British Open leader board lists 39 players within six shots, seemingly all with a chance

Carnoustie, Scotland • In plumbing the bottomless mystery of how one person can win four out of the 15 golf majors played in one stretch of time, then zero out of the ensuing 14, that person, Rory McIlroy, proposed an explanation earlier this week: The world keeps churning out highbrow talent.“Even this week, there’s 156 guys in the field, and there’s probably over half of them that have a realistic chance of winning this golf tournament,” he said. “Like, I did