If the U.S. Open taught us anything, it is that the outsider still has a chance to win a major championship. Following a run of winners that read Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy, it was J.J. Spaun who reigned supreme at Oakmont Country Club.

And it will happen, again, when Northern Ireland’s Royal Portrush hosts the 153rd edition of the game’s oldest major. In turn, it will create anxiousness for the 156 players in the field waiting to see if where their names land on the starter’s sheet and whether that might leave them on the “good” or “bad” side of the draw.