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Brian Harman wins the British Open in his first major championship

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Brian Harman celebrates on the 18th green after winning the British Open Golf Championships at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, on Sunday. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption

Brian Harman celebrates on the 18th green after winning the British Open Golf Championships at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, on Sunday.

HOYLAKE, England — Brian Harman turned back every challenge in the British Open, from big names to bad weather, and took his place among major champions Sunday with a victory that was never seriously in doubt at Royal Liverpool.

Harman twice responded to a rare bogey with back-to-back birdies, leaving everyone else playing for second. He closed with a 1-under 70, making an 8-foot par putt on the last hole for a six-shot victory.

At age 36, he is the oldest first-time major winner since Sergio Garcia was 37 when he won the Masters in 2017.

Garcia wasn't a surprise. Not many would have seen this victory coming at the start of the week. Harman had gone 167 tournaments over six years since his last win in the 2017 Wells Fargo Championship. This is only his third title in his 12 years on the PGA Tour.

And then the avid outdoorsman made winning golf's oldest championship look as easy as shooting fish in a barrel.

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Masters champion Jon Rahm birdied his last hole for a 70 to make it a four-way tie for second place with Tom Kim (67), Sepp Straka (69) and Jason Day (69).

That turned out to be the B-flight.

"He won by six, so there's nothing really any of us could have done," Rahm said.

Harman took the lead on Friday morning with the second of four straight birdies early in the second round. He never trailed over the final 51 holes, leading by five shots after the second round and five shots after the third round.

He started the round in the rain with a smattering of boos from the grandstand, fans either wanting a big star or perhaps not paying attention to the masterclass performance Harman had delivered. Playing with Tommy Fleetwood of England on Saturday, Harman said he heard a few comments he described as unrepeatable.

But he is full of Georgia grit, never wavering in rain or sunshine or wind.

He walked up toward the 18th green to a standing ovation, and tapped his hand to his heart to acknowledge the fans as he walked off the green. All that remained was signing his card — a 13-under 271 — and return to collect the silver claret jug, the oldest trophy in golf.

Brian Harman, champion golfer of the year. Imagine that.

"I'm going to have a couple of pints out of this here trophy, I believe," Harman said.

The finish, even without any drama, was fitting. Harman hit his approach from 194 yards into a pot bunker right of the 18th green, only the third bunker he was in over 72 holes. That's the biggest key to Royal Liverpool. And he made the putt, giving him only 106 for the week.

"I doubled down on my process and I know it's boring and it is not flashy," Harman said. "But, until hitting that last bunker shot, I have not thought about winning the tournament."

There was one anxious moment early on Sunday in a steady rain. Harman hit his drive into a gorse bush left of the fairway on the par-5 fifth hole and had to take a penalty drop. It led to his second bogey of the round.

Rahm, playing in the group ahead, looked to get one of those breaks that fall to major winners. His drive had landed between bushes, allowing for a shot just short of the green and a birdie.

The lead was down to three shots. The rain wasn't stopping. The rest of the links, along with the pressure that comes with Sunday at a major, was still ahead of him.

Harman drained a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 sixth, a 25-foot birdie putt on the next hole and he was on his way.

He dropped another shot on the par-3 13th that reduced his lead to four shots with five to play. And then he made birdie from 40 feet on the tough 14th, and followed with an 8-foot birdie on the 15th.

The year ended in more disappointment for Rory McIlroy, who had won the Scottish Open last week and was the last Open champion at Royal Liverpool in 2014. He was never really a factor, although he certainly teased the large galleries that followed him.

Sunday was no exception. McIlroy started nine shots behind and ran off three straight birdies, starting with a 50-foot putt on No. 3. He was within five shots and still on the front nine. And then he stalled, not making another birdie until Harman was well on his way.

McIlroy was one shot better each round — 71-70-69-68 — to tie for sixth with Emiliano Grillo (68). That wasn't nearly enough to match a performance like Harman delivered.

"I'm optimistic about the future and just got to keep plugging away," said McIlroy, who now has gone 34 majors since winning his last one in 2014.

Cameron Young, the runner-up last year at St. Andrews, played in the final group with Harman and never applied any pressure. He hit a chip that rolled off the side of the green on the opening hole and made bogey, and he missed way too many putts inside 10 feet.

