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The stars of this week’s 2013 Ricoh Women’s British Open gathered ahead of the event to pose on the Swilken Bridge on the 18th hole of the Old Course Pictured: left to right left side of bridge: Michelle Wie of the USA, Shanshan Feng of China, Mika Miyazato of Japan, Beatriz Recari of Spain, Inbee Park of South Korea, (centre front) Jiyai Shin of South Korea The 2012 Ricoh Women’s British Open Champion (right side left to right) Charley Hull of England, Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand, ...

American Mark Wiebe spoilt Bernhard Langer’s expected Royal Birkdale joy in capturing the Senior Open Championship followng a dramatic sudden-death play-off.# Play was suspended due to darkness on Sunday night with two holes played in the head-to-head battle before the duo returned to the course early this morning and with Wiebe’s unlikely par four at the fifth extra hole good enough to make him the eighth American winner of the championship. Despite leading by two shots playing the 18th ...

Double Masters winning Bernhard Langer heads into the final round three clear of his rivals as he seeks a second Senior Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Langer posted a magestic third day 66 to head South Africa’s David Frost who shot a two under par 68 to remain in contention on six under par, while a further shot back with 18 holes to play is American Mark Wiebe, who had to make do with a level par 70 after another testing day at Birkdale. Sandy Lyle heads the home charge on three ...

Double Masters winning Bernhard Langer and Mark Wiebe head to the weekend sharing the lead in the (British) Senior Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Langer, who led by one shot into the final round at Turnberry last year, is determined to redress that missed opportunity, and he recovered well from a double bogey six on the sixth hole when he had a double hit on a greenside chip. Having birdied the fifth hole prior to that unfortunate error, he picked up shots on the eighth, 13th, 15th and 17th ...

Exactly a week after tering off first at Muirfield and Australia’s evergreen Peter Senior is just one off the lead in the British Senior Open at Royal Birkdale. Senior posted a three under par 69 on the famed Lancashire links gem to be sharing second place with three others and just one shot behind American Gene Sauers. The Savanaah based Saures birdied three holes in succession from his 15th in a three under par 67. Senior carded a 68 to be tied in second with Philippines Franki Minoza, South ...

Here’s a telling fact! The last three winners of the Open Championship have competed the week prior in the Scottish Open The much-acclaimed Gil Hanse designed Castle Stuart has hosted the Scottish Open since 2011. Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke captured the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St. George’s after having played at Castle Stuart.  Last year Ernie Els won a second Open Championship last year after having played a week earlier at Castle Stuart. Now Phil Mickelson has become ...

Phil Mickelson struck yet another Open Championship blow for the over-40 golfers in capturing the golf’s oldest major. Mickelson turned 43 on June 16th this year and follows Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke (42 in 2011) and Ernie Els (42 in 2012) as winner of The Open. Sal Johnson, author of www.golfstats.com, believes it to be the first time in Open Championship history that there has been three over-40 champions in succession.