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Richard Teder already showed off his serious flair for the dramatic two weeks ago, when the 20-year-old amateur holed out for eagle to earn his spot at the Open and become the first-ever Estonian to do so. It does not get much better than this:
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Now, Open week has arrived at Royal Portrush and Teder is already making some loud noise on the range, not content with just being a cute little story that we already forgot about. Teder, who, like most 20-somethings nowadays, hits it a mile, had himself a long-drive competition with none other than Bryson DeChambeau. The guy is straight up aura-farming:
Richard Teder is making history this week as the first ever Estonian to play in The Open Championship after holing out for an eagle in qualifying to make it to Portrush. Today his week was made already as he went head to head against Bryson DeChambeau in a long drive competition.… pic.twitter.com/IGCcQbMCsg
— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) July 14, 2025
Absolutely unCORKED. My back hurts just watching that.
According to the tweet, Bryson got him by 25 yards in Round 2, but a closer look at the big screen on the range, which tracks everything from “flat carry” to ball speed, shows that Round 1 was much closer than that:
A good battle, though. Teder clearly has some serious speed and is happy to show it off. Whether or not we’ll see him go after it like that in competition on Thursday is another story, of course.
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