He closed with a 73 and tied for eighth with Shubhankar Sharma of India, who had 17 pars and one birdie in his round of 70.

Harman now has a five-year exemption in all the majors and joins the list of Open champions at Hoylake that include McIlroy and Tiger Woods, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen.

He also can think about a return to Europe in September for the Ryder Cup in Rome. The victory, worth $3 million, moves him comfortably to No. 3 in the standings. The top six a month from now automatically qualify.

Harman never has played in a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup. He moves to No. 10 in the world. Over four days at Royal Liverpool, he certainly looked the part.

British Open Friday recap: American Brian Harman opens up five-stroke lead

After a first round full of surprises and a frustrating 18th hole for several players, the second round of the 2023 British Open is complete at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England.

American Brian Harman is atop the leaderboard at 10-under-par for the tournament, five strokes above Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, who is in second place at 5-under-par. Austrian Sepp Straka is in third with 4-under-par. 

The cut line was set at 3-over-par. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, 2023 PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka, South African amateur Christo Lamprecht, who was tied for first place after the first round, barely made the cut, all at 3-over-par.

Here's a recap and highlights from the second round of the Open Championship from Royal Liverpool:

Phil Mickelson, Collin Morikawa miss cut line

The cut line sits at 3-over-par and past winners Phil Mickelson, the 2013 Open champion, and Collin Morikawa, the 2021 Open champion, are on the wrong side of it after two rounds of play.

Mickelson (+9) and Morikawa (+4) join a list of champions who didn't make it into the weekend, including Shane Lowry (+7) of Ireland, the 2019 Open champion, and American John Daly (+12), the 1995 Open champion.

Canadian Nick Taylor, Americans Tony Finau and Dustin Johnson also missed the cut.

Brian Harman will be hunted this weekend at Royal Liverpool

At 10-under through two rounds at the 2023 Open Championship, Brian Harman is in the lead and will be pursued by the field on Saturday and Sunday.

“I’ve had a hot putter the last couple days so try to ride it through the weekend," Harman said after his round Friday. “Thirty-six holes to go, so try to rest up and get ready.”

This isn't new territory for Harman, who held the lead through three rounds in the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills, but shot a 72 on Sunday and finished tied for second, four strokes behind champion Brooks Koepka.

“When I held the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Open, I just probably thought about it too much,” Harman said. “Just didn’t focus on getting sleep and eating right. So that would be my focus this weekend.”

John Daly's ugly British Open

John Daly shot a 6-over 77 in the second round at Royal Liverpool on Friday – his second day in a row with the score – and is at 12-over overall, surely missing the cut. Daly had four bogeys and a double-bogey on the front nine Friday, but finished even on the back nine with seven pars and his only birdie of the day on 18.

The 1995 Open winner, Daly has failed to make the cut at this tournament since 2013.

— Most of the 156 competitors in the field at the 151st Open Championship have an opinion about the 80-odd pot bunkers that litter Royal Liverpool like landmines, and few of them are effusive. The word “penal” hasn’t been used this often by a group of male jocks since autocorrect was invented 30 years ago.

British Open bunkers under fire

HOYLAKE, England — Most of the 156 competitors in the field at the 151st Open Championship have an opinion about the 80-odd pot bunkers that litter Royal Liverpool like landmines, and few of them are effusive. 

Some players were sanguine about the challenges faced in the sand, including two whose misadventures on the final hole in the first round saw them either playing backward or pin-balling off the revetted sod walls.

“Proper penalty structures,” said Jon Rahm .

“You’re riding your luck,” said Rory McIlroy.

The trauma about traps owes to the fact that bunkers at Royal Liverpool aren’t maintained in a customary concave style, with sand slopes flashing up the walls to provide loft for escape and help balls roll toward the flat center of the hazard. Instead,  bunker floors are flat or even slope slightly toward the walls , which are mostly perpendicular. This setup substantially increases the chances of a player finding his ball flush against the wall, or at the very least having to manufacture a body-bending stance seldom achieved by any athlete not working a balance beam.

– Eamon Lynch, Golfweek

Brian Harman could become third lefty to win British Open

Only two left-handed players have ever won the Open Championship: Bob Charles in 1963 and Phil Mickelson in 2013. But at 10-under after his second round Friday, American Brian Harman is in good shape to become the third.

