“Total BS” – Fans divided as LIV Golfers fail to feature on The 151st Open Championship’s telecast for the second straight day

The 151st Open Championship saw another day of action where LIV Golfers were overlooked during the live broadcast. Interestingly, Phil Mickelson, who has the most majors entering this event, and Brooks Koepka, who won this year's PGA Championship, were not featured during the television telecast's featured group. The Open Championship defending champion Cameron Smith was also snubbed.NUCLR Golf shared the news on their Twitter handle, eliciting mixed reactions from fans online.NUCLR GOLF@NUCLRGOLF#LIV BLACKOUT — LIV Golfers will NOT be featured for the second straight day, including defending #TheOpen Champion Cam Smith 🦚 Round 2 Featured Groups: McIlory - Rahm - Rose Morikawa - Homa - Hatton Spieth - Fitz - DayScheffler - Fleetwood - Scott pic.twitter.com/FdvPczCZrr9915🚨#LIV BLACKOUT — LIV Golfers will NOT be featured for the second straight day, including defending #TheOpen Champion Cam Smith 👀 🦚 📺 Round 2 Featured Groups: ▪️McIlory - Rahm - Rose ▪️Morikawa - Homa - Hatton ▪️Spieth - Fitz - Day▪️Scheffler - Fleetwood - Scott pic.twitter.com/FdvPczCZrrSome fans criticized the bias against LIV golfers while others seemed indifferent to the omission.&quot;Total BS,&quot; a fan wrote.JDKMJM@jjmon500@NUCLRGOLF Total BS7@NUCLRGOLF Total BSHere are some fan tweets reacting negatively to LIV players not getting a featured group spot:Akash Anavarathan@akashanav@NUCLRGOLF How do they not show Brooks/Cantlay/Hideki? All -11@NUCLRGOLF How do they not show Brooks/Cantlay/Hideki? All -1Andy Murfitt@AndyMurfitt1@NUCLRGOLF Minor issue for them. They have millions of reasons to not care.@NUCLRGOLF Minor issue for them. They have millions of reasons to not care.M Lindberg@LindbergMA@NUCLRGOLF I mean I guess yeah but then again only Brooks and Cam are remotely interesting.@NUCLRGOLF I mean I guess yeah but then again only Brooks and Cam are remotely interesting.Guy Wilson@Guy_Wilson_Golf@NUCLRGOLF Just wait till they are in the leading groups. Good luck blacking them out.1@NUCLRGOLF Just wait till they are in the leading groups. Good luck blacking them out.Some fans did not care about LIV Golfers not getting a featured group spot, understating the importance of being on the featured group during a full day of action. Here are some tweets:Guy Day@guyday77@NUCLRGOLF It’s so petty it’s incredible TBH1@NUCLRGOLF It’s so petty it’s incredible TBHStu@digitalmanoz@NUCLRGOLF Only the feature groups . Plenty on the live coverage and YouTube highlights.@NUCLRGOLF Only the feature groups . Plenty on the live coverage and YouTube highlights.felixLEpage@FelixLePage@NUCLRGOLF These are some stellar groups, why follow guys on an exhibition tour?1@NUCLRGOLF These are some stellar groups, why follow guys on an exhibition tour?Bray Black Cat@BrayBlackCat1@NUCLRGOLF Thanks for the great news!Amazing tee shot by Rory on the first. Far better than seeing Steptoe's double bogey, en route to +6@NUCLRGOLF Thanks for the great news!Amazing tee shot by Rory on the first. Far better than seeing Steptoe's double bogey, en route to +6Brian Wargo@BrianBuckWargo@NUCLRGOLF Why does this matter. It’s not the masters, the whole day is televised6@NUCLRGOLF Why does this matter. It’s not the masters, the whole day is televisedHere are the four featured groups during the Open Championship and their tee times (All times in GMT/ET):6:04 am/9:04 am - Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day6:48 am/9:48 am - Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott1:58 pm/4:58 am - Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, and Justin Rose2:09 pm/5:09 am - Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, and Tyrrell HattonWho are the LIV Golfers playing in the 151st Open Championship?A total of 16 LIV golfers qualified for the 151st Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club.Defending champion Cameron Smith, the 2023 PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka and multiple-time major winner Phil Mickelson are the top names on the list.Here are the names of 16 LIV Golfers participating in the oldest major tournament:Brooks KoepkaCameron SmithPhil MickelsonDustin JohnsonAbraham AncerRichard BlandLaurie CanterBryson DeChambeauTalor GoochBranden GraceJoaquin NiemannLouis OosthuizenThomas PietersPatrick ReedCharl SchwartzelHenrik StensonWho is leading the 151st Open Championship leaderboard after round 1?South African amateur golfer Christo Lamprecht, along with Tommy Fleetwood and Emiliano Grillo are leading the leaderboard after day one. The leaderboard is currently very crowded with multiple players tied on a single spot.Here are the top 12 golfers on the 151st Open Championship leaderboard:T1 - Christo Lamprecht (a)T1 - Tommy FleetwoodT1 - Emiliano GrilloT4 - Antoine RoznerT4 -Adrian OtaeguiT4 - Brian HarmanT7 - Stewart CinkT7 - Wyndham ClarkT7 - Alex NorenT7 - Max HomaT7 - Shubhankar SharmaT7 - Michael StewartClick here to see more updates on the 151st Open Championship.

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