Author: Johanna Lakämper
The Open Championship 2024 is the last major tournament of the year. Around 150 players will once again have the opportunity to secure one of golf’s most coveted titles. The Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland will host the only major to be held in Europe. To prepare for the course and weather conditions, many players are already taking part in the Genesis Scottish Open.
Below are all the players who will be taking part in the Open Championship 2024. It also shows which regulations they have used to qualify for the tournament. The qualification options are summarized at the end of the article.
Open Championship 2024: All starters
Ancer, Abraham – Final Qualifying
Aberg, Ludvig – 5
An, Byeong Hun – 5
Andersen, Mason – 15
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan – 14
Bhatia, Akshay – 5
Bjork, Alexander – 6
Boriboonsub, Denwit – OQS Malaysia
Bradbury, Dan – OQS South Africa
Bradley, Keegan – 5, 13
Brown, Daniel – Final Qualifying
Burmester, Dean – OQS South Africa
Burns, Sam – 5, 13
Campillo, Jorge – 6
Canter, Laurie – 8
Cantlay, Patrick – 5, 13
Catlin, John – OQS Malaysia
Cejka, Alex – 18
Cink, Stewart – 1
Clark, Wyndham – 5, 9, 13
Clarke, Darren – 1
Clemons, Dominic – Final Qualifying
Cole, Eric – 5
Conners, Corey – 5, 13
Crocker, Sean – OQS Italy
Curtis, Ben – 1
Daly, John – 1
Day, Jason – 4, 5, 13
Dean, Joe – OQS Netherlands
DeChambeau, Bryson – 5, 9
De La Fuente, Santiago – 24
Dodd-Berry, Matthew – Final Qualifying
Duval, David – 1
Eckroat, Austin – 5
Els, Ernie – 1
Elvira, Nacho – 8
English, Harris – 5
Ferguson, Ewen – 8
Fichardt, Darren – OQS South Africa
Finau, Tony – 5, 13
Fitzpatrick, Matt – 5, 6, 9, 13
Fleetwood, Tommy – 4, 5, 6, 13
Fowler, Rickie – 5, 13
Fox, Ryan – 6, 7
Glover, Lucas – 5, 13
Griffin, Ben – OQS Canada
Grillo, Emiliano – 4, 13
Hadwin, Adam – OQS Memorial
Hamilton, Todd – 1
Harman, Brian – 1, 3, 4, 5, 13
Harrington, Padraig – 1
Hatton, Tyrrell – 5, 6, 13
Hendry, Michael – 27
Henley, Russell – 5, 13
Hidalgo, Angel – Final Qualifying
Hillier, Daniel – 6
Hisatsune, Ryo – 6
Hoge, Tom – 14
Hojgaard, Nicolai – 5, 6
Hojgaard, Rasmus – 6
Homa, Max – 4, 5, 13
Horschel, Billy – 7
Horsfield, Sam – Final Qualifying
Hoshino, Rikuya – OQS Australia
Hovland, Viktor – 5, 6, 13
Hughes, Mackenzie – OQS Canada
Hutsby, Sam – Final Qualifying
Im, Sungjae – 5, 13
Iwasaki, Aguri – 17
Jaeger, Stephan – 5
Johnson, Dustin – 10
Johnson, Zach – 1, 3
Jordan, Matthew – 4
Katsuragawa, Yuto – OQS Japan
Kawamura, Masahiro – Final Qualifying
Kim, Minkyu – OQS Korea
Kim, Si Woo – 5, 13
Kim, Tom – 4, 5, 6, 13
Kinoshita, Ryosuke – OQS Japan
Kirk, Chris – 5
Kitayama, Kurt – 5
Kobori, Kazuma – 16
Koepka, Brooks – 5, 11
Koh, Guntaek – OQS Japan
Langasque, Romain – 6
Lawrence, Thriston – 6
Lawrie, Paul – 1
Lee, Min Woo – 5, 6
Leonard, Justin – 1
Lindh, Charlie – Final Qualifying
Lowry, Shane – 1, 3, 5, 7
Luiten, Joost – 6
MacIntyre, Robert – 6
Manassero, Matteo – 8
Masaveu, Luis – Final Qualifying
Matsuyama, Hideki – 5, 10
McCarthy, Denny – 5
McDonald, Jack – Final Qualifying
McKibbin, Tom – OQS Italy
McIlroy, Rory – 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13
McNealy, Maverick – OQS Canada
Meronk, Adrian – 6
Mickelson, Phil – 1, 3, 11
Migliozzi, Guido – OQS Netherlands
Molinari, Francesco – 1, 3
Montojo, Jaime – Final Qualifying
Moore, Taylor – 13
Morikawa, Collin – 1, 3, 5, 11, 13
Morrison, Tommy – 21
Nakajima, Keita – 16
Niemann, Joaquin – OQS Australia
Nolan, Liam – Final Qualifying
Norrman, Vincent – 6
Ogletree, Andy – 16
Olesen, Thorbjorn – 6
Olesen, Jacob Skov – 19
Oosthuizen, Louis – 1
Pan, CT – OQS John Deere
Paul, Yannik – 6
