1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: This episode of Frida Egg Stories is brought to you 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: by the US Women's Open for the first time in 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: its history. The US Women's Open will be held at 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: the Iconic Olympic Club in San Francisco. Tune in June 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: third through the sixth to watch history unfold and find 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 1: out who we'll get to call themselves the greatest in 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: the game. You can find scores and all sorts of 8 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: fun content on US Women's Open dot com. 9 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: The fried Egg requires a different technique. What you need 10 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: to do is actually square the face so they'll dig 11 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 2: down underneath that bad lie and propel that ball right 12 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 2: out onto the green. 13 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 3: Here's the thing. 14 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 4: Playing out of a buried lion of bunker is completely 15 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 4: different than playing out of a nice clean lion of 16 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 4: green side bunker. 17 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 5: You need to be aggressive on any show weather it's 18 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 5: sitting cleanly for its Friday Egg. 19 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 6: Well, we've all faith that the dreaded Frida Egg not 20 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 6: to be feared, though it's actually a pretty easy shot 21 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 6: to hit. 22 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: Where at half Moon Bay Golf Links it is about 23 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: seven thirty in the morning. Half Moon Bay is a 24 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: little town on the coast of California between San Francisco 25 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: and Santa Cruz. It's known as the home of this 26 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: terrifying surf spot called Mavericks, where earlier this year a 27 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: guy named Peter Mel caught maybe the greatest big wave 28 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: of all time, just this massive, perfectly formed tube that 29 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: Mel rode in the most daring way possible. And what 30 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: made it even more incredible is that Peter Mel is 31 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: fifty one years old, way past his supposed prime, but 32 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: for about twenty seconds on that monster near half Moon Bay, 33 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: he was ageless. Golf is obviously a less dangerous sport, 34 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: but like surfing, it can feel like a battle against nature, 35 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: whether that's Earth in the elements or your own unreliable 36 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: aging body. It's late April and the reason I'm att 37 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: half Moon Bay Golf Links is for a qualifying tournament. 38 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: Seventy three players have registered and the top three after 39 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: thirty six holes will get to play in the twenty 40 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: twenty one US Women's Open at Olympic Club in San Francisco. 41 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: Halfombay doesn't have a driving range, so everyone's doing what 42 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: they can with a little practice area, putting green, couple 43 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: of chipping greens. It's very much a mixed crowd. You've 44 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: got some juniors, some college players, got a few tour pros. 45 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: But suddenly a very familiar face appears. You know, I'm 46 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: just curious what you were hoping from the day. Were 47 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: what you were thinking about just in that moment, right 48 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: before you started your first round of the day. 49 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 5: Just stairways and greens. Try to as many stairways and 50 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 5: greens as I could. 51 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: That's Julie Inkster, California native Hall of Famer, seven times 52 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: major champion. The last of her two US Women's Open 53 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: titles came nineteen years ago at Prairie Dunes. And here 54 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: she is at half Moon Bay, trying to qualify at 55 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: the age of sixty and here playing partners. They're a 56 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: little younger. One is sixteen years old and the other 57 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: is fifteen. I'm Garrett Morrison, and this is Friday Stories 58 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: on today's episode. A story of generations coming together at 59 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: a US Women's Open qualifier, but also a story of 60 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: USGA qualifying as an institution and an idea what it 61 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: means to the players and to American golf. So the 62 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: qualifying process, whether it's for the Open Championship or the 63 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: US Open, it's one of those things that bubbles up 64 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: into the golf fans consciousness. Maybe a couple of times 65 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: a year, you know, when somebody famous gets through, or 66 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: somebody really young or really old. But championship qualifiers are 67 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: sneakily some of the most dramatic tournaments in all of golf. 68 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: The stakes are very high and very clear. Place in 69 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: the top three or the top five or whatever it is, 70 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: and you'll suddenly be in the field for one of 71 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: the biggest tournaments in the world. So going to this 72 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: US Women's Open qualifier at half Moon Bay was about 73 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: seeing that kind of drama, seeing how Julie Inkster fared, 74 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: how her teenage playing partners dealt with it all. But 75 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: it was also about finding out why the qualifier is 76 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: important in the world of golf, what its meaning is, 77 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: what its value is. So first I talk to the 78 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: person who kind of oversees the whole system, Grett. How's 79 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: it gone, John? It's been a mad dash of a day, 80 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: that's John Bodenhammer. 