PGA Tour Brunch

SANDWICH – Sunday marks exactly 11 years since Louis Oosthuizen’s win at The Open in 2010, his lone PGA TOUR title. Oosthuizen holds the seventh 54-hole lead/co-lead of his PGA TOUR career, fourth in a major and third at The Open (1-for-7 to date).

2020 PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa is making his tournament debut at The Open. No pro golfer has ever won two different majors in their first attempts.

Three-time major champion and 2017 Open Championship winner Jordan Spieth played the final two holes in 2-over and enters the final round trailing by three strokes (3rd place (-9). Spieth has two come-from-behind wins on Tour (2013 John Deere Classic, 2015 Valspar Championship).

Defending Open champion Shane Lowry stands T-12 after a third-round (69) as he attempts to become the first player to successfully defend his title at The Open since Padraig Harrington in 2008.

Amateurs to make the cut: Matthias Schmid (T-44 at (E), Yuxin Lin (T-71 at (+5).

The Open Leaderboard After 54 Holes

Louis Oosthuizen 64-65-69—198 (-12)

Collin Morikawa 67-64-68—199 (-11)

Jordan Spieth 65-67-69—201 (-9)

Corey Conners 68-68-66—202 (-8)

Scottie Scheffler 67-66-69—202 (-8)

SANDWICH – The 2010 Open Championship winner Louis Oosthuizen (129) recorded the lowest 36-hole score in The Open Championship history and the second-lowest in major championship history and leads by two strokes going into the weekend at Royal St. George’s.

Two of the five 36-hole scores of 131 or better in tournament history have come this week (129) by Oosthuizen, (131) by Collin Morikawa)

All five of Oosthuizen’s 36-hole leads/co-leads on the PGA Tour have either come in majors or THE PLAYERS Championship. He is 1-for-4 to date.

Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm, who have combined to win 11 majors since the start of the 2015 season, all enter the third round within six strokes of the lead.

The Basics:

Tournament Tee Times start Saturday at 4:20am (EDT)/9:20am (local) through 10:55am (EDT)/3:55pm (local).

Weather: 61-degrees (F) and dry in morning with some patchy low clouds.Winds: N or N/NE at 8-12 mph, and gusts from14-18 mph during the morning, gradually becoming NE then E/NE 6-10 mph, and gusts 12-16 mph through the afternoon and evening. Becoming mostly sunny throughout the day.

SANDWICH – The 2010 Open Championship winner Louis Oosthuizen opened with 64, his career-low score in a major and the lowest score by any player in a major during the 2020-21 season. Oosthuizen, who co-led after the first round of the 2021 U.S. Open, became the first player to hold at least a share of the 18-hole lead in consecutive majors since Brooks Koepka at the 2019 Masters and PGA Championship.

Oosthuizen became the 10th player to record a first-round score of (64) or better at The Open Championship and first since Phil Mickelson in 2016. Oosthuizen won the 2010 Open Championship at St. Andrew’s.

Jordan Spieth recorded his third career first-round score of (65) or better in a major championship. Spieth won both times in those previous majors, the 2015 Masters and 2017 Open Championship.

Defending champion Shane Lowry stands T-74 after an opening 1-over (71). Lowry won The Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club in 2019 and the tournament was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 149th Open – Second Round Coverage

COURSE: Royal St. George’s Golf Club (Sandwich, Kent, England)

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $6,200,000 /$1,116,000

FEDEx CUP Points Total/Winner: 23,379/600

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @TheOpen

PGA TOUR SITE: (The Open)

TV COVERAGE: Friday, July 16: From 4:00am to 3:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. *(See additional Peacock Channel coverage listed below).

On Saturday, July 17, Round 3 coverage 5:00am to 7:00am (EDT) on Golf Channel. NBC takes over from 7:00am to 3:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, July 18: Golf Channel opens final round coverage 4:00am to 7:00am (EDT) and NBC wraps it up from 7:00am to 2:00pm (EDT).

STREAMING: Streaming coverage with OTT Peacock Channel promoting its premium (Pay Wall) service and its connection to NBC Sports/Golf Channel. On Friday, Peacock will cover The Open from 1:30am (EDT) to 4am (EDT) and from 3:00pm to 4pm (EDT).

The OPEN RADIO COVERAGE: Due to rights restrictions, The Open will not be online via PGATour.com. SiriusXM Radio will have live radio calls at The Open with Friday coverage at 2:00am (EDT) to completion of play. Weekend coverage on Sirius XM Radio begins at 4:00am (EDT) until conclusion. The Open Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92)

The Basics:

Tournament Tee Times start Friday at 1:35am (EDT)/6:35am (local) through 11:16 (EDT)/4:16pm (local).

Weather: Friday’s forecast in Sandwich, Kent, England is for mostly cloudy skies, turning to sunny skies in the late afternoon. Temperatures 57-65-degrees (F), but humidity in the mid-80s. There’s a 10-14% chance of rain. Winds 7-10 mph.