1 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,079 Speaker 1: It's the Son of a Butch podcast. We come to 2 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: you every Wednesday. This week, Sack Johnson, US Wrighter Cup 3 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: captain makes his captain's picks Sam Burns, Ricky Fowler, Brooks Koepka, 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: Colin Morrikawa, Jordan Spieth, and Justin Thomas. Can't say I'm 5 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: really surprised by any of those picks. Am I surprised 6 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: that Brooks Kepka is on the team. Absolutely not. I 7 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: think won the PGA Championship, finished second. The Masters played 8 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: very limited in PGA Tour events because he's at liv 9 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: what I've been surprised if they left him off. No, 10 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: I definitely could have seen that. But he played a 11 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: practice round. I talked about this on the pod after 12 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: the Open Championship. Brooks played a practice round with Zack 13 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: Johnson at the Open champion not by design, it was 14 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: just Zach joined up. Brooks was playing nine holes with 15 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: Cam Smith and Adam Scott and Zach showed up. Uh. 16 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,639 Speaker 1: They partnered against the two of them in a match. 17 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: But Zach was pretty open about him wanting to take 18 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: the best players too to Italy for the US Ryder 19 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: Cup team. And I think it's important to remember that 20 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: US Writer Cup team is run by the PGA of America, 21 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: not by the PGA Tour. The European Writer Cup team 22 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: is run by the European Tour, so very very different agendas, 23 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: very different politics there. So I think in in having 24 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: somebody like Brooks who's won three PGA championships, that's the 25 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: PGA of America's tournament. He's the winner this year. Now 26 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: do I think that? I think the players Brooks's boys 27 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: with pretty much everybody on that team, so I don't 28 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: think there's any issues there. I mean, obviously there's the 29 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: live issue. I think there is a segment of people 30 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: involved with the PGA Tour and people involved with golf 31 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 1: in general that wished Brooks didn't win a major and 32 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: they didn't have to pick him because he's a live guide. 33 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: But he got picked, So I think that argument's over. 34 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: I don't think there's any issues with the guys that 35 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: are on the team with Brooks. So I wasn't surprised 36 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: that he was on the team. I wouldn't have been 37 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 1: surprised that they left him off the team. I told 38 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 1: everybody that was listening there was absolutely no way Justin 39 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: Thomas wasn't going to be on this team. He's been 40 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: on two Ryder Cups before twenty eighteen, twenty twenty one, 41 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: six two and one, two and two in the foursomes, 42 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: two zero to one in the four ball, and then 43 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: undefeated in the singles. But Justin Thomas is part of 44 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: the fabric of American golf in twenty twenty three. He's 45 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: part of the team concept as well. He's part of all, Yeah, 46 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: you're not gonna have a Writer Cup without Justin Thomas. 47 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: When you've got Justin Thomas playing in President's Cups with 48 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: Tiger Woods, He's part of a group of people. Listen, 49 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: every single Writer Cup there is an element of popularity 50 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: to it. There are cool kids and there are not 51 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: cool kids. And listen, the Europeans have been doing this 52 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: for years. The Euros have with a tremendous amount of success, 53 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: picked players based off of their popularity in Europe, their 54 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: popularity on the European Tour, and their popularity within the 55 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: European Writer Cup side. So this is not news, This 56 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: is not groundbreaking, This is not anything that should be 57 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: surprising to anybody. You know, there's been a lot of 58 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: people saying there's a good old boy network. There has 59 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: been both on the American team and the European team 60 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: for years. It's not news. So Justin Thomas's boys with 61 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: Jordan Speith and he's boys with Ricky Fowler. That goes 62 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: a lot these in these team competitions, you want to 63 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: be around people that you're comfortable with. You want to 64 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: be around people that you know you want to be 65 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: playing in, you know, four balls and foursomes with players 66 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: you've played with before, that you're comfortable with, that you 67 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: have history. So I fully euspect Justin Thomas, regardless of 68 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: how he's played this year. I fully expect Justin Thomas 69 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: to be a big, big part of this. I think 70 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: they're going to play him a lot. I expect him 71 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: to play on the first day. I expect him to 72 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: play in the afternoon, even if he were to be 73 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: a part of a team that got beat in the morning. 