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HENRIK STENSON is the Open champion. Allen Stanford is serving a life sentence in a Florida prison. Stenson's winner's cheque of £1.175million is a considerable amount of money but nothing compared to the amount he lost to financial fraudster Stanford in 2009. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE were two winners at Royal Troon. Sweden's Henrik Stenson won the Open but the People's Champion was Andrew 'Beef' Johnston. The north Londoner and Arsenal fan finished eighth and won a stack of Ryder Cup points as well as the hearts of British golf fans. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT'S all fine and dandy showboating with an eight-under-par 63 on a balmy breathless Thursday, but could Phil Mickelson follow it up on a wet-and-windy Friday in Troon? The answer as he headed for the closing holes yesterday was yes. He rolled in a six-footer for birdie at the par-five fourth to get to nine under par then bagged another at the seventh. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT'S all fine and dandy showboating with an eight-under-par 63 on a balmy breathless Thursday, but could Phil Mickelson follow it up on a wet and windy Friday in Troon? Luckily for him, that wasn't an issue on the front nine as he reached 11 under par at the turn. He rolled in a six-footer for birdie at the par-five fourth to get to nine under par then bagged another at the seventh. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLIN MONTGOMERIE is golf's Boris Johnson. He's a bumbling real life cartoon. Monty got the 145th Open under way at 6.35am hitting the first shot of the championship on his home course into the rough. Then the golf fans at Royal Troon were treated to a right royal Monty mood swing. The fact he finished with a par 71 does not tell the story of his round — one that began with a double bogey. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLIN MONTGOMERIE got the 145th Open under way at 6.35am, hitting the first shot of the Championship on his home course into the rough. Then the golf fans here at Royal Troon were treated to a right royal Monty mood swing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ARGUMENTS over whether golf should be in the Olympics have dominated the build-up to the 145th Open here. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JORDAN SPIETH said today pulling out of this summer's Olympics in Rio was one of the hardest decisions he has ever made. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THIS time last year, America was hailing its new poster boy of golf. The search for the new Tiger Woods was over. US magazine Sports Illustrated proclaimed 'The Start of the Jordan Spieth Era' on its front cover after the then 21-year-old Texan won the Masters in Augusta. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUSTIN ROSE said today he is excited to be playing in the Olympics in Rio despite the spate of high-profile withdrawals due to fears over the Zika virus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE 144th Open Championship is set up for an historic final round here today. Play closed last night with 11 men within just three shots of the lead held jointly by 22-year-old amateur Paul Dunne, Australian Jason Day and South African Louis Oosthuizen, the champion when the Open was last here in 2010. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ABIG-HITTING American has reduced the Old Course to a drive, chip and putt course again. Channelling John Daly from 1995 and Tiger Woods from 2000 and 2005, the first round leader of the Open is Dustin Johnson at seven under par. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JORDAN SPIETH prepared for the Open by playing the Old Course on a simulator in Texas. The reality of his attempt to add the Claret Jug to his Masters Green Jacket and US Open trophy began in Fife with a birdie at the first two holes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SIR ALEX FERGUSON delivered a Ryder Cup talk to Europe last night at Gleneagles. While there was no need for his trademark Manchester United hairdryer treatment, Rory McIlroy revealed today it was no less inspirational. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THANK God It's Friday is not a sentiment shared by Rory McIlroy. The Northern Ireland golfer is 11 over par for second rounds this year. Just as well, then, that he is now 43 under par for first rounds after completing a six-under-par round of 66 at Royal Liverpool yesterday to lead the 143rd Open Championship. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE search for an English champion at the Open now stands at 24 years of hurt since Nick Faldo won at Muirfield in 1992. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HISTORY was made at St Andrews — just not by the player everyone was expecting, writes Paul Mahoney. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IF the Old Course was a racetrack the going this morning would have been described as good to shallow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JORDAN SPIETH prepared for the Open by playing the Old Course on a simulator in Texas. The reality of his attempt to add the Claret Jug to his Masters Green Jacket and US Open trophy began in Fife with a birdie at the first hole. Smooth pitch into the green, eight-foot putt sunk. No bother. And for an encore? Birdies at the second, fifth, sixth, seventh and 11th. Easy game. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JACK NICKLAUS, champion at the home of golf in 1970 and 1978, famously said: "If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St Andrews." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMERICAN golf has a new superstar and Rory McIlroy has a rival. The world No1 was 22 when he claimed his first Major, the US Open in 2011. Last night Jordan Spieth beat that mark as he became only the second player after Tiger Woods to win the Masters at the age of 21. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMERICAN golf has a new superstar and Rory McIlroy has a rival. The world No1 was 22 when he claimed his first Major, the US Open in 2011. Last night Jordan Spieth beat that mark as he became only the second player after Tiger Woods to win the Masters at the age of 21. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHILE­the­first­round­of­ the­Masters­belonged­to­ the­ new­ poster­ boy­ of­ American­golf,­21-yearold­ Jordan­ Spieth,­ ­England's­Justin­Rose­and­Paul­Casey­ were­clinging­to­his­shirt­tail [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MUCH like the General Election debates, all the main contenders have been trying to put the pressure on their rivals in the phoney war of words ahead of the Masters which begins tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT'S universally accepted that Germans simply do not lose sudden death penalty shootouts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IMAGINE a Ryder Cup without Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. The fallout from Rory McIlroy's impressive victory at the Open Championship is having serious Ryder Cup repercussions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]