British Open 2025: Your vibes-only guide to the top 41 contenders at Portrush

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — If you're keeping track at home, the "vibes-only" franchise remains 100 percent at picking major winners, starting with Rory McIlroy at Augusta (we had him 41st) and continuing with Scottie Scheffler at the PGA (first). I know what you're thinking: What about J.J. Spaun at Oakmont? Well guess what buddy, we didn't do a vibes-guide at Oakmont, because everyone forgot about it. That's how vibes-based this is—anything can happen, including dropping the ball entirely. But I'll guarantee you this: If we had done a U.S. Open vibes-only guide, Spaun would have been on there, too. (I can guarantee this because there's absolutely no way for you to fact check it.)

Now it's time to train our vibes on Northern Ireland, a land of classically iffy vibes, to tell you exactly who will win the Open at Portrush. I'll offer the same explanation for the third time this year: this guide is for people who have not watched a minute of golf this year and want a quick catch-up, or for diehards who watch and read everything but have had enough of useful information. And once again, if you're a hyper-sensitive agent looking to get mad at a media member for jokes, you've landed in the right spot.

Real analysis is here. From this point on, you're riding the vibe train, baby. CHOO-CHOO!

41. Rory McIlroy

Good Vibes: You may have heard the big one, which is that he's from Northern Ireland. He also shot a 61 here once, which was a course record, and I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that if he goes 61-61-61-61, he's at least making a playoff. And he just had a really good week at the Scottish, too. If it wasn't a vibes-post tradition to rank him 41st, I'd give serious consideration to putting him 40th or even 39th.

Bad Vibes: The last time they held the Open here, in 2019, with the eyes of a nation on him, he ejected from the heavy moment as fast as humanly possible, knocking his opening tee shot OB and shooting a 79. Fast forward five years, and after achieving his dream of a career slam and getting everything he could possibly want from a professional standpoint, he has reacted by becoming a serial grump. "He's going to be free to soar!" many of us said, after he won his green jacket, but now his main focus seems to be getting chippy with the media and playing well below his previous standard. The Oscar Wilde quote "when the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers" wasn't written for Rory, but it may as well have been.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? People this high on the list are usually reserved for "hell no" but with Rory, it's obviously possible. Problem is, everything about this guy is so changeable that it's a fool's game to predict. He'll either win by a dozen or fall down a dune ridge and continue rolling right into the sea. Either way, it should be fun.

40. Brian Campbell

Good Vibes: Two-time PGA Tour winner this year! (Also, ever.) Gritty playoff grinder! Name sounds vaguely Scottish.

Bad Vibes: Statistically, one of the worst two-time tour winners we've had this century. Only drives the ball 150 yards.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? No. He may be blown away by the cruel Irish winds. They will have to weigh him down with peat moss and doubloons (centuries old Irish gold coins).

39. Brooks Koepka

Good Vibes: He used to win majors. Look it up.

Bad Vibes: Seemingly not great at golf this year, though it's hard to tell from his sub-mediocre LIV results, since there's absolutely no chance he cares.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Can't see it, despite flickering signs of life at Oakmont. He's not DJ level, where I don't bother including him on the list anymore, but it feels like the big drama with Brooks is what he'll do when the LIV contract expires ... not what happens on Sundays at majors.

38. Cam Smith

Good Vibes: Nobody seems to hate him for going to LIV; he's maintained that laidback but subtly intense Aussie demeanor, where you think if he wasn't a professional golfer, his front yard would be full of old gas cans and he'd have a snake named Reggio tattooed on his neck.

Bad Vibes: He used to be the "reigning Open champion," but now when you say something nice about him you have to spout meaningless sentences like "he was T-7 at LIV Golf Andalucia!" Three majors played this year, three missed cuts.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? One word, eight Aussie syllables: No.

37. Sepp Straka

Good Vibes: Playing fine golf all year! Two wins! A top-10 player!

Bad Vibes: He's been so bad at the majors, and there's no good explanation. This is Joaquin Niemann-on-steroids level stuff. The dude has missed four cuts all year, and three of them were at the majors...he had two top-10 finishes in 2023, but he's on great form this year and it's hard not to think he's a little messed up in the noggin when it comes to the biggies.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? I think he kinda does, but also, maybe he's doomed. Until proven otherwise, my gut says he's lost that major mojo.