74 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: I just think that that if you look at the 75 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: captain and Zach Johnson, if you look at the vice captains, 76 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: Justin Thomas is one of their boat boys, and rightly so. 77 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: He's a two time major champion. He's been on winning 78 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: Ryder Cups, President's Cup. He's a hell of a player. 79 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: He's not playing the way he wants to play right now. 80 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: I think he admits that. I think everybody knows that. 81 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: But I just there was no way he wasn't going 82 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: to be on that team. It's just his dad's a 83 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: PGA pro. He's been a part of every part of 84 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 1: golf in America. He was part of the a JGA, 85 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: he was Walker Cup, he was a national champion at Bama. 86 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: He is part of the fabric of golf professional golf 87 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three. So I just didn't see him 88 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: not being on the team. And I think it's it's 89 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: it's going to be an interesting pick. Can the team 90 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: competition give JT the the comfort and the confidence that 91 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: will help him play his best because he, like I said, 92 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: he's a two time major winner. He won the PGA 93 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: last year. Now JT is getting picked off of winning 94 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: a major at Southern Hills, He's getting picked off of 95 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: past performances. There is an argument that you could make 96 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: for Dustin Johnson for the exact same thing, two time 97 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: major champion, whether you like it or not. Where DJ 98 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: played last year, he played on live from June onwards 99 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: and one once had a chance to win a lot 100 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: of tournaments and played some of the best golf I've 101 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: seen him play so and he also went five to 102 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: oh in the last Ryder Cup at Whistling Straights for 103 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: the US team. So you could make an argument that 104 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: you were picking Dustin Johnson off of the same criteria 105 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: that you're picking Justin Thomas. But there was only going 106 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: to be one guy from Live that they were going 107 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: to pick. They weren't going to pick Taylor Gooch, they 108 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: weren't going to pick Bryce and d Chambeau. The only 109 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 1: person they were going to pick from Live was someone 110 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: that kind of forced their hand to pick him. And 111 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: I think brooks Kepka is kind of seen as you know, 112 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: a major champion is a five time major champion, So 113 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: you know what you're getting with Brooks. You know that 114 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: you're going to get a very tough competitor. You're going 115 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: to get someone that likes competition. You're going to get 116 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: someone that isn't afraid when the pressure gets the most. 117 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: Do not be surprised if you see a brooks Kepka 118 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: and Wyndom Clerk pairing in any format. I think you could. 119 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: Wyndom Clark's a rookie, and I think Brooks is a veteran. 120 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: But they are very similar type players, right, They are 121 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: very similar type people. They both play with tremendous amount 122 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: of confidence, a tremendous amount of self belief, a tremendous 123 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: amount of arrogance, which I'm here for. Every great player 124 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: has a little bit of that, but I think wyndom 125 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: And and Brooks wear that a little bit more outwardly. 126 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: Wyndom Clerk is a major champion this year. Brooks Kepka 127 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: is a major champion this year. Brian Harmon is a 128 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: major champion this year. So three of the four major 129 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: champions in twenty twenty three are going to be on 130 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: the US team. John Rahm won the Masters, He's going 131 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: to play on the European team. But I could see 132 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: a pairing of Brooks Kepka Wyndom Clerk, Like I said, 133 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: similar type personalities, similar type personas, tremendous self belief, very 134 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: very similar games. They both hit the golf ball miles. 135 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: They play on confidence, and if you look at the 136 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: way Wyndham Clerk played at the US Open, if you 137 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: were Zach Johnson, you are hoping you get that Wyndom Clerk. 138 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: I think the Ryder Cup has always been an anomaly. 139 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: It's been an anomaly really in the last thirty five years. 140 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: I mean, the last time the US won outside the 141 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 1: United States on foreign soil was thirty years ago at 142 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: the Belfry nineteen ninety three. I was there. My dad 143 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: was working with the vice with Davis Love as a 144 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: vice captain this year, and it's difficult to do. On 145 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: that Sunday, it definitely looked like the Europeans were going 146 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: to win. They were getting points from all their superstars. 