👋Good Morning Stump Nation!

Happy Thursday! We’ve got THE OPEN today in Scotland! So some of the fellas have already started their round but we’ve got a whole lot more golf left! In the world of basketball Caitlin Clark just set an all-time WNBA assist record with 19 in a game and Bronny had his best Summer League game yet! If that wasn’t enough sports we had a FOURTEEN-year-old take the pitch in the MLS!

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LETS. GET. INTO. IT.

THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

Today starts The 152nd Open Championship (British Open). After the United States, players from what country have won the most titles?

• A. England

• B. Scotland

• C. Australia

• D. Spain

• E. Rhode Island

Answer at the bottom of The Stump!

ON THIS DAY🗓️

On this day in 1987…

Yankees legend Don Mattingly ties all-time record with Home Run in 8th consecutive game! EIGHT! Sheesh!

All-time stache from Don as well!

Here’s Big DON going YARD: LINK

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰

Breaking News…

• 🏀 Caitlin Clark breaks All-Time WNBA Record with 19 assists in a loss to the Dallas Wings! 19! Sheesh!

• ⚽️ Cavan Sullivan becomes the youngest ever to debut with the MLS at the age of 14-YEARS-OLD! Becomes the youngest to ever start in any of the big 5 (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS)

• 🏈 Davante Adams has been on a quote spree the latest…

  • He says he’d love to play with Brady and that he’s “Better than half these dudes”

Top Final Scores💯

• 🏀 WNBA: MIN Lynx def. ATL Dream, 86-79; DAL Wings def. IND Fever, 101-93

  • Wings rain on the Caitlin Clark assists parade

• ⚽️ MLS: Inter Miami def. Toronto FC, 3-1; Atlanta United draws NYC FC, 2-2; Philadelphia Union def. NE Revolution, 5-1

What Caught Our Eye👀

• 🏀 The All-Time record from CC! Assist #19 on the night!

• ⚽️The touch is here is WILD!

• 🏀 Well there it is. Bronny’s first three in Summer League!

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️

The Open: History and Importance

The British Open is a landmark golf tournament in the ‘home of golf’.. let’s take a quick look at the history and why this tournament means so much.

The modern game of golf is widely believed to have originated in Scotland during the tail end of the Middle Ages. The earliest known mention of golf is in a 13th-century manuscript that depicts a game with clubs and a ball. The word ‘golf’ itself is thought to be a Scottish variation of the Dutch word colf, which means ‘club’, ‘stick’, or ‘bat’.

The Open, often referred to as the British Open or the Open Championship, is the oldest of all four major tournaments in professional golf. The tournament was first played on October 17th, 1860, at Prestwich Golf Club in Scotland. The Open is also the only major professional tournament sanctioned by the PGA Tour that is not played in the United States.

It is always played on the weekend of the third Friday in July, and each winner since 1873 has received the legendary Claret Jug, golfs oldest prize. It was first presented in 1873 to winner Tom Kidd. The original trophy was taken out of circulation in 1927 and now is displayed in a museum.

14 different courses have hosted The Open, this year it’ll take place at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Not only is it the most historic and oldest tournament, it is also one of the most fun to watch.

Golf in this part of the world is played on a links course, which refers to a course on an area of coastal dunes and few, if any, trees or in land water hazards. The fairways are long and thin and high winds typically whip golf balls around. This is the way the first humans played golf, so there’s some level of human vs nature.

This tournament means so much to the players as it’s a way of respecting and honoring the long history of golf and where it was born. This is like playing lacrosse with the Native people of America, or even playing squash with the brits.

This year will be the 152nd edition of The Open, and there will surely be no shortage of fireworks on the course. All the big boys will be there to compete, and many of them took the last week or two off to truly lock in and dial their game to the right level before making the jump across the pond.

The defending champion is American Brian Harman, who put on a masterclass performance in some pretty poor weather last year to lift the Claret Jug and become what is referred to as “The Champion Golfer of the Year”. Mr. Harman will have to return the jug before he gets off the box tomorrow, but man would he love to get it back!

JUICE STATION🧃

Quote of the Day

Song of the Day

Glue Guy of the Day

Defined: Glue Guy (Noun, Verb, Adj., etc.) - a person, thing, idea, or thought that holds together the larger group. Not the star, not the main character, but a hard hat and lunch pale type who knows its role. The GLUE of the group.

WHAT TO WATCH📺️

MLB⚾️: One day left before we resume play from the All-Star break! HOLDDDD!

NBA Summer League🏀:

• Pacers vs Nuggets (4:30 PM ET), Lakers vs Cavs (9:00 PM ET), link to the full schedule!

WNBA🏀: From one All-Star Break to another! No action tonight but the All-Star Game is on Saturday!

GOLF⛳️: The 152nd Open Championship - Day 1! Featured Groups include:

• Finau, Henley, Pavon (4:25 AM ET)

• Rahm, Fleetwood, MacIntyre (4:36 AM ET)

• Aberg, DeChambeau, Kim (4:47 AM ET)

• Harmon, Hovland, Theegala (4:58 AM ET)

• TIGER, Schauffele, Cantlay (9:37 AM ET)

• Speith, Scheffler, Young (10:10 AM ET)

• These timing may look weird but we’re talking East Coast times and the Tournament is across the pond!