The Open Championship: Latest News

O'Meara to make 10th anniversary return to Birkdale

Mark O'Meara will return to the site of his Open victory when he comes to Royal Birkdale to play in The 2008 Open Championship.

Royal Birkdale course changes announced

Tom Watson to play Open at Royal Birkdale

The 2008 Open Championship will be graced by the presence of one of its greatest ever champions in the shape of Tom Watson.

Last chance for discounted Open tickets

Time is running out for spectators to take advantage of discounted season tickets for the week of The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale from July 13-20.

Daly, Lehman and Leonard add their names to Open line-up

A trio of American past winners of The Open have added their names to the starting line-up for Royal Birkdale in July, bringing the total of past and present title holders entered for this year's Championship so far to seven.

Immelman will play at Birkdale as Masters champion

Trevor Immelman will play in this year's Open Championship at Royal Birkdale as reigning Masters champion following his dramatic victory yesterday at Augusta, three shots clear of Tiger Woods.

Chia, Blyth, Lam and Que win their way to Birkdale

Danny Chia of Malaysia earned his second appearance at The Open Championship after winning International Final Qualifying - Asia with a six-under-par total of 138 in Singapore. He will be joined at Royal Birkdale in July by Australian Adam Blyth after a best of the day 66 at Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong course for a 139 total, and by Chih Bing Lam of Singapore and Angelo Que of the Philippines who survived a play-off against Japan's Tomohiro Kondo to earn the last two places.

Chia sets six-under target in chase for Open places

Malaysia's Danny Chia has virtually sealed his second appearance at The Open Championship after carding a second successive three-under-par 69 at International Final Qualifying - Asia in Singapore.

Ali misses chance of outright first-round lead

Big-hitting Yasin Ali of England missed the chance of the outright lead after the first round of International Final Qualifying - Asia at Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong course in Singapore when he drove into a lake on the final hole.

Asian trio set early pace at Sentosa

Antonio Lascuna of the Philippines and Japanese duo Tomohiro Kondo and Keiichiro Fukabori set the early pace at The Open Championship International Final Qualifying - Asia with two-under-par rounds of 70 at the Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong course.