Sixteen players from a starting field of 288 at four venues qualified for golf’s original championship through Final Qualifying, earning spots in the field for the historic occasion taking place at the home of golf from July 14-17. Prince’s In sunny, but windy conditions on the Kent coast, Matt Ford qualified for The Open to make his major championship debut after he led the qualifiers at Prince’s on a five-under-par total of 139. The 44-year-old from Maidstone started off with a steady […]
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This summer’s 150th Open at St Andrews is set to be the largest in the championship’s history with a record-breaking 290,000 fans due to attend the Old Course from 10-17 July. Unprecedented demand to attend this historic milestone for The Open led to more than 1.3 million applications in the ticket ballot and has resulted in the highest-ever number of general admission tickets being issued to fans. The attendance surpasses the previous high mark set at St Andrews in 2000, when […]
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Golfers aspiring to qualify for the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews can now submit entries for Regional and Final Qualifying events taking place in June this year.
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Danny Willett celebrated his birthday in style with victory at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St Andrews. The 2016 Masters winner, who turned 34 on Sunday, started the final round on the Old Course with a three-stroke lead and remained at the top of the leaderboard throughout the day, making the turn in three under par. His fifth birdie of the day followed on the tenth hole and he parred his way home to sign for a four under 68, a […]
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Danny Willett celebrated his birthday in style with victory at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St Andrews. The 2016 Masters winner, who turned...
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