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Speaker 1: Time for a catch up with Ryan Fox, who is home.

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Speaker 1: I assume, apart from anything reflecting on what has been

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Speaker 1: an excellent year two tour titles, PGA two at titles

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Speaker 1: of course, and you might have seen this week a

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Speaker 1: world record holder as well. Anyway, we'll explain all of that,

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Speaker 1: and Ryan Fox is whether it's good to see you

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Speaker 1: and you look well and healthy and vibrant. And I

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Speaker 1: guess that's what winning does for a person.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, it's coming back this year and it feels

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Speaker 2: a little bit different. You know. I've achieved a dream

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Speaker 2: this year, which is pretty cool to be able to

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Speaker 2: say winning on the PGA Tour. And now I've got

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Speaker 2: eight weeks off and get to be a dad and

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Speaker 2: do some fishing and hang around in your zelle. I

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Speaker 2: haven't spent much time here this year, so looking forward

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Speaker 2: to it.

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Speaker 1: Are you a relaxer? Can you walk away for eight

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Speaker 1: weeks or not?

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Speaker 2: No? No, I got dad's jeans in that regard. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: he's never been one that's good at relaxing either. So

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Speaker 2: I need to do stuff like you know, I'll do

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Speaker 2: stuff with the kids, I'll go fishing, I'll catch up

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Speaker 2: with friends and you know, I'll have some corporate days

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Speaker 2: and stuff like that to play, but I will be

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Speaker 2: able to stay away from the golf course at.

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Speaker 1: Least, So you're playing before the end of the year again.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I've got got two events in Ozzie, PGA Aussie Open,

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Speaker 2: which are last week of November, first week of December,

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Speaker 2: and then got some golf days and stuff early early December,

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Speaker 2: and then back into the PGA Tour early January.

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Speaker 1: And you're doing the Australian thing for what reason? I

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Speaker 1: mean other than winning obviously, I mean, is that to

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Speaker 1: keep you in touch before you hit the PGA again.

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Speaker 2: Yep. Yeah, So you know, if I took three months off,

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Speaker 2: I feel like it to take a while to get

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Speaker 2: back to that level. And going to Ossie. You know,

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Speaker 2: they're great events. We get to play the Aussie Open

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Speaker 2: at Royal Melbourne, which is always regarded as one of

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Speaker 2: the best golf courses in the world, and they're always

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Speaker 2: really good events to play. So it's kind of it's

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Speaker 2: I feel like that's the start of my season. This

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Speaker 2: is my holiday right now, and then you know, those

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Speaker 2: Aussie events are the start of the season and I

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Speaker 2: got another few weeks off and then get properly back

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Speaker 2: into it.

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Speaker 1: How long does it take you to get back into it.

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Speaker 2: I always feel like I need a couple of events

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Speaker 2: to to find it. Like I'm some guys are really

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Speaker 2: good at just practicing and turning up to an event

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Speaker 2: they're ready to go. I tend to be one of

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Speaker 2: those guys. I need to find the confidence on the

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Speaker 2: golf course and that it's different playing in a tournament

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Speaker 2: pressure and you know, if you can hit some shots

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Speaker 2: that are good when it counts, that's where I get

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Speaker 2: my confidence from. So you know, I always I've never

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Speaker 2: been great like first week back, I kind of need,

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Speaker 2: you know, one under my bolt to kind of find it.

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Speaker 1: How's your year and how's you will changed with the

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Speaker 1: level of success in that sense, Do you front at

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Speaker 1: a tournament feeling different about yourself now?

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Speaker 2: A little bit? I mean, I guess I can look

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Speaker 2: back on it now and go I've always believed that

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Speaker 2: my good golf was good enough to beat the best

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Speaker 2: players in the world, and you know, especially in that

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Speaker 2: Canadian Open, it I did beat a decent chunk of

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Speaker 2: them that week, And you know, you've always got that

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Speaker 2: once I know I can do it if I'm in

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Speaker 2: that situation again, It's it's easier once you know you've

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Speaker 2: done it, but then you've also got that expectation that

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Speaker 2: you kind of spec to play well, and sometimes, you know,

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Speaker 2: expectation doesn't quite live up to reality in that regard.

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Speaker 2: So it was a tough end to the season. But

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Speaker 2: you know, I feel like I belong a bit more

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Speaker 2: on the PGA tour and I've got guaranteed status going forward,

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Speaker 2: and you know, it's a little bit easier to play

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Speaker 2: when you don't have the pressure of trying to keep

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Speaker 2: your job on your shoulders.

