Today the moving day at Royal Liverpool opens with the American Brian Harman who leads the standings with a 5 shot advantage over Tommy Fleetwood, the result of a great second round finished with a solid 65.
It's not the first time that a player from overseas has shined in Hoylake.
Hoylake, historyThis is the thirteenth time that Royal Liverpool Golf Club has hosted the Open Championship.
The previous editions were held in 1897, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1924, 1930, 1936, 1947, 1956, 1967, 2006 and 2014.
Twelve Opens won by twelve different players, including many top names.
Let's see the stories of some of Hoylake's rulers.
The first time at Royal Liverpool was also the second time that the tournament was played outside the Scottish Borders (the first trip was to Royal St. George's).
On a course of 6,090 yards (monstrel length for the equipment of the time), the amateur Harold Hilton won over his friend and rival John Ball (also an amateur).
For Hilton it was the second victory of the Open Championship, after that of 1892 at Muirfield.
His palmares is completed by four Amateur Championships and a U.S. Championship. Amateur.
That of 1907 was the first edition won by a non-British player.
The Claret Jug crossed the English Channel to stop at the home of Arnaud Massy.
The French champion, a native of Biarritz, began his career caddying his hometown course, later turning professional in North Berwick.
In addition to the Open, he also has four French Opens and three Spanish Opens to his credit.
1930 was the year of Bobby Jones.
By winning at Hoylake, the US champion placed the second pillar of what OB Keeler called the "Impregnable Quadrilateral", i.e. the victory of the Amateur and Open championships both in Great Britain and in the United States.
In 1967 Argentine Roberto de Vicenzo became the second oldest winner of the Open (Old Tom Morris won at 46 years and 102 days old in 1867).
The popular champion (229 victories in total to his credit), a native of a suburb of Buenos Aires, fulfilled his dream after a 20-year chase.
To raise the Claret Jug he had to resist the return of the defending champion, Jack Nicklaus, putting the seal on his performance by cutting the out of bounds of the dogleg of the 15th hole with a 3 wood and guaranteeing himself the birdie.
After 39 years of inexplicable emptiness, the Open Championship returned to Hoylake.
And Tiger Woods mastered it.
He used the driver once in 72 holes, used the putter masterfully and finished at -18, before melting into tears in the arms of Steve Williams (it was his first victory after his father passed away, NDR).
(YouTube source) And finally we come to 2014, the year of Rory McIlroy's success.
That edition is remembered for a last lap in white heat for the scores of the day: Rickie Fowler -5, Sergio Garcia -6, Jim Furyk -7, Marc Leishman -7, Adam Scott -6, Shane Lowry -7, Charl Schwartzel -5 and Graeme McDowell -5.
But it was enough for Mcilroy to finish with one under par on the day to maintain the advantage he had built with three laps in 66-66-68.
Who knows if Hoylake will give us a final lap like this again this year…
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