The 149th Open at Royal St George’s in 2021 delivered £113.4 million in economic benefit to Kent, according to independent research commissioned by The R&A. The Open’s first playing in Sandwich since 2011 provided a total economic impact of £19.4 million for the Kent region as stated in a report provided by Sheffield Hallam University’s Sport Industry Research Centre. A destination marketing study undertaken by YouGov Sport also calculated that Kent gained £94 million in gross advertising value thanks to over […]
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America’s Collin Morikawa fired a final round 66 to clinch the Claret Jug on his Open Championship debut at a sun-baked Royal St George’s in Kent. Starting the final round just one shot behind Louis Oosthuizen, who had led from day one, the 24-year-old Californian grabbed the lead with three birdies over front nine and held off the charging Jordan Spieth – whose also closed with a 66 – to win by two strokes with a 15-under-par total. Morikawa, who […]
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America’s Collin Morikawa fired a final round 66 to clinch the Claret Jug on his Open Championship debut at a sun-baked Royal...
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Louis Oosthuizen saw his lead cut to just one shot heading into the final day at the 149th Open Championship at Royal St George’s, but the 38-year-old South African remains the bookies’ favourite to capture a second Claret Jug. What is traditionally called ‘Moving Day’ proved anything but for the leaders, with the top three at the half-way stage remaining as they were after an attritional afternoon on the Kent links, with the R&A setting up the course to prevent […]
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Louis Oosthuizen saw his lead cut to just one shot heading into the final day at the 149th Open Championship at Royal...
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