For nearly everyone playing in and watching the 2019 British Open, Royal Portrush, the Northern Ireland layout that last held the tournament in 1951, is a mystery. But while everyone is getting familiarized with this venue ahead of the year's final men's major, we thought it was a good time to take a crash course on all the current Open courses. The (re)addition of Portrush makes it an even 10 tracks in the rota now. That's a full album so it's understandable if you get your Royals and your Links mixed up. Anyway, hopefully, this handy guide helps.
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Old Course at St. Andrews
FacebookPinterestWhere: St Andrews, Scotland
Times hosting: 29 (last in 2015)
You know it as: “The Home of Golf.” There's not much more to say than that. We're guessing you don't get this one mixed up.
Unique features: The “Road Hole” (left), on which a road and a hotel come into play; Swilcan Bridge (think Jack Nicklaus waving goodby..

The British Open has a long history of surprising winners. We look at the players who were able to break through unexpectedly at golf's oldest major, including one name from the last time Royal Portrush hosted.

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First off, congrats to Brooks Koepka for being invited to ESPN's 2019 ESPYS. Of course, as the winner of four of the last nine major championships he's teed it up in (he's finished runner-up in two others), he deserves to be there. But keep in mind Brooks won two majors last year and had a horse take his spot on ESPN's annual dominant athletes list. So he's come a long way no matter if he takes home any hardware at Wednesday night's ceremony.
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But let's be honest, that's not why we're here. On Tuesday, Koepka walked the red carpet at the event's pre-party and. . . we're pretty sure no one noticed. That's because his girlfriend, Jena Sims, was turning heads for her, um, stylish outfit. Here's the photo that sent Golf Twitter into a tizzy:
FacebookPinterestTommaso BoddiAnd here are some of the reactions:
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Matthew Wolff, a winner last week at 20, has the look of a future star at the John Deere Classic

It's only taken Viktor Hovland about a month as a pro to establish himself as one of the PGA Tour's rising stars. And now, with one legendary—and completely random—answer in a press conference, the 21-year-old from Norway has already cemented his status as one of the game's best personalities.
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During Hovland's Wednesday interview ahead of this week's John Deere Classic, he was asked about being one of the betting favorites going into the week. As someone who has asked my fair share of “what do you think about your Vegas odds?” questions to tour pros, I can tell you the answer is usually a boring, “I don't pay attention to that stuff.” But young Viktor, bless his heart, managed to turn his answer into a viral moment by imitating Stephen A. Smith's trademark “Stay off the weeeeeduh” line. Have a listen:
https://twitter.com/Skratch/status/1149011156813717504
Well played, V..

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If you build it, they will come. So goes the iconic line in the overrated 80s heartstring plucker Field of Dreams. In the case of K-Cos, “they” happens to refer to a bunch of creepy baseball ghosts wandering out of the cornfield like aliens in Signs, but in the case of Jason Kidd (no, not that one), the inspiration to build a baseball diamond in the front yard of his Cleveland home came from a slightly more terrestrial source:
His 5-year-old son.
“About two years ago my son and I were playing with his plastic T-ball set,” Kidd told WKNY Channel 3, “He asked if we could build a baseball field in the backyard. I kind of blew him off. But I started thinking about it. Then I started measuring to see if we have room, and now I have a baseball field.”
Indeed you do, Jason. Indeed you do.
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