147 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: Nick Faldo in nineteen ninety three was at the height 148 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: of the game, made a hole in one on Sunday, 149 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: one of the loudest roars I've ever heard at a 150 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: golf tournament, jacking hegman, rookie. They got points from him. 151 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: Peter Baker, rookie, they got points fromim. Peter Baker putted 152 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: so good in nineteen ninety three that Jim Lampley, the 153 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: old sportscaster, did a lot of boxing, but he was 154 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: doing golf back in the day for NBC, And in 155 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety three, I think it was on Sunday, Peter 156 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: Baker again making every putty looks at. 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So the Euros have always tended 190 00:11:55,400 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: to get points from maybe some players in that are 191 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: a little bit lesser known, and maybe the US hasn't 192 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: been able to do that, but I do think that 193 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: the Euros have always been able to get points from 194 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: all of their superstars, and in the last thirty years 195 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: they've definitely been enne able to do that. Overseas. They 196 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: did that in Paris. They got a bunch of points 197 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: from a bunch of their superstars, and the US didn't 198 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: get historically points from their superstars Tiger Woods, Phil Ncholson 199 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: and some of the other superstars. So I think it's 200 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: always been for me. I've been going to Ryder Cups 201 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: really since for the last thirty years, and I think 202 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: the team chemistry the Euros have tended to gel over 203 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: the last thirty years. I think they've tended to gel 204 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: better now. I do think. I was at Whistling Straits 205 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: there was a lot of team camaraderie on the US 206 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: team for that and to me, that reminded me a 207 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: little bit more of the camaraderie that they had for 208 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: all those teams where the US was getting beat by 209 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: the Euros. And like I said earlier, there is a 210 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: history of picking players basically just for this event, and 211 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: the Euros have road that. So I'm not surprised by 212 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: these picks. Sam Burns rookie, he wins the match play 213 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: this year. I think Sam Burns the hell of a player, 214 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: and I think his relationship is junior golf relationship with 215 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: Scottie Scheffler. I think you're going to see those two 216 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: pair together. I think you could see those two pair 217 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: together a lot. There's a comfort there, there's a history 218 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: there and listen Scotti Scheffler is in my opinion, he's 219 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: playing some of the best golf I've seen anyone play 220 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 1: in the last year to two years. His ball striking 221 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 1: has been second to none. He has not putted the 222 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 1: way that he wants to put the way that the 223 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: rest of his game I think is putting. Given his 224 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: balls striking, for him to only win the amount of 225 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: times that he's won this year, you would have thought 226 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: he could have had a Tiger Woods VJ. Singh Tig 227 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:10,839 Speaker 1: year where he's winning seven, eight, nine times. That's how 228 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: good his ball striking it. He hasn't putted the way 229 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: that he wants to putt, and I think having a 230 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: partner in someone like Sam Burns will be a massive, 231 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: massive strength. So not surprised to see Sam Burns on 232 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: the team. Ricky Fowler UH ten twenty fourteen, twenty sixteen, 233 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen hasn't had the winning record three seven and five, 234 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: one three and two in the foursomes, one two and 235 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: two in the four ball, one two one in the singles, 236 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: so not a dominant performance. But I think the way 237 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: Ricky's played this year, the comeback that he's made, the 238 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: way he gets along. There isn't anybody on any tour 239 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: anywhere in the world that doesn't like Ricky Fowler. The 240 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: Euros like him, the Americans all like him. All the 241 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: captains for the US team and the vice captains like him. 242 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: All the captains for the Euros and the vice captains 243 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: all like Ricky. Is one of the most popular players 244 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: in the game. He's a fan favorite. He's popular. He's 245 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: playing good again. I think if you'd have told people 246 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: two years ago that Ricky was going to make this team, 247 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: given the play that he had and how he had 248 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: been playing, I think everybody would have not believed you. 249 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: But big turnaround. I think the move back to my dad, 250 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: butch Armon getting back in the winner circle, had a 251 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: chance to win the US Open, and Ricky's one of 252 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: the US boys. He's part of that club. And again, 253 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: I don't have a problem with there being a club. 254 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: There is a club. Everybody knows it. It's not news, 255 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: it's not a surprise. So if you don't make the 256 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: Ryder Cup team, you're hoping for a pick. Colin Morikawa, 257 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: two time Major champion, only played one Ryder Cup twenty 258 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 1: twenty one at whistling straits three zero to one, so 259 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: pretty good record, two and oh in the foursomes, one 260 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: to oh in the four balls tied as singles match, 261 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: so elite elite ball striker can be streaky with the putter. 