SOUTHPORT, England — The first two days of the British Open are a test of attrition. Round begins at 6:35 in the morning and end around 10 in the evening, requiring patience and perseverance for the 156 players trying to figure out the best way to tame the links. As those who didn’t figure it Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Jackson Suber had never been to Europe before arriving to play the 2026 British Open. Now he’s deep in contention through 36 holes at Royal Birkdale. Suber took almost now time to learn the nuances of links golf. His approach this week has been a simple one. Remember that there are more Read more…
[Oprah Winfrey voice] You get a 62! You get a 62! You get a 62! On Friday, at Royal Birkdale the birdies were flying thick and fast. Lucas Herbert went out in a record-tying 28, before narrowly missing a par putt for 61 on No. 18 that would have gave him the lowest score to Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — The first 62 in Open Championship history was a seminal moment in golf, but the author of the second 62 walked off the 18th green “absolutely disappointed, but proud.” Lucas Herbert came within a burned edge of shooting the first 61 in any major when his par putt for a nine-under 61 Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — It took nine years for someone to shoot the second 62 in Open Championship history … and about 15 minutes for someone to shoot the third. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, because the story of what Sam Burns did at Royal Birkdale on Friday has an angle that’s even better Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — The big yellow scoreboard was littered with small black letters of names that seemed not to belong there judging by the squints and pointed fingers from the fans camped out early in the 18th hole grandstands. The Open Championship caters to a golf-centric crowd, probably the most knowledgeable left in the game, Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — The contrast couldn’t have been larger on Friday at the Open Championship. Lucas Herbert walked off Royal Birkdale a touch disappointed with the 62 he had just posted in the second round after making bogey on the 18th hole at Royal Birkdale. Two groups later, Sam Burns was elated after holing a Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Eugenio Chacarra came in hot to his debut Open Championship. Three DP World Tour wins in the past 12 months—the Indian, Dutch and Italian national opens—have catapulted the Spaniard to third on the tour’s Race to Dubai Rankings. The only two people he’s behind: Patrick Reed and Rory McIlroy. And so far Read more…
Lucas Herbert’s Friday front nine at Royal Birkdale was one for the record books. The 30-year-old Aussie shot a six-under-par 28 to take the lead at the 2026 Open Championship. RELATED: The latest updates from the British Open at Royal Birkdale Herbert matched a tournament record set by Denis Durnian, also on Royal Birkdale’s par-34 Read more…
The claret jug, the coveted prize presented to the winner of the British Open, has seen quite a bit of the world—and probably parts of it many folks might not want to see.
SOUTHPORT, England — So much for needing experience to have success in the Open Championship. The first-round leader at Royal Birkdale is Jackson Suber, a second-year PGA Tour pro who played his first round of links golf on … Monday upon arriving in England. “I’ve never been to Europe,” he said after shooting a five-under Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Players prepare their whole lives—and then most of the hours in the days before the tournament—preparing to play well in the Open Championship. And then, of course, something happens they’ve never seen before. For Tyrrell Hatton, that happened on the 13th hole on Thursday. Royal Birkdale’s 13th tee shot presented one of Read more…
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