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Scottie Scheffler played with Bryson DeChambeau yesterday and he reacted to the rules dispute at The Open: “I was out practising. I was playing with him yesterday. I don't really have a ton to say on it. Actually, I do have a ton to say. I haven't decided exactly what I want to say publicly yet. “I do have some thoughts. I just -- I don't really feel like now is the time or place for me to comment. We're in the middle of a tournament, and I'm focused on what I need to do. I need to go out tomorrow and shoot a low round. I'm not really going to expand on it too much.” He was then asked if he will speak publicly in a few weeks: “I don't know. It's just a tough situation, I think. Like I said, I have a decent amount of thoughts, but probably nothing that I'm concerned with right now. “Yeah, just feel like it's not a road I want to go down today. I have a tournament to focus on, and I'm going to go hit a few balls and hit a few putts. It's my job to go out there and shoot a low round tomorrow. Anything outside of that is outside my control.” The Open
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Scottie Scheffler addressed the incident with the fan yelling on Nico Echavarria’s backswing at the Presidents Cup: “There's just no place for that. I was very frustrated. It was honestly a big distraction, I think for me, just because we compete and work so hard to put ourselves in these moments. When you have some fan who decides to insert himself into the tournament, you can say, I think, whatever you want to players, but I think there's an amount of respect there. You should get about 30 seconds when you're over the ball and hitting your shot or getting ready for your shot where fans are pretty silent. “It just didn't really sit well with me. He would never hit a shot as poorly as he hit, I think, off the 14th if there wasn't a fan yelling in his swing. It was just very frustrating. I don't really want to talk about it all that much. It was frustrating.” Well said, Scottie! 👏 PGA Tour Presidents Cup
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Jon Rahm spoke about whether the rules dispute at The Open may energise Bryson DeChambeau, and referenced the personal issues Bryson had earlier on this year when he was emotional after winning in South Africa: “There are some players that do really well when they have some, let's say some extra going on off the course. Some of his better performances this year in Singapore and South Africa, he had -- and I don't know the extent of it -- quite a bit going on off of course, quite a bit. “Some of those things, one of them -- I think it was more than one, but one of them that I learned, I wouldn't wish on anybody, and he was able to perform incredibly well with a lot of added extra, let's say, noise and distraction. “It's a lot easier to do in a regular event rather than an Open Championship when he thought he was going to go to sleep one shot back and finds himself three shots back. “He seems to be doing just fine. Last I checked, he was at 6-under.” Jon Rahm Rodriguez The Open
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Rory McIlroy just went off on one about Bryson DeChambeau’s ruling saga last night at The Open, calling him “performative” and said there’s “no doubt that he improved the line of his backswing.” Rory also said he’s “not particularly fond of him” and he thinks Bryson tried to hold “the tournament hostage”.
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The on course commentator on Sky said she’d never seen a ball that far offline after Scottie Scheffler pulled it on 17 and it was “behind” the hospitality. The R&A rules officials then gave him free relief from hospitality even though they couldn’t find his ball. He made birdie.