Pavon, Mathieu – 5, 6
Perez, Victor – 6
Poston, JT – 5
Puig, David – 16
Rahm, Jon – 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13
Rose, Justin – Final Qualifying
Sargent, Gordon – 22
Schauffele, Xander – 5, 11, 13
Scheffler, Scottie – 5, 10, 12, 13
Schenk, Adam – 5, 13
Scott, Adam – OQS Australia
Scott, Calum – 25
Sharma, Shubhankar – 4
Siem, Marcel – 6
Smith, Cameron – 1, 3, 12
Smith, Jordan – 6
Smylie, Elvis – Final Qualifying
Soderberg, Sebastian – 6
Song, Younghan – OQS Korea
Southgate, Matthew – Final Qualifying
Spieth, Jordan – 1, 3, 5, 13
Stenson, Henrik – 1, 3
Straka, Sepp – 4, 5, 13
Stubbs, Jasper – 23
Svensson, Jesper – 8
Taylor, Nick – 5, 13
Theegala, Sahith – 5
Thomas, Justin – 5, 11
Thompson, Davis – OQS John Deere
Todd, Brendon – OQS Arnold Palmer Invitational
Valimaki, Sami – 6
Van der Merwe, Altin – 26
Van Velzen, Ryan – 16
Wallace, Matt – 6
Wang, Jeunghun – OQS Malaysia
Woodland, Gary – 9
Woods, Tiger – 1, 10
Young, Cameron – 4, 5
Zalatoris, Will – OQS USA – Arnold Palmer Invitational
Exemption Categories of the tournament
1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions up to 2024)
2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions from 2024)
3. The Open Champions for 2013-2023
4. First 10 anyone tying for 10th place in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool in 2023
5. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2024
6. First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2023
7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2021-2023
8. First 5 DP World Tour members and any Race to Dubai members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2024 BMW International
9. The US Open Champions for 2019-2024
10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2019-2024
11. The PGA Champions for 2018-2024
12. The PLAYERS Champions for 2022-2024
13. Top 30 players for the Final 2023 FedEx Cup
14. First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedEx Cup for 2024 on completion of the 2024 Travelers Championship
15. The 117th VISA Open de Argentina 2024 Champion
16. The first 5 players on the 2024 Federations Ranking List as of closing date
17. The Japan Open Champion for 2023
18. The Senior Open Champion for 2023
19. The Amateur Champion for 2024
20. The US Amateur Champion for 2023
21. The European Amateur Champion for 2024
22. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men’s WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKING) winner for 2023
23. The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2023
24. The Latin America Amateur Champion 2024
25. The Open Amateur Series winner 2024
26. The Africa Amateur Champion 2024
27. Medical Exemption
Exemptions 19-26 can only be taken up by players retaining their amateur status.
After his bitter defeat at the US Open, Rory McIlroy announced that he would be taking a break for a few weeks. He will only return to the public eye for the Genesis Scottish Open and the subsequent Open Championship, according to a statement published by the Northern Irishman on X (formerly Twitter). This week, Rory McIlroy is on the entry list and will attempt to defend the title he won at last year’s Genesis Scottish Open. In the press conference before the start of the tournament, he talks about how he has dealt with the US Open and what comes next for him.
Rory McIlroy: First interview after his defeat at the US Open
Question: They just took a hammer and chisel a little bit to the “L.” Obviously first time we’ve had a chance to speak to you since Pinehurst. Can you put into words the actions and emotions of that final round, if you can, please?
