The Open Championship Preview: The Potential Winners, The Leading Aussie, and the Player Nick says is 'Brutal' to watch.
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Nick and Mark preview The Open Championship, discussing potential winners and standout players.
The Open Championship is here! What a tournament, what a history. And today Nick and Mark preview The Open. Mark asks Nick about when he played in The Open Championship in 2008 and Greg Norman led at 54 holes, tied for the lead with 8 holes to play ...and he was retired and spending his time playing tennis !! As usual we have a look at the power rankings, and we start with a convo about Tommy Fleetwood - this is his home course, and Nick says there is nothing like local knowledge of a course, and Mark says he is the best player to not win a major, so it could be a good weekend for him. Nick notes that Min Woo's iron play is looking much better, and his short game is on point. Mark says this course suits Min Woo, and he is one of the best stinger players he's ever seen, and he deserves to be considered the leading Australian in the field. Mark talks about how this course has seen plenty of great putters win, seems to suit them. Nick isn't looking forward to seeing Tom Kim play, describing him as 'brutal' to watch (in reference to his pace). Scheffler is #5 in the power rankings, and Mark feels he knows why that is the case. Nick's 'concern' about Scottie this week is his putting…
People in this episode
Hosts: Nick O'Hern, Mark Allen
Topics covered
- The Open Championship
- golf preview
- Aussie players
- power rankings
- major tournaments
Keywords
- The Open Championship
- golf
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Min Woo
- power rankings
- Scottie Scheffler
- Rory
- Matt Fitzpatrick
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