India’s Jeev Milkha Singh leads the Asian assault on the British Open, with the 35-year-old hoping the Carnoustie course will play at its hardest.
Talking to the Asian Tour website, Jeev said difficult courses bring out the best of his golf, using his 36th place at the treacherous US Open at Oakmont as proof.
He said on […]
With the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie fast approaching (starts next Thursday 19th July), I would like to offer you a free copy of “The 2007 Open Factsheet”. This two page PDF document tells you everything you need to know about the championship.
Discover all 6 previous winners at Carnoustie, the history since 1860, the terrror […]
Colin Montgomerie has picked a good time to end a long victory drought with the British Open just around the corner.
Monty ended 19 months without a title when he triumphed at the European Open at the K Club in Ireland, edging Sweden’s Niclas Fasth by one stroke.
While the victory was sweet for the golfer and […]
Spencer Robinson is managing editor of Asian Golf Monthly. Every year, the Singapore-based journalist travels to Britain to cover the British Open. Here is a Q&A with Spencer on some of his experiences at past Opens and his hopes for the future. You can read his daily reports from the 2007 Open Championship on the […]
Most historians would agree that the combination of Arnold Palmer and television brought golf to the masses.
It was the 1958 Masters, one of golf’s first televised events, which saw Palmer birdie the last two holes to win. That Masters victory propelled Palmer to become the sport’s first matinée idol since Bobby Jones. He was […]
South African Gary Player makes history in April when he tees up for his 50th US Masters at Augusta, tying the record set by another legend, Arnold Palmer.
The nine-time Major champion, now 71, is one of the most influential golfers in history and, as accomplished Associated Press golf writer Doug Ferguson points out in […]
Strange as it may seem the one man who should most relish the Open Championship’s return to Carnoustie this year appears to be increasingly disgruntled by his position in the game.
Paul Lawrie, who so memorably held himself together in the driech Scottish weather back in 1999, is haunted by the idea that his Open victory […]
This week’s Shell Houston Open should provide golfers with the perfect tuneup for the season’s first Major tournament, the US Masters, with organisers purposely setting up the course to mimic Augusta.
The tournament has also been brought forward by a month so it can act as a preparation event for the Masters, which is being held […]
The year’s first major tournament, the US Masters, may be just around the corner. But for a group of 73 Asian Tour golfers, July’s Open Championship at Carnoustie is uppermost in their minds this week.
The players will battle it out at Singapore’s Sentosa Golf Club in The Open International Final Qualifying tournament for Asia, with […]
During 1954 to 1956 Peter Thomson won three successive Open Championships - thus the question on everyone’s lips is whether Tiger Woods will be the second ever golfer to match this feat in the modern era? Well up until the 31st January you have the opportunity to find out the answer in person at […]
If you are thinking of visiting the Open at Carnoustie in July don’t bring your mobile phone – if you do you won’t get in!
The Royal and Ancient have listened to complaints from Tiger Woods and have said enough is enough. Security checks at the entrance gates will be place to spot anyone with a […]
One of the advantages of moving a few miles north west of St Andrews just over a year ago, was the fact that come July 2007 I will only be a 20 minute drive from Carnoustie for the Open Championship.
The Open Championship has a special place in my heart. The first one I ever […]