A Royal Reprieve: Royal Portrush
The Open is returning to Northern Ireland for the first time in 68 years. Skipping two generations, the people of Portrush thought they would never see the glint of the Claret Jug again
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Old Country Summer
With what is usually a pretty dismal winter, the Brits like to make the most of their summer when it arrives and while it lasts. But when those summer rays do beam down, things have a habit of falling into place in the Old Country.
The cold blood of Carnoustie
Carnoustie is the longest of The Open golf courses, it is the most northerly and with often unrelenting, icy winds whipping off the North Sea, it has staged some of the toughest championships the game has seen.
The Open 2018: “Carnasty” to be tamed
Carnoustie, the most northerly of Open venues, the longest of Open golf courses and traditionally the most inhospitable, is unrecognizable from its old self this week.
2018 Majors: DJ Tracking Masters Glory
Augusta National, Shinnecock Hills, Carnoustie Links and Bellerive Country Club shape the majors landscape for 2018.
Breaking into Birkdale: The 1961 Open
It was July 1961 and a carefree, 18-year-old Richard Wax was at the Open, although the final day of the championship did not go exactly to plan
All ready at Royal Troon
It will be good at Royal Troon tomorrow, because once the first round of The Open begins the focus will be on the third major of the year, rather than on who is not playing in the Olympics in September.
The major set: major venues in 2016
Three of golf’s most venerable venues; Oakmont, Royal Troon and Baltusrol will play Major host in 2016, we chart the highlights and drink in the history
The annals of calamity
Fans are used to celebrating golfing feats that inspire and enthrall, but every hacker will empathize over some of the Majors’ most horribly played holes
Dunne looks to emulate Bobby Jones at The Open
Paul Dunne set a new amateur scoring record in The Open for 54 holes yesterday, as he jumped into a share of the third-round lead
Monday finish warms up at The Open
The 2015 Open is heading towards a gripping finale
Woods misses cut in The Open
Tiger Woods has missed the cut in the U.S. Open and [British] Open in the same season for the first time in his career