Rory McIlroy: I think the way I’ve described Pinehurst on Sunday was like it was a great day until it wasn’t. I did things on that Sunday that I haven’t been able to do in the last couple years. Took control of the golf tournament. Held putts when I needed to. Well, mostly when I needed to. Made birdies. You know, really got myself in there. And then, look, obviously unfortunately to miss those last two putts, or the putt on 16 and obviously the putt on 18.
Yeah, it was a tough day. It was a tough few days after that, obviously. But I think as you get further away from it happening, you start to see the positives and you start to see all the good things that you did throughout the week. […]
Thinking back, yeah, maybe I was a little too aware of where Bryson was and what he was doing but it was the nature of the golf course and how the golf course flowed. After the 14th tee, you’re sort of looking at 13 green, and then I had to wait on my tee shot on 15 before he hit, or you know, to let him hit his second shot into 14. Just the way the course flowed, it just made me very aware of what he was doing at the same time. So it sort of got me out of my own little world a little bit.”
Question: And next time when you’re in that kind of position at a major on the back nine, who knows, it could be Troon next week, what do you think you would do differently or seek to do differently?
Rory McIlroy: Well, that’s the thing. Not a whole lot different. As I said, it was a great day until it wasn’t. I think I touched on it a little bit. I think if anything, I’d say my pre-shot routine got a little bit long. Started to look at the target a few more times over the ball.
And then, you know, as I said, like being very aware of what maybe some others were doing on the golf course and not really staying in my own little world for the whole 18 holes.
But really, apart from that, there’s not a lot I would do differently.
Confidence ahead of the Scottish Open: “I’m playing great golf”
Question: That point I made about a shot at redemption, is that how you look at it next week?
Rory McIlroy: It’s just another opportunity. I’m playing great golf and it’s another opportunity to see how I can hopefully handle it better than I handled it a few weeks ago.
Question: Last year, it was a remarkable birdie, birdie finish. Can you just take us back to those moments and what you remember of winning?
Rory McIlroy: Yeah, you know it was obviously a really windy day, and you know I felt like Bob he played a much tougher back nine than me with everything that was on the line but trying to win your home open and all that.
I made a couple of good putts on the back nine. I didn’t make birdie on 16 and felt like that was sort of my opportunity gone. And then to finish two, three like I did. You know, everyone talks about the 2-iron at the last but the 5-iron I hit into 17 was just as good a shot if not a little bit better.
Yeah, to hit two iron shots like that and to hole the putts what I needed to, yeah, it was awesome. Sort of I felt in some ways bad that it came at the expense of Bob but at the same time it was amazing to win a tournament that I had never won before.
Yeah, good memories and good to be back.
The 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome boosted economic activity in Italy by €262million, according to an independent report.
The figure, a record for a Ryder Cup held in Europe, is an 11% increase on the €235million generated in 2018 when the biennial contest was held at Le Golf National in Paris, France.
Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University’s Sport Industry Research Centre (SIRC) took into account spending by all spectators and other event attendees, plus all organisational spending, including by Federazione Italiana Golf (FIG) on the course and infrastructure upgrades, as well as other indirect or induced spending.
More than 271,000 people from 100 different countries attended last year’s contest at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, where Europe, led by Captain Luke Donald, reclaimed the Ryder Cup with a 16½ -11½ victory against the United States. It was the first-time the Ryder Cup had been held in Italy, which became only the third country in continental Europe to host the biennial contest, following Spain in 1997 and France in 2018.
A record breaking week in Rome 📊 #RyderCup pic.twitter.com/hCa6g25D7E
— Ryder Cup Europe (@RyderCupEurope) July 9, 2024
2023 Ryder Cup: Key Findings
- Spectators staying in paid accommodation in Rome during Ryder Cup week generated in excess of 318,000 commercial bed-nights, which was worth €34million in revenue for the local accommodation sector.
- There was €72million in non-accommodation related expenditure by spectators.
- Around 19% of event-specific visitors to Rome decided to extend their visit prior to or following the event.
- Almost two-thirds of international spectators who visited for the event expressed a desire to return to Italy for leisure purposes in the next year, fuelled by their Ryder Cup experience.
The report concluded that: “Ultimately, an event responsible for €262million of economic activity in Italy is testament to the time and resources committed to delivering such a memorable sporting spectacle. These findings vindicate the decision to award the Ryder Cup to Rome.”
