The 153rd Open Championship is underway at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland on Thursday. Irish golfer Shane Lowry is among the favorites as the tournament returns to the course ...

Perhaps most importantly, the winner of the Open receives the prestigious Claret Jug, into which their name will be etched alongside the tournament's other winners. Champions can keep the Jug for an ...

Of the 16 back-to-back Open Championship winners, two have won three in a row (Jamie Anderson, Bob Ferguson) while one (Young Tom Morris) captured four straight. The longest drought between ...

Jacob Skov Olesen and Haotong Li held the early Thursday lead at 4 under while Mickelson, 55, had his lowest opening round in an Open since 2016.

World number one Scottie Scheffler made a fine start to the British Open with a three-under par round at a rain-swept Royal ...

The World No. 1 opened with a 3-under 68 despite hitting just three fairways in sometimes-sideways rain at Royal Portrush.

The "Golden Bear" and 18-time major winner won the first of his three Opens and completed the first of his three career grand ...

2000 — Tiger Woods, at 24, becomes the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam with a record-breaking performance in the British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews. Woods closes with a 3-under ...

Tiger Woods kept his assessment of the 16th hole at Royal Portrush short when asked for his view ahead of the 2019 Open ...

Then a breakthrough in 2011: Mickelson tied for second with Dustin Johnson behind champion Darren Clarke at Royal St. George’s, and something clicked. Two years later, in the most recent Open played ...

So it came as a bit of a jolt for American audiences who woke up Thursday morning to see Lee Westwood near the top of the ...

And this year, it's being played outside Great Britain for only the third time in the event's 153-year history.