Tradition and history in the oldest Major in the world. At the home of the Beatles, the dances of The Open Championship 2023, now in edition number 151, begin today. All the best in the world, PGA and LIV, will perform. Two Italians: together with Guido Migliozzi there will be Francesco Molinari, the only compatriot to have ever won a Major, just this (the year was 2018, they played Carnoustie).
The Open Championship 2023, scheduleLet's start with the records linked to The Open Championship 2023. There will be 156 players in all: 41 are making their debut, six are amateurs. There will be no Filippo Celli, the blue amateur who won the Silver Medal as the best amateur last year. Before him the Silver Medal went to Manassero.
Fifteen past winners. Among them Stewart Cink whose success in 2009 is linked to the misadventure of Tom Watson (five titles) who missed a putt from just over a metre. If he had put it he would have become at 60 the oldest winner of the event and the one with the most titles. Instead the first record remains with Old Tom Morris (46 years, 102 days, in 1867) while the record holder remains Harry Vardon (six titles). Watson, in fact, after failing that putt lost in the playoff. Another past winner, John Daly, on the other hand, in 1995 overtook Costantino Rocca in the playoffs, second, who remained the best Italian result until Molinari's exploits.
Cameron Smith's -20 last year (268 strokes on par 72) equaled Henrik Stenson's lowest par score (264, -20, par 71, in 2016). However, the Swede is a record holder in terms of strokes. Returning to Old Tom Morris, he is the player who won with the greatest gap, 13 strokes on the second, in 1862 (played over 36 holes). A record that will probably still hold out at The Open Championship 2023 and which was also the case for the other Majors until 2000. In that year Tiger Woods inflicted 15 on Miguel Angel Jimenez and Ernie Els in the US Open.
There have been 27 multiple winners in the history of the tournament. Leader of the list, as mentioned, Harry Vardon with six successes followed with five by Watson, James Braid, John Henry Taylor and Peter Thomson.
In the fourth and final Slam, the Australian Cameron Smith, number 7 in the world ranking, will defend the title, one of the twelve players from the Arab Super League on the field. The Australian will attempt a consecutive encore, the first since Padraig Harrington's brace (2007, 2008). If successful, two out of four Majors in 2023 will go to a golfer linked to the Arab SuperLeague.
It is being played for the 52nd time in England to 97 in Scotland and two in Northern Ireland. The Open stops at Royal Liverpool for the thirteenth time: the first time in 1897 and the previous time in 2014 when Rory McIlroy won. Fresh from his success in the Genesis Scottish Open, the Northern Irishman, world number two, finds ample space among the favorites together with Scottie Scheffler, number one, and Jon Rahm, number three.
With so many champions, the list of possible protagonists is obviously long. From Xander Schauffele to Patrick Cantlay, from Matt Fitzpatrick to Max Homa to continue with Koepka, Jordan Spieth (scored in 2017). And again Collin Morikawa (his title in 2021), Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas to switch to outsiders such as Wyndham Clark, the third major winner of the season (US Open), Tony Finau, Sam Burns, Tom Kim and Tyrrell Hatton.
Francesco Molinari disputes the 53rd Major in his career with 15th appearance at The Open. He has also competed in 12 Masters, 13 US Opens and as many PGA Championships. Guido Migliozzi is in his sixth Major, the third in Great Britain. He also played one Masters and two US Opens, where he finished fourth and fourteenth. Naturally, the game is also played from a Ryder Cup perspective. There is still room to join the team with a great company or perhaps with one of the six wild cards available to Luke Donald.
The European captain will be absent from the occasion, while US captain Zach Johnson, who took home the Claret Jug in 2015, will be there.
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