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What will happen at The Open? Diving into 10 storylines you can follow ahead of the year's final major

The fourth major of 2024 has arrived, and it may be the most wide open of them all. The 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon technically has a massive favorite (Scottie Scheffler at 9/2 odds), but Opens are notorious for producing a wide variety of champions. With that in mind, well, who would have envisioned the last two editions of The Open at this golf course transpiring as they did. It has kind of snuck up on us, but DeChambeau is one strong finish away from a historic major championship season in 2024. Through 3 majors, he has gained 48.8 strokes on the field. 

There is no stranger or better major than The Open, and this year's edition is complete with loads of storylines and narratives going into the week. Those start at the top of the field with Scheffler, who has already won a shocking six times this season but is not only looking for his seventh but the continuation of one of the greatest seasons in modern golf history. If he can gain another 12 strokes at The Open that will put him above 60 strokes-gained for the major season, a mark that has only been hit 7 times since 1983: Tiger ('00, '02, '05, '07), Spieth ('15), Phil ('04), Els ('04).

Only one golfer since 1983 has won seven times or more in a season, including two major championships. That's obviously Tiger Woods, and he did it twice -- once in 2000 when he won nine times with three majors, and once in 2006 when he won eight times with two majors.