Given our population, remoteness and so much more, Aussies have always flown the flag proudly on the world golf stage against the traditional powerhouse countries.

From the likes of Peter Thomson, Greg Norman and Karrie Webb, the majors have always been where Australia’s best show just how good we can be. More recently Geoff Ogilvy, Adam Scott and Jason Day gave young golfers some inspiration and the benefits of their example might be best personified at Royal Liverpool.

The flow on of Webb has been seen in major winners Hannah Green and Minjee Lee, while in the men’s game Australia has 10 starters who will hope to claim the Claret Jug Cam Smith won 12 months ago.

Of those 10 Aussies, five are making their Open Championship debut and eight are in their 20s.

Scott has no doubt provided plenty of those 20 somethings with an example to follow to the top of the game, and this week shows off his own longevity.

"In just a couple of days we will know if this golden age has yielded another major crown, but this will be far from the last time Australia has a large, and extremely competitive, contingent at the majors."

Playing The Open for the 22nd consecutive time, Scott is the only player at Hoylake to have finished in the top-10 the last two times Royal Liverpool played host in 2006 and 2014.

Far from making up the numbers, Scott remains one of the best players in the world and still has hopes of claiming a second major before his “window” closes.

So too will Day be hoping for a second major after winning on the PGA Tour again earlier this year, while Smith is in place as an enormous chance to follow Thomson’s footsteps by retaining the famed Jug in Liverpool.

Yet, the “big names” aren’t our only chances, with Min Woo Lee fast becoming one of the most popular players in world golf and a major championship force to be reckoned with, and Lucas Herbert a winner around the world.

Meanwhile, the rest of our contingent might not be well known beyond Australian shores, yet David Micheluzzi for example is a proven winner who will absolutely love the challenge of links golf.

A mix of still competitive veterans like Scott and Day, current star Smith, rising stars like Lee and Herbert and those just getting their major careers underway, it certainly feels like a golden age of Australian golf. And when factoring in the women’s game and amateur golf that is even truer.

In just a couple of days we will know if this golden age has yielded another major crown, but this will be far from the last time Australia has a large, and extremely competitive, contingent at the majors.

With professional golf now holding more and more discussions about a global approach beyond the United States, there couldn’t be a better time for this country to have such an impressive group flying our flag on the world stage.