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Speaker 3: We're gonna be able to tell some fun stories about

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Ping proven Grounds Podcast. I'm Shane

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Speaker 2: Bak and that is Marty Jertsen Marty in Person podcast.

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Speaker 2: Always a little bit different, right, yeah, it is fun

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Speaker 2: make you more uncomfortable, to make you just equally normal comfortable, a.

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Speaker 2: Press in summer Haze is with us as well. Pressed

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Speaker 2: kind of know where you're at in terms of grades

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Speaker 3: I think to me, Shane, it would be if I'm

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Speaker 1: for the first ten holes, Like really, what's going to

437
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Speaker 1: change with my game? Like if I just keep on,

438
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Speaker 1: if I just stick to my game plan and just

439
00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,960
Speaker 1: keep on doing the same things, eventually I'm just gonna

440
00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,120
Speaker 1: keep on making birdies. And you know, I think, uh,

441
00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,680
Speaker 1: that's a big problem that a lot of people make

442
00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:14,879
Speaker 1: is once they get to there, is get to that

443
00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,800
Speaker 1: point like four or five under, they start to thinking, Okay, now,

444
00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:18,760
Speaker 1: I just I don't want to.

445
00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,399
Speaker 2: Lose it, right, Like, I don't know, I'm there. I

446
00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:21,640
Speaker 2: did what I need to do, right.

447
00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, And usually what I think is, I mean, if

448
00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,320
Speaker 1: I could get to three or four under going into

449
00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:27,440
Speaker 1: the back, I was like, if I have a good back,

450
00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,119
Speaker 1: nine I could shoot, I could shoot eight or nine.

451
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Speaker 1: So that's kind of my mentality going into it, rather

452
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Speaker 1: than trying not to lose it.

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Speaker 2: Gotcha. Okay, So I'm I've talked to Boyd about this

454
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Speaker 2: as well, But I find the family dynamic with you

455
00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,800
Speaker 2: guys very appealing. And when I say that, I mean

456
00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,280
Speaker 2: it's not fake like watching boys Instagram stories, and sometimes

457
00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,280
Speaker 2: they're the small dots, you know. I mean sometimes you'll

458
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Speaker 2: get into like the dot Instagram stories, but I mean

459
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Speaker 2: it's deep dive stuff on the tournaments. What I find

460
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Speaker 2: so cool is you guys are out there rooting each

461
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Speaker 2: other on. You're caddying for your sister. I remember when

462
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Speaker 2: you won a junior. I think you you flew to

463
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Speaker 2: Wisconsin and caddy for Grace that week, right flew?

464
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I won the junior. I'm pretty sure I took

465
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Speaker 1: a red eye the next night to Stephen's. Actually, no,

466
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Speaker 1: were we drove, did you?

467
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Speaker 2: Yeah?

468
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Speaker 1: We drove. It was like from.

469
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Speaker 2: Stephens, Wisconsin. But I mean, like it's it's really genuine.

470
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Speaker 2: What's it like having a sister at ASU, And what

471
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Speaker 2: is the dynamic like in terms of competition, Like what

472
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Speaker 2: do you guys do to push each other now that

473
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Speaker 2: you're both collegiate players at the same university.

474
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Speaker 1: You know, it's funny even though we're both collegiate players

475
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Speaker 1: right now, we're doing the same exact thing that we

476
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Speaker 1: were doing when we were eleven, twelve, thirteen. Like, I mean,

477
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Speaker 1: we were very close. We're very close family, so we

478
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Speaker 1: basically are spending all day every day together. Uh. Now,

479
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Speaker 1: obviously being in college it's a little bit different, but

480
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Speaker 1: growing up, I mean it was we were together all

481
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Speaker 1: the time. We were always trying to beat each other,

482
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Speaker 1: and we were always competing against each other. So, uh,

483
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Speaker 1: you know, from there, I think it's it's cool to,

484
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Speaker 1: you know, then go out and support your your family,

485
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Speaker 1: And it's great because even though we are competing against

486
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Speaker 1: each other, and we do want to be each other

487
00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,400
Speaker 1: so bad, we want to see each other succeed so bad.

488
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Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's I mean, Marty, when you watch it,

489
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Speaker 2: I mean when you get the seed and you've seen

490
00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,840
Speaker 2: that you've known these these guys since there were kids,

491
00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,600
Speaker 2: like young kids. I mean when you see him caddying

492
00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:19,920
Speaker 2: and you see him win golf tournaments and literally drop

493
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Speaker 2: what they were doing, leave the trophy somewhere and go

494
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Speaker 2: support the next day. I mean, like I have little kids,

495
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Speaker 2: like I hope that they're a twentieth of what we

496
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Speaker 2: see from the summer, you.

497
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Speaker 3: Know, and it goes beyond you guys. I mean, your

498
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Speaker 3: uncle Joe is playing in the Senior US Open this year,

499
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Speaker 3: So your sister played in the women's, you played in

500
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Speaker 3: the men's. He's playing in the senior I compete against him.

501
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Speaker 3: Daniel was in here earlier today getting his clubs worked on.

502
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Speaker 2: We're calling him on KFT coverage. I mean, it's just

503
00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:47,800
Speaker 2: it's like so wild, Like I see the summer in

504
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,400
Speaker 2: his name more than I see Woods and Nicholson these days.

