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Bryson DeChambeau takes friendly jab at Open champion Scottie Scheffler
Bryson DeChambeau takes friendly jab at Open champion Scottie Scheffler

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time21-07-2025

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Bryson DeChambeau takes friendly jab at Open champion Scottie Scheffler

"I played with him a lot in college, and he was not that good…" The Claret Jug was never a realistic possibility the last 72 hours, but Bryson DeChambeau received cheers worthy of a champion when he wrapped up his Open Championship on the 18th green Sunday. With good reason. Having shot himself out of contention after an opening 7-over 78, DeChambeau spent the final three rounds at Royal Portrush chasing respectability — and chasing away the demons of that disastrous Thursday. Instead of checking out, he put the throttle down. The result? 65-68-64. It's the second-lowest score over the last 54 holes in the 153 years of The Open. He played the last three rounds in 16 under, and his final-round 64 matches his best round in 124 career rounds in majors. He was 7 over and tied for 144th after the first round, and he finished at 9 under to tie for 10th. Few things in golf are more lethal when the Crushers GC captain lets loose. No wonder the gallery showed its appreciation, with DeChambeau responding with heartfelt thanks. "That's what I did for the past three days," DeChambeau said. "I said, every time is go time, like you've got to come back from five, six back. That's the mentality I had. I said I'm going to give myself a chance. I'm not going to pout. I'm going to be free. It's Sunday of a major. I'm going to be free. "Kind of like what Scottie is doing right now." Ah, Scottie Scheffler, his fellow Dallas-area resident in Texas. Scheffler was lapping the field when DeChambeau spoke to the media Sunday afternoon. Even if DeChambeau had shot even par in the opening round, he still would've been hard-pressed to catch Scheffler, who shot his own 64 in the second round to set up a run towards his third career major. Those were the two lowest rounds in the field this week. "Scottie's in a league of his own right now," DeChambeau said. "I played with him a lot in college, and he was not that good, so he's figured out a lot of stuff since then. It's really impressive to see and something we can all learn from for sure." What DeChambeau learned the past three days at Royal Portrush may prove very valuable in future Open starts. Links courses haven't exactly been his forte, and since he competes on them just one week a year, the comfort factor takes time. Ask Phil Mickelson, who finally solved The Open in his 20th start. Just how many links secrets DeChambeau was able to unlock from Royal Portrush remains to be seen, though. After some nasty weather in the opening round, the final three days offered favorable, sunny conditions. Even DeChambeau realizes that he didn't face the full brunt of usual Open elements. "Look, it was fair conditions the past few days," he said. "I always told you guys I like it when it's fair conditions. I can play well. "I still have to crack the code when it's raining and windy. But I feel like we're getting close to some opportunities and solutions for that. It just takes a long time to develop stuff. I'm starting to learn." He's excited about the golf ball he's developing, thinks that will be a huge benefit for his unique swing, especially in how it reacts against the wind in future Opens. He's also excited about how he managed his putting this week. That's held him back on past links starts, but he managed the speed this week, suffering just one three-putt. "Putting is usually a difficult thing for me to control, the speed," DeChambeau said. "We did a good job of that this week. I barely three-putted and that was my goal going into it. Coming back next year, that's another goal of mine. If I can keep doing that and give myself a better chance with a new golf ball — hopefully — with some flighted shots and give myself a chance to win the Claret Jug." For now, he has the final four tournaments of the LIV Golf season, with a chance to win the Individual Championship (he's currently third in the standings) and win a second Team Championship with his Crushers. Then there's the Ryder Cup in late September at Bethpage Black. He's all but guaranteed to be on the team — in fact, U.S. Captain Keegan Bradley left him an inspirational message in his locker this week. And who knows, maybe DeChambeau will partner with Scheffler, an intimidating twosome to be sure as the Americans hope to bounce back from a 2023 loss to the Europeans in Rome. "This year's no joke," DeChambeau said. "We're tired of it. We're tired of losing." He seemed to get emotional as he spoke, twirling a tee in his hands to help him stay in check. It was an emotional week for DeChambeau, one that ended without a trophy but definitely on a high note. As bright as the weather was Sunday at Portrush, his future on links courses seems even brighter. This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily!

