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Open 2006 Reports

Hoylake Earns High Praise From The R&A

Monday 24th July 2006

The Open Championship's governing body, the R&A, has today echoed the praise heaped on Royal Liverpool by Open champion Tiger Woods in the aftermath of the 2006 tournament. This month's event was the first staged at Hoylake for 39 years and delighted R&A executives have labelled the venue as an unqualified success.


Tiger Woods: the one safe bet in life

Sunday 23rd July 2006

There are two certainties in life: Tiger Woods always wins from the front, and you will rarely meet a penniless bookmaker. Stupidly, Dan Davies chose to ignore both at this year's Open Championship.


Woods Retains Open Title

Sunday 23rd July 2006

An emotional Tiger Woods of the USA became the first man to retain the Open Championship title for 23 years on Sunday evening at Royal Liverpool, carding a final round of 67 to hold off fellow American Chris DiMarco by two strokes.


Lucky 13th

Saturday 22nd July 2006

John Senden made the par-3 13th look easy on Saturday morning, but others fared less well at this tricky 200-yarder yesterday afternoon


Ask a silly question - Part Three

Saturday 22nd July 2006

More inane offerings from the post round press conferences, and in particular from the 'grilling' of Angel Cabrera


What's in a name?

Saturday 22nd July 2006

Golf Monthly finds five minutes to select some novelty parings


Popped in holed out!

Saturday 22nd July 2006

Fed up with your putter? Dispense with its services by holing your approach shot like a growing list of competitors on Open Saturday.


Good Course, Bad Course ?

Friday 21st July 2006

The great and the good give their verdict on the Hoylake links, the historic setting for this year's Open Championship.


Ask A Silly Question - Part Two

Friday 21st July 2006

Part Two of our look at the worst questions asked by journalists at the 2006 Open Championship, courtesy of our on-course writers Jeremy Ellwood and Dan Davies.


Silly Questions - Part One

Friday 21st July 2006

Is it any wonder that some players don't relish talking to the press when they get asked questions like these? Here are some of the worst so far at the 2006 Open.



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