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16-year-old Clairey Lin of Canada wins the US Girls' Junior

Clairey Lin of Canada won the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship on Saturday, beating Amelie Zalsman of St. Petersburg, Florida, 5 and 4 in the 36-hole final at Old Chatham Golf Club.

Todd Clements maintains 2-shot lead in the Corales Puntacana Championship

Todd Clements held onto the lead Saturday in the windy Corales Puntacana Championship in a bid for a wire-to-wire victory, with Ben James two strokes back in his fifth professional start.

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The British Open: How to watch, betting odds for golf's final major of 2026

Here's a guide with all you need to know about the British Open.

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Scottie Scheffler's hopes for another British Open are hurt by a lack of birdies

Scottie Scheffler has made one bogey over his last 37 holes and that should have him contending for another British Open title.

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Oh, baby! Sam Burns takes the lead in a British Open he planned to miss

Sam Burns has a great chance to win a major he never planned on playing.

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Ryan Fox matches major championship record with a 62 in the British Open

Ryan Fox has joined the list of players with a major championship scoring record.

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DeChambeau feels the love from fans at the British Open and stays in contention for claret jug

Bryson DeChambeau enjoyed overwhelmingly positive support from the galleries at Royal Birkdale the day after his heated brush with officials and subsequent two-shot penalty at the British Open.

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Tommy Lad does enough to keep alive hopes of British Open in his hometown

Tommy Fleetwood has been dreaming of winning the British Open since he was a child sneaking onto Royal Birkdale.

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McIlroy accuses DeChambeau of trying to 'hold the tournament hostage' at British Open

Rory McIlroy has saved one of his best shots at the British Open for Bryson DeChambeau.

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Golfers with a round of 62 in the major championships

The list of eight players who have shot 62 in the major championships, with the addition Saturday of Ryan Fox in the British Open.

DeChambeau gets 2-shot penalty in dramatic late-night British Open ruling

Bryson DeChambeau has been given a two-shot penalty after his second round at the British Open.

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DeChambeau penalized 2 shots at British Open after Herbert and Burns shoot 62s in wild 2nd round

Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns are in the history books by matching the major championship record with 62s at the British Open.

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Todd Clements takes 2-shot lead in the Corales Puntacana Championship

Todd Clements birdied four of the last six holes for a 6-under 66 and a two-stroke lead Friday int he windy Corales Puntacana Championship.

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Scheffler rues missed putts but happy with his game after tee-to-green clinic at the British Open

Scottie Scheffler put on a tee-to-green clinic in his second round at the British Open and he thinks it bodes well for his chances of keeping hold of the shiny claret jug.

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Justin Rose and Matt Fitzpatrick bid early farewells at the British Open

Justin Rose was hopeful of contending in the British Open and hearing a big ovation on the 18th hole.

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Club-throwing Jon Rahm gets conduct warning at British Open

Jon Rahm is the latest to receive a conduct warning at a major champion.

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Fifa draws cheers at the British Open. And it's nothing to do with soccer

There have been roars of support for Fifa around the links of Royal Birkdale this week.

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Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns match the major championship record with 62s at the British Open

Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns have each matched the major championship scoring record of 62 in the British Open, with one celebration far different from the other.

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Rory McIlroy makes the cut at British Open but needs a big weekend for a 2nd claret jug

Rory McIlroy has done enough to make it to the weekend at Royal Birkdale.

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Eric Cole was checking flights home from the British Open. Then he shot 64 at Birkdale

Eric Cole had everything go wrong at the British Open and started looking at early flights home to Florida.

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Clements and Gutierrez share the lead at the breezy Corales Puntacana Championship

Todd Clements of England and Ivan Cantero Gutierrez of Spain each shot 7-under 65 on Thursday at breezy Puntacana Resort to share the first-round lead in the Corales Puntacana Championship.

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Fleetwood rallies late but Rose falters as English contingent makes sluggish start at British Open

The English have put up a strong cast of contenders at Royal Birkdale this week in a bid to have a first British Open champion since 1992 and a first winner on English soil since Tony Jacklin in 1969.

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Jackson Suber leads a day of surprises at Birkdale with a 65 in his first British Open

So much focus was on the new Royal Birkdale.

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Rory McIlroy toils at British Open as putting woes leave him 7 shots off the first-round lead

There were no "I'm so bad at golf" exclamations from Rory McIlroy this time.

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'Sorry, Mum': Cigarette smoker Dan Brown lights up British Open with another strong first round

Dan Brown is lighting it up again at the British Open.

