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...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Monday 15 July 2024
We’re on the ground at the British Open this week, and we’re bringing you all of the action you missed from Monday at Royal Troon. The first practice day of the week brought us sunshine and surprisingly large crowds. Here’s a rundown of the action from practice day one at the 2024 British Open. Super Scottie If you weren’t already planning to...
Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Wednesday 24 July 2024
Most golf fans dreams are others’ reality, I got a chance to go inside the ropes at Royal Troon at the 152 Open Championship and I thought I’d bring you along with me It’s not every day you get to go inside the ropes at a Major Championship, especially The Open Championship at a course you’ve played before. This was my...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Monday 15 July 2024
Not long after the R&A announced the prize fund for the 2024 British Open Championship would increase by $500,000 on last year’s purse, 2023 champion Brian Harman arrived at Royal Troon to hand back the Claret Jug. During his press conference, Harman was asked if he would still play in The British Open Championship, even if there was no prize fund. “Yeah,...
Written by Matt Cooper on Monday 15 July 2024
The 2024 British Open is the 10th at Royal Troon – what happened every time The Open visited Royal Troon previously? 2024 is the 152nd Open Championship – and the 10th at Royal Troon. You may remember the most recent one – Henrik Stenson’s epic duel with Phil Mickelson – but what about Royal Troon Opens before that? 1923 Troon’s first-ever Open...
Written by Matt Cooper on Monday 15 July 2024
I examine the past trends and latest stats to identify the men most likely to win The Open at Royal Troon. Conventional wisdom has it that what golf really needs right now is the best playing the best more often and that 2024’s major championships prove as much. (Although some big names won’t be in the Open field at Royal Troon.) There...