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Reigning Open Champion Collin Morikawa has again spoken of his delight in heading to St. Andrews for a first time in July for the 150th Open Championship. Since remarkably capturing a second major last year on his Open debut last year at Royal St. George’s Morikawa has been asked often about heading to the Home of Golf, and for a first time, to defend the Claret Jug over the famed Old Course. And now after the annual pre-Open media outing, and this year at St. Andrews, the American has again ...

The 150th Open at St Andrews will be the largest in the Championship’s long history with a record-breaking 290,000 fans set to attend at the world-renowned Old Course from 10-17 July. Unprecedented demand to attend this historic milestone for The Open led to more than 1.3 million applications in the ticket ballot and has resulted in the highest-ever number of general admission tickets being issued to fans. The attendance surpasses the previous high mark set at St Andrews in 2000 when 239,000 spectators ...

A fortnight shy of a 11-years ago, Pablo Larrazabal was in tears having failed to capture the Spanish Open a day after Seve Ballesteros had passed away. Larrazabal was himself a week shy of his 27th birthday when the legendary Ballasteros left us for that great fairway in the sky. There had been a hugely emotional line of players, caddies, officials, media and spectators on the practice range early that Saturday morning in Barcelona in honour of Seve.  Among them was Larrazabal. Larrazabal had broken ...

Scotland’s Scott Jamieson put a near five-hour bad weather warning delay to good use, delighted to watch his beloved Rangers keep their title hopes alive with victory over Motherwell. Jamieson, and leading by two shots at 11-under, was some 30 minutes away from teeing-off in the last group on day three at the ISPS Handa Spanish Open when the threat of thunderstorms halted play for near-on five hours on the host course at Tarragona to the south of Barcelona. It wasn’t till close to 5.30pm ...

Shane Lowry was in an upbeat ‘Mardi Gras’ kind of mood thanks to Ian Poulter on the opening day of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Lowry and Poulter were laughing and joking, and all the time gelling superbly in the unique team format to post an eight-under-par 64 in ideal scoring conditions on the TPC Louisiana course. Last year’s Ryder Cup team-mates were even decked out in identical dark blue shirts and ultra-bold, and what only Poulter would wear, large blue-and-white check ...

Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre was celebrating a maiden PGA Tour ace on day one of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. MacIntyre is teamed with fellow Scot Martin Laird in the unique format but was initially unaware his ball found the bottom of the cup as there was no crowd reaction from around the green at the par-3 14th hole on the TPC Louisiana course. MacIntyre is competing in the Stg 6.1m event on an invitation but disappointingly there was no gleaming new car or even a bottle of bubbly, ...

Those contesting this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans are savouring the delights one of best ‘eating’ stops on the PGA Tour. The TPC Louisiana course is not only a great venue for making eagles and birdies but the players, caddies and officials get to savour some of the best seafood ever. Each year, and with thanks to the famed New Orleans French Quarter restaurant, Acme Oyster House, those present at the tournament get to enjoy boiled crayfish, scrumptious shrimp along with ...