EAGLES are being used to keep seagulls away from pinching balls and food at The Open. Bosses of golf’s oldest championship have employed Elite Falconry for the second straight year to stop the pests swooping down on unsuspecting victims at Royal Troon. The crack team of birds, which includes two hawks – one call Jane […]
RORY McILROY took six shots to get out of it – and the Coffin bunker at Royal Troon’s Postage Stamp hasn’t finished messing with the world’s best yet. Now the cardwrecker beside the 8th green has its own Twitter account, and it’s already been blocked by two top professionals! The profile @TroonCoffinTrap claims American Ryder Cup star […]
JOHN DALY might be golf’s most famous boozer – but you won’t have to look far to see that he’s got drink on the brain. Ahead of The Open at Royal Troon, Daly has been signing autographs for kids while smoking a cigarette, sporting some jazzy cocktail-inspired trousers and hi-viz yellow shoes. Daly also went […]
ANDREW ‘BEEF’ JOHNSTON has revealed he tried to keep up with his idol John Daly in an all-day boozing session – and ended up slumped by the pool in his pants. Johnston is building a reputation as a colourful character like two-time major-winner Daly. Beef, 27, famously said he wanted to get “hammered” after winning the […]
COLIN MONTGOMERIE grew up at Troon. Here the Ryder Cup hero reveals the course’s killer holes — starting with the infamous Postage Stamp. HOLE: 8, PAR: 3, YARDS: 123 “THE shortest hole in Major championship golf. It can play just 99 yards but underestimate it at your peril. At around 120 yards, it would be a […]