Photos: PGA Tour, Ryder Cup stars descend upon Wimbledon before The Open

Wimbledon featured a string of thrilling round of 16 matches on Monday, the most entertaining of which was a five-set battle between American Taylor Fritz and Germany’s Alexander Zverev.

Tommy Paul also won a match that day, meaning two Americans advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals. For the first time since 2000Later in the day, Novak Djokovic faced Holger Run of Denmark in a match that is still ongoing, according to ESPN.

Only a lucky few had the chance to witness these incredible matches in person, including many PGA Tour and Ryder Cup stars.

Tommy Fleetwood and his wife Claire were sitting in the Royal Box at Wimbledon on Monday.

So is Irishman Shane Lowry.

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Also in attendance on Monday was Luke Donald, who led Europe to victory at the Marco Simone in Rome and will reportedly also lead Europe at Bethpage Black in the 2025 Ryder Cup against Keegan Bradley and the USA.

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Matthew Fitzpatrick, who won the 2022 U.S. Open in Brookline, also watched Monday’s round of 16 matches.

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Also in attendance was LIV Golf’s Tyrrell Hatton, fresh off a dominating LIV Golf win in Nashville and set to compete later this week at Real Club Valderrama in Andalusia, Spain, the course that hosted the 1997 Ryder Cup.

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The other players who were in London on Monday will not play in this week’s Genesis Scottish Open, an event co-sponsored by the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. Fleetwood, Lawrie and Fitzpatrick will instead take a week off before next week’s British Open at Royal Troon. Donald has not qualified for this year’s British Open.

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