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Ernie Els felt something special could happen at the British Open, and it did. All because of a collapse by Adam Scott that no one imagined. Four shots ahead with four holes to play - after eight straight holes with nothing worse than par - Scott bogeyed them all and had to fight back tears on the 18th green Sunday as the magnitude of his meltdown began to sink in.

Darren Clarke gave Northern Ireland another major championship Sunday. The 42-year-old came into the week as an afterthought, but three straight scores in the 60s and a par 70 in the final round lifted him to a comfortable three-stroke victory over Americans Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.

Tiger Woods says he won't play the British Open as his left leg continues to heal....

Louis Oosthuizen dominates the course at St. Andrews and captures his first major championship by winning the British Open by seven strokes.

John Daly’s loud clothing and lifestyle excesses were a backdrop to his low round amid the tweedy traditions at St. Andrews.

Fifty-nine-year-old Tom Watson is in a four-hole playoff with Stewart Cink at the British Open after squandering a chance for a historic victory in regulation.

There are days when it's good to be Tiger Woods, and then there's today. Tiger turned in a weak opening...

Twenty-two years after his epic 'Duel in the Sun' with Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson took advantage of pristine conditions at the British Open to shoot a stunning 5-under 65 on Thursday.