There have been 18 LIV Golf gamers at the Open Championship, one of many largest teams of members within the 4 majors this yr.
They’d over 10 % of the sector at Royal Troon this previous weekend. The Saudi-backed league noticed Bryson DeChambeau turn out to be its second main champion on the U.S. Open after Brooks Koepka was the primary on the 2023 PGA Championship.
Eleven of the 18 made the lower and performed all 4 days, together with previous main winners Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm and Koepka.
Let’s take a look at how every of the 18 gamers completed on the ultimate main championship.
Jon Rahm
Jon Rahm completed the very best among the many LIV Golf gamers, tying for seventh place. He made a surge up the leaderboard on Sunday as he carded a 3-under 68, however was not constant sufficient to earn that third main title.
He went 73-70-72-68 within the 4 rounds of play. It was his finest end in a serious this season. The Spaniard withdrew from competitors forward of the U.S. Open due to a toe an infection. He missed the lower on the PGA Championship and was T45 at Augusta Nationwide.
Rahm was the one LIV Golf participant to complete beneath par for the week.
John Catlin
The second-highest finisher at Royal Troon was John Catlin, who recorded a T16. He shot an even-par 71 within the ultimate spherical to complete at 2-over general.
By means of 4 rounds of play, Catlin went 76-70-69-71.
Dean Burmester
Subsequent was Dean Burmester, the firey South African participant who certified for this yr’s Open by successful the Joburg Open final November. After two rounds of play, he was in competition, however a disastrous Spherical 3 took him out of it— the 35-year-old rounded out the occasion with an even-par 71 on Sunday to complete T19.
Burmester went 71-69-76-71 by way of 4 rounds. He additionally performed within the PGA Championship and U.S. Open earlier this yr, as he was one of many few LIV golfers to take part in many of the majors. Burmester posted his finest end at Valhalla with a T12; at Pinehurst No. 2, he was solo 69th.
Laurie Canter
The fourth LIV Golf participant to make the weekend was Laurie Canter. He completed at 5-over within the match as he went 71-74-70-74 all through the 4 days of play.
Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson has not had the most effective main championship season in 2024. He performed in all 4 majors however solely made the lower twice. Johnson’s finest end got here this week at Royal Troon after he shot a 4-over 75 on Sunday, to see him end at 6-over general and tied for thirty first.
He missed the lower at Augusta Nationwide and the U.S. Open. The 2020 Masters champ was T43 on the PGA Championship.
Brooks Koepka
The sixth LIV golfer to make the weekend was Brooks Koepka, who’s often at his strongest in main championships. Nevertheless, it was a fairly lackluster yr for the five-time main winner.
At Royal Troon, Koepka was T43 as he was 8 over within the match. By means of 4 rounds of play, he went 70-73-78-71 as he carded a good par on Sunday to leap up 19 spots on the leaderboard.
Koepka additionally performed and made the lower in all 4 majors. Nevertheless, his finest finishes got here on the PGA Championship and U.S. Open, the place he was T26. On the Masters, Koepka was T45.
Adrian Meronk
Adrian Meronk is among the newer LIV Golf gamers after he joined the Saudi-backed league final yr when he received left off the Ryder Cup workforce.
At Royal Troon, he completed the match at 9-over, which put him at T50, which marked the one time he performed the weekend within the 4 majors this yr. He went 73-72-73-75 on the week.
Joaquin Niemann
Initially of the yr, Joaquin Niemann was one of many hottest golfers on the planet. Nevertheless, he cooled off some since his historic sub-60 spherical. At The Open, the Chilean golfer completed at 10-over and T58. On Sunday, he fell 18 locations down the leaderboard when he recorded a 5-over 76.
Nieman was even-par after two days of play and proper within the hunt, however going 76-76 on the weekend took him proper out of it. The one main he didn’t play in was the U.S. Open as he didn’t qualify. Niemann’s finest main end got here at Augusta Nationwide with a T29. On the PGA Championship, he was T39; this week, he was T58.
Abraham Ancer
Becoming a member of Niemann at T58 is Abraham Ancer. He went 73-75-70-76 on the week. This week marked the one main for the Mexican golfer this yr.
Phil Mickelson
Mickelson was one other LIV Golf participant who participated in all 4 majors this yr. He completed at 11-over at Royal Troon, in the direction of the underside of the leaderboard. On Sunday, he posted a 5-over 76 as he performed alongside fellow left-handed golfer Robert MacIntyre.
All through the week, Mickelson went 73-74-72-76. It was the second time he performed the weekend at a serious in 2024, lacking the lower at Valhalla and Pinehurst. He completed T43 at The Masters and T60 this week at The Open.
Andy Ogletree
Andy Ogletree was the ultimate LIV Golf participant to make the weekend at The Open. He was one spot away from ending lifeless final among the many 80 gamers who made the lower. Ogletree was 19-over within the match after he went 75-72-79-77.
Listed here are the record of LIV Golf gamers who missed the lower on the Open:
— Henrik Stenson: 8-over
— Tyrrell Hatton: 8-over
— Louis Oosthuizen: 8-over
— Sam Horsfield: 8-over
— Bryson DeChambeau: 9-over
— Cameron Smith: 12-over
— David Puig: 13-over
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