The illustrious Open Championship has officially begun, with many elite players competing for the coveted trophy. These majors are not only the best way for any golfer to establish their legacies, but they also serve other purposes. They are the fields of unity within diversity. Despite the fact that the golf world is divided into many leagues, golfers from many backgrounds are here truly for the sake of the game.

However, it seems like the Open Championship is affected by the animosity prevalent in the golf world. The R&A’s decision regarding featured groups is getting a lot of backlash. Let’s find out!

The Round Two featured groups controversy

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, which oversees the Rules of Golf, alone decides which players will play with which group and when.

Read More: Despite $3,000,000,000 Patch Up, 2X PGA Tour Winner Still Absolutely Trashes LIV Defector With His Stern Advice

For Round Two of the Open, The Featured Groups that are scheduled for the live broadcast are World No. 2 Rory McIlroy, and World No. 3 Jon Rahm, along with Justin Rose, a former major champion. Scottie Scheffler, the World No. 1, will play alongside Tommy Fleetwood and Adam Scott. Along with Jason Day and Matt Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth will start the round. Tyrrell Hatton and Max Homa will be playing with Collin Morikawa

Interestingly, not one LIV Golfer is included in the list. NUCLR GOLF shared this fact on Twitter and wrote: ”#LIV BLACKOUT — LIV Golfers will NOT be featured for the second straight day, including defending #TheOpen Champion Cam Smith” 

The featured group on the television broadcast did not include the defending champion, Cameron Smith, Phil Mickelson, who has won the most majors in the competition, or Brooks Koepka, who took home this year’s PGA Championship. And not only that, since Rahm is on the featured group he doesn’t want to look bad on television. And thus gave a straight statement to everyone including the Just Oil Protestors. ”I do have a reputation, so I hope they don’t catch me on a bad hole.” Let’s see how fans reacted to the R&A’s mess.

The featured group partiality got R&A some serious backlash

Many fans were furious regarding partial behavior against the LIV Golfers. They all showed their anger. One fan even commented that this was a classless move. While one commented that this was no longer a major now:

One fan even commented that next year it will be hard for R&A to ignore the LIV Golfers because of the merger:

One fan even said that once the LIV golfers are leading, it will be hard to ignore them:

One fan even said that R&A still doesn’t know about the merger. After the merger, all leagues will come under one umbrella:

One fan wrote that in the midst of all this, a LIV Golfer’s win would be a solid reply:

Other fans didn’t agree with the post. They commented that LIV Golfers got as much TV as other guys. They even claimed to have seen many LIV Golfers performances on TV, including Smith:

What are your thoughts on this controversy? Do you believe that LIV golfers are being ignored by the R&A? Do let us know in the comments below.

Watch This Story: Amid Celebrating 4th of July, LIV Golf Defectors Patrick Reed and Bubba Watson Make a Juicy Confession