Max Faulkner

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Darren Clarke will get the British Open underway on Thursday at Portrush. Photograph: Oisin Keniry/Inpho
British Open tee times: Darren Clarke to hit the opening shot

Darren Clarke played a big part in the British Open’s return to his adopted home links, and the 2011 champion has been given the honour of hitting the(...)

Max Faulkner holds the Claret Jug after finishing claiming the British Open in 1951 at Royal Portrush in Co Antrim. Photograph: Bob Thomas Sports Photography via Getty Images
Who is the only golfer to win the British Open outside Britain?
  • Golf
  • July 11, 2019, 12:30

For 68 years, he has been the answer to one of golf’s greatest trivia questions: who is the only golfer in the history of the game to have won what so(...)

A group picture of the British team (starting with back row, left to right) Alf Padgham (selector), Arthur Lees, Jimmy Adams, Max Faulkner, Fred Daly, Dick Burton, Laurie Ayton, Arthur Havers (selector), Commander Charles Roe (PGA secretary) Sam King, Charlie Ward, Charles Whitcombe (non-playing captain), Ken Bousfield, Dai Rees, Arthur Lacey (chairman). Photo: Bob Thomas/Getty Images
A tale of Ireland’s Ryder Cup pioneer and half a ton of meat

It was Friday, September 9th 1949 when the SS Queen Elizabeth docked at Southampton and nine of the greatest golfers in the world disembarked alongsid(...)

Royal Portrush has sold out all four days of next year’s Open Championship. Photograph: Darren Kidd/Inpho/Presseye
Royal Portrush sells out for return of Open Championship
  • Golf
  • August 23, 2018, 15:57

The return of the Open Championship to Royal Portrush next summer is a complete sell out for the four championships days, with only tickets remaining (...)

Darren Clarke at Royal Portrush Golf Club, County Antrim. “Nobody could foresee that coming about during the bad old days . .” Photo: PA Wire
British Open at Portrush a dream come true for Darren Clarke

A replica of the Claret Jug, the most prized trophy in golf, currently lies on display in a cabinet in the Royal Portush clubhouse. It was donated to (...)

Rory McIlroy putting on the 18th green during the final round of the 2012 Irish Open held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush. The course is set to host the British Open in 2019. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images
British Open set to return to Royal Portrush in 2019
  • Golf
  • June 11, 2014, 20:00

A month after insisting it remained “some distance” from being able to stage the British Open in Northern Ireland for the first time since 1951, the R(...)

The green on the 210 yards par3, 14th hole ‘Calamity Corner’ on the Dunluce Course at Royal Portrush, a venue long touted to stage a second British Open. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images
No Royal & Ancient decree yet that Portrush hosts a second British Open
  • Golf
  • May 11, 2014, 12:34

The R&A insist it remains “some distance” from being able to stage the Open Championship in Northern Ireland for the first time since 1951.Rumour(...)