‘It was a crazy moment’:Australian hits hole in one on British Open debut

‘It was a crazy moment’:Australian hits hole in one on British Open debut

Travis Smyth was momentarily the toast of the golfing world after recording an ace on a hole that has proven treacherous for some of the game’s elite players.

  • byAdam Pengilly

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Smith’s pressure play to make British Open cut,Day in the hunt

Smith’s pressure play to make British Open cut,Day in the hunt

As the bunkers wreaked havoc at Hoylake,Brian Harman was in the lead and Cameron Smith nailed an eagle to make the cut.

  • byMark Tallentire
Fleetwood off to a flyer as Aussies struggle to take off

Fleetwood off to a flyer as Aussies struggle to take off

Tommy Fleetwood,amateur champion Christo Lamprecht and Emiliano Grillo are the early leaders after the first round of the British Open.

  • byMark Tallentire
Blowing in the wind:Why Open contenders are tinkering for brutal test

Blowing in the wind:Why Open contenders are tinkering for brutal test

Lucas Herbert reckons he’s using a club he’ll only pull out of the closet once a year as treacherous conditions set to take over at Royal Liverpool for the last men’s major of 2023.

  • byMark Tallentire
Asian Tour boss calls on golf’s new world order to look after Australia

Asian Tour boss calls on golf’s new world order to look after Australia

Cho Minn Thant has staked his claim for a seat at the sport’s top table,urging powerbrokers to consider Australasian fans strongly after the LIV-PGA merger this week.

  • byAdam Pengilly
The mud-caked,mid-round bath in a creek that punctuated day one of the US PGA

The mud-caked,mid-round bath in a creek that punctuated day one of the US PGA

The storied history of golf’s majors has seen few episodes like the one that took place in Rochester,New York.

  • byPaul Zalunardo andDarren Walton
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How Tiger’s chipping yips saved Jason Day’s career

How Tiger’s chipping yips saved Jason Day’s career

Jason Day has detailed how a chance meeting with Tiger Woods’ former swing coach provided the unexpected tonic that resuscitated his ailing golf career.

  • byDarren Walton
Jason Day ends five-year drought with PGA Tour win

Jason Day ends five-year drought with PGA Tour win

The former world No.1 had fallen so far in the world rankings he was struggling to stay in the top 200 last year. Now he’s won another tournament.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Masters meltdown:Jason Day putts ball into water during horror run in final round

Masters meltdown:Jason Day putts ball into water during horror run in final round

After being in contention earlier in the tournament,Day had a nightmare stretch of four double bogeys in five holes as Australia’s green jacket hopes wilted.

  • byAdam Pengilly
If there was a golfing God,Tiger Woods would have missed the cut. Now he’s in for a brutal day

If there was a golfing God,Tiger Woods would have missed the cut. Now he’s in for a brutal day

Tiger Woods refused to quit as he equalled a Masters record. His reward? It’s more a punishment as he drags his bionic leg to the Augusta finish line.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Day ends on low note:Trees falling not the only dramatic collapse at Augusta

Day ends on low note:Trees falling not the only dramatic collapse at Augusta

On the same stretch of holes where timber crashed to earth,former world No.1 Jason Day may have blown his chances of winning the green jacket.

  • byAdam Pengilly