PGA Tour, Ryder Cup stars absorb Wimbledon earlier than The Open

Monday at Wimbledon noticed thrilling Spherical of 16 matches, none extra entertaining than the five-set battle between American Taylor Fritz and German Alexander Zverev.

Tommy Paul additionally received his match earlier within the day, thus sending two Individuals to the Wimbledon Quarterfinals for the primary time since 2000, per ESPN. Later within the day, Novak Djokovic battled in opposition to Holger Rune of Denmark. Their match remains to be in progress.

Solely a fortunate few acquired to witness these terrific matches in individual, however a part of that lucky bunch included quite a few PGA Tour and Ryder Cup stars.

Tommy Fleetwood and his spouse Clare sat within the Royal Field at Wimbledon on Monday:

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As did Irishman Shane Lowry:

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Luke Donald, who led the European facet to victory at Marco Simone in Rome, additionally witnessed the motion on Monday. Donald will even lead Group Europe at Bethpage Black for the 2025 Ryder Cup and can reportedly compete in opposition to an American facet led by Keegan Bradley.

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Matthew Fitzpatrick, who received the U.S. Open in 2022 at Brookline, additionally attended the Spherical of 16 matches on Monday:

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LIV Golf’s Tyrrell Hatton was additionally in attendance. Hatton, contemporary off a dominant LIV Golf win in Nashville, will compete in Andalucía later this week at Actual Membership Valderrama in Spain, the course that hosted the 1997 Ryder Cup.

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The opposite gamers in London on Monday won’t tee it up for this week’s Genesis Scottish Open, a co-sanctioned occasion between the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour. Fleetwood, Lowry, and Fitzpatrick will as an alternative take per week off earlier than subsequent week’s Open Championship at Royal Troon. Donald didn’t qualify for this yr’s Open.

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