Topic: The Open Championship

RBS ends sponsorship of British Open

Royal Bank of Scotland has ended its nine-year sponsorship of the British Open golf tournament, a spokeswoman said on Saturday. RBS is 83-percent owned by the British taxpayer after being rescued during the financial crisis, and has been under pressure to cut ...
Casey takes 1 big lesson away from collapse at British Open: avoid the gorse bushesGiven another chance to play in the final group Sunday afternoon at a major championship, Paul Casey knows one thing he'd do differently. "Not hit it in a ...

Injured Westwood withdraws from PGA Championship

AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Lee Westwood pulled out of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and next week's U.S. PGA Championship Friday because of a badly swollen right calf and ankle. The British world number three has been hampered by the injury since before the ...

Westwood withdraws from PGA

With an injured ankle, Lee Westwood pulls out of 2 eventsJust as he was closing in on No. 1 in the world and possibly his first major, Lee Westwood of England withdrew Friday from the PGA Championship with an injury that even ...

Jin's work ethic impresses Australian coach

LONDON (Reuters) - When British Open leading amateur Jin Jeong took coach Trevor Flakemore to a tree on the first fairway at their golf club in Melbourne a few years ago the Australian realized he had a special talent on his hands. ...
Louis Oosthuizen knew winning the British Open was a big deal. The South African just didn?t realize quite how big. "I think you?ve got this picture in your mind of what it?s going to be like after a major win, and it ...

Oosthuizen rallies after slipping off pace

BRO, Sweden (Reuters) - British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen was still in the hunt for a Scandinavian Masters title on Friday to follow his first major win despite slipping off the second round lead at one stage. The 27-year-old South African dropped ...

Open champion Oosthuizen keeps up hot streak

South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen, who cruised to a seven-shot British Open win at St Andrews last weekend, kept up his hot streak on Thursday with a share of the Scandinavian Masters lead. The 27-year-old carded a five under 67 to share the ...

Watson hopes for more Open glory at Carnoustie

Former Open champion Tom Watson wants a victorious trip down memory lane when he returns to Carnoustie for the Senior Open championship this week. Watson has won the Open five times but his fondest memories of the event will always take him ...
Reception still the same, but reverence for Woods' records is missingTiger Woods was all over the leaderboard at the British Open. Too bad this was on a Monday. Locals roam the Old Course all the time on the most public of major ...
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