👋Good Morning Stump Nation!

Another week, another set of Seven Stumps. JUICE! Yesterday Xander Schauffele won The Open and secured his SECOND Major of the year! Puts him in very elite company! In other news did you know we are seven Sundays away from football? I mean if that’s not an extra boost of juice we’re not quite sure what is! Let’s have a week! If you haven’t checked out our Pod Episode with 2x National Champ Hassan Diarra check it out! (LINK HERE)

Podcast Links Below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

LETS. GET. INTO. IT.

THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

What do the 5 Olympic Rings represent?

• A. 5 Original Contestants

• B. 5 Different Nations in Ancient Greece

• C. Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania

• D. 5 Letters in ‘Greek’

• E. The 5 Founders of the Modern Olympic Games

Answer at the bottom of The Stump!

ON THIS DAY🗓️

On this day in 2018, Francesco Molinari holds off veteran golfers Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose to win the British Open.

Francesco became the first Italian golfer to win a major title.

Molinari only has 3 career PGA Tour wins, this being his only major.

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰

Breaking News…

• ⚾️ Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez gets an eighth-inning double to secure a CYCLE!! It’s the second cycle of the year and tenth in franchise history!

• ⚾️ Seattle Mariners waive former All-Star first baseman Ty France

• 🏈 Ravens HC John Harbaugh: Lamar could end up being ‘the greatest QB to ever play’

  • Well I guess that’s what you want your head coach to say

Top Final Scores💯

• ⛳️ XANDER SCHAUFFELE (-9) wins The Open Championship for his second major of the year!

  • Not only has Xander gotten the ‘Can’t win the major’ monkey off his back, he has thrown it to another stratosphere!

  • Justin Rose and Billy Horschel were both T2 at -7

• ⚾️ Rays def. Yankees, 6-4; Marlins def. Mets, 4-2; Dodgers def. Red Sox, 9-6; Rangers def. Orioles, 3-2

• 🏀 Summer League Semifinals!

  • Grizzlies def. Clippers, 99-98; Heat def. Warriors, 102-99

What Caught Our Eye👀

• ⛳️ The putt that secured Xander’s SECOND MAJOR of the year! Have a year Xander Schauffele

• ⚾️ Kershaw reacts to an Ohtani BOMB! Another 30 HR season from Ohtani

• ⚾️ Yordan’s double that got him his first career CYCLE

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️

Justin Rose: Still Swinging It

Despite his loss, Justin Rose proved he could still play high level golf, at the place where it all started…

Heading into the final day, Englishmen Justin Rose was 2-back from the lead in what could be an unreal exclamation point on what has already been an exceptional career. Rose is 43 years old and has 11-career PGA Tour wins, his last being the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Rose has won one major, the 2013 US Open.

Rose turned professional nearly a quarter-century ago, and has struggled as of late. He jumped onto the main scene in 1998 at the British Open as an amateur. He finished tied for fourth in that tournament, he was 17 at the time. After and opening round of +2, Rose shot the record-low round for an amateur at the tournament with a 66, Frank Stranahan and Tiger Woods also shot that low. He was tied for second halfway through the tournament.

Some 26 years later, Rose was sitting in a familiar spot. He was tied for second in the British Open. A career that had some major highs in the 2010’s has turned into some major struggles as of late. This weekend, Rose seemed to turn back the clock.

In poor weather, the veteran played smart shot after smart shot to get his way back into contention. On Saturday, the Rose and Horschel pairing was brilliant to watch. In the rain and through the mist, the old Englishman felt right at home.

Sure, he came up short. That happens. Xander played out of his mind on Sunday to win. But don’t you dare say that Justin Rose didn’t fight. He finished two back at -7. That was a score that looked good enough to win all week. In what had to be a full circle moment for Justin Rose, he truly showed that he can still play some very high level golf.

Rose recently admitted a really hard truth: the older he gets, the fewer opportunities he’ll have to win. Rose travels with his very own recovery trailer filled with whatever physical aid he needs to keep up with the younger generation of golfers.

Rose was quoted following his loss last night and watching Xander hoist the trophy, “At that point, you’re being professional. Then I walk 10 steps later, and I’m choking back tears. So that’s the shift.”

From all of us in the golfing world, thank you for inspiring us again. If it were up to me, you’d get yourself a win this summer.

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⚾️: Beisbol!

• Rays @ Yankees (1:05 PM ET), Mets @ Marlins (6:40 PM ET), Phillies @ Twins (7:40 PM ET), Red Sox @ Rockies (8:40 PM ET), Giants @ Dodgers (10:10 PM ET)

NBA Summer League🏀:

• Only one game on the docket tonight: Heat vs Grizzlies (8:00 PM ET on ESPN)