Charles' triumph in 1963 was the first time that a lefty won a major and it didn't happen again for 40 years, when Mike Weir won the 2003 Masters.

In total, eight majors have been won by left-handers, with Mickelson accounting for five of those (2004 Masters, 2005 PGA, 2006 Masters, 2010 Masters and 2013 Open). His 2013 Open Championship was the most recent won by a lefty.

Tommy Fleetwood starts Round 2

Tommy Fleetwood started his round with a par and is still five shots back. Some of the other notables: Stewart Cink (3-under), Jordan Spieth (3-under), Wyndham Clark (3-under), and Tyrrell Hatton, who is 2-under for the day and 2-under for the tournament.

Brian Harman closes impressive second round with eagle

Brian Harman has completed his second round and did so in grand style. On the par 5 18th at 596 yards, Harman drove the tee shot onto the fairway, and then 14 feet from the cup on his third shot, he drained it for an eagle.

He finished the round at 10-under, five shots clear of the second-place golfers. Through two rounds, the 36-year-old American has made only one bogey.

Protesters disrupt play at British Open

The Just Stop Oil protesters made their way to the 17th hole and one of them threw what looked like to be orange paint or powder which landed on the side of the green. Three protesters were promptly taken away by police in a golf cart.

Just Stop Oil has been known to interrupt sporting events, such as Premier League soccer matches, and on Thursday spray painted the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Brian Harman's hot start gives him outright lead

Brian Harman shot out to a lead during the second round after making four birdies in a row on the front nine and currently has a three-shot lead at 8-under, after saving par at 12 with an incredible chip shot from the rough. He is ahead of Tommy Fleetwood and amateur Christo Lamprecht, who have yet to tee off.

Emiliano Grillo has moved to 4-under after a nice birdie on 13, and Min Woo Lee is starting to make noise after a nice shot on 16 to settle in at 3-under.

First ace of the tournament

The first hole-in-one of the British Open came on the par-3 17th at Royal Liverpool, set at 132 yards. While a chance for an easy score to hop back into the tournament, Lucas Herbert made a triple bogey on the hole in the first round, but during Friday's round, Travis Smyth made good on the hole, especially after a bogey on the previous hole. Symth finish the round at 1-over 72, good for 8-over. Smyth's chances of making the cut are slim.

How to watch 2023 Open Championship 

Coverage will start Friday at 1:30 a.m. ET on the Peacock streaming service. USA Network will have live TV coverage at 4 a.m. until 3 p.m., with Peacock resuming coverage until 4 p.m. 

Golfers can be followed on the live stream on Peacock from 1:30 a.m. until 4 a.m. and from 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. 

What is the weather forecast for Friday? 

It was a mostly dry start to the tournament, but Friday isn’t as promising with a few light-to-moderate showers likely to occur in the morning before it gets sunny in the afternoon. Temperatures are expected to be around the same as Thursday, and winds gusts around 15 mph could begin in the morning and continue to increase in the afternoon. 

PGA Championship tee times, groupings for Friday 

The action will begin early in the U.S., with the first round teeing off at 1:35 a.m. ET. Tee times will roll through 11:16 a.m., with 11-minute intervals in between groups.  

