🏌️DeChambeau Faces $2M Battle

Good Morning! Robert MacIntyre won the Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club and became the first Scot in 25 years to win his national open.

Check out the equipment MacIntyre used during his victorious campaign on home soil and the complete prize money breakdown.

Fun Fact: The recently concluded ISCO Championship saw a cutline of eight-under-par, which is the lowest cut recorded in PGA Tour history.

⛳ This day in history: On this date in 1961, after nearly winning the Open Championship in his first try in 1960, Arnold Palmer won the first of two straight Opens, at Royal Birkdale, by one shot over Dai Rees.

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MacIntyre Wins Title On Home Soil

Robert MacIntyre made a 22-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 3-under 67 to win the Scottish Open, becoming the first Scot in 25 years to win his national open. Colin Montgomerie in 1999 was the last Scot to win the Scottish Open.

MacIntyre won for the second time this year, having earlier captured the Canadian Open - the fourth-oldest championship in golf -- last month. He will head to Royal Troon feeling as chuffed as ever and knowing that it has been over a century since a British player won at Troon.

Adam Scott finished second, just a shot behind MacIntyre while French player Romain Langasque occupied the third spot.

📌 Rory Struggles With Short Game: Rory McIlroy’s ball-striking was good enough to win the Genesis Scottish Open, but the putter was a different story. McIlroy hovered around the lead for most of the week at The Renaissance Club, but his 14-under total was four short of winner Robert MacIntyre.

McIlroy ranked second in the field in both Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee and Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green. He ranked No 63 in the field in putting, though – and the fact that he had an outside chance at the title heading into the final few holes Sunday, then, was a testament to his ball-striking.

McIlroy will now head to Royal Troon where he'll have one final chance in 2024 to snap a major-championship winless drought that currently spans 10 years.

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Scheffler Makes Unusual Move To Win The Open

Scottie Scheffler has devised a unique plan to prepare for The Open. He has returned to links golf after a short break, but not the Genesis Scottish Open venue where the year's last Major will take place this week.

Unlike the majority of PGA Tour pros, like Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, and more, who chose the Renaissance Club to get familiar with the unique links courses, Scottie Scheffler chose the Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire to practice before the tournament.

After playing the last PGA Tour signature event, the Travelers Championship, Scheffler took a 3-week mid-season break and decided to miss the Scottish Open. The primary reason behind missing the event before the last major stems was to give himself some much needed rest and work on his game after a streak of average results.

Thus, the Renaissance Club was dropped from Scheffler’s schedule and Turnberry became the better choice for practice.

⛳️ Scheffler chooses Turnberry despite R&A’s rejection: The last time Turnberry hosted the Open Championship was in 2009. Since then, the R&A has not visited the historical golf course.

The R&A rejected the plea of Turnberry representatives when they asked in 2021. The organization explained that it doesn’t see a foreseeable future with Turnberry.

But as always, Scheffler has other plans and these unconventional decisions often work in his favor.

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What else is making news

LPGA Tour: Japan's Ayaka Furue captured her first major title by winning the Evian Championship on Sunday at Evian-les-Bains, France.

ISCO Championship: Harry Hall chipped in for birdie from 45 feet on the third hole of a playoff to win the ISCO Championship for his first PGA Tour title, just days before the birth of his first child.

Woods Watch: Tiger Woods arrived at Royal Troon Golf Club on Sunday and played an 18-hole practice round as he prepares for the 152nd Open Championship later this week.

LIV Golf: Sergio Garcia recorded his first LIV Golf individual victory on home soil, to boot by defeating India's Anirban Lahiri in a playoff at Andalucia.

Seniors' Major: Ernie Els secured the first senior major championship of his career, winning the Kaulig Companies Championship at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

Celebrity Championship: Former tennis player Mardy Fish racked up 83 points to win the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament.

Olympics: Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles is officially set to host Olympic golf in 2028.

The Open: Three players were added Sunday evening to The Open Championship field, finalizing the list of competitors for next week at Royal Troon - check out the complete field.

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DeChambeau Faces $2M Extortion Battle

Bryson DeChambeau’s 2024 US Open victory has led to a bitter feud with his longtime golf teacher. The LIV Golf star claims that his former coach, Mike Schy, tried extorting $2 million from him after his victory last month at Pinehurst.

The allegation comes after Schy claimed that the 30-year-old golfer didn’t hold up his end of a supposed deal to help fund the Central Valley Jon DeChambeau Memorial Junior Tour, named after DeChambeau’s late father.

📍Schy's Claims: Schy wants a a reinstatement of a $60,000-per-year salary he says he was promised and turned down a compensation offer he dismissed as “a few bucks,” though DeChambeau says he offered $300,000 and that the two haven’t worked together since 2018.

He also claims DeChambeau fired Schy’s son David, who was building a putting green in DeChambeau’s backyard.

📍DeChambeau's Claims: Although Schy claimed that DeChambeau had intentionally not funded his attempts at a more affordable junior tour circuit in DeChambeau’s native Clovis, California area, the pro rejected those assertions.

DeChambeau is clear on his part that he isn't going to pay Schy almost 50 percent of his US Open winnings. He is willing to compensate him for his help with Krank and Avoda (sponsors) but would not allow himself to be extorted for $2 million.

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