81 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 4: I have the privilege of serving as Senior Managing Director 82 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 4: of Championships for the USJA. 83 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: And John has his own history as a qualifying hopeful. 84 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 7: As a young boy growing up, it was always my 85 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 7: dream to play in the USO. 86 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 4: After picking the range and cleaning the carts the club 87 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 4: I grew up at, I would always play the first 88 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 4: three holes home, you know, whether it was a thirty 89 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 4: footer or fifteen footer or a three footer that putt 90 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 4: as the sun. 91 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 7: Was going down. It was always for one thing for 92 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 7: me was to win the US Open. 93 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 4: And I think for about ten or twelve years, I 94 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 4: always tried to qualify for the USO local sectional. I 95 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 4: got sexual qualifying in those days it's now final qualifying twice, 96 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 4: and I got within one stroke of a playoff in 97 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 4: nineteen eighty two to play at Pebble Beach and a 98 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 4: teammate of mine, Dick Zochel, and a gentleman, a good 99 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 4: player in the Pacific Northwest in the Seattle aera at 100 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 4: that time, Elwen Fanning qualified and I missed that playoff 101 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 4: by one stroke. But it always was an inspiration to 102 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 4: me to play in the US Open qualifying because the 103 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 4: Open always meant the most to me. 104 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: So for John US Open qualifying, US Women's Open qualifying 105 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: is about that childhood dream. 106 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 4: It doesn't matter what your background is, what your address 107 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 4: was growing up, what type of clubs in your bag, 108 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 4: the type of clothes on your back, or the shape 109 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 4: of your swing, or the color of your skin, or 110 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 4: or your religious background or not. 111 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 7: It just really matters. If you can get your. 112 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 4: Ball in the hole in the fewest number of strokes 113 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 4: in qualifying, you earn your right to play. 114 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 7: And I think it really embodies the values. 115 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 4: Of our country, the meritocracy that that represents the democracy, 116 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 4: the openness, the inclusivity. 117 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 7: And we're very proud to represent all of those values. 118 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 1: So the qualifier is doing a lot of work for 119 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: the USGA, because golf at the elite level, at the 120 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: major championship level, is an exclusive club in a lot 121 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: of ways, very hard to break into even if you're 122 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: really good. But the Qualifier is supposed to be different. 123 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: It's supposed to be a truly level playing field, a 124 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 1: kind of symbolic version of the American dream. It is 125 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: precisely what's supposed to be open about the US Open, 126 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: and there's plenty of history to support that idea. You 127 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: have Jack Fleck advancing through qualifying in nineteen fifty five 128 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: and beating Ben Hogan in a playoff at Olympic Club, 129 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: and you have Lee Trevino, who basically used the US 130 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: Open qualifying system as a launching pad for his career. 131 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 4: He's among the most inspirational stories of you know, really 132 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 4: earning your way into the US Open. 133 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: Trevino was a club pro from El Paso when he 134 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: qualified in nineteen sixty six. He made the cut, qualified 135 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: again in sixty seven, placed fifth, earned his exemption for 136 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: the sixty eight US Open, which he won at Oak Hill. 137 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 8: There as your United stikes when the Champion. 138 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: And similar things have happened at the US Women's Open, 139 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: where sectional qualifying has been around since nineteen seventy six. 140 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: Think of two thousand and five. A qualifier named Bertie 141 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: Kim holds out from a bunker to win at Cherry Hills. 142 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 5: History might be kid. 143 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: And tied for second behind her are two amateur qualifiers, 144 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: Brittany Lang and Morgan Pressel, both of whom go on 145 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: to become major champions themselves. But beyond the obvious spectacular results, 146 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: there are many more stories of players who simply qualify, 147 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: get solid finishes, and use it as a jumping off point. 