- ABC News
W2W4 at The Open: Can anyone catch Jordan Spieth?
SOUTHPORT, England -- A 23-year-old Jordan Spieth heads into the final round of the 146th Open holding a 3-shot lead, which is nothing new. The Texan has sat atop the leaderboard an astonishing 14 different times after a round in his young career. If he can make it 15 on Sunday, he'll grab the third leg of the career Grand Slam. So will he pull it off? We asked our panel of writers on the ground at Royal Birkdale to weigh in. No chance. When he's "on" like this, no one can catch him. What's scary is the rest of the field knows it, too. His 2015 wasn't that long ago. When he went to a place where when he got into contention, he won. By the end of the FedEx Cup playoffs, anyone going head-to-head
- ABC News
Branden Grace shoots first 62 in a major
SOUTHPORT, England -- Branden Grace became the first player to shoot 62 in a major championship, going 8 under par over the par-70 Royal Birkdale course Saturday to move ahead of all the 63s in the record book. Grace, 29, a South African who has seven European Tour titles and another on the PGA Tour, made eight birdies and no bogeys Saturday during the third round of The Open, which was played under mostly sunny skies and with little wind. "It was a special day, to be quite honest," Grace said. "I had no idea that was the lowest. I was so in the zone and playing the round so well. I was just trying to play the round without a bogey and make another birdie at the last. Sometimes it helps not knowing
- New York Post
‘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
Headlines
- Jordan Spieth captures British Open, his third major, with brilliant back nine
- Jordan Spieth's 13th hole was one of the most bizarre in major history
- 18-year-old Nelly Korda takes lead at LPGA tournament
- Scott Stallings shoots 60, takes 1-shot lead in Alabama
- Grace records lowest score ever in a major with 62 at Royal Birkdale
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