505
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Speaker 2: You know, it's like very very authentic in terms of

506
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Speaker 2: golf stuff. It's very cool.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, one thing, yeah, go ahead, And president just going

508
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Speaker 1: back to like how much do we support each other?

509
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Speaker 1: Like Kim my little brother Cam, he's he's gonna be

510
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Speaker 1: fifty sixteen tomorrow, and uh, he just won his first

511
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Speaker 1: high school high school match yesterday. And you should have

512
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Speaker 1: seen our group, our group chat Boyd sending videos every

513
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Speaker 1: every five minutes. We're all going crazy, and you know

514
00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,560
Speaker 1: he made he made like a good six seven footer

515
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Speaker 1: on the last hole to win, and we just we

516
00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:22,640
Speaker 1: went wild real quick.

517
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Speaker 2: What's the game when you three play who's giving shots,

518
00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,480
Speaker 2: who's getting shots? And what's the game you guys play

519
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Speaker 2: against each other?

520
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Speaker 1: So it's usually, uh, it's usually me and can VORs,

521
00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,919
Speaker 1: Grace and Boyd. Okay, yeah, and uh that's usually our

522
00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:39,000
Speaker 1: straight up, straight up and we play tiebreaker too everyone's counting.

523
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Speaker 1: We want it to be. That's that's a big thing

524
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Speaker 1: with our competition was we're trying to simulate tournament pressure

525
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Speaker 1: as best we can. So when we're having a two

526
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Speaker 1: v two game, we're making sure everybody counts, so you know,

527
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Speaker 1: if two guys birdie, it's going to that next ball pressing.

528
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Speaker 3: When we interviewed your dad, he said every time he

529
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Speaker 3: grew up playing golf, there was always something on the

530
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Speaker 3: line every single round. Have you ever played around a

531
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Speaker 3: golf where there's something not on the line, Like you

532
00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,160
Speaker 3: just go play and whatever happens happens. Or is there

533
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Speaker 3: always are you always playing for something?

534
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Speaker 1: I mean it's always pride, nobody, nobody in our family

535
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Speaker 1: likes to lose. Yeah, uh so, I mean it doesn't

536
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Speaker 1: really matter if we are playing for something or if

537
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,960
Speaker 1: we're not playing for something. We all want to win

538
00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,800
Speaker 1: so bad where it's I mean, it's like we're playing

539
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Speaker 1: for something. Uh huh.

540
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Speaker 2: I was I was asked by your father to ask

541
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Speaker 2: you who's the best ping pong player on the A

542
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Speaker 2: SU golf team. Right now, it seems like maybe it's

543
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Speaker 2: not you, is what I'm I'm I'm getting from this.

544
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Speaker 1: No it's not me, unfortunately, and it hurts to say that. Okay,

545
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Speaker 1: So I'm really lucky to live in a house with

546
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Speaker 1: with a couple of my teammates and we put a

547
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Speaker 1: ping pong table in this last year and me and

548
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Speaker 1: me and my teammate Rix Johnston go at it every

549
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Speaker 1: single Yeah. Rax is really good. Rax is just like

550
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Speaker 1: a freak athlete.

551
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Speaker 2: Is a plus five handicap ping player?

552
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Speaker 1: Yeah, probably, but yeah it gets intense too. Like I'd

553
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,679
Speaker 1: probably say I get more intents in ping pong than

554
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Speaker 1: I do than I do on the golf course.

555
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Speaker 2: It's like it's like a book and paddles I don't.

556
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:15,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, seriously, uh huh. So, yeah, we usually have one

557
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,960
Speaker 1: or two best of seven game series every night, and

558
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 1: unfortunately he beats me more. It's okay, more than I be.

559
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Speaker 2: It's important as adults to admit when you're not as good.

560
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Speaker 1: I'm really glad my dad asks you to ask me that.

561
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Speaker 3: Preston, you've made some One of the things that's impressed

562
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Speaker 3: me a lot about watching you is how many clutch

563
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Speaker 3: putts you've made. What I know, I think part of

564
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Speaker 3: it is you guys. You're always you're trying to stimulate

565
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Speaker 3: the termament pressure. You've kind of grown up with that.

566
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Speaker 3: But what is your process on those big putts, whether

567
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Speaker 3: it's to get the US open the putt to win

568
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,480
Speaker 3: the ASU event last year on the eighteenth toll, what

569
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Speaker 3: you know? Uh, the you know putts you've had in

570
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Speaker 3: the Walker Cup, the Junior am. What is your process

571
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Speaker 3: you know when you have a big putt or you're

572
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Speaker 3: just going through your routine.

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Speaker 1: Uh, you know, I think one of the biggest things

574
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Speaker 1: is confidence. When I get to a putt that I

575
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Speaker 1: know I need to make or I I have one

576
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Speaker 1: confidence I'm capable that I'm capable to make any put Uh.

577
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Speaker 1: So I think that's a big thing. And uh, you know,

578
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Speaker 1: it's funny. I really like to daydream, Like before I

579
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,639
Speaker 1: go to bed, I just start daydreaming, or when I'm driving,

580
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,399
Speaker 1: and every time it just goes back to certain moments.

581
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Speaker 1: There's certain putts and I just go back and replay.

