In need of some sleepers for The Open? tony_sartori breaks down a couple long shots who could sneak their way to the top of leaderboard come Sunday.
Royal Liverpool is a Par-71, 7,313-yard track designed by Harry Colt that has undergone some drastic changes since Rory McIlroy hoisted the Claret Jug here in 2014, including No. 17 transforming from a Par 4 to a Par 3 and No. 10 playing as a Par 4 instead of a Par 5.The first golfer we're targeting this week is Sahith Theegala. Despite failing to secure a win since turning pro in 2020, he's cemented himself as one of the brightest young stars on the PGA Tour.
Currently ranked 31st in the FedEx Cup Standings, he has made 22 of 24 cuts this season and boasts seven Top-10 finishes, including his runner-up performance at the RSM Classic. Often for young up-and-comers in the sport, finding success at a major tournament is an entirely different beast than posting a strong finish at a standardBut that's not the case for Theegala, who finished ninth at the Masters and made the cut at both the PGA Championship and U.S. Open.
That's important to note because everyone is going to struggle off the tee anyways this week with the swirling winds that make these links-style courses so unpredictable. The main reason for this 11/1 price on Theegala is that he's failed to crack the Top 10 in a tournament since his fifth-place finish at the RBC Heritage back in April.
But all that does is give us a great opportunity to buy low on a guy who's a much stronger golfer than these would indicate, and in a tournament where creative iron and green-side play will likely reign supreme, Theegala should be a real threat this week as long as the driver is not too disastrous.
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