Open Form Guide

08	07	06	05	04	03	02	01	00	99
7	27	71	MC	20	MC	MC	-	-	-

Team Casey has a habit of being very hot for a period of time - and then going very cold. It is something Casey acknowledges; he won twice in 2003, drifted off, won three times in 2006 and then again at the start of 2007, before drifting off again. But 2009 has so far been one of his boom periods and Casey hopes it isn't followed swiftly by another spell of bust. In fact the boom has been so good it has bounced him into the world's top three, a position very few British golfers have ever occupied (Monty, Woosnam, Lyle and Faldo are his only predecessors). Three wins this year - at Abu Dhabi, Houston and Wentworth - have vaulted him into that position and he arrives at Turnberry knowing that his last Open performance was his best. At Royal Birkdale he ended round one outside the top 100, but improved to finish seventh. On the flipside of all those positives, he has gone off the boil since Wentworth and hasn't made the top 50 in three outings, but coach Pete Kostis has flown over to join him in Scotland and they'll be confident of rediscovering the golden touch.