582
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Speaker 1: I just try to fill my mind with confidence that,

583
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Speaker 1: you know, when there's a big putt on the line,

584
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Speaker 1: I can make it. And then you know, when it

585
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Speaker 1: kind of goes down to like the routine, I honestly

586
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Speaker 1: couldn't tell you I feel like when there's a lot

587
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Speaker 1: of pressure on the line, I completely zone out, just

588
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 1: like a yes, h. I can't tell you what I'm thinking.

589
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 1: I will say I depend greatly on my eyes, and

590
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 1: I feel I'll take more looks, I'll visualize it probably

591
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 1: a little bit more intently, and uh, I'll just let

592
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Speaker 1: my eyes of the work and you know, I'm confident

593
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Speaker 1: that I'm going to make that.

594
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Speaker 3: But from the outside looking in, it looks like you

595
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:09,080
Speaker 3: were absolutely locked in. Yeah, and I've I've aspired to that,

596
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 3: you know, looking at your routine. I need to be

597
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,840
Speaker 3: more intense, you know, yeah, and be totally locked in.

598
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Speaker 3: It's been fun to watch.

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Speaker 1: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of clutch, can we talk about the shot at

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Speaker 2: the seventeenth the Walker Cup?

602
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Speaker 3: Yes?

603
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:19,880
Speaker 2: Is that pin pack left?

604
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:20,720
Speaker 1: Is that Ken was back?

605
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:21,159
Speaker 3: So it was?

606
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,560
Speaker 2: It was over the bunker yep. And so I mean,

607
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,680
Speaker 2: if nobody's played st Andrews before, there's no where to

608
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Speaker 2: hit that. How much do you have in And is

609
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Speaker 2: that one of the best shots, if not the best

610
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Speaker 2: shot you've ever hit.

611
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Speaker 1: That's definitely one of the clutchest shots I've ever hit.

612
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Speaker 2: I mean, do you remember yardage wise?

613
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:40,199
Speaker 1: It was probably around one fifty four to probably one

614
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Speaker 1: fifty eight something in that range, and uh, you know,

615
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Speaker 1: it's just one of those big moments again Walker Cup.

616
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Speaker 1: We're getting beat badly. We desperately need a point or

617
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Speaker 1: a half on the board, and you know, I hit

618
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Speaker 1: it left. Obviously, don't want to do that. I want

619
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Speaker 1: to do the hotel. So I go left and I'm

620
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,439
Speaker 1: in the right, but I'm gonna divotol And that's a

621
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 1: good thing because now I can generate some spin on

622
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,640
Speaker 1: the ball and you know, the wind is hard right

623
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Speaker 1: to left, and you know, this is kind of where

624
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 1: that creativity comes into play, and you know, being able

625
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:18,159
Speaker 1: to shape shots with the blueprints. I had somewhere in

626
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Speaker 1: that range of fifty four to fifty eight, and I

627
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 1: was thinking, Okay, if I need to hold the screen,

628
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,399
Speaker 1: I need something that's gonna land really soft. And with

629
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Speaker 1: the right to left wind, I was like, Okay, if

630
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 1: I actually hit a slice, it's gonna fight that win

631
00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 1: so much where it's actually going to turn from crosswind

632
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,120
Speaker 1: to back into the world. Okay, yep, and I take

633
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 1: like two clubs extra did.

634
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 2: You like seven iron?

635
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,960
Speaker 1: Yeah? Okay, open up the face, aim left and that

636
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,360
Speaker 1: swing left and it's just perfect. It comes out left

637
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:47,879
Speaker 1: side of the green and it's a hard right to

638
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 1: left wind, so anything that's fighting against it is like

639
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,960
Speaker 1: it's a pretty big slice and it's nice. I can

640
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,919
Speaker 1: finally see it starting to be soft, and you know,

641
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,800
Speaker 1: it lands and people are expecting it to like take

642
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,120
Speaker 1: a huge bounce or roll out and it just kind

643
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,679
Speaker 1: of one hop and stops, and you know, I have

644
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: a I have like a fifteen footer to tie the

645
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:09,919
Speaker 1: match going into eighteen. It was pretty special.

646
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 2: I mean, Marty, you've you've been to Saint Andrewship, you

647
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 2: you've played her on that golf course. I mean that's

648
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,359
Speaker 2: just like when I would caddy there, you would not

649
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 2: tell average players even that the pin was on the green.

650
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 2: No hit it thirty yards right, tried hit it on eighteen.

651
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 2: T Like, we're not messing with the hitting it over there,

652
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 2: because we're gonna be on the roader in the bunker

653
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 2: and it's gonna think us half an hour.

654
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: And you know what's the funny thing too, is every

655
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,760
Speaker 1: time we played that hole in the practice round, everyone's

656
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,440
Speaker 1: hitting putts from twenty thirty feet left of the pin. Yep,

657
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,920
Speaker 1: like off the green. That's just where you're supposed to

658
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 1: hit it, because if you go right, then it's like

659
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 1: in the neck it's really tight and you either have

660
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,160
Speaker 1: a weird up and over you hit it onto the road.

661
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: So the play there is to just go left.

662
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 2: But it would speaking of that, I would tell like

663
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 2: average regular golfers to do that, and nobody would listen

664
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 2: to me. Yeah, They're like, what's this American caddy telling

665
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,640
Speaker 2: me to do? I'm like, no, I promise hit it left.

