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re: The 154th Open - Burns Leads - Bryson Drama

Posted on 7/15/26 at 8:43 am to
Posted by TejasHorn
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 8:43 am to
Jordan won there and is hardly the best ball striker.

Gonna be crispy this week due to the extreme heat over there lately. I’d lean to the best putters. Maybe Burns can break through.
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 9:19 am to
They are complaining about the awful heat at open.

It is currently 77° there

Tomorrow high is 73°

Pussy arse limey wankers
Posted by Dawgsontop34
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 9:52 am to
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My nephew who is a golfer says this course favors the best ball strikers. Who are those in today's game and who would everyone consider the best ball strikers of all time?


Today’s game - Scottie, Tommy, Ludvig, Morikawa (irons only), Fitzpatrick (this season), Cam Young, Rory, Xander

Recent good ones - Adam Scott, Sergio, Vijay, Ernie Els

All time - Johnny Miller, Tiger, Jack
Posted by lsupride87
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:11 am to
I think Bruce Cupcake was leading the tour in proximity this year for a while
Posted by TejasHorn
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:12 am to
Yeah it’s cooled off just in time. Course is still bone dry and greens will be fun.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:13 am to
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They are complaining about the awful heat at open.

It is currently 77° there

Tomorrow high is 73°

Pussy arse limey wankers


On the golf channel yesterday they described it as blistering heat

The dirt fairways are going to bring a lot of lesser known guys in the mix imo. They showed Alex Noren, who drives the ball 290 (150th on tour), drive the green on a 380 yard par 4.

Hitting the fairways is going to be more important than distance. I think they said on crosswind holes they are expecting like 33% fairway accuracy. Not sure how they predict that but that is going to make for a fun tournament for us TV viewers.
Posted by MKP2004
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 10:32 am to
quote:

They are complaining about the awful heat at open.

It is currently 77° there

Tomorrow high is 73°



Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 11:25 am to
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I think Bruce Cupcake was leading the tour in proximity this year for a while


He was 1 in strokes gained approach for a while
Posted by MKP2004
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:12 pm to
Faldo not mincing words about Bryson:

LINK

quote:

Bryson DeChambeau is on the brink of a calendar slam of missed cuts.

The 32-year-old enters this week’s British Open at Royal Birkdale looking to reach the weekend of a major for the first time this year after missing the cut at The Masters, the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open.

It seems unfathomable that a multi-time major champion who had three top-10 finishes (two top-five) in majors last year and is still in the prime of his career could be struggling so badly on the biggest stages, especially given he has played well in LIV Golf events, winning two tournaments in March.

Nick Faldo shared his thoughts on DeChambeau’s major struggles.

“That’s a whole part of the story, how they’re superstars at LIV then come over and can’t do it. So that’s all another story. Then they go back to be superstars. He has — I’d say it to his face — he has zero clue of strategy,” Faldo, the three-time British Open winner and three-time Masters champion, told Sky Sports.

DeChambeau, Faldo believes, is too worried about bombing the ball as far as he can instead of adjusting to the course, citing a comment DeChambeau made last year about wanting to “attack the links.”

Well, I’ve never attacked a links. You thread it, don’t you? You feed it down the fairway,” Faldo said, noting it’s ill-advised to worry about distance when you can’t see where the ball is going.

According to golf reporter Justin Ray, the last time a golfer with multiple major victories missed the cut at all four majors in a calendar year was 1998, when Tom Watson and Ben Crenshaw both did it; they were each in their mid-to-late 40s at the time.

DeChambeau, a two-time U.S. Open champion, told Sky Sports he has new 3D-printed irons for the British Open.

“This is a very tough golf course. I like it,” DeChambeau said. “It really tests every facet of your game.”

Posted by JimTiger72
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:23 pm to
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how they’re superstars at LIV then come over and can’t do it


Yeah 2024 was so long ago
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:24 pm to
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Yeah 2024 was so long ago
It is 5 missed cuts ago for Bryson to be exact

Thats a lifetime ago for a supposed elite golfer. For example you have to go back 8 years to total 5 missed cuts for Rory and Scottie still doesn’t have 5 missed cuts
This post was edited on 7/15/26 at 12:27 pm
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:39 pm to
Bryson is a mess right now but blaming being on LIV for it is dumb

Posted by JimTiger72
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:40 pm to
2024 & 2025 were the 2 best major seasons of his career. 1 win, 6 top 10’s

“Blaming LIV” bc of the outside distraction of them losing funding may be legit
Posted by lsupride87
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:42 pm to
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Bryson is a mess right now but blaming being on LIV for it is dumb
Not really

His head up his arse and in the YouTube clouds is linked to LIV and that shite got on steroids starting last year

Is it LIVs “fault”, well that is semantics. But I don’t think if he was on tour he would have as much freedom to be an absolute dumbass like he is currently . He needs to be protected from himself and having this autonomy is bad for him
This post was edited on 7/15/26 at 12:46 pm
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:50 pm to
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His head up his arse and in the YouTube clouds is linked to LIV and that shite got on steroids starting last year


He was doing all that when he was top 10ing in majors and winning one previous 2 years

Steroids? Dude has lost bulk over last few years
This post was edited on 7/15/26 at 12:51 pm
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:51 pm to
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Blaming LIV” bc of the outside distraction of them losing funding may be legit


Maybe

But bryson isnt the one that would really be worrying about that. Its the nobodys on LIV making 8 figures
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:52 pm to
The fricking assclown is on his third set of 3D clubs jsut this year

He has completely gone off the rails. He was the junkie kid that left home and it took a few years for him to fully transform into his true self

I’m blaming Bryson moreso than LIV, but LIV was the influence that told Bryson. “Be you. You are cool”

When the truth is “you are actually pretty fricking stupid “
This post was edited on 7/15/26 at 12:54 pm
Posted by JimTiger72
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:54 pm to
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But bryson isnt the one that would really be worrying about that


True but I think he cares too much about it. Rahm has taken that approach to not worry about it & said that he is staying in his lane
Posted by Dro
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 1:02 pm to
Matty Fitz
Posted by tzimme4
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 5:26 pm to
Bryson doesn't have to use driver on every hole this week and the way the ball is rolling if he's not spraying the driver he has a decent chance at being in contention. Probably won't win but Top-20 is certainly achievable
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