Bryson DeChambeau takes friendly jab at Open champion Scottie Scheffler
Bryson DeChambeau takes friendly jab at Open champion Scottie Scheffler

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time20-07-2025

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Bryson DeChambeau takes friendly jab at Open champion Scottie Scheffler

"I played with him a lot in college, and he was not that good…" The Claret Jug was never a realistic possibility the last 72 hours, but Bryson DeChambeau received cheers worthy of a champion when he wrapped up his Open Championship on the 18th green Sunday. With good reason. Having shot himself out of contention after an opening 7-over 78, DeChambeau spent the final three rounds at Royal Portrush chasing respectability — and chasing away the demons of that disastrous Thursday. Instead of checking out, he put the throttle down. The result? 65-68-64. It's the second-lowest score over the last 54 holes in the 153 years of The Open. He played the last three rounds in 16 under, and his final-round 64 matches his best round in 124 career rounds in majors. He was 7 over and tied for 144th after the first round, and he finished at 9 under to tie for 10th. Few things in golf are more lethal when the Crushers GC captain lets loose. No wonder the gallery showed its appreciation, with DeChambeau responding with heartfelt thanks. "That's what I did for the past three days," DeChambeau said. "I said, every time is go time, like you've got to come back from five, six back. That's the mentality I had. I said I'm going to give myself a chance. I'm not going to pout. I'm going to be free. It's Sunday of a major. I'm going to be free. "Kind of like what Scottie is doing right now." Ah, Scottie Scheffler, his fellow Dallas-area resident in Texas. Scheffler was lapping the field when DeChambeau spoke to the media Sunday afternoon. Even if DeChambeau had shot even par in the opening round, he still would've been hard-pressed to catch Scheffler, who shot his own 64 in the second round to set up a run towards his third career major. Those were the two lowest rounds in the field this week. "Scottie's in a league of his own right now," DeChambeau said. "I played with him a lot in college, and he was not that good, so he's figured out a lot of stuff since then. It's really impressive to see and something we can all learn from for sure." What DeChambeau learned the past three days at Royal Portrush may prove very valuable in future Open starts. Links courses haven't exactly been his forte, and since he competes on them just one week a year, the comfort factor takes time. Ask Phil Mickelson, who finally solved The Open in his 20th start. Just how many links secrets DeChambeau was able to unlock from Royal Portrush remains to be seen, though. After some nasty weather in the opening round, the final three days offered favorable, sunny conditions. Even DeChambeau realizes that he didn't face the full brunt of usual Open elements. "Look, it was fair conditions the past few days," he said. "I always told you guys I like it when it's fair conditions. I can play well. "I still have to crack the code when it's raining and windy. But I feel like we're getting close to some opportunities and solutions for that. It just takes a long time to develop stuff. I'm starting to learn." He's excited about the golf ball he's developing, thinks that will be a huge benefit for his unique swing, especially in how it reacts against the wind in future Opens. He's also excited about how he managed his putting this week. That's held him back on past links starts, but he managed the speed this week, suffering just one three-putt. "Putting is usually a difficult thing for me to control, the speed," DeChambeau said. "We did a good job of that this week. I barely three-putted and that was my goal going into it. Coming back next year, that's another goal of mine. If I can keep doing that and give myself a better chance with a new golf ball — hopefully — with some flighted shots and give myself a chance to win the Claret Jug." For now, he has the final four tournaments of the LIV Golf season, with a chance to win the Individual Championship (he's currently third in the standings) and win a second Team Championship with his Crushers. Then there's the Ryder Cup in late September at Bethpage Black. He's all but guaranteed to be on the team — in fact, U.S. Captain Keegan Bradley left him an inspirational message in his locker this week. And who knows, maybe DeChambeau will partner with Scheffler, an intimidating twosome to be sure as the Americans hope to bounce back from a 2023 loss to the Europeans in Rome. "This year's no joke," DeChambeau said. "We're tired of it. We're tired of losing." He seemed to get emotional as he spoke, twirling a tee in his hands to help him stay in check. It was an emotional week for DeChambeau, one that ended without a trophy but definitely on a high note. As bright as the weather was Sunday at Portrush, his future on links courses seems even brighter. This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! recommended Item 1 of 3 Get more from the LIV Golf Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic

How Bryson DeChambeau plans to use AI to revolutionize golf
How Bryson DeChambeau plans to use AI to revolutionize golf

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time13-07-2025

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How Bryson DeChambeau plans to use AI to revolutionize golf

Imagine Bryson DeChambeau alone on the range at a LIV Golf event. He's talking to himself. Or is he? He's talking to someone. Some … thing. He hits a ball in an unintended direction. And then he checks in. Turns out he's speaking with AI designed to provide coaching tips to generate the purest swing possible. The back-and-forth might go something like this: DeChambeau: Shoot, what went wrong there? AI: Well Bryson, your head appeared to dip two inches lower than your typical shot in the best-swing data set. It's a future that's not so far off, according to Sportsbox AI and Google, the companies that collaborate with the star golfer. It's a future that DeChambeau said he's interested in. DeChambeau is always thinking about what's next. About change. About the future. And so it should come as no surprise that he's already using AI every week with an eye on the present and the future. "AI is going to throw quite a big wrench in the whole ecosystem of golf," DeChambeau said in a press conference where DeChambeau announced Crushers GC's partnership with Qualcomm, a wireless company. How, exactly? Well, DeChambeau explained how it's helping him. "How the ball is launching off of the ground would be one. Pressure-sensing grip [would be another]. … And then using AI and measuring the optics of your body on just a video to see when you're swinging it good, when you're swinging it bad. And how to get an AI that talks to you like a golf coach, is very interesting to me," he said. At this moment, DeChambeau gets his answers from Google and Sportsbox AI. The latter, in particular, helps golfers and coaches answer questions about why something isn't working. But the process takes time. Nothing is real-time — yet. The most famous use case came in June 2024 when DeChambeau first approached Sportsbox AI. He went in with a question about the inconsistencies he was getting when trying to hit a draw. Sportsbox provided him with three answers — three parts of the swing — that he needed to manage to fix his swing. And you might remember what happened next: DeChambeau won the U.S. Open. Sportsbox AI has helped four of the top 10 golfers in the world, either by working with the player or the player's coach. But no pro golfer has taken to AI in golf quite like DeChambeau. "Bryson's definitely the one who put this into his process in an official way, week in and week out," said Jeehae Lee, Sportsbox AI founder and former LPGA pro. "Some of the other players just may be using it in their lessons, looking at our product, but we're not providing them this deep-dive data analysis [like DeChambeau]." DeChambeau has thousands of swings recorded in the Sportsbox archives — more than any other golfer. And it's his swing that is training the model to create the type of AI coach that interests DeChambeau. "Instead of us recording the swing, downloading the data, and our data science team doing the analysis to answer his question," Lee said. "That [process] is going to be built into the product, just like any AI agent tools that are out there. You're able to interact with it in the way that you would with a human to ask a very human-language question. 'Hey, that last one was bad. What happened?' And we're able to say, 'Well, based on that last thing, compared with your best swing data set, these were the top three things that were very different.'" For now, Google and Sportsbox AI have a tool that's for the elite golfers. But with DeChambeau's collaborative efforts, they are working to build a tool that can help golfers of every skill level to improve their swing. Lee reiterated that Sportsbox AI didn't want to make human swing coaches obsolete. But the company is working to create a support system for those coaches to help them do the best possible job for their players. "Data will get you answers faster than any human can. And that's not something that would discredit or disintermediate any human work," Lee said. "It's only going to elevate everybody's work in the golf industry, so that's kind of what we are running towards." When it comes to golf, DeChambeau is the king of data. He is, after all, the mad scientist, who runs experiment after experiment — including, for example, dousing his balls in water to see how the moisture affects spin rate. So it makes perfect sense DeChambeau is exploring a data-driven, disruptive technology. "It's helping me understand my golf swing on a deeper level," DeChambeau said. DeChambeau was asked what the most innovative thing he's done was. And he said he'd "figured out how to hit it pretty straight with the distance that I've created." That's the thing that everyone knows him for: his driver and his distance. But he also felt like he'd been innovative with his putter, too. And that's another area where he's used AI to seek answers, changing the way he approaches the game with finesse on the greens. But there's work to be done there, too. "That's currently what we struggle with, especially on putting when there's only a certain amount of frame rates, like, how can we then splice the info and use not only AI to help interpret, interpret the frames in between, to get it to like, 750 [per second] but then, how do you get that tech and how do you see it more precisely over time?" DeChambeau wondered. There's room for growth. There's room for learning. But DeChambeau, perhaps more than any golfer, is there for it. "LIV Golf is innovative," he said. "We're innovators. The Crushers — we're innovators." Before joining FOX Sports as an NFL reporter and columnist, Henry McKenna spent seven years covering the Patriots for USA TODAY Sports Media Group and Boston Globe Media. Follow him on Twitter at @henrycmckenna. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily!

