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☆ Jordan Spieth’s disqualification reignites ‘dumbest rule in all of sports’ debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Under Rule 3.3b (3) of the USGA Rules of Golf, the world No. “Rules are rules,” he added in his post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Spieth’s fellow pro Michael S. Kim labeled the rule “stupid,” even with “many safeguards,” while PGA Tour caddie Kip Henley lamented “another benchmark in the dumbest rule in all of sports.”“Seriously, why even have scorecards on the PGA Tour?” Henley asked in another post. USGA rules do not disqualify players for returning a score higher than their actual score, only those returned that are lower. The PGA Tour, in accordance with USGA guidelines, follows a multi-step process to check the scorecards of fields peaking at 156-strong.

Persons: Jordan Spieth, Spieth, –, Hideki Matsuyama, Michael S, Kim, Kip Henley, “, ” Henley, ”, Eddie Pepperell, Dylan Wu, Wu, Jared C, Tilton, Roberto De Vicenzo, Tommy Aaron, Vicenzo, Bob Goalby, Wyndham Clark, Carlota Ciganda, Rory McIlroy’s, we’re, ’, ” McIlroy, Ryan Kang, Xander Schauffele, ” “ Jordan, …, ” Schauffele, It’s, Scottie Scheffler, – caddie, ” Scheffler, Ronald Martinez, Luke Kerr, Dineen, Kerr, Joel Beall, ain’t, “ Spieth, “ It’s, ” Beall Organizations: CNN, Riviera Country Club, USGA, Twitter, ”, Tour, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Evian, CNN Sport, ” CNN, PGA, NBC Sports, “, PGA Tour Locations: American, California, –, Hoylake, England

☆ Wales Has a Prince, But It Has Never Hosted a British Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Alan Blinder | More About Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Still near enough to peek through, though, was the Welsh coast, a handful of long tee shots across the estuary. The British Open, scheduled to conclude on Sunday, may never come closer to Wales. First played when Queen Victoria was on the throne, the Open is a national rite that has encompassed only so much of the nation: Unlike England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Wales has not hosted it. With sites through 2026 already selected and Wales still left out, the drought will last at least as long as the first 154 Opens. By then, Northern Ireland, which did not welcome a modern Open until 2019, will have had another.

Persons: Queen Victoria, ”, Ken Organizations: Royal Liverpool Golf, British, Wales, Welsh Parliament Locations: Welsh, Wales, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Britain

☆ Harman unstoppable in drama-free British Open win at Hoylake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

United States' Brian Harman celebrates on the 18th green after winning the British Open Golf Championships at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Brian Harman turned back every challenge in the British Open, from big names to bad weather, and took his place among major champions Sunday with a victory that was never seriously in doubt at Royal Liverpool. He closed with a 1-under 70, making an 8-foot par putt on the last hole for a six-shot victory. Harman took the lead on Friday morning with the second of four straight birdies early in the second round. Harman drained a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 sixth, a 25-foot birdie putt on the next hole and he was on his way.

Persons: Brian Harman, Harman, Sergio Garcia, outdoorsman, Jon Rahm birdied, Tom Kim, Sepp Straka, Jason Day, Rahm, Corey Conners Organizations: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Royal Liverpool, Wells, PGA Locations: United States, Hoylake, England, British, Listowel, Ont

☆ Els blasts PGA Tour board over merger with 'circus golf' LIV series
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 21 (Reuters) - Former world number one Ernie Els said the PGA Tour board should step down over the decision to merge their commercial operations with the LIV Series and described the Saudi-backed breakaway circuit as "circus golf". Els said the way the PGA Tour went about the merger without player input was an "absolute shambles" and that PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan would not still be in the role if it was up to him. Don't just go rogue as a member of the board and come back with a deal and think we're all going to say 'yes'. Team golf doesn't work," added Els, who won the British Open in 2002 and 2012. That's what I prided myself on, like Tiger (Woods) and some of these guys, getting yourself into majors and grinding."