666
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:56,639
Speaker 2: It's actually okay over there.

667
00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,560
Speaker 3: President. I think one thing going back to your putter

668
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 3: is fun. You like the blueprint irons because they're small.

669
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,199
Speaker 3: One of the reason you like and they're small, they

670
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 3: help you get focused in Yeah, we designed that fetch

671
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 3: putter yea. He it goes in the hole fetch, which

672
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 3: is kind of fun. But b it's been a super

673
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 3: popular putter for a lot of golfers because it's a

674
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,439
Speaker 3: little bit smaller. The face is small, helps to give

675
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 3: you that focus. So tell us about how you got

676
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,040
Speaker 3: in that putter. You know, what was the process. You've

677
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 3: used some an answer over the years and things of

678
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 3: that nature. But what do you like about the fetch?

679
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 2: Yeah?

680
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 1: So, I like you said, so I used the Voss

681
00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 1: for about five six years and that was that was

682
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 1: my putter. That was my baby.

683
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:35,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know.

684
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: It's a crazy game. Sometimes things get off, and you

685
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,520
Speaker 1: know I came into ping one day I was like, hey,

686
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,240
Speaker 1: I just I just need a different look. I wanted

687
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 1: to go something more Mallet style.

688
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 3: Yeah.

689
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 1: But another thing about the Voss is the Voss is

690
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 1: also a smaller fig exactly. So I like looking down

691
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 1: at something that's slightly smaller, a little bit more compact.

692
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 1: And you know, I loved how the Fetch had the

693
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 1: top line that you know, kind of ran on the

694
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Speaker 1: top of the face, yeph and you know, it has

695
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 1: the sight lines on the side. It was just a

696
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 1: very clean looking putter, and you know, got hit some

697
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: putts in the lab and you know it was really good. Uh.

698
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 1: And then from there I just kind of started filling

699
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 1: it up.

700
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Speaker 3: So a compact Mallet, right. The cool story about the Voss,

701
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 3: So Corey Bacon, no relations.

702
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 2: Shut up by the way, I brought them ball markers

703
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 2: this time.

704
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Speaker 3: Actually, So Corey good player himself. He is won the

705
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 3: Arizona Stadium and stroke play. He designed the Voss and

706
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 3: in his whole concept with what with behind it is

707
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 3: to make an answer style putter with the ball with

708
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 3: cavity to help you get that focus and give you

709
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 3: that smaller look. That's why we put that in the

710
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 3: Voss is our Putter in our Prodigy Junior set, which

711
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 3: is pretty cool for that exact same reason. It kind

712
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,680
Speaker 3: of helped the kiddos instead of giving a big mallet,

713
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 3: give him something that helps him focus a little bit.

714
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's great.

715
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 2: What's it like going to college kind of getting away

716
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 2: from your parents, getting away from your family, kind of

717
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 2: owning your own time, owning your own practice, like laying

718
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 2: out your own schedule. What's that been like over the

719
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,239
Speaker 2: last two and a half years or so for you

720
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 2: to kind of I don't want to say grow up

721
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 2: because it I mean it feels like you're an adult

722
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 2: at sixteen, seventeen years old, but you know, take that

723
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Speaker 2: kind of next leak into adulthood.

724
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's been not gonna lie. It was

725
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 1: a hard transition. You know, I can't imagine. You know,

726
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: some of my teammates who have are international, coming from overseas.

727
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: I was getting super homesick and I live thirty minutes

728
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,280
Speaker 1: away and I can go back whenever I want. So

729
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,800
Speaker 1: it was definitely a transition, especially being so close to

730
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 1: my family for my entire life. It is just an

731
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Speaker 1: extremely new experience.

732
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Speaker 2: Did you all force yourself to not go home? Like,

733
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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, it's easy to go home, right,

734
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,680
Speaker 2: be easy to drive up, you know, the two of

735
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 2: two and you're there, right. Was it something where you

736
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 2: went I'm not going to immediately go home when I

737
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 2: fill that home sickness. I'm gonna kind of handle it myself.

738
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Speaker 1: No, I definitely went home here. Yeah, I definitely went home.

739
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 1: I probably went home too much, but yeah, and then

740
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: kind of this last year and a half has been

741
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: it's been great because now you know, I kind of

742
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,840
Speaker 1: learned to live on my own what I need to do,

743
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: learn my routines, and you know, make new friends. It's

744
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 1: super nice living living in our house with the golf guys.

745
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: That makes it a lot of fun. But college has

746
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: been has just been an amazing experience. And yeah, just

747
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 1: being an adult now, I mean I feel like I'm

748
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,680
Speaker 1: still a kid, but yeah, it's just been great.

749
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Speaker 3: Preston, where do you think you need to get better

750
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 3: over the next say, one year and then maybe five

751
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 3: to ten. What part of your game or strategy, fitness,

752
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 3: what have you do you feel like you're you need

753
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 3: to focus on.

754
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, this's actually a great question because you know, as

755
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,520
Speaker 1: our season's kind of slowing down. At least once or

756
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: twice a year, I like to do a really in

757
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: depth strengths and weakness chart. And I did it about

758
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 1: a week ago and it took me a couple of days.

