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Speaker 1: It's the Son of a Butch podcast. You guys know

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Speaker 1: the drill. We come to you every Wednesday. This week

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Speaker 1: Morgan Pressel, she was a standout on the LPGA Tour,

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Speaker 1: won a major in her late teens, and is now

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Speaker 1: on NBC Golf Channel, so if you're watching women's golf

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Speaker 1: you will see her. She's doing an amazing job. I

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Speaker 1: think she brings a tremendous amount of insight to the

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Speaker 1: This is a good one. I mean, this is this

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Speaker 1: is a woman that you know, qualified for a major

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Speaker 1: championship when she was twelve years old, and she's got

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Speaker 1: a tremendous amount of knowledge. Talks about the women's game,

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Speaker 1: talks about some of the great players in the women's

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Speaker 1: game right now. She's also an assistant captain in the

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Speaker 1: US Solheim Cup set up, which will be happening later

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Speaker 1: this year. So sit back and enjoy a really good

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Speaker 1: interview with Morgan Pressel. Morgan, the LPGA Tour just kind

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Speaker 1: of getting underway, coming off what I think last year

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Speaker 1: was a really really good year for the LPGA. What

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Speaker 1: are you looking forward to in twenty twenty three? Well,

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Speaker 1: I think there are a ton of big storylines. I

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Speaker 1: do agree that last year was pretty unreal on the

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Speaker 1: LPGA Tour and it's going to be tough to top.

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Speaker 1: But I think one of the big storylines this year

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Speaker 1: is all of the big events that we have coming

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Speaker 1: up on the LPGA Tour. I mean we have two

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Speaker 1: team events of course, Solheim Cup, International Crown. I think

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Speaker 1: the biggest one is probably the US Women's Open at

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Speaker 1: Pebble Beach and KPMG Women's PGA at Baltic's Rawl. Venues

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Speaker 1: are just so important and to have those events really

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Speaker 1: elevated to a different level being on those historic venues,

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Speaker 1: I think it's going to be really neat. And then

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Speaker 1: of course you have I mean, I think the way

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Speaker 1: the LPGA Tours season has already started, Jin Yunko proving

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Speaker 1: that no injury is going to hold her back. Certainly

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Speaker 1: Nellie Kordak coming off of her injury last year coming

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Speaker 1: back almost better than ever. Lydia Coo doesn't seem to

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Speaker 1: have any end insight to her talent and ability. Oh

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Speaker 1: my gosh, I feel like I'm just rambling. But then

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Speaker 1: you have the rookie class too. I mean last year's

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Speaker 1: rookie class is probably maybe the strongest rookie class we've

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Speaker 1: ever seen, but this one's pretty darn strong as well.

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Speaker 1: Maybe not quite to the proven level of last year's class,

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Speaker 1: but you know, Lucy Lee and Alexa Pano, a couple

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Speaker 1: would know, some incredibly diverse international talent, proven winners on

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Speaker 1: So just some new faces, some really talented proven players

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Speaker 1: over the last few years, and some exciting places to play.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned two of the big golf courses that will

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Speaker 1: be on the LPJ for the Majors, Pebble Beach in

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Speaker 1: Balta Stroll Morgan. What do you think that going to

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Speaker 1: those events? I mean, obviously the history that the men's um,

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Speaker 1: you know that the men have at those events. Do

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Speaker 1: you think that's why it's important to put the ladies

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Speaker 1: great courses. Yeah, I do, and I think it was

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Speaker 1: on this same on these same historic holes where you know,

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Speaker 1: we can all remember some of the greatest shots that

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Speaker 1: think venues are so important. I think venues make the

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Speaker 1: casual golf fan tune in because they've heard of Pebble Beach,

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Speaker 1: they've heard of Baltus for all, they know the history.

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Speaker 1: And I think back you know, playing of course, playing

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Speaker 1: I mean playing Royal trun was really special as well.

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Speaker 1: And one of those venues that is a household name

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Speaker 1: They see some truly incredible golf. And I think it's

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Speaker 1: you know, this isn't only one women's Open at Pebble Beach.

