If a playoff is required to find out the winner of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon, the R&A will make the most of a four-hole combination scoring system.
If two or extra gamers are tied via 72 holes of regulation, they may compete over 4 playoff holes (Nos. 1, 2, 17 and 18) with the scores being added up. If there’s nonetheless a tie between at the very least two gamers, sudden demise shall be used solely on the 18th gap with the subsequent lowest rating successful.
The R&A has used a multi-hole playoff system since 1986. Previous to that, the championship used each 18- and 36-hole playoffs throughout totally different eras. The Open has been determined 21 instances in a playoff. The primary time was in 1876.
The latest playoff was 2015 at St. Andrews, when Zach Johnson prevailed over Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman.
There have been two multi-hole playoffs at Royal Troon. Mark Calcavecchia defeated Greg Norman and Wayne Grady in 1989 and Todd Hamilton defeated Ernie Els in 2004.
Officers used a three-hole system in 2019 and ’21 (the championship was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic), however stated the combination quantity will depend on the venue, and routing labored higher for 3 holes at Royal Portrush and Royal St. George’s.
By comparability, the Masters makes use of sudden demise; the PGA Championship, a three-hole combination; and the U.S. Open, a two-hole combination.
