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Saturday was a great day of British Open golf at Royal Liverpool. Youngsters took over the leaderboard, schedules made sense and new names were allowed to shine. (Literally.) Of course, if you’re an American who slept in a bit, you likely missed it all. Due to the weather forecast, the third round was bunched up so that it could be completed quickly. With all of the biggest names in the...
Published: July 19, 2014
After an unprecedented two-tee start early Saturday morning with the expectation of bad weather that never came, things look much the same on the leaderboard as they did last night. Entering Sunday’s final round at the Open Championship, the top of the leaderboard looks like this: Rory McIlroy: -16 Rickie Fowler: -10 Sergio Garcia: -9 Dustin Johnson: -9 Victor Dubuisson: -8 Edoardo Molinari:...
Published: July 19, 2014
Mother Nature wasn’t the only one making it rain at the 2014 British Open on Saturday. Moving day brought out the best in Rickie Fowler, who came out of the chute on fire and put a lot of pressure on leader Rory McIlroy early in the round. Due to the weather forecast in Hoylake, England, the 2014 British Open schedule on Saturday was adjusted to ensure everyone got their round in. While...
Published: July 19, 2014
After 36 holes of the 2014 British Open, Rory McIlroy has a chance to claim his third major championship with a wire-to-wire win. He followed up two rounds of 66 with a 68 on Saturday to take a six-shot lead entering the final 18 holes. McIlroy wasn’t without stiff competition in Round 3, as treacherous weather subsided during the round, allowing multiple players—notably Rickie Fowler—to...
Published: July 19, 2014
Rory McIlroy was not at his best for the entirety of Round 3 at the 2014 British Open, but he closed out strong to put himself in great shape to take home his third career major. While the Northern Irish star entered the day with a four-stroke lead over Dustin Johnson, strong showings by Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia removed the gap on top of the leaderboard. This simply forced McIlroy to dig...
Published: July 19, 2014
Tiger Woods played his way out of contention at the Open Championship with a terrible second round, and the 14-time major winner’s downward spiral continued Saturday at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Woods shot a one-over 73 to put him at three over for the tournament. He was well off the pace in a tie for 58th place when his round came to an end. He wasn’t going to be in contention unless...
Published: July 19, 2014
New Zealand have agreed to play a pre-World Cup 2015 Test match in Apia, Samoa. It will be the first time that the All Blacks have played a Test in the Pacific Islands in the professional era. But does New Zealand rugby, which has profited from Samoan-born players, owe Samoa this match? The answer is that New Zealand should play the Pacific Island nations away anyway. If New Zealand are playing a Test...
Published: July 19, 2014
The Open Championship is known for being unpredictable from one day to the next. Based on the polarity of the field’s scores Saturday, however, it is clear that things can change at the drop of a dime over the course of a single round as well. There were plenty of low scores being fired early in Saturday’s third round, and while some golfers have been able to maintain that form, others...
Published: July 19, 2014
The field has now found its way to the second nine on Saturday, and luckily for every contender currently on the course, the rain has subsided and the soft course has yielded some low numbers so far. Rory McIlroy continues to cling to his lead; however, he’s being heavily challenged by several players, most notably Rickie Fowler. These two 25-year-old phenoms are putting on quite a show to begin...
Published: July 19, 2014
The conditions at Royal Liverpool Golf Club are a bit rainy and damp, but that hasn’t stopped the world’s best golfers from putting up some strong scores during the third round of the Open Championship. Rory McIlroy entered Saturday with a four-shot lead in Hoylake, England; however, several of the players who are chasing him are on the ascent. With so many strokes being picked up, it stands...