The sun has set on the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews but we’re in luck as the DP World Tour returns to Hillside Golf Club in Southport – the home of England’s Golf Coast.
A true championship test, Hillside is regarded as one of the finest links golf courses not to have hosted the Open Championship. It boasts a track record of staging some of the highest profile events, including the Tour’s flagship PGA Championship in 1982, the 2019 British Masters, the Amateur Championship and a regular for Open Final Qualifying.
While many of the household names have opted for a rest following the antics at the Home of Golf, the likes of Robert MacIntyre, who finished in a tie for 34th at St Andrews, Thorbjorn Olesen and Marcus Armitage are included in the field.
Defending champion Calum Hill is not present this week as he continues with a leg injury following an insect bite suffered towards the end of 2021, soon after he’d finished in the top-20 in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on home soil.
The Scotsman was forced to withdraw after the opening round of the Portugal Masters in early November before suffering the same fate a fortnight later in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
Hill finished 32nd in the Race to Dubai, agonisingly missing out on securing a spot in the 150th Open Championship on his home turf at St Andrews.
With Hill’s absence, a new Cazoo Classic champion will be crowned on Sunday evening, alongside a cheque for €291,660 and 460 valuable Race to Dubai points.
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2022 Cazoo Classic Field
- Pep Angles
- Marcus Armitage
- Zheng-Kai Bai
- Matthew Baldwin
- Oliver Bekker
- Alexander Björk
- Jacques Blaauw
- Dan Bradbury
- Kristoffer Broberg
- Steven Brown
- Jonathan Caldwell
- Jorge Campillo
- Alejandro Cañizares
- Ashley Chesters
- Todd Clements
- Dave Coupland
- Sean Crocker
- Jens Dantorp
- Louis De Jager
- Eduardo De La Riva
- David Dixon
- David Drysdale
- Victor Dubuisson
- Paul Dunne
- Bryce Easton
- Nacho Elvira
- Ben Evans
- Ryan Evans
- Oliver Farr
- Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño
- Jarryd Felton
- Ewen Ferguson
- Darren Fichardt
- Pedro Figueiredo
- Oliver Fisher
- Ross Fisher
- Matt Ford
- Grant…
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