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Jordan Spieth's remarkable rise through the PGA rankings began with a spectacular bunker save at last year's John Deere Classic.

Jordan Spieth's remarkable rise through the PGA rankings began with a spectacular bunker save at last year's John Deere Classic.

The Reno-Tahoe Open has landed a title sponsor and is changing its name to the Barracuda Championship under a new four-year, multi-million-dollar deal with California-based Barracuda Networks Inc.

As much as Michelle Wie prefers to look forward, this is one week when it's tempting to get caught up in the past.

Phil Mickelson is hoping for the wind to blow and the rain to fall this week as he aims for his personal "double double" of Scottish Open and British Open success which the American achieved last year.

As much as Michelle Wie prefers to look forward, this is one week when it's tempting to get caught up in the past.

From Darren Clarke in 2011 to Phil Mickelson in 2013, the last three winners of the British Open have honed their links-course game at the Scottish Open a week earlier.

After her breakthrough U.S. Open victory last month, the American star hopes to ride the momentum at the Women's British Open this week.

When the Women's British Open became the L.P.G.A. Tour's fourth major in 2001, the tour validated its claim to global golf, and the women's game has continued to expand ever since.

As an example of how much Phil Mickelson has come to embrace links golf, he is looking forward to windy, rainy conditions when he begins play Thursday morning at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open.

Birdies and Bogeys

World No 1 Stacy Lewis is relishing her growing rivalry with Michelle Wie as she prepares to defend her Ricoh British Open title at Royal Birkdale.

From Darren Clarke in 2011 to Phil Mickelson in 2013, the last three winners of the British Open have honed their links-course game at the Scottish Open a week earlier.

Golf, as Mark Twain quipped, may spoil a good walk, but Australian Jarrod Lyle thinks a tough round beats chemotherapy any day of the week.

The life of being a golf teaching pro can be, and often is, the life of a vagabond.

Tuesday's first-round scores from the 108th Ohio Amateur at Coldstream Country Club (6,975 yards, par 71):

Twelve months ago, Jordan Spieth become at 19 the youngest player to win on the PGA Tour since 1931 with a thrilling playoff victory at the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois.

The leader after the opening round of the 108th Ohio Amateur is Coldstream Country Club.