More than 3m fewer people watched the Open on Sky this weekend than on the BBC last year July 19, 2016 The first year of the Open Championship coverage on Sky endured a 77 per cent drop in viewing figures compared to the final broadcast on the BBC a year ago. Read more: I was destined to win Open Championship, claims victorious Henrik Stenson Last year's peak TV audience of 4.7m plunged to 1.1m last weekend despite the dramatic [...]
I was destined to win Open Championship, claims victorious Henrik Stenson following record-breaking performance Royal Troon July 18, 2016 Sweden's Henrik Stenson insisted he felt a sense of destiny after claiming the first Major of his career with victory at the Open Championship at Royal Troon. Stenson carded a record-equalling final round of 63, having birdied four of his final five holes, to become just the second player in history to finish a Major [...]
Phil Mickelson inches from history as five-time Major winner posts three-shot lead after first round of Open Championship at Royal Troon July 14, 2016 America's Phil Mickelson admitted he felt like crying after agonisingly missing out on carding the lowest ever score in Major championship history on a bittersweet opening day of the Open Championship at Royal Troon. Five-time Major winner Mickelson, who won the Claret Jug at Muirfield in 2013, needed to hole a 15-foot putt on the [...]
British Open 2016 prize money: Brexit effect on pound could mean stars such as Jason Day and Jordan Spieth lose out on over £100,000 worth of prize money July 14, 2016 The plummeting value of the pound since the UK voted for Brexit has caused a dramatic loss in golfers' prize money earning potential at this year's British Open. Players from 23 different countries have converged on Royal Troon in Scotland this weekend for the third Major of the year, where the victor will take home the competition's [...]
British Open 2016 prize money: How much can Rory McIlroy, Danny Willett and Jordan Spieth win at Royal Troon? July 14, 2016 Triumph at Troon this week comes with a lucrative reward; the biggest prize money pay cheque in the history of the Open. Just under £1.18m will be paid to whoever comes out on top of a testing course which includes the longest and shortest holes of any on the Open’s roster. It marks a £30,000 increase [...]
Dustin Johnson targeting hat-trick of wins, Claret Jug and No1 ranking at Troon July 13, 2016 In-form Dustin Johnson believes that his Major breakthrough at Oakmont last month has multiplied his chances of scooping the Open Championship at Royal Troon, which begins on Thursday. Johnson confesses he rarely wants for confidence, but the world No2 says that winning the US Open – and following it up with victory in the WGC [...]
Rory McIlroy deepens golf’s Olympic snub row by saying he may not even bother watching on TV July 12, 2016 Four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy has stoked golf’s Olympic row further by saying he may not even watch the competition in Rio next month because he considers it to be of such little significance. McIlroy pulled out of the Games citing fears over the Zika virus, a position also adopted by Jason Day and Dustin [...]
The Open 2016: Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer set to fly the flag for Europe at Royal Troon July 12, 2016 European golf has been in rude health for a while, and there are a few players from this side of the Atlantic who’ll fancy their chances of taking home the Claret Jug on Sunday evening. Rory McIlroy waltzed to a wire-to-wire victory in 2014 at Hoylake, and represents the continent’s best chance of victory this [...]
The Open 2016: Magic Dustin Johnson can fend off competition from Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy grab back-to-back Majors at Royal Troon July 12, 2016 This year’s Open Championship takes place at Royal Troon where the world’s best golfers will have to defeat one of the most famous holes in the sport. The par three 8th, known as the ‘Postage Stamp’, was named the Open’s most challenging hole in 2014. Although it is the shortest of any played in Open [...]
Golf stars accused of overreacting to Zika scare as Jordan Spieth becomes latest to withdraw from Rio Olympics July 11, 2016 Golf's four leading male players will be missing from the sport’s long-awaited return to the Olympics after world No3 Jordan Spieth became the latest high-profile withdrawal on Monday. Spieth’s decision to pull out of the Rio Games, citing concerns over the Zika virus, follows similar moves in recent weeks by fellow stars Rory McIlroy, Jason [...]