In 2017, the last time the Open Championship was at Royal Birkdale, the back-nine drama belonged to Jordan Spieth with a now-infamous sequence on the 13th hole that sparked his run to the claret jug. In 2026, the chaos came for Scottie Scheffler instead.
SOUTHPORT, England — Cam Young gave it everything. A front-nine 29, a birdie on 14, another on 17 and he was tied for the lead as he stood on the 18th tee. But a high quality, controlled round of golf—which could have seen him match the lowest final-round score in major history (63)—stumbled over the Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Nine players sit within five shots of 54-leader Sam Burns to start the final round of the British Open. Perhaps then it’s a reasonable thought to brush up on how the R&A conducts a playoff in the event of a tie after 72 holes. Plus, given the fact there hasn’t been a Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England—It is Saturday night in Southport, and according to the leaderboard, someone is going to do something they’ve never done before. Sam Burns is the pace car after 54 holes, his 10-under score good for a two-shot lead at Royal Birkdale. But there are seven players within four, and the connective tissue between Burns Read more…
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…
It’s crunch time at the Open Championship. With 18 holes to play, it would seem there are any number of contenders in the mix. But who will do the grabbing at Royal Birkdale? If history is any indicator, the soon-to-be champion golfer of the year will be somebody within three shots of the 54-hole lead Read more…
Bryson DeChambeau and the two-shot penalty he incurred on Friday in the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Given the circumstances—with one of golf’s most polarizing figures leading a major, only to lose two shots in a very controversial decision by the R&A—this may go down as the most remembered rules controversy of all time. Indeed, Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — These are all the shots on Royal Birkdale’s reachable 321-yard par 4, 5th hole on Friday. If you look closely you can see two different strategies emerge. Your browser does not support the video tag. Option 1: Lay back The ones on the left are the players who laid up. These guys Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — No shot in golf is identical. Lies, distances, wind, angles, there’s lots of variables that may seem similar on paper but aren’t the same in reality.. Same goes for scores. In the case of men’s major championships, there have now been seven rounds of 62. But those too, are not created equal. Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Three swipes from three feet revealed the magic that hasn’t been there wasn’t coming back, not this week at least. There was hope it might resurface at Royal Birkdale since this is where it burned brightest, where Jordan Spieth scaled the dunes into the unknown to steal a claret jug that he Read more…
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