In Contention

A player with a chance of winning a tournament is said to be "in contention". A player who rises up the leaderboard throughout the course of their final round is said to be "moving into contention".

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St Andrews - The Old Course cover picture

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St Andrews - The Old Course

Saint Andrews, Scotland

4.8

• Fabulous • 79 Reviews

372 played here

Royal Portrush Golf Club - Dunluce Course cover picture

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Royal Portrush Golf Club - Dunluce Course

Portrush, Northern Ireland

4.9

• Fabulous • 32 Reviews

100 played here

Royal Saint George's Golf Club cover picture

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Royal Saint George's Golf Club

Sandwich, England

4.9

• Fabulous • 27 Reviews

104 played here

Royal Troon Golf Club - Old Course cover picture

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Royal Troon Golf Club - Old Course

Troon Ayrshire, Scotland

4.9

• Fabulous • 20 Reviews

89 played here

Carnoustie Golf Links cover picture

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Carnoustie Golf Links

Carnoustie, Scotland

4.5

• Fabulous • 51 Reviews

211 played here

Muirfield Golf Club cover picture

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Muirfield Golf Club

Gullane, Scotland

4.9

• Fabulous • 19 Reviews

84 played here

Royal Birkdale Golf Club cover picture

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Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Southport, England

4.8

• Fabulous • 20 Reviews

84 played here

Royal Lytham & Saint Annes Golf Club cover picture

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Royal Lytham & Saint Annes Golf Club

Lancashire, England

4.6

• Fabulous • 18 Reviews

65 played here

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Archerfield Links - Fidra cover picture

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Archerfield Links - Fidra

North Berwick, Scotland

4.0

• Very good • 1 Review

11 played here

Reynolds Lake Oconee - The National Course cover picture

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Reynolds Lake Oconee - The National Course

Greensboro, United States

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4 played here

Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club - The Copperhead cover picture

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Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club - The Copperhead

Palm Harbor, United States

5.0

• Fabulous • 4 Reviews

28 played here

Bandon Dunes at Bandon Dunes Resort cover picture

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Bandon Dunes at Bandon Dunes Resort

Bandon, United States

5.0

• Fabulous • 12 Reviews

126 played here

Trump National Doral Miami - The Golden Palm cover picture

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Trump National Doral Miami - The Golden Palm

Miami, United States

4.0

• Very good • 6 Reviews

22 played here

Emporda Golf Resort - Forest Course cover picture

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Emporda Golf Resort - Forest Course

Gualta, Spain

4.0

• Very good • 1 Review

7 played here

Quinta Do Lago - Laranjal cover picture

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Quinta Do Lago - Laranjal

Almancil, Portugal

3.9

• Very good • 17 Reviews

76 played here

Outeniqua at Fancourt cover picture

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Outeniqua at Fancourt

George, South Africa

4.4

• Very good • 9 Reviews

32 played here