262 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: So which Colin Morcow is going to show up? And 263 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: then lastly for the for the picks, Jordan Speith four 264 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: times twenty fourteen, sixteen, eighteen, twenty one, eight seven and 265 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: three h three two two in the foursomes, five and 266 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: two in the four ball, oh, three and one in singles, 267 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: so no points in singles. But again he is one 268 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: of in twenty twenty three, he's one of the boys 269 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: on the US team where if he's playing halfway decent, 270 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: I think if he's got a heartbeat, they're gonna pick it. 271 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: I think, as I said earlier, Justin Thomas Jordan Speed, 272 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: great pairing, Jordan Speith, Ricky Fowler, great pairing, Justin Thomas 273 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: Slick rick great pairing. So I think you're going to 274 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: see a little bit of kind of the boys that 275 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,439 Speaker 1: are comfortable with each other. And I think that's something 276 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 1: that is important. I think that's where there's been a 277 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 1: shift in kind of the thinking of the US Tour 278 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: after the Task Force at Glenn Eagles. Everybody knows Tom 279 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: Watson was the captain. Everybody knows Phil Mickelson's comments directly 280 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 1: after listen there were some changes made it after that, rightly, wrongly, 281 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: whatever side of that you're on. The players, I think 282 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: wanted to feel like they had a little bit more. 283 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: Say Ricky was one of the guys they put on 284 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: the task force, if memory serves me, so. Not surprised 285 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: that you're going to take guys that are major champions. 286 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: Not surprised you're going to take guys that can get 287 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 1: I mean, Colin Morcow could play with anybody. He could 288 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 1: play with a long hitter, he could play with someone 289 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: that hits at the length he does. He could he 290 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: could play in any of the formats if his ball 291 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: strikings on. He's to me one of the best ball 292 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: strikers in the game. But surprising that Jordan Spiece singles records. 293 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: You know, three losses and only one you know one half. 294 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: But you would think that that would change. And you 295 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: think that if you get Jordan with players that he's 296 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: comfortable with, do I think he will play well? I 297 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 1: think he likes the format Justin Thomas likes the format. 298 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: A lot of guys like the Ryder Cup format. Now, 299 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 1: just because you like it doesn't necessarily mean that you 300 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: play well in it. But I do think that this 301 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: is a very very strong American side. I do think 302 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: that the American team is learning about what makes their 303 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: players play their best. I noticed a big change at 304 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: Whistling Straits. It seemed to me to where there was 305 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: a lot more It seemed to me like there was 306 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: a lot more asking the players what they wanted to do, 307 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 1: kind of what they wanted needed, how they wanted to 308 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 1: practice and listen. The Euros have been doing that forever. 309 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: The Euros have been asking their players what they want, 310 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: what they don't want, and how they can get their 311 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: best out of the euro players. So I think you 312 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: are going to see a little bit of the same 313 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: kind of playbook that we saw. Zach Johnson was one 314 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: of the vice captains. Davis Love was part of that team. 315 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 1: I think it's learning, I think it's evolving. I think 316 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: it's less about the captain trying to put their stamp 317 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: and say listen, you know to me, that's in my opinion, 318 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 1: that's what a lot of the US captains have done. 319 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 1: They've come in, they tried to put their stamp on it. 320 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 1: They've tried to say, listen, this is going to be 321 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: my captaincy. I'm going to kind of tell everybody what 322 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: we're doing, what we're not doing. I noticed in at 323 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 1: Whistling Straits that that wasn't the case that the captains. 