In the three years since the Scottish Open became co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour, the three Open champions finished in the top-15 at Renaissance the week prior to lifting the claret jug.
Spieth, who won The Open in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, will play in his 12th consecutive Open next week. He’s never missed the cut in his 11 prior appearances and also has a second, a T-8 and a T-9 to his name.
According to “Bunkered”, this will be a two-week partnership at this week’s Scottish Open and next week’s Open Championship while Morikawa continues to look for a long-time solution at caddie.
The Victorian finally sealed a place in The Open after narrowly missing out on opportunities at the Australian Open, the New Zealand Open and the International Series Macau earlier this season.
Westwood, who has just one top-10 finish on the LIV Tour in 2025, shot rounds of 70 and 67, a seven-under total that was the lowest of anyone in the 68-player field.
The renowned golf course and clubhouse at Scotland’s Turnberry Golf Club, home to four Open Championships, were severely vandalised on Friday by a Palestinian group that claimed responsibility. The resort has been owned by US President Donald Trump since 2014. Photos of Turnberry show turf on the course dug up and another spot with white Read more…
The R&A has restated it has no intentions of returning the Open Championship to Trump Turnberry, but largely due to logistics and commercial enterprise.
As of January 1, 2025, in competitions where the Model Local Rule is in effect, visible cracks to the face and clubhead now also constitute “broken or the damage significant” enough to allow the club to be removed (providing it was not caused by player abuse).