759
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:57,920
Speaker 1: It it's ten pages long.

760
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 3: Wow, And you know, I think.

761
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: Trying to play golf at the highest level, you need

762
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: to be very aware and then also to you need

763
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 1: to be able to create a plan in order to

764
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: change your and change your weaknesses. So it was three

765
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 1: pages of strengths, two pages of weaknesses, one page of

766
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 1: off season goals, and then the rest of the pages

767
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,760
Speaker 1: were the process of how I'm going to change those

768
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: weaknesses into strengths. And I think the big thing that

769
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 1: I came up with was I feel like I can

770
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: get a lot sharper with my wedges. And that's a

771
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 1: big thing because of the distance I've gotten, so you know,

772
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: like approach, uh huh, okay, yeah, stuff and more. Yeah,

773
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: kind of that seventy seventy to one thirty range. I

774
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: feel like if I get elite that my game is

775
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 1: going to go to another level, and it's just because

776
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: I'm hitting it far. So I have so many wedges

777
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: now where if I can really sharpen that up, I'm

778
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: going to give myself so many more birdie looks. So

779
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: that's one of my big goals. And then, uh, you know,

780
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: just trying to keep my body healthy. Uh, nowadays it

781
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 1: feels like I'm going from week to week to week

782
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 1: to week to week. So it's super important to kind

783
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: of create a recovery routine or a pre round post

784
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: round routine just to make sure that your body's always good,

785
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,560
Speaker 1: because I mean, you can play this game for a

786
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: while if you're healthy. And I think, uh, to accomplish

787
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 1: the goals I want to accomplish, I need to stay healthy.

788
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,239
Speaker 2: Marty. What was your when you were twenty twenty one

789
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,960
Speaker 2: years old? How was your post golf recovery situation going?

790
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 2: Was it like, sure, even what that was like, You're

791
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 2: just eating unhealthy food and just like going to the

792
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 2: next party. In college, Yes, so I don't think I

793
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:40,960
Speaker 2: was thinking much about recovery.

794
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 3: I'll tell you I was into carbloading. I thought that

795
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 3: man donut.

796
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 2: Things that James this is amazing. I mean a days

797
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,760
Speaker 2: were tough, Like jokes aside, do you think about that stuff?

798
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 2: Like do you think about diet? I mean, do you

799
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,720
Speaker 2: guys talk about that with with coach and things like that,

800
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 2: like what to eat tournament weeks because I mean, listen,

801
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 2: metabolism is gonna tabolism when you're young, But when you're

802
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 2: trying to play peak level golf and beat the college

803
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 2: players out there right now, those are the small things

804
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 2: that can make a difference.

805
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, honestly, I should be better about that.

806
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, again, you're still young.

807
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,839
Speaker 1: I should be better about that. I think I can

808
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 1: get away with it because of how young I am.

809
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:17,800
Speaker 1: But you know, if I just go out on the

810
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: road to make sure I don't eat the worst foods possible, I.

811
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 3: Feel like I'm going to be okay.

812
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: Like if I if I look down the menu and

813
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: I just don't pick the worst thing possible for me,

814
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:27,399
Speaker 1: I was like, that's a win.

815
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 2: Well, that's like the calorie count on the menus. Now

816
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,439
Speaker 2: we're brutal when you go. I actually like that it's

817
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 2: three thousand calories. That's the appetizer at Chili's. I can't

818
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 2: add that.

819
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 3: If you got a thirty six whole day the next

820
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 3: day you got it.

821
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 2: You gotta say, it's like the It's like carbloating in Americas.

822
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:43,359
Speaker 1: Yeah.

823
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 2: Going back to the junior am that you won, I

824
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 2: was wondering, was there a moment in your junior career

825
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,879
Speaker 2: where something clicked or something happened with your golf game

826
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 2: where you went, oh, wow, I do have the ability

827
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 2: to go out there, because you're talking about potentially whinning

828
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 2: the US Amateur as a sixteen year old. Yeah, did

829
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 2: something happen when you were young where you went, I

830
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:01,720
Speaker 2: am really good at this game.

831
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, So that was that was probably I really thought

832
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 1: that I could like win these big tournaments when I

833
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 1: was I had just won the Utah State Amateur at fifteen.

834
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 1: I was the youngest du back to back I did

835
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: yuh huh. This was the first one though. I I

836
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: wanted to take my my uncle's record of the youngest,

837
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,399
Speaker 1: so kind of at that point, I played a great player,

838
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 1: Kyle Kyle d duncle who was a he was an

839
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 1: All American senior at Utah. He was in at least

840
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,719
Speaker 1: eighty yards by me, and uh won that thirty six

841
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: whole day, and you know, kind of from there, I

842
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: just started to see my goals and my aspirations a

843
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,440
Speaker 1: little bit differently the junior.

844
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 3: Am some of the I mean, you'd beat Akha right

845
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 3: on your way, which is kind of funny to think

846
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:49,759
Speaker 3: about PG tour.

847
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 2: Oh, Marty, Marty, we were covering that thing, and it

848
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 2: was like circle this potential matchup, you know, because you know,

849
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,320
Speaker 2: I mean those things as you know in the amateurs

850
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,399
Speaker 2: or anything, I know, the dream matchups typically don't happen. Yeah,

851
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 2: and the fact that you're getting pressed and Aucua, we're

852
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 2: like sign us up, popcorn in the.

