Top-20 in projected order of finish with last three Open Championship results and comment.
Player 2010 2009 2008 Comment
1. Rory McIlroy T3 47 DNP Believe the hype
2. Jason Day 60 DNP DNP Halfway to Runner-up Slam
3. Dustin Johnson T14 Cut DNP Power plays well on Open venues
4. Lee Westwood 2 3 67 Four top-3s in last six starts
5. Sergio Garcia T14 38 51 Five top-10s, including second in 2007
6. Paul Casey T3 47 T 7 Majors: 11 top 20s, five top 10s
7. Steve Stricker 55 52 T7 ``Cheesehead Assassin’’ better than Gouda
8. Luke Donald 11 5 63 No. 1 paints, has wine label, but no major
9. Y.E. Yang 60 DNP DNP Top eight in three of last seven majors
10. Nick Watney T7 27 DNP Coming off second win of 2011
11. Graeme McDowell 23 34 19 Like Shakespeare, plays best on big stage
12. Matt Kuchar 27 Cut Cut Just rolling along, making pars, grinning
13. Rickie Fowler T14 DNP DNP Contended in first Open last year
14. Martin Kaymer T7 34 80 Trivia question: Who am I?
15. Robert Rock T7 Cut DNP And his hair was perfect
16. Louis Oosthuizen Win Cut DNP Won by seven at St. Andrews
17. Zach Johnson 76 47 51 Major player, just needs to loosen up
18. Retief Goosen 6 53 2 Odds increase with wind’s speed
19. Bubba Watson Cut Cut DNP Soaring drives suit lunar landscape
20. Phil Mickelson 48 DNP 19 Still mystified by Open layouts
IN THE HUNT
Robert Allenby
Aaron Baddeley
Thomas Bjorn
Markus Brier
Jonathan Byrd
Angel Cabrera
Chad Campbell
Alejandro Canizares
KJ Choi
Stewart Cink
Ben Crane
Rhys Davies
Brian Davis
Simon Dyson
Ernie Els
Jim Furyk
Stephen Gallacher
Robert Garrigus
Lucas Glover
Bill Haas
Todd Hamilton
Anders Hansen
Peter Hanson
Padraig Harrington
Gregory Havret
Charley Hoffman
J.B. Holmes
Charles Howell III
Trevor Immelman
Ryo Ishikawa
Fredrik Jacobson
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Robert Karlsson
Jerry Kelly
Simon Khan
K.T. Kim
Anthony Kim
Martin Laird
Tom Lehman
Justin Leonard
Spencer Levin
Hunter Mahan
Matteo Manassero
Steve Marino
Edoardo Molinari
Francesco Molinari
Ryan Moore
Geoff Ogilvy
Sean O'Hair
Jeff Overton
Ryan Palmer
Ian Poulter
Alvaro Quiros
Justin Rose
Rory Sabbatini
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
Brandt Snedeker
Kyle Stanley
Henrik Stenson
Kevin Streelman
Bo Van Pelt
Camilo Villegas
Tom Watson
Bubba Watson
Mark Wilson
Gary Woodland
KEEP AN EYE ON
Thomas Aiken
Fredrik Andersson Hed
SM Bae
Lucas Bjerregaard
Mark Calcavecchia
Darren Clarke
Ben Curtis
John Daly
Jason Dufner
David Duval
Bob Estes
Kenneth Ferrie
Ross Fisher
Harrison Frazar
Hiroyuki Fujita
Nathan Green
Richard Green
Yuta Ikeda
Raphael Jacquelin
Thongchai Jaidee
Scott Jamieson
Bernhard Langer
Pablo Larrazabal
Paul Lawrie
Davis Love III
Joost Luiten
Prayad Marksaeng
Kevin Na
Seung-Yul Noh
Webb Simpson
Chris Tidland
Peter Uihlein
IN THE ROUGH
Kurt Barnes
Gregory Bourdy
Gary Boyd
George Coetzee
Nicolas Colsaerts
Lee Corfield
Floris De Vries
Simon Edwards
Craig Hinton
Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Jung-Gon Hwang
Andrew Johnston
Hiroo Kawai
Brad Kennedy
Jason Knutzon
Rick Kulacz
Chih-Bing Lam
Mark Laskey
Tom Lewis
Simon Lilly
Sandy Lyle
Bryden Macpherson
Martin Maritz
Richard McEvoy
Francis McGuirk
Prom Meesawat
Matthew Millar
Alexander Noren
Thorbjorn Olesen
Mark O'Meara
Neil Sshietekat
Thomas Shadbolt
Andy Smith
Graeme Storm
Tadahiro Takayama
Peter Whiteford
Danny Willett
Adam Wootton
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