Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland were tied together four shots clear at the top of the leaderboard after a thrilling Saturday showdown which saw the pair fire matching third rounds of 66. Hovland, bidding to become Norway’s first major champion, made a fast start with four birdies in a row from the third, before McIlroy, bidding for his first major victory since 2014, chipped in from a greenside bunker to eagle the 10th hole and edged ahead with a birdie […]
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The Friday of an Open Championship is always fraught, as players close to the cut mark desperately scramble to ensure they’re around for the weekend’s play, but the second round at the 150th Open at St Andrews seemed especially emotionally charged. And all because, one man, albeit arguably the best player ever to grace the game, was long odds-on to miss the cut. That Tiger Woods was even at St Andrews was a minor miracle, given that he almost had […]
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Robert Holden and Hannah Screen emerged triumphant at the inaugural English Under 25 Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship held over the Duchess Course at Woburn Golf Club. England international Screen, from Berkhamsted, fired a four-under par round of 69 in the final round to finish the 54-hole tournament on level par and win by seven shots from Kings Hill’s Ellena Slater. Holden – who plays out of Letchworth, but has country membership at Woburn – earned a one-shot victory in the men’s […]
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On a day when the Old Course at St Andrews showed why it is just as happy to give as it is to take away, the field at the 150th Open Championship was split by a 19 shots after just 18 holes and almost 16 hours of golfing action. In between 1999 Open Champion Paul Lawrie hitting the opening shot just after 6.30am, and the last group walking off the 18th green just after 10pm, the opening day of the […]
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Golfers who often prefer to use 7- or 8-iron to chip their ball from the fringes of the green, rather than take a more lofted – and riskier – wedge, will be excited to know that Ping has launched a new club, the ChipR, which combines elements of a putter and wedge to help golfer’s improve their performance around the greens. The investment-cast, 431 stainless steel club is inspired by the PING Chipo, introduced by PING founder Karsten Solheim in […]
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