Persons: Ernie Els, Els, Jay Monahan, it's, It's, Rohith Nair, Peter Rutherford Organizations: PGA Tour, PGA, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Thomson Locations: Saudi, Bengaluru

☆ Open Championship: Controversial new par-three 17th hole at Royal Liverpool splits opinion
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

It may be the shortest hole on the course, but Royal Liverpool’s par-three 17th hole is already proving a tall order for some players at the 151st edition of the tournament. When Rory McIlroy lifted the Claret Jug in 2014, the 17th hole was a 458-yard par four. General view across the 17th tee as crowds look on during a practice round prior to The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Though an opening one-over 72 marked a disappointing start to his latest pursuit of a second major, he did birdie the 17th hole. Herbert’s strong start crumbled after his 17th tee drive skewed left to settle at the bottom of the green’s slope.

Persons: –, Lucas Herbert, ” Herbert, Martin Ebert, ‘, ’, Rory McIlroy, it’s, Stuart Franklin, …, ”, Martin Slumbers, “, Cameron Smith, Andrews, Slumbers ’, “ That’s, ” Smith, There’s, ” England's Oliver Wilson, Glyn Kirk, Billy Foster, caddie, Matt Fitzpatrick, ” Foster, ” Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick, Stuart Kerr, Pete Cowen, Brooks Koepka, They’ll, ” Cowen, Cowen, Foster, Cowen’s, Koepka, Pete, Kevin C, Cox, Herbert’s, It’s, ” Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm –, Spieth, ” England’s Jason Day, “ There’s, Matthew Jordan, ” Jordan Organizations: CNN —, Royal Liverpool, 151st, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, TPC, Royal, St, Getty, coy, May’s, CNN, Oak Hill Country, Merseyside Locations: Augusta, It’s, AFP, , New York

☆ Names Old and New Top British Open Leaderboard
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Alan Blinder | More About Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It worked well enough for Stewart Cink on Thursday at the British Open. “When the gun goes off and you start in the tournament, you’ve got that adrenaline, and adrenaline does wonders for your jet lag,” Cink, 50, said. It also seemed to do plenty good for his scorecard, which reported a three-under-par 68 that positioned him high on the first-round leaderboard at northwest England’s Royal Liverpool Golf Club. There was Cink, who won the 2009 Open at Turnberry in Scotland by outlasting Tom Watson, then 59, in a playoff. But Christo Lamprecht, an amateur who plays for Georgia Tech, finished his five-under round with the lead.

Persons: Stewart Cink, you’ve, Cink, lurked, outlasting Tom Watson, Christo Lamprecht, Tommy Fleetwood, Emiliano Grillo, Lamprecht, Brian Harman, Adrián Otaegui, Antoine Rozner Organizations: Liverpool Golf, Royal Liverpool, Georgia Tech Locations: England’s, Royal, Turnberry, Scotland

☆ British Open underway with record prize money up for grabs
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The 27-year-old, a native of Hoylake, came through qualifying to earn a place in the 156-man field. Rory McIlroy stands a better chance of claiming the top prize, the in-form world number two warming up for the tournament by winning the Scottish Open on Sunday. A fifth major victory is long overdue for the Northern Irishman, who won the British Open in 2014 when it was also held at Royal Liverpool. American world number one Scottie Scheffler is among the early starters and will tee off at 9:47 a.m, a few minutes before defending champion Cameron Smith. The R&A, which organises the British Open, welcomed the partnership agreement and hoped for "an end to the disruption in the men's professional game".