36. Ryan Peake/Ryan Fox

Good Vibes: One is a former convict profiled by Golf Digest's own Joel Beall, and one is not, but both are from Oceania, and both are named Ryan, so you have to ask: Are these men alter-egos of one another? Is this an Aussie/Kiwi Jekyll & Hyde situation? And if so, can they turn on their light and dark sides at will on the course? Feels like a potentially massive advantage.

Bad Vibes: There is a chance, albeit a small one, that they are two different people who are both unlikely to win the Open Championship.

Does he (they) have a snowball's chance in hell? They have a didgeridoo's chance in a billabong.

35. Brian Harman

Good Vibes: This is his major! The Butcher of Hoylake is back, and he's ready to stalk and kill Northern Irish prey! The crossbow of American justice has landed on foreign shores!

Bad Vibes: His summer play has been very average, with just one top 10 at the Travelers, so he's probably not ready to trade salvos with the big guns.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? No. The winds of the north coast will bag and tag him, and then they'll pose with his dead body for a controversial Instagram photo.

34. Maverick McNealy

Good Vibes: He somehow became very good without anyone noticing. Perhaps without ever playing. Can they just give out OWGR top-10s for nothing now? A sort of reverse LIV?

Bad Vibes: His major finishes this year are T-32, T-33, and 37. So I've wisely eyeballed the average and stuck him here, and frankly I have nothing else to say.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Nahhh.

33. Aaron Rai

Good Vibes: Still wearing two gloves and positioning himself as an icon for sweaty boys like me who need those black rain gloves to avoid a veritable waterfall of human perspiration swamping the grips of my club. Representation matters—thank you, Aaron.

Bad Vibes: He's the Mav McNealy of the English, in the sense that I don't know how he rose this high in the world rankings ... this despite the fact that I was present for his most recent win, last year at the Wyndham. I had forgotten he won until I just looked, and you know why? Because Matt Kuchar did the weirdest thing ever at that event by forcing everyone to come back for a pointless Monday finish, and it's all I can remember.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? As we covered in Local Knowledge podcast this week, English golfers are cursed at the Open. He's cooked.

32. Jordan Spieth

Good Vibes: Very much on the outside looking in for the Ryder Cup, so maybe this is the fire he needs to break through?

Bad Vibes: We're stuck in a Spieth holding pattern, which is kind of the worst Spieth mode. Crazy domination? Hell yes. Schizo feast or famine? Also, great. Steady journeyman path? Boring, even for him. Planet Spieth needs a shake-up.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Almost definitely not, but there's a lingering demon in my head saying "when he wins a major again, it's going to be weird as hell, and you never know when the magic will happen." Still, though: no.

31. Joaquin Niemann

Good Vibes: The King of LIV! Four wins on the year, and seemingly a million miles ahead of his nearest competitor.

Bad Vibes: None of the LIV stuff seems to translate. He did get his first major top 10 at the PGA this year, but at Oakmont it was right back to a missed cut, and his major stumbles continue to be a weird look for LIV, that the jewel of the breakaway tour doesn't yet have the moxie to dance with the big dogs.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? No. Until proven otherwise, he's officially rated major-soft.

30. Jason Day

Good Vibes: Hey man, he's still around! Ole J-Day, not going anywhere. He's vaguely in contention sometimes, he wears weird clothes now, and the child that that was a baby is now disconcertingly old, but there he is, still kicking it, still giving us our very minor thrills. Hey, we say, with a mix of surprise and appreciation, there's Jason Day.

Bad Vibes: The clothes are REAL weird.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? A reluctant no, mostly because it's hard to get a sense of what Day is actually doing out there, what his goals are, and if he's dying to win majors or just content to be in the mix here and there. And the man who used to be a major top-10 machine has just two since the pandemic.

29. Min Woo Lee

Good Vibes: His sister won a major. Also, the television tells me he's cool and has a cool nickname. Many people older than me have ensured me he's considered cool with many people younger than me.

