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J.P. Fitzgerald’s now-immortal words: ‘You’re Rory McIroy. What the f--- are you doing?’ were just the spark that the former world No. 1 needed
Henrik Stenson’s rented home in Southport was burglarized on Thursday while he was playing his first round.
It hasn’t exactly been a textbook week for Dustin Johnson, with the world No. 1 following a 1-over 71 on Thursday with a 2-over card on Friday.
Rory McIlroy’s 68 on Friday was the second-best round from the early wave and left him just outside the top 10 when he completed his round.
Matt Kuchar co-leads The Open after first-round 65 and is crediting his experience last week at the Scottish Open as a big help in his Birkdale prep.
Paul Casey is about to turn 40, but he’s got other things on his mind - ike trying to win the Open Championship for his first major.
Ernie Els, 47, channeled memories of the Lytham course he won an Open Championship on to shoot 68 at Royal Birkdale.
Any semblance of rust was quickly knocked off by Brooks Koepka on Thursday at The Open when the reigning U.S. Open champion shot a 5-under 65.
Justin Thomas didn’t just look good on Thursday at Royal Birkdale; he played well, too. Thomas shot 67 on Day 1 of The Open.
If there is one thing you can count on at this year’s Open it’s that anything is possible. A major breakthrough, a major revival, a major of misfortune. All are possible at Royal Birkdale.
Throughout his career, Jason Day has held to the theory that luck favors the prepared, particularly at major championships.
After a few weeks of trial and error, McIlroy said on Wednesday at The Open that he has settled on a putter to use at this week’s Open Championship.
Perhaps the most telling indication of the state of Rory McIlroy’s game these days are his betting odds for this week’s Open Championship.
Players figured out how to shorten No. 9 by playing to the 10th fairway at Royal Birkdale. But then the R&A put a stop to that.
Some people play, some people practice, some people take 300-mile bike rides to prepare for a major. Wait, what? Yep, that’s what Paul Casey did.
Winning your first major title at age 40 is reason to relax. But not for Henrik Stenson. His drive is greater than ever to win more.
Henrik Stenson has plenty of good memories from his year with the claret jug. And if he wins it again, he plans on turning it up a notch.
Phil Mickelson decided to test his game without a driver during a practice round on Tuesday at Royal Birkdale. The plan, however, may change.
The Open is the major most figured Sergio Garcia would win. He finally got No. 1 and, with life lovely, he eyes a first claret jug.
Whatever happens at Royal Birkdale, the next 14 days promise to be eventful for Sergio Garcia, who is set to be married.
The last time The Open was played at Royal Birkdale, Padraig Harrington used an unshakable belief in himself to successfully defend his 2007 title.
Jon Rahm and Bernhard Langer have both been tried in public court, but neither is guilty according to the Rules of Golf.
David Lingmerth won a Web.com Tour event at TPC Potomac in 2012 and has opened the Quicken Loans National with back-to-back rounds of 65.
It only took a single competitive round for Geoff Ogilvy to realize that TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm is the kind of course that requires an element of defense in his gameplan.