The Open Championship

  • The Open 2023: Things to do in Liverpool and the Wirral

    Thursday 6 July 2023

    If you’re at Royal Liverpool this week for the 151st Open then be sure to visit some of our Merseyside “must-sees”. Today’s Golfer’s 2023 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Royal Liverpool Golf Course is situated in the small seaside town of Hoylake on the northwestern tip of the Wirral Peninsula, where the Irish Sea meets the River...

  • The Open 2023: Full field at Royal Liverpool and how they qualified

    Wednesday 5 July 2023

    Who is in the field for the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, the 151st playing of the World’s oldest golf Major? Today’s Golfer’s 2023 Major Championship coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. A total of 156 golfers have begun their quest to win golf’s oldest Major at the 151st Open Championship today, with Rory McIlroy aiming to recapture...

  • Behind the Scenes at The Open with BBC Radio 5 Live

    Tuesday 13 June 2023

    We spent a day with the BBC 5 Live team at the 150th Open to find out how they piece together the live action from portakabins at St Andrews and a studio in Salford. Today’s Golfer’s 2023 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. It’s Friday of the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews and there’s already a buzz in and...

  • The 150th Open – Smith wins but won’t rule out LIV move. PLUS Everything you missed

    Sunday 17 July 2022

    There’s always loads going on at The Open so it’s impossible to keep up with it all. But never fear, we are on-site and will bring you everything you’ve missed from the 150th Championship at St Andrews every day. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. The momentous week is packed with action on and off the...

  • The Open 2023: 4th round tee times and pairings at Royal Liverpool

    Saturday 16 July 2022

    The tee times and pairings for the 4th round of The 2023 Open at Hoylake? Today’s Golfer’s 2023 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade For the past two rounds, Brian Harman has looked untouchable, every time a sucker punch came his way from the rest of the field he palmed it off and came up with another birdie.

  • EXCLUSIVE: Tiger Woods’ emotional St Andrews farewell was all planned

    Friday 15 July 2022

    The R&A planned for Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy to cross paths as the 15-time Major champion made his final St Andrews Open Championship walk down the Old Course’s 18th hole. Today’s Golfer has had it confirmed that the tee times were set to give it the best possible chance of happening and the plan came together perfectly. Speaking exclusively to Today’s...

  • All the facts, figures and stats from the 150th Open

    Thursday 14 July 2022

    Can’t get enough of this year’s Championship at St Andrews? These are the key numbers that stood out after the first round… Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. The Open 2022: Friday – Round 2 – Life is pretty good for Cameron Smith right now. He’s been binge-watching Peaky Blinders on Netflix in the evenings and going...

  • Why the Old Course is the best golf course in Great Britain and Ireland

    Thursday 14 July 2022

    It’s hosting the 150th Open Championship, but is St Andrews’ Old Course actually a good golf course? Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. The Old Course at St Andrews is the world’s oldest course, the Home of Golf, Tiger Woods’ favourite course, and No.1 in our list of the 100 Best Golf Courses in the UK...

  • The Open 2023: The weather forecast for Royal Liverpool

    Thursday 14 July 2022

    The first two rounds at the 151st Open draw to a close with the weather holding off so far, will it be the same going into the weekend. The Open Championship’s return to Hoylake had so far enjoyed its fair share of rain and lesser wind conditions on Monday and Tuesday. The practice day on Wednesday has been a dream, the afternoon...

  • The story behind Callaway’s St Andrews tour bag

    Wednesday 13 July 2022

    Callaway engage St Andrews local community to design a tour bag for the 150th Open Championship. For as long as we can remember, Callaway have created limited-edition tour bags for their staff players at every Major. Usually a team of product specialists are responsible for the designs but Callaway broke with tradition for the 150th Open, tasking local children...

  • R&A chief Martin Slumbers slams LIV Golf ahead of 150th Open

    Wednesday 13 July 2022

    R&A Chief Executive Martin Slumbers issued a thinly-veiled threat over LIV Golf members’ future hopes of playing in The Open after describing the Saudi-backed organisation as “entirely driven by money”. Slumbers, who was clearly irritated at having to address the matter at his traditional pre-tournament press conference, said he was determined to ensure the week “goes down in history as being about...

  • The original Old Course at St Andrews – played backwards

    Wednesday 13 July 2022

    Few people realise the Old Course was originally played in reverse – or that you can still play it ‘backwards’ to this day. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Golf has been played at St Andrews since the 15th century, but the routing we know today only came into existence in 1870. Before that year, the...

  • Is the Old Course at St Andrews too easy – even for amateurs?

    Tuesday 12 July 2022

    Shot Scope delved into the statistics to see how amateur golfers perform on the famous Old Course at St Andrews. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. In the lead up to the 150th Open at St. Andrews, there has already been lots of discussion about whether the Old Course is no longer capable of testing the...

  • The Open 2022: Pundits’ preview and picks

    Tuesday 12 July 2022

    BBC Radio 5 Live golf commentators Iain Carter and Alistair Bruce-Ball reveal their betting favourites and long shots to target ahead of The 150th Open Championship – and why you shouldn’t back Patrick Cantlay, Tiger Woods, or Phil Mickelson…  Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Are you excited yet? The final major of the year is...

  • The Open 2022: Live leaderboard and videos

    Sunday 10 July 2022

    Live leaderboard and videos for the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, the year’s final men’s golf Major. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Whether you’re watching from home or one of the 290,000 people expected to attend The Open, you can have the latest leaderboard at your fingertips. But who will be at the top come...

  • How you can play the Old Course at St Andrews

    Friday 8 July 2022

    How you can play the Old Course at St Andrews during the 150th Open Championship (and take on players from around the world!). Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Toptracer, the world’s leading driving range technology provider, is giving golfers across the globe a unique chance to take on The Old Course at St Andrews during...

  • The Best Open Championship Products

    Friday 8 July 2022

    Whether you’re lucky enough to be attending Royal Liverpool, or just watching on TV, grab yourself a momento from the World’s oldest Major with one of these best Open Championship products. Today’s Golfer’s 2023 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade There are not many events in the sporting calendar that carry the gravitas and history of The Open Championship.

  • The Open Championship Quiz

    Tuesday 5 July 2022

    Does being a professional golfer make you a scholar of the game’s oldest Major? We quizzed some of the game’s biggest names to find out who knows the most about The Open. Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. The Open Championship is arguably the greatest golf tournament in the world so, as we head into the...

  • Exclusive with Zach Johnson – the last man to win The Open at St Andrews

    Tuesday 5 July 2022

    2015 Open champion Zach Johnson talks about overcoming the game’s power hitters and taking the Claret Jug to a waffle house… Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. Golfers don’t get much, if any, tougher or more determined than Iowa’s favourite son, Zachary Harris Johnson, a man who achieved golfing fame, fortune and glory against all...

  • EXCLUSIVE: Jack Nicklaus on returning to St Andrews, Tiger, mentoring Rory… and LIV Golf

    Tuesday 5 July 2022

    To mark the 60th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus’ Open Championship debut, Michael Catling visited the Golden Bear’s office in North Palm Beach to reflect on some of his best (and worst) Open memories – and hear why he’s got a special ceremony to attend at St Andrews… Today’s Golfer’s 2022 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. The Nicklaus Family...

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