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Spieth gives DeChambeau golf lesson

Spieth gives DeChambeau golf lesson

Jordan Spieth has given his big-hitting fellow American Bryson DeChambeau a masterclass in the complexities of links golf as the former champion began his latest Open campaign in fine style. 16 Jul 2021
Triple bogey mars Aussie Lee's Open debut

Triple bogey mars Aussie Lee's Open debut

Not that he wanted to make a mountain out of a molehill in the rough but Min Woo Lee has discovered the hard way just how capricious The Open can be. 16 Jul 2021
Leish & Cam laud mateship ahead of Open

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

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

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
Gallery: The Open Practice Day Three

Gallery: The Open Practice Day Three

Final preparation is done and dusted at Royal St. George's for the 149th Open Championship. Here are the best images from on the ground on Wednesday as players ready themselves to mount a challenge for the Claret Jug. 15 Jul 2021
Min Woo wins bragging rights over Minjee

Min Woo wins bragging rights over Minjee

Min Woo Lee laughs that he's currently got the bragging rights over his brilliant older sister Minjee – but Australia's latest golfing champion is hoping he can take the one-upmanship to a whole new level at The Open this week. 15 Jul 2021
Digger out to do a Ben Curtis at Sandwich

Digger out to do a Ben Curtis at Sandwich

Deyen Lawson – "or "Digger" as everyone in Australian golf knows him – is a 1,000-1 outsider to win The Open in his debut major, but there's no harm in the big man dreaming big at the venue which 18 years ago delivered one of the game's most improbable winners. 15 Jul 2021
Barty title boosts Aussie golfers at Open

Barty title boosts Aussie golfers at Open

Ash Barty's Wimbledon triumph has buoyed Australia's top golfers as they seek to follow up with an Open Championship triumph. 15 Jul 2021
Jon Rahm is the man to beat at The Open

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
Aussie big guns out to end Open drought

Aussie big guns out to end Open drought

Blame it on Ash Barty. Or on the recent spate of other Australian sporting success stories. Or on Cameron Smith convincing himself that being born exactly a month after Greg Norman last won The Open could be some sort of omen. 14 Jul 2021
Gallery: The Open Practice Day Two

Gallery: The Open Practice Day Two

The start of The Open Championship is inching closer and players have been putting the final touches on their preparations at Royal St. George's. Here are the best images from Tuesday's practice rounds. 14 Jul 2021
Birthday boy Scott taking lead from Mickelson

Birthday boy Scott taking lead from Mickelson

Adam Scott says he's taking inspiration from Phil Mickelson's extraordinary triumph at the US PGA and is confident that the best golf of his career is yet to come as he starts his assaults on the big titles in his forties. 14 Jul 2021
Rickie Fowler searching for Open revival

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
Claret Jug calling for local Fleetwood

Claret Jug calling for local Fleetwood

Tommy Fleetwood is hoping to go one better than the England football team and bring the Claret Jug 'home' after a 29-year absence. 14 Jul 2021
Lowry to begin Open defence alongside Rahm

Lowry to begin Open defence alongside Rahm

Shane Lowry's long wait to get the defence of his Open title under way will see him go out in the marquee group alongside golf's newest major winner Jon Rahm and former champion Louis Oosthuizen at Royal St. George's on Thursday. 14 Jul 2021
Scott questions if Olympics should go ahead

Scott questions if Olympics should go ahead

Australian star Adam Scott has questioned whether it's a responsible decision to let the Olympics go ahead, saying some people don't understand the fear that the Japanese people are currently experiencing in the build-up to the Games. 14 Jul 2021
Koepka reveals more on Bryson beef ahead of The Open

Koepka reveals more on Bryson beef ahead of The Open

COVID-19 protocols may mean Open press conferences are limited to 15 minutes, but no one could complain of feeling short changed by Brooks Koepka. 14 Jul 2021
Leishman gets clubs back after Open scare

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
There'll be no Open feuding with Reed: Smith

There'll be no Open feuding with Reed: Smith

A truce has been called between Cameron Smith and American Patrick Reed ahead of their pairing in a potentially explosive Open Championship draw at Royal St. George's. 14 Jul 2021
The Open: First and second round tee times (AEST)

The Open: First and second round tee times (AEST)

The 149th Open Championship gets underway on Thursday at Royal St. George’s in Kent, England. Here are all the tee times converted to Australian Eastern Standard Time so you can plan your viewing schedule. 14 Jul 2021