Jordan Spieth’s overnight three-shot lead was reduced to a single stroke after just two holes of his final round in the British Open at Royal Birkdale on Sunday. Spieth started the day atop the leaderboard on 11 under par but immediately dropped a shot at the difficult par-four 1st hole to go back to -10. … Read more
Australia’s world number six Jason Day shot up the British Open leaderboard on Saturday after firing a fine 65 in the third round at Royal Birkdale. Day, the PGA champion in 2015, was one of a host of players to profit from the benign early conditions that contrasted sharply with the miserable weather late on … Read more
Jordan Spieth produced one of his best major championship efforts to take a share of the lead alongside fellow Americans Brooks Koepka and Matt Kuchar after the first round of the British Open. The trio all shot five-under-par rounds of 65 at Royal Birkdale on Thursday and hold a collective one-stroke lead over Paul Casey … Read more
Jordan Spieth admitted it had been a near-perfect day after the world number three fired an ominous 65 in the first round of the British Open on Thursday to plant himself firmly in contention. The Texan had five birdies, including on back-to-back holes just prior to the turn, and not a single dropped shot on … Read more
While uncertainty surrounds the form of leading names such as Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy, the British Open begins at Royal Birkdale on Thursday with a plethora of players hopeful of winning the Claret Jug. When The Open last came to the links at Southport, near Liverpool on the coast of north-west England, it was … Read more
World number one Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy will play together in the first two rounds of the British Open at Royal Birkdale, it was announced Monday. Johnson and McIlroy will play together with former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel of South Africa in a group that will start their opening round at 2:48pm (1348 GMT) … Read more
US Open champion Brooks Koepka moved into the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time on Monday after his victory at Erin Hills. The American jumped 12 places as a result of his four-shot win in the second major championship of the year, that he sealed with a final-round 67 to tie … Read more
World number one Dustin Johnson led an unprecedented exodus of big guns at the 117th US Open on Friday as four players grabbed a share of the lead at the halfway stage. American favourite Johnson crashed out after he could only card a one-over-par 73, which left him four over for the tournament at the … Read more
James Hahn fired a bogey free six-under 64 to take a share of the lead with fellow American Ricky Barnes after the first round of the USPGA Tour’s Byron Nelson tournament on Thursday. Hahn, who is seeking his third win on the Tour, tallied six birdies with no bogeys at the Four Seasons Resort course. … Read more
Top-ranked Dustin Johnson and five-time major champion Phil Mickelson advanced to the World Golf Championships Match-Play Championship quarter-finals with impressive triumphs on Saturday. Reigning US Open champion Johnson defeated fellow American Zach Johnson 5 and 4 while Mickelson downed Australia’s Marc Leishman 4 and 3. Johnson, who has led after all 60 holes he has … Read more