Golf’s third Major of the year is now well and truly underway! The 145th Open Championship has returned to the timeless location of Royal Troon in Scotland, with the best in the world battling against each other and the weather on one of golf’s toughest stages.
The key around Troon will be steady and calculating play, mixed with a lot of patience and the most important trait of all at an Open Championship… Imagination. All players will find Troon’s back-nine one of the most challenging on the Open Rota especially when you consider the stretch from 11,12 and 13.
The battle against the elements will be the toughest test to face. When the wind gets up shooting par will become almost impossible, and don’t even mention the rain!
Here are 6 picks whom we think will prevail against the field and the weather, and become the Champion Golfer of the Year.
