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Speaker 1: But the Master starts tomorrow and the official golf expert

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Speaker 1: of this show is Will Grimmer, golf pro, Ohio State legend,

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Speaker 1: Marymont legend, friend of the show, Bengals fan, Reds fan,

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Speaker 1: and legendary golf instructor who has even tried to fix

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Speaker 1: my swing.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Will, Oh, how are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm excited for this weekend? How are you?

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Speaker 2: Oh? I mean the Reds are eight and three, It's

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Speaker 2: Master's Week, and my birthday falls on Master Sunday, so

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Speaker 2: I have no complaints.

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Speaker 1: Wow, Well, I kind of want to know what's going

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Speaker 1: to be happening on Sunday. Now, give me one or

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Speaker 1: two storylines that interest you most heading into tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Boy, there's a lot. I think it's it's you know

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Speaker 2: a lot of experts have kind of said this week

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Speaker 2: that this is kind of the true passing of the Guard,

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Speaker 2: the first time since I think nineteen ninety four that

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Speaker 2: either Tiger nor Phil are playing in the Master's Definitely

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Speaker 2: a new era for the Masters here, and you know,

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Speaker 2: obviously Scotti Rory defending his title, and I think a

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Speaker 2: very hungry Justin Rose, who's been playing some unbelievable golf

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Speaker 2: at forty six and coming off the heels of losing

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Speaker 2: a playoff last year, though certainly kind of striking me

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Speaker 2: as the top three.

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Speaker 1: If I am going into this wanting to pick an

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Speaker 1: outright winner who is maybe not a popular pick, where

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Speaker 1: should I look?

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Speaker 2: I mean to be honest, I really, I really love Rose.

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Speaker 2: I think Rose is someone that yes he's top ten

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Speaker 2: in the world ranking, but at forty six, I don't

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Speaker 2: necessarily know that that many people are picking him to

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Speaker 2: win compared to guys say like Bryson or Rory or

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Speaker 2: Scottie or even say Cameron Young fresh off of his

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Speaker 2: Players Championship victory. But I just think Rose is such

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Speaker 2: a great iron player top five and strokes gained approach

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Speaker 2: the and with this weather forecast this week, iron play

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Speaker 2: with firm greens is going to be imperative, and so

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Speaker 2: I love the guys that can get the ball close

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Speaker 1: For the reasons you just articulated, Cameron Young is very popular.

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Speaker 1: Steer me either in his direction or away from him.

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Speaker 2: I love Cameron Young, I think, you know, especially being partial,

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Speaker 2: he was the guy whow up playing a lot of

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Speaker 2: junior in college golf with, was a close friend of

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Speaker 2: his He's always had supreme length. You know, people are

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Speaker 2: still raving about that three hundred and seventy five yard

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Speaker 2: drive on eighteenth the players, one of the best pride

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Speaker 2: t shots I've ever seen. Under the situation, I think

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Speaker 2: he's always kind of weakness that maybe he struggled with

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Speaker 2: was his wedge play and being able to really control

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Speaker 2: it coming into the greens from inside of say one

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Speaker 2: twenty five. But he is really really up that part

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Speaker 2: of his game in these last couple of years, and

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Speaker 2: I feel like right now, especially these last six weeks,

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Speaker 2: you know, it's probably never been stronger, and so I

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Speaker 2: think especially coming off of the heels of a big win,

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Speaker 2: now that monkey's off of his back. He's always been close,

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Speaker 2: he's always been in contention, but he might be freed

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Speaker 2: up a little bit to really go make some noise

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Speaker 2: this week at Augusta.

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Speaker 1: Is there a player who you look at and go,

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Speaker 1: you know what, probably not to win, but you wouldn't

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Speaker 1: be surprised to see him atop the leaderboard at the

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Speaker 1: end of play tomorrow. That makes sense.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely have a few of those. I really like

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Speaker 2: Jake Napp. I think he's a guy who won. He

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Speaker 2: bombs the ball and again looks for distance to be supreme.

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Speaker 2: With the firm conditions this week, just having shorter clubs

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Speaker 2: to have a little bit more control coming into these

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Speaker 2: like Jake, who's also second in strokes gained putting this

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Speaker 2: off the tee. And so that's certainly someone that again

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Speaker 2: hasn't really been proven in the major championships. Same thing

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Speaker 2: with the guy like Min Wu Lee, even the Sam

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Speaker 2: one of the ascending talents on the PJ Tour. Chris

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Speaker 2: Gotrup again absolutely destroys the ball three wins in the

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Speaker 2: past I think fifteen months, maybe just over a year

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Speaker 2: twenty five, great young player Rutgers and then transferred Oklahoma.

