1 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: I watched all those stupid with some of them. Someone has, 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: you know, nine for nine. I honestly used to watch 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: a minute and a half and go, okay, I'm done, 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: and then just and then put the phone down. So 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: obviously never watched some of them because it's like, I 6 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: can't look at a seven minutes How can you watch 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: him purpose seven minutes for crying out that what a 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: waste of space? Yeah, what a waste of my life? 9 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: You know? Crush done? Where is easy? He's late? Put 10 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: another log? Five? Nobody here is good time. Welcome to 11 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: the fire pit with Matt Chenella. Good to be back. 12 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: Hope you and your family had a safe and healthy holiday. 13 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: This particular fire pit's coming in a little hot sir. Next, 14 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: follow off the top given Sam Riggs Bazoian shit about 15 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: a shortcam to which it just brings more energy and 16 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: eyeballs to the conveyor Belta content coming from Barstool Riggs 17 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: his social and digital channels all a vertical under the 18 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: umbrella of Barstool Sports. I met Riggs Abandoned Dunes last year. 19 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: He was a guest of a buddy on my annual 20 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: Buddies trip, the Uncle Tony Invitational. He was a blast 21 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: to say. What you see is what you get isn't 22 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: exactly accurate. What you see is about half of what 23 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: you get. But as he says, it comes from a 24 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: great place. He's got a big heart, healthy and infectious 25 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: attitude with just the right amount of reverence for history, integrity, loyalty, 26 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: and tradition. That's not to say he won't pass out 27 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: on the putting green, but in the end, no harm, 28 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: no foul, and don't look now, he's a ton of fun. 29 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: You've got a problem with that, and you're probably not 30 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: sitting at this pit anyway. Today you're gonna learn a 31 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: lot more about Riggs's thirty three from St. Charles, Missouri. 32 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: We took up the game of golf as a kid. 33 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: My dad got me into it, and we really didn't 34 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: even blame uch golf. We would just go to the 35 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: driving room. Remember that, I love the putting green and 36 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: I liked hitting balls a little bit, and we we 37 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: didn't really play a ton of golf, and we did 38 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: all kinds of sports. I mean, hockey was my big sport, 39 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: but my dad my parents always pushed playing a little 40 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: bit of everything. So golf is kind of just like 41 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: one of the sports that I played. Reegs found enough 42 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: success in both the books and on the ice to 43 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: play hockey at Harvard. So yeah, I mean I was 44 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: on at one point. I think I was a B 45 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: list Central Scouting, which meant, you know that I would 46 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: probably be a top three, you know, three or four 47 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: rounder in the NHL draft. And then I just when 48 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 1: I went to college, I didn't have the like comprehensive 49 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: drive that you have to have like I didn't. I 50 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: would show up on the ice and I'm fiercely competitive 51 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: and I was skilled, but like everyone else that, you know, 52 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: the guys that made it were eating right, They're cooking 53 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: kind of grilling their own chickens that they wouldn't eat 54 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: like the wrong stuff. They're working out NonStop, they're stretching 55 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: off ice. I didn't have any I just wanted to 56 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: go drink and I out with my buddies and play 57 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: fucking golf. That's pretty much what I wanted to do. 58 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: So uh so that was kind of when I realized, 59 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: you know, I'm not going to play in the NHL. 60 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: I'm just kind of more of a of a you know, 61 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: hand guy, and golf was a lot more suitable for that. 62 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: So I sort of phased out a hockey and into 63 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: into more golf. What Riggs lacked in passion and perseverance 64 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: on the ice, he put into getting a gig at 65 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: Barstool Sports, which at the time was an emerging movement 66 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: hitched to the trailer of Dave Portnoy and his relentless 67 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: onslaught of pop culture commentary and content. Riggs wrote and 68 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: pitched blogs, articles, and opinions to Portnoy. No shock, Riggs 69 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: warmed down. I actually got brought onto write about politics, 70 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: um because it was like Trump was becoming a thing. 71 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: Barstool wasn't covering politics because Dave was like, we just 72 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: like to make people laugh. Why would we get polarizing, 73 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: Why would we create this polarizing type content. I said, no, 74 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: I'll do it in a way that that is not 75 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: taking side, not polarizing. I'm just laughing and poking fun 76 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: at what the hell was going on in politics. Once 77 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: in the door, Riggs pitched Portnoy on a golf blog 78 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: and eventually a podcast, which he launched with his friend 79 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: Trent and Ryan in the two thousand seventeen Waste Management 80 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: Phoenix open on February one, two thousand seventeen. Riggs wrote 81 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: quote just over twenty four hours after its announcement and 82 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: twelve hours after the first episode went live. Four Play 83 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: is the number one sports podcast in the universe and 84 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: number six overall. Riggs and Trent filled a need to 85 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: not only test the narrow fairways of the sport, but 86 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: also the pack of reporters and writers who covered I 87 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: think Jeff Chagofridge a great example. I think if people 88 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: were are ever on the fence or they have a 89 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: certain sort of thought of like who we are and 90 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: what we do, and it's it's the wrong thought that 91 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: like I would point him towards. I think it was 92 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: in January we had Jeff Shagraford on the show, and 93 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: I think that they would they would listen to that show, 94 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: that podcast and go, holy ship, like, Okay, these guys, 95 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: you know, we're not afraid, we're gonna We're happy to 96 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: to talk it out with. We believe we come from 97 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: the right place. In that place is we fucking love 98 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: golf and we love to have fun there. It is 99 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: again a love for golf and fun. Go figure that 100 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: and the ongoing struggle to get better. And I think 101 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: one of our greatest assets is that we all pretty 102 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: much stock to golf. I think the pad's people people 103 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: try to chirp us all the time, and I think 104 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: that in the in the golf industry, there is an 105 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: element of like protecting the belief that you're a you're 106 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: a stick, that you're a