darren clarke

Darren Clarke won the British Open on Sunday for his first ever major championship. He held off some challenges from Americans Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, who both finished tied for second. Can Darren Clarke be a consistent contender in majors? How did the rest of the Americans do?

Darren Clarke leads the field after a wet and wild third round of the British Open on Saturday. He has a one stroke lead over American Dustin Johnson and three strokes over Rickie Fowler and Thomas Bjorn. So who should you pay attention to in the final round? Can the leaders stay put?

Following today's Second Round of The Open Championship, there were two things showing on the leaderboard that made people do a double-take: an American is tied for the lead, and Phil Mickelson is actually in contention to win The Open. Most people probably saw that, rolled their eyes and said, "Yeah right! I'll believe that when pigs fly." Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit, but