2:55 p.m. St Andrews time (6:55 a.m. PDT) He's making it look easy, Danny Willett is, and he's the easy story early in this rain-delayed second round at the Old Course. I'm wondering who he is, too. The things you learn when you check in with the crack Grey Goatee research staff (suddenly … [Read more...]
Yanks on the ould sod
7 p.m. St Andrews time (11 a.m. PDT) Ian McShane was back to open the second TV session of The Open Championship. "The church burned Protestant reformer Patrick Hamilton at the stake outside the chapel of University of St Andrews. His initials mark the spot," McShane said, adding that students, … [Read more...]
The bounces of the little dimpled ball
3:45 p.m. St Andrews time (7:45 a.m. PDT) He's the leader in the clubhouse at The Open Championship after an opening 65 today, and still the questions, and Dustin Johnson's answers, linger on Chambers Bay a month ago. After his round, he was asked about "scar tissue" from repeated near-misses at … [Read more...]
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