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Speaker 2: Really just fun personality, fun guy to watch and I

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Speaker 2: could see him now again it's his first time around Augusta.

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Speaker 2: History shows that first time players, no one's won on

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Speaker 2: So keep that at bay. But if you're looking for

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Speaker 2: Godrup could be certainly a fun wader.

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to ask you to slander any professional golfer,

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Speaker 1: but is there a big name that a lot of

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Speaker 1: people may be looking at that you would maybe steer

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Speaker 2: You know, there's a few that I think Justin Thomas

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Speaker 2: is one of them, Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood. Now again,

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Speaker 2: if you're looking for a top fifty teen, top ten play,

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Speaker 2: Fleetwoods actually a great pick if you're looking for someone

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Speaker 2: He's gotten into contention a lot, but he's been prone

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Speaker 2: Big Aberg another young talent that, again a lot of

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Speaker 2: people are really high on. He did finish runner up

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Speaker 2: a number of opportunities where he's been able to shut

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Speaker 2: I'm steering clear again not to say that they don't

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Speaker 2: just a true steer clear of Justin Thomas and Jordan. Again,

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Speaker 2: I've been big fans of those guys. They're great players.

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Speaker 2: They've won major championships. However, Jordan hasn't won, and who

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Speaker 2: I'm a little bit as it'sant on those guys.

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Speaker 1: You've been on the air with me for nearly six

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Speaker 1: minutes and you just made an illusion to Scotti Scheffler

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Speaker 1: for the first time a few seconds ago. He is

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Speaker 1: the odds on favorite. He's Scotty Scheffler, So why is that.

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Speaker 2: Here's the thing, There's no doubt this is probably some

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Speaker 2: of the strangest form he's been when it comes to

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Speaker 2: he played unbelievably well at the American Express and then

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Speaker 2: the category of Tiger in his prime, where it's like,

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Speaker 2: you know what until you prove otherwise. For the very

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Speaker 2: same reasons I was out on someone like JT or Speed,

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Speaker 2: I'm always going to be on Scottie because he just

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Speaker 2: seems to right now find a way at these major championships,

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Speaker 2: and he obviously loves Augusta National. So there's no doubt

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Speaker 2: he's definitely the odds on favorite, as he deserves to be.

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Speaker 2: But there's some other because he's a favorite and not

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Speaker 2: playing quite as well, there's some more value in picking

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Speaker 2: some of these other guys over Scotty right now.

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Speaker 1: All right, the pride of Marymont and Ohio State Will

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Speaker 1: Grimmer is with us. If folks are going to watch

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Speaker 1: this weekend and they're like, you know what I want

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Speaker 1: to play. Like some of these dudes, I need top

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Speaker 1: end instruction. I'm gonna go see Will Grimmer who owns

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Speaker 1: and runs and is the teacher at Law fifty nine.

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Speaker 1: Where can they find you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, follow me on Instagram Willie g w I l

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Speaker 2: y g Underscore Lap fifty nine. Present on Twitter as well,

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Speaker 2: but Instagram is definitely one of the better ways I got.

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Speaker 2: That's my teaching account. I've got a YouTube channel as well,

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Speaker 2: Will Grimmer hyphen Lap fifty nine, and then my link

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Speaker 2: to my website is www dot Calendle dot com forward

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Speaker 2: slash Will Grimmer Golf.

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Speaker 1: I say this, I say this not too I say

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Speaker 1: this not because you're doing this because you're a friend

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Speaker 1: of mine. Like I've been around a lot of coaches

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Speaker 1: different disciplines of my life. You're probably the best. If

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Speaker 1: you can make my swing better, and let's be honest,

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Speaker 1: there's not a lot to work with there. If you

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Speaker 1: can make my swing better, then you can make pretty

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Speaker 1: much anybody swing better.

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Speaker 2: We've seen some good improvements, we definitely have. So no,

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Speaker 2: it's been a lot of fun. I really enjoyed I

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Speaker 2: enjoy working with people and seeing people get enjoyment out

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Speaker 1: So all right, one more welcome, one more time. Where

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Speaker 1: can people find you and reach out?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Instagram, Twitter, My website is Willie g Underscore, Lave

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Speaker 2: fifty nine, My website calendly dot com, forward slash, Wilgrimmer Golf,

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Speaker 2: and my YouTube channel. So don't be a stranger. Reach out,

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Speaker 2: and any golf questions you may have, I'm always happy

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Speaker 1: Greatest golfer, greatest golf teacher, greatest instructor of anything I've

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Speaker 1: ever been around. Are golf expert will Grimmer. You're the

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Speaker 1: best man. We'll talk. We'll talk prior to the PGA Championship.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much, Thank ma,