I agree with big easy that they may be "no names" over here simply because they choose to play on the European Tour and so have not had the exposure to North American audiences. But that doesn't make them any less talented than Garcia or Montgomerie (sp?). That is one of the attractions of The Open, the chance to see a Van deVelde or Lowrie once in a while.

As for lucky bounces, lets just say that it takes a particular talent to play on courses which are a bit closer to natural layouts than the sanitized, overly manicured tracts the pros on this side of the Atlantic are used to playing on. So there might be a fine line between lucky and playing the course the way it has to be played in order to score well!