The Open Is Here ⛳️

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Here's what to expect in today's newsletter:

• Fore A Laugh - Imagine Paying To Play On This Green 🤢

• Whats In The Bag - Rickie Fowler 🇺🇸 

• Equipment Round Up - Payntr X 003 Golf Shoes 👟

• On Tour - Rickie Finally Wins Again 🏆

• Hole Of The Week - 11th Hole, Pacific Dunes Golf Course, Oregon, USA 🇺🇸

• Around The Web - Videos/articles to check out 📲

• Driving Range Practice Guide - Sign just 1 friend up to Tee Time to unlock 👍

Fore A Laugh - Imagine Paying To Play On This Green 🤢

Now I know we can’t expect all golf courses to be like Augusta National, but come on. This is just taking the p*ss 👇

Whats In The Bag - Rory McIlroy 👀

Rory McIlroy grabbed a seriously impressive win at the Scottish Open last week. Perfect prep for The Open this week.

We’ve taken a look whats in his bag 👇

Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (9 degrees)

3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (15 degrees @13)

Irons: TaylorMade P760 (2, 4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9)

Wedges: TaylorMade MG3 (46 degrees), TaylorMade MG4 (50degrees, 54 degrees, 60 degrees)

Putter: TaylorMade Spider X

Golf Ball: TaylorMade TP5x

Can’t imagine there will be any changes for The Open next week!

Equipment Round Up - Well Putt Putting Mats 🎯

We’ve taken a look at something slightly different today. Now we’re in full swing in the golf season, practice is king. One great way of practicing from home is on a putting mat.

Who are they for? Any golfer with room to roll out 3m at home. They can help golfers of all levels improve their putting stroke.

How Do They Look? Premium and complex. These putting mats aren’t cheap costing upwards of $/£100 and you can tell they are premium. The matt looks quite complex too with different lines for different drills and games.

What’s Included?

This is what I love about these putting matts, you don’t just get a basic matt. You get a “Training Book” included but more importantly there is also a mobile app. On this mobile app, you can play various games and record all of your training allowing you to track any progression.

Any negatives? For me there are 2 negatives with this mat. One is that no bag/cover is provided for storage, you can keep your mat in the box but it doesn’t feel quite as premium and is a bit bulky. Two is that you can’t practice longer putts, realistically though, this isn’t possible with any putting mat.

In conclusion, this is a great bit of kit for anyone who is looking to improve on the greens. The product is of excellent quality and when coupled with the mobile app, you can track your progres.

Tee Time Equipment Rating: 9/10 ✅

On Tour - McIlroy Wins Before The Open 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

PGA Tour/DP World Tour - Scottish Open

We saw the stars of golf descend on Scotland last weekend for the Scottish Open and it didn’t disappoint. McIlroy ran out a 1 shot winner from Scot Robert MacIntyre.

In a gripping end, both MacIntyre and McIlroy hit unbelievable shots into 18 to end with birdies.

And Scheffler finished 3rd - shock.

Hole Of The Week - 17th Hole, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This hole is going to get a lot of attention this weekend. The new Par 3 for the 151st Open looks a terrifying prospect, even for the best in the world!

The hole named “Little Eye“ is a short par 3 with an elevated green that is guarded by very deep bunkers.

Matt Fitzpatrick’s caddie Billy Foster isn’t a fan of the hole, describing it as a “monstrosity”.

Makes for some good viewing 📺🍿.

Around The Web

A few bits from across the internet that we think may be worth checking out:

🎥 Rick Shiels takes on Ian Poulter, Shiels starting 10 under par - Watch here

🤔 10 Open Championship storylines you should have on your radar - Read here

👀 7 tips for becoming a smarter golfer, according to Collin Morikawa - Read here

🔥 $210 off SuperSpeed Golf Training Bundle - See here