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 ...

I was there when ... the Frenchman became an adjective for all future episodes of golf infamy. You know, ‘That was a collapse of Van de Veldian proportions.’ Or, ‘He experienced a momentary lapse of ...

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 ...

For better or worse (mostly worse), Jean van de Velde is best known for what he didn’t win. Leading the 1999 British Open at Carnoustie by three strokes standing on the 18th tee, van de Velde staged ...

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 ...

STANDING BAREFOOT WITH his pants rolled to his knees in the middle of a Scottish stream, French golfer Jean van de Velde looked utterly alone despite the thousands of spectators on the course and the ...

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 ...

Sandy Lyle was a revered presence at this week’s British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links. A Scotsman competing in Scotland in what most likely will be his final Open, Lyle, 60, was the recipient of a ...

Poor Jean van de Velde. It's not enough that the world will see endless images and replays from his epic final-hole meltdown in 1999 this week with the British Open returning to Carnoustie. Now golf ...