The Open Championship will ship extra excellent golf

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Welcome to the Open Championship week at Royal Troon.

It is the fourth and remaining main of the 2024 males’s golf season, and if the primary three instructed us something — this week ought to present some unimaginable play.

From Scottie Scheffler’s second Green Jacket win, Xander Schauffele ending his main drought and Bryson DeChambeau profitable his second U.S. Open, who is aware of what this final main has in retailer.

It is Monday, so let’s briefly focus on the week and the sector. As the week progresses, we are going to delve deeper into the occasion and its historical past.

Brew a pot of espresso, seize some breakfast, and settle in as we get you prepared for the oldest main championship week.

This yr’s Open Championship course

Royal Troon is on deck for the 152nd Open Championship. This coastal course will certainly give the perfect gamers on this planet a real links-golf problem.

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Founded in 1878, the monitor started as a 6-hole course and expanded into 18 holes in 1888.

This yr marks the tenth time in Open Championship historical past that it’s going to host.

The final time it hosted the Open was in 2016 when Henrik Stenson out-dueled Phil Mickelson to turn into the winner. Players might see extra carnage as this monitor is bound to offer them a correct take a look at.

A quick look into the 2024 Open Championship area

Every Champions Golfer of the Year since 2004 will play on this yr’s occasion, together with 3-time winner Tiger Woods. That is nineteen former winners and probably the most to tee it up since 2015.

Stenson is again the place he received all of it, and so is Todd Hamilton, who received at this venue 20 years in the past.

Two-time Claret Jug winners Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington will take a look at their video games in opposition to this gifted area.

Of these 19 gamers, 16 of them have the lone Open titles.

Defending champion Brian Harman goals to turn into the primary repeat title holder since Harrington received it in 2007 and 2008.

Scottie Scheffler eyes his third main and provides the Claret Jug to his assortment. Rory McIlroy is coming off a T4 on the Scottish Open. He seems to redeem himself after his disastrous end at Pinehurst No. 2.

Bryson Dechambeau, the reigning U.S. Open winner, will look to win back-to-back main championships.

The area has 49 golfers among the many Top 50 within the World Golf Rankings.

Thirty-seven gamers are making their debut at The Open, together with world No.4 Ludvig Åberg. Another notable identify making their debuts this week is Davis Thompson, who destroyed the sector on the John Deere Classic.

Akshay Bhatia, Eric Cole, Austin Eckroat, Gordan Sargent and David Puig make up extra notable rookies within the area.

This week, a number of the finest golfers on this planet are aiming to win the oldest main. Who can come out on high?

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