player, because otherwise folks think 107 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: you lose your credibility. And our take on it is 108 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: bro go look at the handicaps like a dispersion, like 109 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: of people fucking sucking golf, so like they love it 110 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 1: and they suck at it, and that it might be 111 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: there trying to break a hundred and try to break 112 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,559 Speaker 1: ninety and like they're hitting awful shots and I'll post 113 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: a scorecard where I'll go, you know, double double bogey, 114 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: triple birdie, birdie. If people are like that's my guy, 115 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: Hell yeah, like let's go. The story we tell today 116 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: is that of Riggs escaping New York City to quarantine 117 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 1: at the pine Hurst Resort in North Carolina. He stayed there, 118 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: playing an assortment of pine Hurst ten courses and others 119 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: in the area for nine nine days. Riggs literally rocked 120 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: the creadle of American golf for more than three months straight, 121 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: and in doing so, forged a friendship with Tom Pashiley, 122 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: president of pine Hurst, and he just loves golf. I 123 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: mean I could see going to a play. I mean, 124 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: he came out and played every day. It just was NonStop. 125 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: And you have to love the game to come out 126 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: and play it as much as he did. And he 127 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: shared it with other people, and so he is a 128 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: the number one fan of the game right now, and 129 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: he's sharing it with a very wide audience. And I 130 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: think I think we should, as we did, find ways 131 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: to to support what he's doing and get behind it. 132 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: Going back to the beginning, it was March sixteen when 133 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: Riggs sent pastially a text quote, all Right, I believe 134 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: I'm fleeing New York City for Pinehurst and just winging it. 135 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: I'd rather be shut down there than here. I'd forgotten 136 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: that that that that is, I mean, that's pretty much 137 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: exactly how this whole Days thing came to be. It 138 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: was it was just I saw the writing on the wall. 139 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: Things were getting bad New York City. You know, now 140 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: we've kind of New York's been through it. Everybody was 141 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: aware of it that New York was the epicenter for 142 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: at the time, it was a couple of hundred cases. 143 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: And it wasn't it wasn't too crazy, but people were 144 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: worried that it was going to me. And I simply said, 145 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: you know, I don't want to be caged in my 146 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: shoe box apartment in Manhattan. I want to I want 147 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: to be somewhere where I could do stuff, where I 148 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: could be out and about, um, where I could be 149 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: on a golf course, where I could film stuff, where 150 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: I can kind of not be stuck in my Manhattan apartment. 151 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: It was like, all right, we're in you know, we'll 152 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: figure it out. Let's go. The part of that texted 153 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: I cut out what I sent it to you was 154 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: my reply, which was l it was a phenomenon and 155 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: and you you kind of knew it while it was happening. 156 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: You're like, this is probably never gonna happen again. We 157 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: hope it never happens in our lifetime that someone has 158 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: to stay here for ninety nine days. I've not seen it, 159 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: and you know, everyone's quarantine. I've not seen anybody else 160 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: who documented their quarantine for three months. Um. But yeah, 161 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: that that was you know, who knew that innocent enough 162 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: text message would lead to a lifetime of memories. We'll 163 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 1: get the essence of most of those memories, and we 164 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: have more than ten voices to help us do it. 165 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: But for now, it's March eight, also known as Day 166 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: one of Yeah, I flew. I bought a flight. I 167 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: think my flight was sixty two bucks at the time, 168 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: and I just got a flight from New York to 169 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: uh TO to Raleigh and then just take an uber 170 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: which was fifty or sixty bucks wherever it is from 171 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: Raleigh from r d A to uh Piners. And I 172 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: didn't even know if I had I didn't know what 173 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: my situation was because, like you know, Hash is the 174 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: president of a massive, iconic, prestigious resort, and he's going 175 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: through the fact that the whole world shutting down, including 176 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 1: his resort, so I don't want to be bothered. Him 177 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: was like, hey, do I have a hotel room? So 178 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: I just I had said that text and and and 179 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 1: I you know, he had said a couple of things back, 180 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: but there was no real confirmation and I didn't need it. 181 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: I was like, I would go down and book a 182 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 1: room at to Carolina and I figured it out for 183 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: a few days and we'll just see what happens. Well, 184 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: I get down there and I, you know, I go 185 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: through all this. I finally just arrived at pine Hurst. 186 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: You know, they pulled my uber pools right up in 187 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: the in the little awning there and and they're barrying 188 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: Kevin and the guys at the front door, who I 189 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: didn't really know at the time. They were just kind 190 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: of you know, the guys that welcome you and say 191 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: welcome to Pinehurst, welcome home. And uh, and I hopped out, 192 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,719 Speaker 1: just went to the front desk. Yeah, I'm just I'm 193 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: not sure if you you have me in the system 194 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: or not. But but you know, my Sambazoian or maybe 195 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,719 Speaker 1: rigs that I'll be under and uh, I'd love to 196 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:03,199 Speaker 1: just book a room if you don't have me in there. 