324 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: The vice captains were asked the players a lot more 325 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: of what they wanted to do in practice, how they 326 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: wanted to practice, how many holes they wanted to play 327 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: in practice, and listen, if you think that that's wrong, 328 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: If you don't like that, that's fine, that you're allowed 329 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: your opinion. But I do think that the Americans looked 330 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: why they were getting beat and said, listen, we're going 331 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: to try and make the weeks the easiest for the 332 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: players and make it about them. There were a lot 333 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: of people that think the US team is stacked and 334 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,199 Speaker 1: they are that they are going to walk through this. 335 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 1: I am not one of them. I think that this 336 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: is as always. I think the Ryder Cup and I 337 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: was asked at the last Ryder Cup what I thought, 338 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: and I thought it was going to be close. It wasn't. 339 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: But I've been around enough of these over the last 340 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: thirty years to know that these are always much closer 341 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: than you think. They don't get played on paper. And 342 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: if you've got a European side that has Roy McElroy, 343 00:20:54,960 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: John Rahm and Victor Hovlin on, it's it's legit. I 344 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: think Terroll Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick, Sepstraca, they're all winning, 345 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: they're all great players. And you've got, arguably right now 346 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: the hottest player in the game in Victor Hovlin, who 347 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: is to me one of the top five players in 348 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: the world. John Rahm, Rory McElroy. So I think you 349 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: were going to see that kind of threesome be the 350 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: kind of catalyst for a lot of them. Yeah, they're 351 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: gonna have some rookies, right, They're gonna have some players 352 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: that maybe aren't household names, Bob McIntyre, Yanni, Paul, Adrian 353 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: moronk you know, does Shane Lowry get a pick? Do 354 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: they go back to the well and pick someone like 355 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 1: Justin Rose as someone who's played on these before. So 356 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: I do think Luke Donald has some decisions to make, 357 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: certainly from a pairing standpoint, And I do think that 358 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 1: you know, the Euros are up against it. It seems 359 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: right now like the US is making there's a turn 360 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: going and these things kind of come and ebbs and flows. 361 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,439 Speaker 1: The US, you know, dominated the Ryder Cup for a 362 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: very very long time and then the Euro's always on paper, 363 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: given the strength and the power of the US team, 364 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: didn't look like they were necessarily the favorites. But they've 365 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: always had a bunch of major champions on their team, 366 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: and you've got in if you're looking at major champions, 367 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: you've got Rory McElroy, You've got John Rahm, You've got 368 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: Matt Fitzpatrick. You've got guys like Shane Lowry who won 369 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: a major before. You've got Justin Rose who's won a 370 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: major before. So I do think that trying to figure 371 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: out who's going to match with who is Luke's trying 372 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: to do the same thing that Zach Johnson's doing, right, 373 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: He's trying to figure out, Okay, who the best choice 374 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: that I can make, Who can I put with everybody. 375 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: I've had Paul McGinley on the pod before. He's to 376 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: me one of the best captains the Euros have had 377 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: from the way that he did it. And you can 378 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,199 Speaker 1: go back and take a listen, the Euros have not 379 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: always gotten along better than everybody that everybody thinks. You know, 380 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: there's always been this thing that everybody thinks the Euros 381 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: get along, everybody in the team room likes each other, 382 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 1: everybody's best friends, everybody's boys mate. That is not the case. 383 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: What I do think Europe has been able to do 384 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: over the last thirty years has come together as a 385 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: group and come together as a team and use that 386 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 1: kind of underdog mentality. But when you've got John Rahm, 387 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,479 Speaker 1: when you've got Roy McRoy and you've got Victor Hoblin 388 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: on a Ryder Cup team, I mean stacked, as a 389 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,400 Speaker 1: lot of people think the US team is. If you've 390 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 1: got those three guys on your team, I don't know 391 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: how you're thinking you're an underdog because you got three 392 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 1: of the best players in the world and you've got 393 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: three players right now. I think the way that Victor 394 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: Hoblin played in the FedEx, the way that his game 395 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: is change, the way that his short game has changed, 396 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: and I think the way that he's one of those 397 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: guys that's basically in the hunt to win major championships 398 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: all the time. We expect Victor to win majors. But 399 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: if you've got that three Rory, John, Rahm and Vick 400 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: and then you've got Matt Fitzpatrick who's won a major, 401 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: you got Tyrrel Hatton who is a fierce, fierce, fierce competitor. 