HOYLAKE, England — So many players showed up at Augusta National with high hopes for the major championship season. In the 105 days between the opening rounds of the Masters and The Open, so much hope has given way to a small measure of desperation.
The Open, which returns to Royal Liverpool for the third time in the last 17 years, is the last chance this year to win a major.
“This is the last major for eight or nine months, and you don’t know what’s happening in 12 months’ time,” Adam Scott said with a wry smile, referring in part to so much chaos in golf with the battle-turned-partnership with Saudi-funded LIV Golf.