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Xander Schauffele continued his torrid stretch of championship golf Thursday, carding a 2-under 69 during his opening round of the Open Championship. The score might not sound overly impressive, but with how difficult Royal Troon Golf Course played, that was good enough to place him inside the top four. The same, however, cannot be said […]

Jon Rahm entered Thursday’s opening round of the 152nd Open Championship in search of his third major championship. Rahm, like many of his competitors, struggled to get anything going during their first round. The Spaniard carded a 2-over 73 and sits seven shots off the lead, currently held by Shane Lowry. Despite getting plenty of […]

If Tiger Woods hopes to use the 152nd Open Championship to prove retirement calls premature, he’ll have to do so in the second round at Royal Troon Golf Club. The PGA Tour legend, making his 23rd British Open start, carded an 8-over 79 on Thursday. When he walked off the 18th green, Tiger was tied […]

The Open Championship is underway, and Tiger Woods is trying to add to his legacy with a good performance this weekend. During the first round, Sky Sports commentator and former professional golfer, Mark Roe, got into some hot water with his comments about how Tiger Woods is dealing with the pain of walking the course. […]

Rory McIlroy has dug himself a hole as deep as a Royal Troon pot bunker after his first round at the 152nd Open Championship — his final chance to win a fifth major before his drought hits Year 11. Since resurfacing from his three-week hiatus following his U.S. Open heartbreak, McIlroy has accentuated the overall […]

Bryson DeChambeau wasted no time severely damaging his chance to win back-t0-back majors. On the first hole of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland on Thursday, the 2024 U.S. Open winner — who rolled it so beautifully at Pinehurst No. 2 — three-putted for bogey. Things didn’t get better from […]

To win the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club on the West Coast of Scotland, golfers must excel in driving accuracy, greens in regulation, and with their short game (assuming greens are missed), while avoiding the pot bunkers at all cost. They’ll also have to maneuver around one of the hardest holes in […]

The 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon will mark Tiger Woods’ fifth official PGA Tour start since undergoing season-ending ankle surgery in 2023. In February, the 48-year-old withdrew midway through his host tournament, the Genesis Invitational, due to illness. He made a record 24th consecutive Masters cut at the hilly Augusta National, then finished last […]

On the eve of the 152nd Open Championship, R&A Chief Martin Slumbers addressed the media for the final time from the world’s oldest major. Slumbers previously announced he will be stepping down from his post in the near future. Before taking questions, Slumbers took a couple minutes to discuss the status of men’s professional golf. […]

The 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon begins Thursday on the west coast of Scotland. The 156-person field marks the largest for a British Open since 1995. Unlike, say, a U.S. Open, the nature of this links events — a short, gusty test — should provide ample opportunities for golfers up and down the board […]

Tiger Woods has often remained guarded about his relationship with former President Donald Trump, but ahead of The Open Championship in Scotland, Woods said that he was thrown off of his normal preparation routine as a result of the attempt on Trump’s life at a campaign rally over the weekend. Following an attempted assassination on […]

If there’s one feature of Royal Troon to familiarize yourself with ahead of the Open Championship, it’s undoubtedly the tiny, telegenic, and tricky par-3 8th hole, famously known as “The Postage Stamp.” In the age of power, the 123-yard hole offers a critical accuracy test at the end of a relatively friendly first nine. Beginning […]

Scottie Scheffler will look to continue his meteoric rise in professional golf this week as he tackles Royal Troon Golf Club, host venue of the 152 Open Championship. This will be Scheffler’s fourth appearance at The Open, with his best finish coming in 2021 tying for eighth. However, unlike his previous three attempts, Scheffler changed […]

We are less than 48 hours away from the season’s final major kicking off. Royal Troon Golf Course in Troon, Scotland will play host to the 152 Open Championship later this week. There is an abundance of intriguing storylines. Can Brian Harman shock the golfing world and repeat as champion? Vegas clearly does not think […]

Ludvig Åberg is preparing to make his Open Championship debut later this week. The Swedish phenom has burst onto the scene and taken the golfing world by storm. The 24-year-old Åberg has already helped Team Europe win a Ryder Cup and nearly won the Masters in his first attempt this past April. But it is […]

The Open Championship pre-tournament press conference offered a timely platform for Tiger Woods to address why the U.S. Ryder Cup captaincy was given to Keegan Bradley last week. The 82-time PGA Tour champion was widely expected to get the gig. Tiger engaged in monthslong talks with former PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh about helming […]

The PGA Tour stays in Scotland as the Open Championship is this weekend. Below we will continue our PGA Tour odds series with an Open Championship prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the event. This event will take place at Royal Troon golf course. It is an old, beautiful […]

It has been a month since Rory McIlroy suffered one of the most painful defeats of his pro career during the 2024 US Open at Pinehurst. Some of his high-profile friends from the sports realm tried to reach out to him to offer consoling messages following his loss to Bryson DeChambeau. The Northern Irishman missed […]

Over the weekend, European Ryder Cup legend — and three-time major runner-up — Colin Montgomerie impolitely suggested that Tiger Woods should enjoy post-PGA Tour life rather than waste everyone’s time by participating in golf tournaments such as the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon. “I hope people remember Tiger as Tiger was, the passion and […]