Bad Vibes: After winning at Houston, a huge coup in his young career, he's been coming up empty in majors, with a 49th at the Masters segueing into two missed cuts.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Nope. Portrush is a weird fit, and if I know my sibling psychology, he's probably reeling from Minjee's triumph.

28. Patrick Reed

Good Vibes: He won LIV Dallas. Will have to win this tournament outright to have a prayer at the Ryder Cup, so maybe that's motivation.

Bad Vibes: It's been months since the last time we did this, and I still can't think of any.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? It is technically possible for him to win the Open.

27. Wyndham Clark

Good Vibes: Gave what seemed like a sincere apology after the unbelievably childish display of destroying part of the locker room at Oakmont.

Bad Vibes: The unbelievably childish display of destroying part of the locker room at Oakmont.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Probably not, but the R&A is currently wrapping the claret jug in 16 cubic feet of bubble wrap just in case.

26. Harris English

Good Vibes: His caddie spent time in prison, meaning he's probably the most badass looper on the circuit.

Bad Vibes: Now they won't let the caddie into the UK, because the British like their visitors prim and proper, and if you're going to sell drugs, it better be performance-enhancing garden seeds.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? No, right up until the moment his caddie comes to the first tee on a motorcycle, with leather jacket and slicked-back Fonzie chair. Then, yes.

25. Corey Conners

Good Vibes: More like Bore-y Conners.

Bad Vibes: Sorry, that part above was supposed to go here, in the bad vibes section.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? In theory, yes. He's got all parts of his game working, including his putting, which isn't spectacular but is way better than in years past. In practice, though? I can't talk myself into his ceiling being higher than T-6. Sorry to all of Canada.

24. The Danes

Good Vibes: There are so many good Danes now! Several of them are named Rasmus, at least two are brothers, and I think all of them have two consecutive As in their last names. Plus, historically, the Danes have had a lot of success on the northern coast of Ireland.

Bad Vibes: It is difficult to tell which Dane will succeed in which major, so this is fundamentally unhelpful.

Do they have a snowball's chance in hell? Danes LOVE snowballs. At least, I imagine they do. But did you know no Danish man has won a golf or tennis major? Thomas Bjorn finished second a couple times, but that's it. Only Caroline Wozniacki (tennis) has captured a major for the Danes, so maybe they can go have a chat with Rory and see if he has any insight from their time together.

23. Hideki Matsuyama

Good Vibes: It's amazing how aggressively under the radar Hideki has been since winning the Sentry with a record-breaking score in the very first week of the year. I'm wracking my brain and can think of absolutely nothing to write here.

Bad Vibes: He's not even playing that bad! There's nothing here either. For perhaps the first time in my career, I have almost zero thoughts about Hideki Matsuyama.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? I guess so? I don't know. Somebody help me, I'm lost.

22. J.J. Spaun

Good Vibes: Beloved shock champion at Oakmont with the California voice and steel under pressure that you would never, ever expect from him.

Bad Vibes: Has literally never played an Open Championship, which is sorta nuts. It does feel like you need to have some clue how to play around places like these before you can crack it.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Not much of one, but yes, and imagine how ridiculous it would be if our two-time major winner for 2025 was J.J. Spaun. It seems outlandish, but remember, this guy was one more roll of a putt on 18 at Sawgrass from doing the old Martin Kaymer Players-USO double. He keeps showing up!

21. Ben Griffin

Good Vibes: We haven't seen a ton of Mr. Griffin of late, but I have no reason to believe he doesn't have some of the red-hot form left over from the summer. And I still love his cop glasses.

Bad Vibes: Apparently, he's too good to play in Scotland. WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCOTLAND, YE BAMPOT?! YE DOBBER?! YE DAFTY CLATTY?! (I just Googled all of these, my apologies if any of them are deeply offensive.)

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? I can't talk myself into it, but can't give an outright no, either. Form your own opinion, please.

20. Adam Scott

Good Vibes: He's doing the Justin Rose thing where he's putting himself in contention despite the fact that it feels like he should be fading into the middle stages of being an oldster. This fellow just won't sit in his rocking chair and reminisce with his great-grandchildren, and you have to admire it.

