{"id":3977,"date":"2025-07-17T23:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/3977\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T23:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:05:05","slug":"from-driving-irons-to-mini-drivers-royal-portrush-baffles-players-ahead-of-british-open-pga-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/3977\/","title":{"rendered":"From driving irons to mini drivers, Royal Portrush baffles players ahead of British Open &#8211; PGA Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxOcEpBWGpkaDRXNWpCOVV0MFN5aTRManpHVjBOY0FOTzVJMFpLWnJzM2Y2ZWhtbXluYjMxcXc5dXZudUctUVBYdlpFdml4V3Fwd0Vab3J5RUxpYktDdW4xallBcUJfWmhZVlFndTMzS3cxc1JqNGJwYlEwZVdFNFphMU1uRDZ6anZsbklnYkdsYkd4Q1A4eDU1cy1RdG1JdFN5cnRQckNERkgzXzZ4ak82dmZvZzdPb2ZhQ0VZSlBPSHpGOXljOGYwamMyRVZwX1RkeHRPemVSd0dqM3lKaENldWpDQmxXMTQ0bmY2d25oTml4SFM5LS00ME1PVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">From driving irons to mini drivers, Royal Portrush baffles players ahead of British Open<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;PGA Tour<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNNVN5SDFiRzBzUThqYk9nQUJCQ3ZLZjBsUXlVdURwblpSY2o2X1ZHV3NadTVXcXBVb083cGlheFB6Q1dkbWRXRVAzb3V4akF3bDFNUUh4aXh3Z0ttMjZXeVpHZDNuS0pKbUlRR3ZTREgtNGg5ZFZtX2NyT1dFT0ZseHVXYXBiRTdkVHZFOTZXdy03YVg1RE5fdzA0bXdJdkU3eFFV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;You&#8217;ve got to thread it&#8217;: Why hole No. 1 is playing a big part in this year&#8217;s Open Championship<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxQT3FST3cyNE1GU2JlbDZ6RE5zT29mU2xlZnI4emdzTXFXaVhSWVdhamJWUVM5UjRhZ2pOMVVqS25tT28xallpdmtrcDlUY0tUXzRtS014M0xlNHE5WFJZU3Boc2x4c001UnNHWGNvbktXV1dOM29QaUZZd2xQcGwwakxWaFl2S2s?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Portrush\u2019s 1st-tee surprise made for morning carnage at the Open<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GOLF.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQalltUE9SbXIyQ0ZlN0xacnhRTXZfS09HNm51Z3ExcWk3Yk91UHFYd3JpOWQ5d2tHSllpVndCcHhOWmtSMy1fMFE0bW9xOFFGbXd0QjlkM1NnNHJRQjZOWVVhRU1JdDc0MVhEUThlanltbnRadEg4SGFYR1VmcjFBMjJ2cXVjVzlmOE53TFRyRG5sZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Canadians struggle out of the gate at The Open Championship<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;TSN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxON2tvN2NVYk1lbEgtb0JzSVRURW9KLWI5YmhsSVpoWUt1R3ZKeXpiX2pTWkI4RTRvM0FqRHdMcUJSaUFaeTF1LTRLRHhQLWZTUzI0MmJENko4czdEQVFBQV85SUhtTmJKZUYxOGNpWDl2QmlIU2c3RkNCTl9qTHlFcDFIVEg3TGg5?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">There may be carnage at Calamity Corner, Royal Portrush&#8217;s brutal but beautiful par 3<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From driving irons to mini drivers, Royal Portrush baffles players ahead of British Open&nbsp;&nbsp;PGA Tour&#8216;You&#8217;ve got to thread&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-3977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}