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…
As a four-time major winner, Ernie Els has made a career out of hitting clutch shots. But there is one shot in the South African’s back catalogue that springs to mind quicker than any other, especially when it comes to…
Prior to 2004, it is fair to say few people would have marked Phil Mickelson down as a future Open Champion, not even the man himself. However, the year that featured Mickelson’s long-awaited first major triumph at The Masters, was…
In becoming the first American professional to win at Royal Lytham & St Annes, and the first player from across the Atlantic since the great amateur Bobby Jones won the inaugural Open at Lytham in 1926, Tom Lehman showed both…
Ernie Els emerged triumphant from the first four-man play-off in the history of The Open to lift the Claret Jug for the first time following an extraordinary Championship. On the Sunday before The Open got underway, Els told a friend…
Francesco Molinari continued his stellar 2018 season by winning his first major at The Open after a titanic final-round battle at Carnoustie. Molinari was paired with Tiger Woods on the final day, starting three shots behind a trio of Americans…
5 of the best commentary moments from Peter Alliss. Known to generations of sports fans as the ‘voice of golf’, Alliss commentated on major championships over many years having first taken up the microphone for the BBC at The Open…
Ben Curtis was the first player to register for The Open at Royal St George’s in 2003 and the only player to visit the pro shop to ask the club professional about the course. The local knowledge was vital for…
Tiger Woods provided an imperious display of strategic links golf to mark the return of Hoylake as host of The Open for the first time in 39 years. He led from Friday morning onwards but never ran away from the…
In his Chronicles of a Champion Golfer film, Rory McIlroy tells the story of his Open career and reflects on his successes since making his Open debut at Carnoustie in 2007. He was an eight-shot winner of both the 2011…