402 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 1: And they will get points from people that you don't 403 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 1: think they'll get points from. That has been the hallmark 404 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: of the European side. They will get points from players 405 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: that you don't think And will we get as the 406 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: US team will the US side, will Zach Johnson's team, 407 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: will the picks at Zach Johnson? Will JT step up? 408 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: Can Ricky step up? Can Brooks step up? Can a 409 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: rookie like Sam Burns step up? So the captain's always 410 00:24:55,359 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: I think the captains always listen. The Ryder Cup comes 411 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: down to the performance of the players. Whether I think 412 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: some captains do a better job than others, absolutely, I 413 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: think some captains take a different approach and create an 414 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: atmosphere and a culture of competence and winning and stuff 415 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: like that. So I do think that captains do play 416 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 1: a role. But if you talked all the captains, and 417 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: like I said, I've talked to Paul McGinley at length 418 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: about this, it's the players, right, It's the players how 419 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: they perform. Now, do the captains have a big part 420 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 1: of that? 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I 446 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 1: think part of that is historically, in my experience, the 447 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,199 Speaker 1: greens in Europe tend to be a lot slower. Historically, 448 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: the greens that the players played on that played the 449 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: European Tour have historically been a lot slower than the 450 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: US greens. I think the US somewhat struggles because the 451 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: greens on the PGA Tour have been so much better 452 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: that when they've gone to Europe they purposely clept the 453 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: greens slower. The Euros are more used to that. You 454 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,159 Speaker 1: see the Americans leaving a lot of putts short, you 455 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: see their body language. And then because the Euros are 456 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,439 Speaker 1: such great players when they've come to the US in 457 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,360 Speaker 1: the Ryder Cup, historically we've gotten the greens as fast 458 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,719 Speaker 1: as possible. Thinking that's going to give us an advantage, 459 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 1: and the Euros feel like they've been let out of 460 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 1: jail because they feel like they can make putts, and 461 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: it's somewhat backfire. So now the fact that a large 462 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: contingent of the European side plays a lot of their 463 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: golf on the PGA Tour, maybe that's not what it 464 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: used to be. But historically, in my opinion, the Euros 465 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 1: have gotten points not only from rookies and guys that 466 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: you wouldn't think they've gotten points from, but they've ridden 467 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: their superstars, they've ridden their horses, and for years Tiger 468 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: Woods and Phil Nicholson were the best players in the game, 469 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: the best players of this generation, two of the best 470 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: players the games ever seen, and they don't have amazing, 471 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: fantastic Ryder Cup records. So I do think that politics. 472 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:37,439 Speaker 1: I do think the good old boy network boys that 473 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: like to play with each other, picking people for specific partners. 474 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: This has always been a part of the Ryder Cup, 475 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: and I think the Euros have played that chess game 476 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: maybe better at times. To me, a lot of the 477 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: way the Europeans have selected their teams, the way that 478 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: they they've picked their teams and the players that they've picked. 479 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: At times from a captain standpoint, it has looked a 480 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: little bit like you'd make an argument. Then in the 481 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: last thirty years it looked at times like the US 482 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: was playing checkers and the Euros were playing chess. But 483 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: I do think that this is a very, very very 484 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: good US team. Scotti, Scheffler, Wyndham Clark, Brian Harmon, Patrick Cantley, 485 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: Max Homer, Xanderschoffley Brooks, Koepka, Jordan Speeth, Colin Morikawa, Sam Burns, 486 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: Ricky Fowler, Justin Thomas Sadly for the US, Lucas Glover, 487 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: Keegan Bradley, Cam Young, they're the odd guys out, and 488 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: I think you could make arguments. I mean you could 489 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 1: definitely make arguments for Cam Young. Everybody thinks he's superstar, 490 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: hits the golf ball, Miles. I think everybody thought he 491 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: was going to be on this team in this cycle. 