The winner of the 2025 Open Championship earned $3.1 million from a total purse of $17 million, numbers worth holding against the championship’s origin: the first Open, in 1860, paid its winner nothing at all. Not a reduced sum, nothing, the champion received a red leather belt to hold for a year, and when modest … Read more
Golf’s oldest championship has a naming problem that flares up every July: is it “The Open,” “The Open Championship,” or “the British Open”? The organizers are emphatic, it is The Open Championship, “The Open” for short, and the definite article is doing real work: this was the first, the original, the one all other “opens” … Read more
Every July, golf broadcasts fill with a word that most casual fans nod along to without ever quite defining: links. The Open Championship is played exclusively on links courses, it’s a requirement, not a preference, and the word describes something far more specific than “a course near the ocean.” True linksland is a particular kind … Read more
The trophy handed to the winner of The Open Championship isn’t a cup, a bowl, or a shield, it’s a wine pitcher. The Claret Jug, officially “The Golf Champion Trophy,” is the oldest prize in major championship golf and one of the oldest in all of sports, first awarded in 1873 and still presented on … Read more
Every July, the John Deere Classic turns TPC Deere Run into the PGA Tour’s great scoring festival, a week when birdies pour in, leaderboards go deep red, and the question is never whether someone will go low, but how low. It is fitting, then, that the tournament’s course record sits at golf’s most magical number, … Read more
The John Deere Classic may not carry the prestige of a major or a PGA Tour signature event, but the money on offer at TPC Deere Run is still life-changing, especially for the lesser-known players who often contend here. For the 2026 edition in Silvis, Illinois, the tournament’s total purse has climbed to $8.8 million, … Read more
The John Deere Classic occupies a unique and beloved spot on the PGA Tour calendar. Held every July at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, in the heart of the Quad Cities, it lands the week before golf heads overseas for The Open Championship. That timing means many of the game’s biggest stars skip it, … Read more
The Travelers Championship is one of the most beloved stops on the PGA Tour, a Connecticut tradition played each June at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, the week after the U.S. Open. Known for its electric atmosphere, charitable impact, and dramatic finishes on a course where legends are made down the closing stretch, it consistently … Read more
The U.S. Open is famous for being the hardest test in golf, a championship where par is a great score and winners often finish over par for the week. That reputation makes the rare low-scoring runs all the more remarkable. When a player tears apart a U.S. Open setup, it stands out as one of … Read more
The U.S. Open has a reputation as the hardest test in golf, a championship where par is a great score and the winner often finishes over par for the week. The USGA prides itself on brutal setups: narrow fairways, punishing rough, and lightning-fast greens. But some host courses go beyond even that standard, becoming the … Read more