The R&A’s thinking coming into The Open was that Royal Liverpool might lack a bit of drama down the closing stretch. So we all fixated on the new kid in the class, the par-3 17th, and seemingly took our eyes off its big brother.
The 18th at Hoylake is neatly named ‘Dun’ and many of the field will have felt like they have been after seeing decent rounds turned into ordinary ones and ordinary ones into horror shows.
