TROON – The 2024 Open Championship is the 33rd of 36 FedEx Cup regular season events. The Barracuda, the j.v. event this weekend, is the 34th of 36 events.

This weekend, the field at The Open includes:

• The Top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings
• An impressive 49 of the Top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking
• A total of 19 past Open Championship winners: Stewart Cink (2009), Darren Clarke (2011), John Daly (1995), Ernie Els (2002, 2012), Todd Hamilton (2004), Brian Harman (2023), Padraig Harrington (2007, 2008), Zach Johnson (2015), Justin Leonard (1997), Shane Lowry (2019), Rory McIlroy (2014), Phil Mickelson (2013), Francesco Molinari (2018), Collin Morikawa (2021), Louis Oosthuizen (2010), Cameron Smith (2022), Jordan Spieth (2017), Henrik Stenson (2016), and Tiger.

Royal Troon is hosting the Open Championship for the 10th time in modern golf history. The previous winners at Troon: Henrik Stenson (2016), Todd Hamilton (2004), Justin Leonard (1997), Mark Calcavecchia (1989), Tom Watson (1982), Tom Weiskopf (1973), Arnold Palmer (1962), Bobby Locke (1950), Arthur Havers (1923)

There are 40 players in the field who competed in the 2016 Open Championship when the tournament was last held at Royal Troon. That includes five golfers who finished inside the Top 10 in ‘16: Henrik Stenson/Won, Phil Mickelson/2nd. Tyrrell Hatton/T5, Rory McIlroy/T5, Dustin Johnson/T9.

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