197 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: And they're like, no problem, you know, Mr Brazoian, like, um, 198 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: police follow us this way, and of course pass should 199 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: put me in the fucking presidential suite at at the 200 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: Carolina Hotel. You know, that's part of the beauty of 201 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: being in the hospitality business. We can do things like 202 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 1: that that are unexpected, a total surprise. You're right. We 203 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: we had plenty of room and and so why not 204 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: why not go over the top and show him some 205 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: world class Piners Hospitality, and he stayed in that Presidential 206 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: suite I think for the first week that he was here, 207 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: and then we ended up closing the Carolina Hotel. He 208 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: was probably the saddest person when that when that decision 209 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: was made, because it meant he had to get out 210 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 1: of the Presidential Suite and fend for himself, which he did, 211 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: which he did through a variety of properties while we 212 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: were closed. So let's see, I started at the Carolina 213 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: Hotel at the Presidential suite. Couple three weeks later, maybe 214 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 1: I moved to um a home about, you know, a 215 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 1: block away from the Carolina Hotel. Then a few weeks 216 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: after that, I moved to another home down on Donald 217 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: Ross Drive, So that was three. Then four was this 218 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: other little home we stayed at for a couple of 219 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 1: weeks with a pool. And then five was a condo 220 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: across from the seventeenth Green on course number five, so 221 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 1: right across the main road there. And then six I 222 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: was back in the Carolina Hotel and I stayed there 223 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,839 Speaker 1: for about a month. Yet, so I believe I stayed 224 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: in six different places while I was there. What Riggs 225 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 1: does is deliver. What he delivers is social and digital 226 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: experiences relating to golf. If he sees it, likes it, 227 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: he does it and post it. His content is like 228 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: the weathern Ireland. If you don't like what you're getting, 229 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: wait ten minutes, something else is coming. And at Pioneers 230 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: he had the run of the place. I'd love to 231 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: hear about how it started, the Daily nine and how 232 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: that began. And I remember I didn't know if it 233 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 1: was gonna stick or not, but he's stuck with it, 234 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: and you're right, you just whether he was trying to, 235 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: you know, hit just land of all on a grain 236 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: or land of all in a bunker, the interactions that 237 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: he was having with Nick Faldo became, you know, fodder 238 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: for everything, and just there were so many layers. It 239 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: was a multi layer cake that that you got to 240 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: devour every night when you got home to see where 241 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: where did the Daily nine take place? Today? Riggs provides 242 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: more background on the Daily Nine, in which Reggs tried 243 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: to successfully hit nine puts or chips each day from 244 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: a different spot, playing a variety of shots. I mean, 245 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: I knew quarantine was going to be a thing for everybody, right, 246 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: So I was like, if what's like a relatable thing 247 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: people were working on their games. Something simple, they're putting, 248 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: And that's pretty much where it started. Was like I 249 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: was just putting in a mat in my apartment because 250 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: that was the only thing I could do. And um, 251 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:53,719 Speaker 1: and so I just started cranking these videos and I 252 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 1: was like, well, now that I'm pioneers, I can get 253 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: a little bit more creative. I could chip, I could 254 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,439 Speaker 1: play a hole, I could really do whatever I wanted. 255 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: But it was a way for me pretty much every 256 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: single day to put out something like some sort of 257 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: video golf content and um, and people loved it so 258 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: like it got the engagement going, it got the chatter going. 259 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: Nick Faldo was in their roast to me, um, Max 260 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: Homa JT. Like these guys are all in their roast 261 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: at me and chirping me, and that's good, Like that's 262 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 1: good for business as long as you don't care like 263 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: how you're actually playing, Like as long as you get 264 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: over the fact that you're not that good. Like I know, 265 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: I'm not that good. I don't make every potot hit, 266 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: so clearly there's something wrong. So as long as you 267 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: get over that as great. It's like people were engaged, 268 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: people were reacting to it. Um, it's getting hundreds of 269 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,719 Speaker 1: thousands of yews a day. So I just started doing 270 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: the dayly night every day, and I mean I still 271 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: do it pretty much every day, has pastially pointed out 272 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: earlier Sir Nick Faldo stumbled upon some of this stuff 273 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: on his social feats, and he tries to explain the success. 274 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: You know, life's life's a bitch, and then you sit 275 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: there and watch ricks Puh. I mean, oh my god, 276 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: what coop he was. I mean, I think it's you know, 277 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: it's I think that's what it is when you're fitting 278 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: down and feeling sorry for yourself and you think God, 279 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: life is tough of you know, I'm avoiding COVID nineteen, 280 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:17,719 Speaker 1: the stock markets crashed, the budgets, got hemorrhoids, and then 281 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: you look at his stroke and you go, ah, not 282 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: everything in life is really bad in my life. Although 283 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: Riggs and his content, more specifically his putting stroke, aren't 284 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: for everyone, he could care less. He's committed to his 285 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: craft and his followers, and he was very content at 286 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: the Carolina Hotel. He took the quarantine very seriously and 287 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: and was distancing and I didn't see him. I don't 288 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: think for the first two weeks of his stay. I 289 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: just didn't want to get in his space because he 290 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: really did want to maintain his distance. Um. But he 291 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: early on left a note for the housekeeping staff. He 292 00:14:58,320 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: left a note, wrote it on a piece of pay 293 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: for like who, put it outside of his bedroom and 294 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: the presidential suite. So someone came in the suite, got 295 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: to the bedroom, there's a note that says, hey, uh, 296 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: you know, no need to offer services given everything that's 297 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: going on, probably just not not required at this time. 298 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: And within you know, thirty minutes of someone seeing that note, 299 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: I get a picture of it, and everybody thinks he 300 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: is quarantining in Pineers because he asked COVID. So he 301 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: caused a slight little panic early on in his state 302 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: because he was like, no, no, you stay away, and 303 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: they thought it was because he was the one that 304 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: was was infected, and anyhow it was. It was a 305 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: very thoughtful note, but it went the wrong way quickly. 306 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: That was probably the first and last time he did 307 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: anything in days that went the wrong way, as you'll 308 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: hear throughout this episode and the next. The reason why 309 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: this is such a compelling narrative is because Riggs trip 310 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: to Pineers was so much more than just made or 311 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: miss putts. It was about the development of interpersonal relationships, 312 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: trying to stay positive and productive through some trying times. 