Arthur Wedge
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Which is why many aren’t also talking about himNor did McIlroy
The Open 2025.
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Golfmmad
Tour Winner
Well I did get it wrong,well done Scottie,a great performance leading from the front.
Good to see some great golf, birdies and eagles always exciting to watch.
Scheffler didn't give the chasing group a chance with his almost complete game.
Good to see some great golf, birdies and eagles always exciting to watch.
Scheffler didn't give the chasing group a chance with his almost complete game.
Steve Wilkes
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The course is exactly the same course if you make the easy par 5 12th a par 4, then English shoots -9 and the rest -8 or worse and the cut +3, Only Scottie is then an outlier at -13 as his putter was red hot shooting 8 under what he should have made from the positions he was on the greensI think -7 or -8 par as the winning score is a pretty good winning score
With nearly half of the field who make the cut still being over par
Backache
Assistant Pro
Is Gotterup currently a better golfer than Scheffler?
Over the past couple of tournaments he has on average finished higher.
He has shot lower and his most recent round was lower.
Over the past couple of tournaments he has on average finished higher.
He has shot lower and his most recent round was lower.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
No
He’s no1 and just won the Open at a canter.
evemccc
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Love Scottie’s post-round interview in the quotes in BBC article
Faith and family, followed by good golf = contentment
Such a refreshing person with sense of values and perspective to have as the clear best in the world in our sport
Faith and family, followed by good golf = contentment
Such a refreshing person with sense of values and perspective to have as the clear best in the world in our sport
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I have to ask - why did you not fancy him to do it?? Everything we've seen from him in the last couple of years suggested he would coast it. I don't think anyone else had any doubt.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Even though there was deep rough, bushes, gorse and jungle The Open was a far better tournament and spectacle than the US Open.
R&A got it right......
R&A got it right......
I'd agree with this, I think it's probably because Scottie won at such a canter, that people can look to blame the course set up, end of the day it was the same for everyone but Scottie is in a league of his own.
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
I bet Rory is chuffed to bit that he suggested to Scotty he should try a spider.
You might want to have a word with BBC sport. Their bulletin, BBC breakfast, led with McIlroy, not Scheffler, ended the golf section with an interview with McIlroy. Fitzpatrick was not even mentioned.Which is why many aren’t also talking about him
Pretty much the same the day before. Sadly, the BBC joined the obsession this weekend. They wrote their story before the action.
Not too dissimilar to the news reports whenever Woods played but didn’t win.
bobmac
Major Champion
I'm more surprised that the top 4 players were all from the USA who tend to play most of their golf in 80 degrees on tree-lined parkland courses.
Swango1980
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We are talking about the Rory McIlroy, possibly the biggest draw in golf right now from a marketing perspective, who has just played the Open at his home country. A venue in which he had a much famed breakdown last time The Open was there?
And people wonder why the media dare mention him, and ask why they don't talk about Matt Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick being one of the dullest players in golf. Not many articles on Harris English either.
Are people really puzzled why there is some talk on McIlroy?
Just looked at BBC golf on phone. Of the top articles, there seems to be one on McIlroy, all the rest about Scheffler. Doesn't seem unusual
Depreston
Club Champion
Scheffler looked like he’d walked off shooting a nett 76 in a monthly medal when he holed out on 18
That’s why people struggle to get excited about him
Suppose it’s not his fault when it feels like he has multiple shot lead every time he wins one
That’s why people struggle to get excited about him
Suppose it’s not his fault when it feels like he has multiple shot lead every time he wins one
Should journalists not see past some of that and also cover the sport itself. McIlroy was definitely part of the story, but the Brits finishing ahead of him, on multiple days and in contention, should have been part of that story as well. They were largely ignored. This isn't a McIlroy bash, it's disappointment of the journalism ignoring other players.
Swango1980
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But, I bet nobody really cares about Matt Fitzpatrick, a player that ultimately was never in contention, just like the rest of the field. Had he put Scheffler under pressure over the weekend, then I'm sure he would have got a big mention. But he didn't. So, I'm sure he'll have some stories written about him in the local press in Sheffield, but most of the rest of the UK won't be bothered. What is there to be said about matt Fitzpatrick? That he had a decent weekend and was nowhere near winning a major?
Also, when you say the Brits finishing ahead of him, I assume you meant Brits as a singular?
At other times in the weekend, I did say multiple days, I believe Hatton was also up there and ahead.
Swango1980
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I can't go back in time to see what the BBC had on their site on Thursday night, Friday morning. But, from memory, there was a hell of a lot of talk about Matt Fitzpatrick on Friday, after an excellent first day
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Didnt watch rd 4 as was watching planes go woosh . Did have the facilities to tune in if it looked like it was going to get spicy. Suffice to say I did not tune in 
