CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Tommy Fleetwood looked like an Open rookie when he set out on Friday under gray skies and a cold, steady rain. Because the Englishman doesn’t have an equipment sponsor he made a quick turn through the merchandise tent for an umbrella – but at least he didn’t have to pay for it. […]
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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Rory McIlroy said during his pre-championship news conference that he wanted to play more “carefree” – citing Jon Rahm’s approach now and the way McIlroy played in his younger days. McIlroy got off to a good start Thursday at Carnoustie, shooting 2-under 69, good for a share of eighth place. But while […]
Scores on Day 1 of the 147th Open Championship ranged from 5-under 66 to 11-over 82. The field of 156 players will be cut nearly in half for weekend play at Carnoustie. Here’s how the cut line works in the season’s third major championship: Full-field scores from the 147th Open Championship Full coverage of the […]
Two bad holes derailed Brittany Lincicome in her historic start Thursday at the Barbasol Championship, but they couldn’t wipe the smile off her face afterward. It might have been the most fun she ever had shooting a 78. Lincicome joined Babe Zaharias, Shirley Spork, Annika Sorenstam, Suzy Whaley and Michelle Wie as the only women […]
While most of the golf world had its attention focused on Scotland and The Open Championship at Carnoustie on Thursday, the REALLY remarkable performance of the day was taking place in Halifax, Mass. There, in an American Junior Golf Association tournament, a 16-year-old Thai player made a hole-in-one and an albatross on consecutive holes. According […]
They’re both three shots off the lead, but after starting The Open with rounds in the 60s Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm are now betting co-favorites to lift the claret jug at Carnoustie. McIlroy is four years removed from his Open triumph at Royal Liverpool, while Rahm remains in search of his first major title. […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Tiger Woods arrived Thursday with therapeutic tape on the back of his neck. Carnoustie’s back nine inflicted even more pain. Playing in the most difficult conditions of the day, Woods’ progress was stalled by two late bogeys as he settled for an even-par 71 that left him five shots off the lead […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Russell Knox was expecting the worst and hoping for the best Thursday at The Open. Playing with Tiger Woods tends to have that effect. The native Scot received a treat earlier this week when he saw his name on the tee sheet alongside his boyhood idol, Woods. “Felt good out there, but […]
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 – 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 […]