After the longest Open Championship in the modern history of the game, it was only fitting that a playoff would bring an end to five days of drama at the Home of Golf. Torrential rain closed the Old Course on Friday, gale-forced winds stopped play Saturday, and amateurs ran amok on the leaderboards during only the second Monday finish in the tournament’s history. Late on the fifth day of play, Zach Johnson, Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen took to the first […]
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Dame Laura Davies has been inducted into golf’s Hall of Fame – but a four-hour flight delay in Philadelphia forced her to miss attending the official ceremony. Davies, who had flown back to Britain from the USA after playing in the final round of the Women’s US Open in Pennsylvania, had to watch the ceremony from a car after she failed to reach St Andrews in time. Former LPGA commissioner Charlie Meacham inducted Davies, who became the 35th female Hall […]
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Dame Laura Davies has been inducted into golf’s Hall of Fame – but a four-hour flight delay in Philadelphia forced her to...
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Rory McIlroy has ruled himself out of the Open Championship, two days after he announced that he had ruptured a ligament in his left ankle. The world No. 1 posted a photo of his foot in an air cast on Instagram with the caption: “After much consideration, I have decided not to play in the Open Championship at St. Andrews. I’m taking a long term view of this injury and, although rehab is progressing well, I want to come back […]
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