CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Before, during and after the Fourth of July, Rickie Fowler missed a few appointments with his razor. He arrived in the United Kingdom for last week’s Scottish Open still unshaved and he tied for sixth place. Fowler, like most golfers, can give in to superstition, so he’s decided to keep the caveman […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Guess whose putter is starting to heat up again at a major? Even with a few wayward shots Friday at Carnoustie, Jordan Spieth made a significant climb up the leaderboard in the second round, firing a 4-under 67 to move just three shots off the lead. Spieth showed his trademark grit in […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Eighteen major champions made the cut at The Open and will be playing the weekend at Carnoustie, including 60-year-old ageless wonder Bernhard Langer, and both major champs so far this year, Patrick Reed and Brooks Koepka. Twenty-four-year-old Gavin Green will be first off solo Saturday at 4:15 a.m. ET. Reed and Rhys […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Justin Rose needed to sink a 14-foot putt on the final hole Friday just to make the cut on the number at The Open. Freewheeling when he came to the course Saturday, Rose tied the lowest score ever recorded in an Open at Carnoustie. Entering the weekend nine shots off the lead, […]
Tiger Woods started the third round of The Open at even par, having made seven birdies and seven bogeys over the first 36 holes at Carnoustie. Following three pars to start on Saturday, Woods went on a birdie binge. No. 1 came with this putt at the par-4 fourth. No. 2 with this two-putt at […]
It’s Moving Day at The Open Championship for all but one sedentary fan. Cameras caught this potentially browned-out man having himself a Saturday snooze on the browned-out grasses of Carnoustie: Tiger’s done for the day and apparently so is this guy#TheOpen pic.twitter.com/WPRixYLavl — Golf Central (@GolfCentral) July 21, 2018 Browned out. That’s a great term. […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – When Tiger Woods benched his trusty Scotty Cameron blade putter last month at the Quicken Loans National for a new TaylorMade mallet-headed version some saw it as a sign of desperation, but if his performance on Carnoustie’s greens on Saturday were any indication it could end up being a calculated success. Woods […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Here are a few things I think I think after Tiger Woods went berserk Saturday and shot 5-under 66 to vault up the leaderboard at The Open at Carnoustie: • THAT WAS AWESOME! At 4:13PM here in Scotland, when Tiger two-putted for birdie on the par-5 14th hole, he held a share […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – As one of his idols charged into a share of the lead Saturday at The Open, Shaun Norris took note of the quality of shots and offered the type of informed analysis that can only come from those inside the ropes, in the heat of battle, with everything on the line. “I […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Jordan Spieth’s third-round 65 was jump-started by an eagle on the opening hole after driving the green. Turns out his decision to take driver on the 380-yard opener wasn’t made until a few minutes before his tee time. Full-field scores from the 147th Open Championship Full coverage of the 147th Open Championship […]