Suri ready for The Open despite more missing clubs

SOUTHPORT, England – Julian Suri arrived on the range at Royal Birkdale Wednesday with a blank TaylorMade bag. It’s his fourth week in a row with baggage issues, and this one threatens to disrupt his first career major. Suri, who played college golf at Duke and this year has taken the European Challenge Tour by storm, is still without his usual clubs after his bag was lost somewhere between Rome and Manchester. Even worse: Vueling Airlines still hasn’t located Suri’s set.  Fortunately for Suri, there is an increased equipment-truck presence at a major. The former Nike endorser is without a club contract this year, but TaylorMade reps stepped in to build him a new set that is “very close” to his

All the president's fault! Golfer Jason Day blames Trump for late arrival

Australian golfer Jason Day on Wednesday offered an unusual excuse for arriving later than planned for practice at the British Open—it was U.S. President Donald Trump's fault. The former world number one normally pitches up a week earlier for major tournaments to allow himself time to adjust to the course. But this time Day only arrived on Monday. "I had three weeks off before this, so I could have got in early," he said. "I was supposed to come in on Sunday. And I was flying through JFK, and President Trump was there and there was a bunch of delays. So I just decided to move my flight back a little bit later." Trump had been coming back through New York from the U.S. Women's Open at the Trump

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  Trump delays Jason Day's arrival for Open at Birkdale

  AFP
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  Make Australian Late Again! Day delayed by President Trump

  Omnisport

Open prop bets released on low score, winning score

Scoring at Royal Birkdale is expected to be difficult, but on the eve of The Open there are options for placing bets if you feel especially confident in how players will fare. The Westgate Las Vegas Superbook has created a number of scoring prop bets for this week's action in England, including estimates on the low single-round score and winning total: Winning score: Over/Under 275.5 (par 280) Lowest single-round score: Over/Under 64.5 (par 70) Will there be a playoff? Yes +300, No -360 Will there be a hole-in-one? Yes -120, No +100 Additionally, there are also options for betting the eventual finish position for several of the game's biggest stars: Jordan Spieth: Over/Under 17.5 (must finish

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  Johnson and Spieth favorites as British Open begins

  Reuters
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  British Open officials draw line at hitting over grandstands

  Associated Press