Australian Senior Golfer

BRITISH OPEN boss Peter Dawson has given a blunt warning to the BBC to sharpen up its golf coverage or risk losing the rights to the iconic event. Dawson, the chief executive of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, broke with established practice this week by airing his concerns about the Corporation while he was [...]

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EVERGREEN Peter Senior has narrowly missed out on a 2012 British Open start but three other Australian golfers will happily make their debuts at the hallowed tournament.

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THE 2012 golf season is underway and for three lucky golfers over the next two days that will mean earning a coveted spot in the 2012 British Open.

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Miguel Angel Jimenez’s warm up at the 2011 British Open. Don’t try this at home, especially without the cigar.

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MANY people predicted a Northern Irishman would win the 2011 British Open but few thought it would be the oldest one.

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ADAM SCOTT birdied the last to go to 1-under and lead the Australian contingent after the second round of the 2011 British Open at Royal St George’s. In a congested leaderboard Scott (70) was just three strokes behind the joint leaders, Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke (68) and American Lucas Glover (70). One stroke behind the [...]

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THERE’S a long way to go at the 2011 British Open but after the first round 40 year old Dane Thomas Bjorn and 20 year old English amateur Tom Lewis lead the tournament on 5-under. Bjorn is a serious chance, having led The Open at this course eight years ago only to capitulate in the [...]

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THE 2011 British Open gets underway later today (Thursday) and is shaping as an engrossing event. After his standout performance at the US Open a few weeks back Rory McIlroy is the obvious favourite but Australia’s Jason Day is not far behind. Day has been runner-up at his last two majors in the US and [...]

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SADLY, it seems free to air coverage of the British Open golf in Australia is now officially extinct. In recent years the coverage has been a travesty, with Channel 9 showing a one day delayed one hour highlights package in the wee small hours (2010 Briitsh Open TV coverage – an entire hour right after [...]

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IT APPEARS Greg Norman will not make a showing at the 2011 British Open golf at Royal St George’s, scene of his magnificent 1993 victory. The Shark had surgery on his left shoulder in February and though he hasn’t officially ruled an Open start out in the meantime, with less than two weeks to go [...]

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