He said he was over the disappointment of the U.S. Open, and then he proved it with his golf clubs. South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, 2010 Open Champion, fired a sparkling, blemish-free, 6-under 64 to lead the first round of the 149th Open Championship golf tournament at Royal St. George’s Golf Club. Americans Jordan Spieth (the 2017 Open Champion at Royal...
After being cancelled in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Open Championship, the de facto world championship of golf, returns for its 149th iteration in the grandest of English traditions. The setting is the sparkling white cliffs of Dover, the ancient, storied town of Sandwich, and the hurly-burly gnarled mounds and frightful bunkers of Royal St...
Through coordinated announcements, the R&A, PGA of America, and USGA have released the dates for the golf major championships impacted by the Coronavirus. August 6-12 – PGA Championship, Harding Park, San Francisco September 17-20 – U.S. Open, Winged Foot, Mamaroneck, NY September 25-27 – Ryder Cup, Whistling Straits, Kohler, WI November 12-15...
Ryan Ballengee at Golf News Net reports that John Daly has reversed himself. After stating last week that he would play the Open Championship at Royal Portrush despite not being allowed a golf cart by the R&A, Daly has, instead, withdrawn. Instead, he will play the PGA Tour’s opposite field event, the Barbasol Championship in Kentucky. Ballengee wrote:...
The de facto world championship of golf will be contested at one of golf’s most horrifying torture chambers. You think Shinnecock was tough? Wait till the wind blows at Carnoustie! The winner will need a complete game all facets must be sharp, Moreover, the Euros have a huge advantage here at this somber, narrow, Barry Burn criss-crossed Byzantine maze of a...
2018 – Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland
2019 – Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland
2020 – Royal St George’s Golf Club, Kent, England
2021 – Old Course at St Andrews Links, Fife, Scotland
This was the old major championship preview I did for PGA.com back in 2008. From the article: Indeed, all Merseyside rocks every 10 years or so, as though the Beatles have returned to prominence, every time professional golfers return to Birkdale. The patrons are duly rewarded for their fervor with outstanding views of the golf: Birkdale was a stadium golf course...
Here it is – the shocking, cruel twist that stole history from Phil Mickelson. Hat tip to NBC for the link.
even so, 63 is a good way to start.
HAVEN, WI – With a tip of the hat and a golf clap to Una Jones of the PGA of America, here’s everything you need to know about the magic number – 63, now accomplished 27 times. HIROSHI IWATA JOINS CLUB 63 With a 9-under-par 63 in the second round, Japan’s Hiroshi Iwata tied the all-time 18-hole scoring mark in a major championship...
And as Zorak would say, “BONUS!” Tony Korologos and Ryan Ballengee joined me on Jay’s Plays for a wrap-up of the Open Championship and a preview of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
So Golf News Net ran my first article for them – the biopic of Old Tom Morris! Here’s the link to the article. Look for a new series of mine starting there soon called “The Rock-n-Roll Golf Diaries about my adventures playing with musicians and celebrities or playing golf between rock gigs. We’ll also be on Matt Cahill’s DC radio show...
[Editor’s Note: While Jay is playing in Boston this weekend, we’ll re-publish Jay’s article from his Golf Observer days about Old Tom Morris, St. Andrews, and the early days of the Open Championship.] He could be the patron saint of golf – few people had more influence in elevating golf from its adolescence than Old Tom Morris, (1821-1908.)...
Poor Royal Liverpool (or Hoylake to locals): It’s become even more of a football for wise-cracking critics of Open Championship venues than Somber Olde Carnoustie. Normally Open Championship venues conjure images of hallowed, centuries-old golfing Meccas. There’s the stately architecture of St. Andrews, the romantic beauty of Turnberry, the rugged...
The R&A just announced that Royal Birkdale and Carnoustie will get future dastes for the Open. Moreover, expect an announcement on Royal Portrush finally getting an Open back to the Emerald Isle for the first time in over sixty years. For more information on that go over to Brian Keogh’s Irish Golf Desk Here are your future Open Championship venues: 2014...
Dear Trey: Congratulations to you Page, Mike, and Fish on another stellar Fall tour and, in particular, on another excellent Halloween show. You guys totally killed it! It was both fun and interesting to see you perform so many new songs on such a special occasion. Here’s my best wishes to the four of you that the new album is a tremendous success, and I look...