853
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 1: Booth, here we go.

854
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 3: So what what were some of those matches there? What

855
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 3: was that match like? And then I think one of

856
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 3: the matches you came down, you know, you came back

857
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 3: a long way to capture it. So uh what was

858
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 3: what were some of the key moment moments on your

859
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 3: way to win that?

860
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, it was a long time ago. Uh,

861
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 1: I'm having a hard time remembering, but daydream about yeah,

862
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: I know, but yeah, that match against Akshay going in,

863
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: I was definitely an underdog. I didn't play any a

864
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: jagas he's the guy that's winning every single event possible.

865
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 1: But you know what my dad talked to me. I

866
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 1: was like, man, this is a really great opportunity. I

867
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,440
Speaker 1: actually don't have anything to lose. He's he's supposed to

868
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 1: beat me because he's just an incredible player. He is

869
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: a phenom at that age. So going in I was like, man,

870
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 1: if I could win this, like win this match, this

871
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: would be pretty special. And you know, I went out

872
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 1: there and I just had an amazing ball striking round,

873
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,759
Speaker 1: amazing ball striking round, made some good putts and you know,

874
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: ended up winning one up till I get to the

875
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: next match.

876
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 2: Well, was was the was the mat did championship match

877
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 2: against Bojin? When you hit the shot on sixteen that

878
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 2: you were like, you were way left and you hit

879
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 2: that crazy good show? Was that sixteen? That was seventeen seventeen, Yeah,

880
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 2: and I mean it was like in theory you're dead, yeah,

881
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,720
Speaker 2: and you hit this unbelievable shot hole high I remember.

882
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, So that hole was actually crazy because you know,

883
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,800
Speaker 1: thirty six hole match the morning eighteen on that hole,

884
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:30,320
Speaker 1: me and my dad noticed that actually going down fifteen

885
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,360
Speaker 1: yep fairway, it makes the hole a lot shorter and

886
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: it's actually an easier angle into that pin. So I

887
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,839
Speaker 1: went down the other fairway in the morning ended up

888
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 1: winning that hole. So we get there in the afternoon

889
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: and it's a hard left to right wind, and you know,

890
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: I'm still young. I still make dumb mistakes, and I

891
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 1: just underplay the wind, put it right into like the

892
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:52,239
Speaker 1: center of the trees. I get up there, and you know,

893
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: this is kind of where that confidence comes into play,

894
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: where it's not like, hmm, that could go wrong, that

895
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 1: could go wrong, that could go wrong. I look up

896
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 1: and I say this one window, and I'm like, yep,

897
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:02,759
Speaker 1: I'm hitting it right there.

898
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 2: I mean I remember because I think maybe on sixteen,

899
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,800
Speaker 2: both three putted from a pretty comfortable spot right you

900
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,480
Speaker 2: had like twenty feet Andy three putted, and I think

901
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 2: you won that hole, either to level the match or

902
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 2: go one up. Yeah, and then you hit that shot

903
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:15,719
Speaker 2: on seventeen and it was like all right, game over,

904
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 2: who we go?

905
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 1: That was easily the best shot of my career in

906
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 1: the most intendine situation.

907
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 2: You have so many people in your life that are

908
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 2: involved in golf, and not just your family. I mean

909
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 2: we talked about Tony. I mean you've become buddies with

910
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,399
Speaker 2: John ram. I know you talk about evaluating your own

911
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 2: golf game. How important is it for you to do

912
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,319
Speaker 2: the evaluation and not text Tony what do I need

913
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 2: to prove on? Or text BOYD what I need to

914
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 2: improve on? Like, how important is for you to look

915
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 2: at your own golf game and be able to kind of,

916
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 2: you know, outline what works and what doesn't.

917
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, So I think that's probably one of the biggest

918
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,360
Speaker 1: things that I've taken away from actually being at college,

919
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,319
Speaker 1: you know, just living at home and having my dad

920
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,439
Speaker 1: as a coach and playing with a lot of great

921
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 1: players day in and day out. They kind of do

922
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,840
Speaker 1: the work for you, tell you what you need to improve.

923
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: And then once I got to college, start seeing my

924
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 1: dad less. I'm more on my own. I have to

925
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: be more responsible for my game, and I actually I

926
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 1: actually started learning my game a lot better where it's like, Okay,

927
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: I'm not going to hit it if I feel this,

928
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: but you know, I can get around the course doing this.

929
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: So instead of people telling me exactly what I need

930
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:17,840
Speaker 1: to do, I kind of just learned from myself, and

931
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:22,919
Speaker 1: I think that's been super valuable to me and something

932
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 1: that I've definitely improved on in the last couple of years.

933
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 1: It's being more aware of my game press.

934
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,320
Speaker 3: I'm asking you a related question. When we talked to

935
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 3: you when we had your dad on the pod, he

936
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 3: made some mistakes and equipment when he got on the tour,

937
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 3: and one of the things we talked about his process

938
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 3: of helping you and and all of his students would

939
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 3: be make sure something's not off in the equipment. First,

940
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 3: he said, you're not a complainer, Tony's not a complainer.

