[ad_1] Qualifier Dan Brown wrote another chapter in his incredible Open Championship story to set up a thriller of a final day at Royal Troon. Brown, who birdied the 36th hole in qualifying to secure his major debut, defied miserable conditions to leave himself 18 holes away from a fairytale triumph. The world number 272…
[ad_1] TROON, Scotland If the pros thought that Royal Troon Golf Club played tough on Thursday during the opening round of the 152nd British Open, well, they hadn’t seen nothing yet. The wet stuff went away – for the moment – on the west coast of the home of golf but the wind howled and…
[ad_1] The Open Championship of 2024 boasts the largest representation of players from LIV Golf in any major tournament this year. A total of 18 golfers from LIV are competing in the British Open, with notable past winners including Henrik Stenson (2016), Cameron Smith (2022), and Louis Oosthuizen (2010). Despite Bryson DeChambeau’s recent victory at…
[ad_1] Shane Lowry feels prepared to handle any challenges that come his way as he continues his quest for a second Open title at Royal Troon. Lowry sits atop the leaderboard after completing the second round with a score of 69, adding to his initial score of 66 for a total of seven under par….
[ad_1] The DP World Tour spoke to a collection of players after their opening round and asked them how a scratch golfer would get on around Royal Troon under the same Open conditions that they faced on Thursday? So that would mean playing off the back tees that are around 7,200 yards, with thousands of…
[ad_1] Arnold Palmer would call it the toughest hole in Open golf; Jack Nicklaus went as far as to refer to it as the hardest hole in Britain. Years later the 2016 Open would bear out their comments when it played as the hardest hole on the PGA Tour that year, averaging 4.6 strokes. The…
[ad_1] Four years ago, Sophia Popov tied for ninth at the Dana Open (then the Marathon LPGA Classic) and kickstarted a chain of events that changed her life. The top-10 finish in Sylvania, Ohio, qualified her for the 2020 AIG Women’s British Open at Royal Troon, where she shocked the world by becoming the first…
[ad_1] The first round of the 2024 British Open is in the books, and there’s a past Champion Golfer of the Year lurking. Shane Lowry fired a bogey-free 5-under 66 on Thursday and is one back of the lead at Royal Troon in Scotland. Daniel Brown is the solo leader, playing in one of the…
[ad_1] For the second year in a row, a golfer making his major championship debut leads at the British Open. Last year, it was amateur Christo Lamprecht; this time, Daniel Brown, a 29-year-old English golfer who plays on the DP World Tour, grabbed the lead with an 8-foot birdie on 18 to shoot 6-under 65….
[ad_1] Shane Lowry off to a strong start at The Open Shane Lowry began his quest for a second Open title with an impressive performance at Royal Troon. He carded five birdies in a bogey-free round of 66, which was only bettered by Daniel Brown’s 65 later in the day. Brown, ranked 272nd in the…