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Speaker 1: They've committed to four US Women's Opens at Pebble Beach,

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Speaker 1: I was talking to Marina Alex I work with, and

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Speaker 1: Marina was saying that she needed to go up there

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Speaker 1: and play a practice The guys play Pebble Beach, I

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Speaker 1: Some of them have played it in majors, but it's

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Speaker 1: definitely take a stop up to Pebble Beach to learn

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Speaker 1: You know, you've you've done the same thing. I think

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Speaker 1: surprised that Lydia is on this run because she just

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Speaker 1: Do you think that that's important and was that something

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Speaker 1: traditionally longer, rough, faster greens, all of those things that

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Speaker 1: I think it really is the mental aspect, and I

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Speaker 1: very naive to everything going on that week, and maybe

431
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Speaker 1: not even really understanding the stage that she was on.

432
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,880
Speaker 1: I think she understands it now and will that California

433
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Speaker 1: cool attitude still prevail. I feel like I feel like

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Speaker 1: it will serve her well. You mentioned the fact that

435
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Speaker 1: she hadn't really seen the golf course. I mean, certainly

436
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 1: on the men's side, for the guys, they always say

437
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,640
Speaker 1: that you need a lot of reps around Augusta. You've

438
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,360
Speaker 1: got to learn the golf course the way Phil Mickelson did,

439
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,879
Speaker 1: you know, go out and chart all the greens um

440
00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: you know, so rarely do you see someone you know,

441
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 1: we've seen it in the past, you know at the Masters,

442
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 1: players that have never really had a history there. But

443
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 1: it tends to be people that have put themselves in

444
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 1: position before they understand it. So I guess Morgan is

445
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,160
Speaker 1: a player. How could how could you try and access

446
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,199
Speaker 1: the Anna Davis mindset more often to where you say, Okay,

447
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 1: I'm not going to be overawed by the stage. I

448
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: haven't really seen the golf course. So it's because because

449
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,440
Speaker 1: I always say that to players, right, Hey, it's golf, right.

450
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,199
Speaker 1: The stage is just bigger when you get onto the

451
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 1: PGA Tour or the LPGA Tour or wherever you play

452
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,320
Speaker 1: that you make that jump from junior golf to college

453
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:51,880
Speaker 1: golf to amateur golf to the professional of the stage

454
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,159
Speaker 1: just gets bigger. The venue just gets bear. There's more people,

455
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:59,400
Speaker 1: but the golf doesn't change. It's still getting the ball

456
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Speaker 1: in the whole in the least amount of strokes. How

457
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 1: can how can you access that more often? I mean,

458
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 1: that's that intangible, right, that's the mental strength, the ability

459
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: to separate each and every shot and focus on each

460
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:18,760
Speaker 1: and every shot and think about your goal for that

461
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: specific shot, not your goal for the day, not your

462
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,640
Speaker 1: goal for the year, or not any of those things,

463
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Speaker 1: but in that moment, really be able to nail down

464
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,199
Speaker 1: your focus and not let any of those distractions bother you.

465
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 1: And some people are able to do that a lot

466
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 1: better than others. And you know, I think every player

467
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,320
Speaker 1: has those moments where maybe it gets the better of them.

468
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:41,360
Speaker 1: I think throughout a career you're going to have that.

469
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,120
Speaker 1: But you know, of course, you look at somebody like Tiger,

470
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:49,040
Speaker 1: you think the least bothered in that situation of anybody ever.

471
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:54,480
Speaker 1: And that's just what ends up being really neat to

472
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 1: watch the best players in the world pull off those

473
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:02,760
Speaker 1: most incredible shots when pressure is the highest, and that

474
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: takes just real, real mental focus and the ability to

475
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:13,120
Speaker 1: block out any and all kinds of distractions. And I

476
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 1: think a little bit of the nonchalant attitude that Anna

477
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,640
Speaker 1: Davis has, and I think certainly that's what's so much

478
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 1: fun about watching amateurs compete, is that, for the most part,

479
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:32,160
Speaker 1: youthful naivete that comes with their age more than anything.

480
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:36,760
Speaker 1: But it gets it gets a little bit harder when

481
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,439
Speaker 1: you get to the next level and you get to

482
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 1: the professional level and you get to major championships. But

483
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,239
Speaker 1: if those that can embrace that youthfulness and that's a

484
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:50,000
Speaker 1: little bit more carefree attitude, I think are the ones

485
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 1: who really do the best. We talked about Lydia Coo earlier.

