The 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie

Thu 26 Jul 2018, 8:42am AEST - Sportingbase

The 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie – 19th July – 22nd July.nnAlthough the venue for The Open changes each year, making it tough to predict a winner, the one thing each tournament has in common is a links course. The course at Carnoustie has often produced a dramatic finish, most notably the Jean Van De Velde incident and the socks in 1999!nnWhat we learnt from previous winners – Only two of the last 13 winners didn’t have a Links victory to their name before their win (Henrik Stenson and Zach Johnson)n- 12 of the past 13 winners had at least a top 6 at The Open before their victoryn- 11 of the past 14 winners had a victory in the year they lifted the Claret Jugn- One top 8 in one of their 6 events leading up to The OpennnUsing this information we have selected the following players to look out for this week:-Rory Mcllroyn-Justin Rose -Brooks Koepkan-Jason Dayn-Alex Norenn-Paul Casey :For those of you who prefer a bigger prices contender then the following could go well at long odds:n-Eddie Pepperelln-Cameron Smithn-Russell Knox