Alex Jenkins delves into the archives and recalls the most memorable moments from the championship’s distinguished 54-year history
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Written by Alex Jenkins
Photography by AFP
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The planet’s hottest male golfer, Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, held off mounting exhaustion and all comers to capture the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship by three shots at...
Two years ago, Jason Dufner stood on the 15th tee in the final round at Atlanta Athletic Club with a five-shot lead and more than just a hand on the Wanamaker Trophy. Indeed, such was his...
What a difference a month makes.
Just four weeks before touching down on Scottish soil Phil Mickelson was ruing what he described as his worst ever loss at the US Open – and coming from a...
Usually, it is a case of youngsters ringing their parents to report on a good day’s work on the golf course. On Open Thursday, it was the other way about as such older hands as Mark O’...
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The number of drivers that champion Phil Mickelson carried in his bag on his way to his maiden Open Championship victory. Lefty eschewed the big stick – as he had done at the US Open at...
It’s seems like an eternity ago that the South African-born Englishman became a household name with a pitch-in birdie at Royal Birkdale’s difficult 18th hole to record an unlikely...
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The number of holes-in-one made at this year’s tournament. Shawn Stefani aced the 213-yard 17th during the final round with a 4-iron after his shot bounced out of the rough and rolled some...
Inspired by Adam Scott’s Masters victory, Australian Brett Rumford sank a four-foot eagle
putt on the first play-off hole to win the Ballantine’s Championship at Blackstone Golf Club in...
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The number of majors Tiger Woods has won when trailing going into the final round. Woods, who has been stuck on 14 major titles since his triumph at the 2008 US Open, entered the final day at...
The Holy Grail of Australian golf has at last been conquered, with not one, but three of our Antipodean mates taking it to the best in the world at Augusta.
In the end, it was 32-year old Adam Scott...