Friday at the Open: Rorys emotions, illegal drivers, Fore fights, and Westys rise

Published: July 19, 2019, 9:39 p.m.

b'This special Friday afternoon edition runs through some instant reactions to the first 36 holes at The Open. Andy cannot contain his Lee Westwood excitement with the hard-luck Englishman rising near the top of the leaderboard again. We run down Westy\\u2019s chances, as well as the entire top 10, and look for some names outside that group to make a longshot, given the history, run at the Claret Jug. We review the contrast in Brooksy\\u2019s and Spieth\\u2019s rounds, and who should be the favorite at the midpoint. With the Pace Car in the lead, Flashback Friday goes down the rabbit hole of that one time the R&A handed out a slow play penalty, which Andy attempts to argue greatly helped Phil Mickelson\\u2019s career. We spend a segment reviewing Rory\\u2019s push to make the cut and his emotional post-round interviews. Tiger\\u2019s decision to skip the WGC Swampass is praised but the grading of his week at Portrush is not kind. We wrap with some late breaking news on Xander Schaueffele failing a driver test and Bobby MacIntyre getting into it with Kyle Stanley over his failure to yell \\u201cFore!\\u201d We conclude with some quick hitters on the Meth-head uprising in the heartland, Dru Love\\u2019s admirable work in Canada, and Carson Daly returning to our golf lives.'