The Open Championship 2026: Crowning the champion golfer of the year

[Alma]

Rory has the platform and media support to speak for the game, and he feels the need to do so, too, which I can appreciate.

I also appreciate Scheffler's decision to wait until after The Open, too.

Bryson's a different guy. Some people really are that flaky, and he might be.

 

[Alma]

As for the final round, hard to predict. I love The Open in part because the conditions tweak best-laid plans and shots just enough that you need a break or two, a better lie or the right bounce or, in the case of 2-3 of Scheffler's putts, the lack of bumps on your line.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I hope Burns hangs on. He has been so close to a major

 

[MileHigh]

I seem to remember a ball being next to a tree or something. The golfer had to put one knee on the ground for a stance to punch it out. He put a towel on the ground so as to not stain his pants. That prompted somebody to call in.

Stadler at Torrey Pines. 1987.

 

[playthrough]

Years later when that tree died and needed to come down, the tournament let Stadler take a chain saw to it. Great PR stunt with hilarious pictures of him in safety goggles and sawdust flying everywhere.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

As for the final round, hard to predict. I love The Open in part because the conditions tweak best-laid plans and shots just enough that you need a break or two, a better lie or the right bounce or, in the case of 2-3 of Scheffler's putts, the lack of bumps on your line.

There have been three 62s in the last two rounds. Anybody within seven shots of the lead should feel like they have a shot. Obviously most don't, but someone charging out of the pack is a live possibility.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Is anyone surprised there was no report of Trump calling the R&A or ranting on Truth Social about how his buddy Bryson got screwed?

2 a.m. is coming.

 

[qtlaw]

I’ll root for Burns if it means Bryson has to whine again about his plight.

 

[I Should Coco]

Wheels falling off for Burns after some short game misadventure on the fifth hole, then a drive into a penalty area on No. 6. Three straight bogeys.

 

[TigerVols]

Bryson with a triple after losing his ball in the rough is proof the golf gods have a sense of humor

 

[TigerVols]

I fear Burns might just be the last man standing

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Cameron Young looking better and better in the clubhouse after a 64 at -9

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Pulling for Si Woo Kim.

 

[I Should Coco]

Cameron Young looking better and better in the clubhouse after a 64 at -9

If he had chipped in for par on 18 and finished at 10-under you could start engraving Young’s name on the Claret Jug.

 

[da man]

I’m all in on Ryan Fox, who looks like Joe Sixpack playing the local muni.

 

[I Should Coco]

Was just typing the same thing, @da man … I like how he plays fast, has a fox head cover (of course) and looks like an Average Joe.

Of course he just hit his tee shot on 15 into the bunker and has a horrible lie near the wall.

 

[UNCGrad]

Imagine the woe-is-me act Bryson would've done with that Fox lie. Instead Fox makes his decision and plays backwards quickly. Hope he gets a good break coming in.

 

[UNCGrad]

Another horrible (Bill Walton voice) break for Fox.

 

[UNCGrad]

Love what Shipnuck tweeted about Fox: Seems to be the only guy willing to meet the moment.

Fox has been gutsy as hell. Love it.

 

[da man]

YES!