Joaquin Niemann Headlines 5-Way Tie at LIV Golf Andalucía Before Round 1 Delay
Joaquin Niemann Headlines 5-Way Tie at LIV Golf Andalucía Before Round 1 Delay

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time11-07-2025

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Joaquin Niemann Headlines 5-Way Tie at LIV Golf Andalucía Before Round 1 Delay

SAN ROQUE, Spain – On a blustery day in Spain with winds howling at 33 mph and lightning-fast greens, Valderrama delivered one of the toughest rounds golf fans will witness this season. At 5:07 p.m. local time, conditions were deemed unplayable at LIV Golf Andalucía, as the balls would no longer stay on the greens due to the high winds. Round 1 will resume at 8 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET) on Saturday, with Round 2 scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. local time (4:30 a.m. ET). When play was suspended, there was a 5-way tie at the top of the leaderboard with Torque GCCaptain Joaquin Niemann, Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith, Majesticks GC Co-Captain Lee Westwood, Stinger GC's Branden Grace and Smash GC's Talor Gooch all at 1-under par. "Just keep doing what I'm doing," Smith said. "I hit a lot of drives today that felt like good shots and didn't quite catch the fairway. Just seemed like one of those days where if you got a bit of a gust, it was just going to take your ball anyway ... Did a good job with staying patient. Made a lot of birdies, and like I said, just keep doing what I'm doing. Hopefully I find some more fairways and make some more putts." Niemann, who has won four times this season, is bogey free on his round with two holes to play. The only player to have a bogey-free round at Valderrama on LIV Golf was Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau in 2023 (Rd. 2). Fireballs GC Captain Sergio Garcia got off to an up-and-down start in his title defense. The Spaniard, who has won four times in his career at Valderrama, made two birdies and four bogeys to sit at 2-over par for his round, but only three shots off the lead. A handful of stars, including Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm (E), Crushers GC's Paul Casey (+1), RangeGoats GC Captain Bubba Watson (+1) and Legion XIII's Tyrrell Hatton (+1), are also within striking distance. The scoring average for the round was a brutal 3.05 and 16 of the 18 holes played over par. The only exceptions were the 5th (-0.11) and the 11th (-0.41). In other news, LIV Golf has applied again to be included in the Official World Golf Ranking, without any indication of how it will operate differently from when their first application was rejected nearly two years ago. The OWGR said in a statement Friday it had received the application and has started the review process to determine if the Saudi-funded league of 54 players will be included. "The OWGR Board is committed to a thorough evaluation process of all applications, and LIV's application will be reviewed in accordance with OWGR's criteria to ensure fairness, integrity and consistency," the OWGR said in a statement. The OWGR board has an annual meeting next week at the British Open. The OWGR denied the first application in October 2023 — the first full year of the league — saying it could not fairly measure LIV Golf with two dozen other tours around the world because of what amounted to a closed shop, along with the individual competition potentially being compromised by scores counting toward a team result. LIV now has 54 players — 13 four-man teams and two wild cards — and keeps the roster all season except for alternates used in case of injury. The Associated Press contributed to this report. This piece is courtesy of Mike McAllister in partnership with LIV Golf . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily . FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience LIV Golf recommended Item 1 of 1 Get more from the LIV Golf Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more

