Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 15 July 2024
The winner of the 152nd Open at Royal Troon will bag a record-breaking amount of prize money. The winner of The 152nd Open at Royal Troon will receive $3.1 million in prize money. The Champion Golfer of the Year will receive the highest amount in The Open’s history as it returns to the renowned Ayrshire links for the tenth time. The R&A announced that...
Written by Lewis Daff on Tuesday 16 July 2024
Bryson DeChambeau is no stranger to unique equipment for his setup but is there something more to come from the two-time US Open champion? Sat in the press conference center at Royal Troon, Bryson DeChambeau is a confident figure. The recently-crowned US Open victor has every reason to carry himself in that way, having proven every decision he’s made, both with...
Written by James Hogg on Tuesday 16 July 2024
Tee times and pairings for the second round of the 152nd British Open Championship at Royal Troon. Round two tee times for Royal Troon have been revealed. The opening tee shot on the second day of the British Open will be Scotland’s very own Ewen Ferguson who’s playing alongside Germany’s Marcel Siem in the only two-ball on Friday. It’s expected that...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 16 July 2024
Jon Rahm on Spanish sporting superiority, golf’s condensed Major season, and his chances at Royal Troon. Rewind a few weeks to Pinehurst No.2 and a frustrated-looking, sandal-wearing Jon Rahm addressed the media before hobbling out on one foot leaving the room perplexed about how he could realistically compete at the highest level. The Spaniard remains winless since joining the breakaway tour and...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 16 July 2024
Tiger Woods delivered a brutal response to Colin Montgomerie ahead of the 152nd British Open after the European golf legend suggested the 15-time Major Champion shouldn’t be here. In an in-depth interview with The Times, Monty (read his full Troon course guide here) said he hoped “people remember Tiger as Tiger was, the passion and the charismatic aura around him.” “There is...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Tuesday 16 July 2024
Tiger Woods was granted a lifetime exemption into signature PGA Tour events recently, but he’s now revealed he won’t take the place of anyone who has qualified to be there. Speaking to the media ahead of the 2024 British Open at Royal Troon, Tiger Woods was asked about his recent exemption, dubbed the ‘Tiger Rule’, meaning he can play in signature...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 16 July 2024
Royal Troon has hosted The Open Championship nine times and has staged some of the greatest moments in Open history. Here’s a brief rundown of every Open at Troon so far… The 152nd British Open will be the 10th at Royal Troon. But who won the previous nine – and how did they end up winning the Claret Jug? 1923 Norfolk’s Arthur Havers...
Written by Matt Cooper on Tuesday 16 July 2024
Will Royal Troon see The Open’s first LIV Golf winner? Cast your mind back to the summer of 2022: St Andrews. The home of golf. The Old Course. The 150th Open. In the town that produced Old Tom Morris, tens of thousands of fans from around the world arrived to celebrate a century and a half of the oldest championship of...
Written by James Hogg on Tuesday 16 July 2024
High-on-life Bryson DeChambeau says he’s the happiest he’s ever been as he looks to add The British Open to his growing collection of Major Championships. Ahead of The Open Championship, Bryson DeChambeau sat down for a press conference with the media and suggested we could be seeing some equipment being released by the aptly named ‘Scientist’. DeChambeau is one of the...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 16 July 2024
Rory McIlroy accidentally ghosted Tiger Woods having changed his mobile number in the days after his US Open disappointment. Speaking ahead of The 152nd British Open at Royal Troon, the Northern Irishman revealed he’d switched numbers in a bid to escape messages from some segments of the media who wanted his thoughts on his heartbreaking near-miss. But as well as escaping the...
Written by Matt Cooper on Tuesday 16 July 2024
The last Royal Troon Open was a record-breaking epic, and we asked the winner to relive every dramatic moment… Early on Sunday morning of the 2016 Open Championship, Henrik Stenson woke knowing that he’d achieved substantially more than most in the game. A multiple winner around the world, a Ryder Cup star and a former World No.2, he was also the...
Written by Garrett Johnston on Tuesday 16 July 2024
Defending Open champion Brian Harman on embracing his nickname, upsetting the odds to win in 2023 at Hoylake, and why he turned down LIV Golf. Brian Harman absolutely dominated the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool (aka Hoylake). He began the week a 200/1 outsider, having not won any event for more than six years, but took the lead during the...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 17 July 2024
Martin Slumbers says the R&A is backing Portmarnock Golf Club’s attempts to host The Open Championship at the famous Dublin course. Speaking during his annual press conference at The 152nd Open at Royal Troon, the Royal and Ancient’s outgoing chief executive revealed that the Irish course has asked the Government for support in putting together a business case to take the...
Written by Lewis Daff on Wednesday 17 July 2024
Today’s Golfer went along to Bobby Mac’s press conference at The Open after his dramatic final round last Sunday secured the first victory for a Scot at the Scottish Open in 25 years The clutch putt to take home the trophy on Sunday’s final round at the Renaissance Club doesn’t seem to have done anything to change Robert MacIntyre’s calm mindset...
Wednesday 3 July 2024
Ricky Randall is a journeyman professional golfer playing the final round of the Open Championship at Muirfield. It’s the most important round of his life, writes Dominic Holland. But everything is against him: his kit, the course, and officialdom. Even his caddie is a no-show. Ricky is set to become the story of the Championship. No one watching can believe...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 12 July 2023
The prize money breakdown at Royal Troon for the 2024 British Open and everything else the winner receives. Prize pots are booming in golf at the moment, and The Open is no exception. Golf’s oldest major saw its total prize fund boosted to $16.5 million for 2023, an 18% increase on the $14m that was on offer at the 150th Open...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 20 July 2024
With play concluded on day three of The Open Championship, we pick out the key stats and review where each player gained and lost at Royal Troon. After three rounds of The Open at Royal Troon, there are only nine players under par, the lowest at this point since 2013 at Muirfield when there were only three players under par. Thriston...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 19 July 2024
The last time The Open Championship was tied after 72 holes was in 2015 meaning we are probably overdue a nail-biting finish sooner rather than later. If two or more players can’t be separated after four rounds then The Open Championship heads to a playoff, consisting of a four-hole aggregate mini-competition followed by a sudden death shootout if the lead is...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 16 July 2024
We’re on the ground at the British Open this week, bringing you all the action you missed from Tuesday at Royal Troon. Find out what the biggest names in the game had to say in their press conferences on day two ahead of the 152nd British Open at Royal Troon… Tiger fires stinging response at Monty In response to the European golf legend’s...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 5 July 2022
Does being a professional golfer make you a scholar of the game’s oldest Major? We quizzed some of the game’s biggest names to find out who knows the most about The Open. The Open Championship is arguably the greatest golf tournament in the world, but just how much do golf’s stars know about the oldest Major? Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker, Davis Love...