Guy Kinnings, Chief Executive Officer of the European Tour Group, said: “The figures highlighted in this independent economic impact report demonstrate the major benefits that Ryder Cup delivers for a host country through spectator and visitor spending, as well as an enduring legacy.
“From a sporting and fan engagement perspective, Rome 2023 has already gone down as one of the greatest Ryder Cup’s in history. We can now confidently conclude that the 2023 contest at Marco Simone also generated record financial rewards, providing a significant direct boost to the economy in Rome and in Italy.
“We would therefore like to thank the Italian Government and the Federazione Italiana Golf for their bold vision in helping to bring one of global sports leading events to Italy for the first time.
“I’d also like to recognise two magnificent teams: Team Europe led by Luke Donald, who performed so wonderfully inside the ropes, and everyone at Ryder Cup Europe, who worked so tirelessly on all facets outside the ropes to deliver the greatest Ryder Cup played in Europe.”
The team from Sheffield Hallam University utilised the same eventIMPACTS.com compliant approach as used previously in Scotland (2014) and France (2018) to estimate the direct economic impact of the 2023 match at three levels of geography – Rome, Lazio and Italy – as well as the wider economic activity supported by the event.
The 2025 Ryder Cup will be held in the United States of America at Bethpage Black in New York, with Adare Manor Resort, in Ireland, hosting the next edition in Europe in 2027 when the Ryder Cup celebrates its centenary.
(Text: European Tour Group)
An incredible run of success began for Scottie Scheffler at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March 2024. In just ten starts on the PGA Tour, the 28-year-old recorded six victories and immortalized himself among the most successful players in the history of the PGA Tour. Not only a second Masters title, but also a title defense at the Players Championship have graced his resume since then.
He used a new putter for the first time at the Arnold Palmer Invitational: Scheffler opted for the TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter. With this model, a Mallett putter, the world number 1 has since been more successful than ever before, as his statistics on and around the green show.
Scottie Scheffler: With TaylorMade to birdie rain
Scottie Scheffler played his way to his six victories in the last few months with a total of 121 birdies, 27 of which he made in the final rounds of the tournaments. He made 28 birdies from over 15 feet, 11 from over 20 feet and six from over 30 feet. Figures that prove that the world number one has nerves of steel: seven times in the six tournaments he achieved a birdie series of three birdies or more.
He usually holed his longest birdie putts from 30 t0 40 feet. In the third round of the US Masters, he holed twice from this distance for birdies, putting his strong competitors under real pressure. Another statement at the first major of the year: an eagle putt from 31 feet.
However, Scottie Scheffler converted his longest birdie putt to date at his first tournament with the TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter, at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He converted the birdie from almost 45 feet on the 15th hole of the second round.
While Scottie Scheffler excelled with his long putts, he also frequently made it easy for himself thanks to his precise approaches. He often drove the ball off the fairway and onto the stick or made long putts close to the hole. For example, at his last triumph, the Travelers Championship, he put the ball from 132 yards directly on the 18th hole of the Moving Day.
The TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter
Scottie Scheffler played a blade putter for most of his career. He played his first rounds with a Mallett putter, the model with the significantly larger club head, in 2023, but returned to the familiar blade head. TaylorMade then developed a new prototype that would be perfectly matched to Scheffler’s putting. After various adjustments, Scottie Scheffler finally found the perfect model in the TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter for a winning streak that hardly any golfer had achieved before.
The final round of the Travelers Championship 2024 could hardly have been more exciting: Tom Kim and Scottie Scheffler, both in the final flight, battled it out for the PGA Tour victory. Scottie Scheffler had a one-stroke lead on the 18th hole, so Tom Kim had to finish the hole with one stroke less than Scheffler to at least force a play-off. Kim managed the approach perfectly, increasing his chances of a birdie. A final on the 18th green could hardly have been more exciting. Just as Scottie Scheffler was about to putt, however, chaos broke out on the green: Climate protesters stormed the scene, causing stunned faces.
Protesters interrupt the PGA Tour final round
Surrounded by hundreds of spectators, Scottie Scheffler, Tom Kim and Akshay Bhatia, the third player in the flight, were in full focus on the 18th green of the TPC River Highlands. It was in Scottie Scheffler’s hands to finish the tournament as the winner when chaos broke out. A total of five protesters stormed the green from different directions to draw attention to climate change. The local police reacted with lightning speed and overpowered them. The three players and their caddies stood in the middle of it all.
