Nine years ago Royal Birkdale played soft enough that Jordan Spieth could throw darts at flags from the rough and watch them stop, the kind of Open that let a …
The 154th Open begins on Thursday at Royal Birkdale, and for most of the 156 players in the field that means a flight, a hotel, and a week of trying to feel at …
Ask a room full of golf fans to name the most beautiful stretch of holes in the sport and Turnberry’s Ailsa Course will come up before most people have …
Twelve players teed off from Royal Birkdale at half past seven on Monday morning for a tournament that had never been played before, competing for a single …
Ask most club golfers what they are working on and the answer usually involves getting rid of something: the slice, the pull, the ball that starts left and …
Ask most golfers what a fitting session covers and they will list shaft flex, head design, maybe lie angle if they have been paying attention. Grip size rarely …
Thirteen days ago Haeran Ryu was climbing off a ten-shot comeback at Hazeltine, the kind of week that is supposed to be the story of a career rather than a …
Three years is not a long time in most careers, but it can feel like a lifetime in professional golf, especially for a player who arrived as young as Tom Kim …
There is a particular kind of golfer who cannot enjoy a round until the maths has been settled. Somewhere around the twelfth hole, usually after a three-putt …
There was a small, easily missed line in Jon Rahm’s press conference at the Renaissance Club on Tuesday that said more about the state of professional …
