Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2015 British Open

The Sleeper Report: Fantasy Golf Sleepers, Long Shots, and Undervalued Picks for the 2015 British Open from The Old Course at St. Andrews

The 2015 British Open (The Open Championship) Preview

A visit to the 463-year-old St. Andrews course will bring about the third major championship of the year as players look to put their best foot forward at the Open Championship.

This is the oldest of the four majors, visiting some of Europe’s most famed and historic courses since 1860 (155 years), and will be played at the Old Course once again for the first time since 2010.  In that installment of this impressive event it was Louis Oosthuizen, this year’s runner-up at the U.S. Open, who dominated the field and was able to win by an impressive seven strokes over Lee Westwood after posting a score of 16-under-par.  He was part of six non-Americans to win this tournament in the last eight years and his score was second only to Rory McIlory in that stretch.

It was McIlroy’s 17-under that netted him his first British Open victory last year at Royal Liverpool when he outlasted both Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler by two strokes, but he will be unable to defend his win after a ruptured ligament in his ankle knocked him out of the event.

The field will obviously still be very strong with all of the top golfers attending and being led by world No. 2 golfer, Jordan Spieth, who is attempting to win his third major of the year after taking both the Masters and U.S. Open.  Only six other men in the history of the game have completed the first two parts of the major grand slam heading into the Open, but as of now, Ben Hogan is the only one of them to win the British Open after the first two victories.  The 21-year-old should be feeling good, not only because he has dominated on the biggest stages this year, but because he is also coming off a win just last week at the John Deer Classic.

In all, 78 of the top-80 players according to the Official World Golf Rankings will be in attendance with the only missing names being McIlroy and Alexander Noren.  Outside of the top-80, Tiger Woods sits all the way down at 241st in the world, but he will have some serious motivation after his early exit for the U.S. Open and will be returning to a course where he has taken down two of his three Open Championship wins.

The field is huge once again this week but it’s hard to imagine anyone outside of the top-100 really having a chance at this famed venue, still, let’s take a look through the player names to find some nice sleepers who could make their marks and contend for the top spot.

The 2015 British Open Fantasy Sleeper Report

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