New Zealand’s Ryan Fox, who had not finished in the top-10 in 29 previous major championship starts, sank a 12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to capture the 154th Open Championship on Sunday at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England.
Australian Cameron John can hardly believe he’s set to feature in the shake-up to a major championship for the first time after another fine round at Birkdale.
Before anything else, I would like to say three positive things: 1. The children love Bryson. In the time I spent following Bryson DeChambeau in his third round at the Open, just one child was guilty of punk-ish predilections, and I only heard about the kid secondhand – apparently, the precocious little snot-nosed guttersnipe shouted Read more…
A day after the R&A issued a two-stroke penalty to Bryson DeChambeau at the Open Championship for inadvertently improving the area of his swing path for his second shot on the fifth hole during the second round, R&A CEO Mark Darbon shed a little more light on how the penalty came to be in an interview with BBC Radio.
The seven-strong Aussie contingent at the British Open have failed to really hit top stride, none managing to break par at Birkdale as 38 other players did.
Adam Scott’s remarkable contribution to golf has been recognised on one of the sport’s biggest stages, with the popular Aussie named the inaugural recipient of the R&A Spirit of Golf Award on the eve of The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale.
Nick Faldo does not grace our television sets as often as he used to, but that is not going to stop him from absolutely firing off some takes when he gets the opportunity.
Australian Golf Digest
