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Sorry to keep rehashing this, but literally the two shot penalty on Bryson yesterday has literally NEVER been called on any other golfer in The Open. This was 100% agenda driven against Bryson. The R & A has really messed this up.

Apparently no one in the past 30 years has done what Bryson did today at The Open. Don’t tell me this wasn’t targeted.

One last thing in the Bryson penalty… Even if we hypothetically accept Bryson broke the rule: I’ve seen a lot of thoughts that boil down to “we shouldn’t ignore this rule now because it has been missed in the past”, but that’s not really what’s going on here. What’s happening here is “completely ignore the rule until someone you don’t like breaks it”, which is very different. That’s not how things should function. That’s not the spirit of the game.

So, based on this, it sounds like Rory is the one that reported it to the R&A. Otherwise why is he taking this so personally and acting defensive?

The account that broke the Bryson story had never tweeted before. Its first-ever tweet just happened to move a major championship? Weird. Now imagine a world where people involved in the broadcast are betting on the event while deciding which shots to air then amplify online.

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 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."

How far do you have to throw a club to get a code of conduct penalty? If Niemann gets one for throwing his club -- whatever it was -- 50 yards, and Rahm doesn't get one for throwing it 5 yards, what is the number? There must be one between those two, right? Such a slippery slope.

🚨🇺🇸⛳️ JUST IN — The USGA will firm up the course on Sunday to its fastest conditions of the week, increasing green speeds to around 11.5 on the stimpmeter. However, greens have been syringed this morning and winds are much weaker. Thoughts on the conditions this week?

I think you could talk me into playing every U.S. Open at either Pinehurst or Shinnecock.

Shinnecock is the Justin Herbert of U.S. open venues. The data nerds will tell you that it has the potential to be the best ever, but it never really performs and we’re just left with excuses. If we need 10 planets to align to have this course playable, it’s not a good course.

If Wyndham goes on and wins he’ll have won a US Open in a 45 minute period on a Thursday evening. There is admittedly some saltiness in this opinion but personally don’t think that’s a great look for the tournament

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