486
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 1: Nellie Korda, Um, you mentioned this a huge year for

487
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 1: her for a lot of reasons. I mean, obviously, I

488
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,200
Speaker 1: think you know, she's got one of the best golf

489
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,600
Speaker 1: swings in the game of golf, regardless of gender. She

490
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 1: got paid this year, big new contract from Nike, switched

491
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: clubs from Taylor made. How good do you think Nellie

492
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: can be? I mean, how good do you think Nellie

493
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 1: Korda can be? And can she be one of these

494
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: players Morgan that you know starts cleaning up in the

495
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:28,639
Speaker 1: majors and starts to be a prolific winner on all levels,

496
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,960
Speaker 1: both regular tournaments and major championships. I mean absolutely, it's

497
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: hard hard to bet against that. I mean Nellie, like

498
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: you said, I mean, between the two of them, Jessica

499
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: and Nellie Corda have two of the most gorgeous golf

500
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 1: swings I think we've ever seen in golf. And you know, Nellie,

501
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,680
Speaker 1: just the way that she drives the ball when she

502
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 1: is on is just she puts herself in perfect position

503
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: on every hole. She's a wonderful boss striker. She has

504
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: a ton of opportunities for Birdie and you know, and

505
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 1: I always say, it usually comes down to putting. Who

506
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: makes the most putts at the end of the week.

507
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: And you know, the times when I think she puts

508
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 1: really well on fast screens because I think the way

509
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 1: that her style of putting, she likes to kind of

510
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 1: just drip the ball in the front edge. So watch

511
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: out for her on really fast major championship greens. I

512
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 1: think that kind of feeds into her strengths. And talk

513
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: about it, at least at least from the outside, talk

514
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: about a care free attitude. You know, she definitely looks

515
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 1: like she has that kind of nonchalant the way that

516
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 1: she walks, the way that she carries herself on the

517
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:45,480
Speaker 1: golf course, definitely has that mental toughness and that tenacity

518
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 1: I'm sure learned from her father. And you know, she

519
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 1: she just doesn't really show her emotions on the golf

520
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: course doesn't seem to let too much bother her, is

521
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 1: able to kind of bounce back when she when she

522
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 1: does make mistakes, and I mean, I think that's why

523
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 1: we see her close to the top of the leaderboard

524
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 1: so often, and I think that will only continue. She

525
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 1: will definitely be a part of the Solheim Cup team.

526
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Speaker 1: You're an assistant captain, Stacy, those the team competitions, you

527
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 1: were a part of them as a player. How has

528
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 1: it been different as a player and now as you're

529
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: in the backroom staff as one of the assistant captains. Well,

530
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 1: Solheim Cup, I had the opportunity to put on six

531
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: teams and they were the best six weeks of my career.

532
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 1: So much fun to represent your country, to play on

533
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 1: that kind of a stage. I love match play, I

534
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 1: love the team competition. I'm very passionate about it. So

535
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 1: to now let's see it from the other side to

536
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 1: you know, Stacy has been absolutely meticulous in her in

537
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: her captaincy so far, wants every detail to be perfect

538
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 1: for the players. Certainly has taken notes from the different

539
00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: Solheim Cups that she's been a part of. Things that

540
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: you like, things that she maybe would do differently and

541
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 1: I'm taking notes from her because it's been very impressive

542
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: to watch, and she just really is dialed in. We're

543
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: dialed in with the stats, she's dialed in with all

544
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 1: the players, wanting to make sure that they feel comfortable,

545
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 1: they know what to expect, especially some of the newer

546
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: players going over there. You know, it's in Spain this year,

547
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 1: first time the Soilhem Cup has been held in Spain,

548
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,000
Speaker 1: and I think it'll be the warmest Silheim Cup we've

549
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 1: ever played in Europe because typically it's quite cold, but

550
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: it's it's just really neat to see. Having been on

551
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: so many teams myself and knowing but never truly understanding

552
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: how much work goes on behind the scenes by the captains,

553
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: by the staff at the tour to make sure I

554
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: mean from the clothing to the gifts, to the travel

555
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: to the I mean, how do we incorporate our past captains.

