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ROYAL PORTRUSH GOLF CLUB, NORTHERN IRELAND, JUL 17 – The R&A's new rule requiring players' caddies to rake bunkers affected Fleetwood's play on the 5th hole, contributing to a bogey in the first round at the Open Championship.
- During the first round at Royal Portrush, Fleetwood experienced a rare caddie blunder when a bunker was left unraked due to the new policy, causing a costly mistake.
- This year, the R&A eliminated its decades-old bunker raker policy, and Mark Darbon said `A number of factors`.
- When Fleetwood reached the bunker, the previous user forgot to rake it, Fleetwood’s second shot hit the lip and barely cleared it, and Tommy Fleetwood muttered `For f—’s sake, man`.
- After a wayward tee shot on the par-4 11th, Jon Rahm addressed the situation calmly, then finished with a 1-under 70, Underdog Golf tweeted it was interesting to hear a calmer Rahm address the situation.
- After his round, Mickelson shot an opening-round 1-under 70, Shane Lowry said `Everything is great`, and Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas finished a six-hour round.
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Rare caddie blunder leads to ‘awful’ break at Open Championship - Irish Golfer Magazine
A rare caddie blunder — and recent policy change — led to one “awful” break for Tommy Fleetwood during the first round of the Open Championship on Thursday at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Fleetwood, a favourite this week, opened with three straight pars and bogeyed the par-4 4th. He then drove into a pot bunker about 20 yards short of the green on the par-4 5th. That’s when the broadcast caught up with Fleetwood and on-course reporter Jim…
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