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.
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.
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