Briton says that improved equipment and fitness mean he can have many more shots at a big one

Australia dealt another blow with Pattinson injury

Superb win at Muirfield means he has just one hill left to climb to join pantheon

The Englishman was in the mix on the final day

Bold Mickelson takes Open after Westwood woe

Westwood let a two-shot lead slip away as Phil Mickelson pulls-off the 'best round of my career'

Angry Rooney on brink at United after Moyes ‘snub’

American ends his  20-year wait for a win in Europe after coming out on top in play-off

Paul Casey's chances of extending his proud run of playing in the last 12 Open Championships will be on a knife edge at Castle Stuart today. Just one 11th-hour ticket to play in the year's third major, which starts at Muirfield on Thursday, is available to the field at this weekend's Scottish Open.

Ernie Els' Open Championship defence begins today at Castle Stuart, in preparation at least. Els was a late entrant at the Scottish Open, an event he added to sharpen the tools ahead of the world's oldest major at Muirfield next week. The tournament stands alone as one worth winning, but appears caught between two schools: those that like or need to play the week before a major and those that prefer to prepare out of the public eye.

Rose won at Merion to become the first Major winner from England for 17 years

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy hold the top two positions

This brute of a course punishes good shots rather than testing the best as many have discovered

It’s a long time since Tiger Woods began a competitive round at nearly tea-time and was still playing at 8.19pm when there was a hint of rain in the air and darkness was all around. It is a long time since Woods finished a round the better part of 17 hours after he had started it.