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☆ Open Championship analysis: 10 things to know about Xander Schauffele’s win
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Justin Ray | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Here are the top numbers and notes to know from the final round of the 152nd Open Championship. For the second time this season, Schauffele shot a final round 65 to win a major. Schauffele is the first player to win the PGA and Open in the same season since Rory McIlroy did it 10 years ago. With the 2024 major schedule completed, this is the first time American players have swept a major season (in a year when all four were contested) since 1982. Of the last six players to win multiple majors in the same season, four won another major within the next two years.

Persons: Xander Schauffele, Schauffele, Jack Nicklaus, Rory McIlroy, Walter Hagen, Tiger Woods, Tom Watson, Brian Harman’s, Woods, Craig Wood, Billy Horschel, Harry, Bogeys, Horschel, Henrik Stenson’s, Justin Rose, Rose, Lawrence, Lawrence hadn’t, Dan Brown, Royal Portrush, Brown, Scottie Scheffler, Scottie, hasn’t, Scheffler, Justin Thomas ’, Glyn Kirk, Thomas, Matthew NeSmith, Schauffele’s, Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley, Shane Lowry, Jordan Speith, Brooks Koepka, Andy Buchanan Organizations: Royal Troon, 152nd, PGA, Troon, Royal Liverpool, PGA Tour, Merion, Royal, Getty, Royal Troon doled, U.S, Pinehurst Locations: American, Ayrshire, men’s, AFP

☆ Open Championship: ‘Hot headed’ Shane Lowry shrugs off cameraman clash to roar ahead but Rory McIlroy flames out
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Rivals and cameramen, make way – Shane Lowry is coming through at the Open Championship. Having narrowly survived sending his tee shot onto the train tracks that run alongside the 488-yard hole, the world No. So allowing myself to do that, without getting in your own way.”Lowry searches for his ball on the 11th hole. Owen Humphreys/PA Images/Getty ImagesMcIlroy among big stars to crash outIt was an entirely contrasting day for Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, as the world No. With McIlroy, world No.

Persons: Shane Lowry, Lowry, “, ”, ” Lowry, Owen Humphreys, Justin Rose, Daniel Brown, I’ve, you’re, McIlroy, Rory McIlroy, McIlroy’s, ” McIlroy, Harry, “ I’ve, ” Woods, Bryson DeChambeau, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Aberg, Viktor Hovland, – Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm – Organizations: CNN — Rivals, Royal Troon, Railway, PGA Tour, Northern, Troon Locations: Scotland, Northern Ireland

☆ Fleetwood thrives at home sweet home
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Ed Osmond | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

They were so great to me today," Fleetwood told reporters. But just having that support and people egging you on, whether you hit a good shot or a bad shot just pushes you on." Fleetwood said he felt very lucky to be able to play an Open so close to home. Started tournaments pretty slow, so to get something going today felt really good." "As first rounds go, that's absolutely the one you wanted, and to get off to a good start feels good," he said.

Persons: Tommy Fleetwood, Paul Childs HOYLAKE, Nick Faldo, Fleetwood, Christo Lamprecht, It's, St Andrews, that's, Ed Osmond, Toby Davis Organizations: 151st, Royal, REUTERS, British, Portrush, Thomson Locations: Royal Liverpool, Hoylake, Britain, England, Southport, St

☆ The Open: Towering Georgia Tech amateur Christo Lamprecht powers into early share of lead
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —At six feet, eight inches tall, amateur golfer Christo Lamprecht towered over most of the field at the Open Championship even before he teed off Thursday. He’s in uncharted waters, but seeing his name atop the leaderboard was not surprising to Lamprecht. A two-time winner on the PGA Tour, the 30-year-old’s best major finishes both came at The Open, as he tied 12th in 2016 and 2021. 3 Jon Rahm, who will need a big response if he is to add to his Masters triumph in April. It puts the American on track to miss the cut at three of the year’s four majors, with a tied-65th finish at the PGA Championship the only time he made the weekend.

Persons: Christo Lamprecht, England’s Tommy Fleetwood, Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo, Lamprecht, Stuart Franklin, Andrew Landry, ”, “, “ It’s, Fleetwood, Stuart Kerr, Nick Faldo, ” Fleetwood, ” Grillo, Emiliano Grillo, James Baker, Oisin Keniry, Oisin, France’s Antoine Rozner, Spain’s Adrian Otaegui, Brian Harman, Stewart Cink, Wyndham Clark ., Royal Liverpool’s, Matthew Jordan, Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy’s, –, McIlroy, Richard Heathcote, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas ’ Organizations: CNN, Georgia Tech, Liverpool, Amateur, PGA, Tour Communications, European, Royal, Fleetwood, PGA Tour, The 151st, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Getty, Royal Liverpool, PGA Championship Locations: Merseyside, Hillside, ” Merseyside, HOYLAKE, ENGLAND, Argentina, Hoylake, England, Spanish

☆ Fleetwood banks on home comforts for elusive major title
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Ed Osmond | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Fleetwood was born in Southport, around 30 miles north of Royal Liverpool, and the world number 21 would be a popular champion after a couple of near-misses. "It's nice to have a week that feels so close to home," Fleetwood told reporters on Wednesday. "As soon as the week starts you start sort of feeling The Open atmosphere, which you always think is very, very cool," Fleetwood said. Winning a major is a dream, winning The Open is a huge, huge dream. Fleetwood will play the first two rounds at Hoylake with American world number one Scottie Scheffler and Australian Adam Scott, both former Masters champions.

Persons: Tommy Fleetwood, Nick Faldo, Fleetwood, It's, St Andrews, I've, Scottie Scheffler, Adam Scott, Ed Osmond, Christian Radnedge Organizations: British, Portrush, Masters, Thomson Locations: HOYLAKE, England, Hoylake, Southport, Royal Liverpool, St

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