There is a reason why so many PGA Tour stars play in the Genesis Scottish Open immediately before The Open every year.
Players feel that they must reacclimate themselves to links golf, a completely different style of play, which, as the R&A likes to say, is “forged by nature.” Links golf requires shot-making, creativity, and patience. You have to flight the ball low, keeping it below the sometimes gale-force winds that can turn a heavenly experience into a hellish one. Playing links golf also requires you to use the contours of the hard Scottish turf, leaving you at the expense of an unlucky bounce. You never know where
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