Golf Channel brings you the latest news from The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale in Southport.
Spieth expects different Royal Birkdale than from 2017
Jordan Spieth said he expects the Royal Birkdale course to play very differently than when he won The Open in 2017, but he thinks scores will be similar.
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154TH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
'I'm so bad at golf': McIlroy hits un-McIlroy-like shot
Rory McIlroy did NOT like his approach shot on the par-4 16th. It left him thinking he was just a "bad" golfer like most of us.
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Jordan Gumberg got up-and-down for par on the final hole Sunday for a 2-under 70 to hold off Jorge Campillo of Spain and win the Hainan Classic.
Hyo Joo Kim went wire to wire to win the Fortinet Founders Cup, and held off Nelly Korda’s final round charge at Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club. Here’s the best from a Sunday afternoon from Menlo Park.
Steve Alker won for the 11th time in 100 career starts on the PGA Tour Champions. The 54-year-old New Zealander was nine strokes back after opening with an even-par 71, then shot a 62 on Saturday to pull within two. He beat Padraig Harrington with a 4-footer Sunday in mid-90 degree heat.
Brandt Snedeker told reporters after his final round at the Valspar Championship that he felt that all the good work from his first three days at Innisbrook was undone by the final 18 holes. The 45-year-old Snedeker specifically regretted his play on the back nine Sunday.
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Hyo Joo Kim held off Nelly Korda on Sunday at Sharon Heights to complete a wire-to-wire victory in the Fortinet Founders Cup.
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Alker closed with a 65 to post at 15-under 198. Harrington, playing behind Alker in the final group, hit his approach long and bogeyed the par-4 18th.
In contention for his first PGA Tour win in nearly three years, Fitzpatrick was in the third-to-last twosome alongside Adrien Dumont de Chassart, whom Fitzpatrick took issue with regarding Chassart’s deliberate play.