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Jimenez leads Senior Open

Jimenez leads Senior Open

Miguel Angel Jimenez fired a five-under-par 66 to take the first round lead at the Senior Open Championship on Thursday, five years after he became the first Spaniard to win the tournament. 28 Jul 2023
Champions Tour teams event confirmed

Champions Tour teams event confirmed

The PGA Tour Champions is getting its own team competition in the form of the World Champions Cup. 18 Apr 2023
Clarke joins exclusive Open/Senior Open club

Clarke joins exclusive Open/Senior Open club

Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke has made a two-putt birdie at the 18th hole to win the Senior Open Championship at Gleneagles. 25 Jul 2022
No clubs, no problems for Senior Open co-leader Day

No clubs, no problems for Senior Open co-leader Day

Playing with a new set of golf clubs after his own ones failed to arrive from the United States, Glen Day never expected to be a contender at The Senior Open this week. 22 Jul 2022
Welshman Dodd wins Senior Open

Welshman Dodd wins Senior Open

Stephen Dodd has birdied the final hole to win the Senior Open Championship by just one stroke, holding off challenges from Miguel Angel Jimenez and Darren Clarke to secure his first major title. 26 Jul 2021
Lowry laments poor driving at The Open

Lowry laments poor driving at The Open

After two years of waiting to defend his Open Championship title, Shane Lowry finally got his chance but nerves got the better of the Irishman in a wobbly opening round of one-over 71 at Royal St. George's, England. 16 Jul 2021
McIlroy will win fifth major soon: Clarke

McIlroy will win fifth major soon: Clarke

Rory McIlroy's streak of not winning a major is nearly seven years old, so there is the usual buzz about his drought with The Open Championship set to begin on Thursday in Sandwich. 15 Jul 2021
Huggan: Who is Lee Westwood?

Huggan: Who is Lee Westwood?

Lee Westwood has been a constant in professional golf for more than two decades. And of late, the Englishman has reminded those in America just how good a player he remains. Here, some of those who know him best, Westwood himself and top names in golf discuss the person and the player. 16 Mar 2021
Interview: Langer reflects on record-breaking Masters

Interview: Langer reflects on record-breaking Masters

Congratulations on a record-breaking week at the Masters. Having become the oldest golfer to make the cut at the Masters, aged 63, you were unshakeable over the weekend to finish a share of 29th. How did you find the weekend rounds? 17 Nov 2020
The Preview: Hero Open

The Preview: Hero Open

The European Tour continues its UK swing this week with the return of the English Open at Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & Country Club in Birmingham. Who will claim top honours at an event that hasn’t been played since 2002? 28 Jul 2020
The Huggan Interview: Pete Cowen

The Huggan Interview: Pete Cowen

John Huggan sits down with world-renowned coach Pete Cowen – whose clients have included Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson and Sergio Garcia – to talk everything golf. 10 Dec 2019
THE OPEN GALLERY: 50 Best images

THE OPEN GALLERY: 50 Best images

The first Open Championship held at Royal Portrush in nearly 70 years was certainly one to remember, especially for new Champion Golfer of the Year Shane Lowry. Here are the best images from the week captured by Matthew Harris as well as the team of Getty Images photographers in Northern Ireland. 22 Jul 2019
Emotional Open return for Northern Ireland

Emotional Open return for Northern Ireland

Home favourite Darren Clarke will hit the first tee shot at the Open Championship when the tournament returns to Northern Ireland for the first time in 68 years. 16 Jul 2019
Scott using Clarke for Portrush knowledge

Scott using Clarke for Portrush knowledge

Adam Scott already has spent seven days at Royal Portrush, three of them with Darren Clarke, and the advice was invaluable to the end. 15 Jul 2019
OGILVY: Appearance Money … Golf’s Necessary Evil

OGILVY: Appearance Money … Golf’s Necessary Evil

It’s a subject that comes up fairly regularly. Indeed, it never seems to go away. And it always provokes extreme emotions on either side of the debate. 23 Jan 2019
Playing for keeps: 10 of the best money games

Playing for keeps: 10 of the best money games

The beauty of golf’s unique handicapping system is that it allows people of all abilities to compete on level terms; anybody can beat anybody. So it makes perfect sense that some people choose to add some extra spice to their matches by playing for money. 31 Oct 2018
RYDER CUP: U.S snaps Europe’s streak with emphatic victory.

RYDER CUP: U.S snaps Europe’s streak with emphatic victory.

Eight long years after their last victory, the United States Ryder Cup team finally regained the famous old trophy with a convincing 17-11 triumph at Hazeltine over an ultimately well-beaten European side. 3 Oct 2016
RYDER CUP: Reed inspires U.S to lead rattled Europeans

RYDER CUP: Reed inspires U.S to lead rattled Europeans

What the European Ryder Cup team needs now is a task force.  2 Oct 2016
RYDER CUP: McIlroy leads spirited European fightback

RYDER CUP: McIlroy leads spirited European fightback

For the New World it could have been better. For the Old World it could have been worse. But at the end of the opening day of the 41st Ryder Cup matches at Hazeltine in Minnesota, the United States leads Europe by five matches to three.  1 Oct 2016
RYDER CUP: For God’s sake let the matches begin

RYDER CUP: For God’s sake let the matches begin

To the relief, no doubt, of golf fans around the world, the 41st Ryder Cup matches are about to begin ... thank God. 30 Sep 2016
VIDEO TIP: Darren Clarke's no fuss bump & run chips

VIDEO TIP: Darren Clarke's no fuss bump & run chips

Open Champion Darren Clarke shows how using the contours of the ground with a bump and run shot played with a hybrid club or putter will produce a better result than a high shot with a lob wedge 30 Aug 2016