Top 10 winners of The Open 2019


These are the 10 most interested golfers, who have the chance to win the last major award of the year (summed up by Golfweek review).

10. Graeme McDowell

Current position on the World Ranking (OWGR): 97
Best position at The Open: T-5 (2012)
Current form: a victory at the European Tour (the Corales Puntacana Championship), 3 times in the Top 10. Ranked 29th in the PGA Championship, level 16 in U.S. Open.
Recently, US.Open 2010 champion Graeme McDowell has a poor performance. However, the host factor also made this Northern Ireland golfer one of the major concerns at the major this time.
9. Jordan Spieth

Current position on the World Ranking (OWGR): 38
Best position at The Open: Championship 2017
Current performance: slow start at the beginning of the season. However, golfers born in 1993 are regaining confidence, as evidenced by the 3rd place at the PGA Championship
One of the forte of American golf is playing in the form of links, big wind. In addition, the ability to accurately cast the ball is returning to Spieth. He is currently in the Top 10 best golfers at the PGA Tour.
Spieth is gaining good confidence in this tournament to end the title thirst for the past 2 years since The Open 2017.
8. Jon Rahm

Current position on the World Ranking (OWGR): 8
Best position at The Open: rank 44 (2017)
Current form: Spanish Golfer is full of desire after winning the Irish Open recently. This is the first title he has won since the Hero World Challenge last December.
In this season, Spanish golfer has 7 times in the Top 10, including 9th in the Masters.
Golfer's extremely good physical foundation born in 1994 will avoid many potential mistakes at the challenging coastal golf course.
7. Xander Schauffele

Current position on the World Ranking (OWGR): 11
Best position at The Open: runners-up in 2018
Current form: one victory (Sentry Tournament of Champions), runner-up Masters, 3rd place at U.S. Open.
Young American Golfer was very close to winning at The Open 2018, but the lucky god was on the side of golfer Italian Molinari. This year Xander Schauffele will have a chance to make a mistake at Portrush, in the tournament that he attended for the second time.

6. Francesco Molinari

Current position on the World Ranking (OWGR): 7
The best position at The Open: The defending champion
Current performance: Although there was only one victory (Arnold Palmer Invitational) after the Open Open last year, but the relatively stable performance made the Italian golfer maintain his position in the Top 10. the world in the long run. The best position in Molinari's 3 major 2019 major leagues is 5th place at the Masters.
5. Tiger Woods

Current position on the World Ranking (OWGR): 5
Best position at The Open: Championship 3 times (2000, 2005, 2006)
Current form: The defending champion Masters has always been at the center of any major tournament, though he has not played for more than a month, after failing to cross the Cut Round at The Open.
The biggest factor that Woods can face in this tournament is weather. Super Tigers often compete without good performance at cold golf courses, especially at golf courses outside the United States.
4. Justin Rose

Current position on the World Ranking (OWGR): 4
Best position at The Open: runners-up 2018
Current performance: Champion U.S.Open 2013 has proved stable during the past 2 years. This season, the British golfer had 1 win (Farmers Insurance Open in 1/2019). It is worth noting that he started very fast with a completely new set of sticks from Honma.
3. Rory McIlroy

Current position on the World Ranking (OWGR): 3
The best position at The Open: 2014 Championship
Current performance: Competition is relatively stable in big and small tournaments this season. In particular, this time, returning to his homeland of Northern Ireland made golfers born in 1989 the most formidable opponent for anyone.
2. Dustin Johnson

Current position on the World Ranking (OWGR): 2
Best position at The Open: runners-up in 2011
Current performance: The incredible consistency that American golfers have shown after the second position at Bethpage and a title at WGC in Mexico City.
Good adaptability to all conditions is an important factor for Johnson when he plays at the Royal Portrush this time.
1.Brooks Koepka

Current position on the World Ranking (OWGR): 1
The best position at The Open: rank 6 in 2017
Current performance: runners-up at Masters, US.Open and successfully defend the championship title at the PGA Championship has made this American golfer the best performer at the major this year.
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The 148th Open English Championship will take place at Royal Portrush Golf Club golf course from July 18-21, 2019. The defending champion of the tournament is Italian golf player Francesco Molinari.


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