Loving the Open Championship means loving links golf. There’s something so refreshing about watching players hit shots we don’t usually see, in weather we’d usually try to avoid. To play links golf well, there are a few shots you need to be able to hit. On a trip to Scotland, Jason Guss, a Golf Digest Read more…
It’s a well-known fact that golf and spouses make for awkward bedfellows. Many significant others embrace their partner’s hobbies—golf or otherwise—and welcome the free time it affords them, but the stereotype is quite the opposite, and sometimes stereotypes exist for a reason. Enter this Reddit user, who posted a wild series of messages he received Read more…
Tattoos are forever … but so is the 2023 European Ryder Cup team. Led by Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm (with a little Shane Lowry energy thrown in), the squad took over Marco Simone two years ago, starting with a 4-0 lead and eventually turning that into a 16.5-11.5 victory. Rahm, in particular, went 2-0-2, Read more…
Fans at Royal Portrush already got a sneak peak of the full Jordan Spieth Experience during a practice round. The three-time major champ hit a wild shot that found a crazy lie on a dune atop a bunker. But Spieth attempted to play it as it lies. And, well, it didn’t go too well. RELATED: Read more…
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: The reward for winning a major championship is so much more than financial. And that’s particularly so for the British Open Championship, where the champion on Sunday at Royal Portrush will walk off with golf’s most recognizable trophy—the claret jug—and its most distinguished label—“Champion Golfer of Read more…
The final major championship of the year promises to be a special one, as it returns to the Dunluce Links course at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland for the first time since 2019 and just the third time ever. This week’s Open feels as wide open as ever, with a number of the biggest names Read more…
The final major of the season is upon us, and whether you’re in a season-long contest or just entering an office pool, the unique setup of the Open Championship can allow you to find some diamonds in the rough. RELATED: British Open picks 2025: 3 longshot bets our expert loves The Open is a beast of Read more…
What constitutes a ‘longshot?’ Longshot and ‘sleeper’ are always tricky, especially when trying to cater to those among us who follow the professional game so closely. It’s unlikely that I can deliver on names that are foreign to you, but for the sake of this exercise, I’ll focus on golfers who are down the odds Read more…
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Robert MacIntyre will be fine, as long as you give him an hour. This time last year MacIntyre was the toast of golf, becoming the first Scotsman to win his national open in 15 years. But the 28-year-old enters Royal Portrush off a so-so title defense of the Genesis Scottish Open, Read more…
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Jon Rahm’s two major championship victories have come on American soil and he has deep golf and familial ties to the States. But ask him what the Open Championship means to the Spaniard and his answer is both surprising and not. “In my opinion, the Open Championship is the most prestigious Read more…
After a thrilling week in Scotland, we head to Northern Ireland for the final major of the year, the Open Championship. The host venue will be Royal Portrush, hosting just its third-ever British Open. Portrush is the only golf course that has hosted an Open outside of England or Scotland, and it is a tremendously Read more…
Aaron Rodgers courts controversy like railroad tycoons courted textile heiresses in the roaring ‘20s. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ new-old quarterback would probably dispute that. He’d probably tell you the media are drama queens, not him, and to some extent that may be true, but it seems that everywhere Rodgers goes, a headline of his own making Read more…
Kim Kaufman will play in her first competitive tournament since being diagnosed with breast cancer last October. It’s great news for the 33-year-old South Dakota native who returns with a new purpose. Kaufman played on the LPGA for seven years and the last five on the Epson Tour. She will play in this week’s Green Read more…
The Open Championship might be days away, with a chance for Xander Schauffele to become the first repeat winner since Pádraig Harrington in 2008, but even his father, Stefan Schauffele, found himself looking ahead to the Ryder Cup. Even though the competition is months away, the elder Schauffele has already decided that he won’t be Read more…
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