In 1994 Nick Price was on the hunt for his second major trophy. The Zimbabwean took to Turnberry Golf Resort in Scotland for the 123rd Open Championship in pursuit of his first Claret Jug. Price had a strong tournament but…
Phil Mickelson was a four time major champion when he entered the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield in 2013. Just weeks after narrowly missing out on winning the US Open, the American triumphed in the final round with an incredible…
Some players have seemed destined to win The Open as they emerged onto the golfing scene. And many, including Tiger Woods, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, did so early in their careers. Darren Clarke, one of the most…
A true icon of golf and arguably one of the greatest sportsmen of recent history, Tiger Woods has an incredible legacy at the Open Championship. By July 2005, the American had already won nine major titles including the 2000 Open…
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The current captain of Europe’s Ryder Cup team has enjoyed a stellar career, the pinnacle coming when he became the first European to win back-to-back Open Championships since James Braid in 1905-06. Harrington’s first triumph came at Carnoustie in 2007,…
It took eight years and a return to Carnoustie for Europe to find its next major champion after Paul Lawrie. This was assured with a play-off between Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia but the return to the mighty Angus links…
The 148th Open will go down in history as one of the great Opens after a week-long party in Portrush ended with a popular winner lifting the Claret Jug for his maiden major victory. Shane Lowry was sublime on the…
Ernie Els never led The 141st Open until the moment he won it. At a course where the South African felt he had let victories slip away in both 1996 and 2001, he closed superbly with a 68 that included…
Amid great excitement and almost unbearable tension on the Old Course, The 144th Open featured one of the event’s best-ever finishes in which American Zach Johnson eventually triumphed in a four-hole play-off against 2010 Champion Golfer Louis Oosthuizen and Australia’s…