Tournament: The 151st Open Championship, July 20-23, 2023
Course: Royal Liverpool, par 71, 7,313 yards. Also known as Hoylake, as the course lies in the town of Hoylake and Liverpool is about 15 minutes eastward/inland. Northwest England, on the coast of the Irish Sea.
Purse: $16.5 million total, with $3 million to the winner.
Defending Champ: Cameron Smith. The Wizard of the Flat Stick and of Oz put together one of the better final rounds in a major. Third round leader Rory McIlroy looked primed to capture his 2nd British.