313 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: I do think that's sort of me becoming one with 314 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: the town, or ever you want to describe it. It 315 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: got to that point where it was like, no, I 316 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: am getting my coffee from from the same folks each morning, 317 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: and I'm getting the same order for lunch, and and 318 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: now it's beyond just what would you you know, what 319 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: would you like for lunch? It's more like, how how 320 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: was that round last night? Did you get out of 321 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: the grad old again? I did, and they'd be like, 322 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: I saw that that video. What's up with that twelve 323 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: year old who smoked you in the golf court? You know. 324 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: So it was like I started to build these relationships 325 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: with people, which then made it you know, that then 326 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: made it feel like I was at home. And it's 327 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: probably a result of a desire for that, you know. 328 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: I was probably a result of like I wanted there 329 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: to be a home and and I didn't want to 330 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: go to my actual home back in St. Louis or 331 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: or you know, be with my parents. I was afraid 332 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: I was gonna bring this disease to them, and they're older, 333 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: and I didn't know how that would handle it. So 334 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: I don't want to be that guy. So I was 335 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: kind of stuck a little bit. I don't want to 336 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: go to New York, so so here I was, you know, 337 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: stuck air quotes if you, if you will in in 338 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: pine Hurst and try to make the best of it. 339 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 1: And luckily I became pretty tight with those people, which 340 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: I think everybody saw. Ten days into the trip, while 341 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: Riggs was still going about his business, the resort was 342 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: furloughing the majority of the staff. The pinners leadership had 343 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 1: a plan to help their cause. We dreamed up the 344 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: auction to try to do some good for all the 345 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: hundreds of employees has had been impacted. And as we 346 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 1: came up with these amazing Pinehurst experiences, were trying to 347 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: figure out, well, how are we gonna promote this, how 348 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: are we going to let people know about it? And 349 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: none of us feel comfortable going on Instagram live and 350 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: talking about things for an extended period of time, and 351 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 1: so the light bulb went off. It was really hard, 352 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: obviously on the people who were laid off, so he 353 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: was trying to very hard come up with ideas like 354 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 1: I think, you know, I think we have a lot 355 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 1: of really cool things at Pinehurst that without too much 356 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: hard cost to us, we could offer up that I 357 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: think people would really love. What do you what do 358 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: you think about this rigs? You know, I was like, 359 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: I think that's a great idea that Doring at Cottage 360 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: is a really good example of like something that they 361 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: you know, bought and renovated and restored, but they cherish it. 362 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: They don't let just really anybody go rent it and 363 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 1: stay there. It's it's to be protected and used, you know, 364 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: strategically and when they really want it. And so there's like, 365 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: you know, we can offer that up, and we just 366 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: kind of started brainstorming and you know, patially kind of 367 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: lead the entire thing, but um, but yes, it's like, 368 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: would you offer up a couple of items and would 369 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 1: you be willing to kind of bring the auction home 370 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: do like the final home stretch, go on Instagram Live 371 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: and see if we can push those numbers up. It's 372 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,120 Speaker 1: like absolutely so. Just even in kind of building out 373 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: the idea for the fundraiser, you kind of I learned 374 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 1: a lot about why they were doing it, where the 375 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: money was going to go how you know, and why 376 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: it was important and so yes, So we offered up 377 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: three or four different things. I think that the option, 378 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: the auction items that I put up, you know, um, 379 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: a couple of spots of the Barcelol Classic match against 380 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: me at Pineer's number four. I think they ended up 381 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 1: totally over fifty grand just the items that that we 382 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: put up, and then you know, they raised Pinehurst over 383 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: three hundred thousand dollars total. I think they were around 384 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: two hundred thousand, and we started the Instagram Live. I 385 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: spoke for thirty minutes straight like a psychopath, walking around 386 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: the the pro shop at Pineers where they opened it 387 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: up and and just kind of highlighted different things and 388 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: spoke by myself. Ben Bridgers is Pinehers director of golf. 389 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 1: It was a great moment for all of us because 390 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 1: you know, I think that's what he does. You know, 391 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: people listen to him and he's definitely an influencer. And 392 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: for I think that was one of those things where 393 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: we knew who he was as a person because he 394 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 1: cares about people and he wanted to help us and 395 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: our employees, and you know, he's obviously starting to have 396 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: a you know, having a better time, and I think 397 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 1: you just really got engaged to it. And uh so 398 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: the members are tuning in and just locals are tuning in, 399 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: and it was it was it was a lot of 400 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 1: fun to watch. But you know, people came over to 401 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: me for weeks after that that it might be the 402 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: superintendent or it might be um, someone who doesn't even 403 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: work at the resort but but who works in the 404 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: village and lives in the village and stopped me and say, hey, 405 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: you know, I got I got a lot of guys 406 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: on my staff who got laid off because of this, 407 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: and like what you've been doing last week with with 408 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: pastially and with Pineers like meant a lot to those people, 409 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: you know. So it was like and to me it 410 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: was nothing. It was like, yeah, I just go on 411 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: Instagram live at a p M and and talk about Pineers. 