Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 14 July 2022
Can’t get enough of this year’s Championship at St Andrews? These are the key numbers that stood out after the first round… Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. The Open 2022: Friday – Round 2 – Life is pretty good for Cameron Smith right now. He’s been binge-watching Peaky Blinders on Netflix in the evenings and going...
Written by Chris Bertram on Thursday 14 July 2022
It’s hosting the 150th Open Championship, but is St Andrews’ Old Course actually a good golf course? Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. The Old Course at St Andrews is the world’s oldest course, the Home of Golf, Tiger Woods’ favourite course, and No.1 in our list of the 100 Best Golf Courses in the UK...
Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Thursday 14 July 2022
The first two rounds at the 151st Open draw to a close with the weather holding off so far, will it be the same going into the weekend. The Open Championship’s return to Hoylake had so far enjoyed its fair share of rain and lesser wind conditions on Monday and Tuesday. The practice day on Wednesday has been a dream, the afternoon...
Written by Simon Daddow on Wednesday 13 July 2022
Callaway engage St Andrews local community to design a tour bag for the 150th Open Championship. For as long as we can remember, Callaway have created limited-edition tour bags for their staff players at every Major. Usually a team of product specialists are responsible for the designs but Callaway broke with tradition for the 150th Open, tasking local children...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 13 July 2022
R&A Chief Executive Martin Slumbers issued a thinly-veiled threat over LIV Golf members’ future hopes of playing in The Open after describing the Saudi-backed organisation as “entirely driven by money”. Slumbers, who was clearly irritated at having to address the matter at his traditional pre-tournament press conference, said he was determined to ensure the week “goes down in history as being about...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 13 July 2022
Few people realise the Old Course was originally played in reverse – or that you can still play it ‘backwards’ to this day. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Golf has been played at St Andrews since the 15th century, but the routing we know today only came into existence in 1870. Before that year, the...
Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 12 July 2022
Shot Scope delved into the statistics to see how amateur golfers perform on the famous Old Course at St Andrews. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. In the lead up to the 150th Open at St. Andrews, there has already been lots of discussion about whether the Old Course is no longer capable of testing the...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 12 July 2022
BBC Radio 5 Live golf commentators Iain Carter and Alistair Bruce-Ball reveal their betting favourites and long shots to target ahead of The 150th Open Championship – and why you shouldn’t back Patrick Cantlay, Tiger Woods, or Phil Mickelson… Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Are you excited yet? The final major of the year is...
Written by Rob Jerram on Sunday 10 July 2022
Live leaderboard and videos for the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, the year’s final men’s golf Major. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Whether you’re watching from home or one of the 290,000 people expected to attend The Open, you can have the latest leaderboard at your fingertips. But who will be at the top come...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 8 July 2022
How you can play the Old Course at St Andrews during the 150th Open Championship (and take on players from around the world!). Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Toptracer, the world’s leading driving range technology provider, is giving golfers across the globe a unique chance to take on The Old Course at St Andrews during...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 8 July 2022
Whether you’re lucky enough to be attending Royal Liverpool, or just watching on TV, grab yourself a momento from the World’s oldest Major with one of these best Open Championship products. Today’s Golfer’s 2023 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade There are not many events in the sporting calendar that carry the gravitas and history of The Open Championship.
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 5 July 2022
Does being a professional golfer make you a scholar of the game’s oldest Major? We quizzed some of the game’s biggest names to find out who knows the most about The Open. The Open Championship is arguably the greatest golf tournament in the world, but just how much do golf’s stars know about the oldest Major? Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker, Davis Love...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 5 July 2022
2015 Open champion Zach Johnson talks about overcoming the game’s power hitters and taking the Claret Jug to a waffle house… Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Golfers don’t get much, if any, tougher or more determined than Iowa’s favourite son, Zachary Harris Johnson, a man who achieved golfing fame, fortune and glory against all...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 5 July 2022
To mark the 60th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus’ Open Championship debut, Michael Catling visited the Golden Bear’s office in North Palm Beach to reflect on some of his best (and worst) Open memories – and hear why he’s got a special ceremony to attend at St Andrews… Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. The Nicklaus Family...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 4 July 2022
Tom Watson won the Claret Jug five times – the most of any player in the modern era – before calling time on his Open career at St Andrews in 2015. We caught up with him to talk about his relationship with golf’s most venerable championship. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. For a man with...
Written by Tiger Woods, three-time Open champion on Monday 4 July 2022
Tiger Woods is a three-time Open champion and one of the greatest players ever to grace Britain’s links courses. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Three of Tiger Woods’ 16 Major victories have occurred in Open Championships, and twice – in 2000 and 2005 – at the Home of Golf. More impressively still, those victories...
Monday 4 July 2022
The six Majors amassed by Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo over a glittering career were split evenly between Augusta National and The Open Championship, three apiece spread across 10 glorious years. While many – mainly overseas – fans will pick Faldo reeling in Greg Norman at Augusta in ’96 as his finest hour, it’s hard to see beyond Muirfield in 1992,...
Written by Gary Player, three-time Open champion on Monday 4 July 2022
A three-time Open champion, Gary Player’s first taste of St Andrews left a bad taste in his mouth. Like so many others before and since, however, he soon fell in love with the Old Course and now places his role as an honorary member of the R&A as one of his proudest achievements. Here, he explains how The Open and...
Written by Nick Harper on Friday 1 July 2022
Seve was the greatest thing to happen to European golf and his relationship with The Open was cemented thanks to three truly memorable victories. His wins in 1979, 1984 and 1988 were all iconic in their own way and nobody, in golfing history, won with quite the panache of the Spanish legend. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you...
Written by Nick Harper on Friday 1 July 2022
We look back at the greatest moments from the history of golf’s oldest Major. The Open has been the source of some of golf’s most iconic moments. For the lucky ones, it was all about the glory, but there has also been a great deal of pain along the way. We delve into the archives to reveal the moments that have...