148 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: That's in b Park at the two thousand and seven 149 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: US Women's Open, where she finished fourth. It's Lexi Thompson 150 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: in twenty ten and Brooke Henderson in twenty fourteen. These 151 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: were career establishing moments enabled by the institution of the qualifier. 152 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: So last year, when the USDA canceled qualifying in the 153 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: face of the COVID nineteen pandemic, there was a noticeable 154 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: void in the golf world. 155 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 7: Boy, we missed. We missed it terribly. 156 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 4: We as the USJA had to develop from scratch a process. 157 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 7: That identified a field. But let me tell you, Garret, 158 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 7: it was heartbreaking to make that decision. 159 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 4: Qualifying is part of our DNA. It's part of what 160 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 4: makes our championships so special, the ability to follow your dream. 161 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 1: And now USDA qualifying is back. It's one of those 162 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: small glimmers of hope that twenty twenty one has brought. 163 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: And that's really what drew me out to Half Moon 164 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: Bay on April twenty sixth. It had been a hard year. 165 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 1: I just wanted to see some dreams come true. 166 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 5: I'm Julie, I'm Harper, Harper, Nice to meet you. Hey, Matt, 167 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:32,959 Speaker 5: nice to meet you. I want to meet you. 168 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 1: It's a little after eight o'clock and there's a group 169 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: around the first t You've got some officials from the 170 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: Northern California Golf Association, which is running the qualifier. You've 171 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: got players and caddies, friends and family, and for the 172 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: group that's about to tee off a few media. 173 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 9: I'll take the Harper argue. 174 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 10: I mean, at first, I just thought they were going 175 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 10: to call out everybody's names, just kind of like how 176 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 10: they always do. 177 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: That's Harper Clements, sixteen years old, and she's paired with 178 00:09:59,120 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: Julie Inkster. 179 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 10: And when they announced her, they called out all her 180 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 10: titles that she's won, and that was a little shocking. 181 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 10: You look around at all the people and you're going, oh, 182 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 10: I'm playing with the player that has actually won this 183 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 10: tournament before, the winner of the nineteen ninety nine in 184 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 10: two thousand and two US Women's Open, Julie Inkster. 185 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: But this actually wasn't the first time Harper had met Julie. 186 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:25,319 Speaker 7: Yeah. 187 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 10: So I used to every year go to the a 188 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 10: Anda Inspiration Tournament, or we used to be the Dinah 189 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 10: Shore because my family had a house down there, and 190 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 10: I would go and watch the players and I would 191 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 10: a lot of times wait for them to come off 192 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 10: at the eighteenth pole, hoping to get a signed ball 193 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 10: or something. And when I went there, she took off 194 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 10: the glove that she had come out of scoring wearing 195 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 10: and she signed it and she handed it to me. 196 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 10: I was about ten, I think at the time, and 197 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 10: that was really cool. It was something that I didn't 198 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 10: expect that she was going to give it to me. 199 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 10: I was just thinking I was going to be like 200 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 10: one of the other kids and just get a signature 201 00:10:58,160 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 10: on a flag. 202 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 8: So that was really cool, really special. 203 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: And at half Boon Bay in Harper's red golf bag, 204 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,719 Speaker 1: is that signed glove from Julie Inkster. She kept it 205 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: all these years and she's playing to show it to Julie, 206 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: but first they have to play from. 207 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 8: San Jose, California. 208 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: Please welcome Kara Romero. 209 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,079 Speaker 8: On the tea box. I was actually really nervous. 210 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: That's Kiara Romero, fifteen years old and the third member 211 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: of Inkster's group. 212 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 8: When I was hitting, there were like ten people watching 213 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 8: filming and everybody was there, and I think that's like 214 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 8: the most people that were watching me on the first 215 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 8: tea So it was a little overwhelming and stuff. 216 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 6: She told me after it was the most nervous she's 217 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 6: ever been in her life. 218 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: That's Rick, Kiara's dad. I asked him to join us 219 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: for the interview. 220 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 6: She went immediately after Julie's, so I was like, and 221 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 6: now on the tea box. 222 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 7: After Julie Easter just hit her t shots. 