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Golf's big names fight to stay in form for British Open

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SOUTHPORT Jul 20, 2017 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Jul 20, 2017 12:00 am

While uncertainty surrounds the form of leading names such as Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy, the British Open begins at Royal Birkdale today with a plethora of players hopeful of winning the Claret Jug. When The Open last came to the links at Southport, near Liverpool on the coast of north-west England, it was 2008 and Tiger Woods had just won the U.S. Open. That was his 14th major, but Woods has not won any since and no longer does a single player dominate the sport. The last nine majors have all been won by a different name, going back to Jordan Spieth's back-to-back victories at the Masters and U.S. Open in 2015. Indeed, the last seven majors have all been claimed by players who had never previously taken one of the sport's biggest prizes, including Brooks Koepka at last month's U.S. Open and Henrik Stenson in The Open at Troon 12 months ago.

"I think it's a really impressive stat and it speaks to the state of the game. There are a lot of tremendous young players right now," Spieth, the 23-year-old world number three, said on Tuesday.

"And then you've got guys like Henrik and Dustin, guys who are still young, but guys who have been around in contention many, many times, and it was sooner or later going to happen, and it did. It was just a matter of time for them."

But, with the likes of Japan's world number two Hideki Matsuyama looking a threat, can another first-time winner lift the Claret Jug in front of Birkdale's distinctive white Art Deco clubhouse on Sunday evening?

"I think there's a lot more guys who haven't won majors than guys who have that are playing, so the chances are it is going to be somebody that hasn't won one," added Spieth.

Spieth's game is in a better place than world number one Johnson, who sat out the Masters with a back injury and missed the cut in last month's U.S. Open at Erin Hills. Nevertheless, Johnson, 33, has remained the favourite for the $1.845 million first prize with most bookmakers this week, while fourth-ranked McIlroy looks to climb out of a worrying slump.

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