A look back in time at key anniversary dates for the British Open, which dates 150 years to a bizarre finish in St. Andrews and includes Tiger Woods winning after the death of his father, along with the great Henrik Stenson-Phil Mickelson duel at Royal Troon.

Scheffler missed his first cut in nearly four years at the Scottish Open last week, but it gave the world’s top-ranked player an extra day to get to know a Royal Birkdale course that is playing fast and firm.

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — The oldest championship in golf is now the last major of the year. The British Open dates to 1860 and returns this year to Royal Birkdale, and it's already different from anything the world's best players have seen this year.

I didn't have a coat hanger taking up this much attention on my pre-Open Championship prediction list, but here we are. Reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark has become the drill king of golf, and at Royal Birkdale he put a coat hanger to the task.

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Jon Rahm of Spain speaks at a press conference ahead of the British Open Golf championships at Royal Birkdale golf club, in Southport, England, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Spectators line up to get an autograph from Bryson DeChambeau of the United States,

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The world's best golfers are at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England this week for the Open Championship, where the final major title of the 2026 golf season is up for grabs. After Rory McIlroy began the major season with another star winning at the Masters,