Weekly 18: Go with the old? Young? Somewhere in between at Birkdale?
Channel: News For You
Date: 2017-07-17

It's a long trip from Weekly 18 headquarters to this week's Open Championship. How long? Long enough to ponder anagrams for Royal Birkdale, which include Bad Roar Likely (but at least never a "Baba Booey" over here), Ladylike Arbor (strange for a links course), A Dorky Liberal (hey, it's not a Trump-owned venue) and Railroad By Elk (an obvious reference to Rory McIlroy's decreased social media presence -- and on-course performance). On to bigger, and undoubtedly more pressing, issues as this W18 is all Open, all the time. 

1. I didn't just pick Rickie Fowler to win this year's Masters. I wrote an entire column detailing exactly why it would happen. That's the kind of thing that'll get a guy the #OldTakesExposed treatment, but instead I'm doubling down. That's right: I'm picking Fowler to win The Open. He loves links golf, but more importantly, he's ready to win a major. When he walked off Erin Hills after the final round last month, another golden opportunity gone awry, there was a q