The last time Royal Troon hosted The Open we were gifted one of the great Major championship duels of the modern era.
Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson seperated themselves from the field and went nuclear.
Stenson eventually prevailed - winning by 3 shots - a margin which does not truly depict how close their battle was.
The seperation was gargantuan.
That's a word I never thought I'd use but seems fitting for the dust they left behind them.
So what will we see this year?
At Troon the weather ALWAYS plays a part. Located on the west coast of Scotland - this course can get the teeth of weather fronts hitting the north of the UK.
The Goat Track lads did some research and recorded their thoughts in Episode 32.
Here is a quick summary of some picks from different ranking categories for you to consider when building a team:
Ranks > 100 (TBag)
Romain Langasque (101)
Marcel Siem (108)
Shubankar Sharma (113)
Ernie Els (114)
(and a cheat pick of Mathew Jordan at 98)
Ranks 70-99 (Mike)
Bob Macintyre (70)
Nicolai Hojgaard (82)
John Catlin (95)
Rikhuya Hoshino (97)
(and a cheat pick of Stenson at 100)
Ranks 40 - 69 (Hoff)
Brooks Koepka (43)
Dean Burmester (47)
Rasmus Hojgaard (66)
(and a cheat pick of Bob Mac at 70)
Ranks 11-39 (JDV)
Tyrell Hatton (13)
Tom Kim (26)
Shane Lowry (32)
Sepp Straka (37)
And Picks to win from the Top 10:
Mike: Tommy Fleetwood
Hoff: Ludvig Aberg
JDV: Jon Rahm
TBag: Rory McIlroy
Good luck out there!
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