The Open Championship

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  What has the weather got planned for the deciding day of the 152nd Open Championship?

  Written by Ross Tugwood on Wednesday 10 July 2024

  Will the weather gods finally give the players a break for The Open Championship’s final day at Royal Troon? Thursday and Friday saw the field battling treacherous crosswinds before Saturday brought the rain as the leaders moved in reverse to bring the chasing pack back into contention. So, what’s next as the 152nd Open Championship reaches its climax? Weather forecast – Troon Sunday...

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  A Spectators Guide to The Open: Everything worth knowing for those heading to Royal Troon

  Written by Ross Tugwood on Wednesday 10 July 2024

  If you’re lucky enough to be attending the 152nd Open Championship but have a bunch of questions that need answering…fear not! Here’s everything you need to know. In the blink of an eye, the season’s final Major of the season is upon us. America has already crowned Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, and Bryson DeChambeau as Major champions this year, but now...

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  Travelling to Troon? How to get to the 152nd Open Championship

  Written by Ross Tugwood on Wednesday 10 July 2024

  Everything you need to know about getting to Royal Troon for the 152nd Open Championship from 14-21 July 2024. In efforts to reduce the Open Championship’s carbon footprint and minimize road traffic congestion, the R&A recommends that spectators consider taking advantage of the enhanced public transport services on offer across the week, or car sharing with others in their group. Those...

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  A history of the leading amateurs at The Open and 2024’s Silver Medal contenders

  Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 9 July 2024

  The esteemed roll call of Silver Medal winners at The Open and the 12 pretenders primed for a launchpad performance in Troon. The Open Championship’s first Silver Medal was awarded to Frank Stranahan as the leading amateur in 1949 at Royal St George’s with a winning score of 290. In the 74 Championships since, the Silver Medal has been won by...

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  Your complete guide to every player in the 2024 British Open field at Royal Troon

  Written by Matt Cooper on Monday 8 July 2024

  The full field for The Open, including their world ranking, Major record, performance at past Opens, and odds for Royal Troon in 2024.s The 152nd Open Championship is nearly upon us and we are set for a classic. Brian Harman will defend the Claret Jug he won in such imperious, if slightly unlikely, fashion 12 months ago at Royal Liverpool. He...

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  Si Woo Kim makes longest Major championship hole-in-one at Royal Troon on Moving Day

  Written by Ross Tugwood on Wednesday 3 July 2024

  Today’s Golfer rewinds the 13 televised hole-in-ones at the Open Championship since the turn of the century. Royal Troon has now seen three Aces in an Open Championship since 2000, with Si Woo Kim’s record-breaking effort on Moving Day following two Aces by previous South African winners of the Claret Jug. The Korean’s 238-yard tee shot on the 17th at...

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  Dominic Holland on why he chose to write about a guy playing The Open in a kilt

  Wednesday 3 July 2024

  Ricky Randall is a journeyman professional golfer playing the final round of the Open Championship at Muirfield. It’s the most important round of his life, writes Dominic Holland. But everything is against him: his kit, the course, and officialdom. Even his caddie is a no-show. Ricky is set to become the story of the Championship. No one watching can believe...

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  Read Dominic Holland’s new book about The Open

  Wednesday 3 July 2024

  It is the final day of The Open and storm clouds are gathering over Muirfield. Fighting his way into the elite field of millionaire golfers, billionaire financiers, frenzied journalists and pompous officials is Ricky Randal, a journeyman golfer who is out of his depth and about to drown… Ricky Randal is the central character in Open Links, a novel written...

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  The Open 2024: Final Qualifying Roundup as Ryder Cup teammates experience mixed fortunes

  Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 2 July 2024

  Who prevailed at Final Qualifying for the 152nd Open Championship, and which big names fell short in their bid to make the field at Troon? The first tee shots of ‘golf’s longest day’ were struck from the first tee of Burnham & Berrow at 06.30 on Tuesday where 72 golfers including US Open Champion Justin Rose were attempting to secure themselves...