Bad Vibes: Scott hasn't had the easiest time under pressure in majors, and while he does have his historic Masters victory under his belt, it was tough to watch him drop a 79 from the final group at the U.S. Open ... it was a tremendous chance for him, with the worst possible results.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? He does, but he was cut here in 2019, and I'm not convinced he's got the pressure chops to pull it off even if he gets close.

19. Cam Young

Good Vibes: Was right in the mix at the U.S. Open, finishing T-4. Did you not notice him? What does he have to do, a song-and-dance to get you to pay attention?

Bad Vibes: I have no clue what this man's motivations are, what his personality is like, or if even likes golf that much. He's incredibly talented, but totally quiet, and at this point I've just stopped guessing and chalked him up as inscrutable. But I also think there's something limiting about the inscrutability, at least on the course.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Yes, with this kind of firepower you're never far from contending. But if that doesn't sound very convincing, it's because I'm not very convinced. We want our champions to have that extra something, while Young too often feels like an observer rather than attacker.

18. Keegan Bradley

Good Vibes: He's probably going to get to play in the Ryder Cup, which seems way better than captaining it, where if you lose, everyone hates you, but if you win, ingrates like Joel Beall try to say your role didn't even matter.

Bad Vibes: Just give up the captaincy, dude. Let Jim Furyk do it, and you save your turn for a decade from now when you can really enjoy it. Trying to do both is a good way to screw everything up. Why are we doing this? Why does America go out of its way to try to lose??

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? At Portrush? Are we talking about Portrush again? Because I'm back in Ryder Cup zone, baby! (Sure, he could win here...his game is very good right now. But DROP THE CAPTAINCY, KEEGAN.)

17. Matt Fitzpatrick

Good Vibes: He's kinda back! Two top 10s in his last two events, and the whole world is shouting "Fitzy!" again, like he's The Beatles playing at Shea Stadium. I'm worried for his safety.

Bad Vibes: I love the signs of his life, but man, where did this guy go for the last two years? Did he at least call his parents to let them know he was safe?

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? I think so, but I also default to the old rule that when you've been away from major pressure for a long time, you need a test run under the gun before you can pull off a win. I wouldn't be surprised to see him in the last few tee times Sunday, I would be surprised to see him holding the Jug. Much less pouring huge quantities of honey all over himself from the jug. Why would he do that? Why would you ask me that?

16. Sam Burns

Good Vibes: Played beautifully at the U.S. Open, until he didn't ... at which point he really didn't. (Sorry, I've bad vibed the good vibes section.)

Bad Vibes: At Oakmont, he had what I'm calling the "Justin Thomas Window," the chance to win a major and come out from his best friend's shadow, as JT did after his first PGA Championship in '17 to create some narrative separation from Spieth. Unfortunately, Burns remains "Scottie's best pal" for the moment.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Hard to tell if he'll gain belief from his near miss at Oakmont, or crumble into a state of total permanent devastation. But when you putt as well as he does, the answer is yes, he's definitely got a chance.

15. Russell Henley

Good Vibes: This is the first year I can remember where everyone has talked about him before each major, a product of his own good play and perhaps the reflected fame of being Scottie's chosen partner at the Presidents Cup—a role he's probably going to reprise at the Ryder Cup unless Burns screws it up for him. If I were Henley, I'd start hanging around Scottie constantly and making up mean things Burns said about him.

Bad Vibes: He did get a sneaky top 10 at Oakmont, but he still hasn't translated this newfound form into a really good major.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? I keep thinking yes at these majors, so maybe no? Also, is there any precedent for an unexpected guy from the University of Georgia experiencing a mini-renaissance and winning a major on a links course? I'm too lazy to research, but probably not.

14. Patrick Cantlay

Good Vibes: Honestly, there aren't many. The game is just decent-to-solid, with a few top-five finishes over the year, and aside from that he's been largely quiet. Probably saving it up for a good hat controversy at the Ryder Cup. Maybe he'll wear two this year.

Bad Vibes: Still seems like the kind of guy who uses the phrase "Bah humbug!" unironically.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? I'm going to say yes, but with the least amount of belief attached to that word in recorded history.

