The Open Notes and Players to Keep an Eye On (including Europeans)

THE OPEN

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THE OPEN

BEST PAST PERFORMANCES, PAST WINNERS - NAME/YEAR

Cam Smith beath Rory

Rory won at Hoylake in 2014

LOCATION STYLE

Royal Liverpool

Accuracy off the tee

Iron accuracy

Not necessarily the longest driver

Lots of bunkers

RECENT WINNERS (this year)

Rory McIlroy has been winning a lot

Sepp Straka

Rickie Fowler

Wyndham Clark***

Viktor Hovland*** ***

Keegan Bradley

Brooks Koepka***

RECENT GUYS WHO ARE GOOD, BUT NOT WINNING AS MUCH

MacIntyre has been playing well

Rahm***

Scheffler***

Byeong Hun An

Cam Young

Morikawa***

Schauffle

Cantlay

Homa***

EUROPEAN PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED WELL WHO DON'T APPEAR ON THE STATS PAGES

Rasmus Hojgaard

David Lingmerth

Nacho Elvira

Christian Bezuidenhout

Min Woo Lee***

Matt Wallace

Matt Fitzpatrick*** (his younger brother played in a event there)

WEATHER

Rain and wind every day

Sorry for the generalities, obviously Scheffler and Rahm are more than just good, but hey, I only had so much time on Monday morning. 

Weather note: Looks like potentially heavy rain on Saturday, keep an eye on that. May be one of those days where the leaders get stuck in the muck. If so, may want to pay attention to live bet action, someone with an early tee time climbing up the leaderboard.