Nobody can say exactly how much the situation influenced the players. Would Scottie Scheffler have holed out for birdie and won outright? Would Tom Kim have had a better focus in the subsequent play-off, which he forced thanks to a birdie, and not lost the first hole straight away?
Tom Kim: “It’s really hard to see”
After the round, Tom Kim reveals that the situation was definitely weighing on him. “The security guards were tackling people and people were getting arrested, like it’s just, it’s really hard to see nowadays,” Kim said. “… It kind of felt like it took my mind off of the moment and just kind of realized what was happening and obviously even though those people did something bad, you still don’t want them to get hurt … the police are trying to protect the players and stuff, I get it, but you still don’t want people to get hurt and I think it just kind of personally just took my mind away from golf a little bit and worried about something else.”
Behind the protest were demonstrators from the radical environmental movement “Extinction Rebellion”, who took a lightning strike on the Moving Day of the Travelers Championship as the reason for their action: “We are all watching the climate catastrophe unfold at warp speed. Our relatively mild disruption of the Travelers Championship calls attention to nature’s much more severe and long-lasting disruptions,” said Miles Grant, a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion, in a statement.
What is the right golf equipment? Unfortunately, the answers to these questions are often unsatisfactory, even from professionals, as they tend to say that cheap clubs are sufficient to start with. They give beginners the feeling that they should buy as many golf clubs as possible for as little money as possible. However, quality is actually essential for those taking their first steps in golf.
When is golf equipment suitable for beginners?
How big should a golf club set for beginners be?
Checklist for golf equipment
Fitting the new golf clubs
Other equipment
Conclusion: Even beginners need quality in their golf bag.
When is golf equipment suitable for beginners?
When it comes to golf clubs, it is therefore important to pay attention to several criteria, especially for beginners: The manufacturing quality has a significant influence on the learning success of beginners. This is because different clubs are aimed at different golfers. If you start with the wrong clubs, they may behave completely differently to higher quality, suitable models. The wrong equipment can complicate and slow down the learning process in the long term.
Many factors combine to determine the quality of the golf clubs: the effective weight of the individual components of the club, the alignment of the shaft, the geometry (length, lie, loft), the fitting of the golf club set and finally the material of the clubs. Nowadays, the club head should be made of carbon, stainless steel or titanium. The material of the shaft is sometimes differentiated according to gender: Women usually get on very well with graphite clubs, while men can also opt for steel shafts, depending on their swing speed. Recently, there have also been bi-matrix variants that combine both materials. The grip material is generally of secondary importance: Almost anything goes here, from textile to rubber. The decisive factor is that the player feels comfortable with the grip of the golf clubs.
How big should a golf club set for beginners be?
The heart of the golf club set at the start of a golf career is the iron set. Beginners can decide together with their coaches whether to buy a full set, a half set or even just a single iron club. The decisive factor here is the golfer’s personal goals. In all cases, the purchase of a 7-iron as well as a pitching wedge or 9-iron is a good start to test out the game of golf. In the long term, a golfer needs a full set, but in the beginning he can also save money here and start with just a few irons in his golf bag, but then ideally choose high-quality irons. The same applies to woods. Beginners can postpone the purchase of golf clubs for the time being, as playing with woods requires a more stable swing. In the end, only the putter is indispensable.
Checklist for golf equipment
| Club | Hcp 54-36 | Hcp 36-25 | Hcp 25-14 | Hcp 14-0 |
| Putter | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Lob Wedge | no | no | maybe | yes |
| Sand Wedge | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Gap Wedge | no | maybe | yes | yes |
| P- Wedge | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Iron 9 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Iron 8 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Iron 7 | yes yes | yes yes | ||
| Iron 6 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Iron 5 | maybe | yes | yes | yes |
| Iron 4 | no | maybe | yes | yes |
| Iron 3 | no | no | maybe | maybe |
| Iron 2 | no | no | maybe | maybe |
| Hybrid | no | maybe | maybe | yes |
| Wood 9 | maybe | yes | maybe | maybe |
| Wood 7 | maybe | maybe | maybe | maybe |
| Wood 5 | yes | yes | yes | maybe |
| Wood 3 | maybe | maybe | maybe | yes |
| Driver | maybe | yes | yes | yes |
| In total: | 8 clubs | 11 clubs | 12 clubs | 14 clubs |
Fitting the new golf clubs
Even if you are new to golf, it is advisable to visit a fitter. A well-fitted set of irons (or even individual clubs) will make it easier to get started in the sport. You can also use the measurements and golf equipment requirements determined in this way later on to complete your half set. The fitter can also advise you on putting together your set of irons.