492 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: Freddie Couples made a comment that he was one hundred 493 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: percent on the team. Zach Goudas, asked about in his 494 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: press conference, said that that was a while back. Lucas 495 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: Glover hot, I mean, he's got the hot hand, right, 496 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: He's the guy great ball Striker. I think he would 497 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: have been a perfect partner for Brian Harmon. They didn't 498 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 1: pick him. Keegan Bradley loves the Ryder Cup. Everybody knows 499 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: what you're gonna get with Keegan. I think unfortunately this 500 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 1: year he's the odd man out. I think that would 501 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: have been probably the most difficult phone call to make, 502 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: is to Keegan Bradley. His passion, he wears his heart 503 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: on his sleeve, but hasn't been dominant in the Ryder Cup, 504 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 1: doesn't have a dominant Ryder Cup record. I think you're 505 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: picking Luke's glover because he's got the hot hand. But 506 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: Sam Burns, Slick, Rick, BK Morikawa, Jordan Speith, and j T. 507 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: That's who Zach said he wanted on this team. That 508 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: is who. It sounds like the vice captains wanted on 509 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: this team. That is who. It sounds like Xander Max Can'tley, 510 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: Brian Harmon, Wyndam Clark, and Scotty Scheffler. So we'll see 511 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: when we look at the US team from a major standpoint, 512 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: Scotty Scheffler Major Champion, Wyndom Clark, Major Champion, Brian Harmon, 513 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: Major Champion, Brooks Koepka Major Champion, Jordan Speith, Major Champion, 514 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 1: Colin Morricawa Major Champion, Justin Thomas Major Champion. It's a 515 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: lot of majors. We got a bunch of guys that 516 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: have won the FedEx Cup, if that's precursor, We've got 517 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys on the US team that have 518 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: won the President's Cup. To me, the US Ryder Cup 519 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 1: team is looking more and more like the President's Cup 520 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,960 Speaker 1: in that the Writer Cup on paper, for the last 521 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: thirty years, a majority of the time people thought that 522 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 1: the US would win based off of what we see 523 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: on paper, and it didn't happen. Every year the President's 524 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 1: Cup on paper, the US is the favorite and almost 525 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: every year they win. And I've always said, up until 526 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: the last two cycles of the Writer Cup, if the 527 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: US team and captains and the entire approach was more 528 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 1: like the President's Cup, it seems to me like we 529 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: would have had more success. Who runs the US President's 530 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: Cup team the PGA Tour, not the PGA of America. 531 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: So the PGA Tour runs the President's Cup, and the 532 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 1: PGA Tour running of the President's Cup always seemed to 533 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: me like that was more kind of what was going 534 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: to have US play our best golf, and I do 535 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: think that the US system now is more like the 536 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: President's Cup. Anybody that thought anybody from LIV had any 537 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 1: chance in making this team other than Brooks, that is, 538 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: in my opinion, that was fantasy lab Taylor Gooch, who 539 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 1: I think you can make a huge argument given the 540 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: type of golf course, given the type of golf he plays, 541 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: shot maker. He can move it right to left, you 542 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,120 Speaker 1: can make move it left to right. He's a pretty gritty, 543 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 1: tenacious character. He's won a bunch of times on Live 544 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: this year playing some great golf. He was never going 545 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 1: to get a look Brison. I think Bryson's playing some 546 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: amazing golf seems to have turned the corner just shut 547 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 1: fifty eight. He was never going to pick. He was 548 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: never going to get a pick DJ. For everything that 549 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 1: DJ did last year, I just didn't see it. I 550 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 1: think the only person from the Live side that was 551 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: gonna have a chance was gonna be Brooks. And I 552 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: think the only reason he got a pick he fell 553 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: out of the automatic qualifications and he won a major 554 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 1: championship this year. He won the PGA Championship, which is 555 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 1: run by the PGA VERMRI which runs the Ryder Cup. 556 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 1: I just don't think you can. And I think almost 557 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 1: winning the Masters. So a second in a major and 558 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: a first and a Major, regardless of where you're playing, 559 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 1: you're probably gonna get on the Ryder Cup team. It's 560 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 1: a Ryder Cup team that way. And if you're already 561 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 1: a five time major champion, which Brooks