Will someone come from 3 or more strokes behind on Sun to win the British Open? Two 62's on Friday!!
64% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 31 predictions cast.
Ryan Fox won the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 19, closing with a 2-under 68 to finish at 10-under par, one shot ahead of Cameron Young. Fox began the final round trailing 54-hole leader Sam Burns by two strokes, tied for second with Si Woo Kim and Young. No player entered Sunday more than two shots off the lead, so a comeback from three or more strokes back was not mathematically possible.
Fox's route to the Claret Jug included a wobble in the middle of the final round, falling two shots behind Young after a missed par putt on the 11th hole, before rallying with birdies on 13, 14 and 16 and a closing birdie on the 72nd hole for the one-shot win. It was Fox's first major championship title.
The tight margins traced back to Friday, when both Fox and Burns carded rounds of 62, compressing the leaderboard heading into the weekend. With the largest 54-hole gap standing at just two strokes, the scenario asked about in this question was effectively ruled out before the final round even began.
A majority of the Predict Six community, 64%, correctly predicted no such comeback would occur.