13. Justin Thomas

Good Vibes: He's playing well enough that he's going to make the Ryder Cup without having to use year-long hypnosis on the captain. Zach Johnson still clucks like a chicken every time he hears the letters "J" and "T" back-to-back.

Bad Vibes: He's been aggressively bleh at the majors ever since his win at Southern Hills in '22, to the point that you almost don't think about him on weeks like these.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? In theory yes, but also, he's never had a top 10 at the Open, and nothing about his resume screams "links golfer," so uhhh ... maybe not?

12. Xander Schauffele

Good Vibes: The slow "creeping back to greatness" act took its latest halting step with a T-8 finish at the Scottish Open, reminding us that Xander is still around and dangerous.

Bad Vibes: If he can't win here, 2025 will feel like a lost year after the brilliant conclusion to 2025. Injuries and a slow comeback hindered him, and this may all be a little unfair since his results have been fine, but it certainly felt last year at this time like he was launching into space. How dare he let us down by not winning all four majors!

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Yes, but everything depends on him getting near the lead early and getting a little internal fire burning to spur him on. (I swear I wrote these words before he said in his Tuesday presser that his big advantage will come from experience down the stretch.) If he limps along, it feels like scores could get low enough to run away quickly.

11. Bryson DeChambeau

Good Vibes: Still crushing it on LIV, still a YouTube sensation, still seems to have plucked a happy life out of the misery of his final years on tour. Out of all the guys who went to LIV, he's the one where there's no debate about it being a net positive for more reasons than the cold hard cash.

Bad Vibes: This quote from Bryson after his first round last year at Troon has stayed with me: "It's a difficult test out here. Something I'm not familiar with. I never grew up playing it, and not to say that that's the reason; I finished eighth at St. Andrews. I can do it when it's warm and not windy." Ooooof. Sounds like a guy who really doesn't want what links golf is dishing out.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Yes, because maybe it won't be that wet and windy, and if that's the case, he could really punish a course like Portrush. But proceed with caution.

10. Tyrrell Hatton

Good Vibes: Great showing at Oakmont, doing fine on LIV, still my favorite Very Mad Lad in pro golf.

Bad Vibes: I watched Jon Rahm give him condolences outside scoring at Oakmont, and there was an interesting dynamic where Hatton almost felt like a little kid, and Rahm his dad. It dealt a blow to the "alpha" status I had attached to Hatton in my head. Is there a huge chance I'm reading way too much into this? Almost certainly. But here at vibes central, intuition is everything, even when it's wrong.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? I think he does, mostly because of his form but also because he had a nice T-6 showing here in 2019.

9. Collin Morikawa

Good Vibes: He's still one of the world's best ball strikers, and that's not nothing. Tee to green, only Scottie beats him in 2025, and though the narrative around Morikawa seems to be about everything but his actual game, you can't play that well for too long without winning.

Bad Vibes: The phrase 'rabbit ears' was seemingly meant for this man, and he's shown this new and unfortunate penchant not just for taking offense at innocuous things people say, but bringing it up in public to make it a bigger story than it would have been in the first place. He should probably stop that.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Yes, and in fact he's so far under the radar that it almost feels like people would be surprised. They shouldn't be—he's still elite.

8. Tommy Fleetwood

Good Vibes: Great narrative set-up here, with his mini-collapse at the Travelers and the bolstering of the "Tommy just can't win" story ... now imagine if he reverses all that by winning a major? And then defeating Keegan Bradley five times at the Ryder Cup? And then solving climate change?

Bad Vibes: The aforementioned English curse, and also the extremely real problem he seems to have in closing out tournaments.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? I think so. He's playing great, and he finished second here in 2019, so the horses-for-courses vibes are solid. Fleet-eaters (my name for his fan group) should definitely be intrigued.

7. Justin Rose

Good Vibes: The word "deserve" is so dangerous in golf, because in the end nobody really deserves anything they don't earn, but mannnn, based on his recent play, it feels like Rose deserves another major. He's just steadily knocking on that door, almost broke Rory's heart at Augusta, and just got another top ten in Scotland. Can't someone give this man a break???

