PRO'S PICKS

10 Who Could Go All the Way

Unpredictable weather and the quirky Carnoustie Links make next week's British Open a crapshoot, but that didn't stop a PGA Tour pro (on the condition of anonymity) from ranking, in ascending order, the players who are most likely to win the championship

10. ROD PAMPLING

WORLD RANK 36th

You may have forgotten, but the last time the Open was held at Carnoustie (in 1999), Pamps was the fi rst-round leader and then became the fi rst fi rst-round leader in history to miss the cut. No matter how much success he's had since — and he has won a couple of times in the U.S. — that's going to be on his mind. Carnoustie is where he fi rst put his name on the map, and then he fell right back off. It shouldn't affect him, but he'll defi nitely think about it... Pamps hasn't done much in the Open, even though he should have. He's a very good driver and a low-ball hitter who plays well in the wind. That's good because Scotland and wind go together like rum and Coke.

LAST SHOT It's time for Pamps to have a good week and erase a bad memory.

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