TROON, Scotland – It’s likely far more tame than fictional Faber College’s old Delta House, where Bluto and Flounder fumbled their way through school, doing their best to outmaneuver Dean Wormer in “Animal House.” Six prominent American golfers, including the world No. 3 and the reigning champion golfer of the year, are playing the 145th British Open in Scotland this week and living in the same rented house.
It’s economical, for one – even if all these men are millionaires – and certainly helps with the boring monotony of life in a hotel room. In world order, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Zach Johnson, Justin Thomas, Jimmy Walker and Jason Dufner are housemates this week in a manse about a mile from Royal Troon.