223 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 6: I think at fifteen, I'd be pretty darn nervous too. 224 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: I keep having to remind myself that Kiara is fifteen 225 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: because she carries herself like an LPGA pro, you know, 226 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: study demeanor, sharp Nike outfit, strict pre shot routine, and 227 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: she's a heck of a player. 228 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 8: I think last year, my whole year was really good 229 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 8: for my local tournaments. I was Player of the Year 230 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 8: for JT and C. 231 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: What does that stand for? 232 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 8: Junior Tour of Northern California. Gotcha? 233 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 6: She was like one of the youngest actually win player 234 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 6: of the year. 235 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,079 Speaker 1: Golf is at the center of Kiara's life. She's been 236 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: going to online school since eighth grade pre pandemic, basically 237 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: in order to accommodate her travel and practice schedule. 238 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 8: I usually wake up at like seven, workout for an hour, 239 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 8: and then eat breakfast and do score work for as 240 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 8: as much as I can, and then we go to 241 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 8: the golf course around twelve, practice for two to three hours, 242 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 8: and then play eighteen holes and then come home and 243 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 8: just finish the rest of my schoolwork. 244 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: So Kiera is no ordinary junior. She's a contender in 245 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: this qualifier. If she has two good rounds, she could 246 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: get one of those three spots at the US Women's Open, San. 247 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 3: Francisco, California. 248 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 9: Please welcome Harper. 249 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 5: Clement. 250 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 1: Harper has a different mindset going in. 251 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 10: So my goal was to break eighty five both times, 252 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 10: because one it's like the hardest golf for us I've 253 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 10: ever played in a tournament. 254 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: Now, make no mistake, Harper can play hard course as well. 255 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: She's literally a junior merit member at Olympic Club. But 256 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: she also goes to a high school that doesn't have 257 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: a girls golf team, and she could have played on 258 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 1: the boys team this year, but she decided to do 259 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: field hockey instead. 260 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 10: I'm goalie and I just did it to make friends 261 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 10: and to kind of play another sport in high school. 262 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 1: So Harper's really in Half Moon Bay for the experience 263 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: to play as well as she can, but she has 264 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 1: no real expectation of advancing against highly ranked juniors, LPGA 265 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: pros and Julie Inkster. Now, as for Julie, she's here 266 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: for one very specific reason. 267 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 5: Well, the only reason why I did it was because 268 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 5: it was an Olympic Club. I've grown up, you know, 269 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 5: in the Bay Area and my whole life, and Olympic 270 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 5: Club has always been a great venue for open for. 271 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: The men, for the men, But this is the first 272 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: time Olympic Club has hosted the US Women's Open, And 273 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: Julie see's real significance in that. 274 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, definitely, it's It's huge. I mean, whenever you 275 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 5: could play iconic venues, I think it really ups the 276 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 5: status of the competition and women's golf. You know, everybody 277 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 5: knows the holes and how it's played, and the fog 278 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 5: and the history. It just helps tells the story. But 279 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 5: I didn't want to ask for an intention because I 280 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 5: just didn't feel like I deserved it, you know, I 281 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 5: wanted I wanted to qualify. 282 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 10: On my own. 283 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 5: Yes, have a good day, Lady, prey good. 284 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: So the Inkster group sets off, and Kiara, who says 285 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: she normally doesn't get nervous, is a little shaky in 286 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: Julie's presence. 287 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 8: I guess it affected my game for a little bit, 288 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 8: for the first few holes putting. I guess it affected 289 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 8: the most. And I three putt in the first hole. 290 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: Kiara drops another shot on the second hole, but she 291 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: isn't the only one who's struggling on the greens. 292 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 5: My putting was horrible. You know, when you haven't played 293 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 5: in anything, no tournament draining, it's hard to get the 294 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 5: competitive juicus. 295 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: Julie Bogie's the second and suddenly Harper Clements is beating 296 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: Julie Inkster with pars. 297 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 10: I thought she was going to blow me out of 298 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 10: the water, if I'm being honest, I was going to 299 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 10: be flour back after four holes. 