With consecutive top-10 finishes among strong fields in his past two starts, Fitzpatrick, 30, is threatening to return to major-championship form. Which is exactly what he’s thinking about.
Ryan Peake delivered a thoughtful and eloquent press conference after a dream week playing with Phil Mickelson ended in a missed cut, but the West Australian was defiant he’ll be back at the links major.
Shane Lowry unleashing F-bomb rants during golf tournaments is certainly nothing new. He did it at this year’s PGA Championship. He did it at last year’s Open Championship. He, well, you get the point. But what happened on Friday was still a bit shocking from the Irishman.
Cameron Smith guaranteed an unwanted statistic when his missed cut at the 153rd Open Championship capped early exits from all four major championships this year.
Shaun Norris from South Africa had a day to forget in the second round of the Open Championship, missing the cut after a 75 that included a 10 on a par 4. Yes, a 10.
Elvis Smylie says he was frustrated to have been struck down with an illness on the eve of the Open Championship but fought to at least have a hope of making the 36-hole cut at Royal Portrush.
After a 4am alarm for his early tee time, Marc Leishman wrestled with the beastly Royal Portrush course to climb back up the Open Championship leaderboard and into contention on day two in Northern Ireland.
Australia’s Ryan Peake is one of the most interesting men in the field at this year’s Open Championship. As documented by Golf Digest’s Joel Beall and Evin Priest earlier this month, the 31-year-old has undergone an incredible journey from an Australian prison, where he served five years for assault stemming from his affiliation with a Read more…
Two-time major winner Jon Rahm was furious at a person in the gallery who made a noise during a tee shot on day one at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
Former winner Cameron Smith says a vicious talking to after a tournament-threatening front nine helped salvage his Open Championship hopes on day one at Royal Portrush.
This parade is a politically divisive, historically combustible and arguably provocative march that will have a lot of people feeling a lot of very strong emotions along the Catholic-Protestant split in Northern Ireland.
Future hosts of the Open Championship were a hot topic during Wednesday’s pre-tournament press conference at Royal Portrush, with new R&A CEO Mark Darbon addressing numerous options, from Trump Turnberry’s possible return to the feasibility of a groundbreaking edition at Portmarnock Golf Club in Ireland.
Scheffler’s words earlier this week at Royal Portrush revealed not a man searching for purpose, but one who had already found it – words that could help his fellow superstar return from an existential rut.
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