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Open 2011: Veteran Scot Sandy Lyle gets sentimental after missing the cut
The end has come for Sandy Lyle at Royal St George's, and the veteran Scot hinted it might not be too far into the future before he calls time on his Open participation entirely. (...)
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Open 2011: Royal St George's will test next generation, says Manassero
Rory McIlroy has been the trailblazer for an exciting new generation of golfers on the major championship scene, with his near miss at Augusta and then his runaway US Open triumph. (...)
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Open 2011: Tom Watson compares Rory McIlroy to a championship legend — himself
Tom Watson has made a point of not labelling Rory McIlroy the next Tiger Woods, the next Jack Nicklaus or the next anybody else for that matter. (...)
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Monty zoomer — Montgomerie all out to continue 21-year Open streak
Colin Montgomerie is bullish in his words about getting a seven with his last roll of the dice and winning the last place in the Open this week, but less so in his actions. (...)
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Tributes paid to golf icon and Open legend Seve Ballesteros
Tribute has been paid in St Andrews to three-times Open champion and former world number one Seve Ballesteros. (...)
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Former golf pro and club maker Syd Garland
A Broughty Ferry man who taught golf to movie stars and made clubs for a United States president has died aged 75. (...)
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Tom Watson nostalgic even through his struggles
The target of getting back to level-par in the final round of the Senior Open Championship proved too steep for Tom Watson at Carnoustie but there was the chance to reminisce a little. (...)
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Tom Watson accepts Arbroath marines' abseil challenge
Legendary US golfer Tom Watson "dropped in" to RM Condor to accept a challenge from the marines to try out their abseiling facilities. (...)
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Tom Watson shows true class as Oldcorn has a bad Senior moment
The large crowds at the Senior Open Championship following Tom Watson don't need telling about the class of the man. (...)
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Langer shares lead in hunt for elusive Senior Open title
It has been 27 years since Bernhard Langer won an event in Scotland, but he moved into perfect position to make a bid for the Open victory that has so far eluded him. (...)
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Jeff Sluman sings praises of Carnoustie Championship course
US Ryder Cup vice-captain Jeff Sluman gave the Carnoustie Championship course the thumbs-up ahead of today's start to the Senior Open. (...)
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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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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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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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'Shrek' Oosthuizen benefits as the Old Course bites back
The man sometimes known as Shrek stood square against the winds that arrived with a vengeance at St Andrews and was left with a mighty five-stroke lead for the weekend in the 150th anniversary Open Championship. (...)
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Sandy Lyle feels he has form to be this year's golden oldie
What with a 53-year-old Greg Norman leading after three rounds at Royal Birkdale two years ago and then Tom Watson coming within one friendly bounce on Turnberry turf of a record-equalling sixth Open just a few weeks short of his 60th birthday, it's almost expected that one of the golfing icons of yesteryear will step up to give the young bucks a run for their money at St Andrews this week. (...)
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Personal triumph was reward enough for Stewart Cink
Only Stewart Cink recalls the 2009 Open Championship as the Stewart Cink story. For everybody else, Turnberry will forever be all about Tom Watson and how close he came to writing golf's greatest fairytale. (...)
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No regrets for inspirational Tom Watson
The "gut-tearing" nature of his loss on the final day at Turnberry last year has long passed for Tom Watson — perhaps understandably for a man who freely admits he "both lucked out and lost out" across a 35-year career in the Open Championship. (...)
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Scene set for truest test of golf's superstars
The great old men of golf had to hole up in the Big Room of the R&A Clubhouse at St Andrews as the weather whipped across the links and cancelled the Champions Challenge. (...)
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Golf legends find a new degree of success
Three golf greats added ‘doctor’ to their clutch of titles when they were presented with honorary degrees. (...)