300 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: But by the end of the front nine, Harper falls 301 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: back to Julie and Kiara, and everyone's battling a bit 302 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: because frankly, the course is tough. 303 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 10: Half Inmbay's really windy. Those greens, a lot of them 304 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 10: can be really narrow, especially on some of the longer holes, 305 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 10: So if you're not hitting an eight on into the greens, 306 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 10: you can't hold the green. You just don't have the shot. 307 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 5: And the green corner exactly smooth. They have a full 308 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 5: location corner, exactly easy. 309 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 8: I think my game was okay, but my putting was 310 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 8: really struggling. 311 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 6: She's typically a really outstanding hutter and I think she 312 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 6: was just the speed was off a little bit, and 313 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 6: the greens were difficult. 314 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 8: They were really fast, like three peters. I would be 315 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 8: hitting way too hard. I lipped out so many. 316 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, and it seemed like the pins were in some 317 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: interesting spots too. 318 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 8: Yeah, behind bunkers, like in the corners and stuff. It 319 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 8: was hard to get too. 320 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 10: I mean, they don't want you to be able to 321 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 10: get a bunch of birdies. I mean, the goal of 322 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 10: the US Open is to shoot even They want the 323 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 10: leader to shoot even so, they don't want the pins 324 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 10: to be accessible, they want them to be hard. 325 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: At the end of the morning round, Harper has actually 326 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: achieved her goal of breaking eighty five. She shoots eighty two. 327 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: Julie and Kiara not as happy with the rounds. They're 328 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: tied for seventeenth after shooting seventy seven six over. The 329 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: leader is at one under, but only seven players have 330 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: broken seventy four in the morning, So going into the 331 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 1: afternoon round, Julian and Kiara, well they're not exactly in it. 332 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: They're definitely not out of it all right. So this 333 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,239 Speaker 1: special episode of Friday Stories is brought to you by 334 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: the US Women's Open athletes from all over the world 335 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 1: vide for their spots at Olympic Club, and this week 336 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 1: we'll see one hundred and fifty six players from twenty 337 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: six different countries compete to prove themselves on golf's greatest stage. 338 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: So TV schedule Thursday and Friday, we've got primetime action 339 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: from Olympic Club on Golf Channel and on the weekend, 340 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: NBC will be covering it in the afternoon, with Golf 341 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: Channel taking over in the evening on Saturday. Throughout the 342 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: week there will be featured groups and other streaming coverage 343 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 1: on Peacock and for results, in additional coverage and all 344 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: sorts of other cool stuff, go to Uswomen'sopen dot com. 345 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: This is the US Women's Open, the greatest in the game. 346 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: So in the half Moon Bay Clubhouse, there's a bar 347 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,239 Speaker 1: grill area with a big TV that they've set up 348 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: to be a leader board. And among the leaders I 349 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: see a name I recognize. If you've heard about Lucy Lee, 350 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: it's probably for a couple of different reasons. The first 351 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: is that in twenty fourteen, when she was just eleven 352 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: years old, she got through a qualifier for the US 353 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: Women's Open at half Moon Bay. And when I say 354 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,360 Speaker 1: she got through it. I mean she won it by 355 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: seven strokes, pretty crazy. 356 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 3: So in the morning I started off, I was three 357 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 3: over through like six holes, and I was like pretty 358 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 3: upset about that. 359 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: Lucy is eighteen now, but she still remembers that day 360 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: very well. 361 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,719 Speaker 3: And then I ended up playing the rest of the 362 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 3: whole whatever, twenty eight holes in like three under par. 363 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,919 Speaker 1: She was the youngest player ever to qualify for the 364 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: US Women's Open, and when she showed up at Pinehurst 365 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,360 Speaker 1: and pigtails and her American flag themed outfit, Lucy became 366 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 1: a bit of a media sensation. What was that like 367 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 1: as an eleven year old? Was it one of those 368 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: things that was kind of intimidating or were you young 369 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: enough so that you were just kind of enjoying yourself. 370 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, I definitely was pretty young, so I was just 371 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 3: kind of like, I took it as it came, and 372 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,719 Speaker 3: I probably didn't fully comprehend what was going on. 373 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 1: For example, she remembers being in the Pinehurst clubhouse after 374 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:19,959 Speaker 1: one of her rounds. 