Eddie Pepperell played at the British Open with a Sunday hangover. He could win.

Only golf nerds know a lot about Eddie Pepperell, the Englishman who could win the British Open on Sunday. But he is one of the most entertaining and clumsy players of the game. His Twitter account is among the best on the market. He makes fun of himself. He's making fun of you. He makes fun of other golfers. For a buttoned sport and full of boring interviews, Pepperell is one of the best.

So it was not surprising, for those who know his work, to get him out and say that he had a hangover on Sunday while he was loading the British's rankings Open. Pepperell came early in the race with a round of 67, which will be the best of the day. The wind made the goal conditions brutal in the last half of the chart, allowing Pepperell to sit and watch.

However, his early start meant that he had started the round in top form.

We have already seen it when conditions change dramatically. Last month at the US Open, Tony Finau and Daniel Berger came out Saturday morning and then watched all the ground in front of them get knocked out on a different golf course. They went from a start of the match from Saturday to the last game on Sunday

Pepperell is 5 for the championship and there is a 6-under host trying to hold on while they're sailing in. the last nine. The last four closing holes at Carnoustie are the toughest on the course, so expect more shots from this group of leaders towards the end. This could leave Pepperell in a playoff series, or as a winner outright, and a hangover would have played a role in the greatest accomplishment of his golfing life.