John Deere Classic shaping up as a final qualifier in world ranking for British Open
John Deere Classic shaping up as a final qualifier in world ranking for British Open

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time01-07-2025

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John Deere Classic shaping up as a final qualifier in world ranking for British Open

Rickie Fowler reacts to his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Paul Casey, of Crushers GC, smiles on the seventh green during the final round of LIV Golf Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Carrollton, Texas. (Mateo Villalba/LIV Golf via AP) Collin Morikawa hits from the 18th fairway during the first round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Aldrich Potgieter, of South Africa poses with the trophy after winning a playoff during the final round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Aldrich Potgieter, of South Africa poses with the trophy after winning a playoff during the final round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Rickie Fowler reacts to his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Paul Casey, of Crushers GC, smiles on the seventh green during the final round of LIV Golf Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Carrollton, Texas. (Mateo Villalba/LIV Golf via AP) Collin Morikawa hits from the 18th fairway during the first round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Aldrich Potgieter, of South Africa poses with the trophy after winning a playoff during the final round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) The John Deere Classic could serve as a final qualifier for the British Open, even though the R&A no longer offers an exemption to the leading finishers at the PGA Tour stop. This qualifier would be determined by the Official World Golf Ranking next week. Advertisement The 156-man field for Royal Portrush on July 17-20 is now at 122 players with the addition of two spots from the Italian Open, two amateurs (European Amateur and Open Amateur Series) and Sergio Garcia getting the lone spot from LIV Golf. Final regional qualifying Tuesday in the United Kingdom provided 20 spots. Five more players from the top 20 in the Race to Dubai on the European tour will earn spots after this week's BMW International Open in Germany. The following week, three more spots will be available in the Scottish Open. That brings the field to 150 players. The other six would come from a reserve list, which is based on the Official World Golf Ranking published after this week. Aldrich Potgieter won the Rocket Classic and moved to No. 49 in the world, making him the highest-ranked player not already in The Open. He is followed by Nico Echavarria, who tied for sixth in Detroit and moved to No. 51. Next on the list is Michael Kim at No. 55. Advertisement Seven of the next eight players in the world ranking not already exempt for The Open — from Bud Cauley at No. 59 to Ryan Gerard at No. 71 — are playing the John Deere Classic. Davis Riley is not in the John Deere field. If it plays out that way, in some respects it would make up for the fact that no one from the PGA Tour qualified from the category that exempts the leading five players from the top 20 in the FedEx Cup standings through the Rocket Classic. The top 28 players in the current FedEx Cup standings already are exempt, eight of them because they already were in the top 50 at the May 25 cutoff. Seven of those 28 were eligible by reaching the Tour Championship last year, and nine others got in as past major champions or from a top-10 finish at The Open last year at Royal Troon. It was only the second time in the last 10 years that everyone from the top 20 in the FedEx Cup already was exempt. Typically no more than two or three came out of that category. Advertisement Golf shots Scottie Scheffler was raving about a 3-iron he hit into a par 5 at the Travelers Championship because it came off perfectly. That led him to recall two other pure shots in recent memory, a 9-iron on the par-3 third at The Players Championship and a 6-iron on the fifth hole at the 2022 Masters. It's not always about the score it yields, just the pureness of the shot. That's why whenever Collin Morikawa thinks about one of the best shots he ever hit, it wasn't necessarily his driver on the par-4 16th at Harding Park that stopped 7 feet away for eagle when he won the 2020 PGA Championship. That was a stock drive with a great bounce. Advertisement Instead, he thought back to his final hole when he won the DP World Tour Championship in 2021 to become the first American to win the Race to Dubai. 