Before we dig into my top-30 rankings for this week's 151st Open Championship, a warning: I'm writing this column with chalk.
Yup, putting it right up there on the big ol' blackboard from third grade. And again on the sidewalk in front of my house, I'm circling all of your long-shot plays with a chalk outline.
Jokes aside, the major that seems most likely to elicit lottery-ticket winners has transcended from the days of Ben Curtis and Todd Hamilton.
Over the past decade, no player with pre-tournament odds longer than 80/1 has won the Claret Jug, and six of those winners have been 25/1 or shorter.
2013: Phil Mickelson +1500
2014: Rory McIlroy +1200
2015: Zach Johnson +8000
2 016: Henrik Stenson +2500