• 1:35 a.m.: Rasmus Højgaard, Matthew Southgate, Alex Fitzpatrick  
• 1:46 a.m.: Daniel Hillier, Kyung Nam Kang, Kensei Hirata  
• 1:57 a.m.: Callum Shinkwin, Kazuki Higa, Michael Kim  
• 2:08 a.m.: Zack Fischer, Taichi Kho, Kyle Barker 
• 2:19 a.m.: Brendon Todd, Romain Langasque, Travis Smyth 
• 2:30 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Adrian Otaegui, Alexander Bjork 
• 2:41 a.m.: Min Woo Lee, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Harrison Crowe (a) 
• 2:52 a.m.: Corey Conners, Billy Horschel, Alex Noren 
• 3:03 a.m.: Tom Kim, Tom Hoge, Abraham Ancer 
• 3:14 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Matt Wallace, David Micheluzzi 
• 3:25 a.m.: Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, Dustin Johnson 
• 3:36 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Denny McCarthy, Mateo Fernandez De Oliveira (a) 
• 3:47 a.m.: Brian Harman, Thriston Lawrence, Thomas Detry  
• 4:03 a.m.: John Daly, Taylor Moore, Danny Willett  
• 4:14 a.m.: David Lingmerth, Ben Griffin, Ockie Strydom  
• 4:25 a.m.: Adri Arnaus, Ewen Ferguson, Keita Nakajima 
• 4:36 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im, Joaquin Niemann 
• 4:47 a.m.: Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas  
• 4:58 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose  
• 5:09 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton  
• 5:20 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk  
• 5:31 a.m.: Nacho Elvira, Marc Warren, Alejandro Cañizares 
• 5:42 a.m.: Guido Migliozzi, Oliver Wilson, Connor McKinney  
• 5:53 a.m.: Kalle Samooja, Shubhankar Sharma, Gunner Wiebe 
• 6:04 a.m.: Jorge Campillo, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Michael Stewart 
• 6:15 a.m.: Hurly Long, Seungsu Han, Marco Penge  
• 6:36 a.m.: Matthew Jordan, Richie Ramsay, Branden Grace  
• 6:47 a.m.: Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Graeme Robertson (a) 
• 6:58 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Lucas Herbert, Byeong Hun An  
• 7:09 a.m.: Rikuya Hoshino, Charl Schwartzel, Alex Maguire (a) 
• 7:20 a.m.: Adrian Meronk, Pablo Larrazabal, Hiroshi Iwata  
• 7:31 a.m.: Patrick Reed, Connor Syme, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio (a) 
• 7:42 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Victor Perez, Thomas Pieters  
• 7:53 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Joost Luiten, Christo Lamprecht (a) 
• 8:04 a.m.: Stewart Cink, JT Poston, Trey Mullinax 
• 8:15 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Harris English, Andrew Putnam 
• 8:26 a.m.: Scott Stallings, Jordan Smith, Thorbjorn Olesen  
• 8:37 a.m.: Ernie Els, Kurt Kitayama, Takumi Kanaya  
• 8:48 a.m.: Sam Burns, Sepp Straka, Chris Kirk 
• 9:04 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day 
• 9:15 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Seamus Power, Talor Gooch 
• 9:26 a.m.: KH Lee, Davis Riley, Taiga Semikawa  
• 9:37 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama 
• 9:48 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott  
• 9:59 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark  
• 10:10 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Rickie Fowler, Robert MacIntyre  
• 10:21 a.m.: Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim, Bryson DeChambeau  
• 10:32 a.m.: Nicolai Højgaard, Bio Kim, Kazuki Yasumori  
• 10:43 a.m.: Dan Bradbury, Oliver Farr, Haydn Barron  
• 10:54 a.m.: Marcel Siem, Martin Rohwer, Tiger Christensen (a) 
• 11:05 a.m.: Lee Hodges, Antoine Rozner, Richard Bland 
• 11:16 a.m.: Yannik Paul, Sami Välimäki, Laurie Canter  

Who is Christo Lamprecht? 

The surprise of the first round, Christo Lamprecht had only two bogeys in his first round as he propelled his way toward to the top of the leaderboard at 5-under-par. 

A senior golfer at Georgia Tech, the South Africa native is one of the tallest players in the tournament at 6-foot-8. The 22-year-old is believed to be the tallest golfer in Georgia Tech history.  

He qualified for The Open after winning the Amateur Championship last month and has had a successful amateur career as he led the International Team to beat Team USA at the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup. At this year’s Arnold Palmer Cup, he lost three of four matches as Team USA won. 

No matter how Lamprecht fares in England, it won’t be the last time you see him at a major; because of his Amateur Championship win, he qualified for the 2024 Masters and 2024 U.S. Open. 

18th proving difficult closing hole at Royal Liverpool 

Taichi Kho was in one of the greenside bunkers on Royal Liverpool’s closing par 5 in two shots Thursday during the first round of the 2023 Open Championship. 

It took him eight shots (with a penalty stroke in there) to get the ball in the cup. Nearly pin high in two shots, eight more before he was walking off the green. 

The 18th at Royal Liverpool is proving to be one of the more difficult closing holes in recent major championship history, and it looks as if it could provide a huge swing down the stretch on Sunday. 

Kho wasn’t spared, carding a 10. 

