Jason Day usually saves his best for major weeks, and that trend continued on Tuesday at Royal Portrush, where the 2015 PGA champ rolled out his first Internet-breaking fit of the week. Feast your eyes.
A decade after his heartbreaking but inspiring playoff loss at the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews, Marc Leishman says his winning form on LIV Golf has him believing he can contend and win the claret jug at Royal Portrush this week.
Lucas Herbert laughs recalling the moment he channelled his inner golfing hippie by beating balls on a beach in the Liverpool area the night before advancing through 11th-hour qualifying into the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
Avoiding blow-up holes isn’t glamorous, but it’s how you win. Whatever your trophy is, this is how you chase it – by turning big numbers into manageable ones.
Last week and this week represent at “14-day chunk” for McIlroy that will be the highlight of his northern summer. After that, it’s another reset, with the goal of peaking again for the Ryder Cup.
The adjustments players have to make on the greens are more subtle than on the fairway, but look closely and you’ll see them. You may even learn more about putting.
This year’s venue is a welcome diversion from the usual march of Open courses. The other championship venues are inarguably great, but Royal Portrush is unique.
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.
Australian Golf Digest
