CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Jhonattan Vegas thought someone was playing a practical joke on him. Or maybe he was stuck in the middle of a horror movie. Scheduled to leave for The Open a week ago, he didn’t arrive at Carnoustie until a little more than an hour before his first-round tee time Thursday. “Even if […]
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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – The closing stretch at Carnoustie has famously ruined many a solid round, so Jordan Spieth’s misadventures on Thursday should not have been a complete surprise, but the truth is the defending champion’s miscues were very much self-inflicted. Spieth was cruising along at 3 under par, just two shots off the early lead, […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Three weeks after his playing partner claimed that he “cheated,” taking an improper drop at the Quicken Loans National, Sung Kang insisted Thursday that he did nothing wrong. Joel Dahmen tweeted that Kang cheated after a lengthy dispute about where his ball had last crossed the line of a hazard. A PGA […]
NBC Sports and Golf Channel are showcasing nearly 50 hours of live coverage of the 147th Open. Missed anything? Well, you can catch up right here. Click on the links below for replays from Carnoustie, broken down into daily segments: Saturday, Day 3 (Times ET) 7AM-3PM (Watch): Jordan Spieth fired 65 to move into a three-way […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Pat Perez didn’t even attempt to hide his frustration with the USGA at last month’s U.S. Open, and after an opening-round 69 at The Open, he took the opportunity to double down on his displeasure. “They (the R&A) do it right, not like the USGA,” Perez said of the setup at Carnoustie. […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Brandon Stone knew it when he hit it. “I knew I hit it out of bounds,” the South African said following his opening round in the 147th Open Championship. Stone’s second shot on the par-4 18th, from the left fescue, was pulled into the grandstands, which are marked as O.B. But instead […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – The frat house tradition continued this year at The Open, with a group of seven high-profile Americans rooming together for the week, including early first-round leader Kevin Kisner. Kisner explained after his opening 5-under 66 that the group – which includes Jordan Spieth, Jason Dufner, Zach Johnson, Jimmy Walker, Justin Thomas and […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – For Erik van Rooyen familiarity has not bred contempt. The South African, like many European Tour players, has been on a links golf odyssey the last three weeks, playing the Irish Open, Scottish Open and this week’s Open Championship in consecutive weeks, and the crash course paid off on Day 1 at […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – By the end of the day Friday, we’ll be able to determine which side of The Open draw ended the first two rounds at Carnoustie with more favorable conditions. With rain expected for most of Friday morning, it seems those who played early/late may be more pleased. According to Weather.com, there is […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – In a surreal twist to the opening round of The Open, golf fans across the globe were sent scrambling to Google “kinesiology tape” after Tiger Woods arrived for his first 18 holes at Carnoustie wearing at least two strips of the therapeutic tape on his upper neck. Woods, who underwent fusion surgery […]