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Open champions are about as far removed from golfing tourists as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are from Sunday league amateurs.

Westwood’s ISM stablemate Danny Willett is now five under through 10 holes.

“I’m just going to take what it throws me”, said Dunne, who has remained calm and collected throughout.

Danny Willett believes he is still in contention for a first major title, despite shooting a level-par round of 72 on Sunday and dropping back down the leaderboard at the 144th Open Championship. His 70 was a unusual effort, having started with an ugly double-bogey 6 but then...

He now lies tied for second with American Zach Johnson, two shots behind clubhouse leader Danny Willett of England with overnight leader Dustin Johnson of the United States yet to begin his second round. Or so you’d think.

As he crossed the Swilcan Bridge on No. 18, Spieth was serenaded with “The Eyes of Texas” from fans and he could see his name on the iconic yellow scoreboard at the home of golf. The more of a challenge the elements pose, goes the thinking, the better.

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.

“That might be it”, said the full-time CBS broadcaster and occasional ball striker.

Brooks Koepka, the young American, played the role of chief mutineer refusing to putt after the Open had sent the pros on to the Old Course despite 45mph winds making balls blow around on the greens like marbles in a bathtub.

New Zealand’s Ryan Fox walks down the first fairway during the third round at the British Open Golf Championship at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, Sunday, July 19, 2015.

Grand Slam in the making? There’s still a day to go on the Old Course, and a PGA Championship to be played before we start talking about Spieth in terms of golf history, or perhaps even golf immortality.

Jordan Spieth was a stroke behind the leaders with a shot at his third consecutive major tournament victory.

Jordan Spieth is the oddmakers’ choice as the clear favorite to win the British Open, but there are other ways to wager on the action. This morning, when we went out, it was almost impossible, but we managed to hang in there. But his shot seemed to hit an invisible wall as...

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

Yesterday, there was only flawless perfection. Nestled a few shots behind the leaders, he shrugged off the weather delay to shoot a second-round five-under-par 67, which might have been even better had a well-read putt at the Road Hole not come up fractionally short.