- Cameron Jourdan, Golfweek  

Players will compete for record purse at 2023 Open Championship  

The R&A announced the prize money payouts for the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, July 19-23, where the 2023 Champion Golfer of the Year will receive the highest earnings in championship history. 

The man who hoists the Claret Jug at the end of the week will walk away with $3 million, while second ($1,708,000) and third ($1,095,000) will each clear seven figures, as well. The total purse will be $16.5 million, an 18% increase from 2022. – Adam Woodard, Golfweek  

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At the British Open, It’s the PGA Tour Faithful Against LIV Golf

“Everybody, it feels like, is against us, and that’s OK,” said Talor Gooch, a LIV golfer tied for eighth at seven under after the second round. Cameron Smith held the lead at 13 under par.

By Christopher Clarey

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods was finishing up at the Old Course on Friday, perhaps for good, and Rory McIlroy was just getting started.

As they exchanged understanding glances and walked in opposite directions on parallel paths — Woods on the 18th hole, McIlroy on the first — it felt like a passing of the torch. But perhaps a passing of the lightsaber was more in order as McIlroy headed out to lead the charge against the dark side at this 150th British Open.

That overstates it, of course. This is only golf, after all, and golf in a fine place, particularly in the clear and clement conditions that prevailed again for most of the afternoon, with banks of cumulus clouds standing watch over the greens and browning fairways of golf’s ancestral home.

It was quite a panorama, as it has been for centuries, but the sport’s landscape is changing quickly, with new allies and enmities being created over the breakaway, mega-money LIV Golf Invitational series .

Just a few months ago, there were only golfers. Now, there are golfers and LIV golfers, and though today’s rebels have a habit of becoming tomorrow’s establishment, for now the rebels are wearing the black hats because of their tour’s Saudi Arabian backing and the sense that they are grabbing the easy money no matter how uneasy it makes everyone feel.

“Everybody, it feels like, is against us, and that’s OK,” said Talor Gooch, a LIV golfer who is tied for eighth at seven under par heading into Saturday’s third round. “It’s kind of banded us together, I think.”

The bonding works both ways on and off the course. At the Dunvegan Hotel, the popular St. Andrews pub near the 18th hole, patrons were often booing LIV golfers on Friday when they appeared on the television coverage of the Open.

There were plenty of them to jeer on the early leaderboard, and when McIlroy doffed his cap at Woods on the first hole and sallied forth, Dustin Johnson, the former No. 1 and highest-ranked LIV player, was the rebel in charge.

But by the end of the second round, Johnson, at nine under par, had been reeled in by the PGA Tour (at least until the next round of defections).

Cameron Smith, Australia’s top player, was on top at 13 under, followed by Cameron Young, the first-round leader from the United States, at 11 under. Tied for third at 10 under were McIlroy and Viktor Hovland of Norway who made the shot of the day by holing out from the rough from about 140 yards for eagle on the par-4 15th hole.

“I was a little concerned it was going to go too far right,” he said. “But it straightened out and somehow landed on that side slope softly and just trickled in. That was unbelievable.”

By such fine margins and lucky breaks are major championships won, but there will be plenty more unexpected bounces on the undulating and increasingly unforgiving fairways of the Old Course.

“We had that on-and-off rain this morning, I think, which slowed us up just a touch,” said Smith, who had a middle-of-the-pack start time on Friday. “We were able to hit some shots that we weren’t able to hit yesterday, but I still think it’s going to get really firm and fast. This course bakes out so quickly. It’s going to be a challenge, for sure.”

And yet Woods’s record winning score at St. Andrews of 19 under par in 2000 certainly looks under threat. He will not be the one to challenge it after shooting nine over par for two rounds and missing the cut , just as he missed it in 2015 in the most recent Open Championship at St. Andrews.

But Friday was much more bittersweet: bitter because Woods at this diminished stage is nowhere near the player he once was in Scotland and beyond; sweet because he could sense the compassion and appreciation from the crowd and his colleagues.

“As I walked further along the fairway, I saw Rory right there,” he said of the 18th hole. “He gave me the tip of the cap. It was pretty cool, the nods I was getting from the guys as they were going out and I was coming in, just the respect. And from a players’ fraternity level, it’s neat to see that and feel that.”

McIlroy, 33, grasped the symbolism but would have preferred another scenario as he embarked on what turned out to be a round of 68.

