LYTHAM ST. ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND – It was somewhere just off the sixth fairway of Royal Lytham and St. Anne’s Golf Club when, lost amidst the heaving sea of shaggy, marram-grassed hills, I felt the metaphoric lightning strike. It was electrifying how much fun I was having. I had no idea where the green was; it was made blind by dunes towering above me on...
While we finish the prose for the first of three course reviews from our England Tour during Open Championship Week, enjoy a brief photo essay.
Story coming soon.
Open Championship coverage this year at JF.com, Golf News Net, Golf Course Trades, and Jay Flemma Sports Report on iHeartRadio will be a lot different this year. We’ll be live from the UK. “Grazie dio!” as we say in Italian. Better still, plans are a deep dive into not only the the Open Rota venues, but a smattering of the best of the rest as well...
Once again, venerable Royal Troon Golf Links — 142 years young – hosted a legendary Open Championship, one that should shine brightly through the ages:Â proper weather, a scintillating links, and a worthy victor in Xander Schauffele, now a two-time major winner and one of only a handful of golfers to win both the Open Championship and the PGA...
The last time we saw Royal Troon Golf Links for an Open Championship the blessed old links gave us what golf history now refers to as the Second Duel in the Sun. Hearkening back to 1977 when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus separated themselves by 1o shots from the field at Turnberry, Sweden’s Henrik Stenson and the USA’s Phil Mickelson played Troon like a...
Not one but two new Jay Flemma Sports Report shows have dropped recently, so here are the links. Skiing in Argentina/Open Championship and USGA Mid-Am Redux Our first guest was Aaron Schorsch of Saveur the Journey, the skiing, fishing, and culinary travel outfit that showed me around Argentina. It was an absolutely gold standard experience on every level –...
The Open Championship Spotter’s Guide or Who is That Guy Again? —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— Back in the day, Dan Jenkins, King of All Golf Writers, was asked about a Masters leaderboard full of golfers he found obscure, milquetoast, or otherwise inconvenient. “Whose chances do you like?” one of the other writers queried of him...
Rahm Surges, Harman Still Leads Open Championship at Royal Liverpool —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— Two-time major champion Jon Rahm of Spain fired a tournament low and Royal Liverpool Golf Club record 63 in the third round of the 151st Open Championship to surge into contention, but leader Brian Harman continued his unflappable play carding a 69 for a...
Stars Aligning for Amateur Phenom Christo Lamprecht at Royal Liverpool Open Championship —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— Somewhere in Heaven the Golf Gods are smiling, because a young amateur  is leading the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, the club with, perhaps, the richest amateur history in the game. South African Christo Lamprecht —...
Open Championship week begins imminently, so don’t put those strawberries and cream away. It’ll be early morning golf on the shores of Royal Liverpool, where some of the greatest names in golf were crowned de facto World Champion. Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Peter Thomson, Roberto DiVicenzo, Tiger Woods, and Rory McIlroy all hoisted the Claret Jug at...
Both the Masters and the Open Championship will permit LIV golfers who qualify for the tournaments to compete. The R&A and Augusta National both independently reached the same conclusion, a seemingly fair result as the fledgling LIV Tour seems more exhibition than competition at worst, at best a wtered down version of the PGA or DP World Tours. To that end...
“May you live in interesting times.”                —Ancient Klingon Curse It’s Championship Sunday, and not just any Championship Sunday, but the 150th Open Championship Sunday at the Old Course of St. Andrews, the home of golf. It’s supposed to be a time of joyous celebration and poignant...
Perhaps the only sight in golf more annoying than watching the player in front of you make everything he looks at on the greens is watching the player in front of you make everything on the greens while you make nothing all day. Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Niente. That was the dismal fate the Golf Gods resigned Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy to at the 150th...
“I was thinking ‘What the Hell am I doing here?'” That was a bemused but grateful Viktor Hovland, the Norwegian golfer who now finds himself tied atop the leader board at the 150th Open Championship after a second consecutive 66 over the Old Course at St. Andrews. After three rounds, he stands at 16-under, along with four-time major winner and 2014...
It sounds like an old school comic book exclamation:Â GREAT SCOTT! Maybe it’s Spider-man, or maybe Superman, or maybe it’s Captain America, but whomever, add Adam Scott and Scottie Scheffler to that list as they both shot themselves into contention at the 150th Open Championship, the de facto world championship of golf. Reigning Masters champion and...