412 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: How hard could that be? But like, but to them 413 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: it meant so much, you know, and I do think 414 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: you're right, Mattie G. And that like that moment sort 415 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: of took it from hey, I'm on like kind of 416 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: a weird like pseudo vacation thing to like, no, I'm 417 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: now like part of this team and this team is 418 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: trying to get through this tough time, and and I 419 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: was very much supplanted on that team, and I was 420 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: I was there to help, and that kind of I guess, 421 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: catapulted me into this relationship with more than just the 422 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: golf courses in the golf resort, but like with the people, 423 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: which which obviously culminated the other day. So the Riggs 424 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 1: root system is starting to take hold. But how is 425 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: he getting around town? Parksdale and and Bridgers got me 426 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: a golf cart, right, So they were like, hey, you 427 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: know our shuttle services shut down. We know you don't 428 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: have a car down here. We'll give you you want 429 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: to borrow one of our golf carts. And so I 430 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,880 Speaker 1: would legitimately got a golf cart from the main clubhouse 431 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: where all their carts are. They gave me a charger, 432 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: a golf cart charger. I drove it to the Carolina Hotel. 433 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: Then my guys Kevin Barry, Ryan Charles, who run the 434 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: entrance there in the front door the bell hops at 435 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: the Carolina Hotel um would charge it and watch over 436 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: it all night every night. And when I get up 437 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: in the morning, I walk right out, Boom, there's my 438 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: golf cart. Sitting right next to the Carolina Hotel hop 439 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: in it go over to the golf court. One guy 440 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: facilitating a lot of Riggs golf I tender right was 441 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 1: David Golinsky, the first assistant golf professional. He made lifelong 442 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: friends here. Um I consider him like a friend now. 443 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 1: But it all started with one cradle match, one fifty 444 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: cradle match at five back to Tom passhilely for some perspective. 445 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 1: For whatever reason, Riggs and and Blinsky hit it off 446 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: and they became kind of a regular Cradle afternoon. They 447 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,719 Speaker 1: had a regular game five thirty every afternoon on the Cradle. 448 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 1: That crowd would get together and they would they would 449 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: just kind of attract people as they went, so by 450 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: the time they would leave the clubhouse, by the time 451 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: they got to the first tee of the Cradle, there 452 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: might be eight people in tow and it was actually 453 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 1: kind of a cool scene. I think. I don't know 454 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: that our people used to play that much golf, but 455 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 1: when when they got the invitation from Riggs, they were 456 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: always quick to say yes. The Cradle is the seven 457 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: nine yard nine hole Part three course that was built 458 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: by Gil Hanson, opened in two thousands seventeen, which was 459 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: yet another modern enhancement to an otherwise storied resort. It's 460 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 1: a fun factory, a memory maker, suitable to not only 461 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 1: Riggs and his Shenanigans, but it works for everyone, which 462 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: is why it's so popular. And at one point Riggs 463 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: made a hold on one. Yeah, second hole at the Cradle, 464 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: got my first ace. We played the Cradle. I mean 465 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,640 Speaker 1: I probably played the Cradle over a hundred times while 466 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: I was there, and so it kind of became like, Man, 467 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: I'm really gonna need to get an ace at some point. 468 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: And you come close a lot. I mean, if you 469 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 1: play the Cradle a good amount, like you're gonna come close, 470 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: you're gonna hit shots that that spin or catch up 471 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: hill and go right by the hole, and everyone's gonna 472 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: get excited. And and yeah, the second hole at the 473 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: Cradle colonnade. It's called it's a beautiful kalonade in the 474 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: in the clubhouse in the background. I think it was 475 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: like eight yard seventy yards something like that. That day, 476 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: Penn was in kind of the middle left little bowl 477 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,959 Speaker 1: and I hit a perfect fifty eight degree. It landed 478 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: like eight ft behind it started spinning back towards the 479 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: pin and we were like, go, go, go go, and 480 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: then it looked like it stopped and then it fell 481 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 1: in and everybody. Everybody went absolutely crazy. And that's to 482 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 1: this day. It's the only ace I've ever had, and 483 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,239 Speaker 1: I'm I mean, I think it's about as cool an 484 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: ace as you can add. And back to passionately for 485 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: his pert, I think he's played the Cradle more times 486 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 1: than I have, and uh, I've I've had two aces 487 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: on the seventh hole. So it's just from a statistical standpoint, 488 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: it's probably a little disappointing to only have one on 489 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: on the second hole. Um, but it's it's the icing 490 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: on the cake for him to have been able to 491 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: be at Pineers for so long, to have his first 492 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: hole in one, to have it happen on the Cradle 493 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: around other people, you know, to be able to celebrate 494 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 1: it with other folks. Um, he really does. You know, 495 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: his his his um, his style, and in his acceptance 496 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: of the Cradle, of the amount of fund that he 497 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: has while he's playing golf, the social aspect of the 498 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 1: game that he's so good at celebrating is what the 499 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: Cradle is all about. So it's only fitting that he 500 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 1: would find a way to to eke out one ace 501 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 1: on the cradle. In terms of these moments, these memories 502 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 1: were just getting started. At this point, Riggs is getting 503 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: in deep, not only with the culture and community, but 504 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: specifically with Kolinsky and now Klinski's bride to be. That 505 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: was sort of my my bridge into the community. Beyond 506 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: Ashley was was Dave. And and from that moment on, 507 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: you know, we started playing our fifty hour game, our 508 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: long standing game on the cradle and um and now, 509 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm going to Dave's wedding and I was 510 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: slotted to introduce him and his wife, him and his 511 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 1: fiance Kayla, you know, literally at their wedding reception. So 512 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: he and I became very very close. And he is 513 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 1: a hilarious little guy. He's the best. Yeah, I get 514 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: married on July team and him and his girlfriend are 515 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 1: coming and he'll actually announce us at our wedding. You 516 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: know how cool is that. Meanwhile, a man named Mike 517 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: Myers of Cleveland, Ohio, had also decided to quarantine to 518 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: pine Hurst. He brought his wife and four kids to 519 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: their second home to get away from the big city 520 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: and get closer to his parents. Were members at the 521 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 1: Country Club of North Carolina. Mike's son, Eater, who's twelve, 522 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 1: is an accomplished junior golfer. I didn't really uh follow 523 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 1: the four playing crew, but um my two sons, the 524 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: two older sons that I have, are really into it. 525 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 1: And so you know, Pioneers is a small town, and 526 