Further equipment
Carrying is only recommended for really well-trained beginners. A golf trolley that can be used to transport the golf bag is therefore more suitable. In recent years, the back-friendly three-wheel trolley has prevailed over the two-wheel trolley.
Very few players do without golf gloves completely, as they guarantee a better grip on the club. The abrasion on the glove is also a good indicator of grip and swing errors.
The fit of the golf shoes is crucial. You can only find out which shoe is the right one by trying it out. As a round of golf involves a lot of walking, the shoes should fit well and be comfortable.
Golf balls are essential for the game of golf, as they disappear quicker than you would like, especially at the beginning of your golf career. Balls with a lot of spin are not recommended for beginners, as they usually also increase the unwanted spin. However, the choice of golf ball is often a personal preference, and beginners should also decide on the hardness of the ball by feel.
Conclusion: Even beginners need quality in their golf bag
Beginners are often tempted to save money on the golf club set. However, this is the wrong way to go if you save on the quality of the golf clubs. Beginners in particular need high quality for good initial learning success. That’s why it’s better to buy fewer clubs first, but high-quality ones. It all depends on the material and the set-up of the clubs. The putter and some irons such as 7, 8 & 9 should not be missing from the first golf club set.
Bryson DeChambeau is the new Major winner of 2024. He beat his biggest rival, Rory McIlroy, in a tense final to claim his second US Open victory. This makes him only the 23rd player to win the tournament more than once. With a total prize money of 21.5 million US dollars, he therefore won the highest Major prize money of all time. 4.3 million US dollars was awarded for winning the US Open 2024. In addition to the prize money, there are other figures that are worth looking at: We take a look at some interesting statistics from the final round and the tournament as a whole.
US Open Golf 2024: Bryson DeChambeau’s biggest weakness
It should come as little surprise that Bryson DeChambeau, the long drive expert, played the longest average distance from the tee. With an average of 337.9 yards, he is just ahead of his strongest competitor in the tournament, Rory McIlroy with an average of 335.6 yards. However, DeChambeau’s precision seems to suffer from this enormous length. On Sunday, the most important day of the tournament, the LIV player only hit five out of 14 fairways: “Man, I felt like I was hitting the driver pretty well today. It just wasn’t starting exactly where I wanted it to.” This makes him the worst player in this ranking alongside David Puig. In the overall standings in this category, he is only tied 66th after 72 holes. The best performance in this regard was shown by Sepp Straka, who hit 49 out of 56 fairways, which equates to 88 percent.
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Nevertheless, the eventual winner reached the greens in regulation 65 percent of the time, which only six players managed better than him. He also putted solidly with an average of 1.72 putts, but his putting in the final round was the worst of all four days of play.
Rory McIlroy’s most expensive mistake ever?
Rory McIlroy is tied 16th in the “Putting” category and is definitely one of the better putters in the tournament. However, the Northern Irishman will certainly not be able to forget one particular slip-up on the green in the battle for his tenth major title. McIlroy and DeChambeau went into the 18th hole with a total score of six shots under par each and McIlroy had the chance to hole out for par from about one meter on the green. McIlroy blundered, his ball missed the hole and he opened the door to victory for DeChambeau. Rory McIlroy has already had 496 putts from this distance this season – 100 percent of these putts made it into the hole. Except for this one, which robbed him of the chance to win the major title.
Nevertheless, McIlroy played one of only 13 rounds under par on Sunday at Pinehurst No. 2 with a 69. 71.78 was the average score of the day on the par-70 course. DeChambeau finished the day with a 71, which was his first and only round over par in the tournament. No player remained under par in all rounds. With 17 birdies, the eventual winner played more birdies than anyone else. An extreme counter-example here is Scottie Scheffler. The world number 1 played his worst tournament for a long time: Scheffler collected just four birdies over 72 holes. He usually averages 5.22 birdies per round on the PGA Tour.