The Duel in the Sun. Two of the finest golfers the game has ever seen went toe to toe at the 106th Open Championship in 1977, the first to be held at the Ailsa Course, Turnberry. Having separated themselves from…
In a first-ever Monday finish, a three-way shootout for the Claret Jug was one for the ages back in 1988. Defending champion Nick Faldo, then nearly man Nick Price and fan favourite Seve Ballesteros all contended at the 117th Open…
Many names were assured of challenging for the Claret Jug at Turnberry 2009, but few gave Tom Watson any chance of being one of them. The five-time Open champion had last won back in 1983 at Royal Birkdale but had…
History is written at every Open Championship. But few Open’s have had a final day quite like The 145th Open at Royal Troon. In 2016, Royal Troon saw its fair share of wonderful play alongside some of the most challenging…
“Everything has led to this” The five words that epitomised the grandeur and importance of The 150th Open Championship. At the home of golf, St Andrews, it was time to celebrate the glorious tradition of the world’s oldest golf championship…
From being outside the world’s top 600 in September 2018 to finish sixth in his first-ever major championship at The 148th Open ten months later, Robert MacIntyre’s golfing ascent was rapid. A pair of runner-up finishes at the British Masters…
Ian Baker-Finch set a new course record for Royal Birkdale with a 64 in the third round, which he promptly lost the next day when Jodie Mudd became the fifth player in The Open to score a 63. But the…
Shane Lowry played superbly throughout The 148th Open on his way to a runaway victory, but his best performance undoubtedly came in a record-breaking third round. Having reached the halfway point of the Championship tied for the lead at eight…
We’ve seen some remarkable debuts down the years at The Open, but few can match Justin Rose’s bow. Major champion, Olympic gold medallist and time spent at world number one; for Rose, though, it all began with the famous culmination…
Greg Norman won his second Open title by playing the best golf of his career. He was up against one of the finest leaderboards ever seen – all but one of the final top-12 either were or would become a…