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After two rounds, here’s what we know about this year’s British Open at St. Andrews: the Old Course isn’t showing the teeth it has in past years. Scores have been low, with leader Cameron Smith posting the lowest course relative to par in the Open’s 150-year history. And with conditions expected to be benign throughout the majority of the weekend, it’s not likely that weather will play a major role in this weekend’s tournament. Cameron Young, the first-round leader, is still in the mix right… Source link

Rory McIlroy is the favorite to win the 150th British Open. McIlroy is searching for his second British Open title and first since 2014. He won the 2014 Open at Royal Liverpool by two shots over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia. McIlroy, one of the few top golfers to skip the Scottish Open, enters the Open at +1000 to win ahead of Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm. The Scottish Open, won by Xander Schauffele on Sunday, featured nine of the top 10 golfers in the Official World Golf Rankings. World… Source link

There perhaps hasn’t been a stronger critic of the LIV Golf Invitational Series on the PGA Tour than Rory McIlroy. After picking up his second consecutive win at the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday afternoon in Toronto, McIlroy couldn’t help but take another shot at the controversial Saudi Arabian-backed golf league. “Twenty-first PGA Tour win, one more than someone else,” McIlroy said on CBS. “That gave me a little extra incentive today. Really happy to get that done.” That… Source link

Greg Norman, the public face of the breakaway LIV Golf series, says the executives and agents who currently run golf “are conspiring against LIV to protect an antiquated system that prevents golfers from realizing their own power and worth amid a global movement of athlete empowerment.” In a story by the Washington Post titled, “The Shark is on the attack again,” Norman also criticized Rory McIlroy and others, suggesting they’ve been “brainwashed” against the LIV movement…. Source link