Bad Vibes: English curse, plus the gnawing sense that the last little peak of his career is meant to end with a sense of melancholic absence. (I'm going to sit in some fescue and cry now.)

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Absolutely. But I have to just pray that if he gets close, he actually wins ... another close call would approach Rory-at-Pinehurst levels of devastating.

6. Ludvig Aberg

Good Vibes: As in previous installments, he is still young, handsome, talented, and fun. We're almost positive he's still Swedish, too.

Bad Vibes: Watching him go bogey-triple-bogey in the third round at the Scottish Open while close to the lead helped nudge along the growing sense that he's not quite as comfortable as you'd want a budding superstar to be near the lead in big events. It only takes one big win to send that narrative to the golf void, but after his Masters top-10 in the spring, it felt like this would be his year to kill it in the majors, and instead he's missed the last two cuts. Come on Ludey, you're better than this.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Without a doubt. It feels like a sure thing that he'll be close to the lead Sunday at the very least.

5. Shane Lowry

Good Vibes: The last Portrush champ, on his home island, and didn't just win but completely dominated the first time around. And then got very, very drunk. The hangover ended last month, though, so he should be good to go.

Bad Vibes: Got sort of testy about people joking about his drinking in Monday's press conference (don't read the previous paragraph, Shane). It's been under the radar because Rory has been worse, but Lowry has been chippy for a little while himself. He might wear it a little better, though, just because he's more of a natural rageball. Also, though, wasn't it a little weird at the U.S. Open when he basically gave up in Round 2?

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Yes. The place, his experience, and his form all point in good directions.

4. Scottie Scheffler

Good Vibes: Best player in the world, wins constantly, only a fool would put him anywhere but first. But I am just that fool.

Bad Vibes: My gut check says he should have won the U.S. Open. Nobody seized it, and in a typical Scottie week, he runs away. He just could never make the big putt or conquer the weirdness of the course. Couple that with his totally fine but not spectacular T-8 finish in Scotland, and I sorta/kinda get the feeling we're in a mini Scottie lull. [Editors please delete this when he wins by 19 shots.]

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Yes, of course. But vibes are vibes, and my particular tea leaves aren't speaking Scottie's language. (He may also be having an existential crisis.)

3. Robert MacIntyre

Good Vibes: Great finish at the U.S. Open amid about a dozen big-time collapses, and was an absolute class act in the aftermath when J.J. Spaun took the title. Still has a lovely accent. Also has an interesting way of pausing dramatically when he speaks. More people should do that.

Bad Vibes: Maybe he already had his one high major finish for the year? I definitely wanted more than the T-65 at the Scottish.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Yes. He's the kind of who settles in and waits for his chance and always seems to play beautifully under pressure. That was the formula at Oakmont, and if it blows and rains at Portrush, it's going to be another big weekend for the huddlers and survivors. Lurkin' Bob is a serious threat this weekend.

2. Jon Rahm

Good Vibes: Just for form's sake, I wanted to see him play a good LIV tournament, and he did that in Andalucia, finishing second. With back-to-back top 10 Open finishes the last two years, and some experience under pressure this year at the PGA, vibes are sky-high for the long awaited Rahm re-breakthrough.

Bad Vibes: The only tiny quibble is he didn't come out gangbusters as expected at Oakmont, but he still ended finishing top ten. A solid start is paramount in Portrush—scores will be lower and carnage won't give you the same back door.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Si si, and Portrush will work out nicely for him. Would be shocked if he's not top 10, minimum.

1. Viktor Hovland

Good Vibes: Everything, everything, is just screaming breakthrough for this man. He was right there until a late stumble in Oakmont, he lurked in Scotland, also my colleague Luke Kerr-Dineen says his swing tweaks are paying dividends and everybody in Camp Hovland, including the man himself, is bullish.

Bad Vibes: NONE. OK, fine, he withdrew from the Travelers, but then he came back and finished T-11 at the Scottish, so it's fine. Stop being weird. It's fine.

Does he have a snowball's chance in hell? Oh yeah. And if he gets hot early, we could be in for a...

[don't do it Shane, don't end on a stupid pun, do NOT—]

Norwegian cruise.