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3:58 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Out of the turn emerged the winner of the 150th Open. While the whole of St. Andrews was following Rory McIlroy, Cameron Smith, a group ahead, strung together a run of five birdies in a row to leap to the top of the leaderboard through 14 holes. An

The hype and anticipation in the leadup to the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews has somehow been followed up by a thrilling week. We’d guess the Old Course will deliver a final round to remember, too, as Rory McIlroy looks to jumpstart the latter half of his career with a fifth major title—eight years

9:33 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Chez Reavie doubled his lead to six points Saturday in the Barracuda Championship, the PGA Tour’s lone modified Stableford scoring event. A day after a 19-point round, the 40-year-old Reavie scored nine points — making five birdies and a bogey — to reach 37 points on Tahoe

5:15 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The 150th edition of The Open might very well end up going down as one of the best ones in its storied history, depending on what happens on the Old Course at St. Andrews on Sunday. Seven of the top 12 players in the Official World Ranking are

Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas had a good reason to believe they’d be dominant at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, a two-woman team event on the LPGA Tour schedule. The pair have played team golf together before. At the 2021 Solheim Cup, Kupcho and Salas partnered to go 2-0-1 at Inverness. Though Team USA

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Rory McIlroy has been chasing golf’s holy grail at St. Andrews for for than a decade. He lost his way in the wind at The Open here in 2010. His mission in 2015 failed before it started due to the ankle injury he sustained playing soccer with friends. This time around

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — As the famous cliché goes, it’s not how, it’s how many. Dustin Johnson still walked away with a birdie 3 on the par-4 18th hole Saturday to close out his third round at the 150th Open Championship. But it was no ordinary 3 on a round that was also a little

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — For Trey Mullinax, this is all gravy. The big man from Alabama didn’t even bring his passport to last week’s Barbasol Championship—such was his confidence in his ability to win the opposite-field PGA Tour event and nab one of the last spots into the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. Alas,

11:06 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Chez Reavie holed a long chip shot for eagle on the par-5 sixth hole and took a three-point lead Friday in the Barracuda Championship. Reavie had a 19-point round in the modified Stableford scoring system event at Tahoe Mountain Club, getting five points for the eagle and

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St. Andrews, Scotland — Amid the chaos lies the winner of the 150th Open. The concoction of contenders at the top of the leader board combines players at different stages of their careers, and with mixed expectations and urgency. There are those looking to end a long wait without a major, or for the world

ST ANDREWS, Scotland — Now the fun begins. With the cut made at even-par 144, the 150th Open Championship kicks into weekend mode as those who have figured out how to work their way around the humps and bumps of the Old Course. After a Friday 64, Cameron Smith holds the lead at 13 under,

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods might have played his final round of The Open at St. Andrews on Friday, but he is confident it won’t be his final start in this championship or another major. Because of the R&A’s rota, The Open probably wouldn’t return to the Old Course at St. Andrews until 2027,

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Cut day at the Open Championship brings with it plenty of stress and anxiety as players well down the leader board are still keeping a close eye on the scores to figure out where they stand, and whether the numbers they’re posting will be low enough to play on the weekend.

4:36 AM ET It took a lot of work to get Tiger Woods to the first tee at The Open. Months of rehab after his car crash to get him back to competitive golf. Hours of effort from him and his team after rounds. Time off after he had to withdraw from the PGA Championship

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — It stays light out late in this part of the world, which is a good thing. They were still playing golf late on Thursday at the Open Championship, the final groups still on the course past 10 p.m. local time. That’s roughly 15 1/2 hours after the first balls were struck.

5:16 PM ET St. Andrews, Scotland — The first time we saw Tiger Woods smile during his first round of The Open on Thursday was on the ninth green of the Old Course. It followed a successful birdie putt and a rare moment where mind and body worked in harmony. The sight of that smile

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Everything has led to this. The catchphrase plastered all over the Old Course signage this week refers to golf as a whole; St. Andrews being the birthplace and residence of the game, and this being the 150th playing of the Open Championship, this week does indeed feel like the culmination of…well,

9:35 AM ET For months, even before he returned to competitive golf after his serious car accident in February 2021, Tiger Woods said he would be playing The Open at St. Andrews. “Quite often,” Justin Thomas said earlier this week when asked whether Woods had talked to him about being here for the 150th Open.

3:49 AM ET Former world No. 1 Justin Rose has withdrawn from The 150th Open ahead of his opening round at St Andrews, Scotland. The British golfer was due to play alongside former Ryder Cup teammates Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood but withdrew on Thursday citing a back injury during his warm up. Japan’s Rikuya

The wait is over, and the race to see who will be named the “Champion Golfer of the Year” for 2022 has begun. The anticipation for the 150th Open Championship has been literally years in the making, the R&A returning to the Old Course at St. Andrews and sparing no expense to celebrate the long

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — It never gets old, the Old Course. All of it but especially its end. As many times as it’s broadcast on television, or framed in clubhouses around the world, or visited by those lucky enough to make the pilgrimage, the convergence of course and town and villagers and history is so

9:34 PM ET Associated Press MIDLAND, Mich. — Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam was back on top of an LPGA Tour leaderboard Wednesday, teaming with Madelene Sagstrom in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. Sorenstam and Sagstrom shot a 5-under 65 in alternate-shot play at Midland Country Club for a share of the first-round lead

Mardy Fish didn’t have the finish he hoped for on Sunday at the 2022 American Century Championship. His Wednesday, however, went a lot better. The former tennis star and current U.S. Davis Cup captain announced he’ll become the latest celebrity golfer to tee it up on the PGA Tour after receiving a sponsor exemption into

1:57 PM ET Rory McIlroy is the consensus favorite to win The Open and the only golfer with odds in the single digits at the majority of sportsbooks, but bettors in the U.S. and abroad can’t resist backing long shot Tiger Woods. At Caesars Sportsbook, McIlroy is 9-1 to win this week at St. Andrews.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers would love nothing more than to be focusing solely on the playing of the 150th Open Championship this week at St. Andrews. It’s a celebration that has been years in the planning, one that had to wait a year to happen thanks to the COVID 19

6:29 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — It all comes back to Scotland and St. Andrews on the 150th edition of The Open. It’s a place where the game’s greats bid farewell to this championship. It’s where hopes have been shattered in the Valley of Sin in front of the 18th green, or the “Road

4:35 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau and golf ball manufacturer Bridgestone have agreed to end their sponsorship relationship, the company confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by Golf.com, and comes after DeChambeau decided to join the Saudi backed LIV Golf tour. “The PGA Tour is an extremely important part of professional golf, and Bridgestone

There are a couple things you may not know about the 29 Open Championships played at St. Andrews since time immemorial. First, it being only the second course ever to host the Open, it wasn’t until the event’s 13th iteration that it came to St. Andrews—the first 12 were all at Prestwick. Second, despite Tom

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — In Britain, the natives have long been accomplished in the arts of both pomp and circumstance. Ceremony too, as was the case when the University of St. Andrews and the Royal Burgh of St. Andrews Community Council hosted a wee get-together Tuesday to give out five honorary degrees and make Jack