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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
Royal St.George's is not everyone's cup of tea

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
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
The Open: Poulter driven to succeed on home soil

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
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
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
The Open: When the Shark attacked Royal St. George’s

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

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: Lowry returns “straightened” Claret Jug

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

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's list of withdrawals grows

The Open's list of withdrawals grows

Former champion Zach Johnson is the latest to withdraw from The Open because he tested positive for the coronavirus. 13 Jul 2021
The Open: Langer’s bitter-sweet taste of Sandwich

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
DeChambeau hires instructor as new caddie

DeChambeau hires instructor as new caddie

Bryson DeChambeau made quite the splash while announcing the identity of his new caddie. 12 Jul 2021