Tommy Fleetwood would be the current world No.2 if the Official World Golf Ranking used a one-year points gathering period instead of two. So right now, yes, it’s good to be Tommy Fleetwood.
In the history of the venerable Irish Open, 33 times a competitor has marked a ‘1’ on their scorecard, including eight-time European Tour Order of Merit winner Colin Montgomerie. Twice!
The winner of the claret jug at Royal Birkdale later this month will receive the biggest first-place cheque in British Open history, R&A officials announced overnight upon revealing the purse and prize breakdown.
An emotional Kyle Stanley pipped a luckless Charles Howell III to win on the US PGA Tour for the first time in five years at the Quicken Loans National.