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Carnoustie, Scotland …  Open Championship history beckons for Jordan Spieth. The Texas heads to the final round locked in a three-way tie for the lead as he seeks to become the first back-to-back winner of the Claret Jug for a decade. But he could get the battle with Tiger Woods he has always pictured in his head with the 14-time major winner lurking ominously among the chasing pack after a thrilling day of low scoring at a defenceless Carnoustie. The tone was set when Spieth drove the ...

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 …  Scotland’s Russell Knox wasted little time getting to his one of his playing partners on the opening day of the 147th Open Championship. Knox had played his second shot into the opening green when he found his way walking towards the green with the 14-time Tiger Woods. It would not be the first time over the course of the next near five hours the duo were seen in conversation. And after posting a two-over par 73 Knox was asked if he felt in awe playing alongside ...

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 ...