Open Championship: 5 international sleepers could steal the Claret Jug

Here’s a guy who’s looking at the weather forecast and praying it’s nasty. Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration. The Dane is on the record about his perceived advantage in adverse playing conditions.

Here’s what he had to say to the Guardian midst of last year’s Open, where he went on to tie for ninth:

“These conditions are what I grew up in, as well. So I’m certainly used to playing in bad weather. You don’t stay inside when you are learning the game because you would miss too many days. So I like playing this kind of golf. I like the battling mentality that you need to play. Yes, I do thrive in this.”

He has the track record to prove it. How does a T9 last week at Dundonald at the Scottish Open sound?

What about a T7 at the 2016 Alfred Dunhill Links (played at a couple courses on the Open Championship rota, Carnoustie and St. Andrews.)?

A win at the 2015 Irish Open sounds awfully nice, too.

Since missing four cuts to begin 2017, Kjeldsen’s missed only two in 11 stroke play starts.

Kjeldsen’s not the best threat to go low if this turns into a birdie fest. If things are half as difficult as they were in 2008 when Padraig Harrington won at three-over, Kjeldsen stands a good chance.