Re-Posting / Updating: Observations Of The Open As We Come To The End Of The Second Day -- July 15, 2022

Updates

Later, 5:35 p.m CT: from TV sports talk:

• The Open has now become the PGA vs the LIV tournament
  
• the PGA did not have a good day: they lost their best draw: Tiger Woods
• Rory is now carrying the flag for the PGA
• talking heads noted that NBC completely ignored the LIV players playing The Open
• amazing that some talking heads did not notice that (wow -- what were they watching?)

Later, 3:25 p.m. CT:

• Bryson DeChambeau will make the cut, at -1; on the second day, dropped 43 places down to tied at #56.
• Mickelson: at +5 missed the cut and was tied at #126 at the end of the second round.
• there's a reason Mickelson jumped ship, from the PGA to the LIV
• Tiger Woods: finished the second round, +9; tied at 148 in a field of 156.

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.
• Tiger Woods is history, also, but for different reasons.
  

Original Post

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.