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Speaker 1: Do people see you differently, treat you differently? So when

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Speaker 1: you go to Melbourne, for example, you you go as

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Speaker 1: a heavier weight now than you have previously.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely that has changed quite a lot in the

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Speaker 2: last well this year. Basically, you know, getting bigger groups

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Speaker 2: on a Thursday and Friday, which generally means you're more

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Speaker 2: of a marquee player and certainly get noticed a bit

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Speaker 2: more at events. And you know, definitely back home in

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Speaker 1: Years, which is is that enjoyable?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's weird. I mean obviously, I grew up with

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Speaker 2: that people show that much interest. Like I just whack

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Speaker 2: at times. It's it's really cool, but it's yeah, I

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Speaker 1: I always remember Michael Campbell when he won the Big Open.

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Speaker 1: He said, the beatter you get, the easier it becomes.

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Speaker 1: Is that true? And the cheaper it becomes as well.

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Speaker 1: And I remember interviewing Mark Brown. You mean Mark So

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Speaker 1: he used to drive across Canada with his mates in

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Speaker 1: then he'd stay at Motel six and stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: But you know, as you get more successful, it's it

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Speaker 1: all gets laid out in front of you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it kind of goes the wrong way in that regard,

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Speaker 2: Like the people coming up are the ones that need

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Speaker 2: the help, need the free hotel rooms, get paid to

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Speaker 2: play in all of that. But from a commercial sense,

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Speaker 2: it's the big guys that generate all the income for

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Speaker 2: a tournament, so they're the ones that get locked after. Properly,

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Speaker 2: I'm certainly not and Rory Shoes or anything like that,

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Speaker 2: but you know, get the odd free room and get

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Speaker 2: looked after at tournaments and stuff like that, and it

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Speaker 2: certainly gets easier in that regard. But you've also got

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Speaker 2: a few more time commitments that you have to do,

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Speaker 2: you know, filming for events and social media and stuff

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Speaker 2: like that that come with being one of those top players.

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Speaker 2: And it's yeah, some ways it gets easier, Like the

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Speaker 2: money side gets easier, the you know, you're not playing

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Speaker 2: for your job all of that stuff, but you get

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Speaker 2: a bit more asked of your time.

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Speaker 1: What's the difference between you and Scheffler or you and

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Speaker 1: Rory as you look at them in a tournament.

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Speaker 2: I mean in percentage, it's probably not that much, but

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Speaker 2: that percentage means a lot over four days ago. You know,

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Speaker 2: I think we're looking at someone in scottis Cheffer Now

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Speaker 2: that is just crazy good, Like he's the best since Tiger,

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Speaker 2: which is saying something. And Rory's been in the top

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Speaker 2: You know, those they're just they're the best, and they're like.

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Speaker 1: But you can't see it and it's not I played

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Speaker 1: with Peterson, and I mean, I was no good. I

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Speaker 1: and I thought, there's not a lot about you that's

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Speaker 1: so much clearly, so much better than me. But it wasn't.

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Speaker 2: But it was.

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Speaker 1: I came to the conclusion it was consistency. Everything he

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Speaker 1: did worked and the reason you're not him is because

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Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously it's not that extreme like you know, but Scotty.

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Speaker 2: Scott is the consistent one. Scotty is the one that

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Speaker 2: does it. He just hits every shot that you need

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Speaker 2: to have. He drives it well. He has iron plays

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Speaker 2: the best in the world by long way. Short game

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Speaker 2: is really solid. He's turned himself into a great part

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Speaker 2: of and that's why he's in contention every week. He

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Speaker 2: doesn't have a weakness. Rory is the guy that you

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Speaker 2: watch and he does the stuff that you can't quite believe.

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Speaker 2: Like Rory hits a few shots that you just scratch

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Speaker 2: your head out and go, I don't have that. And

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Speaker 2: I think for me, if Rory plays his best, he's

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Speaker 2: probably the best player in the world. But Scotty plays

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Speaker 2: his best weekend week out, and Rory does it more

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Speaker 2: a few weeks a year. But Scott is the one

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Speaker 2: you look at and go, well, I feel like you

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Speaker 2: could kind of get to that level because it's just consistent.

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Speaker 2: Rory just hits a few shots that are just unbelievable,

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Speaker 2: and he's the guy that you know, that's why he

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Speaker 2: gets he's still the big draw card. He can hit that.

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Speaker 2: You know, you watch the Masters. Some of those shots

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Speaker 2: he hit coming down the stretch were just unbelievable, both

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Speaker 2: in a good sense and a bad sense. And that's yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's why he's so good to watch, and that's what like,

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Speaker 2: you feel like you can't compete with him when he's

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Speaker 2: in full flow.

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Speaker 1: But Scott is just and that's that's what it gets

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Speaker 1: before you get to the mental thing. Always good to

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Speaker 1: catch up with you, mate, Go well and good luck

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Speaker 1: with Chasing the Fox. Thanks Mike, thanks for having nice

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Speaker 1: to see Ryan Fox. For more from the Mike Asking Breakfast,

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