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Nicholas Poppleton is a 27-year-old Englishman who plays on the minor-league EuroPro Tour and supplements his income by working weekends as a supermarket truck driver, and we can all agree that “Nicholas Poppleton” is a perfect name for a 27-year-old Englishman who plays on the minor-league EuroPro Tour and supplements his income by working weekends

6:34 PM ET Another round at a major championship, another night when South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen goes to bed as the leader. Oosthuizen took advantage of Royal St. George’s friendlier-than-expected conditions in the first round of The Open on Thursday to take a one-shot lead with a 6-under 64. Will Oosthuizen finally close the deal

SANDWICH, England — He even has the parlance down. Jordan Spieth had just gotten the type of break you need to win Open Championships: a smother hook left on the par-5 14th, perhaps a subconscious insurance policy given the OB down the right, one-hopped into a spectator’s backside and came to rest in an oasis

8:15 PM ET Associated Press MIDLAND, Mich. — Nelly and Jessica Korda teamed to shoot a 5-under 65 in alternate-shot play Wednesday for a share of the first-round lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. “I think our games are pretty similar,” Nelly Korda said. “We know each other really well, and I feel

If you’re reading this and you set your alarm clock at an ungodly hour to check in on The Open, you are one of us. If you slept in a bit and are catching up on the latest, you are in the right place. (Scroll down for the latest updates) There are some terrific groups

The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on Wednesday marked the official coronation of the new Rolex World Ranking No. 1 Nelly Korda. New LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan strode across the first tee and handed the emerald green World No. 1 bib to Jason McDede, Korda’s caddie, for the first time. Marcoux Samaan then wished

5:03 AM ET The Open can be produce big-name winners. It can produce surprises. It is all part of the unpredictability that comes with this championship. That is why our experts came up with a variety of choices on which player will hoist the Claret Jug, become Champion Golfer of the Year and take home

For much of the early portion of his career, Dustin Johnson suffered nothing but heartbreak in major championships. After awhile, there was a feeling that the golf gods were simply conspiring against this all-time great talent on the four biggest weeks of the year. First came the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, where Johnson

5:00 AM ET For the first time in his career, at this Open, Spain’s Jon Rahm will tee off at a major championship on Thursday morning without the burden of having never won one. After winning his first at last month’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, Rahm will attempt to become only the seventh player

Insanity, we’ve been told, reportedly by Einstein, “is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” This thought should overwhelm any golfer to the point of what in literature is commonly known as “catatonia,” but what I like to call “DeChambeau, 2021 U.S. Open, Sunday, Back Nine.” More distressingly for

Set your alarms. Fire up the coffee maker. Prepare to debate the title of a tournament on social media. Oh yeah, it’s British Open Open Championship week, folks. For the casual golf viewer, The Open is arguably the best golf viewing experience of the year, and the same could be said for the hardcore bettor.

7:59 AM ET Here are the tee times for the opening two rounds of The Open at Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, England: All times ET (a) denotes amateur Round 1 1:35 a.m. — Richard Bland, Andy Sullivan, Marcus Armitage 1:46 a.m. — Chan Kim, Justin Harding, Haotong Li 1:57 a.m. — Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Gonzalo

SANDWICH, England — As it is mid-winter “Down Under,” July in Australia is not normally the brightest or warmest of months. But the nation’s sportsmen and women have been doing their best to warm things up at a locked-down home. Great things have been occurring in both tennis and golf. Pride of place must go

6:06 AM ET SANDWICH, England — The Bryson DeChambeau experience has been far from boring this year. He has had quite the past few months. From a spat with Brooks Koepka that will not die, to shooting a back-nine 44 at the U.S. Open after leading through 63 holes, to a caddie change and a

SANDWICH, England — He’s no Dick Burton, who reigned as Open champion for seven years because of a little inter-continental skirmish that became known as the Second World War. But Shane Lowry will surely—and hopefully—forever be known to pub quizzers everywhere as the only man who had to wait 24 months to defend the claret

SANDWICH, England — Twenty-four months after Shane Lowry’s ecstatic stroll down the 18th at Royal Portrush, the world’s oldest major returns this week on the southeastern shore of England. After last year’s Open was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s best have congregated in a “bubble” and are set to compete in the year’s

4:49 AM ET After one year off because of COVID-19, The Open returns. Royal St. George’s, in Sandwich, England, plays host for the 14th time. And this edition won’t be short on intriguing storylines. Can Jon Rahm, fresh off his first major title, back it up with another? Will Bryson DeChambeau be able to handle

It’s not often in sports that you can break a record by losing, but that’s exactly the position Lee Westwood finds himself in this week. Coming into the 2021 season, the 48-year-old Englishman had played in 84 major championships without winning, just three behind Jay Haas for the most ever. He pulled within one of