Ben Coley

Two of this year's major championships have been decided by a single shot. It is almost impossible to articulate just how fine a margin that represents in a sport of natural elements and moving parts. Sam Burns hit his ball 277 times at Shinnecock last month. Unfortunately for him, Wyndham Clark hit his ball 276 times. One player makes history, the other is confined to it.

Ben Coley begins our countdown to the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale with a look at five key storylines. Entering the 2017 US Open, Tommy Fleetwood had just become a world-class golfer known on the global stage. That was because he'd capped a sustained period of quality play with a dazzling final-round 63 in the US Open a month earlier, so nearly enough only for Brooks Koepka to hold firm. Then he won the Open de France, his second title of the season.

Ben Coley has four selections for the ISCO Championship, including two of the most decorated players in the field.