With the next decade’s venues mostly accounted for and the anchor sites leaving few openings, it’s evident the true publics won’t be a frequent voice of the discussion.
The addition of Allan takes the Australian representation at Torrey Pines to seven, joining Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Adam Scott, Brad Kennedy, Wade Ormsby and Matt Jones.
Almost a year on from having to cancel the Open Championship at Royal St George’s, the R&A is currently planning three events – no crowd, limited crowd, unrestricted crowd – for 2021.
Australian Golf Digest caught up with Cameron Smith and those close to him to see what lies behind the man with the mullet – and why he could be our next Major champion.
Despite Mickelson’s best efforts to hide any identifying marks on the club, the bat is a TaylorMade Original One Mini driver with a Fujikura Ventus Black 7x shaft.
This flop from Mickelson from a sandy area has the potential to go down as an all-time shot in his legendary career. And combined with CBS’ Verne Lundquist on the call, it’s already an instant classic.
With Phil Mickelson holding a one-shot lead heading into the final round – a margin down from five shots starting the back nine on Saturday – it’s still fair to say that a victory on Sunday is an outcome many would like to see.