Dunbar wins British Amateur Championship
Northern Ireland's Alan Dunbar has won the British Amateur Golf Championship.
Northern Ireland's Alan Dunbar has won the British Amateur Golf Championship.
Royal Troon will stage the Open Championship for the ninth time in 2016.
Greg Norman found life tough going in the first round of the Senior Open Championship on Thursday as Bruce Vaughan and Eduardo Romero established a one-shot lead at Royal Troon.
Justin Leonard, winner of the title in 1997 at Royal Troon, has joined Greg Norman and David Toms in withdrawing from next week's British Open championship at Hoylake.
Tiger Woods left the Open last night without the trophy he wanted, but with words of praise for Royal Troon. By finishing a disappointing ninth, seven strokes behind shock winner Todd Hamilton, Woods' run of majors without a win reached nine, back to the 2002 US Open.
Paul Casey and Thomas Levet made the most of the pleasent conditions at Royal Troon to take a share of the first round lead in the Open championship.
Comments by Paul Casey have sparked a debate about the state of British golf on the eve of the Open at Royal Troon. The ambitious 26-year-old believes that there should be more rising stars challenging for glory this week - and that there might have been if some spent less time drinking.
Practice does not always make perfect as Padraig Harrington has discovered to his cost ahead of the start of the British Open in Troon.
Padraig Harrington leads the European charge at the Open Championship at Royal Troon this weekend.
Australia's Marcus Fraser and Frenchman Gregory Havret share the lead at the Scottish Open after today's third round as they chased a place in next week's British Open at Troon.
Qualifying for the British Open is currently taking place at sixteen venues around Britain and Ireland, with around more than a thousand players vying for a spot at Royal Troon.
Angel Cabrera, the world's 38th-ranked golfer, sets out tomorrow to rescue a place in the Open championship in two weeks' time.
Seve Ballesteros has confirmed he will not be playing in the Open championship at Royal Troon in two weeks' time.
Scottish Walker Cup golfer Stuart Wilson became British amateur champion at St Andrews today and with it earned a place in next month's Open at Royal Troon and next April's US Masters at Augusta.
Indian golfer Arjun Atwal has set his sights on competing in the British Open at Royal Troon next year, after becoming the highest earner in Asian tour history.
Next year's golf Open championship will have five international qualifying tournaments.