Former European Ryder Cup star Colin Montgomerie doesn’t understand, frankly, why 82-time PGA Tour winner Tiger Woods even bothered to show up at Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland this week to compete in the 152nd Open Championship. Montgomerie, a resident of Royal Troon, told the Times of London over the weekend that Tiger’s struggles […]

Tiger Woods appeared for an 18-hole practice round — his first round at Royal Troon Golf Club in 20 years — ahead of the 152nd Open Championship, which begins on Thursday in Scotland. The three-time British Open winner, flew overnight from Florida, per Sports Illustrated. Tiger, who rarely plays full practice rounds the week of […]

As the Open Championship approaches, the golfing world focuses on those PGA & LIV players who have consistently performed at a high level yet still seek their first major victory. Here, we highlight the ten best active golfers who haven’t won a major, detailing their achievements and potential as they head into one of the […]

Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake have reportedly gotten the official green light to bring their experimental sports bar project to the home of golf: St. Andrews, in Scotland. The PGA Tour legend and pop superstar have been granted permission by the Fife Council to convert the town’s old movie theater into a second T-Squared Social. […]

Qualifying has wrapped for the 152nd Open at Royal Troon. LIV Golf representatives — excluding Sergio Garcia — fared slightly better in their efforts to crack into the 2024 British Open field than they did ahead of the U.S. Open. The winner at Pinehurst No. 2, Bryson DeChambeau, headlines the cohort of 16 LIV players […]

Sergio Garcia blasted the patrons and officials after he failed to qualify for the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon. The LIV Golf player is sitting on 99 career major starts. Garcia posted a three-under aggregate score after his 36-hole Final Qualifying at West Lancashire Golf Club on Tuesday — two strokes back of grabbing […]

Patrick Cantlay, currently ranked no. 8 in the world and arguably the most prolific professional golfer without a major on his resume, has withdrawn from this week’s PGA Tour event, the John Deere Classic, with an unspecified back injury. The final major of the year, the Open Championship, begins on July 18. “While training for […]

Nike is set to commemorate yet another historic sporting event as the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club will take place in just a few short weeks. It’s rare that we see Nike partner with events other than the Olympics like this, but the momentous occasion and popularity of golf at the moment […]

It was a brilliant tournament for American Brian Harman, as he walked into Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England and dominated the field in The Open Championship. Harman won the tournament with a cumulative score of 13 under par, six strokes better than four golfers who were 7-under. Rory McIlroy, one of the favorites […]

You can take Brian Harman a long, long way from his native Peach State, but you definitely can’t take his love for Georgia football out of the newly minted winner of the Open Championship. After making history at Royal Liverpool by taking the Open Championship by a whopping six strokes, Harman revealed how he was […]

Brian Harman has earned his first major victory in historic fashion, winning the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Sunday by a whopping six strokes. From Savannah, Georgia, to Hoylake, England 🏆@HarmanBrian wins his first major by SIX @TheOpen! pic.twitter.com/UzNuy4Nomi — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 23, 2023 Harman finished the Open Championship at […]

American Brian Harman is small in stature at 5-foot-7, but he continues to dominate the Open Championship through 54 holes. After getting off to a slow start that included a couple of early bogeys, Harman regained his sharp form and fired a 2-under-par 69 in the third round at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in […]

After struggling out of the gates at the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, Masters winner and world No. 3 Jon Rahm knew he had to come out and shine on Saturday in his third round. Needless to say, that’s exactly what he did. The Spaniard set a Royal Liverpool record with a mind-boggling score of […]

Cuts are happening at the Open Championship as we near the weekend, and one golfer that will not be moving on is Justin Thomas. After shooting 82-71 and missing his third cut of the year, Thomas couldn’t believe it, via Brentley Romine of the Golf Channel. “There’s nobody that shot 82 that hit some of […]

Justin Thomas’ frustration continued at the Open Championship, as the star golfer missed his third major cut of the year. Thomas’ disappointing 2023 season has led some to call him overrated, an accusation that upset former professional golfer and current influencer Paige Spiranac. “It’s wild to me that people are calling JT overrated because he’s […]

If you’re not a diehard golf fan you may not recognize the name at the top of the leaderboard after the second round of The Open Championship. Brian Harman, the 26th-ranked golfer in the world who doesn’t have a PGA Tour win since 2017, shot a six-under 65 on Friday, taking the clubhouse lead at […]

Golfers such as Tommy Fleetwood and Brooks Koepka have made their mark in the 2023 Open Championship. On Friday, however, climate protestors stole headlines. Just Stop Oil climate protestors reportedly set off a flare near the 17th hole at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, per ESPN. ESPN provided a statement from the organizers of the Open […]

The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club had seen plenty of notable storylines, and Christo Lamprecht shooting a 5-under as well as local product Tommy Fleetwood were definitely eye-opening ones. However, Tom Kim provided one of the most stunning outcomes, He made the cut by shooting a 3-under 68 in the second round on […]

Collin Morikawa sunk an epic putt at the Open Championship first round on Thursday, but the real headline later became his stunning juke of an errant golf ball flying at his legs. Morikawa was just getting his round started, putting for birdie on the par-4 fourth hole. Right after he got his shot off and […]

The first round of The Open Championship brought plenty of storylines. Tommy Fleetwood, the local product who grew up 30 miles north of Royal Liverpool, is in a three-way tie atop the leaderboard after the opening round of The Open. Fleetwood noticed the crowd backing him and acknowledged them after his memorable round. “I think […]