CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – It might get awkward in that star-studded rental house Saturday night. Two of the three Open co-leaders, Jordan Spieth and Kevin Kisner, are sharing a house this week near Carnoustie. Though it’ll be late by the time they both get back to the house Saturday night, they’ll have plenty of time to […]
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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Tiger Woods stood on the 18th tee at 5 under par, and everyone at Carnoustie knew the importance of the occasion. In 2018, 10 years after his last major victory and one year after fusion surgery, Woods had for a few minutes ascended to the top of the Open leaderboard, and the […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Of the top five players on the leaderboard, only Jordan Spieth has won a major. Then there’s the guy lurking in a share of sixth place. He has 14 of them. In each of Spieth’s three previous major victories, he’s never gone up against a healthy and competitive Tiger Woods. Sure, Woods […]
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 […]
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 – 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 – 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 […]
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. […]
There was chaos, and there was carnage. But in the end, a star-studded leaderboard gave way to the breakthrough of a decorated veteran. Here’s how things ended up at the 147th Open, where a steady round from Francesco Molinari turned into a two-shot victory at Carnoustie: Leaderboard: Francesco Molinari (-8), Xander Schauffele (-6), Rory McIlroy […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Eddie Pepperell’s 11:40 a.m. tee time on Sunday at The Open was a tad early, and not just because the Englishman was heading out more than three hours before the leaders. Following a third-round 71 that dropped him eight strokes off the lead, Pepperell did what many golfers do after a less-than-stellar […]