Assuming the events go ahead as scheduled, of course. It's beginning to look like a fair bet that the American majors will, after they successfully staged the US Open and Masters last year. The Open must still be the one where the lack of spectators would threaten the viability of holding it - they normally get something like 200,000 people in over the week, paying sixty or seventy quid a day plus on-course spending, and the R&A is still, largely, an amateur organisation compared to the PGA Tour, even if they host the biggest event on its calendar. Fingers crossed, of course, by July the world is back to normal!
The Masters will look more familiar in April with the azaleas and rhododendrons out, and it's hard to see past a re-run of the version in November, with Dustin Johnson favourite and Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy there or thereabouts. Cameron Smith has now been 5th and 2nd at the Masters so will be worth a flutter.
The USPGA will be played at Kiawah Island, which hasn't hosted a major since 2012, which was won by Rory McIlroy. McIlroy's focus will be on completing his career grand slam at Augusta but if he falls short again there I'd expect him to bounce back. Normally the USPGA seems to go to a PGA Tour player in form who hasn't won a major before and often never does again (Collin Morikawa from last year would not surprise me to fall into that category) so watch who wins a couple on tour before May. This far out I'd suggest Patrick Cantlay.
The US Open will be played at Torrey Pines in Caifornia, where Tiger Woods won a playoff on one leg in 2008. Torrey Pines hosts the San Diego Open each year, and will in January, which may give a decent pointer. Notably, the winner there in 2018 and runner-up last year was Jon Rahm, and former US Open champion Justin Rose won San Diego in 2019.
The Open will be played at St George's, which has twice provided a popular home champion, Sandy Lyle in 1985 and Darren Clarke ten years ago. It would be lovely to see that repeated - a final hurrah for Ian Poulter or maybe even Lee Westwood, a finally overdue major for Paul Casey, Tommy Fleetwood or even one of the youngsters like Fitzpatrick? St George's has also, of course, been a happy hunting ground for the "unknown yank" - Bill Rogers, Ben Curtis - so watch out for whoever gets through qualifying. Cameron Champ, Jason Kokrak, someone like that.
Then it's Ryder Cup time. Surely this year America will be too strong. Surely ...
The Masters will look more familiar in April with the azaleas and rhododendrons out, and it's hard to see past a re-run of the version in November, with Dustin Johnson favourite and Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy there or thereabouts. Cameron Smith has now been 5th and 2nd at the Masters so will be worth a flutter.
The USPGA will be played at Kiawah Island, which hasn't hosted a major since 2012, which was won by Rory McIlroy. McIlroy's focus will be on completing his career grand slam at Augusta but if he falls short again there I'd expect him to bounce back. Normally the USPGA seems to go to a PGA Tour player in form who hasn't won a major before and often never does again (Collin Morikawa from last year would not surprise me to fall into that category) so watch who wins a couple on tour before May. This far out I'd suggest Patrick Cantlay.
The US Open will be played at Torrey Pines in Caifornia, where Tiger Woods won a playoff on one leg in 2008. Torrey Pines hosts the San Diego Open each year, and will in January, which may give a decent pointer. Notably, the winner there in 2018 and runner-up last year was Jon Rahm, and former US Open champion Justin Rose won San Diego in 2019.
The Open will be played at St George's, which has twice provided a popular home champion, Sandy Lyle in 1985 and Darren Clarke ten years ago. It would be lovely to see that repeated - a final hurrah for Ian Poulter or maybe even Lee Westwood, a finally overdue major for Paul Casey, Tommy Fleetwood or even one of the youngsters like Fitzpatrick? St George's has also, of course, been a happy hunting ground for the "unknown yank" - Bill Rogers, Ben Curtis - so watch out for whoever gets through qualifying. Cameron Champ, Jason Kokrak, someone like that.
Then it's Ryder Cup time. Surely this year America will be too strong. Surely ...
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