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Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth, the world No. 2, will command the spotlight at this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational where Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are both conspicuous absentees. He has played the Bridgestone Invitational every year since its inception...

WORLD No2 Jordan Spieth has trained his sights on winning the US PGA Championship next month after narrowly missing out on the third leg of a Major grand slam at the Open.

Nearly a month ago to the day, Oosthuizen was beaten in regulation by Jordan Spieth at the U.S. Open. Needing to sink this putt, he gave it a good run, but just missed and the hopes for a grand slam were gone. He had a share of the lead late on Sunday at the Masters in 2013 until...

Jordan Spieth will be left to reflect on just how close he came to keeping his calendar grand slam dreams alive at St Andrews on Monday. Spieth puffed out his cheeks and trudged off looking disconsolate.

Alliss said: “Ah, that must be mum”.

He had two in the four-hole playoff. By the end of the season Spieth is likely to be pulling in $5 million to $10 million in annual endorsements, said Matt Delzell, managing director of The Marketing Arm, who negotiates such endorsement deals.

South Africa’ Louis Oosthuizen drives the ball off the fourth tee in the final round of the British Open at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, on Monday.

Danny Willett’s name at the top of the leaderboard might be a shock to many but crucially not to the man himself. She wrote: “Well done, you’ve made the cut“.

St Andrews, United Kingdom: The British Open was blown off course on Saturday with organisers forced to call a delayed Monday finish for just the second time in its 155-year long history.

University of Alabama student Dunne – whose coach Alan Murray is also his caddie this week – is the first amateur since the legendary Bobby Jones to lead the Open after 54 holes, the American going on to lift the Claret Jug at St Andrews in 1927.

Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Tiger Woods walks away from the 144th British Open after finishing seven shots off the cutline.

The tournament typically has a somewhat underwhelming field, but two-time 2015 major victor Jordan Spieth maintained his commitment to the event which he won in 2013, elevating the status of this week’s event.

The 26-year-old has pulled out of this week’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and although he has refused to rule out defending his Open title at St Andrews next week, the odds appear stacked against the four-time major victor.

Rory McIlroy made the wrong decision over the weekend to play soccer with his buddies.

The last two players prior to Rory to not defend a major title – any major, not just the Open – were Tiger Woods (2008 USA Open) and Payne Stewart (2000 USA Open).