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Max Homa says he doesn’t agree with the ruling on Bryson DeChambeau yesterday and says he knows Bryson would “never cheat the game of golf”: “I'm not really, I guess, wanting to be able to decide on fair, because they're the rules officials. I only saw one angle, and in my opinion I didn't agree with the ruling. I know there's another angle that -- side on, it's always hard to tell if it improves anything. “All I know is I've known Bryson for a very long time, and he's an interesting human at times, but I know he would never cheat the game of golf. I don't really love how it happened. It's not that the R&A said that he did it intentionally, but that rule as a professional golfer feels like it's written inherently to protect against people trying to improve their lie. So I just hope that people don't have that -- that doesn't create a narrative because I don't believe that of him. “But again, I'm not going to sit here -- it's really hard to tell anything. So yeah, that one is not up for me to judge. But it's a shame how that ruling feels because it seems like -- we were talking about it this morning. It's like you would try to call somebody out in junior golf because you could tell they were stomping around the ball. It didn't look like that to me. But that's not up to me. I just don't think that's in his character, so it's a shame I think that's kind of how it's being portrayed to some.” The Open
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Xander Schauffele says Bryson DeChambeau was just “stepping in how you’d normally step into a golf shot” when he was penalised at The Open yesterday: “It's a tough one. Who knows. I have no idea, to be honest. I'm assuming you talk to Bryson -- I haven't spoken to him or heard what he said, but he's just stepping in how you'd normally step in to hit a golf shot. I think the R&A said something along the lines of whether it's intentional or not, it's still a penalty. “It's a tough spot to be, obviously, when you're in high brush, kind of having to dance around to get to your golf ball is a tricky thing. It's not something we're used to doing that often. You imagine you give him the benefit of the doubt; he said he didn't do it intentionally, and it's unfortunate that he got penalized because he was playing incredibly well and obviously he's still playing incredibly well, so he's obviously going to have something to prove these next two days.” Xander Schauffele The Open
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Scottie Scheffler says they didn’t find his ball on 17 and he actually asked people to stop searching for it: “The rules official said it landed just barely left of the grandstand thing. I don't know what you call that, like a sponsor area or something. And Teddy had a beat right on where it was coming down. So when we get up there, it's past the fence that marks the TIO, so he said anything that's in there is it part of the TIO. So then we said -- we tried to figure it out. I said, if I find it, does that help me; can I drop it -- since that would be about 50 yards closer to the hole. He said, yes, you can then use that spot, but you might have to go to the other side of the TIO, which I didn't know exactly where that would be, and that's not a great angle coming across there. “So decided to stop the search and go back and drop it doing point-of-entry TIO relief. Actually I did that once this year during the Byron as well. Not something I'm proud of but I was familiar with.” He went on to say: “I stopped them. They had guys pointing from up there, like it landed right here, and I just kind of hauled up there, and I was like, guys, get out of there, stop, do not find the ball. Fortunately it was my security guy that I've had for a few years here. His name is Brucey. And then Woody was up there as well. So both those guys are pretty -- I know them quite well, so when I said, please don't look for the ball, they got out of there.” The Open
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Russell Henley had a great back and forth with a reporter about Bryson DeChambeau’s ruling at The Open yesterday: “Well, I think it's tough. Every shot is so important. It's tough in the moment to take it no matter. But I would rather know that I did something wrong and be penalized for it than -- I'd like to know. It's unfortunate, but I think everybody should be held accountable for the same rules. “The issue with that to me is the fact that he's on TV every shot. If I played that hole yesterday, you might not have seen -- and I did the same thing, maybe they don't penalize me because maybe they don't see me do it. That's the tough part; he's on TV every single shot.” The Open
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Didn’t think I’d ever see a “shirts off” celebration in women’s golf 😂
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Rory McIlroy was asked after The Open whether he’d like to see Bryson DeChambeau play in the Irish Open on the DP World Tour: “I mean, I think that would be great for the tournament, absolutely. Having someone like Bryson at the Irish Open, yeah, it would be great for the tournament.” He then was asked whether the national open should remain as a stand alone DP World Tour event with the upcoming PGA Tour changes: “If it's going to stay -- I guess next year it might change because of the Ryder Cup in Adare, but if it's going to stay in that September date, I don't see how it becomes part of the PGA Tour season when the PGA Tour is going to be played from February to August.” The Amgen Irish Open is to be held at Trump Doonbeg in September and there are strong rumours Bryson may make an appearance. Expect news on this soon. Rory McIlroy The Open