“It would have been a cool moment if he was eight under par instead of eight over or whatever he was,” McIlroy said. “I just hope, everyone hopes, it’s not the end of his Old Course career. I think he deserves and we deserve for him to have another crack at it.”

Woods, often grim and tight-lipped after poor performances, was expansive and forthcoming on Friday. After playing only to win for most of his career, it seemed that simply participating was enough for peace of mind after the car crash that severely damaged his right leg 17 months ago.

“I’ve gotten pretty close to Tiger over these last few years,” said McIlroy, a Northern Irishman based near Woods in the golfing enclave of Jupiter, Fla. “I think we’ve all sort of rallied around him down there in Jupiter, and we all want to see him do well. He was all our hero growing up, even though I’m maybe a touch older than some of the other guys. We want to see him still out there competing, and this week was obviously a tough week for him, but we’re all behind him.”

Woods said he had no immediate plans to compete again and was not sure that if and when he did return that he would be able to play a fuller schedule. In this minimalist comeback, he played in three majors and only three majors, beginning with the Masters in April.

“I understand being more battle hardened, but it’s just hard to walk and play 18 holes,” Woods said. “People have no idea what I have to go through , and the hours of work on the body, pre and post, each and every single day to do what I just did. That’s what people don’t understand.”

He was hardly the only golf luminary to fall short at the Old Course. Collin Morikawa, the reigning British Open champion, missed the cut by a stroke after failing to keep pace with McIlroy in their group and finishing at one over par.

Louis Oosthuizen, the South African who won an Open at St. Andrews in 2010, will also miss the weekend. So will Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka, fellow members of the LIV tour and former major champions.

The cards and stars have been reshuffled in a hurry, and no one knows how the game or this historic Open Championship will turn out. But what is clear is that if the final holes on Sunday come down to, say, Johnson versus McIlroy for the claret jug, it will not be perceived inside or outside the game as simply Johnson versus McIlroy.

May the force be with them.

Christopher Clarey has covered tennis and global sports for The Times and the International Herald Tribune for more than 25 years from bases in France, Spain and the United States. His book “The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer” was published in 2021. More about Christopher Clarey

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Friday 26 April 2024 15:19, UK

Stay up to date with the latest scores and tee times from around the world of golf with our leaderboards below.

This week's leaderboards

• DP World Tour: ISPS Handa Championship
• PGA Tour: Zurich Classic of New Orleans
• LPGA Tour: JM Eagle LA Championship
• Ladies European Tour: South African Women's Open
• LIV Golf Adelaide

Last week's leaderboards

• Women's major: Chevron Championship
• PGA Tour: RBC Heritage
• PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship
• Asian Tour: Saudi Open presented by PIF
• Ladies European Tour: Joburg Ladies Open

What has happened in the majors so far in 2024?

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Scottie Scheffler won The Masters, with a four-shot victory over Ludvig Åberg at Augusta National earning the world No 1 his second Green Jacket in three years.

Nelly Korda then claimed the first women's major of the year a week later, with victory at The Chevron Championship securing the American her fifth LPGA Tour triumph in a row, matching the records of Annika Sorenstam (2005) and Nancy Lopez (1978).

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The next men's major is the PGA Championship, at Valhalla in Kentucky, from May 16-19, while the second women's major of the year is the US Open in Pennsylvania from May 30-June 2.

Men's majors in 2024

• The Masters - April 11-14 (Winner: Scottie Scheffler)
• PGA Championship - May 16-19
• US Open - June 13-16
• The 152nd Open Championship - July 18-21

Women's majors in 2024

• Chevron Championship - April 18-21 (Winner: Nelly Korda)
• US Women's Open - May 30-June 2
• KPMG Women's PGA Championship - June 20-23
• Evian Championship - July 11-14
• AIG Women's Open - August 22-25

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Entries Now Open for 2024 Senior Open Presented by Rolex

Both exempt and non-exempt players can now enter for this year’s edition of The Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex .

The Championship will take place from July 25-28 at Carnoustie, which will play host for the third time in the event’s 37-year history.

