Stars wary of 'Carnasty' surprise at Open Championship

Tommy Fleetwood has heard about the Carnoustie horror stories of Opens past, Pádraig Harrington and Phil Mickelson have witnessed some of them, and they all agree that “Carnasty” is a more than fitting nickname for this week’s major championship venue.

The most famous victim of this grand old links looking out to the North Sea from Scotland’s east coast is the Frenchman Jean van de Velde, whose triple-bogey seven at the 72nd hole wiped out his three-stroke lead in 1999 and consigned him to the role of Open Championship footnote and sporting blooper reel regular as Scotland’s Paul Lawrie took advantage via a play-off.