Persons: Matthew Jordan, Paul Childs HOYLAKE, Jordan, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Smith, Sergio Garcia, Tiger Woods, LIV, Rohith Nair, Peter Rutherford Organizations: 151st, Royal, REUTERS, 151st British, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Scottish, Northern, Royal Liverpool, European Ryder Cup, PGA, Thomson Locations: Royal Liverpool, Hoylake, Britain, England, Bengaluru

☆ 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

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Persons: Rory Mcllroy, Brooks Koepka, Cam Smith, Peacock, You'll, ExpressVPN Organizations: Royal Liverpool Golf, British, NBC, USA Network, USA, Sky Sports, Sky's, Sky, Sports, Fox Sports, Foxtel, TV Locations: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, Australia, British

☆ 5 Players to Watch at the British Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Michael Arkush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It seems like only yesterday that the best golfers in the game were battling for a green jacket at the Masters Tournament, the season’s first major. With mid-July here, however, the stage is set for the final major, the British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, which begins on Thursday. It will be fascinating to see if Wyndham Clark, who was a surprise winner in the United States Open in June, can back it up at the British Open — and whether the world No. 1, Scottie Scheffler, whose name always seems to be on the leaderboard, will make enough putts to win his second major after taking the Masters last year.

Persons: Wyndham Clark, Scottie Scheffler Organizations: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, United States Locations: British, Hoylake, England

☆ Smith holds back tears as he returns Claret Jug ahead of British Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Smith came from four shots behind at St Andrews to win the 150th British Open last year, becoming the first Australian to do so since Greg Norman in 1993. I thought I was going to do all right but I was actually holding back from tears. A bit of a moment that crept up on me," Smith told reporters. When he was told he could win it back on Sunday, Smith laughed and added: "That would be nice. "For a little country club outside of Brisbane to have the Claret Jug in it was a pretty cool moment," he added.

Persons: Australia's Cameron Smith, Lorraine Osullivan, Cameron Smith, Smith, St Andrews, Greg Norman, I've, It'll, Rohith Nair, Peter Rutherford Organizations: 151st, Royal, 151st Open, REUTERS, British, St, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Thomson Locations: Royal Liverpool, Hoylake, Britain, Australian, Brisbane, Bengaluru

☆ Wyndham Clark wins 2023 US Open, clinching American’s first career major
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Wyndham Clark won the 2023 US Open to claim his first major title on Sunday, edging Rory McIlroy in a nail-biting finale at Los Angeles Country Club. Ross Kinnaird/Getty ImagesFor McIlroy, US Open champion in 2011, a nine year wait for a fifth major title continues. The 34-year-old has now finished inside the top-five at 10 major tournaments since winning The Open and PGA Championship in 2014. Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesUnfortunately for Clark however, up ahead McIlroy was showing the sort of final round composure befitting of his glittering résumé. Heading into the week, McIlroy had twice as many major titles as Clark had made major cuts – yet the world No.

Persons: CNN — Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy, Clark, Lise Clark, Clark teared, “, ”, “ I’ve, There’s, Ross Kinnaird, McIlroy, ” McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, –, Clark –, Xander Schauffele, Sean M, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Smith, Fowler, Min Woo Lee, Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick, Brooks Koepka, Richard Heathcote, Ezra Shaw, birdieing, Viktor Hovland’s, Harry, McIlroy bogeyed, Clark steadied, caddie John Ellis Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Country Club, PGA Tour, Northern, PGA, Fleetwood, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Getty Locations: Denver, American

CNN —Tiger Woods will not play at the Open Championship, the last men’s major of the year, tournament organizers announced Friday. The fifteen-time major champion underwent “successful” ankle surgery in April following an early withdrawal from The Masters, subsequently not competing at the PGA Championship or this week’s US Open. Mike Blake/ReutersNo timeline for a return to competitive action was specified following Woods’ surgery, a “subtalar fusion procedure” to treat post-traumatic arthritis in his ankle. He missed only one major in 2022 – the US Open – after his return from a 17-month absence from the sport. A three-time Open Championship winner, an emotional Woods received a rousing reception as he left the St. Andrews course – for potentially the last time at the major – at last year’s tournament in Scotland.

Persons: Woods, Mike Blake, Andrews Organizations: CNN, Masters, PGA, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Royal Liverpool, The, St Locations: England, Scotland

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