There is room for debate as to whether the claret jug is the most iconic item awarded to a tournament winner in golf, a chorus of folks representing a sleepy town in Georgia likely arguing that a certain emerald blazer has an awful lot of cachet, too.
Min Woo Lee says the firm, brown turf at Royal Birkdale could play right into his hands, building on the mental and technical progress he made at last week’s Scottish Open.
Royal Birkdale demands shots most players rarely need. Here are the five essential shots pros are cramming into their practice ahead of the Open Championship, from the off-green putt to the chunk-and-run.
Tyrrell Hatton is never one to talk himself up, and Royal Birkdale is no exception. The self-proclaimed doubter rates his game a five out of 10 ahead of the Open Championship, and jokes about his Sunday chances.
From a Ukrainian-born teenager to an Irishman living with cystic fibrosis, here are the ten amateurs chasing the Silver Medal at the Open Championship, awarded to the low amateur through 72 holes.
Australian golfing great Adam Scott feels the shortest and straightest hitters will have an advantage at Royal Birkdale as the 154th Open Championship gets underway.
Cameron Smith says his game is coming together at the perfect time as he returns to Royal Birkdale, four years after lifting the claret jug at St Andrews.
Travis Smyth has earned his place as one of seven Australians in the Open Championship field at Royal Birkdale, while Min Woo Lee also arrived in form.
Wyndham Clark’s Monday practice session at Royal Birkdale featured one of the more unusual training aids in recent memory, a wooden coat hanger, used to fix his wrist angle ahead of the Open Championship.
Travis Smyth says he still has plenty to prove on golf’s biggest stage as he returns to the Open Championship off the back of a breakthrough season, including wins in Japan and a call-up to LIV Golf Korea.
Rory McIlroy’s stock draw turned into ugly left shots after range conditions at the Scottish Open masked a growing swing flaw. Here’s the technical breakdown of what went wrong, and how he plans to fix it before Royal Birkdale.
Royal Birkdale has burned brown and firm ahead of the Open Championship, the driest it’s played since Carnoustie in 2018. Jordan Spieth and others weigh in on what that means for the week ahead.
The R&A celebrates ten years of Greenlinks at Royal Birkdale, with the Open Championship achieving a 93 per cent cut in on-site emissions and zero waste to landfill for the past five years.
Min Woo Lee falls just short at the Scottish Open, finishing runner-up to Tom Kim, but leaves North Berwick with real confidence heading into the Open Championship. Quinn Croker and Cameron Percy also impress in strong Australian weeks.
Australian Golf Digest
