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Those visiting US-based players could be in for a rude shock when arriving in the UK for July’s 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s. The seemingly ‘what global pandemic’ manner now evident in the US,  and so noticeable at last week’s PGA Championship, will give way to the strictness of a first major championship to be played ‘in the bubble’. The European Tour has been back to staging events ‘in the bubble’ since last July’s BetFred British Masters and that protocol ...

R & A CEO Martin Slumbers declared there will be no repeat at this year’s 149th Open Championship of the unruly spectator behaviour that unfolded last Sunday at the PGA Championship. It seemed all of the 10,000 spectators allowed into the final round found their way onto the 72nd fairway to follow Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka at Kiaway Island. Mickelson, who became the oldest winner of a men’s major championship said at the time he found the experience ‘slightly unnerving ...

Padraig Harrington will head to Augusta National next April eagerly looking to become the oldest winner of the Masters. In sharing fourth place at the PGA Championship, Harrington qualified not only for next month’s US Open but the 2022 Masters and in what now be a first return to Augusta National in seven years since he last drove down Magnolia Lane. Harrington and fellow Irishman Shane Lowry were together in the same group heading out sharing 24th place for last Sunday’s final round of ...

  Final-Round Leaderboard Phil Mickelson                   70-69-70-73—282 (-6) Louis Oosthuizen               71-68-72-73—284 (-4) Brooks Koepka                   69-71-70-74—284 (-4) Shane Lowry                       73-71-73-69—286 (-2) Padraig Harrington            71-73-73-69—286 (-2) Harry Higgs                        72-71-73-70—286 (-2) Paul Casey                          ...

While full of praise for Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka was highly critical of crowd control measures at the final hole of the 103rd PGA Championship at Kiawah Island. PGA Championship organisers allowed 10,000 fans a day to attend the championship and the majority seemed to flood onto the final fairway in scenes reminiscent of Tiger Woods 2018 Tour Championship triumph in suburban Atlanta. And while Mickelson spoke afterwards saying … “It was a little bit unnerving but it was exceptionally awesome, ...

Phil Mickelson has created golfing history becoming the oldest male winner of a major championshp with his two-shot victory in the 103rd PGA Championship at Kiawah Island. The near 51-year old posted a closing one-over par 73 to win by two shots at six-under par. “This win is amazing and it is a win I will cherish forever,”  he said. “I am beyond proud and while it’s been a little more work practice-wise and there’s no reason someone else my age can achieve what I achived ...

Padraig Harrington laughed off any suggestions of teeing-up later this year at the Ryder Cup following a best finish in the majors in eight years. Harrington, 49, brilliantly rolled back the years to post a final round 69 and a score matched by playing partner and countryman Shane Lowry to be then tied for clubhouse lead but technically sharing fourth place at the 103rd PGA Championship at Kiawah Island. The fellow Open Champions began the last round at one-over par and after the closing 18 holes ...