Overnight, the R&A announced the eligibility for the qualifier, putting into picture the criteria for how the governing body is going to select the 12 players who will play in the 18-hole competition at Royal Birkdale.
The Australian Open has landed a new major naming rights sponsor in Crown Resorts ahead of the 121-year-old event being held at Royal Melbourne Golf Club from December 4–7.
With the seven-shot victory over fellow LIV golfer Peter Uihlein, 22-year-old Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin earned exemptions into the 2026 Masters and Open Championship.
Thailand’s Pongsapak “Fifa” Laopakdee has a ritual during tournaments where he sings songs to calm the nerves. There were plenty on Sunday during the final round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, where the Arizona State college golfer won a dramatic playoff at the Emirates Golf Club to punch his ticket to the 2026 Masters and 154th Open Championship.
Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley said a surge in the percentage of international players competing in the Masters in recent years was the inspiration to award the winners of the Australian Open and five other national opens a spot into the April major in the future.
Marco Penge is heading to the US in 2026, which includes a stop at Augusta National, after the Englishman outlasted Dan Brown in a playoff to capture the Open de Espana.
Four masterful rounds raised serious questions about whether golf is witnessing generational excellence or something approaching all-time greatness. Yet somehow, Scheffler felt almost secondary to a man who finished seven shots behind.
The comparisons, debate and analysis of Scheffler’s past four seasons to some of Woods’ greatest runs are inevitable. And upon closer examination, it’s a legitimate exercise because the ways in which they stomped on their peers are very similar in some respects – and quite a bit different in others.
A dominant athlete content to avoid controversy or the spotlight might not fit the modern mould, but Scheffler’s win at Royal Portrush was riveting for its own reasons.
Ahead of the final round of this year’s Open Championship, Rory McIlroy said Scottie Scheffler is “inevitable”. After the round, Xander Schauffele summed up the world No.1’s dominance even better.
Wyndham Clark secured his career-best result at the Open Championship with a sensational final round at Royal Portrush, but his locker-room incident at last month’s US Open still lingered.