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British Open 2022: Phil Mickelson 'ecstatic' with LIV decision despite champions dinner snub
•Mickelson, who reportedly received a $200 million signing bonus to become one of the leading names to join the new tour, is one of 24 LIV players taking part at the 150th British Open in St Andrews this week.
British Open 2022: Cameron Young leads in first round as Rory McIlroy starts strongly
•Tiger Woods, twice an Open champion at St Andrews, was among the leading names who did not go out until the afternoon, and the 46-year-old endured a disastrous start
British Open 2022: Win or lose, world No 1 Scheffler fine without spotlights and happy with his close circle
V Krishnaswamy •Yet, like the rest, Scheffler dreams of holding the Claret Jug on Sunday evening to crown a rare double — the Masters and an Open at the Old Course at St Andrews.
British Open 2021: Runner-up Jordan Spieth laments 'dumb mistakes' that cost him the title
•Jordan Spieth shot an impressive final round of 66 at Royal St. George's on Sunday to finish two shots behind eventual champion Collin Morikawa.
British Open 2021: Louis Oosthuizen leads after 3 rounds at the Open, Collin Morikawa 1 stroke back
•Oosthuizen, a runner-up in the last two majors, was at 12-under 198 and on course to be the first wire-to-wire winner at golf's oldest championship since Rory McIlroy in 2014.
British Open 2021: Louis Oosthuizen sets 36-hole Open record, stellar cast behind him
•Oosthuizen, looking as calm as the conditions, was at 11-under 129, breaking the 36-hole Open record first set by Nick Faldo in 1992 at Muirfield and matched by Brandt Snedeker in 2012 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.
British Open 2021: Louis Oosthuizen, Jordan Spieth lead way as normalcy returns to Open
•Spieth was a shot off the lead held by Oosthuizen, who saved par from a fairway bunker on No 18 for a 6-under 64.
British Open 2021: Golf's oldest major ready for 'emotional' return in front of 32,000 fans
•Players have to operate in bubbles limited to four people with their team and cannot go to bars, restaurants or supermarkets during the week of the event.
Memories and records, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have a lot to play for at US Open 2020
V Krishnaswamy •Mickelson will need to dig deep at 50 and that is going to be tough, but not impossible. He wants to erase painful memories of 2006, when he double bogeyed the 72nd hole and lost by one.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Open Championship cancelled, Masters moves to November slot due to the pandemic
•This is the first time since the second World War that golf’s original Open Championship, first played in 1860, has been cancelled.