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Carnoustie, Scotland … Jhonattan Vegas was very lucky to have teed-up in the 147th Open after stupidly letting his UK visa lapse. The three-time PGA Tour winner Vegas had visa issues that started last week when he was supposed to leave for Scotland on July 12. A flurry of activity did not get the issue resolved until Wednesday, meaning he would fly overnight from his home in Houston and not arrive until the wee hours of Thursday morning. His agent arranged for a helicopter to take him from ...

Carnoustie, Scotland … Marks the fourth time Kisner Kisner has held the first-round lead/co-lead on PGA TOUR and second time in a major championship Kisner’s 22 putts tied his career-low number of putts on TOUR (R3/2017 Sony Open in Hawaii) Last nine Open champions began with a round in the 60s (74/2008/Padraig Harrington) Top seven players on the leaderboard represent either USA or South Africa, all seeking their first major title Ryan Moore (T42/2007), Pat Perez (T20/2007), Zach ...

Carnoustie, Scotland …. Three-time former Open Champion, Tiger Woods overcome a neck injury and using the driver just once to end his three-year Open Championship absence with a level par 71 on the opening day of the 14th Open Championship at Carnoustie. Woods got off to a brilliant start birding the first and fourth holes to race to two-under but let slip the chance to go three-under at the par-5 sixth hole before maknig the turn at two-under. The 14-time Major winner dropped a shot in finding ...

Carnoustie, Scotland  This year’s Open Championship marks the 50th anniversary of Gary Player’s 1968 Open Championship success. It was here at Carnoustie the champion South African golfer captured a second Open and the fourth of nine Grand Slam titles. Astoningly, Player won 165 professional victories in his career and in visiting the Open Championship Media Centre on Wednesday I asked the now 82-year old how he judged success and what he based his opinion. “If you run a business ...

Carnoustie, Scotland … Tiger Woods is all set to end an 11-year absence when he tees-up in this week’s 147th Open Championship. The last time Woods has seen Carnoustie was in finishing T11th in the 2007 Open. And the 14-time Major winner was keen to get a look at the Scotland course teeing-up around 3.40pm and hitting off the first. Woods spent little time on the range and in what was about 20-minutes before making his way to the tee and using an iron to find the opening fairway. One ...

Gullane, Scotland … Paul Dunne was not about to allow a closing hole double-bogey take the gloss from the proceeding 17 good holes in being five-under par on day one of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at Gullane. Dunne, and playing Gullane for a first time as a pro, was inside the top-10 standing on the downhill 18th when he drove his ball right out-of-bounds, and onto what is the No.2 course and out-of-play for the week. Then after playing his fourth to the edge of the green, ...

Gullane, Scotland … Phil Mickelson had blanked the Scottish Open media since his arrival earlier this week in Scotland. And then for a very spoilt second the waiting media looking to speak to Mickelson after shooting a 72 on day one of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open we thought that the five-time Major winner was about to stick with his ‘no media’ stance. This was because he came from the scorer’s hut declaring:  “I am not going to answer any questions ...