is, you're probably 562 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 1: gonna get a shout. So tough choices for Zach. I 563 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,399 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be tough choices for Luke. I think 564 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,719 Speaker 1: you can make an argument on paper that maybe the 565 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,799 Speaker 1: Americans are favored, But I look at that European team. 566 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 1: I look at the confidence that Victor Hobbin mean, they 567 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:40,279 Speaker 1: could pare Victor Hovlin with John Rahm and you could 568 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: see Victor Hoblin and John Rom going undefeated. They could 569 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: pair Victor Hobblin with Rory McElroy and you could see 570 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: those two going undefeated. You could pair John Rom with 571 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,840 Speaker 1: Rory McElroy and you could see them going undefeated. So 572 00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 1: you could see three of the big big super stars 573 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 1: for Europe getting a boatload of points. And can we 574 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:11,760 Speaker 1: get a boatload of points from Scotty Scheffler, Xander Max 575 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,200 Speaker 1: Homer can't lay. Those are kind of the stalwarts of 576 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 1: the guys that qualified, right, Xander Max Homa can't lay 577 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,880 Speaker 1: and Scheffler Right, There's an argument to be made that, Okay, 578 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,280 Speaker 1: Brian Harmon gets on the team because he wins a major, 579 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: and you know, Wyndam Clark, even though he won once 580 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,320 Speaker 1: this year, he gets on because he won a major. 581 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 1: But I still think winning major's counts. I still think 582 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: it shows a lot of who you are as a player. 583 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:44,520 Speaker 1: So I think it's gonna be fascinating. I am super 584 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:48,239 Speaker 1: excited on a personal note to be a part of 585 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,360 Speaker 1: Brooks Kepka's team, and to look at where Brooks was 586 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,319 Speaker 1: last year at this time. I just don't think you'd 587 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,040 Speaker 1: think he was a captain pick. I don't think you'd 588 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,359 Speaker 1: even think he was in the frame. I'm sure as 589 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,960 Speaker 1: I don't think he would have thought he would have 590 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,280 Speaker 1: come on to this Ryder Cup team as Major champion again, 591 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 1: five time Major champion now so, but I am so 592 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:12,839 Speaker 1: proud of him. I'm excited to be going. Ryder Cups 593 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 1: are special. They're special for the players, They're special for 594 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: the captains, they're special for the vice captains. They're special 595 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: for the caddies and for those of us in the 596 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,760 Speaker 1: coaching category that are lucky enough to work with players 597 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,560 Speaker 1: that make Ryder Cup teams, they are special week They 598 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:34,480 Speaker 1: are definitely special weeks. There are memorable weeks. And I 599 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:38,440 Speaker 1: am incredibly proud of brooks Kopka to have qualified for 600 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,960 Speaker 1: this team in the manner that he did and to 601 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 1: be playing the golf that he is playing. And I'm excited. 602 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see who they're gonna pair him with. 603 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:51,400 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see the choices that Captain Johnson and 604 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,680 Speaker 1: Captain Donnell for both the US and the Euros make. 605 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 1: But the Ryder Cup is special. That's why you see 606 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,239 Speaker 1: the passion for a guy like j T who is 607 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 1: so desperate to make these teams. And I hope we 608 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:10,319 Speaker 1: get the Justin Thomas that Zach Johnson wants on that 609 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:14,239 Speaker 1: team that uses this as a springboard. We've seen that, right, 610 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:18,840 Speaker 1: We've seen that Adam Scott got put on a couple 611 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:22,120 Speaker 1: of teams when he wasn't playing good at a time 612 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 1: in his career where it was kind of an opportunity 613 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: for him to get some of the mojo back. I 614 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: think JT's gonna use this as that opportunity, and I 615 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 1: hope for for JT, and I hope for the Americans 616 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:38,360 Speaker 1: that he does it. And I think there's some opportunities 617 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,240 Speaker 1: here for guys like Wyndham Clark and Brian Hemman as rookies. 618 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,000 Speaker 1: Max Homer. I'm excited to see what he does. Excited 619 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:50,800 Speaker 1: to see the golf that Xander plays Ryder Cup twenty 620 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:54,040 Speaker 1: twenty three in Italy in about a month's time. I 621 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:58,440 Speaker 1: will be there. Everybody will be watching. Anytime there's a 622 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:02,600 Speaker 1: Ryder Cup in the end of a year, it's special. 623 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 1: I'm excited for it and I can't wait to get 624 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 1: over there. Pasta pizza, Ryder Cup, some great coffee, some 625 00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 1: gelato and some great golf. I mean, sign me up. 626 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: I'm here for that. Well, thank everyone for listening. Son 627 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 1: of a Butch comes to you every Wednesday, and we 628 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:19,919 Speaker 1: will see you next week.