The Open Championship

Matt Ferguson's the man behind Churchville's world-class golf operation

2013-03-22 20:51:00

Put simply, when it comes to golf, Matt Ferguson brings the goods, whether he is teaching the sport or just talking about it. It is this passion that has allowed him to build the Churchville Golf Center, which he owns and runs, into a world-class...

Should the PGA Tour outlaw belly putter?

2013-03-03 16:01:45

It's fine — for amateurs Chris Dufresne Los Angeles Times The most sleep-inducing word on the PGA Tour this year is "bifurcation," although the issue over whether the tour should break from USGA and R&A is hotter than Dubai. Golf's ruling lords...

Your Turn: Where will Tiger Woods finish at the British Open?

2012-07-19 07:30:00

Tiger Woods is no stranger to success at the British Open, a tournament he’s won three times in his career. He comes into the event having won three tournaments in his past seven, and has much to gain at the Open, including the world’s No....

Tiger Woods, if not nature, calls

2012-07-19 04:44:00

I swore off 4:30 a.m. wakeup calls for the British Open two years ago, when Louie Oosthuizen introduced himself to the golfing world -- and me -- by winning at St. Andrews in a runaway. But back then, Tiger Woodswas in the� midst of what seemed to be a...

Who will win the PGA Championship?

2012-08-08 19:15:48

Louis Oosthuizen Barry Stavro Los Angeles Times My Ouija board says the PGA champ will emerge from the group of 16 players who have won the last 16 majors and, no, Tiger Woods isn't in that mix. Sunday's winner will be … South Africa's Louis...

Hunter Mahan out front at AT&T National, while Tiger Woods lingers five strokes back

2012-06-29 19:49:00

It has taken three years, a stretch of time when their career arcs crisscrossed, when their successes and failures were dissected like frogs in a high school biology class, when they seemed to share little except the same swing coach. Such is the way...

Tiger Woods bests Bo Van Pelt to win AT&T National

2012-07-01 18:20:00

In the old days, Tiger Woods might have won the AT&T National with ease. In the old days, Woods might not have needed his closest competitor to bogey the last three holes at Congressional Country Club. In the old days, Woods might not have stopped to...

Which golfer will win the British Open?

2011-07-14 00:00:00

Westwood vs. Donald Bill Dwyre Los Angeles Times This 140th edition of The Open Championship, also known on the United States side of the pond as the British Open, will come down to a country-wrenching battle for the title between Lee Westwood...

Bubba Watson proves he's more than just another one of 'The Golf Boys'

2012-04-08 18:00:00

The Golf Boys finally got some much needed street cred. It was right before last year’s U.S. Openwhen a bunch of young Americans who called themselves “The Golf Boys” took quite a bit of criticism for the silly video spoof they did....

Breaking out hard to do

2011-08-18 00:00:00

Add Keegan Bradley's name to the PGA Tour roster of rising young American talent. Maybe even at the top. The Vermont native has power, charisma, a Hall of Fame pedigree and some serious moxie after shaking off a triple bogey and five-shot deficit to...

Hall rule off by decade

2011-09-15 00:00:00

Only time will tell whether Darren Clarke finds a spot reserved for him in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Until then, the British Open champion can claim one distinction in Hall-related trivia. Clarke is believed to be the only man to win a major title...

Bad way to make splash

2011-07-06 20:57:18

In golf parlance, bodies of water are classified as "hazards." And, we've come to learn, not only for wayward shots. For Thomas Levet, a French Open victory leap turned into a British Open withdrawal when doctors told him his broken shin requires...

Ernie Els celebrates with the championship trophy after the final round of the 2012 British Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club.

2012-07-23 06:03:00

Tiger Woods , without a major triumph since 2008, matched his opening 67 to stay firmly on course for his fourth British Open title.

2012-07-20 12:04:07

Brandt Snedeker lines up his putt on the 18th hole during the second round of the 2012 British Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club.

2012-07-20 09:36:00