Day not getting ahead of himself prior to The OpenplayDay hopes hard work pays off (0:27)Jason Day spoke ahead of the 146th Open Championship. (0:27)
FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerEmailcomment1:53 PM ETMatt CooperSpecial to ESPN.com CloseMatt Cooper is a golf writer from the United Kingdom who has worked for SkySports.com and SportingLife.com. He is a writer for Golf365.com and a number of print magazines.FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintcommentSOUTHPORT, England — Jason Day's golf game is a work in progress on the eve of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
“You need really good balance in this game,” he said Wednesday, and the simple fact is that in 2017 life hasn't allowed the 29-year-old to find any sort of harmony whatsoever.
Burnt out by the success of 2015 and 2016, he then had to deal with his mother's cancer scare early this year.
Previously a ferociously hard worker, he now lacked the inclination to hit the driving range; all he..

Brandt Snedeker not playing in The Open this weekFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerEmailcomment5:33 AM ETBob HarigESPN Senior Writer Close Senior golf writer for ESPN.com
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Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana UniversityFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintcommentSOUTHPORT, England — Brandt Snedeker, an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour, withdrew from The Open on Wednesday because of injury.
In a tweet, Snedeker said that he had a “rib issue pop up last week and it didn't respond to treatment as I had hoped. The Open Championship is one of my favorite tournaments and Birkdale is such a great test. I am gutted I won't be able to compete and look forward to getting healthy as quick as possible.
“I will reevaluate with my doctors when I get back to Nashville and hopefully some rest will do the trick. Thanks for all the support and wish all the players a great Open!!”
He was replaced in the field by James Hahn, who flew fro..

Brandt Snedeker not playing in The Open this weekFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerEmailcomment11:46 AM ETBob HarigESPN Senior Writer Close Senior golf writer for ESPN.com
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Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana UniversityFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintcommentSOUTHPORT, England — Brandt Snedeker, an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour, withdrew from The Open on Wednesday because of injury.
In a tweet, Snedeker said that he had a “rib issue pop up last week and it didn't respond to treatment as I had hoped. The Open Championship is one of my favorite tournaments and Birkdale is such a great test. I am gutted I won't be able to compete and look forward to getting healthy as quick as possible.
“I will reevaluate with my doctors when I get back to Nashville and hopefully some rest will do the trick. Thanks for all the support and wish all the players a great Open!!”
He was replaced in the field by James Hahn, who flew fr..

ICYMI at The Open: Henrik Stenson's sky-high ambitionsDefending Open champion Henrik Stenson has big plans for the Claret Jug should he ever manage to get his hands back on the famous old trophy. Richard Sellers/PA Images via Getty ImagesFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerEmailJun 18, 2017ESPN StaffFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintSOUTHPORT, England — Henrik Stenson's remarkable victory at last year's Open Championship will never be forgotten, but the man himself has even bigger plans should he manage to pick up the Claret Jug again in the future.
After a year of globe-trotting with the Claret Jug, Henrik Stenson had to give the iconic trophy back to the R&A this week at Royal Birkdale. He hopes to get another go with it. “I've made an official promise that if I ever win the Claret Jug again, I'm going skydiving with it,'' Stenson said. “And I don't know which is going to be harder, winning the Claret Jug again or skydiving afte..

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So many things to do with the claret jug, so little time. That sounded like Henrik Stenson’s lament as he met with the media on Tuesday at the British Open, having sadly handed back the trophy upon arrival the previous day at Royal Birkdale.

Open week has always been special for Matthew Southgate. “Best week of the year,” he said, grinning broadly midway through his practice round at Royal Birkdale. “I haven’t changed one bit since I was a kid. Soon as I rock up and see that big yellow scoreboard on 18, I’m absolutely buzzing.”

The Open has no issue with being the fourth major championship instead of the third on golf’s calendar.