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8:56 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Former Open champion and Portrush resident Darren Clarke will hit the first tee shot to start The Open early Thursday morning as the tournament returns to Northern Ireland for just the second time. Clarke, who won The Open in 2011 at Royal St. George’s, is among three major

Ten years later, Tom Watson remembers the days following the 2009 Open Championship more vividly than the four remarkable days that came before. “Your taxing my memory,” he said with a laugh in response to specific questions about that weekend at Turnberry when he came within a few inches of what arguably would have been

7:26 PM ET Associated Press STATELINE, Nev. — Tony Romo completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the American Century Championship for his second straight victory in the celebrity tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. The former Dallas Cowboys and current CBS analyst closed with a 2-over 74 and scored 20 points to finish at 71

Welcome to the Dew Sweeper, your one-stop shop to catch up on the weekend action from the golf world. From the professional tours, trending news, social media headlines and upcoming events, here’s every golf-related thing you need to know for the morning of July 15. Another first-time winner on tour A familiar storyline played out

There was nothing to suggest Dylan Frittelli would win the John Deere Classic. Or even remotely contend, for that matter. In his second full season on tour, Frittelli—despite a superb collegiate career—had not had a top-10 finish, his best being an 11th in the 2018 Honda Classic. This season has brought nothing better than a

9:23 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Tiger Woods flew overnight from Florida, landed near Portrush early in the morning, made a quick stop at his rental home and was at the course of this week’s Open Championship within a few hours Sunday to begin preparation for the major championship he has won three times.

As fans of the modern game, we’re used to seeing golf’s biggest events held at the same rotation of courses. But with the Open Championship returning to Royal Portrush for the first time in 68 years, it got us thinking: Which other former major venues have been forgotten after time? Due to advances in equipment

7:46 PM ET Associated Press STATELINE, Nev. — Defending champion Tony Romo increased his lead to nine points Saturday in the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback-turned-NFL analyst shot his second straight 2-under 70 and scored 25 points for a total of 51 in the celebrity tournament that

There is room for debate as to whether the claret jug is the most iconic item awarded to a tournament winner in golf, a chorus of folks representing a sleepy town in Georgia likely arguing that a certain emerald blazer has an awful lot of cachet, too. Where there is no uncertainty is this: The

For nearly everyone playing in and watching the 2019 British Open, Royal Portrush, the Northern Ireland layout that last held the tournament in 1951, is a mystery. But while everyone is getting familiarized with this venue ahead of the year’s final men’s major, we thought it was a good time to take a crash course

8:20 PM ET Associated Press SILVIS, Ill. — Jhonattan Vegas shot a 9-under 62 on Friday in the John Deere Classic to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend. Off since missing the cuts in the Memorial and U.S. Open in June, the three-time PGA Tour winner from Venezuela said he “found something really good”

This month, what America—and many other places, too—routinely refers to as the “British” Open is not being played in Britain at all, Great or otherwise. Take my word for that. But where then, is it being played? In Northern Ireland, at Royal Portrush in County Antrim, for only the second time in the championship’s 159-year

8:04 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — Sei Young Kim shot a 7-under 64 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over U.S. Women’s Open champion Jeongeun Lee6 in the Marathon Classic. Kim had four straight birdies on Nos. 3-6 and also birdied the par-4 12th and 15th holes and the par-5 18th to

Steve Stricker faced a difficult decision this week: Should he play in a PGA Tour Champions major at the Bridgestone Senior Players or should he play at his personal unofficial fifth major, the John Deere Classic? The 52-year-old opted for the former, and just seven holes into his opening round, it’s clear he made the

Graeme McDowell made no secret of the fact that his primary mission in 2019 was to qualify for the Open Championship in his hometown of Portrush, Northern Ireland, where Royal Portrush next week hosts golf’s oldest tournament for the first time since 1951. He realized that goal last month at the RBC Canadian Open, where

8:35 PM ET Associated Press SILVIS, Ill. — Roberto Diaz shot a 9-under 62 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the John Deere Classic. Playing in the final group of the day off the first tee, the 32-year-old Mexican player birdied four of the first holes, eagled the par-5 10th and birdied three

Ever since Harvey Penick wrote a slim volume of instruction with a red cover that became the best-selling golf book of all time, golf authors have been churning out 5-by-7 handbooks of wit and wisdom. The latest is a delightful romp through the game’s history called Golf’s Life Lessons by Richard Allen, former captain of

1:08 AM ET Associated Press NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Matt Kuchar shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday to share the lead with three players in a low-scoring opening round at the Scottish Open. Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas, the highest-ranked players in the field, opened with 67s — a score only slightly better than the