No Wells Coming Off Confidential List -- July 15, 2022

Updates

Later, 11:03 a.m. CT: two developments. 

• Dustin Johnson is in third place but his name has not been mentioned since he dropped out of first place earlier this morning. 
• Fifteenth hole: finally, for the first time in two day, video of Phil Mickelson, +4. Brief commentary: "yesterday, a so-so day; today, not as good." For the PGA / NBC partnership, Mickelson is history.
  

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The Open:  I could be wrong but I don't believe I saw Phil Mickelson or Bryson DeChambeau at The Open yesterday. 

• Not one video of either and no mention of either. I must have watched 90% of The Open live and in re-play and I saw neither. But they are playing: Mickelson is tied for 55 and DeChambeau is tied for 22. 
• With the long history of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson over the decades, with this likely being Tiger Woods' swan song, it would only make sense to see lots of Phil Mickelson
• In addition, Phil Mickelson is a prior champion at The Open, having won in 2013. 
  
• Bryson is always a "must-see" and due to a hand injury he hasn't been seen in quite some time; likewise, I would have expected to see a lot of him.  
• I haven't paid attention, but I don't believe I've seen Brooks Koepka either, but he's tied for 82.
• Ditto, Kevin Na, tied for 89th place.
• Ditto, Patrick Reed, tied for 51st.
• Ditto, Sergio Garcia, tied for 24th.
• But we've seen every Korean, multiple times.
• And we're going to see a lot of Dustin Johnson, currently leading The Open and likely to win. 
• It would be impossible to ignore the player at the top of the leaderboard. 
• But Taylor Gooch, tied at #3 is also almost a ghost. 
  
• Link here.
  
• My hunch: a certain NBC analyst "called" the shots.
  
• Bryson tees off at 12:53 p.m. CT today.
• Mickelson is on the course (7:15 a.m. CT) and is on the second hole.
• No post-play interview.
• Wow.
• With two LIV players in the top five early in the second round, a great story line for NBC would be the "PGA vs LIV." LOL.
  
• Tiger watch here.
  
• Woods' second round is half over; he has dropped two more places, now tied for 148 in a field of 156. He added one more stroke to his final round, and is now +7 teeing off at #14.
  
• The cut will be "par" today.
  

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RBN Energy: US efforts to punish Russia echo response to 1973 oil embargo. 

The global reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was swift, with calls of condemnation and plans quickly surfacing for the U.S. and other countries to stop their purchases of Russian crude oil and natural gas immediately, or at least as soon as practical. The strategy has been to make the situation as politically and financially painful as possible for Russia, which has not been shy about using its energy supplies as a weapon, before or after the invasion. But those plans haven’t worked as well as hoped, and some impacts are bringing back memories of the 1973 oil embargo which, though driven by a far different series of events, may provide insight into the current situation. In today’s RBN blog, we look at the many parallels to today, including weaponized oil, regional supply shortages, price spikes and well-intentioned (if sometimes ill-conceived) government responses.