A total of £126,000 has been raised in a charity auction of The Big Bag Trail sculptures, a unique creative collaboration between partners, Callaway and St Andrews Links to commemorate the 150th Open. The idea for The Big Bag Trail began when pupils from two St Andrews schools – Madras College and St Leonards – were commissioned to design a Tour Bag that Callaway staff players would use at the 150th Championship. To showcase the excellence of those designs, the sculptures of the final […]
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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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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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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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