He then moved up another spot this week, swapping places with Matt Fitzpatrick.

Victory at Royal Liverpool saw him climb to a new career-high position of 10th in the OWGR. He had also displayed plenty of strong form in the weeks leading up to The 151st Open, finishing second again at the Travelers Championship, tied-ninth in the Rocket Mortgage Classic and tied-12th at the Genesis Scottish Open in his three most recent starts prior to arriving at Hoylake.

Harman’s consistent form yielded eight top-10 finishes last year, including back-to-back runner-up placings in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba and The RSM Classic. However, he was 91st by the end of 2020, 61st by the final week of 2021 and 24th when 2022 drew to a close. Harman’s improving results at The Open follow a similar trend to his position in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), which has been moving in the right direction for the past four years.Ī disappointing 2019 saw Harman end the year at 123rd in the rankings. I was excited to come back here this year.” Then the last couple years I had some good finishes and just kind of felt like, all right, now at least I feel like I love the golf and I'm playing decently over here. I played some okay golf, so it wasn't like I was over here hacking it to pieces, I just couldn't quite get comfortable, and I felt like maybe I rushed through it too much. “I missed those four cuts, I think I missed all of them by one. “I was really excited … and I couldn't figure out why I wasn't playing well. “I love the golf over here,” said Harman.

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