Rory McIlroy (Won in 2014): After playing four straight weeks, McIlroy has taken time away from competitive golf and will head into The Open with his latest result a T19 at the Travelers Championship.
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Don't miss our full Open TV schedule and coverage guide so you know when to tune in throughout the week and check out our CBS Sports expert picks and predictions for the 150th Open.ฤก. This list below should hopefully cut through all the noise and makes things easier when hoping to identify the winner of the 150th Open Championship. George's that past success is not a prerequisite to win, hot on his heels were Jordan Spieth and Louis Oosthuizen - themselves a pair of former Open champions.
While Collin Morikawa proved last year at Royal St. Tasked with sorting out which players have a realistic chance to join the past Open champions, the difficulty lies in balancing current form, major championship pedigree and links golf experience. Historical on completely different terms, the Old Course has seen Tiger Woods complete the career grand slam, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson take the final steps of their Open careers, and players such as Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and John Daly - in addition to Woods and Nicklaus - all raise the Claret Jug on the 18th green. Andrews, the Home of Golf, is almost poetic in a sense. In a year in which the state of the game of golf has forever changed, The Open's return to St. With massive disruption in the game of golf, the four major weeks - and this one in particular - take on a whole new meaning as the importance of capturing the rare crown jewels are paramount in one's quest to join golf's immortals. Andrews is not only a historic tournament but the year's final major championship opportunity.