The wind doesn’t just blow here. It decides everything. At The Open Championship, birdies don’t matter. Scorecards don’t matter. Reputation doesn’t matter. Only one thing matters: can you survive the course? In this cinematic breakdown of golf’s most brutal major,…
There is nothing quite like the drama and emotion of the world’s oldest golf tournament. After surviving the 36-hole final qualifying tournament at the start of the week, Lawrie created major history by storming through from 10 strokes behind on…
A redneck, blue-collar dumb*** like me goes and wins The Open at St Andrews. It’s awesome.” There is only one golfer who could possibly have uttered these words – The Open Champion of 1995, John Daly. Few golfers have made…
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…
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…