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A golf course superintendent at Royal Birkdale is legally barred from maintaining The Open's turf the way almost every other […]

The world number one hit the worst drive of his life on Royal Birkdale's 13th in the final round of

The last time the USGA came to Oakmont, they didn't speed the greens up — they told the club to

Royal Birkdale looks like the wildest links on the Open rota, but the fairest course in golf was rigged that

A golf course superintendent tore roughly a quarter of Royal Birkdale's bunkers out before the 2026 Open Championship, down to

A golf course superintendent decides how much of your scorecard a bunker can take — before you tee off. Seven

Play stopped at the 1976 Open Championship because Royal Birkdale was on fire. Six brush fires in four days, on

The R&A runs the greens at The Open Championship at around ten feet on the Stimpmeter — slower than your

What does it actually cost to host The Open at Royal Birkdale, and why can’t anyone find out? The most

At the US Open, the USGA, not Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, runs the course. Every morning firmness reading, every hole