Jim (Bones) Mackay will bring 25 years of expertise as a caddie for Phil Mickelson to a new occupation as an on-course reporter for Golf Channel and NBC.
Final Qualifying for the British Open earlier this week was certainly eventful, for both those who earned their way into the Major field and those who just missed.
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.
Tasmanian pro Ryan McCarthy survived a four-players-for-one-spot playoff to gain a berth in this month’s British Open after the final qualifying event at Gailes Links in Scotland.
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.
The R&A announced overnight that Royal St George’s will host the 2020 British Open. The claret jug will make its 15th appearance at the Sandwich course, with its most recent visit coming in 2011.
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