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 1: so we saw Riggs bouncing around and everyone talking about it. 527 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: And there was like a Sunday morning where I just 528 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: reached out over Instagram and just said, hey, my sons 529 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: would love more than anything to play with you. And 530 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 1: and it was more also an invitation of just like 531 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: do you want to play CCNC, because you know it's 532 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 1: different and it's so it's kind of like, hey, if 533 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 1: you would like to come play dog would we'd love 534 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: to have you rounds on us and the boys love 535 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 1: it and and then I just kind of threw in 536 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: there by the way, my twelve year old, we'll take 537 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: you down from whatever team you want to play. And yeah, 538 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: I mean we get you know, look, we get we 539 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 1: get messages and challenges from people all the time. Better 540 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: you know, I want to take you on, come play 541 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 1: me in the magic. But when it kids twelve years 542 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: old and m and it's like I'm twelve, you're thirty three. 543 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna beat you in golf. I was like, that's 544 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: that's a no break. Yeah, I have to do that. 545 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: So it was kind of a It was as simple 546 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 1: as the optics of like this little twelve year old 547 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 1: child briefing is going to take on me at golf. 548 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: When I say, Pete Myers is an accomplished junior golfer. 549 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 1: I've wore over fifty locals tour events, and um, I'm 550 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 1: just getting into some of the junior events at pine 551 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,159 Speaker 1: Hurst called the Red Wete and Blue Tournament and the 552 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: Junior World Champion Himes. So one May one, forty five 553 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: days into a ninety Pinehurst to Pelooza, it was game 554 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: on Mike Myers on being a little overwhelmed on behalf 555 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 1: of his son today. As we got to the driving 556 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 1: range and we saw that Raleigh News cameras on the 557 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: tripods and then Brendan Jones, Riggs producer with his camera, 558 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: I started getting a little nervous. He needed a great 559 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: first team ball, which obviously is the hardest shot of 560 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: the day to get off t there Rags was standing 561 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: about four feet from him, just kind of giving to 562 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: the Tiger stare Um. So I was a little nervous there. 563 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: They didn't they didn't play real well in the first 564 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 1: few holes, and so I was walking along with Brendan, 565 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: the producer, and he would kind of lean over and say, 566 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 1: we have eighty thousand people on right now, and then 567 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: I was like, what did I get my kid into. 568 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,719 Speaker 1: As for the match, as Mike said, both players were 569 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: a little off early. But Riggs Burtie the ninth to 570 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: get to one down at the turn. So shout to 571 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 1: Justin Thomas on um the front nine and he said, 572 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: can you beat in twelve year old? And just Thomas 573 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: replied and said a twelve year old, yes, the one 574 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: you're playing, no, And that gave me a little confidence that, 575 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: you know, I could really beat him. So it backfired 576 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: on Riggs. He tried to reach out to Justin Thomas 577 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: to get confidence and a push for himself and it 578 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: ended up being a push for you. Yeah, So Riggs 579 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 1: was texting Justin Thomas, were tweeting him. He was texting 580 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: and was Riggs showing you the text messages? Yeah, he 581 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: was showing me my dad and we still have a 582 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: frame picture in our house in it of the text 583 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: exchange between Riggs and Justin Thomas saying you can beat 584 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: a twelve year old, just not this foot yeld. Yeah. 585 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: On the eleventh hole, I have like probably six seven 586 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: ft for birdie to get it to one down, and 587 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: I burned the edge and it went all the way around, 588 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: it didn't fall. And then on the twelve hole, I 589 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: again I have like ten feet straight up the hill 590 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: for Bertie Pizza and for par and I just didn't 591 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: quite hit it enough and it curled off. And then 592 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: on thirteen part three, it's like playing a one seventy shot. 593 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: He hits it to four ft and makes birdie and 594 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: at that point I was like, I'm pretty sure I'm 595 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 1: in trouble because I think that put me like three down. 596 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,479 Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, I'm pretty much in trouble. 597 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: And it was thirteen. I hit a hit it on 598 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: the part three too, like two or three feet and 599 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 1: pay Bertie there and I called the three pot on 600 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: fifteen and he three put and I finished him out 601 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: on sixteen, which was awesome. The last ten holes were 602 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: just awesome golf. If you love golf. It was fun 603 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 1: to watch Riggs, Bertie nine Pete went after a pin 604 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 1: that he probably shouldn't have gone after on ten, but 605 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: it was a great shot and he ended up with 606 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: an apple. And so the last ten holes were amazing. 607 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: I think Rix was like plus two and he might 608 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: have been even and so it was really good golf. 609 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: And at that point I was like, Wow, this kid 610 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: really just kind of put put everything aside and was 611 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,719 Speaker 1: able to kind of you know, grow and that in 612 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 1: that aspect. So it was fun. He was like the 613 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: all star at the club at c C n C 614 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 1: for for weeks and months afterwards. Everyone's coming up to 615 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: him like, great, word Pete. He's like, thanks, guys, you know, 616 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 1: I mean he's twelve, so um. So it was great. 617 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: That was so much fun, and I do wish I 618 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: would have won, but it's probably better that I lost, 619 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: Like it's probably funnier and better for our brand that 620 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: I lost, but but it would have you know, I 621 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: wanted to win, like, I genuinely did not want to 622 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: be the guy that lost to a twelve year old. 623 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: But he played great. What are you gonna do? That 624 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: was launch we So the next week we went over 625 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: to for Sheldon Pinehurst and we we bought lunch for 626 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: all the doctors and nurses helping um save lives for 627 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: the coronavirus and for everyone in the hospitals, and it 628 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: was it was an awesome experience to help other people. 