By Martyn Herman ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – The 1914 Dunlop V Floating Golf Ball perched in a display case inside the British Golf Museum would have come in handy at St Andrews after Friday’s dawn deluge. Although the old ‘hairies’ or ‘featheries’, the balls once used by Scotland’s royals in the 1600s, might have become a little soggy on the famous Old Course links, dubbed the home of golf.
By Tony Jimenez ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – England’s Danny Willett made good early progress to seize the initiative in the weather-interrupted second round of the 144th British Open on Friday. After a torrential downpour left pools of water lying all over the iconic St Andrews layout and caused play to be suspended for three hours and 14 minutes, it started to rain birdies for double European Tour winner Willett.
Jordan Spieth found himself in the rare position, for him, of not leading at the end of a round in a major golf tournament on Thursday, but he happily settled for an opening 67 in the British Open. Spieth, who was criticised for not coming to Scotland before Monday, having had little previous experience of links golf, certainly showed no unfamiliarity as he birdied his first three holes. “Luckily it
Jordan Spieth found himself in the rare position, for him, of not leading at the end of a round in a major golf tournament on Thursday, but he happily settled for an opening 67 in the British Open. Spieth, who was criticised for not coming to Scotland before Monday, having had little previous experience of links golf, certainly showed no unfamiliarity as he birdied his first three holes. “Luckily it
By Martyn Herman ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – Out-scored and out-hit by playing partner Dustin Johnson and trailing Tiger Woods in the popularity stakes, Jordan Spieth still displayed the hallmarks of a potential British Open champion on Thursday with a composed opening round of 67. “I’ve played enough golf with him to believe in my skill set that I can still trump that crazy ability that he has,” Spieth said
By Martyn Herman ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – Out-scored and out-hit by playing partner Dustin Johnson and trailing Tiger Woods in the popularity stakes, Jordan Spieth still displayed the hallmarks of a potential British Open champion on Thursday with a composed opening round of 67. “I’ve played enough golf with him to believe in my skill set that I can still trump that crazy ability that he has,” Spieth said
Wimbledon champion Serena Williams said a right elbow injury forced her to pull out of the Swedish Open on Thursday. Williams said she felt pain in the elbow in the first game of her first-round match on Wednesday, four days after winning her sixth Wimbledon championship and fourth successive Grand Slam title, but went on to roll Belgian qualifier Yasline Bonaventure 6-2, 6-1. Williams told spectators on court that she
