The Open
# the-open - Monday 31 December, 2012
Have boots, will travel: 6 sporting trips to take in 2013
We mark your sporting calendar and give you a couple of resolutions you may actually enjoy.
# the-open - Friday 28 December, 2012
Swings and Ryder bouts: Golfing review of 2012
Gareme McDowell came close, Rory McIlroy won a major by eight strokes again and Team Europe rallied from face-down on the canvas.
# the-open - Thursday 20 December, 2012
An insight into Padraig Harrington’s golfing obsession
A new biography of the three-time Major winner sees Paul McGinley, Bob Torrance and Jean Van De Velde amongst those who provides their thoughts on the Dublin golfer.
# the-open - Wednesday 1 August, 2012
‘I’ve been there’ — McIlroy backs Scott to bounce back
Holywood man Rory McIlroy experienced a similar disappointment to Adam Scott’s Open collapse.
# the-open - Monday 30 July, 2012
Right said Fred: Couples clinches British Seniors Open
The gentleman of American golf held his nerve while Bernhard Langer went all Kiawah Island.
# the-open - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
In the swing: route back to the top anything but Easy for Ernie Els
Neil Cullen watched the South African take an unlikely Claret Jug victory from the grandstand at Royal Lytham on Sunday evening.
# the-open - Monday 23 July, 2012
What’s in the bag? R&A to examine legality of long putter
Padraig Harrington has been a vocal critic of the extended club used by both Adam Scott and Ernie Els this week.
Dejected McDowell vows to learn from Open disappointment
A five-over-par 75 yesterday saw G-Mac drop to a tie for fifth, five shots behind eventual winner Ernie Els of South Africa.
# the-open - Sunday 22 July, 2012
Carlos Tevez caddies for Andres Romero at the Open
It seems that Carlito took his golfing holiday back in Argentina a little more seriously than we’d thought.
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Good morning! Here’s nine things to know before you tuck into your Sunday breakfast.
# the-open - Saturday 21 July, 2012
The Open 2012: Scott seizes four-stroke lead at Open
Graeme McDowell, the 2010 US Open champion and runner-up at last month’s US Open, fired a 67 to stand second alongside Snedeker on 203.
The Open 2012: McIlroy, Westwood still struggling at Open
Rory McIlroy won’t win his second Major this weekend. And Lee Westwood sure won’t win his first.
# the-open - Friday 20 July, 2012
The Open 2012: Tiger, Scott chase Open pace-setter Snedeker
Rory McIlroy struggled to a 75 to stand on 142 with Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts, who fired a 77 after an opening 65, and Padraig Harrington, with bogeys on three of the last four holes to shoot 72.
The Open: McIlroy and Harrington in danger of missing cut as Snedeker storms into the lead
The Northern Irish golfer is struggling to find the fairway while Padraig Harrington has moved into the red.
# the-open - Thursday 19 July, 2012
British Open: Woods and McDowell in the mix as Adam Scott leads the field
Tiger has kept the galleries rapt but Rory McIlroy is putting together a solid round to catch the championship leading Aussie.
The Morning Score: Thursday
The 141st Open Championship is under way and we’ve got four more stories to kick-start your day.
# the-open - Wednesday 18 July, 2012
Here’s your ‘whoa, Usain Bolt has really let himself go’ pic of the day
Oh, it’s only Lee.
Humbled McIlroy ready to cope with poor conditions
The Holywood star says his comments about not enjoying poor conditions were ‘pure frustration’ at last year’s Open and he’s ready to go this weekend.
The Morning Score: Wednesday
Rovers facing an uphill struggle in Lithuania, doping at the Tour de France plus lots and lots of money for our favourite languid Swede.
# the-open - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
Here we are again: These were the 5 best Opens at Royal Lytham & St Annes
Seve to Jacklin to Gary Player. There’s a lot of history around this old course.
# the-open - Friday 13 July, 2012
McIlroy out to eat his own words at Open Championship
Last year he trudged off saying: “I’d rather play when it’s 80 degrees and sunny and not much wind.”
# the-open - Thursday 12 July, 2012
Clarke hopes form will turn for Open
The 43-year-old has since struggled for consistency since his Major win last summer. But the Irishman remains hopeful ahead of his title defence.
# the-open - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
Fit: Westwood ‘getting on with it’ for Open chase
The Englishman is nursing groin and knee injuries, but he’s not one to complain.
# the-open - Monday 9 July, 2012
Phil Mickelson signs up as late entry for Scottish Open before major challenge
After missing the cut at the weekend, the three-time Masters winner is heading for Scotland to get some links practice in.
# the-open - Saturday 31 December, 2011
Clarke, McIlroy ‘proud’ and ‘humble’ after being named on New Year Honour list
The Northern Irish golfers were recognised for their services to golf in 2011 as both picked up their maiden Major wins.
# the-open - Thursday 29 December, 2011
The sporting year in review: July
First-time Major winner Darren Clarke created some of the biggest headlines in July but he certainly wasn’t the only talking point.
# the-open - Monday 18 July, 2011
‘Normal man’ Darren Clarke celebrates his moment of glory
“There’s not many airs and graces about me,” said Darren Clarke after one of golf’s great moments yesterday.
# the-open - Sunday 17 July, 2011
The Daily Fix: Sunday
In your Sunday Fix: A certain ginger-haired former media executive is arrested; the cost of smoking to Ireland’s economy; Come on Clarkey! and Hackgate: The Movie.
Darren Clarke wins his first major at the British Open
He showed the kids a thing or two at Royal St George’s.
# the-open - Saturday 16 July, 2011
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In your Fix for today: A cheaper route to Dublin airport?; the end of the World; a remorseful Archbishop; how the Taoiseach is spending his weekend; and why Ken Doherty has an issue with neck ties.
# the-open - Friday 15 July, 2011
Chart of the week: Golfers at the Open named Simon
Our team of boffins have been working their calculators into dust figuring this one out.
The Open leaderboard, day 2
Keep in the loop with our minute-by-minute report that this leaderboard.
# the-open - Thursday 14 July, 2011
The weekly YouTube chart: because we’re wearing bicycle shorts all week
The Tour, the Open and Joe Canning. What else do you need?
A Bluffer’s Guide to … The Open Championship
The golf season’s third Major got underway in Kent this morning. Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s Open Championship.
# the-open - Wednesday 13 July, 2011
In numbers: The Open Championship
From zero through to 900,000, we take a look at the numbers which define The Open.






















































