For the British Open, You Just Can’t Forget the Weather

For the British Open, You Just Can’t Forget the Weather

Royal Liverpool is hosting the British Open, which starts on Thursday, for the third time in 20 years. And the biggest deciding factor in how the course plays and who wins could be the one thing that the R&A, golf’s governing body in Britain, has no control over: the weather.When …

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Nick Price and the Thrill of Winning the British Open

Nick Price and the Thrill of Winning the British Open

Nick Price, the former No. 1 player in the world, won the P.G.A. Championship in 1992 and 1994, but it was his victory in the ’94 British Open at Turnberry in Scotland that stands out.While playing the 71st hole, a par 5, Price of Zimbabwe felt he needed a birdie …

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Cameron Smith Will Try To Defend His British Open Championship

Cameron Smith Will Try To Defend His British Open Championship

It is possible that one of last July’s customers at the Dunvegan Hotel, which fancies itself only a 9-iron away from the Old Course, remembers more of Cameron Smith’s British Open than he does.It would not take much, because Smith recently recalled roughly this about the Sunday that left him …

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