941
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 3: Something's going on or maybe it's a mechanical issue. So

942
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 3: related to that, do you feel like you've you've been

943
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 3: able to highlight areas like if something's off on your driver,

944
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,359
Speaker 3: can you notice it yourself now? Or is that your

945
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 3: dad or or or Kenton or Brad helping you out?

946
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,080
Speaker 1: Yeah? So, I mean usually when I come into ping,

947
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: I always leave hitting it good, good thing. Yeah, the

948
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: guys get me right obviously, the equipment is uh, you know,

949
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:17,359
Speaker 1: it's it's good for me. So, uh, you know, once

950
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,800
Speaker 1: I come in actually quite often, especially before big events,

951
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 1: because obviously that's the first thing we look at. We

952
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,880
Speaker 1: want to make sure that our equipment is good and

953
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,680
Speaker 1: it's fit to us and kind of our shots and

954
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: and shape. So I come in a decent amount for that.

955
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 1: But you know, once I'm once I come out and

956
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,319
Speaker 1: you know, I start hitting, then I put it all

957
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 1: on myself. And I think that's what's important with coming

958
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,319
Speaker 1: in here so often, is that I can always when

959
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: I am hitting it bad, I can't blame myself rather

960
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 1: than the club.

961
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:49,839
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, what changes did you make any tweaks on

962
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 3: your driver or something before the Walker Cup? Before the

963
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:54,759
Speaker 3: Walker Cup, tell us a little bit about that.

964
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, so, uh, you know at the at the us

965
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 1: AM Cherry Hill, I hit my driver that good, and

966
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: you know that's not really of course, where you hit

967
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 1: a ton of drivers. So uh, but I noticed that

968
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: there was a couple of shots that I didn't really like,

969
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: or a couple of swings that I felt like I

970
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: swung it good and it just didn't go in the

971
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 1: right direction. Uh So, once I figured out I was

972
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 1: playing at Saint Andrews, as I called Brad, I was like, hey,

973
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 1: you mind if I come in here, just get everything

974
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,239
Speaker 1: checked out, probably try a couple of different shafts, see

975
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: if I can try to start getting this ball a

976
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: little bit more online. And you know, came in did

977
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: some good work. It felt like when I was coming down,

978
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 1: the clubhead was a little bit more behind, uh, and

979
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: that's where I was getting my right miss So we

980
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,319
Speaker 1: tried something that was a little bit stiffer, felt like

981
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: the clubhead was slightly more on top or outside, and

982
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:42,800
Speaker 1: you know, fix it like that.

983
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:44,800
Speaker 2: Coming out lower at all. I mean, obviously going to

984
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 2: Saint Andrew's playing in the wind, did you want it

985
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 2: to look a little lower kind of off the face.

986
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,720
Speaker 1: Uh, not quite. I'm actually, uh, that's.

987
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 2: One of you can launch it. I mean you can

988
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:55,200
Speaker 2: launch it really really hot.

989
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's that.

990
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 1: I would probably say that's one of my strengths is

991
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 1: I'm able to kind of control my trajectory pretty well.

992
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,399
Speaker 1: So if I want to hit it low than I can.

993
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 2: Uh.

994
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 1: And then actually, another big thing about coming in here.

995
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,879
Speaker 1: Right before sat Andrews, I was like, hey, Brad, give

996
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,680
Speaker 1: me the hottest iron you could possibly make.

997
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:13,319
Speaker 2: What was it? What was the hottest iron?

998
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:13,560
Speaker 3: Oh?

999
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 1: It was a it a cross, Yeah, it was cross.

1000
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 1: It was a crossover like three iron, but it was

1001
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:22,319
Speaker 1: turned down and it was so funny because I mean

1002
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 1: it is a missile.

1003
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's Andrews.

1004
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 1: I was hitting my two iron maybe like twenty yards

1005
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 1: past other guys's three woods. Really Yeah, so you're ninety three,

1006
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 1: he's I mean, obviously it depends on the wind for sure,

1007
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 1: but I mean it was an absolute weapon, especially when

1008
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:42,879
Speaker 1: it's saying dead straight and it's only going twenty feet

1009
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 1: off the ground.

1010
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,399
Speaker 2: You hit it tho. Yeah, by the time you get

1011
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 2: up to the ball, it's finally stopped rolling.

1012
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:49,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, at that point you just got to aim the club.

1013
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 2: That's right, Presta.

1014
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 3: What's your typical angle of attack on your driver?

1015
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 1: Oh, that's a good question. Uh So angle of attack

1016
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,360
Speaker 1: I think is usually slightly up, maybe from one to

1017
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,960
Speaker 1: two degrees up, and then I try to launch my

1018
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 1: driver anywhere from nine and a half to eleven and

1019
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,439
Speaker 1: a half. Ye kind of that's that's my optimal zone.

1020
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 2: Yeah. Okay, Preston, this is coming from someone that just

1021
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 2: made this change. So I'm asking you, this is the

1022
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 2: seven wood at all? At least thought about getting your bag.

1023
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 2: Have you considered the seven wood? Is it in the

1024
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 2: back right now in my bag? Have you have you?

1025
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 2: Are you thinking of seven?

