British Open #s:

O/U finish Positions:

Koepka 21.5 (Again! but maybe tempting fate this time)
Speith 22.5
Dustin J. 23.5
Rory 26.5
Finau 32.5


I'd like to bet Rahm out of the top 5 but isn't listed.

The BULLET!! Fun guy to watch for sure, hope he can make a run

I'm not familiar with that guy but he seems hilarious. It would be fun to watch him make a run this week.

https://www.golfmonthly.com/features...rmitage-234868

Ok he's officially my new favorite golfer

Pretty good overview of the top 100 contenders:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/bri...georges-ranked

this is sweet. thx for posting.

Three years on from my trip to The Open at Carnoustie and I think The Open is probably top 5 sporting events I've attended ever and easily number 1 recommendation for value. I've since looked into going to a US Open or PGA Championship and the cost, even for an American not paying for international flights, is similar. I'm just gonna wait until I can go back to The Open I think. Might look to catch a Senior PGA event as those seem far more affordable and I know all the guys anyway from when I was a kid.

Even the practice days are fun. I took my wife on Wednesday before the tourney started and she enjoyed the walk. She then proceeded to lounge around a Scottish cottage for four days while my buddy and I went to the course Thursday-Sunday.

If you get out there in the early morning, especially on Thursday and Friday, there's barely anybody out there. You can follow someone very easily or just sit by a tee box and watch everyone come through and tee off ten feet in front of you. Plus everything was just so damn accessible and affordable and the staff were super nice. As long as you can get a decent airfare and find lodging it's a very easy rec. Just go. Pick a year and plan it. It's so worth it.

For posterity, my Top 5 list regardless of value probably looks like: World Cup following your team >>>>>>> The Open > College Football Rivalry Game when both teams are good (2002 M/OSU was my experience with this) = Indy 500 = Final Four with seats in your team's section

Nice, sounds awesome. Would love to see an Open one of these days, have never been. St Andrews has long been on my bucket list but I suspect any of the venues would be a fantastic trip.

Whistling Straits trucked in how much sand, a million tons? I don't understand what that has to do with anything.

And Bandon Dunes is basically 100% clay soil. How that satisfies qualification for a "links" course is kinda weird.

Bandon Dunes is also situated on cliffs. How is that linksland? At least Kiawah is sandy at sea level with routing resembling a links course.

I get it, you like Bandon Dunes. I'm not knocking it per se, just asserting that most US golfers weight conditions, visuals, and playability/challenge highly, and Moonlight appears to check all the boxes.

So how many in the top 100 otherwise qualified are sitting this one out?

lol if you saw it in the featured group just now, but what a save by DeChambeau's new caddie!

edit: Will Z!

Tough start for Rahm today, gonna need a good round tomorrow to even make the cut.

Speef and Louie looking solid as expected.

Will may have hurt his back making a swing out of the rough. He struggled at the end. Hope he is okay.

Will Z’s par putt on 17 looked like the worst stroke I’ve ever seen a professional make. I watched it a couple of times and I’m not exaggerating when I say that he almost missed the ball off the toe. Yip is not a strong enough word.

Yeah, that was not pretty. Looked like a 2-3 footer that barely touched the hole.

There was a least one putt of his recently that had a similar stroke, only this one was from 12 feet or so. It doesn’t happen near all the time, either seems to be a good enough stroke or an gosh awful ugly gremlin.

The White Cliffs of Dover are beautiful. Would love to get there one day to see for myself.

BO, the putt was less than 2 feet. I’ve never seen a stroke like that.

With takes like this I find it hard to believe that NLU has an actual audience that listens to them and/or takes them seriously

I listen to them occasionally and they have some good one-liners now and then, but they should not be taken seriously.

ruh rory

that Will Z. putt is, um, something

Yeah that's the worst PGA putt I've ever seen I think. Worse than Scott Hoch.

Zalatoris putt looked like one of my typical putts lol

it's crazy. as he takes the putter back he drops it down an inch like he's trying to hit the slot or something. SMH

lol ligastar, perfect description