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RYAN
LAVNER
Nick Faldo called Sunday at Royal Troon, ‘links perfection,’ and says we’ll never see anything like that again.
Phil Mickelson wasn’t the only one trying to figure out how a bogey-free 65 wasn’t enough to win this 145th Open. Caddie Jim “Bones” Mackay was just as surprised.
Phil Mickelson played as well has he could, perhaps as well as he ever has. But it still wasn’t good enough.
Jordan Spieth on Sunday shot his first under-par score in a major since the opening round of the Masters.
Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson will begin Sunday with a five-shot cushion on the rest of the field, which could present a match-play-like scenario for the final round of The Open.
The top 12 players on the leaderboard combined to make only 12 birdies on the back nine Saturday at Royal Troon.
Phil Mickelson limited his post-round session with reporters to only six questions Saturday night. There was too much work to be done before nightfall.
The statistic defies logic: Bill Haas, a six-time PGA Tour winner, hasn’t finished in the top 10 in 27 career major appearances.
That club toss on 16 that resulted in a broken 3-wood for Rory McIlroy? Was it poor form or poor equipment?
Hoping to avoid the type of delay that plagued last year’s Open, the R&A announced Saturday that it did not cut or roll the greens before the third round in anticipation of wind gusts up to 30 mph.
Billy Horschel was one of the early contenders at Royal Troon. By Friday evening, he was on the wrong side of history.
The top 14 players on the Open leaderboard all have one thing in common: They played late on Thursday and early Friday.
Jason Day thought the conditions he played in for a half-hour on Friday were the worst he’s ever endured.
There was a time when Phil Mickelson didn’t favor links golf. This is how his mindset changed and put him in shape for his second claret jug.
After watching a replay Thursday night, Phil Mickelson felt he had an answer as to why his putt for 62 didn’t drop.
First off in the second round of The Open, Clement Sordet wore a black ribbon on his cap with “Pray For Nice” written on the bill.
Phil Mickelson’s Thursday 63 was impressive, but it doesn’t guarantee that he’ll hoist the claret jug come Sunday.
In a move typically seen on the 18th green Sunday, Ernie Els putted out first to give Phil Mickelson more time to read a 16-footer that would have given him the first 62 in major-championship history.
We expected carnage from Royal Troon’s Postage Stamp, and the diminutive 8th hole delivered on Day 1 at The Open.
The picturesque Postage Stamp might get all of the attention, but Royal Troon’s par-4 11th hole is the real nightmare for players.
Phil Mickelson never had much success playing links golf before 2004 at Royal Troon.
Bubba Watson dropped six shots Thursday at Royal Troon, but he said he made only one bad swing.
Justin Thomas is staying in the Alpha Sigma PGA fraternity house this week, or something similar to it.
Tim Mickelson has resigned after five seasons as the head coach of the Arizona State men’s golf team, the school announced Wednesday.