American Golfers Shine as Tony Finau, Others Show Out at The Open

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00:00Breaking through here, talking about some of the American golfers.

00:02How about Tony Finau, minus four on the tournament, three under today,

00:05but also some names that we haven't seen up on that leaderboard quite often.

00:09Justin Thomas is under par.

00:10Jordan Spieth is under par.

00:12Ricky Fowler is under par for this tournament.

00:14Keith, just like an overage on like the Open Championship.

00:18Why do we get to see guys that we typically don't see maybe challenging

00:21always have a chance to challenge across the seas?

00:24I love to see it, man.

00:25One of these guys can break through in this tournament?

00:27It'd be fantastic.

00:27Well, the simple answer to your question, Donnie, is length, right?

00:31Some of those guys you just mentioned, Ricky Fowler, Jordan Spieth,

00:34they don't bomb it out there like the Brysons and the Rory's.

00:37So all of our majors over here, they definitely favor speed off the tee.

00:41Now you bring it back to Royal Portrush, which is much more of a shot maker,

00:45it's much more of a creative landscape and setting and scorecard.

00:48Then now all of a sudden a guy like Jordan Spieth can keep up.

00:51I mean, you didn't even mention Captain Keegan Bradley.

00:54I mean, the Ryder Cup captain, the guy taking the team to Bethpage, Donnie,

00:57he went out and shot four under this morning.

01:00He's in the mix.

01:01He's at three under par and he's sitting in the clubhouse.

01:04So he was fantastic today.

01:06And one of the things that Keegan's done with this season,

01:08besides win at the Travelers, is that he was second ranked in the field

01:11in strokes gain around the green.

01:13The guy just gets it in the hole.

01:15And if this thing stays right around 10 under par for the winner or even less,

01:19and in the single digits, if we get weather over the weekend,

01:21Keegan Bradley, that American, is going to be an even bigger factor.

01:25And next Wednesday, a bigger storyline come Bethpage.