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Phil Mickelson to miss all four majors for first time in 36 years
Despite being eligible to play in The Open Championship, Phil Mickelson will not compete in the final major of 2026 that is set to take place next month at Royal Birkdale Golf Club at Southport, England.,Mickelson, 56, has been moved from the list of this year's competitors to the tournament's list ...
Trump Turnberry passed over for '28 Open Championship
The 2028 Open Championship was awarded to England's Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club on Monday.,The official announcement from the R&A means Scotland's Trump Turnberry must wait until at least 2029 to host the Open.,"Turnberry is still in our thinking," R&A CEO Mark Darbon said Monday at Royal Birk...
Open Championship moving to August in '28 due to Olympics
The Open Championship will be pushed back to August in 2028 to avoid a conflict with the Los Angeles Olympics.,Instead of its typical mid-July calendar slot, golf's oldest major will be contested from Aug. 3-6, 2028.,The 2028 Summer Games are scheduled for July 14-30, including the golf competition ...
Tom McKibbin earns spots in Masters, Open with win in Hong Kong
Tom McKibbin punched his ticket to both the 2026 Masters and 2026 Open Championship by completing a wire-to-wire victory in the Hong Kong Open on Sunday.,McKibbin carded a 7-under-par 63 in the final round to finish 27-under 253, setting a new tournament record by five shots. The 22-year-old finishe...
St. Andrews' Old Course to be lengthened ahead of '27 Open
When the Open Championship returns to golf's ancestral home in 2027, the Old Course at St. Andrews won't look the same.,The course's management firm, the St. Andrews Links Trust, and the R&A, in charge of the Open Championship, announced a number of pending changes Tuesday.,Holes Nos. 5, 6, 7, 10, 1...
Masters resets rules for qualifying criteria that better align with the Open
Augusta National Golf Club announced Tuesday that winners of six national opens will earn invitations to the Masters starting in 2026.,The Scottish Open, Spanish Open, Japan Open, Hong Kong Open, Australian Open and South African Open will see their winners awarded with a Masters invitation.,The ann...
Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia hoping for ‘special’ Ryder Cup pairing
Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia made for an unstoppable team at the 2021 Ryder Cup. The Spaniards are not shy about wanting to recreate that magic this fall at Bethpage Black.,They're now both members of LIV Golf, but unlike with the 2023 team, Team Europe is not prohibiting any LIV players from competin...
How all 20 LIV Golfers finished at The Open Championship
LIV Golf's major drought will extend into 2026, but the breakaway league did have a surprise top-10 finisher at Royal Portrush for The Open Championship.,A breakdown of how each of the 20 LIV players fared at Royal Portrush.,1. Bryson DeChambeau (-9, T10),DeChambeau leading the LIV pack would not ha...
Scottie Scheffler cruises to win at Open, captures third leg of Grand Slam
Scottie Scheffler completed another dominant week with a 3-under-par 68 to win his first Open Championship by four shots on Sunday in Portrush, Northern Ireland.,The best golfer in the world since 2022, Scheffler notched his 17th career PGA Tour victory and his fourth since May, a run that included ...
Sergio Garcia breaks driver in anger, still turns in best round at The Open
Sergio Garcia played most of his final round at The Open Championship on Sunday without his driver.,The veteran Garcia, frustrated by his tee shot on the second hole at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland, slammed his driver into the ground and it split in half.,Players are not able to repl...
After bizarre double-ball shot, Rory McIlroy six back at Open
Golfers are sometimes described as magicians, but Rory McIlroy even surprised himself when he appeared to turn one golf ball into two during the third round of the Open Championship on Saturday.,The highlight of McIlroy's 5-under-par 66 was a 56-foot eagle that electrified the crowd at Royal Portrus...
Rory McIlroy laughs off bizarre shot that digs up second golf ball
Golfers are sometimes described as magicians, but Rory McIlroy even surprised himself when he appeared to turn one golf ball into two during the third round of the Open Championship on Saturday.,McIlroy worked his way into contention at Royal Portrush in his native Northern Ireland by making three b...
John Parry drains first hole-in-one at this year's Open
England's John Parry delivered the first hole-in-one of this year's Open Championship on Saturday at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.,The 38-year-old European tour veteran aced the 192-yard, par-3 13th hole when his 8-iron off the tee landed in front of the green, bounced a couple of times and dr...
Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott face tough realities after MCs at Open
The cut line at the Open Championship fell at 1 over par, allowing exactly 70 players to make the weekend at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.,A few of the more notable names to miss the cut will be kicking themselves for more reasons than one.,Brooks Koepka (75-74, 7 over par) was a never a facto...
Bogey-free Brian Harman near top of another Open Championship
Brian Harman shot a 6-under-par 65 and held the lead until the late afternoon wave was completed at the Open Championship on Friday at Portrush, Northern Ireland.,Harman, the 2023 Open champion and a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, moved to 8-under 134 following the bogey-free round on Friday. He ...
Playing captain? Keegan Bradley has Ryder Cup 'for instance' plan
A run at The Open Championship would perform double duty for Keegan Bradley.,After shooting a second-round 67 at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland on Friday, Bradley moved to 3-under 139 for the tournament. Among the early wave of golfers, fellow American Brian Harman stood in the lead at...
Brian Harman rides bogey-free round to Open Championship lead
Brian Harman shot a 6-under-par 65 to surge into the lead during the second round of the Open Championship on Friday at Portrush, Northern Ireland.,Harman moved to 8-under 134 following the bogey-free round on Friday. He birdied the first two holes as part of 3-under marks on the front and back side...
Rory McIlroy excited for Open weekend after 'solid' second round
In 2019, the last time The Open Championship was played at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, native son Rory McIlroy missed the cut.,There is no danger of that happening at the 2025 edition of The Open.,McIlroy shot a 2-under round of 69 on Friday, leaving him at 3-under 139 for the tournament aft...
Bryson DeChambeau enjoys 13-stroke turnaround at Open
Talk about your impressive turnarounds.,Bryson DeChambeau answered a disastrous 7-over-par 78 during the first round of the Open Championship on Thursday with a sizzling 6-under-par 65 Friday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.,The simple math is DeChambeau was 13 strokes better than th...
Brian Harman rides bogey-free round into lead at Open Championship
Brian Harman shot a 6-under-par 65 to surge into the lead during the second round of the Open Championship on Friday at Portrush, Northern Ireland.,Harman moved to 8-under 134 following the bogey-free round on Friday. He birdied the first two holes as part of 3-under marks on the front and back side...