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Smith ready to be Aussie main man at The Open
Cameron Smith looks the last distant hope to bring The Open Claret Jug to Australia after 28 years, with his credentials being backed in his increasingly forbidding Championship quest by his admiring mate Adam Scott.
17 Jul 2021
Oosthuizen in record-breaking mood at The Open
Louis Oosthuizen will have his Open Championship pursuers quaking after another supreme round at Royal St. George's left him halfway towards a wire-to-wire triumph that carries whiffs of his imperious 2010 victory.
17 Jul 2021
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
Traffic jam scares for Aussies at the Open
Lucas Herbert needed a police escort to rush him to Royal St. George's and Brad Kennedy nearly jumped out of his car to run to the course after traffic jams at The Open provided pre-championship scares for two top Australian players.
16 Jul 2021
Koreans Im & Kim have clear Olympic mission for Tokyo
Korean golf star Sungjae Im is treating his debut appearance at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this month as his “last chance,” saying it would be a memory of a lifetime if he can secure a medal of any colour.
15 Jul 2021
Leish & Cam laud mateship ahead of Open
They cut an unlikely pair – the young petrol head with the magnificent mullet who looks like a surfer dude, and the lawn curator who looks as if he could be his solid whiskery uncle.
15 Jul 2021
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
Westwood takes dubious record in stride
If Lee Westwood fails to win The Open Championship this week, he will set the record for the most major championships played in without a win.
15 Jul 2021
Royal St.George's is not everyone's cup of tea
Royal St. George’s will take centre stage for the 149th Open Championship when the first groups take to the course at 3.35pm today (AEST).
15 Jul 2021
Jon Rahm is the man to beat at The Open
Everywhere you care to look, the signs point towards Jon Rahm contending this week in The Open Championship.
15 Jul 2021
The Open: Poulter driven to succeed on home soil
The first time Ian Poulter went to The Open was in 1993 at Royal St. George’s; not to play, but to watch the action on a practice day from outside the ropes.
15 Jul 2021
Inside Golf Australia August 2021
International travel may still be off limits, however none of these exceptional golf courses are.
15 Jul 2021
The Thing About Golf Podcast #46 – Phil Scott
Who would have thought that a summer spent in the UK visiting family would prove the start of a journey that ended in Australia’s first Masters green jacket?
14 Jul 2021
Rickie Fowler searching for Open revival
You won’t hear Rickie Fowler complain if the winds pick up at The Open at Royal St. George’s this week. Actually, it could just be what the American needs.
14 Jul 2021
The Open: When the Shark attacked Royal St. George’s
Sometimes what you need the most can be the hardest to attain.
14 Jul 2021
Leishman gets clubs back after Open scare
Australian hope Marc Leishman has had to overcome a pre-Open Championship scare after his golf clubs got lost in transit from the US and his equipment sponsors were forced to create an emergency set for him.
14 Jul 2021
The Open: Lowry returns “straightened” Claret Jug
Shane Lowry climbed out of his Mercedes-Benz courtesy car to dutifully return the Claret Jug to the R&A at Royal St. George’s, but not before he had taken it to a silversmith’s to be straightened.
13 Jul 2021
The Open: Age is just a number
At the 2021 PGA Championship in May, Phil Mickelson was 50 years old and he hadn’t won on Tour for two years, yet he won on the longest golf course in the history of the majors, with the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island measuring 7,876 yards.
13 Jul 2021
The Open: Langer’s bitter-sweet taste of Sandwich
Golf is a sport of the unexpected. Take Bernhard Langer and The Open: six times the German legend finished in the top-three yet never lifted the Claret Jug. Three of those near misses were at Royal St. George’s, where the championship returns this week. Here, he talks to Robin Barwick about the Claret Jug he never won
12 Jul 2021
117 years of Aussies at The Open Championship
Australian golfers have a rich history at The Open Championship.
12 Jul 2021
The Preview: John Deere Classic
The PGA Tour has arrived at TPC Deere Run for the 50th edition of what has become known as the John Deere Classic. Can Australia’s Cam Davis continue his winning form?
6 Jul 2021
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