Three-time champion Tiger Woods is playing in The Open for the first time since he missed the cut in 2015 at St. Andrews. Woods will begin his first round Thursday in the 147th edition at Carnoustie at 10:21 a.m. ET, playing alongside Hideki Matsuyama and Russell Knox. Defending champion Jordan Spieth delivered the claret jug to […]
Michael Kim won his first career PGA Tour event at the John Deere Classic. Here’s a look inside his bag: Driver: Titleist TS2 (10.5 degrees), with Aldila Rogue Black 60X shaft Fairway wood: Titleist 917F2 (16.5 degrees), with Aldila Rogue Black 70 TX shaft Hybrid: Titleist 816H1 (21 degrees), Graphite Design Tour AD DI-85 X Hybrid shaft Irons: Titleist 716 T-MB (4), 718 AP2 (5-PW), […]
The thing I remember about the 1999 Open Championship is that for 54 holes, it was boring. I can’t speak for the next 17, because I didn’t watch. I took advantage of a beautiful Sunday morning to play golf. When our group finished, we went into the clubhouse hoping to catch the last few holes […]
Five Past “Champion Golfers of The Year” Highlight Broadcast Team Technology Enhancements: Links-Optimized Toptracer, Wind Gauges and Bunker Cams, Including “Johnny Miller Bunker” Along 18th Fairway NBC Sports Group’s all-encompassing coverage from The 147TH Open kicked off today with Golf Central Live From The Open, which throughout the week will deliver nearly 50 hours of […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Justin Thomas took a familiar slash with his driver on the 18th tee on Monday at Carnoustie and watched anxiously as his golf ball bounced and bounded down the fairway. Unlike the two previous editions of The Open, at what is widely considered the rota’s most demanding test, a particularly warm and […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – In his practice round Monday at Carnoustie, Jon Rahm bashed away with driver on the 18th tee, reducing one of the most intimidating finishing holes in championship golf into a driver-wedge. Indeed, when it comes to his choice of clubs off the tee this week at The Open, Rahm has one strategy […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Tommy Fleetwood holds the competitive course record at Carnoustie, but he’s skeptical that his past experience will help him at The Open. Last fall, in the European Tour’s Dunhill Links Championship, Fleetwood birdied six of his last eight holes to card a bogey-free, 9-under 63, the lowest score ever at what is […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – One course came to mind when Padraig Harrington arrived on property and saw a firm, fast and yellow Carnoustie. Hoylake in 2006. That’s when Tiger Woods avoided every bunker, bludgeoned the links with mid-irons and captured the last of his three Open titles. So Harrington was asked: Given the similarity in firmness […]
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – As his title chances seemed to be slipping away during the final round of last year’s Open Championship, Jordan Spieth’s caddie took a moment to remind him who he was. Following a bogey at No. 13, Michael Greller referenced a recent vacation he’d taken to Mexico where he’d spent time with Michael […]
If Tiger Woods is going to qualify for the final WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club, he’ll need to do something he hasn’t done in five years this week at The Open. Woods has won eight times at Firestone, including his most recent PGA Tour victory in 2013, and has openly stated that he would […]