'It was on 18, par 5, front left pin,' Morikawa said last week. 'I've watched the shot many times on YouTube because I'm like, 'How do I make it that easy?' Front left pin, water on the left, had 4-iron I think out of the first cut and I hit it exactly where I wanted. I could miss it in the water, lose the tournament; hit it in the bunker, not make up-and-down. It was picture perfect. 'And it's rare you get to do that, but that's why we keep practicing,' he said. 'I'm telling you, it's inches, margins, centimeters, degrees. We're crazy, but we love it.' LIV in 2026 Advertisement The Saudi-funded LIV Golf League won't play its first tournament on U.S. soil next year until a week before the PGA Championship. That's according to a schedule obtained by Sports Business Journal that it said was not finalized but likely to be the final product. According to SBJ, LIV Golf would start in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 5-7, go to Adelaide, Australia, the following week and then go three straight weeks starting March 6-8 in Hong Kong, Singapore and a new stop in South Africa. Instead of playing at Trump Doral the week before the Masters, LIV instead will go to Mexico City a week after the Masters and then have its first U.S. event — listed as 'D.C./Virginia' on May 8-10, the week before the PGA Championship at Aronimink outside Philadelphia. Also new to the schedule is a LIV event in New Orleans a week after the U.S. Open. Advertisement The schedule would have a U.K. event after the British Open, and then conclude with three tournaments in Chicago, Indianapolis and Michigan. The D.C./Virginia event would be the only LIV event before a major. The other three majors would have LIV events immediately after. There won't be stops in Florida for the first time. Also gone from the schedule, according to the SBJ report, is the event in the Dallas area. Monday qualifying at Birkdale The R&A added a new wrinkle to the British Open by announcing the 'Last-Chance Qualifier' to be held next year on the Monday at Royal Birkdale to start the championship week. Advertisement Golf's oldest championship essentially will have a Monday qualifier starting in 2026, the only major that will keep a spot open for one player in what amounts to an 18-hole shootout. The R&A said the qualifier will have 'up to 12 players,' though it did not say how it will determine who gets to play, only that more details would follow. The 'Last-Chance Qualifier' on Monday and a 'Heroes Classic' featuring an abbreviated round of past champions and other guests (most likely celebrities) are in response to a fan survey that indicated a desire for more live golf. 'We have asked them how we can make their experience of attending The Open even more enjoyable and they have been clear — they want more live golf, more opportunities to engage with the traditions of golf's original championship and more activities onsite to watch, listen and play," said Mark Darbon, the new CEO of the R&A. Advertisement Not for a lack of effort Eric Cole leads the PGA Tour in number of tournaments played this season. He is playing the John Deere Classic, his 24th start of the year. The only two tournaments he has missed for which he was eligible were the Mexico Open at Vidanta after he had played seven weeks in a row to start the year and the Rocket Classic last week. He was in the field at Detroit until withdrawing before it started. The other week he was off was the Masters because he wasn't eligible. Cole is No. 64 in the FedEx Cup standings. Divots Alexandra Armas is stepping down after her second stint as CEO of the Ladies European Tour. Armas led the LET from 2005 until 2012, and then from 2020. She will stay on until October. Prize money has more than doubled during her most recent five years. ... Somi Lee and Jin Hee Im became the 50th and 51st players from South Korea with an official LPGA win at the Dow Championship. ... Aldrich Potgieter at the Rocket Classic and Rory McIlroy at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am are the only players this year to win on the PGA Tour while leading the field in driving distance. ... Potgieter was the fifth player in the last 12 months to earn his first PGA Tour victory in a sudden-death playoff. Advertisement Stat of the week Austin Smotherman's victory in the Memorial Health Championship marked the sixth time this year a Korn Ferry Tour winner rallied from a deficit of four shots or more in the final round. Final word 'It's tough out here, it's a very fine line, but I know I'm plenty good enough to win.' — Rickie Fowler. ___ AP golf:

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