375 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 3: I was watching like the NBA playoffs, and they were 376 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 3: like showing my highlights during the game, and I remember 377 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 3: being like, oh that, I was like, dude, kept showing 378 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 3: it like every like ten minutes. I was like, Oh, 379 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 3: that's so funny, but it's kind of annoying someone to 380 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 3: watch the game. Yeah, And so like looking back then 381 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 3: now like like, that's so crazy to me that I 382 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 3: had been on such a big platform, and I think 383 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 3: at the time I had, I didn't really fully comprehend it. 384 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: Lucy went on to have an incredible junior career. But 385 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: the other reason you might know about her is that 386 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago she ran a foul of 387 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: the USGA. Basically, she appeared in an ad for the 388 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: Apple Watch, and while our family says she didn't get paid, 389 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: the USGA found that she had breached a rule of 390 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: amateur status and gave her a one time warning. Some 391 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 1: people thought that wasn't enough, and Lucy, as well as 392 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: the USGA, took a lot of criticism, which say what 393 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: you want about it. Being self inflicted couldn't have been 394 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: easy for Lucy as a sixteen year old. So that 395 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: was early twenty nineteen. End of that year, Lucy decided 396 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: to turn pro. She was seventeen, and she joined the 397 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: Semetri Tour, which is the feeder tour for the LPGA. 398 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: But one tournament into the twenty twenty season. Everything got 399 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: put on hold because of COVID. It wasn't until August 400 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 1: that the Cemetri Tour got back underway, and Lucy did 401 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: play well, but because of the shortened season, she didn't 402 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: really have a chance to move up. Was a little 403 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: bit frustrating at that point to be like, you know, 404 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: I really should be on the LPGA Tour at this point. 405 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 11: Yes, I was definitely disappointed, but I knew going into 406 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 11: that season that, you know, I probably was going to 407 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 11: be playing another year in the Cemetri Tour. 408 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 3: I think there's a lot of perspective in terms of, yeah, 409 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 3: that sucked for me, but that year sucked so much 410 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 3: more for everybody else. 411 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,640 Speaker 1: So Lucy's back on the Semetra and she's doing all right. 412 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: She's thirty third on the money list, but she could 413 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: use a break and getting one of the three qualifying 414 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: spots out of Half Moon Bay for the US Women's 415 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: Open than doing well at Olympic Club, that would be 416 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 1: a break. 417 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 3: The day before the tournament, I remember feeling pretty nervous 418 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 3: because I really really wanted to play Olympic Club and 419 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 3: that's been my goal probably for the last few years. 420 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 11: I mean, I really enjoyed playing kind of you know, 421 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 11: northern California, like that kind of golf Olympic club kind 422 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 11: of golf where it's like, you know, tree lined, and 423 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 11: I knew that it would be a pretty good opportunity 424 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 11: if I could get in, and so that's why I 425 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 11: was really put a little more importance into this open 426 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 11: than maybe others in the past. And so I felt 427 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 11: really nervous, and that was actually the most nervous I'd 428 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 11: probably fell in them really long time. 429 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 1: In the morning, Lucy posts a decent two over round, 430 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: and in the afternoon she makes the turn at three 431 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: over on the day. At this point, she's starting to 432 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: check live scoring on her phone and she sees that 433 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: there's a handful of players hanging around where she is, 434 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: between even par and a few over. They're the ones 435 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: who are really in the mix for those three qualifying 436 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: and two alternate spots. 437 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 3: So I knew that it was close there. But I 438 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 3: also knew that this is a course where like in 439 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 3: the afternoon, like when it gets windier, the sours can 440 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 3: pick up, and they had some really tricky pins out there. 441 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: Especially on the back nine, which is what Lucy played 442 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: first in the afternoon. Now she's onto the relatively scorable 443 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: front nine and she makes a birdie putt on the 444 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: third hole, her twelfth. She's two over, but the wind 445 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: is picking up. And on the sixth hole, her fifteenth, 446 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 1: she has an approach directly downwind, and I flushed. 