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Scottie Scheffler says they didn’t find his ball on 17 and he actually asked people to stop searching for it: “The rules official said it landed just barely left of the grandstand thing. I don't know what you call that, like a sponsor area or something. And Teddy had a beat right on where it was coming down. So when we get up there, it's past the fence that marks the TIO, so he said anything that's in there is it part of the TIO. So then we said -- we tried to figure it out. I said, if I find it, does that help me; can I drop it -- since that would be about 50 yards closer to the hole. He said, yes, you can then use that spot, but you might have to go to the other side of the TIO, which I didn't know exactly where that would be, and that's not a great angle coming across there. “So decided to stop the search and go back and drop it doing point-of-entry TIO relief. Actually I did that once this year during the Byron as well. Not something I'm proud of but I was familiar with.” He went on to say: “I stopped them. They had guys pointing from up there, like it landed right here, and I just kind of hauled up there, and I was like, guys, get out of there, stop, do not find the ball. Fortunately it was my security guy that I've had for a few years here. His name is Brucey. And then Woody was up there as well. So both those guys are pretty -- I know them quite well, so when I said, please don't look for the ball, they got out of there.” @TheOpen

@LouStagner hi Lou, fan of yours here. Reports are that the R&A reviewed and said it was “unintentional.” which intention isn’t the rule, as you know. here’s a grainy (due to FPS of video) closeup showing what appears to besand rising on the backswing.

@LouStagner hi Lou, fan of yours here. Reports are that the R&A reviewed and said it was “unintentional.” which intention isn’t the rule, as you know. here’s a grainy (due to FPS of video) closeup showing what appears to besand rising on the backswing.