About this episode

The episode reviews the dramatic finish of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, focusing on Ryan Fox's performance and course conditions throughout the week.

We look back on a dramatic finish at Royal Birkdale, where Ryan Fox closed with a strong Sunday round and won on the 72nd hole. We say he stayed composed under pressure, kept executing shots, and handled some very unlucky breaks on the closing holes without letting them affect him. We also discuss how the course played over the week. We say it was firm, dry and much harder in the afternoon, while the morning wave had the best scoring conditions. We note that the changes to the course produce...

Topics covered

• Open Championship
• golf
• course conditions
• pressure
• dramatic finish

Keywords

• Open Championship
• Ryan Fox
• Royal Birkdale
• golf course conditions
• dramatic finish

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Royal Birkdale

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