So maybe they can call this after 54 holes.
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My only issue with Scottieāand it isnāt his fault, is the media. They amplify everything he does to the point where Iāve got to turn it on mute. One time Scheffler had like a 40 ft putt and putted it to within 3 inches. Brad Faxon: OMG, Scheffler just wants to make every putt. MUTE.
No shit Brad, every player wants to make every putt. What a dumb thing to say. It was the same way when they were covering Tiger. Get off his jock!!
At least Scottie is a lot more likable than Tiger. When he was playing Tiger was a huge douch-nozzle.
Remember Madden on Favre! Now that was the worst
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So heās up by two Lee Corsos?
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I just copyrighted the āAnglo-Saxon Openā. Looking to make some cash when they come around on this naming convention.
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I love the gnarled weather that usually comes with the British open
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That is the fun part of the four majors, they each have their own uniqueness that the others canāt match.
From the weather of the British Open, the deep/tough Rough of the US Open and history of the Masters.
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Announcers talking about those behind Scheffler being very aggressive today
Scheffler responds by putting the ball a foot from the hole on his second shotā¦birdie incomingā¦lol
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Its all over already. What a player he is.
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He puts so much pressure on the other guys to try and do things they arenāt capable of. Once that happens they start making mistakes while he just sits back and plays his game. It really does remind me of Tiger.
Rory is hot too. I bet he ends up finishing 2nd.
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Bryson after that first round is very impressive .
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7 stroke leadā¦
ASSASSIN on the greens, unreal. finally saw some emotion.
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Dechambeau is a grinder. He learns and adapts. Augusta isnāt a great course for him but he has learned to play it better as time has gone on. He is a very special player and really pushes it to the limit.
Going to LIV has actually helped him. He really has taken the time to work on his game and the shorter schedule allows him to really empty the tank at majors.
I think Mrs. Scheffler is going to be playing the Scotty kazoo later tonight.
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Not sure I can agree with this premiseā¦. at all.
Dechambeau joined LIV in 2022.
Prior to joining LIV golfā¦ he had already won a US amateur and 8 PGA tour eventsā¦ including his 1st major at the US Open in 2020.
His win at that US Open was largely attributed to his commitment to weightlifting and the subsequent increase in distance he gainedā¦ 2 full years before he joined LIVā¦ and he was able to bomb and gouge it.
Since he has joined LIVā¦ he won 1 major at the 2024 US Openā¦
also able to bomb it and not work the ballā¦.
but he has continued to fall short because he hasnāt been able to fix his biggest weakness.
Approach shots to the green.
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Andā¦ he still canāt work the ball left to rightā¦.
creating a MAJOR hole in his game on many courses and in any kind of windy conditions.
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soā¦. uhhhā¦ noā¦ LIV hasnāt cured the issues for Bryson.
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TheAthletic pulse email from this morning. Is Scheffler/Woods comparison fare?
Scottie, Tiger and the feel of inescapable victory
Hours before Scottie Scheffler made his final putt yesterday, the Tiger comparisons were already cemented. Comparing numbers with Tiger Woods is a joke, but thereās something to be said for feeling. And as someone who watched Tiger live in his prime, Schefflerās current run does feel like prime Tiger. Just a bit.
Letās contextualize it:
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Some numbers for both Scheffler and Woods are quite close. With his Open Championship win yesterday, Scheffler won his fourth major ā 1,197 days after he won his first. Distance between majors Nos. 1-4 for Woods: 1,197 days. Scheffler, 29, is also only the fourth player to win the Open Championship, U.S. Open and Masters before the age of 30. The other three: Woods, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus.
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Age is working in Schefflerās favor as he ascends into the upper levels of this sport. Scheffler can win the career grand slam next year at the U.S. Open, where the final round will coincidentally fall on his 30th birthday. To zoom out further, Scheffler theoretically has eight to 10 years of prime golf in him, which is a minimum of 32 major appearances barring setbacks. Heās won four of his last 15 major starts. If he keeps that pace, he has 12 majors by the time heās 38. That would put him third all-time, only behind Woods (15) and Nicklaus (18). Itās an ambitious projection, but not implausible.
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The thing that feels most Woods-ian to me? Scheffler has won 10 straight tournaments in which heās had a 54-hole lead. Itās nowhere near Woodsā longest streak ā 36, just a hilarious number ā but the feeling of inevitability is there. We havenāt felt that way since Tigerās Sunday red meant something.
Just take it from Jim āBonesā Mackay, the former longtime caddie for Phil Mickelson, who said this on NBC after the tournament:
āI never thought Iād see a player as close to Tiger as this man currently is.ā
Me neither, Bones. For what itās worth, Scheffler laughed off the Tiger comparison yesterday, calling it āa bit silly.ā Schefflerās mindset was a topic of conversation all week; Brendan Quinn wrote about how scary that should actually be for everyone else.
Justin Ray also has plenty more fun stats from Schefflerās masterful day, including a look at next yearās majors slate.
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Yeah, the sideways winds are fun to watch.
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