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Our quick guide to the six Australians playing The Open at Royal Portrush this week.
Six Australians tee it up in the 156-man Open championship this week at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. It will be just the second time The Open has been held in Northern Ireland; the last time was in 1951 when Max Faulkner won at Royal Portrush.
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If for some reason you haven’t really considered Rory McIlroy ahead of this week’s Open championship at Royal Portrush, the latest Nike commercial may change your mind.
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The Open returns to Northern Ireland this week for the first time since 1951.
The last time The Open Championship was played at Royal Portrush was in 1951 when England’s Max Faulkner claimed the Claret Jug.
We stumbled upon this old highlights news reel from the tournament which also includes a brief few seconds of Australian Norman Von Nida (also a photo of him below) who despite leading through the first round, withdrew before he finished on Sunday with illness.
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As promised here is the back-nine holes at Royal Portrush, host of this week’s Open Championship.
And you should, at the very least check out the 18th hole. Dog-leg right. Internal out-of-bounds on the left corner.
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It’s not unusual to see Tyrell Hatton lose his cool on the golf course but this flick of the wrists was a beauty.
To which David Feherty responded with this cracking quip: “The throw was a better swing”.
H/T to Geoff Shackelford for pointing this one out.
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Here are the full tee times, TV schedule and the link to the official live scores for The Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. (Therefore it’s not the British Open).
Full Open Championship scores AUSTRALIAN TV TIMESLive on FoxSports/Kayo (AEST) Thursday: 3:30pm – 5:00am Friday: 3:30pm – 5:00am Saturday: 7:00pm – 5:00am Sunday: 6:00pm – 4:00am
TEE TIMES (Round 1/Round2)[/one_third_last]1:15 pm/8:14 am Billy HORSCHEL Jazz JANEWATTANANOND Aaron WISE
1:26 pm/8:25 am Jordan SPIETH Marc LEISHMAN Danny WILLETT
1:37 pm/8:36 am Cameron SMITH Adam HADWIN David LIPSKY
1:48 pm/8:47 am Paul LAWRIE Chez REAVIE Justin HARDING
2:04 pm/9:03 am Takumi KANAYA (a) Tom LEWIS Brandon STONE
2:15 pm/9:14 am Lucas GLOVER Joost LUITEN Nino BERTASIO
2:26 pm/9:25 am Ernie ELS J.B.
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The Open Championship skips over to Northern Ireland this week and here is how Aussie golf fans can watch it.
For just the second time in the history of the tournament, the Open Championship will be played in Northern Ireland this week at the wonderful Royal Portrush Golf Club.
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Did you know Australia’s oldest golf course is in Tasmania?
A few weeks ago Golf Australia released a neat, short video on the greenskeeper at Ratho Farm in Tasmania, officially recognised as Australia’s oldest golf course.
We loved the video but were hoping for a bit of background context on the history of Ratho Farm, and we’ve now got it!
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Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston has revealed that he nearly walked off the course at Australian PGA Championship last year while struggling with mental health issues.
In a candid blog post for the European Tour, Beef describes his struggles over the past year revealing that behind that contagious smile and wonderful personality are some personal mental health issues.
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This may be the most entertaining 14-club challenge video yet.
Eddie Pepperell and Ryan Fox faced off in the latest of the European Tour’s 14-club challenge.
The two players took the challenge to the 152-yard eighth hole of Lahinch Golf Club prior to the Irish Open and it’s a great watch.
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