Herb Kohler, the owner of Whistling Straits, Blackwolf Run and the Old Course Hotel in Scotland, has died at the age of 83. Kohler was executive chairman of the family-run Kohler Company, one of the world’s largest plumbing businesses which was based in Wisconsin, USA. Kohler joined the company that was set up in 1873 by his grandfather, Michael Kohler, as a R&D technician in the 1960s, working his way up the business to become CEO in 1974, a post […]
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Australia’s Cameron Smith produced one of the all-time great final rounds in major history to win the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews with a sizzling 64 that left his rivals toiling in his wake. The 28-year-old Queenslander, who had let slip a good chance to win this year’s Masters with a disappointing back nine, started the final round four shots behind joint leaders Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland, and looked for all the world to be chasing for the minor […]
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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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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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The spiralling prize funds being offered for the world’s best golfers took another significant rise following the announcement that the winner of this year’s 150th Open Championship at St Andrews will pocket a cool £2.1m. That sum represents an increase of more than £300,000 on the £1.7m Collin Morikawa won in 2021, while the total purse for the game’s oldest major has risen by 22% from last year to a new record high of £11.2m. Martin Slumbers, chief executive of The R&A, […]
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