As there weren’t enough trouble already lurking on the Road Hole, Mark James on Thursday at the Senior Open encountered an identified flying object – a seagull. The 18-time European Tour and three-time PGA Tour Champions winner struck his drive on 17, and that drive struck a seagull in mid-air, ricocheting the ball out of […]

Jean Van de Velde was inside the ropes at last week’s Open Championship, with golf spikes on, though of course he wasn’t part of the competition. Only former Open winners can play until they’re 60. He blew that chance 19 years ago. Now, he’s a part-time on-course TV reporter for Canal+ in France. Across four […]

Making his first competitive start in more than a decade, Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee opened with a 5-over 77 Thursday at The Senior Open. Chamblee, 56, turned in 1 over but made bogeys on Nos. 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 before a closing birdie. When he finished his round, he was 12 shots […]

Updated 2:05 p.m. The Ryder Cup is still months away, but Thursday at the Porsche European Open had an old-timey cup feel to it. Patrick Reed was getting ready to hit his third shot on the par-4 10th when his caddie motioned towards the remote camera crew. Reed then moved away from his ball and […]

It was looking a lot like 1995 on Thursday at the Old Course – at least for a few hours. John Daly, who won the ’95 Open Championship at St. Andrews, got off to a brilliant start in Round 1 of The Senior Open. After a bogey at the second, he made birdie at the […]

Tom Watson might be playing his last competitive rounds at St. Andrews. The 68-year-old, who said farewell to The Open in 2015, is playing in the first Senior Open on the Old Course. He opened with a bogey-free, 3-under 69 as he looks to win for the first time on the famed links. “I didn’t […]

Now it’s the women’s turn. Back to back weeks of premier links tests begin Thursday with the women teeing it up at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open before heading south to England for next week’s Ricoh Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. Like the men, the women will play their […]

Lexi Thompson announced Wednesday that she has withdrawn from the Ricoh Women’s British Open to “recharge my mental batteries.” In an Instagram post, Thompson, 23, wrote that she has not “felt like myself for quite some time.” She alluded to “the events of the past year and a half (on and off the golf course)” […]

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Three tournaments remain before the top eight players qualify for the U.S. Ryder Cup team, including $10 million or more purses from the World Golf Championship at Firestone and the PGA Championship. Another deadline quickly approaching is the FedExCup, and Adam Scott did himself a big favor with his tie for 17th […]

The PGA Tour heads north of the border for this week’s RBC Canadian Open. Here are four featured groups to watch this week at Glen Abbey (all times ET): 8 a.m. off 10 Thursday, 1:15 p.m. off 1 Friday: Kevin Kisner, Tony Finau, Matt Kuchar All three players finished inside the top 9 at last […]