As the 151st Open Championship comes to a close, here are some things that stood out.
- Brian Harman - Quiet Domination. Tiger dominated golf for a long time. Every now and then we'll get a few examples of single-tournament domination Brian Harman quietly dominated The Open Championship this year at Royal Liverpool. The world was waiting on a bad bounce, tough break in the fescue, or the elements to impact his game. It didn't happen. Congrats to Brian on your 6 shot win and first Major!
- Matthew Jordan - A member of Royal Liverpool since age 7 (impressive in itself since the rest of us were "members" of our local elementary schools), given the honor of hitting the opening tee shot on Thursday, and then he finished -4 and inside the top 10. Well done Matthew!
- Viktor Hovland's Friday outfit - bringing back the 80's windbreaker look.
- Will never like the yelling immediately after a shot in a golf tournament. Add in audibly cheering against someone to win. Cheer for your golfer and appreciate the others if they're beating your favorite.
- Interesting that The Open Championship and the Tour de France ended on the same day and within about 20 minutes of each other. Jonathan & his family were in Paris to watch the final stage today!
- Scottie Scheffler - Finished T-45 at the CJ Cup last October to start the new season and T-20 at The Open this week. His worst finish in the 19 events in between is T-12. Incredible season!
- Who will the Ryder Cup Captains pick for their teams after the last Major of the year? Who will they leave out?
- UK Golf Guy will be the guest on The Hole Story Podcast this week to recap The Open Championship and give us great stories about the amazing golf in the UK.
- BestBall on site at Royal Troon next year?!?!