Emerge and enter golf tournament? (4,4,3,4)

I believe the answer is:

come into the open

'emerge' is the definition.
(to come into the open is to become visible)

'enter golf tournament?' is the wordplay.
'enter' becomes 'come into' (to come into a place is to enter it).
'golf tournament?' becomes 'The Open' (The Open Championship).
'comeinto'+'theopen'='COME INTO THE OPEN'

'and' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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