by Imagine it, he took care of it. Imagine, he really took care of it. Scottie Scheffler used media tasks before the 153rd Open Championship to evaluate the senselessness of the golf in the great life scheme. “When I win it will be great for two minutes,” said Scheffler. World No. 1 should already prepare for its 120 seconds Ecstasy. It is a touch of inevitable that Scheffler is able to do the Claret jug with only half of this tournament. It will be a shock that shouldn’t win from here.
Matt Fitzpatrick had the elements with which they could fight for spells on Friday afternoon. Next came Scheffler and marauded in the rearview mirror; Which is more problematic for a golfer than anything that falls from heaven. Fitzpatrick had just signed his scorecard for a 66 and nine in total when Scheffler filled a birdie putt on the 17th. Ten under par.
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Scheffler had the good grace to leave the opportunity of 15 feet on the last shortly before the pines of the hole. Things are at least still slightly interesting. It was only that Schefflers 64, the lowest of this open, was threatening for his throne.
Fitzpatrick believes that at this year’s Player Championship he has reached a professional Nadir. There he fought badly for shape and answers. His youngest touch was far more impressive and at least the golfer who scaled the US Open Mountain in Brooline in 2022. Fitzpatrick’s only frustration came from a missed birdie putt, all 3FT of it, on the penultimate hole. In view of the mood of Scheffler, this could prove to be significant.
“I would not say that I really feel so much pressure,” said Fitzpatrick from a Saturday -T -shirt -time with Scheffler. “He will have the expectation of going out and dominating. He is an extraordinary player. He is World 1 and we see tiger-like stuff. I think the pressure is that he wins the golf tournament. For me, I obviously hope that I have something at home than he, but it is an exciting position for me to be in this year.”
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Fitzpatrick also spoke of the time measurement after the rounds took almost six hours on the first day. “I think it’s ridiculous,” he said. “The game pace was a combination of the way the golf course can be reached, and all of these normal things. But it also starts with the players and begins with the regulation officials.”
Brian Harman had run the second round, his 65 posting eight under the ranking list at lunchtime. Li Haotong reached after 12 minus nine, but should bind Harman’s aggregate. Harman won the Open in 2023 and has little over the past 24 months. Spray further questions about Harman’s preference for hunting; Animals, no golf titles. Li’s victory in Qatar in February was his first in three years.
Rory McIlroy was long gone when Fitzpatrick and Scheffler negotiated the final route. The Masters Champion has reached its first goal of the open week by surviving 36 holes for closing, which he did not achieve here in 2019. McIlroys 69 for one in total. Saturday promises to deliver more from the Rory Roar.
“In the first two days in small days I was here and there something close to my best,” said Mcilroy. “I have to have everything under control and let everything shoot over the weekend to take a run.
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“It is incredible to play in front of these fans. It was 20 years ago when I played the north of Ireland here, and never in my wildest dreams I thought that as a Grand Slam champion I would come back with the support of a nation, who tried to win an open championship. I count myself very gratefully and very happy that I am excited in this position.”
Also Keegan Bradley. While he plays what he describes as a golf of his life, Bradley seems to play in Bethpage in Bethpage in September and the US Ryder Cup team to captain. This will be a double role of genius or madness, depending on the result against Europe. Bradley is also over. His 67 was Bogey Free. Chris Gotterup, who won the Scottish Open on Sunday, continues to ride the wave. He is five in Harris English, Bob Macintyre, Rasmus Højgaard and Tyrrell Hatton.
Nobody who has made the cut can be completely excluded if you have won this major. Should Scheffler have an unlikely stumbling, that is,. The ranking is the most overloaded thing in Portrush, which takes some. Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland are even par. Tommy Fleetwood is one better. The defending champion Xander Schauffele is two under. On Thursday, Bryson Dechambeau spent going balls from the A2 to Coleraine and with a 65 -year -old, never boring, never boring back to the weekend.
One of those who made an early exit from Northern Ireland were Cameron Smith, whose decline in this area was incredible since a move to the LIV tour, Adam Scott, Collin Morikawa, Padraig Harrington and Min Woo Lee. What could turn out as Darren Clarkes last open round was 73 plus six. Next stop, the Harbor Bar.
