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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior Author
TROON, Scotland — The 152nd Open, the final main championship of the season in males’s golf, tees off Thursday at Royal Troon Golf Course on Scotland’s west coast.
It is the final likelihood this season to win a serious championship — the tournaments that separate legendary golfers from everybody else.
For Masters winner Scottie Scheffler, PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele and U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau, it is an opportunity so as to add a second title to an already outstanding season.
For Rory McIlroy, it is yet another alternative to finish an almost decade-long drought with out a victory within the large 4.
“It is onerous to clarify and it sounds destructive, however it’s like, ‘If I do not win this, it is one other yr with out a main,'” stated two-time PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas. “It is simply the unlucky actuality. We solely get 4 tries in a yr. After which as soon as it is completed, all proper, bought to attend till subsequent yr.”
Here’s a nearer take a look at the golfers in The Open area, from the reputable contenders, darkish horses, previous champions and amateurs.
Bounce to a piece:
The fellows who can win
If all the pieces goes proper
Hey, miracles occur
Completely satisfied to make the lower
Previous champions
Amateurs
