The last time the British Open was played at Royal Troon in 2004 it was Todd Hamilton that came away with the unexpected win; in his 11 appearances at the British Open since getting that major victory Hamilton has missed the cut eight times.
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“What I’m hoping is that when we come to play in Tokyo in 2020 that the top players do support Olympic golf”, Dawson said.
Monty, 53, will stride down the opening fairway of his home course alongside last year’s runner-up Marc Leishman and former world number one Luke Donald.
“That’s as early as one gets, 6:30 kickoff”.
“It was great. It’s a very challenging course”.
‘I’m just glad that when you see what the Open has done over the years, it has really brought this Open Championship well into the 21st century. The amount of players that are here, and on a course like this in Scotland, it’s only what I dreamt of growing up. “It’s flawless. It’s just working out great”.
“Yes, that was all Kim’s idea and it sort of pictures exactly how I felt this morning”, he said. He has been fighting his swing for a while but told NBC/Golf Channel reporter Mark Rolfing on Monday that he feels good about it “for the first time in a long time”.
“Coming so close a year ago was definitely a motivational factor in that I would love to one day hold the Claret Jug and be able to put my name down in history with the best that have ever lived and played the game”, Day said.
“Sunday was the first time I’d been back so I noticed the clubhouse was redone inside”.
“I don’t remember everything that happened, but I remember enough to make it a very memorable and cherished event”.
“I don’t anticipate the stands to be full at 6.30”, Montgomerie added, “but at the same time as we go around the course, it’s two great players alongside me, it’s an exciting three-ball, and I’m sure the stands will fill up as we get around”.
TROON, Scotland (AP) – Jordan Spieth said pulling out of the Olympics was the hardest decision he’s ever made, and that it likely will haunt him as he’s watching golfers compete for a gold medal in Rio de Janeiro for the first time in 112 years.
ONE FOR THE LOOPER: He also had a replica Claret Jug made for his caddie that week, Ron Levin, whose nickname was Bambi “because he started caddying on Tour at a very, very young age”.
“He stayed incredibly patient all day and waited for a few good chances and took them”.
Zach Johnson has turned in the claret jug. As such, this will make for the prevailing winds to typically be at the players’ back during the outward nine and in their face coming home. Will it fit in?
“Whenever you play with someone and see them win, you look back, regardless of where you finished, to see how they did it”, he said.
He finished in a tie for third place at Castle Stewart Golf Links, posting a final-round 69 that was free of bogeys – far from a simple task. “I don’t know if there’s a ceiling, but if there is, it seems like it’s being nudged a little bit higher month after month, year after year”. You can argue basketball and, shoot, even soccer. There’s not many positives for us. To really try to conquer yourself and try to conquer your ego at times. “Maybe it’s where I grew up, in the sense that the weather’s not always terrific in Iowa”.
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“We have a pretty awesome incentive at the end of the year in the FedEx Cup (with a $10 million winner’s bonus) and then a week later is the Ryder Cup”.