556
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 1: I know that's been a big part for Stacy, wanting

557
00:31:56,360 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: to include them. Just so many different moving parts and

558
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: how to keep it all straight. And then you know,

559
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: we have twenty twenty four coming up, not very long

560
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: after having to go back to back, so there's just

561
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: a lot going on right now in the Solhem Cup

562
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: world and it's been really fun to be part of it.

563
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: I'm honored to be one of Stacy's assistant captains and

564
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 1: it's been just a wonderful experience. Europe. Four out of

565
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,719
Speaker 1: the last six they've won. How important, Just like it was,

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Speaker 1: you know, the the guys went through this on the

567
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 1: Ryder Cup side, the US team, they kept getting beat.

568
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 1: How important is a US victory and how important is

569
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:41,720
Speaker 1: the US victory to do it in Europe? Well, like

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00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: you said, it's we actually don't have many players on

571
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 1: the potential team that have been on a winning Solhem

572
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 1: Cup team, which is kind of wild. And we're also

573
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: up against a really potentially tough European squad, you know,

574
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: Susanne Patterson of course their captain, and we just I

575
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: think about the young players that Europe has coming up.

576
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 1: They have, of course two stalwarts and Maya Stark and

577
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 1: Lynn Grant, who I think we're just starting to see

578
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: their potential, and of course some proven veterans on Solheim Cups,

579
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 1: on winning team. They know how to win, they've been

580
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 1: part of it. And you know, differently on our side,

581
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 1: I think we have some really impressive young potential rookies.

582
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 1: I think you have Lily Avoo winning her first event

583
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: just a couple of weeks ago in Thailand. I don't

584
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 1: think that's surprising to anybody. Andrea Lee, of course, Alison

585
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 1: Corpoos also is playing some tremendous golf, so maybe some

586
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: new faces that we could potentially see in Spain. And

587
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 1: and of course you have Lexie Nelly hopefully Jess as

588
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: healthy of Danielle. So many players who just I think

589
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: International Crown two leading into Solheim Cup that's a little

590
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: bit earlier in May. I think that'll be a good

591
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 1: kind of just a testing ground in terms of pairings

592
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 1: and see how things shake out. Only four players from

593
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 1: the US team will qualify for International Crown, so a

594
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: smaller crowd. But I think it's just a very exciting

595
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,919
Speaker 1: year from that perspective. And I think it's been fun

596
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 1: to be in conversations with Stacy and Angela and Natalie

597
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 1: and and our Solheim Cup crew and just talk about

598
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 1: how you know our players are doing following the stats

599
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,320
Speaker 1: following I mean I have a front row seat to

600
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: watching it almost every week, you know, with Golf Channel

601
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:44,319
Speaker 1: and NBC, so it's just I think It's gonna be

602
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,399
Speaker 1: really interesting to see how both teams shake out, because

603
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of fun new talents, and

604
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,440
Speaker 1: I just Solheim Cup seems to talk about performing on

605
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:57,280
Speaker 1: the biggest stage and pulling out big moments on big stages.

606
00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,399
Speaker 1: It always seems to happen, which is a lot of fun.

607
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 1: You mentioned Golf Channel in NBC. We see you on

608
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: TV a lot more. Now, how are you enjoying that

609
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 1: is it? Does it make you want to play? Does

610
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,719
Speaker 1: it make you not want to play? How is that

611
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 1: balance of when you have to sit there, you know,

612
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: five six hours a day watch all these golf shots.

613
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 1: Does it make you go, Okay, I could do that better,

614
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get out there in practice. Or does it

615
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 1: make you say I'm glad I'm up here and I

616
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 1: don't have to do that. I you know, Fortunately for me,

617
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: it was my decision and it was time for me

618
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: to step away. I did not have any I was

619
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 1: not forced out via injury or anything like that. I

620
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 1: just knew that it was the right time for me

621
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 1: to do something different. And I am very fortunate for

622
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,600
Speaker 1: the opportunity with Golf Channel and NBC Sports, and I've

623
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: really enjoyed working with the team. We have a wonderful

624
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: crew weeknd week out. Just it really is a team

625
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: and we're are there to bring the great stories and

626
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,720
Speaker 1: the great golf to our viewers, and I really enjoyed

