Jordan Spieth won The Open after his caddie saved his butt on the wild 13th hole

Jordan Spieth went on an epic run on the final five holes to win The Open Championship, but it may have never happened if not for his caddie saving the day on the wild 13th hole. At No. 13, Spieth hit his tee shot about 100 yards to the right of the fairway. While Spieth had a much cleaner lie in the practice area, his shot to the green was completely blind and his own calculation of how far he was from the green turned out to be way off.

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  Jordan Spieth lost the lead but regained his mind at Royal Birkdale

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  The Open 2017: Jordan Spieth bogies three holes in shaky start

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Golf fans are in love with Golf Channel's 'playing through' feature

At the Ryder Cup last year the Golf Channel introduced a new feature which can only be described as a game changer. Rather than miss one second of play, when it’s time for an ad break, Golf Channel simply runs the ad in a double screen alongside the coverage. It’s an idea that could work across a variety of different sports, like baseball and soccer, and naturally, golf fans love it:

‘Lovely legs’: Announcer still ranting about Sergio Garcia’s fiancée’s skirt

Peter Alliss risked being branded as sexist again in referring to Sergio Garcia’s fiancee’s “lovely legs” and saying her skirt didn’t belong on a golf course. The legendary BBC commentator was criticized at April’s Masters for an off-mic remark in which he said Angela Akins was wearing “the shortest skirt on the campus.” And now he has refused to back down from his comments in a column for a magazine. Alliss writes in Atlantic Golf & Lifestyle that Akins’ skirt was more suited to ice skating than a golf course. She was seen at Royal Birkdale this week wearing a skirt similar to the one that initially caught Alliss’ attention at Augusta. Garcia will marry American Akins – a former Golf Channel