2024 Open Championship: Ranking all 158 golfers

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TROON, Scotland -- The 152nd Open, the last major championship of the season in men's golf, tees off Thursday at Royal Troon Golf Course on Scotland's west coast.

It's the last chance this season to win a major championship -- the tournaments that separate legendary golfers from everyone else.

For Masters winner Scottie Scheffler, PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele and U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau, it's a chance to add a second title to an already remarkable season.

For Rory McIlroy, it's one more opportunity to end a nearly decade-long drought without a victory in the big four.

"It's hard to explain and it sounds negative, but it's like, 'If I don't win…