627
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 1: being part of it. No, it does not make me

628
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: want to go practice. No, it does not. I'd say

629
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: that's probably the question I get asked the most. Do

630
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:20,320
Speaker 1: you miss it? No, I'd say. It was funny because

631
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: Justin Leonard a couple of years ago, when Justin started

632
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: doing you know, TV for NBC, I said to him,

633
00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:28,399
Speaker 1: I said, does just make you want to play? And

634
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,840
Speaker 1: do you miss playing? He said, I hate golf. I

635
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,919
Speaker 1: don't miss playing. I don't like it at all. Now

636
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,400
Speaker 1: he's quit NBC and he's on the Champs Tour because

637
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 1: watching golf all the time made him want to get

638
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: back out there. I wasn't going to be that aggressive

639
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 1: and say I hate golf and I but I have

640
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 1: a bit of a grumpy golfer. So it was it

641
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 1: was time for me. And No, it's you know, I

642
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,359
Speaker 1: really enjoy showcasing, having an opportunity to showcase the best

643
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 1: talents in the world, and you know, for me to

644
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Speaker 1: be part of the broadcast Crewe. I have really enjoyed.

645
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 1: It's been quite a learning experience. You know, I played

646
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: golf my entire life. I trained since I was eight

647
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: years old to see it up in the US Open

648
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: or you know, Soulhan Cup or whatever it is. And

649
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,920
Speaker 1: I did not train at all to be in the

650
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 1: broadcast booth. So it's been quite the learning experience. And

651
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,720
Speaker 1: but you know, the team has been really supportive around

652
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: me and I it's just been a lot of fun.

653
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: It's been quite quite the roller coaster, but a lot

654
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 1: of fun. Yeah. A little insider secret for everyone listening.

655
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: The way you you you stay on TV is they

656
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: throw you on TV with not a lot of practice

657
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 1: and if you don't mess up, they just keep asking

658
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: you back because literally they don't really prepare you. I've

659
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:46,759
Speaker 1: done some TV in the past for Sky and for

660
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: Sports in the UK, and there's no training. If you

661
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 1: show up on time and you don't mess up, they

662
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:59,320
Speaker 1: keep asking you back. Um off there that I'm telling you.

663
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 1: You're doing a job with it, but there's no training you.

664
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Speaker 1: If you do a good job and you're good on TV,

665
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 1: it's it's almost like it's it's a happy accident because

666
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 1: they don't really they throw you into the deep end

667
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 1: and the red light goes on and you're like, okay, yeah.

668
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,360
Speaker 1: I remember one of the things and is like, there's

669
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,720
Speaker 1: so much TV lingo, like the way that the producer

670
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: would talk to you, or I remember my very first

671
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,240
Speaker 1: week I was in the booth. I was like, Oh

672
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: my gosh, what do I do? And it was like

673
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: a ten am show. I was so nervous and we

674
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: were kind of in the middle of the show. It

675
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: kind of gets your footing after maybe the first hour,

676
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: and I remember I was talking and saying something. I

677
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 1: don't even remember what it's about, but the producers in

678
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 1: my ear and said rap and I literally just stopped talking.

679
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 1: I had no idea what that meant. I hadn't like

680
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: literally stopped talking mid sentence. I mean that kind of

681
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,319
Speaker 1: means wrap up your thought, we want to move somewhere else.

682
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 1: But I was like, oh my gosh, what does that mean.

683
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 1: I have no idea, and I just like froze. But

684
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,040
Speaker 1: it's those kinds of learning experience how the flow of

685
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: the broadcast works, When to talk, when to not talk,

686
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 1: and sometimes when not to talk is sometimes more important.

687
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 1: Even then when to talk and when how to prepare.

688
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 1: I think has been a big learning experience. And you know,

689
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I've of course seen you out. I remember

690
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: seeing you out at Pine Needles, asking grilling you on

691
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: what your players are working with and trying but kind

692
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: of behind the scenes things that a lot of players

693
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: are people at home don't know that goes on the research,

694
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 1: behind the scenes of trying to get those little bits

695
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: of information that could be really interesting or valuable or

696
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,760
Speaker 1: just really round out the picture of what we're seeing

697
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: on television for the viewers at home. Lastly, Morgan, you

698
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 1: had such a standout junior golf career. A lot of

699
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 1: people that listen to the podcast, you know, have kids

700
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: that are trying to play. Piece of advice for junior

701
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: golfers that you think could help them, and a piece

702
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: of advice for junior golf pair that could help them.

