Jean van de Velde doesn’t shy away from the reality. He needed six shots on the final hole to become France’s first modern-era major champion, 25 years ago at The Open at Carnoustie. You know how the ...

At the end of his press conference ahead of the PGA Tour Champions' Dick's Sporting Goods Open earlier this month, Jean van de Velde was asked what comes to mind when he thinks of the 1999 Open ...

Jean Van De Velde blasts out of the bunker on the 18th at Carnoustie Sunday July 18, 1999 during the final round of the 128th British Open Championship. Van De Velde had a triple-bogey on the hole and ...

You'd have thought the golf gods would go easy on Jean van de Velde on Thursday. Seventeen years after suffering one of the worst disasters in golf history, the Frenchman returned to the scene of that ...

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, ...

Slightly more than 17 years have passed since Jean Van de Velde gift-wrapped the Claret Jug for Paul Lawrie at Carnoustie and became a sports punchline. After some 6,227 days, Van de Velde has made ...

LONDON — Jean Van de Velde seems certain to miss the British Open’s return to Carnoustie — where he famously squandered a three-shot lead on the last hole. The French player, who eventually lost a ...

Winning isn’t everything. Or the only thing. There’s also losing, and there’s plenty to it. Enough, anyway, to inspire a new eight-part documentary series on Netflix. In case you’ve been pegging it ...

That’s how often Jean van de Velde is asked about his triple-bogey on the 72nd hole of the 1999 British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland that cost him his best shot at a major title. More ...

The 33-year-old journeyman led by three on the last tee. The prize was virtually his. Two or three smooth swings and a couple of putts – he could even afford a double-bogey six – would achieve his ...