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Phil Mickelson Had One Of The All-Time Great Comebacks
"I'm playing the best I've ever played," Phil Mickelson said after winning his first Claret Jug, and maybe that's true, maybe it was a back nine, or a weekend, or a season of especially inspired golf. But Mickelson's run—four birdies on the final six holes, as the rest of the leaderboard stumbled t...
Tiger Woods Is In The Same Old Hole Again
A reminder: Tiger Woods has never won a major when trying to come from behind after 54 holes. He'll have to do it to win the British Open....
Robert Garrigus Sinks Incredible Putt From The Fairway
This just happened on the 15th hole at Muirfield. That's Robert Garrigus, who is currently tied for 94th place at this year's British Open, sinking the putt of his lifetime. You probably could have gone for a more emphatic fist pump there, Robert....
A Pissed-Off Charl Schwartzel Smashes His Club In Frustration
After bogeying Nos. 10, 12, 13, and 14 today at Muirfield, Charl Schwartzel found himself in the rough at No. 15. He didn't quite get to the green from there, and his 6-iron paid the price. Stupid 6-iron. Schwartzel wound up with a double-bogey at 15....
Errant Thomas Bjorn Shot Smashes ESPN Camera Lens At British Open
Via Guyism, Mike Tirico said that was an $80,000 camera lens Thomas Bjorn destroyed as he tried to hack his way out of the rough at Muirfield's No. 1:...
Phil Mickelson Hit A Ball Backwards (He Meant To Do It)
[Video by Geoff Shackleford.]...
Teenager Jordan Spieth Finally Wins PGA Tour Event
Here's something to remember if you played 18 this weekend: 19-year-old Jordan Spieth won his first PGA Tour event on Sunday, outlasting David Hearn and 2007 Masters champ Zach Johnson at the John Deere Classic. And it was arguably a long time coming for Spieth. (P.S.: You're so old.)...
Tiger's Errant Drive At 11 Today Created A Thundering Herd Of Freaks
A haphazard day for Tiger Woods continued at the par-five 11 this morning as his tee shot went well to the right, landing behind the gallery and creating a stampede of idiots desperate to get a glimpse of Tiger's golf ball. Our favorite is backpack guy, but there's plenty of gems to pick out in sl...
U.S. Open Videobomber "Jungle Bird" Checks In At The British Open
When last we saw "Jungle Bird," he was caw-cawing his way through the trophy presentation at the U.S. Open. The deforestation activist has now made his way to Royal Lytham & St. Annes for the 2012 British Open Open Championship....
Rory McIlroy "Nearly Decapitates" Spectator With Errant Drive At 15th Hole
Rory McIlroy's wacky season (claiming the #1 ranking, but missing the U.S. Open cut) continued today at Royal Lytham and St. Annes as he crept his way onto the leaderboard only to find his drive at the par four 15th go far to the right, drilling a spectator in the skull. (Never a publication to en...
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Wins The British Open Trick Shot Competition
Miguel Ángel Jiménez will never have to buy...whatever his drink of choice is after this shot Saturday. On 17—the affectionately named Road Hole—he had no choice but to Tin Cup it off the wall onto the green. Smooth, MAJ. Smooth....
Tiger Woods Is Back To Cussing At Himself
Over the weekend, Tiger didn't perform as well as he had planned and, following a missed putt, decided to let the obscenities fly. While oddly familiar, we are glad to see Tiger getting his act together on the green. [Devil Ball Golf]...
Public Urination: The Scourge Of St. Andrews (UPDATE)
During the adorable "wind delay" today at the British Open, a time-filling Scott Van Pelt was forced to remark-without-actually-remarking on a man just mindin' his own business, tryin' to drain the main vein....
John Daly Dresses For The Job He Wants, Not The One He Has
Daly is turning heads at St. Andrews with his sartorial splendor and his Hooters waitress girlfriend. This is like a dark comedy, where the party animal teaches the country club types to loosen up, and then drinks himself to death. [Reuters]...
The One Good Thing About Tom Watson Losing The British Open
If there's one silver lining to Tom Watson's agonizing 2nd place finish at the British Open yesterday, it's that we are now spared from old people suddenly thinking they are somehow useful again....
Sports Psychologist Takes Full Credit For Stewart Cink
Who is really to blame for "stepping on a Hall of Famer's neck" and ruining golf forever by not laying down for Tom Watson. Not that jerk Stewart Cink. Send a note to Dr. Morris Pickens, famous sports psychologist, instead....
Well, That Was Anticlimactic
Congratulations, Stewart Cink, on your first major championship. Too bad no one cares. Do you remember who beat Jean Van de Velde in '99? All we'll remember from Turnberry is Tom Watson missing an 8-footer for the Claret Jug....
Tom Watson Still 59, Still Leading The Open Yeah, About That...
Three holes to go, and the old man is up by a stroke. Let's hope he doesn't have one before he enters the clubhouse. [PGA Leaderboard]...
Ross, You're A Heckuva Lot More Likely To Have Another Child Than Win Another Open
Ross Fisher, currently near the top at the Open, is ready to scurry off the course at any moment should his wife go into labor. "Hopefully, I can hang on for one more day, and hopefully she can." [NY Post]...
Tiger Woods To Miss The Cut At British Open
Woods had two double bogeys on the back nine to finish +5, but the projected cut is 4-over. Only his second missed cut at major since turning pro. Old Tom Watson somehow still tied for the lead. [Open Championship]...