Those without an exemption can now enter one of four Qualifying Events set to be staged on the East Coast of Scotland. The venues – each of which lie within 20 miles of Carnoustie Golf Links – include Downfield Golf Club in Dundee, Panmure Golf Club in Carnoustie, the Medal Course at Monifieth Golf Links and the 1562 course at Montrose Golf Links.

Each venue boasts a strong pedigree having hosted both Open Final Qualifying and Senior Open Qualifying in previous years.

There will also be a Qualifying Event held in the United States at Firestone Country Club on Monday July 8 and administered by the PGA TOUR Champions, for which entries are now also open.

David Williams, Tournament Director of The Senior Open Presented by Rolex, said: “It’s very exciting to open qualifying for this year’s edition of The Senior Open Presented by Rolex. This marks the start of a three-month process that will culminate in the winner being crowned at Carnoustie’s legendary Championship Course in July.

“The four Qualifying venues will present a tricky challenge to the players hoping to reach this year’s Championship. Given the proximity of all four venues to the Angus Coastline, they will also offer ideal preparation to those who earn one of the available spots in the field.”

To be eligible for entry, players must be either male Professionals with a current Tour affiliation or PGA Membership, or male Amateurs with an exact handicap index of 0.4 (scratch) or lower under the World Handicap System, or the scheme adopted by the recognised authority controlling golf in their country.

If you are exempt or would like to enter one of the four Scotland-based Qualifiers, please click here .

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McIlroy ready to return to PGA Tour policy board

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For this week, at least, Rory McIlroy is focused on “fun” during his first visit to New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s lone team event.

AVONDALE (AP) — For this week, at least, Rory McIlroy is focused on “fun” during his first visit to New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s lone team event.

McIlroy and teammate Shane Lowry have their restaurant reservations booked in this city renowned for its dining scene. A stroll down Bourbon Street also is on McIlroy’s agenda, so he can “say I’ve been there and I’ve got the T-shirt and then move on. I don’t think I want to spend too much time down there.”

Soon, however, the No. 2-ranked golfer in the world will be ready to resume exerting his considerable influence over serious matters surrounding the fractured state of men’s professional golf.

McIlroy said Wednesday, April 24, that he is interested in returning to the PGA Tour’s policy board, from which he resigned abruptly last November.

“I don’t think there’s been much progress made in the last eight months, and I was hopeful that there would be,” McIlroy said, alluding his goal of seeing a formalized unification of the PGA Tour and upstart, Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf.

“I think I could be helpful to the process,” McIlroy said. “But only if people want me involved.”

The PGA Tour and LIV are in merger talks, but they have been protracted, with no clear end in sight. Both tours have continued to operate independently, keeping many of the top names in golf from competing against one another for most of the golf calendar — major tournaments (Masters, US Open, British Open and PGA Championship) excepted.

Meanwhile, the PGA Tour has taken on Strategic Sports Group as a minority investor in a deal that could be worth as much as $3 billion.

Webb Simpson, one of the six player directors on the PGA Tour board and PGA Tour Enterprises board, has submitted a letter saying that he wants to resign as a player director, but only if McIlroy replaces him, according to a person who has seen the letter.

In the meantime, the 34-year-old McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, sounds eager to participate in what, for him, is a new event while taking in one of American’s more culturally distinctive cities.

“This is my 17th year as a professional golfer, and to be able to still do things for the first time like play in this event and experience something like this is pretty cool,” McIlroy said.

McIlroy and Shane Lowry, a 37-yearold Irishman, have been teammates before in the Ryder Cup. So, their partnership at the Zurich Classic is not entirely unfamiliar to them.

“We thought it would be fun to team up together again in something like this,” McIlroy said. “Just really excited to spend the week with Shane.

“To sort of relax and play under maybe not the amount of pressure or the stress that we’ve both been under the last couple of weeks I think is a nice thing,” McIlroy said. “It’s nice to be able to rely on a teammate every now and again and bail you out of trouble or know that you don’t have to play perfect golf because you’ve got someone right there beside you.”

Lowry, meanwhile, sounded no less excited to be able to lean on McIlroy’s game at the Pete Dye-designed TPC Louisiana, where the winning team will earn $2.57 million (about $1.29 million each).

“Rory is probably like No. 1 on people’s lists to come play here with,” Lowry said. “We’ll be good for each other on the course. We’ll enjoy doing it, which is a big part of it as well.”