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Argentine golfer at British Open makes ear-cup gesture to mimic Enzo's World Cup goal celebration

The only Argentine golfer in the British Open field was playfully jeered by some spectators on the first tee the morning after his national soccer team's epic comeback win over England at the World Cup.

British Open: Baldwin hits 'terrifying' opening shot after missing World Cup semi due to early start

Matthew Baldwin has had the honor of hitting the opening tee shot of the British Open at a Royal Birkdale course where the locally born Englishman has been a member for 23 years.

British Open is trying to get ahead of fan behavior with a published conduct code

More than 300,000 fans will attend the British Open at Royal Birkdale this week and that will make it a record crowd for golf's oldest major championship.

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Distance debate at this British Open is how far the golf ball goes on the ground

How far the golf ball travels has been a debate for years.

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Marcus Plunkett finds golf again in the Army. The West Point alum is now in the British Open

Marcus Plunkett decided to attend West Point instead of pursuing golf scholarships knowing it was a big commitment.

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Fleetwood riding a wave of support as the hometown hero at the British Open

There'd be no more popular winner of the British Open at Royal Birkdale this week than Tommy Fleetwood.

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Scottie Scheffler hits the reset button for the British Open after a rare missed cut

Scottie Scheffler had to figure out what to do with himself after missing the cut in the Scottish Open for the first time in four years.

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Rahm approves of player conduct policy for British Open. He also wants attention on slow play

The four major golf tournaments have published a code of conduct for players, leading to notable incidents.

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Scheffler and McIlroy shrug off legacy talk as they chase a 2nd British Open titles

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are chasing a second claret jug at the British Open but not a boost to their legacy.

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Patrick Reed is chasing a European tour title with one eye on returning home

Patrick Reed has his sights set on being the European tour's top player as he leads the Race to Dubai over Rory McIlroy.

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British Open returns to Royal Birkdale and PGA Tour holds tournament in Dominican Republic

The 154th edition of the British Open dominates the golf landscape this week.

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British Open back in time: A look at key anniversaries from golf's oldest championship

A look back in time at key anniversary dates for the British Open, which dates 150 years to a bizarre finish in St. Andrews and includes Tiger Woods winning after the death of his father, along with the great Henrik Stenson-Phil Mickelson duel at Royal Troon.

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Former grocery delivery man Joe Dean earns the final spot in British Open

Joe Dean is the last man into the British Open.

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British Open starting times at Royal Birkdale

Starting times for the opening two rounds of the 154th British Open at Royal Birkdale.

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Jordan Spieth returns to Royal Birkdale looking for the magic that made him a British Open champion

Perhaps even more astonishing than the way Jordan Spieth won the British Open at Royal Birkdale is what followed.

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Super Sunday? England dreams of a British Open-World Cup double

There's a dreamy scenario for English sports fans on Sunday.

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See how players qualified for the British Open at Royal Birkdale

The list of players who have qualified or are exempt for the British Open that starts Thursday at Royal Birkdale.

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BRITISH OPEN '26: A trivia quiz covering 72 years of English-based Opens

A trivia quiz covering British Open history in England and Royal Birkdale.

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Fisk outlasts Pendrith on 3rd extra hole in the ISCO Championship

Steven Fisk outlasted Taylor Pendrith in the ISCO Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title, two-putting for par on the third hole of a playoff.

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Zach Johnson wins at Firestone for first senior major title

Zach Johnson won his first PGA Tour Champions major at Firestone Country Club.

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Mardy Fish wins 3rd American Century celebrity title

Former tennis player Mardy Fish won his third American Century Championship title Sunday, beating 2025 winner Joe Pavelski by six points in the celebrity tournament.

Tom Kim gets the engine back on track with a Scottish Open victory

Tom Kim is a winner again on the PGA Tour.

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Royal Birkdale is a different British Open test than it was in 2017

Royal Birkdale has been a regular in the British Open for the last 70 years.

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Haeran Ryu beats Brooke Henderson in playoff to win Evian Championship for 2nd straight major title

Haeran Ryu has birdied the first hole of a playoff with Brooke Henderson to win the Evian Championship for a second straight major title in the space of three weeks.

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BRITISH OPEN '26: Royal Birkdale's roll call of champions

A capsule review of the last 10 times the British Open was held at Royal Birkdale, starting with Peter Thomson in 1954 through Jordan Spieth in 2017.

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Lucas Glover hangs onto lead in ISCO Championship in Kentucky

Lucas Glover topped the ISCO Championship for the third straight day, shooting a 2-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Aaron Wise into the final round.

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