cb1919 said:

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This place is going to go nuts with Fleetwood climbing the leaderboard

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Love me some "Fairway Jesus"!!!

Tron booking a flight to England right now im sure

Pretty sure he said last night that was already booked

Would like to see Fleetwood in the hunt tomorrow. It would make a captivating finish.

Bryson wasn't going to miss right on 5 today lol

Oh no. The straight down the middle commercial barage has begun

One thing that makes this tournament hard to watch is that you can never see the ball. Really annoying.

Scottie can't buy a birdie putt

Scottie is putting very well today…just making absolutely nothing

Also this is no one's fault but the only thing that makes the British Open really fun is if the weather is really bad. This perfect weather and the rough being so thin and wispy isn't exciting.

Scottie is likely going to win this. He's playing the best out of anyone, he just hasn't gotten anything to go in. But he'll eventually throw some darts and also make a handful of 15-25 footers and come out on top probably.

Enrico Pallazzo said:

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Fleetwood dresses like he stopped at Goodwill on the way to the course and bought whatever they had available, regardless of size

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The Blackstone hat is the worst. And is he wearing sunday red stuff? He looks like a hobo

watty said:

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Scottie is likely going to win this. He's playing the best out of anyone, he just hasn't gotten anything to go in. But he'll eventually throw some darts and also make a handful of 15-25 footers and come out on top probably.

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Yeah. Can't sleep on Scottie. He's putted like dog**** and is still only 3 back. If he can get a couple to fall, watch out.

Tailgate88 said:

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I am no Bryson fan, not by a long shot. But that penalty was at worst, BS and at best, would not have been equally enforced.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm actually pulling him for him now.

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"You are not alone,
I am here with you.

Though I'm far away…"

He challenged the authority of golf. And he's weird as ****.

Interesting to see the reactions continue today. You've got guys like Xander and Max saying they don't understand the penalty, he addressed the ball in high grass like anyone else would, then you've got Rory saying he isn't fond of Bryson and the penalty was absolutely deserved and he 'held the tournament hostage.'

Rory and Brandel should do a podcast together. Two peas in a pod. The true guardians of the sanctity of golf.

3AgDad81 said:

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What has Bryson done to make people dislike him? I enjoy his interactions with the fans, and his YouTube videos seem light and fun, not controversial at all.

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https://nypost.com/2021/09/18/how-bryson-dechambeau-became-golfs-top-villain/

Don't mistake agreeing with the ruling with disliking him. Personally, I just like seeing someone finally enforce the rules, because with both the PGA and USGA, these guys playing games with mashing stuff down behind their lie is going too far.

And fwiw, I was calling Wyndham Clark out for it in the US Open thread.

I hope Bryson overcomes the 2 stroke penalty and wins but yeah, him losing by 1 would be total chaos.

I would also say if anybody can overcome a 2 stroke penalty on a Friday it's not Bryson.

I would think most players would take the side of the player in something like this because they don't want to be the one that gets screwed over next time. If the rules officials and just assign a penalty on something that isn't clear cut, it's a horrible precedent. I understand them of assigning penalties after the fact in cases where it is clear-cut or obvious. When they did it to Tiger, it was because he flat out said that he dropped in the wrong spot. But something like this, it would worry me as a fellow player.

I lol'd

watty said:

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I would think most players would take the side of the player in something like this because they don't want to be the one that gets screwed over next time. If the rules officials and just assign a penalty on something that isn't clear cut, it's a horrible precedent. I understand them of assigning penalties after the fact in cases where it is clear-cut or obvious. When they did it to Tiger, it was because he flat out said that he dropped in the wrong spot. But something like this, it would worry me as a fellow player.

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You say this fresh off Rory saying in an interview he was watching it live with other players that all immediately thought that didn't look right

A reminder that Shane Lowry was penalised 2 strokes at last year's Open Championship.

I don't remember anyone suggesting that the R&A and CGM were conspiring against him.

He wasn't happy with the decision but he didn't threaten to WD and spoke to the media after. https://t.co/UIGvCnibZ3

— Irish on Tour (@Irish_On_Tour) July 18, 2026

Back to Scottie, did they say yesterday that he was like 150th in SG putting? I might be making that up but thought I heard it. If so, yeah he's definitely winning haha. Within 3 despite putting that bad would be insane.

I said "most." And seemingly a lot are on his side. You only read what you want to read.

Here is video of Rory's full quotes on Bryson and the ruling.

On the actual penalty: "I think there's no doubt that he improved the line of his backswing. Again, it's like, whether it was careless or whether it was intentional, I don't think it matters. Hopefully it was… pic.twitter.com/HgtWi1jISe

— Kyle Porter (@KylePorterNS) July 18, 2026

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Hopefully it was careless, but I think the two-shot penalty was justified for sure."

Added this on everything that played out after the round: "I won't pretend to be up here and defend Bryson. I'm not particularly fond of him. I think a lot of it's performative. I think a lot of it's for attention.

"To hold the tournament hostage like that, and to have all of us, players, volunteers, everyone waiting on him to depart, I didn't feel like it was a great look."

When asked if he thinks Bryson knew what he was doing: "I'm not in his mind. I'm not in his -- but it didn't look good."

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