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Carnoustie, Scotland …. Tiger Woods has single-handedly delivered the excitement missing over the opening two rounds storming his way into contention with an impressive five-under par 66 on day three of the 147th Open. The Carnoustie crowd rose in unison applauding the former three-time Open winner who posted six birdies including three in succession from the ninth to 11th holes before a two-putt birdie on 15 saw him move to a share of the lead on six under par. And Woods, who has bogeyed the ...

Carnoustie, Scotland … Rory McIlroy won the ‘Low Amateur’ medal when last at Carnoustie in 2007 and now the Northern Irishman is primed to go one better with two rounds to play at the 147th Open. A pair of 69s has McIlroy trailing just two adrift of the leading duo of fellow Open Champion Zach Johnson (67) and Kevin Kisner (70) heading to the final two days. The first decent rain in Scotland for some time greeted McIlroy and the morning players and very much affecting scoring on ...

Carnoustie, Scotland …. Tiger Woods found himself having to defend accusations he was directly aiming at the crowd in hitting his second shot at the second hole on the second day of the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie. Woods played his tee shot at the second that flew right and falling in rough but short of the crowd behind spectator ropes. There is suggestions Woods was aiming his second shot over the watching crowd and that no effort had been made to move the crowd from any risk of ...

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 ...