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The 152nd Open Championship: Preview, Props, Best Bets
The final major of 2024 begins Thursday at Royal Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland.,The first three have produced three different champions: Scottie Scheffler (Masters), Xander Schauffele (PGA Championship) and Bryson DeChambeau (U.S. Open).,All three are among the pre-tournament favorites this week...
Ludvig Aberg well aware of Sweden's history at Royal Troon
There's no overstating the importance of a victory at the Open Championship, as far as Sweden's Ludvig Aberg is concerned.,He makes his debut in the major this week at Royal Troon in Scotland, the same golf club where in 2016 his countryman Henrik Stenson won in dramatic fashion.,"I've said that a f...
PGA Tour reveals 8-event FedEx Cup fall schedule
The PGA Tour confirmed the eight official events on the 2024 FedEx Cup fall schedule on Monday.,The stretch will serve as the final chance for players to secure or improve their status for the 2025 season.,This is the second year of the FedEx Cup fall format, which begins in mid-September at the Nap...
Brian Harman aims to reunite with Claret Jug
The Claret Jug had been in Brian Harman's possession since last July when he won The Open Championship, and on Monday, he handed it back to allow it to be polished up for its next owner.,And while he no longer has the Cup, he certainly has the memories as he prepares to defend his title at the 152nd...
Open Championship prize pool increases, $3.1M to winner
The winner of the 2024 Open Championship this week at Royal Troon will take home an event record $3.1 million as part of an increased total payout of $17 million, the R&A announced Monday. ,Among professional golf's four majors, The Open Championship carries the lowest total purse and winner's prize...
Mardy Fish edges Joe Pavelski for American Century title
Former tennis player Mardy Fish racked up 83 points to win the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament on Sunday in Stateline, Nev. ,Fish is now a two-time champion at the event, which he also won in 2020. He nearly matched the tournament record of 84 points set by former NFL quarter...
Harry Hall chips in to win five-man playoff at ISCO
Harry Hall of England chipped in for birdie on the third playoff hole and won the ISCO Championship on Sunday at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky.,Hall, 26, captured his first PGA Tour victory in dramatic fashion at the end of a five-man playoff. He went out with Matt NeSmith, Zac Blair, P...
Tiger Woods plays 18 holes at Royal Troon ahead of final major of '24
Tiger Woods arrived at Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland on Sunday and played an 18-hole practice round as he prepares for the 152nd Open Championship later this week.,Reports said Woods took an overnight flight and spent much of his day focusing on chipping, putting and bunker play.,According to PG...
Native son Robert MacIntyre narrowly wins Scottish Open
Robert MacIntyre has reason to celebrate, and not even a huge tournament on the horizon is going to stop him from soaking in what happened Sunday.,MacIntyre birdied the final hole to win his home country's national championship, the Genesis Scottish Open in North Berwick.,"I wanted the Scottish Open...
Native son Robert McIntyre narrowly wins Scottish Open
Robert MacIntyre birdied the final hole to win his home country's tournament, shooting 3-under-par 67 on Sunday in the Scottish Open at North Berwick., ,MacIntyre, who was clearly a crowd favorite at The Renaissance Club, finished at 18-under 262. That gave him a one-shot victory over Australia's Ad...
Pierceson Coody still on top at ISCO Championship
Pierceson Coody carded a 4-under 68 on Saturday to remain atop the leaderboard after three rounds of the ISCO Championship in Nicholasville, Ky. ,Coody led after the first and second rounds before collecting one eagle, five birdies and three bogeys on Saturday to move to 20-under 196 for the tournam...
Ludvig Aberg holds 2-stroke lead at Scottish Open
Sweden's Ludvig Aberg briefly surrendered the lead before posting 5-under-par 65 to finish the third round of the Scottish Open with a two-shot lead Saturday at North Berwick, Scotland.,Aberg is at 17-under, with Robert MacIntyre, in his home country, in second place at 15-under after carding a 7-un...
Pierceson Coody still on top at low-scoring ISCO Championship
Pierceson Coody used a late trio of birdies Friday to ensure he entered the weekend with the lead at the ISCO Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky.,Coody, the 18-hole leader after opening with a red-hot 61, began his second round on the back nine. He was one off the pace as he ...
Ludvig Aberg claims lead, Rory three back in ideal conditions at Scottish Open
Ludvig Aberg claimed a one-shot lead at the Scottish Open on Friday, clear of the field with a tournament score of 12-under-par with defending champion Rory McIlroy just three shots off the pace.,Aberg delivered the best 36-hole score (128) of his career with back-to-back rounds of 64 to establish t...
Riviera to host golf competition at L.A. 2028 Olympics
Riviera Country Club will host the men's and women's golf competitions at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.,The International Golf Federation and the LA28 organizing committee made the announcement Friday in Lausanne, Switzerland.,The site of The Genesis Invitational on the PGA Tour, Riviera also ...
Peyton Manning wins Ambassador of Golf award
Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning's transition from the gridiron to the greens was recognized Thursday with the Ambassador of Golf Award.,Presented by the PGA's Champions Tour and the Kaulig Companies Championship and benefiting the Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation, the award honors a p...
Pierceson Coody shoots scorching 61, leads ISCO Championship
Pierceson Coody racked up 11 birdies, including six in a row, to shoot a bogey-free 61 and snag the first-round lead at the ISCO Championship on Friday at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky.,Coody leads by three strokes over Hayden Springer and the Philippines' Rico Hoey, who stand at 8-unde...
Rory McIlroy shares 'surprise, disbelief' of Team Europe over U.S. captain pick
Over dinner in London with Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald on Sunday, Team Europe evaluated the gathering with the United States at Bethpage Black next September. ,Based on reaction from Rory McIlroy and his reigning Ryder Cup champion teammates on Thursday, you could likely hear a fork drop when the ...
Justin Thomas fires 62, leads Scottish Open
Justin Thomas rolled in eight birdies and claimed the solo lead at the Scottish Open on Thursday with a first-round 62 at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick. ,Thomas stands one shot clear of South Korea's Sungjae Im (63), who bogeyed the first and 17th holes on his opening 18 but has a stroke on ...
2024 Scottish Open: Preview, Props, Best Bets
The Scottish Open serves as the final tune-up before the last major of 2024, and six of the top 10 players in the world have made their way to North Berwick this week along with top players from the DP World Tour.,The event also serves as the return of Rory McIlroy, who tees it up for the first time...