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For the first time in the history of golf’s oldest Major there will be a two tee start and with players going out in groups of three on day three of the 2014 Open Championship. The threat of severe thunderstorms and strong winds has forced the R & A to commence the second round at 9am from both the first and 10th tees. “The bad weather is forecast to potentially to last through much of the morning with a four-hour window of much improved conditions in the early afternoon, with the ...

Rory McIlroy has promised to reveal the ‘key words’ he’s been saying to himself this week after storming to a four shot lead on day two of the 2014 Open Championship. McIlroy looks in a class of his own taming the Royal Liverpool course for a second day running to move to 12-under par and well clear of his nearest rival American Dustin Johnson, who was joint runner-up to Darren Clarke in the 2012 Open Championship. And after dispelling the ‘Friday Fright’ that has haunted ...

Three-time Open Champion Tiger Woods got his comeback from major surgery back on track in making the halfway cut at Royal Liverpool. After driving out-of-bounds down the right side of the 17th, Woods holed a five-foot putt birdie putt on the 18th in a round of a five under par 77 for a two-over par tally and right on the cut-off mark. Woods has failed to make the cut at a major only three times in his professional career, most recently at the 2011 PGA. He also missed at the 2006 U.S. Open, shortly ...

Six-time Major winning Nick Faldo today celebrates his 57th birthday. Faldo, who won The Open in 1987, 1990 and 1992, will commence his third round at 3.05pm local time and at four over par. Faldo is this week contesting his 36th Open Championship since making his debut in 1976 at Royal Birkdale. However it has been a lean past few years for Faldo having missed the cut in golf’s oldest Major in his past five appearances.

South African George Coetzee is celebrating his 28th birthday in great manner moving up the board early on day two of The 2014 Open. The 28-year old Coetzee commenced his round at two under par and while he dropped a shot for a second day running at the second the Pretoria-born player, who is contesting his fourth Open, then birdied fifth and 10th holes to move to three under par. It handed the reigning Joburg Open champion the on-course lead in the 143rd Open Championship.

Tiger Woods was delighted to shoot a three under par 69 in his first Major Championship this season but then took a swipe at Royal Liverpool spectators for their inconsiderate use of mobile phones. It was during the 2006 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool where the use of mobile phones was out of control so much so the R & A, as organizers of golf’s oldest Major, banned the use of phones for the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie. However the R & A seeing the benefit of modern ...

Rory McIlroy stormed to the front of the 143rd Open Championship with a sizzling six under par 66 in superb scoring conditions at Royal Liverpool. The double Major winner didn’t drop a shot in posting three birdies over his front nine and then the same number of birdies over his inward nine to lead golf’s oldest Major by a stroke. It is the second occasion McIlroy has led golf’s oldest major having shot a new Old Course record 63 on the first day of the 2010 Open Championship at ...