1026
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 1: Okay? So when I was playing, or after I won

1027
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: the junior and figured out I was playing uh wing

1028
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:34,799
Speaker 1: foot yep, I came in and we were thinking, oh,

1029
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 1: these par threes, they're they're perfect. Seven weeks since and

1030
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: it's like, I'm not gonna hit a three iron because

1031
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: you know these screens are firm. It's gonna be coming

1032
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,799
Speaker 1: in low. I take the seven wood out there. It's

1033
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: been my favorite club ever since.

1034
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:48,319
Speaker 2: So is there one in the back right now? There's

1035
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 2: playing the second one? How long you've been had in

1036
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 2: the back for four? Five, six years?

1037
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:52,280
Speaker 1: Ever since?

1038
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:56,440
Speaker 2: So so three years? So you were like early adopter.

1039
00:43:56,880 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 1: I'm telling you. Seven I'm telling you is my favorite club.

1040
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 1: I think everyone should have a seven wood.

1041
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 3: And you do you go driver seven wood or driver three?

1042
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 3: Go driver three with seven driver three?

1043
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 2: The seven would come out of the bag at St.

1044
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,840
Speaker 2: Andrews for the driving.

1045
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 1: I three wood. I'm never taking my second wood out.

1046
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,919
Speaker 2: This makes me so good about my.

1047
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,839
Speaker 1: Seven decisions, my commitment to the seven wood. I mean,

1048
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 1: I'm never leaving that thing.

1049
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:22,720
Speaker 3: This is like saw him because he plays two clubs

1050
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 3: that go the same same, one that goes high, one

1051
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 3: that goes low. So you kind of did that right

1052
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 3: at uh it's St. Andrews.

1053
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:31,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, you lay out your goals for this year if

1054
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 2: you don't mind sharing them. You don't have to share them,

1055
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 2: but do you do you have the goals you want

1056
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,839
Speaker 2: to check off. You said summer goals as well. What's

1057
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 2: kind of on the Preston Summer Hayes goal list right now?

1058
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, uh, you know, I think a big

1059
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:46,279
Speaker 1: thing that I've learned is, uh, you know, kind of

1060
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,359
Speaker 1: creating goals is great, but you also want to have

1061
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 1: processed goals, okay, because if you just get fixated on,

1062
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: you know, win this event, win this an event, don't

1063
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 1: and if you don't, you just you don't feel good.

1064
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: Uh So I think one of the biggest things, uh,

1065
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:02,480
Speaker 1: I'm going to try to work on is making sure

1066
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: I take that strength and weakness chart out to every

1067
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 1: time I practice, make sure I have a plan for

1068
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,920
Speaker 1: my practice, and just try to make my game a

1069
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,839
Speaker 1: little bit better each and every day. And I think

1070
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: I'll start to get, you know, reach those goals that

1071
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:19,719
Speaker 1: I want, but then a couple of like placement goals

1072
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: I want as I would like to. Uh, I want

1073
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 1: to be first team All American again. I want to

1074
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:28,400
Speaker 1: get a get a good run at the Ben Hogan Award,

1075
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 1: Haskins Award. I think if you're ever in contention for

1076
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 1: for those awards. You're doing something pretty well, and uh,

1077
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:38,399
Speaker 1: you know, just try to keep on giving myself opportunities

1078
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,800
Speaker 1: to do some special stuff on the big stage.

1079
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 3: Anything else, Marty, that's been This has been awesome.

1080
00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:47,440
Speaker 2: Last one I got for you? What's your nickname? In college?

1081
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 2: What do they call you?

1082
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 1: Put In?

1083
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Speaker 2: Put In?

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Speaker 1: Put In?

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Speaker 2: Can we the reason?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I mean like, Ma's got a photo on his phone

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Speaker 1: with me at wing.

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Speaker 2: So you're saying to your is this your chubby er?

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Speaker 3: Is that? Oh?

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Speaker 1: I was? I was chubby. I was chubby.

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Speaker 2: But it's pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is a great name. It's got my freshman

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Speaker 1: year and it's stuck ever since.

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Speaker 3: It seems like that your body type change.

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Speaker 1: Quite it's a lot.

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Speaker 2: You're more slender, more athletic, and stronger.

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Speaker 1: Right after, right after the Junior Presidence Cup, I think

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Speaker 1: it was twenty nineteen, I hit a point where I

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Speaker 1: was like, man, I really got to lose some weight.

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Speaker 1: I lost like like forty fifty And then.

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Speaker 2: What'd you do to lose that weight? I mean, was

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Speaker 2: it working out? It was a diet? Was it both?

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Speaker 1: It was mainly diet. I just really had to stop

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Speaker 1: eating junk food. Yeah, yeah, that that happens. It happens.

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Speaker 2: I'll say this in life though, I mean I'm almost forty.

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Speaker 2: You go through waves. Yeah, Like we're in the little

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Speaker 2: kid phase right now where we have a rough day

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Speaker 2: with the kids. It's like we're ordering mcflury's did Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Like these kids were complete insane nutballs today. So you'll

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Speaker 2: get there eventually, Preston. We appreciate the time, good luck

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Speaker 2: this year. Good luck at the PJ Tour event. People

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Speaker 2: listening to know how you played. Maybe you'll be an

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Speaker 2: amateur winner, like the last winner on the PJA Tour

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Speaker 2: was Nameter, also a Sun devil. And we appreciate the time,

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Speaker 2: good luck this year. This is the Paying Proving Grounds

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Speaker 2: Podcast