With six birdies coming home, Westwood rocketed back up the leaderboard with an Open record-tying back-nine 29.

Robert MacIntyre hit a poor approach shot on the 14th hole, and he tossed his club straight into the turf before it ricocheted into the air.

Rory McIlroy pulled off an unexpected and accidental trick during a shot from the rough on the 11th hole at the Open Championship on Saturday.

Rory's 56-footer for eagle sends crowd into frenzy Scottie Scheffler shot 4-under 67 Saturday to take a four-shot lead at 14 under par through 54 holes of the 153rd Open Championship. Haotong Li (69) is in solo second with Matt Fitzpatrick (71) alone in third.

The British Open at Royal Portrush has had its first hole-in-one. English golfer John Parry hit an 8-iron at the 192-yard No. 13 that landed at the front of the green, took a couple of bounces and hopped straight into the cup.

Matt Fitzpatrick's golf swing felt lost. "The Players this year, it was really bad...I couldn't find the face with the ball. It was just not good," Fitzpatrick said. "That's the lowest I've been, I felt,

Xander Schauffele figured he needed a “blackout” performance Sunday at The Open to have any chance of catching Scottie Scheffler.

Rory McIlroy's third-round charge at the British Open was derailed in bizarre fashion on Saturday when he unwittingly performed a trick shot at the 11th hole. With one swish of his club, McIlroy not only hit his designated ball out of the rough to the right of the fairway but also dug out another ball that had been buried underneath the turf.