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Shannon Tan isn’t just cutting a path. She’s blazing, hacking and steamrolling one

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Singapore's Shannon Tan drives from the 3rd tee on the final day of the 2026 Women's British Open Golf Championships at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, north-west England, on August 2, 2026. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

Singapore's Shannon Tan has kept improving with every successive Major she has played in.

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On Sunday afternoon at a Major is held golf’s most heated and haunting interrogation. There are hard questions on nerves, examinations of technique, quizzes on course management. Every error has a harsher cost. Every camera stares more intently. Everything a player ever heard about tension now collects like quick-drying cement in the elbow.

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