10 steps to Open Champion

5. Nine of the last 10 Open Champions had previously recorded a top 10 in the event.

Goodbye Jonas Blixt, Steven Bowditch, Keegan Bradley, Greg Chalmers, George Coetzee, Jason Day, Jamie Donaldson, Jason Dufner, Matt Every, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Marcus Fraser, Stephen Gallacher, Branden Grace, Bill Haas, Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman, JB Holmes, Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Soren Kjeldsen, Brooks Koepka, Pablo Larrazabal, Joost Luiten, Matteo Manassero, Ben Martin, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Ryan Palmer, Patrick Reed, Marcel Siem, Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth, Scott Strange, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Jimmy Walker, Anthony Wall, Marc Warren, Bubba Watson, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett and Gary Woodland.