I flew to Mexico for a golf lesson from a Frenchman. That’s where Jean Van de Velde, the affable golfer who once nearly had both hands on the Claret Jug but let it slip away in dramatic fashion is ...

Frenchman Jean van de Velde will forever be known for the three-shot lead he squandered on the 18th hole of the Open Championship at Carnoustie in 1999, but now he’s content in his full-time job as a ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – No French player had won on the modern PGA TOUR until this year’s Farmers Insurance Open, when Matthieu Pavon played a bold third shot from thick rough on Torrey Pines’ par-5 ...

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Jean Van de Velde would have preferred to be at Carnoustie this week, staring down his golfing demons in person.Instead, the guy who threw away the 1999 British Open is tackling ...

Oh, that way madness lies. Let me shun that. No more of that. Pause. Breathe. Compose. Forget about the hundreds behind you, purposefully packed and bundled, closer to you than should be allowed, ...

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Francis Ouimet winning the 1913 U.S. Open against Ted Ray and Harry Vardon springs immediately to mind. So does Sam Snead seeing off Ben Hogan to claim the 1954 Masters. Then ...

PHILADELPHIA (KRT) -- Chalk up another self-inflicted, disastrous triple bogey for Jean Van de Velde. When the Royal and Ancient Golf Club announced Oct. 13 that it was going to throw open the door to ...

Jean Van de Velde blows a three-stroke lead on this date in 1999 when he triple-bogeys the 72nd hole at Carnoustie, setting the stage for Paul Lawrie to be the first Scotsman to win the British Open ...

MADEIRA, Portugal -- Jean Van de Velde fired a 7-under 65 on Friday to join Jarmo Sandelin in the lead after two rounds of the Madeira Island Open. Sandelin, the first-round leader, shot a 4-under 68 ...

Saying “shank” on a golf course is an unpardonable sin. So is invoking the name Jean Van de Velde – when a little-known player has a lead in a major championship. But it’s hard to ignore the ...

Apparently Jean Van de Velde didn't humiliate himself enough at the 1999 British Open when he blew a three-shot lead on the final hole and lost in a playoff. Now he's on a crusade to play in the Women ...

CROWLAND, England, July 10 (Reuters) - Jean Van de Velde's 'affaire d'amour' with the British Open will continue next week after the Frenchman proved he was over a career-threatening illness by ...