McIlroy and Lowry are one of several high-profile pairs among the 80 teams at the Zurich.

Others include: 2022 champions Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay; Matt Fitzpatrick and younger brother Alex; Collin Morikawa and Kurt Kitayama; Billy Horschel and Tyson Alexander; Sahith Theegala and Will Zalatoris; Fancesco Molinari and Luke Donald; and defending champions Nick Hardy and Davis Riley.

Report: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy among big PGA Tour payouts

Rory McIlroy explains why the PGA Tour's equity figures are insufficient to compete with LIV Golf's payouts. (0:19)

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Tiger Woods , Rory McIlroy and other PGA Tour stars are about to receive massive bonuses for their loyalty.

The Telegraph reported Wednesday that Woods will receive up to $100 million in equity as part of the newly created for-profit PGA Tour Enterprises, with McIlroy getting about half that amount.

The payouts, which are set to be disclosed to the players by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan on Wednesday, are a way to thank players for sticking with the PGA Tour instead of jumping to the rival LIV Golf League and huge paydays from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Nearly 200 players will receive a stake, with $750 million of it going to the top 36 players based on a formula that weighs career success and cultural popularity, according to The Telegraph. Other notable payouts include $30 million each for Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas , while $75 million is targeted to go to notable retired players.

To receive the money, players would have to continue to remain loyal to the PGA Tour, with the funds vesting over the next eight years, according to The Telegraph. And going forward, the PGA Tour plans to award $100 million per year to the players.

McIlroy, playing this week in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, was asked Wednesday how much would make players feel validated for their decision to stay with the PGA Tour.

"I think the one thing we've learned in golf over the last two years is there's never enough," said McIlroy, who also said that he's interested in returning to the PGA Tour's policy board, as has been reported and is pending a board vote that could take place this week.

"At the end of the day, it's not quite up to me to just come back on the board," McIlroy said. "There's a process that has to be followed."

The other board members are Patrick Cantlay , Peter Malnati , Adam Scott , Spieth and Woods.

PGA Tour Enterprises received an investment of up to $3 billion earlier this year from Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of sports team owners that includes the New York Mets ' Steve Cohen and the Atlanta Falcons ' Arthur Blank.

A week later, Monahan outlined the first-of-its-kind equity ownership program in a Feb. 7 memo to players.

Any deal with PIF would most certainly increase the value of the equity shares.

A source with knowledge of the Player Equity Program told The Associated Press that the equity money is not part of the SSG investment. That money was geared toward growth capital.

Golf.com, which received a series of informational videos on the Player Equity Program that was sent to players, reported only 50% of the equity would vest after four years, 25% more after six years and the rest of it after eight years.

The 36 players from the top tier were judged on "career points," such as how long they were full members, victories, how often they reached the Tour Championship and extra points for significant victories, Golf.com reported.

"It's really about making sure that our players know the PGA Tour is the best place to compete and showing them how much the Tour appreciates them being loyal," Jason Gore, the tour's chief player officer, said in one of the videos obtained by Golf.com.

Emails also were sent to 64 players who would share $75 million in aggregate equity based on the past three years, and $30 million to 57 players who are PGA Tour members. Also, $75 million in equity shares was set aside for 36 past players instrumental in building the tour.

The program has an additional $600 million in equity grants that are recurring for future PGA Tour players. Those would be awarded in amounts of $100 million annually started in 2025.

Players only get equity shares from one of the four tiers now, although everyone would be eligible for the recurring grants.

Even with equity ownership geared toward making the PGA Tour better, the concern was players questioning who got how much and whether they received their fair share.

The PGA Tour and LIV are in merger talks, but they have been protracted, with no clear end in sight. Both tours have continued to operate independently, keeping many of the top names in golf from competing against one another for most of the golf calendar -- major tournaments (Masters, US Open, British Open and PGA Championship) excepted

"I think I could be helpful to the process," McIlroy said of a formalized unification of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. "But only if people want me involved."

He said he aims to promote compromise while also trying "to help people see the benefits of what unification could do for the game and what it could do for this tour in particular."

"We obviously realize the game is not unified right now for a reason, and there's still some hard feelings and things that need to be addressed," McIlroy said. "But I think at this point, for the good of the game, we all need to put those feelings aside and all move forward together."

The Associated Press and Field Level Media contributed to this report.