CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Here are a few things I think I think after Tiger Woods shot a second consecutive even-par 71 Friday in the second round. And yes, he made the cut: • Tiger said all 71s are not created equal. On Thursday, he made three birdies and three bogeys. On Friday, he made four birdie […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – The top two players in the world both missed the cut at The Open, creating the possibility of a shakeup at the top of the rankings by the end of the weekend. Dustin Johnson became the first world No. 1 since Luke Donald in 2011 to miss the cut at the year’s […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – If this was Sandy Lyle’s final Open appearance, he went out in style. Playing on the final year of his automatic age exemption, the 60-year-old Scot buried a 30-foot birdie on the last hole. He missed the cut after shooting 9-over 151 over two rounds. “I was very light-footed,” he said. “I […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Erik van Rooyen was surveying his 10-footer for par, trying to get a feel for the putt, when his putter slipped out of his hand and dropped onto his ball marker. The question, then, was whether that accident caused his coin to move. The rules official looked at various camera angles but […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – After a half-day of rain in Round 2 of the 147th Open Championship, the weekend offers a much drier forecast. Saturday at Carnoustie is projected to be mostly cloudy with a high of 62 degrees and only a 20 percent chance of rain. Full-field scores from the 147th Open Championship Full coverage […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – It was only fitting that Jean Van de Velde was there working as an on-course reporter on Friday as Kevin Kisner struggled his way up Carnoustie’s 18th fairway. Rolling along with a two-stroke lead, Kisner’s 8-iron approach shot from an awkward lie in the rough from 160 yards squirted right and bounced […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Three of the top five players in the world missed the cut at The Open. Bernhard Langer did not. The 60-year-old, who is in the field via his victory in last year’s Senior Open Championship, shot even-par 71 on Friday. At 2 over through 36 holes, he safely made it under the […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – The key to surviving Carnoustie is avoiding the bunkers. Jon Rahm found three bunkers to close out the front nine Friday, the start of a triple bogey-double-bogey run that led to a second-round 78 and missed cut at The Open. “All of them were as bad a lie as they could have […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Pat Perez’s major record is infinitely forgettable. In 24 Grand Slam starts he has exactly one top-10 finish, more than a decade ago at the PGA Championship. “Terrible,” Perez said when asked to sum up his major career. “I won sixth [place]. Didn’t even break top 5.” It’s strange, however, that his […]
With a handful of the pre-championship favorites exiting early, there is a new odds-on leader entering the third round of The Open at Carnoustie. While Zach Johnson and Kevin Kisner share the 36-hole lead, it’s England’s Tommy Fleetwood who leads the betting pack at 11/2. Fleetwood begins the third round one shot off the lead. […]