Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Friday 19 July 2024
We’re on the ground at the British Open this week, bringing you all the action you missed from the second tournament day at Royal Troon. Welcome to day two of the 152nd British Open, the Scottish weather still proceeds to give the players a battering as they try to fight the wind and get into the clubhouse unscathed. Not quite the...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 19 July 2024
It was another week to forget for Tiger Woods. But while we all speculated that his Friday walk up the packed 18th at Royal Troon could be the last we’d see of him at the Majors, the Big Cat rebuked suggestions that The 152nd Open was his goodbye. “Definitely,” the 15-time Major champion said when asked if he’d be at Royal...
Written by Chris Bertram on Friday 19 July 2024
What are the best golf holes at British Open courses? As Golf World Top 100 Courses and Resorts rankings editor, I’ve used mine and my panel’s vast experience to create a countdown of the finest par 3s, par 4s, and par 5s the Major’s venues have to offer. I’ve been lucky enough to play every course that has welcomed the British...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 19 July 2024
Troon showed its teeth at the 152nd Open Championship on Thursday and Friday, claiming the scalps of a host of the game’s biggest stars. It’s been an Open Championship to forget for some of the world’s best players with Aryshire’s brutal crosswinds causing havoc across the opening two days of play at Royal Troon. With only ten players sitting under par...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 19 July 2024
Aguri Iwasaki arrived at Royal Troon hoping to make headlines as the first Japanese winner of The Open. Unfortunately, he’ll go down in history for one of the worst rounds the Major has ever seen. Playing in his first Open, the 26-year-old made a solid start on Thursday at Royal Troon, shooting a three-over 74 in tough conditions, leaving him...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 12 July 2024
There’s plenty more to do in Troon than you might think, so if you’re heading to Ayrshire for the 152nd Open Championship, why not take in a few more sights? Just a few miles from Prestwick International Airport and 45 minutes from Glasgow Central Station lies the coastal settlement of Troon, a small seaside town looking out to the Isle of...
Written by Rob McGarr on Saturday 20 July 2024
Only 13 players have made the weekend at all four of 2024’s biggest tournaments. After the halfway cut at Royal Troon’s Open, we identify the year’s most consistent players in majors and see who has the longest streak of major cuts made. Winning a major is hard, but making the cut in one isn’t exactly a walk in the park either.
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 20 July 2024
Calum Scott holds off the competition to win The Open’s Silver Medal in front of a home crowd at Royal Troon. Royal Troon started the week with 12 hopefuls vying for the prestigious Silver Medal, awarded to the low amateur of The Open Championship at the Claret Jug presentation ceremony. And after the cut was made at +6 on Friday night...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Saturday 20 July 2024
We’re on the ground at the British Open bringing you all the action from Moving Day where the newly cut field jostles for positioning and a chance on Sunday to lift the Claret Jug. Here’s a rundown of everything you missed from Saturday’s British Open action at Royal Troon. Robert MacIntyre has just played a shot RIGHT-HANDED 👀 pic.twitter.com/feNZGBi8dR— Sky Sports Golf...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Saturday 20 July 2024
LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman is on site at Royal Troon after being issued an invite to the 152nd British Open Championship by the R&A. Back in April, Greg Norman made headlines as he purchased a ticket to The Masters at Augusta National, after the tournament denied him a professional ticket when he applied through the official channels. The R&A had...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 20 July 2024
I sat down at The Open with Olympic Gold medalist and triple jump world record holder Jonathan Edwards to find out about his transition into a different set of spikes and post-athletics passion for golf. It’s almost 30 years since Jonathan Edwards hopped, stepped, and jumped over 60 feet to lay down one of track and field’s longest-standing world records. His...
Written by Rob Jerram on Saturday 20 July 2024
Shane Lowry shot a six-over 77 on one of the toughest days in Open Championship history to dent his hopes of a second Claret Jug and quickly mocked plans to roll back the golf ball and lashed out at Royal Troon the course set-up. The Irishman, who led by two as he headed out in the final group alongside England’s Dan...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Saturday 20 July 2024
Tee times and pairings for the deciding round of the 152nd British Open Championship at Royal Troon. It’s been a mixed bag at the British Open so far, with some big names missing the cut at Royal Troon, and players like Max Homa making last-minute birdies to continue their quest for the Claret Jug into the weekend. The unexpected leader after round...
Written by James Hogg on Saturday 20 July 2024
I headed out on round two of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon with Dan Brown to understand more about his golf game. Here’s what I learned after watching him for 18 holes… Daniel (Dan, as I now know he prefers to be called) Brown unexpectedly found himself at the top of the leaderboard in the 152nd British Open at...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Sunday 21 July 2024
As the light fades on Sunday at Royal Troon we pick out our favorite facts and figures that characterized the 152nd British Open Championship. The enduring memory of the 2024 British Open when all is said and done will start and end with Xander Schauffele raising the Claret Jug on the 18th green at Royal Troon. The last numbers have been...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Sunday 21 July 2024
We’re on the ground at the Open Championship bringing you all the action from the final day where the 2024 Champion Golfer of the year will lift the Claret Jug. Here’s a rundown of everything you missed from Sunday’s Open Championship action at Royal Troon. Sunday pin ‘carnage’ Pin positions for the final day at Royal Troon are looking very ‘Sunday’ style, according...
Written by Rob Jerram on Sunday 21 July 2024
Justin Rose credited Xander Schauffele’s “freedom” during the final round of the British Open as the gutted Englishman came to terms with missing out on his second Major at Royal Troon. When the fans got to their feet and Justin Rose punched the air after holing a birdie putt on the 18th, you’d have been forgiven for thinking he’d won The...
Written by Rob McGarr on Sunday 21 July 2024
Xander Schauffele won the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon to add to his PGA Championship victory in May. Xander Schauffele won the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon, inspired by a YouTube video he watched in the run-up to the tournament. The 30-year-old American hit an impressive bogey-free final round 65, including a 31 on the back nine, to surpass...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 15 July 2024
The Open Championship tees off at Royal Troon from July 18-21. Today’s Golfer previews golf’s oldest tournament as the 152nd edition gets underway on the Ayrshire links. Less than 100 days after Scottie Scheffler sank the winning putt at Augusta National at the opening Major of the season, golf’s elite tee off at Royal Troon for the last. It’s an intense...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 15 July 2024
Royal Troon’s most famous member, Colin Montgomerie, gives a hole-by-hole account of how to get to grips with this year’s British Open course. For our 2024 British Open Royal Troon course guide, we enlisted the help of Colin Montgomerie, a man who knows the place better than perhaps anyone else. Growing up five doors down from Royal Troon, Colin Montgomerie used...