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What are Scottie Scheffler’s thoughts on playing with Ludvig Aberg? “He's an easy guy to get paired with. He's a really nice guy. He's a great competitor, good player as well. He's always very easy to be on the golf course with. It's pretty simple to be paired with him.” Ludvig repaid the compliment when asked about playing with Scottie: “I think the main thing that I think about when you're playing with Scottie is you're going to see a lot of good golf, which definitely helps. It's nice to see good shots. It puts some nice pictures in your mind. “We get along great, and I enjoy playing with him. Obviously most of the time he's playing good golf. Any time you play with him, it's a good thing. Hopefully we can do that more.” PGA Tour TOUR Championship
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Open Championship leader Sam Burns played with Bryson DeChambeau today and he said the fans were very supportive of him after yesterday’s ruling. He also said he didn’t think Bryson deserved the penalty: “I thought the fans were very supportive of Bryson today. We didn't discuss it any. “In my personal opinion, I honestly feel bad for Bryson in the situation that he was in. From my perspective, I didn't feel like maybe there was enough evidence for him to deserve a penalty there. “I feel bad for him. I think he played an incredible round of golf late yesterday, and it's unfortunate to have something kind of like that where they come in after your round and tell you you're being docked two shots. “But props to him. He came out and played a really nice round of golf today, and that takes a lot of grit to be able to come out and do that. So I was impressed.” The Open
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Scottie Scheffler elaborated on the Bryson DeChambeau rule incident from Friday and echoed Harris English’s comments about Bryson always being on TV and camera angles being different to what’s happening: “No. I've been really focused on the tournament. I think that opens up a greater discussion that -- all I can really say is I think maybe we need to be a little bit more strict in the way that we are policing guys, but it's a little bit of a balance because you've got certain guys like a Bryson who every shot he hits is going to be shown on TV. When you have camera angles that are far away, things can look different than they do when you're right there. “We've done a good job of -- I don't know, I hate saying stuff out here because I don't want anything to get taken out of context. All I'll say is Bryson, I've known him for a long time, and he's a lot of things, but he's definitely not a cheater. I've never seen him cheat once, whether we were having a putting contest on the putting green or chipping contest, or anytime we played amateur golf, I never saw anything suspicious. “When you're watching him there from that camera angle, maybe he was a touch careless around his ball, but I don't think he did anything intentionally. “We've seen penalties happen with -- like you remember Jon Rahm a couple years ago at the Memorial when his ball moved in the rough, and it's like to the naked eye, can you really tell that? “I think sometimes it's just a difficult position in the game of golf. When I was growing up, if this was the line between things that were -- like if this was the line, here are the rules and this was the right side of it and this is when you're doing things against the rule, you always tried to stray really far that way. I feel like at times, sometimes you see players maybe push it a little bit further than they should. “I think we need to kind of get back to the traditions of the game and maybe we do need to police things a little bit more stricter in the game. “But like I said, it's a tough line to kind of cross. So that's why it's hard for me to say anything like this. Bryson is a guy that I've known for a really long time. Like I said, he's not a cheater.” The Open
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Brooks Koepka reacts to the situation: “I just felt terrible for, I believe her name is Shay, so from all the reports you've got she's okay, thankfully. So that's all that matters, as long as she's okay, I know she's probably a little scared and I just felt for her at the time. So it's unfortunate, it shouldn't have happened, but as long as she's okay, no, nothing crazy happened to her, then it will be okay.” Brooks Koepka PGA Tour
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The USA has a real problem selecting inspiring captains for team golf events and Brandt Snedeker is the latest example. Trailing 10.5-7.5 to the International Team heading into the final day of the Presidents Cup and perfectly with in reach of a victory, there was no rallying cry. Instead, Brandt sounded like a defeated man on Saturday evening. After admitting to the broadcast besides the 18th green that he’d made mistakes, he went into greater detail at the press conference: “I tried to work my tail off to put these guys in the best situation possible, and I don't think I've done a very good job this week to be where we are right now. They look to me to put them in the best position where they're comfortable. I hold myself to a high standard. I don't think I've done the best job for them in that room. “They've given me everything I could possibly ask for, and I've just got to figure out ways to get these guys in better situations. I don't think I've held up my end of the bargain. The guys have done everything I've asked of