was captivating theater. It seemed too slow for the longest time as it trickled to the ridge just a few feet from the hole, but it hit the downslope at the perfect speed, the energy and anticipation built to a crest, Read more…
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The footage was instantly hilarious when it came out on social media Friday at the British Open: NBC’s Dan Hicks and Kevin Kisner minding their own business in the TV booth, when suddenly, a bat flying above them unleashed total chaos. Hicks pawed at the air, Kisner slowly slunk to the Read more…
Through two days of the British Open, some of the world’s best players have climbed the leaderboard at Royal Portrush, setting up an exciting weekend in Northern Ireland. But as is the case at any major, there are plenty of other big names who won’t be there. RELATED: Surprise Day 1 leader starts Day 2 Read more…
The profanity was flying thick and fast at Royal Portrush on Friday. With the cutline looming and the weather suffering a severe identity crisis, players and broadcasters alike found themselves scrambling for sanity. The worst of it came from Shane Lowry, who was heard shouting “f—k this place!” about the site of his 2019 British Read more…
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — From afar it’s the profile of Brooks Koepka, not just because of the swoosh across his apparel and violent swing and brooding physique in a sport that has few of them, but that he’s contending at a major championship. Yet it’s not the five-time major winner, but a man who’s making Read more…
Chris Gotterup won the Scottish Open last weekend and is currently inside the top 10 at the 36-hole mark in the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. It’s quite the stretch of golf, and life. And yet, his dad might have him beat. RELATED: Shane Lowry’s shocking NSFW message for . . . Royal Portrush? As Read more…
As they say in the UK, nae wind, nae rain, nae golf. This week at Royal Portrush, it’s also nae . . . bats? Well, technically, none of the competitors in the 153rd Open Championship had to deal with a stray bat, but a former Open competitor, Kevin Kisner, sure did. Kisner, who now works Read more…
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