703
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: Because let's help the junior golf parents. Please, let's help them, Please,

704
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:11,359
Speaker 1: let's help them. Oh gosh, I know, right, Um, I'm

705
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 1: sure that you have seen plenty in your day as

706
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 1: as I mean, I had a pretty tough junior golf grandparents.

707
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 1: So but you know, let's let your kid enjoy the game,

708
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 1: because if you don't and you live so vicariously through

709
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:31,959
Speaker 1: your children and through their performances, they're going to grow

710
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 1: to hate the game. And that's sad to say, and

711
00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 1: that's that's what we really don't want, right You want

712
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 1: to see your children thrive. And the truth is, very,

713
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: very very few percent of junior golfers are ever going

714
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 1: to have the opportunity, the opportunity even to make it

715
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 1: to a professional level. I think, especially for young women.

716
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,759
Speaker 1: If you have a young girl at home, get a

717
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 1: golf club in her hand, because it's the best thing

718
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 1: that you could probably do for her life, for her business. Obviously,

719
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 1: Title nine, the number of scholarships that are available to

720
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: young women through golf, it is tremendous. Then, not to

721
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: mention how many companies would love to have a female

722
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,400
Speaker 1: who plays golf within their office and the opportunities that

723
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:22,399
Speaker 1: a female would get being probably one of the only

724
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 1: people in your office who plays golf. I think in networking,

725
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: and I think of everything that golf has brought to me,

726
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:31,440
Speaker 1: besides the professional level, just the tremendous people that you

727
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,880
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to meet through the game of golf.

728
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,280
Speaker 1: And it really is a game for life. There's nothing.

729
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: And I'm sure you hear this as well from maybe

730
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: some of the older people that you work with. I

731
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,280
Speaker 1: wish i'd started younger. I have not heard a single

732
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 1: person who has not said I wish I started younger.

733
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 1: And even if your young child takes a break, even

734
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 1: if you know, maybe they get a golf club in

735
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 1: their hand at five, six, seven years old and they

736
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 1: decide they want to do something else a little bit later,

737
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,839
Speaker 1: when they want to pick it up at twenty five,

738
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 1: thirty five, whatever it is, it's going to be so

739
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,720
Speaker 1: much easier for them, and they're going to be happy

740
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: that they have that foundation, because I do see that

741
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:11,799
Speaker 1: it's very difficult for people to start playing in their

742
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 1: forties and their fifties. It's just you don't have that

743
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:21,280
Speaker 1: same natural kind of move Your bodies are have developed

744
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 1: in a different way than if you had golf as

745
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:29,280
Speaker 1: a young background. So I mean, just for junior golf parents,

746
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: let your kids have fun introduced. I mean there's so

747
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:36,480
Speaker 1: many organizations now, whether it's the first t LPJUSGA girls

748
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 1: golf players, where where they can find other friends that

749
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: play golf. Let them go play with their friends, let

750
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: them enjoy it, because the last thing you want to

751
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:48,880
Speaker 1: do is really have them not enjoy the game because

752
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 1: they are feeling so much pressure. And I think that's

753
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 1: that's one of the most important keys for junior golf parents.

754
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: Well wise words there, Um, I couldn't have said that better. Um. Listen,

755
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,880
Speaker 1: you're doing a great job on Golf Channel in NBC.

756
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: We'll look forward to seeing you on our screens. And uh,

757
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna try and get out to the Women's US

758
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:13,680
Speaker 1: Open this summer and hopefully we will catch up. I

759
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 1: will definitely see you at Prebble Beads. All Right, thanks

760
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 1: for talking to us. So that was Morgan Pressel. I'm

761
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 1: glad she took time to talk to us. Some really

762
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 1: good stuff to unpack in there, and I love what

763
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: she said about junior golf parents because they are tough ones.

764
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:38,439
Speaker 1: Quick comment about the USGA and the RNA talking about

765
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 1: rolling the ball back. I mean, I gotta be honest

766
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 1: with you that that makes absolutely no sense to me.

