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2010 Open generated £40m for Fife
Last year's Open golf championship in St Andrews was worth a staggering £40 million to Fife's economy, a new study has revealed. (...)
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A pat on the back for St Andrews Open marshals
Marshals who felt aggrieved because they were not given weatherproof clothing to help control spectators at the Open Championship in St Andrews in July have received an apology and have been praised by the R&A championship committee for their "marvellous work." (...)
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Golf's elder statesmen ready for stern Senior Open test
There is full respect and even affection for many of the distinguished competitors in the Senior Open Championship at Carnoustie — but if the field were expecting a comfy armchair ride in the battle for the other Claret Jug, they've come to the wrong place. (...)
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Dawson rules out changes to St Andrews' famous closing holes
R&A chief Peter Dawson said he'd have his "legs cut off" if he contemplated any alterations to the 18th hole at the Old Course. (...)
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R&A 'relaxed' despite fall in Open crowds
The R&A says it is "relaxed" about the fact that crowd numbers for the Open Championship in St Andrews were down on 2000 and 2005. (...)
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'Chubby' Chandler proclaims European Tour dominance
Louis Oosthuizen's Open win and Graeme McDowell’s US Open victory are the start of a new era of domination by European Tour players in golf, believes one of the the tour’s most influential characters, the new champion’s manager Andrew 'Chubby' Chandler. (...)
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Carnoustie ready to embrace the Senior Open
As St Andrews bids farewell to the international spectacle that was the Open Championship, Carnoustie is preparing to make the most of another of golf's leading competitions. (...)
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Thousands salute young Open champion
Thousands of spectators surrounded the 18th green of the Old Course at St Andrews on Sunday evening to salute a young South African golfer who had just recorded one of the most comprehensive victories in the history of the Open Championship. (...)
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Taste of the high life whets Coltart's appetite
After briefly tasting life near to the summit of the golf mountain by sitting proudly in third place in the Open Championship at the end of day one, Andrew Coltart will be back in the foothills in a few days when he tees it up in a lowly Challenge Tour event in Essex. (...)
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Inside the ropes: part seven
The final day of the 150th anniversary Open Championship arrives, and for Michael Alexander and his fellow crossing marshals, there's mixed emotions as a long, hard week working on the Old Course draws to a close. (...)
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International visitors vote St Andrews a winner
With The Open reaching its climax on the Old Course at the weekend, many of the thousands of visitors who moved into the small corner of Fife over its four-day run are already on their way home — but what is the legacy left by the greatest championship in the world? (...)
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Calm Tiger Woods puts Open putting woes behind him
"It's not the putter, it's the puttee'' goes the grammatically creative line for those who often switch their flat-stick — but it is true of even the greatest of players. (...)
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Montgomerie may have seen his last Open on the Old Course
There is every chance that the 150th Open Championship was Colin Montgomerie's last at St Andrews, but there was no Tom Watson-style kissing of the Swilcan Bridge for the Scot as he walked down the Old Course's 18th fairway. (...)
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Louis Oosthuizen strolls to Open glory at St Andrews
South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen laughed off the demons that torture inexperienced golfers in the final rounds of major championships and flashed his gap-toothed grin all the way to the famous Claret Jug in winning the 150th anniversary Open Championship at St Andrews. (...)
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Inside the ropes: part six
After play was delayed on Friday due to high winds and then abandoned late on due to poor light, Open marshal Michael Alexander returns to his post for another early start as better weather and the tradition of 'Open Saturday' draws bumper crowds. (...)
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Inside the ropes: part five
Powder potties. One-footed crows. Rude hand gestures. Crossing marshal Michael Alexander endures all this and more on a long, long 16-hour day as the second tournament day at the Open Championship in St Andrews is suspended for a time due to high winds. (...)
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Old Course carnage claims Paul Lawrie and Sandy Lyle
Amid the second-day carnage on the Old Course, an unwanted personal record was set by Paul Lawrie — his worst-ever Open round. (...)
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Age proves no barrier to Mark Calvecchia
Only in the middle of July can a professional golfer be classed a gnarled veteran one week, then a whipper-snapper the next. (...)
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'Brutal' day — and headache — for Andrew Coltart
As if being battered by gale-force winds at St Andrews was not enough of a challenge, Scotland’s Andrew Coltart also had to deal with a mid-round migraine. (...)
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Elements take their toll on Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy
Neither Tiger Woods nor Rory McIlroy had shot over par on the Old Course this century, but after the end of the second day's windswept afternoon and evening the Old Lady had her revenge. (...)
