The fourth and final major of the season is upon us with Royal Birkdale in northwest England hosting the 154th Open Championship. Royal Birkdale first hosted the Open Championship in 1954 with Peter Thomson (twice), Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller, Tom Watson, Padraig Harrington and Jordan Spieth listed amongst the winners. All the greats have won the Open Championship from Old Tom Morris and Willie Park Sr through greats like Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Gary Player, Palmer, Watson, Jack Nicklaus and Seve Ballesteros all the way to Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key Stats\/Skill Set Required<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Royal Birkdale is a stunning links course that regularly rates among the best courses in the world and has hosted an Open Championship in every decade since the 1950s. A testing par 70 that is regarded as a true examination, its primary test like most links courses is the wind as seen by Padraig Harrington winning with +3 in 2008 and Jordan Spieth winning with -12 nine years later. Finding greens, scrambling well and landing putts are what wins Open Championships with recent form, recent major form, tournament pedigree and experience the key to finding a winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Key Correlation Tournaments<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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