Tiger Woods chooses to sit out the rest of the season, Royal Troon is your scribe’s choice for Open rotation keeper, and some players are forced to make the toughest of Olympic choices in this week’s edition.
Made Cut
Completing the rotation. Last week’s stop at Royal Troon was the final piece of The Open puzzle for your scribe, having covered a championship at each of the nine venues.
St. Andrews is the best of the rotation, and arguably in all of golf for a variety of reasons, and Turnberry, regardless of your thoughts on Donald Trump, almost always produces historic finishes and is visually the most compelling of all the Open stops; but after last week’s event it’s clear Royal Troon rates a spot just shy of the Old and Ailsa courses in the lineup.