629 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,800 Speaker 1: So yet another moment memory and another opportunity to make 630 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: an impact and further endear himself into the fabric of 631 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: the sand Hills. But there are at least a few 632 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 1: dudes in a few carts who were happy to see 633 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: Riggs go home. It was funny. I mean, it was 634 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: like mid you know, in the heart of sort of 635 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: co of it and the world being shut down, and 636 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: Pineers was pretty dead at the moment, and I went 637 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: out at like five pm to film a couple of 638 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: videos out on Pires number four. And I'm out there 639 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: and as you know, you know very well, like on 640 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: course four of course too, there's just you can't ride 641 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: a cart anywhere on the on the fairways or you 642 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: have to stay in the car path the whole time. 643 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: So it's like, you just know, everybody knows that, and 644 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: so of course it's closed. But I had hit up 645 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: and said, hey, I'm gonna go out and film some 646 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: things that cool. They're like, yeah, no problem. So I'm 647 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: out there on the second hold. Just come whizzing down 648 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: the fairway, or like four carts that just come whizzing 649 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: down the fairway hitting shots on number four and I 650 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: simply took a picture of it and just texted to 651 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: my guy Dave, who works in the golf shop. I said, hey, 652 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: do you know who these guys are? Like they might 653 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 1: have been buddies of his who just ripped around at night. 654 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: It might have been totally kosher. I didn't really know. 655 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: I was just like, I just want to know if 656 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: you know what's going on here. So I'm sitting at 657 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: dinner with my fiancee and he sends me, sends me 658 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: a picture of these guys in the fairway on whole 659 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: thirteen on course four, and I was like, it didn't 660 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: take me any time to respond. I said, Okay, I'm 661 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: taking care of it. I'm sent the rangers headed out there. 662 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 1: And he's like, what are you doing. I'm you're That 663 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: means I'm an arc. Everybody's gonna know that it was me, 664 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 1: And I'm like, dude, that's against the rules. Thanks for 665 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 1: letting us know. And Ress like, what the funk you 666 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: shouldn't have You shouldn't have said that, and YadA YadA yah. 667 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: I was like, hey, dude, it's still against the rules. 668 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: You did a horrodic thing out there. Marshall comes out 669 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 1: asked him to you know, does a little investigation turns 670 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: out that they had snuck on the golf course. Uh 671 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: and and they were asked to leave. So I told 672 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: the story on the podcast and Frankie and Trent were 673 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 1: roasting me. They're like, what a narc what a loser 674 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: you are? In my defense, like I'm helping out my guys, 675 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 1: like they're you know, they're just trying to do their job. 676 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: You can't be driving the carts all over. If these 677 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 1: guys were just walking down of the course, I wouldn't 678 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 1: have even said anything, but like, you're driving the carts 679 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 1: all over, you can't be doing that across. It ended 680 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: up a radar put it on their radar. They got 681 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: kicked off the course. Well, Frankie was like, what do 682 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: you think You're like the moral cumpass of pine Hurst um? 683 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: And I was like whatever and we moved on and 684 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,799 Speaker 1: that was it. And as he's telling this story to 685 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 1: his his buddies, who sometimes sneak on golf courses themselves, 686 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 1: I believe one of them says, who are you the 687 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: moral compass of Pinehurst. Meet Frankie Barelli, one of riggs 688 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,840 Speaker 1: co hosts of the four Play podcast. You know, we 689 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: like to give each other ship. That's what we are, 690 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:30,440 Speaker 1: that's the type of podcast we are, so Um and Riggs. 691 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: We like to tell Riggs that he takes the game 692 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: extremely seriously and and that's a good thing we have. 693 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,879 Speaker 1: I think we have four different views of the game 694 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,879 Speaker 1: of golf on one podcast. I think that's what makes 695 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,439 Speaker 1: us a little bit different, right, Like Riggs takes things 696 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,399 Speaker 1: super seriously. He wants to win everything he plays. He's 697 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: very he's very much comes from that angle of like 698 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 1: this is the way you do things on the golf course. 699 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: But we still can have fun, but like make sure 700 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 1: you go by like the standards or whatever. And so 701 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 1: like we like to give him ships up from time 702 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 1: to time. And him being at Pineers for nine nine 703 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: days and seeing some guys driving up on on the 704 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 1: golf course that he's at, taking videos all over the 705 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:06,800 Speaker 1: place and taking pictures of him, it just felt a 706 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,719 Speaker 1: little dirty to us. Um and I've even said this 707 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: to pass me. I'm like, you know, we gave him 708 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 1: ship on the podcast, but there's no denying that that's 709 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,719 Speaker 1: the right move to to. You know, they're giving him 710 00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:18,640 Speaker 1: all this access to this golf course. He's raised a 711 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 1: ton of money. They have a great relationship, which we'll 712 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,319 Speaker 1: talk about later. Um, but it's just the picture and 713 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,839 Speaker 1: Riggs and everything about that scenario just came off very 714 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 1: Rigs to us. I don't know if that makes any sense, 715 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,920 Speaker 1: but like it's very stereotypically Riggs for him to take 716 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,879 Speaker 1: a picture of guys playing the golf course and send 717 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 1: it out like it was, I don't know, like the 718 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: biggest crime in the world. That's it. That's perfect. That's that. 719 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: You know, we have a new mascot, Sam Riggs, some 720 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: moral compass of pineers. I'm googling, uh, you know, gift 721 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 1: items and trying to find compasses for sale. Spend a 722 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:57,440 Speaker 1: decent amount of time taking just the right compass engraved 723 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 1: to fix a Putta Boy logo to it, a beautiful 724 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,440 Speaker 1: brass ball mark that fits the thing perfectly, and presented 725 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 1: it to him um in a in a understated ceremony, 726 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,880 Speaker 1: really for given the honor and the prestige that comes 727 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,600 Speaker 1: with it. Well, like a week later, pastially shows up 728 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:21,439 Speaker 1: and he had I guess um. He So he had 729 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 1: a compass, an old wooden compass that when you open 730 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,479 Speaker 1: it right, it's like, um, you know it's it's it's 731 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 1: like a box. It's like a compass in a box. 732 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,359 Speaker 1: And when you open the box, on the underside of 733 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:38,240 Speaker 1: the lid was engraved Samuel Riggs, Brazilian Moral Compass of Pineers. 