Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where France’s World Cup win couldn’t have come at a better time. While the French light celebratory croissants on fire in the streets, the rest of the world will be reliving that time one of their countrymen let another iconic trophy slip through his hands. The British Open is back at Carnoustie, and that means anyone paying attention will be peppered with photos like this:
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FacebookPinterestMichael Steele – EMPICSPoor guy. As a rising high school senior in 1999, I unfortunately missed watching live Jean van de Velde’s final-hole debacle while attending a basketball camp. Sadly, I also missed David Cone’s perfect game that week and had to settle for (gasp!) reading about both historic events in a newspaper. On the bright side, I remember going to town on the frozen yogurt machine in the Manhattan College cafeteria… Anyway, while the French remain scarred by this claret jug memory, having that g..

Patrick McDermottFind any good thing. Seriously, anything remotely positive. Some shred of something that makes you feel slightly better about the crumbling planet around you. Found it? Good. Now type that thing into Twitter. Now watch said good thing get a torn apart like a gazelle carcass by a pack of hyenas. This, in a nutshell, is the online experience.
The technical term for this is milkshake ducking—the process of discovering an online folk hero, such as Ken Bone for instance, is actually a mouthbreathing reddit creep who makes sexually exploitative fan art of beloved anime characters for fun or something. Last night, Bryce Harper got milkshake ducked. Before the confetti had even settled on his emotional, hometown, come-from-behind, father-son-affirming Home Run Derby victory, digital rubberneckers and Mad Online Cubs fans alike rushed to their sticky keyboards to howl into the void with a single, righteous voice.
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Carnoustie Golf Links: Take a course tour of this year's Open Championship venue, and what makes it such a tough test

Justin Rose is celebrating 20 years as a pro golfer this week. He doesn't have the best Open record, but he is playing arguable the best golf of his career

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) It’s been 20 years since Justin Rose, his slight frame shrouded by a baggy red sweater, holed out for eagle to secure a tie for fourth place at the British Open.

He was just a kid then -a 17-year-old amateur seemingly with the golfing world at his feet – but it remains his best finish at his home major.

Rose doesn’t understand why.

”I’m kind of comfortable with how bad my record’s been here,” Rose said Tuesday, two days before the British Open starts at Carnoustie, ”… and I don’t feel like there’s a reason for it, either.”

Since that iconic moment at Royal Birkdale in 1998, he’s won a major title, an Olympic gold medal and two World Golf Championships, all while becoming a Ryder Cup stalwart for the European team.

He has also risen to No. 3 in the world rankings and could even get to No. 1 with a win this week.

It means his poor British Open record really does jump out from an otherwise impressive resume.

The thing is, Rose is comfortable playing links ..

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) The Latest from the British Open (all times local):

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Dustin Johnson won another trophy on Tuesday without even hitting a shot.

Johnson was presented the Mark H. McCormack Award for being No. 1 in the world ranking for the most weeks last year. Johnson reached No. 1 with his victory in the Genesis Open at Riviera on Feb. 19 and kept it the rest of the year.

He is in good shape to win it again in 2018. Johnson already has been No. 1 for all but four weeks that Justin Thomas occupied the top spot.

Johnson still has a long way to go to catch Tiger Woods, who won the award 14 times.

Johnson already has won twice this season on the PGA Tour, at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and FedEx St. Jude Classic.

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4:20 p.m.

Bryson DeChambeau has always done things his own way, including playing clubs that are all the same length and using a protractor to help him read greens.

But when DeChambeau and his caddie started measuring a hill on the green with ..

The Golf Digest Podcast previews the 147th British Open and discusses which players will benefit from Carnoustie's extremely dry conditions.

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) The Latest from the British Open (all times local):

5:15 p.m.

Dustin Johnson won another trophy on Tuesday without even hitting a shot.

Johnson was presented the Mark H. McCormack Award for being No. 1 in the world ranking for the most weeks last year. Johnson reached No. 1 with his victory in the Genesis Open at Riviera on Feb. 19 and kept it the rest of the year.

He is in good shape to win it again in 2018. Johnson already has been No. 1 for all but four weeks that Justin Thomas occupied the top spot.

Johnson still has a long way to go to catch Tiger Woods, who won the award 14 times.

Johnson already has won twice this season on the PGA Tour, at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and FedEx St. Jude Classic.

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4:20 p.m.

Bryson DeChambeau has always done things his own way, including playing clubs that are all the same length and using a protractor to help him read greens.

But when DeChambeau and his caddie started measuring a hill on the green with ..

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) The Latest from the British Open (all times local):

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1:45 p.m.

Justin Rose’s best finish at a British Open remains his tie for fourth at Royal Birkdale in 1998, when he was an amateur. He doesn’t understand why.

Rose says ”I’m kind of comfortable with how bad my record’s been here … and I don’t feel like there’s a reason for it either.”

The thing is, Rose feels comfortable playing links golf. He won the Scottish Open in 2014 on a links course at Royal Aberdeen and has done well at the Dunhill Links Championship, played at St. Andrews, Kingsbarns and Carnoustie every year on the European Tour.

Rose, the Olympic champion and 2013 U.S. Open winner, is ranked No. 3 and can get to No. 1 for the first time if he wins at Carnoustie this week.

He says ”I’ve really said that I want to get to world No. 1 by winning golf tournaments. There could be opportunities in the next six months – I could get there by finishing seventh somewhere because there’s always permu..