them so far. I think we've got a great match for tomorrow. I think we've got a great lineup here. I'm excited about what the guys can bring tomorrow. “I hold myself to a high standard. I don't think I've put these guys in situations where I was trying to, I should say, or wanted to, to give them the comfort level they needed. I mean, there's several different ways, whether it's through matchups, whether it's through whatever. There's a thousand different ways I can think of right now. I've been honestly second guessing myself a lot to be in this situation. “I give the International Team a lot of credit. They played fantastic the last -- especially today. Yesterday they played great. I was really proud of the way our guys kind of hung in there today. It was tough. The golf course was tough, and the guys really hung in pretty well.” He also went on to say: “I feel like a team reflects their captain, and to this point, I haven't held up my end of the bargain.” This was the perfect opportunity for him to announce his team were going to fight for every point in the singles, and try to banish the ghosts from the ‘Miracle at Medinah’. Instead, he’s already making himself the fall guy for a defeat that hasn’t actually happened yet. The poor performances the USA Team regularly deliver in team competitions are now a psychological battle more than anything. They’re not just losing to the 12 men on the opposite team, they’re losing to themselves before they even tee it up. PGA Tour Presidents Cup
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Rory McIlroy was asked ahead of the FedEx St Jude who he’d would vote for Player of the Year if he had to vote today: “Oh, geez, it's a hard one because I think right now it's objectively there's no one that really stands out, but subjectively it depends what you value. “So if you value winning the biggest tournaments, you would say it could be Cameron Young and Wyndham Clark in terms of one won THE PLAYERS, one won the U.S. Open. Obviously Matt Fitzpatrick has had a great year. Scottie's had an unbelievably consistent year without the wins that he's had the last couple years. “Again, it all depends on what you value, I guess. I guess I value like the bigger tournaments and guys having the bigger moments. It doesn't really answer your question who I would vote for, but I guess it's sort of what do you value?” Rory McIlroy PGA Tour FedEx St. Jude Championship
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Scottie Scheffler was asked ahead of the BMW Championship his thoughts on the new changes coming on the PGA Tour and whether he’d like to see any of the LIV players back. On the incoming changes, he said: “Getting the best players competing against each other more often is what we want as players. I assume, you guys in the media, that’s what you’d want to see. I assume that’s what the fans want as well and I think that’s the direction that we’re heading. “Making things a bit simpler in terms of who’s going to be at what tournament at what time. Golf has always been a difficult game to rank when you’re not playing head to head, and so getting the best players playing head to head more often than not in a proper tournament is, I think, the best way to do things.” He then was asked whether he’d like to see the PGA Tour offering LIV Golf players the same opportunity to return that was given to Brooks Koepka earlier this year: “Yeah, I think, when we talk about the best players, LIV has a few players that are really good. I think, the depth that we have on our tour is unmatched, but when you look at higher levels of LIV Golf there are definitely players that would provide a value to the tour and guys that I love competing against as well. “So I think going forwards there obviously has to be some kind of penalties. What they are, I’ll let Rolapp and all those guys figure it out. We have great leadership within the tour now. “But I think having those guys coming back and competing, whatever happens with LIV, whether those guys want to leave, you’ve got to ask them. But for me being able to compete against the best players in the world, there’s definitely some guys that can compete out here and I look forward to the chance of being able to compete with them more often.” PGA Tour BMW Championship
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Rory McIlroy was asked ahead of The Open if he agrees with the idea that “Trackman Golfers” don’t do well at Opens: “No, I wouldn't totally agree with that. I think that TrackMan or any launch monitor, it's a very useful tool. I think you can get too into the numbers, which then can be detrimental. I think, yeah, TrackMan can be very useful. It can be -- I think it can actually help you with the feel of your golf swing at times. “If you see a certain number on TrackMan, it gives you a feeling of what you need to do, so if you can sort of match up the number you see on the screen with a feel that you have in your golf swing, I actually think you can become more feel-based. “I use TrackMan a lot in season because I feel like it's hard to work on technical positions when you're just trying to manage your pattern through the course of the season. I use TrackMan where it's like, okay, my path's getting a little to the right, I've just got to feel like I swing more left. Or my face angle is getting a bit left and I've got to feel like I hold it a bit more square through impact, whatever it is. “To me, I actually feel like it's a great tool to use when your swing gets off a bit and you can sort of train your feels back into where they need to be.” Rory McIlroy The Open LKD
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