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The Open: Final Round Tee Times (AEST)

The Open: Final Round Tee Times (AEST)

There is just 18 holes left to play before the Champion Golfer of the Year is crowned. For one last time, we have done the work and converted all the tee times to Australian Eastern Standard Time to plan out your final round viewing. 18 Jul 2021
Gallery: The Open Round Three

Gallery: The Open Round Three

There is 18 holes to play in the 149th Open Championship, with major specialist Louis Oosthuizen holding a one shot advantage. Here are the best images from on the grounds of Royal St. George's. 18 Jul 2021
The Open: Round Three Tee Times (AEST)

The Open: Round Three Tee Times (AEST)

Half the field is gone and it’s time for moving day at the 149th Open Championship. We have done the hard work for you and converted all the tee times to Australian Eastern Standard Time to plan out your night’s viewing. 17 Jul 2021
DeChambeau plays pantomime villain at The Open

DeChambeau plays pantomime villain at The Open

Bryson DeChambeau was booed by the Open Championship crowd at Royal St George's on Friday when he opted to hit his tee shot at the first hole of his second round with an iron rather than a driver. 17 Jul 2021
Gallery: The Open Round Two

Gallery: The Open Round Two

Louis Oosthuizen took command of The Open on Friday at Royal St. George's as many of the other big names climbed the leaderboard. Here are the best images from the second round of the 149th Open Championship. 17 Jul 2021
Smith ready to be Aussie main man at The Open

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
Opinion: St. George’s exposes flaws and strengths alike

Opinion: St. George’s exposes flaws and strengths alike

Golf is a frustrating game. Every person who has played it knows this to be fact. 16 Jul 2021
Gallery: The Open Round One

Gallery: The Open Round One

The first round of the 149th Open is in the books, with Louis Oosthuizen leading another major on a day that produced countless storylines. We have collected a huge selection of the best images from day one at Royal St. George's. 16 Jul 2021
Oosthuizen takes early Open lead

Oosthuizen takes early Open lead

No stranger to coming up short in majors, Louis Oosthuizen picked up where he left off from earlier this season – in the pursuit of re-discovering first place. 16 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
Smith shines on tough Open day for Aussies

Smith shines on tough Open day for Aussies

There was no Shark-like attack on the leaderboard but Cameron Smith was a lonely terrier as he fought his way to the only under-par score by an Australian on the opening day of the 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George's. 16 Jul 2021
DeChambeau compared to angry child at Open

DeChambeau compared to angry child at Open

Big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau has been compared to an "eight-year-old that gets mad" after claiming his driver was at fault for a one-over-par first round at the 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George's. 16 Jul 2021
Traffic jam scares for Aussies at the Open

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
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