But in six other Opens, he was never in serious contention.

The team has not been in serious contention since their last championship in 1991.

Ameerat was never in serious contention and finished seventh behind Independence.

With their star players back from the war, Brooklyn had jumped back into serious contention.

I've played the kind of tennis going into it to make me feel like I'm in serious contention.

You've worked for hundreds of years toward the goal of being at least in serious contention.

The club won it once more in 1988, but they haven't even been in serious contention for three of the last four seasons.

Since then, Norman has played well but not well enough for serious contention in the majors.

However, he never was in serious contention for scoring points and failed to qualify on three occasions.

"And he's in serious contention for Horse of the Year."