The very best on the planet have congregated at Royal Portrush Golf Membership in Northern Eire for the 2025 Open Championship. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm are the three males to beat on the ultimate main championship of the 12 months, however some massive names haven’t any likelihood of profitable the Claret Jug.
Bryson DeChambeau
In addition to DeChambeau has performed this 12 months, he would not stand a lot of an opportunity on a hyperlinks golf course as powerful as Royal Portrush. DeChambeau fashions his sport on being a robotic—hitting constant, excessive attracts that fly particular distances. That does not mesh effectively with wind, rain and being pressured to hit a wide range of photographs at totally different trajectories.
In seven profession Open Championship begins, DeChambeau completed minimize, T60, T8, T33, minimize, T51 and minimize. His T8 additionally got here at a relaxed St. Andrews, which is beneficiant to the bomb and gouge technique. Royal Portrush isn’t.
Collin Morikawa
What’s going on with the Morikawa camp? The brief reply: Nothing good.
Morikawa is now on his fourth caddie of the season after selecting up veteran bag man Billy Foster. Sparks weren’t flying within the debut, because the two-time main winner missed the minimize on the Genesis Scottish Open after capturing a 6-over 76 within the second spherical.
Morikawa has completed higher than T17 simply as soon as in his final 9 begins, and he is misplaced strokes on method, across the inexperienced and placing in two of his final three. It might be stunning if Morikawa fixes his bodily and psychological woes to win the Claret Jug.
Shane Lowry
Lowry shall be a preferred choose this week contemplating he gained in a landslide the final time Royal Portrush hosted the Open Championship, however this feels totally different. The stress and feelings of returning to Northern Eire because the reigning champion at Portrush shall be an excessive amount of to beat for the proud Irishman.
Except for the psychological hurdles, Lowry is not enjoying stable golf proper now. The 38-year-old missed the minimize on the U.S. Open and completed T45 on the Vacationers Championship in his final two begins, and he misplaced 8.64 true strokes across the inexperienced in that span. The brief sport is a multitude proper now, and you will must scramble effectively to win this week.