767
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:50,359
Speaker 1: It really doesn't. And I get the argument that, yeah,

768
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 1: we want to make sure you know, a lot of

769
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:56,880
Speaker 1: these courses aren't obsolete and major tournaments can still go

770
00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 1: to these courses. Listen, You could take a professtional golf

771
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:05,839
Speaker 1: tournament to any golf course tomorrow. But where you're gonna

772
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 1: put the fans, but more importantly for the USGA and

773
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 1: the RNA, where are you going to be able to

774
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:16,719
Speaker 1: put the corporate hospitality tents so that the USGA and

775
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 1: the RNA can make that cash. I just don't see it.

776
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: I think golf's in a great place. And the one

777
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 1: thing I will say about the equipment, for all the

778
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: people that think the ball goes too far, the drivers

779
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 1: go too far, just something to think about, right, So

780
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 1: Dustin Johnson, brooks Kepco they kind of cruise with their

781
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:40,880
Speaker 1: drivers speeds right around you know, one hundred and eighteen hundred,

782
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,399
Speaker 1: nineteen hundred and twenty miles per hour ball speeds kind

783
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 1: of in that high one seventies, one eighties. They can

784
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 1: go get one eighty five to one ninety ball speed.

785
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: They can get more clubhead speed. So just a little

786
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: food for thought. If it was just the equipment, right,

787
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,040
Speaker 1: if it was just the golf ball and it was

788
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,839
Speaker 1: just the driver, then I should be able to pick

789
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 1: up Dustin Johnson's driver, brooks Kepka's driver, Roy mcelroys driver

790
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 1: use the exact same driver that they use, use their driver,

791
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: use their golf ball, and carry the golf ball three fifteen,

792
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:19,879
Speaker 1: three twenty in the air. I can't do that. I

793
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: can't get into max Verstaffen's Formula one race car and

794
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 1: drive it as fast as he can around the track.

795
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 1: I'd probably crash because I don't know how to drive.

796
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:35,360
Speaker 1: So the thing that irks me the most about what

797
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 1: the USGA and the RNA with this role in the

798
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 1: ball back is they just they make the fact that

799
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,799
Speaker 1: the guys can carry the golf ball along way like, eh,

800
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 1: that's not really a skill. Yeah, it's too easy. If

801
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 1: it was that easy, everybody, if it was that easy,

802
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:56,480
Speaker 1: if it was just equipment, the men, the women, the

803
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 1: Champs Tour, everybody would hit the golf ball the same

804
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 1: distance if it was just about the equipment. So something

805
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 1: to think about. I'm around the best players in the world,

806
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 1: have been I've been lucky enough to do that for

807
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 1: the last twenty years of my life. And the fact

808
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:18,680
Speaker 1: that you have governing bodies just acting like what these

809
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:23,319
Speaker 1: great players do doesn't take skill, doesn't take talent. I

810
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: just don't see it because if it was just equipment,

811
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 1: everybody would carry it three thirty in the air, and

812
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 1: I give golf lessons. When I'm not on the road

813
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,040
Speaker 1: at tour events, I give golf lessons. I gave a

814
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:36,759
Speaker 1: golf lessons before I did this podcast this morning to

815
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:40,279
Speaker 1: one of our members here at the Floridian gentleman in

816
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: his early seventies. The equipment is not helping him. It's

817
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 1: not helping him hit the golf ball. Further, it's not

818
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:50,920
Speaker 1: helping him hit the golf ball straighter. So if you

819
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:54,439
Speaker 1: think that it's just equipment, I think there's a lot

820
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,280
Speaker 1: more that goes into it than just the golf ball

821
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,440
Speaker 1: and the driver, for the reasons why player hitting the

822
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,440
Speaker 1: golf ball. Further, I want to thank everybody for listening.

823
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:06,440
Speaker 1: We've got some great podcasts in the bank. If you

824
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:10,400
Speaker 1: haven't listened, go back and check them out, rate review,

825
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:13,200
Speaker 1: subscribe to wherever you get your podcast. Son of a

826
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:15,640
Speaker 1: Buch comes to you every Wednesday. We will see you

827
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Speaker 1: next week.