Tag: British Open
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Four-time major champion Ernie Els looks to improve at U.S. Senior Open
Only 21 golfers have won more men’s major championships than Ernie Els. Names such as Nicklaus, Watson, Palmer. And Tiger, Rory, Phil. So it’s safe to say Els’ place among the game’s greats is firmly cemented. Els, though, isn’t satisfied. Not even close. That’s why he’s the lone player hitting balls on the range after…
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Spieth part of 3-way tie for British lead as Woods lurks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Jordan Spieth set the tone pulling driver on the 396-yard opening hole and sending it bouncing and rolling to 10 feet for eagle. Moments later, Tiger Woods sent the gallery into a frenzy with three straight birdies to get into contention at…
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Tiger Woods moves up British Open leader board with his lowest score at major since 2011
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – The idea of Tiger Woods as a major-tournament threat, which flickered all along in golf imaginations even as it also spent much of this decade in a dormancy, returned fiercely on Saturday when Woods’s name appeared atop the British Open leader board.…
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Roommates Kisner, Johnson tied at top of British Open as big names bow out of wide-open major
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CARNOUSTIE, Scotland • A light rain in the morning that gave way to soft sunlight in the afternoon took some of the sting out of Carnoustie. Just not all of it. Kevin Kisner found that out with one swing that erased his two-shot lead Friday…