734 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: So if that doesn't say that this man gets it, 735 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 1: that patially totally gets it. Um it's so perfect. It's 736 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: probably the best gift I'll ever receive. And I mean, 737 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 1: I've got it with me and I'll carry it with 738 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 1: me all the time. But that's how I became the 739 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 1: moral Compass of Pinecings. If if we find ourselves at 740 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: a crossroads and we need to decide, you know, do 741 00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 1: we go down this road or that road, We're gonna 742 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,719 Speaker 1: a consult with the compass to make sure that we 743 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: don't veer kind of from the north Star. Really some 744 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 1: halftime reflections on Riggs is ninety nine days at Pinehurst 745 00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,560 Speaker 1: once again, Sir Nick Faldo, how can you look at 746 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: the room menu for the room service for it's bad 747 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 1: enough for two days in the row, isn't that when 748 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,719 Speaker 1: you like keep looking at tomato soup or should I 749 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:29,399 Speaker 1: have the prawns kiss? Ada? Okay, done that? And then 750 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:34,800 Speaker 1: you go to your Ahai tuna and your chicken and 751 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: and and your biddest sound. And I see it. I 752 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:41,919 Speaker 1: mean you've seen the seen the same menu for nine days. 753 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,840 Speaker 1: What was he doing in there? Meet Sheila Wilson, a 754 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 1: grade school teacher, child psychologist and bartender at the Pine Cone, 755 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:54,239 Speaker 1: the mobile drink station that overlooks the Cradle. Well, I 756 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,080 Speaker 1: mean one thing, I know. You know he's crazy and 757 00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:01,759 Speaker 1: he does all. I love the fact, being an elementary 758 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:06,120 Speaker 1: teacher myself, I love when he kind of switches gears 759 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 1: when he sees young kids, like we've got a lot 760 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 1: of local kids and a lot of members. The kids 761 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 1: are out here playing. He approached He approached him, you know, 762 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 1: every time there was a kid out here playing on 763 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,760 Speaker 1: the cradle. I love the fact that you know, how's 764 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: your gold, how's school? You know, stay with it man, 765 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: and that you know he's really kind of switched. And um, 766 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,680 Speaker 1: I love how he approached the kids. Had that impressed me. 767 00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,080 Speaker 1: Pete Myers, the kid who took him out three and 768 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: two on a couple of cool anecdotes and what has 769 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 1: happened since his win. The Jonas brothers were on the 770 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 1: podcast talking about me, and I think that was pretty cool. 771 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:48,640 Speaker 1: I got a couple of college letters. It was awesome, 772 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:53,920 Speaker 1: and the whole process, it's it's just been an awesome experience. 773 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: Mike Pete's dad again. Yeah, So he he was. He 774 00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:01,960 Speaker 1: walked into this thing and so open minded. I mean, 775 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,480 Speaker 1: I can't tell you how many people we would run 776 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,719 Speaker 1: into who he gave his mobile number two and they 777 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:07,480 Speaker 1: would say, I texted him today and you know, and 778 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,120 Speaker 1: he replies to them. And so it wasn't like this 779 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,920 Speaker 1: guy who just was too cool for school. I mean, 780 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 1: he really kind of came and with an open mind 781 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,400 Speaker 1: and it became a part of the fabric of er. 782 00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,640 Speaker 1: What Riggs did was superpotful and I think he had 783 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,480 Speaker 1: a good time while he was down here too. Riggs 784 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,880 Speaker 1: on his content the Cradle and proper credit. They deserve 785 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:33,799 Speaker 1: proper exposure and proper excitement, right, And I think that 786 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: that's something that I'm able to convey, is that like, 787 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not posting the stuff that I post 788 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,760 Speaker 1: because I feel this deep obligation too. I I share 789 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:47,520 Speaker 1: things in my life that I've experienced and say, holy ship, 790 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,399 Speaker 1: this is so good, I have to share it. And 791 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,200 Speaker 1: like the Cradle was something that I shared all the 792 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:55,000 Speaker 1: time because I just couldn't help it. I was like, 793 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,160 Speaker 1: people the internet has to see this right now, like 794 00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,960 Speaker 1: they won't believe and and so you're right, like they 795 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,920 Speaker 1: he deserve that, and and the place really is that 796 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,720 Speaker 1: awesome and it never gets old. One more from Tom Passionate. 797 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,759 Speaker 1: After the first two months, we began to understand his 798 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,920 Speaker 1: nuances and yeah, we were able to get under a 799 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 1: skin and it became personal and it was no longer 800 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: the trophy hunt. It was no longer about what he shot, 801 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:21,120 Speaker 1: what his score was. It was just about the people 802 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,360 Speaker 1: that he met while he was here. And I love that. 803 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:26,160 Speaker 1: I really do love when I can tell people that, 804 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,279 Speaker 1: you know, they're real people that are working here, who 805 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,439 Speaker 1: are raising their families here, who have lives, who love 806 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,120 Speaker 1: Pinehurs just as much as they do. And when we 807 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,359 Speaker 1: can convey that, when we can share that, and when 808 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,360 Speaker 1: you feel it, you really kind of begin to understand 809 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:45,480 Speaker 1: what makes Pinehurs so special. And some people it happens 810 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,200 Speaker 1: in one day. Other people it may take a week, 811 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,040 Speaker 1: or it may take your third trip here. But at 812 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:53,799 Speaker 1: some point, uh, you connect with Pinehurst in a meaningful way, 813 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:58,120 Speaker 1: and clearly that's what happened to Riggs. In Part two, 814 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,319 Speaker 1: which will drop next week, a lot more on the 815 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:04,440 Speaker 1: tear jerking chemistry between Riggs and Pashley, Riggs and pine Hurst, 816 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,640 Speaker 1: and of course the pain Stewart putt to beat Kevin Kissner. 817 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,399 Speaker 1: Anybody would anybody who plays golf would kill for this chance. 818 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,920 Speaker 1: You're on you know you're we had I think we 819 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,960 Speaker 1: had our peak twenty six thousand people watching live on 820 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,920 Speaker 1: Instagram live. You know, the video is gonna get tons 821 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:23,759 Speaker 1: of views, and we put the edited video out which 822 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:27,000 Speaker 1: I think it has six seven hundred thousand views something 823 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,560 Speaker 1: like that already on YouTube. Um, there are a couple 824 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:31,760 Speaker 1: of hundred people there and you're not just playing against 825 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,400 Speaker 1: your Joe Schmo like weekend Golf group it So this 826 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 1: is to beat Kevin Kissler. So it's like all of that. 827 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,120 Speaker 1: I think the Instagram poll that I put up when 828 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,160 Speaker 1: I said, um, who's gonna win us or kids? That 829 00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:48,200 Speaker 1: said like eighty four percent of people said Kissers. 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