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  The 10 big names set to miss the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon

  Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 1 July 2024

  The high-profile names that will be missing when the action gets underway at Royal Troon for the Open Championship. We’re edging toward the final Major of the year – The Open Championship and it doesn’t feel long ago that we were gearing up for the season’s first at Augusta National. Three months is all it takes for golf’s biggest tournaments to...

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  The Open 2024: Everything you need to know about Final Qualifying

  Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 1 July 2024

  The Final Qualifying events for the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon take place on Tuesday 02 July. Here’s everything you need to know as time ticks down to the season’s last Major. For those failing to achieve one of the 26 exemption criteria for golf’s oldest Major, there is the chance to make the field via the qualification pathway which...

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  R&A announces ticket ballot details for the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush

  Thursday 6 June 2024

  A one-month window will open on 01 July for fans to submit ticket applications for the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush. The Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush for the first time since 2019, and with just a little over a year to go, the R&A has announced how fans can throw their hat in the mix to be there...

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  Ivor Robson: My life as the voice of The Open

  Tuesday 17 October 2023

  Introducing the world’s greatest golfers was never supposed to be a full-time job for Ivor Robson. But he ended up providing the soundtrack to The Open for five decades and became one of the game’s most recognizable voices. Ivor Robson. 1940 – 2023. A voice synonymous with The Open. pic.twitter.com/NTEvkrggQl— The Open (@TheOpen) October 17, 2023 Ivor Robson was as much...

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  The Open 2023: 16 things you didn’t know about Brian Harman

  Sunday 23 July 2023

  Brian Harman – the new Champion Golfer of the Year – is a righty who plays lefty, loves hunting, hates social media and is part of a VERY exclusive club on the PGA Tour… Here’s 16 things you may not know about him. 1 Brian Eric Harman was born on January 19, 1987 in Savannah, Georgia. 2 Golf is the only thing...

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  The Open 2023: Brian Harman goes from hunter to hunted at Hoylake

  Saturday 22 July 2023

  Brian Harman will go from hunter to hunted as he takes a five-shot lead into the final round of the 151st Open at Royal Liverpool. The 36-year-old American – an avid hunter who learned how to skin a deer from his dad when he was just eight – is just a shot off the record lead in the Open; six...

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  The Open Championship: Every fact and stat you’ll ever need about the world’s oldest Major

  Written by Michael Catling on Saturday 22 July 2023

  From the most victories and appearances to the best and worst scores, we run through all the facts, figures, and records in the history of The Open Championship – the oldest golf tournament in the world. Did you know that Seve Ballesteros was the youngest player in the modern era to win The Open at the age of 22? Or that...

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  Justin Thomas faces a fight to make the US Ryder Cup team after Open horror show

  Saturday 22 July 2023

  The damage was done for Justin Thomas on his final hole at The Open Championship on Thursday. A quadruple bogey nine turned a bad round into a disastrous one for the 2022 US PGA Champion, a continuation of the performance we saw in the US Open at LA Country Club. After carding an 81 there last month, Thomas signed for an...

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  Just Stop Oil protestors attempt to disrupt The Open at Royal Liverpool

  Friday 21 July 2023

  The second round of The Open Championship at Hoylake has been targeted by a group of Just Stop Oil protestors after an orange flare was let off beside the 17th green. The four individuals involved were arrested and led away by police in a golf buggy at around 12.20pm, but the incident failed to delay play as orange confetti was cleared...

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  The Open debrief: What Brian Harman’s win means for the Ryder Cup and FedEx Cup Playoffs

  Thursday 20 July 2023

  Today’s Golfer’s 2023 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Brian Harman was never going to be the fashionable winner of The Open Championship at Hoylake. He was the underdog all week, the 200-1 outsider whose stay at the top of the leaderboard was only supposed to be temporary. Even with a five-shot lead heading into the final round,...

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  The Open 2023: Local hero Matthew Jordan under par in round one

  Thursday 20 July 2023

  Hoylake member Matthew Jordan hit the first tee shot of the 2023 Open at his home club – and walked off the course with a two-under-par score of 69 beside his name. The 27-year-old ­– who has the course record 62 around these links – has played here since he was seven and secured his place by finishing second in the final...

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