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Spaun-ing longshots? Public eyeing The Open dark horses
The public is divided when it comes to speculating who can upend the top two players in the world at The Open Championship this week.,World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 2 Rory McIlroy, winners of the PGA Championship and Masters, respectively, are the clear pre-tournament favorites at all sportsb...
Bryson DeChambeau chasing Open breakthrough in 'thick wind'
Bryson DeChambeau chuckled when he said it last year but there's no denying the difference between plan and execution when playing in challenging conditions that are typically par for the course in The Open Championship.,DeChambeau missed the cut with 10 bogeys in 36 holes at the Open in 2024 at Roy...
Open Championship tee times: Defending champ Schauffele, Scheffler groups out early
The 153rd Open Championship begins at 1:35 a.m. ET Thursday morning at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.,Below are the scheduled pairings for the opening round and viewing options.,Thursday's featured groups,(All times ET),4:58 a.m. -- Xander Schauffele, J.J. Spaun, Jon Rahm,5:09 a.m. --...
Scottie Scheffler on golf: 'This is not the be all, end all'
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler isn't intimidated by playing links golf this week at The Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.,He doesn't care that he's the favorite and won't dwell on it if he doesn't walk away with his fourth major championship this week. Or if he does happen to l...
Xander Schauffele ready to surf another Open wave
Four birdies in his final eight holes swept Xander Schauffele to a two-shot victory in The Open Championship last year at Royal Troon in Scotland.,The World No. 3 hopes to catch a similar wave as he attempts to defend the Claret Jug this week at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.,"There's...
Jon Rahm eager to end Spanish drought at the Open
Jon Rahm knows it has been 37 years since a Spaniard won The Open Championship, when Seve Ballesteros lifted his third Claret Jug in 1988.,Rahm has had several close calls, with ties for second in 2023, third in 2021 and seventh last year. He also finished T11 the last time it was played at Royal Po...
Report: PGA Tour eyeing return to Trump National Doral in ‘26
The PGA Tour plans to bring a tournament back to Trump National Doral near Miami in 2026, Sports Business Journal reported Monday.,Per Sports Business Journal, a new tournament at Doral is expected to be scheduled for the week of April 27-May 3, in between the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (a team e...
The Open keeps prize money at $17M
The Open Championship prize pool will remain at $17 million this week, the first time in 13 years the R&A has not increased the purse.,Sunday's winner at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland will earn $3.1 million, the same amount Xander Schauffele took home last year at Royal Troon in Scotland.,The r...
Paul Waring bows out of The Open, Davis Riley added
England's Paul Waring announced Monday he will not participate in The Open Championship this week because of a shoulder injury.,Davis Riley will replace Waring in the final major of the year that will start Thursday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.,Waring, 40, is a two-time winner on...
Shane Lowry hoping for more Open magic at Royal Portrush
Missing the cut at the past two majors hasn't dimmed Shane Lowry's confidence as the Irishman returns to the scene of his greatest triumph this week.,Lowry followed up a T42 at the Masters with early exits at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow and the U.S. Open at Oakmont.,He won his lone major at...
Rory McIlroy embracing return to Northern Ireland for the Open
As a 16-year-old at the 2005 North of Ireland Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush, Rory McIlroy shot a course record 61. That was the old course, before redesign. It's a course he recognizes only parts of now.,And as the Northern Irishman returns to Royal Portrush and The Open Championship this w...
William Mouw cards 61, makes ISCO Championship his first PGA title
William Mouw shot a career-best 9-under-par 61 on Sunday to win the ISCO Championship for his first PGA Tour title in his 20th start.,Mouw, 24, climbed 24 spots up the leaderboard to finish at 10-under 270 at Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Ky. He had to wait nearly two hours to see if third...
Chris Gotterup earns second career win with victory at Scottish Open
Chris Gotterup shot a 4-under par 66 to outduel Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and win the Genesis Scottish Open on Sunday at North Berwick, Scotland.,Gotterup's 15-under 265 total was two strokes better than McIlroy and England's Marco Penge at The Renaissance Club.,Gotterup won for the second tim...
Ernie Els withdraws from The Open; Si Woo Kim in
Ernie Elis will be marked down as a withdrawal in The Open Championship for a second straight year, the event announced Sunday. He'll be replaced by alternate Si Woo Kim.,A four-time Major winner, the South African Els had dropped out of the event the previous year after one round due to back issues...
Weather plays havoc before darkness suspends ISCO Championship in 3rd round
After multiple weather-related suspensions on Saturday afternoon, including because of lightning in the area, the third round of the ISCO Championship was halted due to darkness at 9 p.m. ET and is scheduled to continue at 8 a.m. Sunday.,Chan Kim began the day with a five-stroke lead at 11-under par...
Rory McIlroy pulls into tie for lead at Scottish Open
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy shot 4-under-par 66 in the third round of the Genesis Scottish Open, pulling into a share of the lead Saturday at North Berwick, Scotland.,McIlroy, bidding to win the tournament for the second time in three years, is tied atop the leaderboard with second-round leader ...
Lightning pauses third round at ISCO Championship
The third round of the ISCO Championship was suspended at 1:24 p.m. ET Saturday due to lightning in the area.,The leaders had yet to tee off when action was halted at the Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Ky.,Chan Kim entered the round with a five-stroke lead at 11-under par.,Only a handful of...
Another eagle helps Chan Kim expand ISCO Championship lead to 5
Chan Kim used a late eagle to right the ship and finish the second round with a five-shot lead at the ISCO Championship on Friday in Louisville, Ky.,Kim opened the PGA Tour alternate event at its new venue, Hurstbourne Country Club, with a terrific round of 61 Thursday for a four-stroke advantage. A...
Chris Gotterup ties course record, moves into lead at Scottish Open
American Chris Gotterup delivered a course-record 9-under-par 61 to take a two-shot lead at the midway point of the Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland.,The round included a 6-under 29 on the front nine to move Gotterup to 11-under 129 for the tournament.,England's Harry...
Chan Kim shoots career-best 61 to lead ISCO Championship
Journeyman Chan Kim fired a career-low, 9-under-par 61 to grab a four-shot lead after one round of the ISCO Championship on Thursday in Louisville, Ky.,Hurstbourne Country Club is making its PGA Tour debut hosting the alternate event that has been played in the Lexington area since 2018.,Kim has ple...