447 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 3: It a little bit too much and it just like 448 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 3: it bounced over the green. There's like a group of 449 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 3: ten or twenty people behind the green on that hole, 450 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 3: and they're all like, it was so funny. I remember 451 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 3: walking over to the green and they're like, you got this. 452 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 3: She's totally gonna like make part here something. 453 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 11: And I was like kind of upset about my second shot, 454 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 11: and so I was like trying to like know, you know, 455 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 11: folkusn't I knew that that ship back there is really tough. 456 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: She winds up with about a ten footer to stay 457 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 1: two over. This is her most important put of the day. 458 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: It's going to be a turning point one way or another, 459 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: and she makes it. I'm standing next to one of 460 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: her family members who lets loose with a big fist pump, 461 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: and the crowd behind the green is enjoying it too, 462 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: And then I when I made. 463 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 3: The plot, they all started cheerings. That felt pretty good. Yeah, 464 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 3: there weren't that many people there being pretty loud. 465 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, but the round's not done. A couple of leaders 466 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 1: have posted scores, one at one over, another at two over. 467 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 1: And on the seventh hole, Lucy makes a bogie. On 468 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: the eighth her recovery from a green side bunker looks 469 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: like it's going in, but then it doesn't. 470 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 8: It was right on the lip, well. 471 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 1: Like one more turn of the ball and that would 472 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: have went in right yeah, yeah, yeah, oh my goodness. 473 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: And on the ninth hole, her last of the day, 474 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 1: she has a five foot putt. 475 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 3: For birdie and so you know, I I didn't. 476 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 8: I didn't. 477 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 3: I don't know what happened on the putt. I hit 478 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 3: an okay stroke, I just it just didn't go in. 479 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: So after the round you finished, you're walking off the green. 480 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if it was your family who was 481 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,719 Speaker 1: there with you. I believe they. I believe they were right. Yeah, 482 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: were you kind of checking in with them, looking at 483 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: the leaderboard and and sort of figuring things out? 484 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was checking the leaderboard the whole time. I 485 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 3: was pretty heated after I missed that hut because I 486 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 3: was like, damn it. If I made it, I would 487 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 3: have felt a lot better because at that point, you know, 488 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 3: some of the players hadn't finished yet, and so I 489 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 3: was just checking up on the leaderboard and I just 490 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 3: sat in my car for like fifty minutes, like just 491 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 3: I don't know, like just being upset and moping around. 492 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 5: I don't know. 493 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 1: Lucy is at three over exactly in third place. There 494 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: are a couple of players close behind her who haven't 495 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 1: finished yet, and all she can do is wait and 496 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: stew over the missed opportunities. Meanwhile, Julian Inster's group is 497 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 1: still on the course, and while Julian harper clements have 498 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,439 Speaker 1: fallen back a bit, ki is making a bit of 499 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:01,959 Speaker 1: a charge. 500 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,719 Speaker 8: I was like starting to get my game back. I 501 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 8: was hitting approaches closer, and my putting was a lot better. 502 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: Like Lucy, Kiara is playing the easier front nine as 503 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: her back nine, and she gets birdies on three and four. 504 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 8: After my birdies, I thought like, if I could just 505 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 8: get a few more, maybe I'd have a chance. 506 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: And stuff, She's at seven over and it's starting to 507 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: look like five or six could be a playoff for 508 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: an alternate spot. Remember, in addition, to the three qualifiers 509 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: out of Half Moon Bay, there will be two alternates, 510 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: and alternates sometimes get. 511 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 6: In and I've seen her catch fire where she can 512 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 6: go pretty low in around, so I always had confidence 513 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 6: that she was going to be somewhere within the vicinity. 514 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: But then bogie's for Kiara on six and seven, and 515 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: on number nine. 516 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 8: The last hole, I four putted, which happened like once 517 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 8: in my whole life. 518 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 1: Mus be nice. 519 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 8: Actually yeah, when I was finished, I was pretty mad 520 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 8: about that. I don't know how it happened. I mean, 521 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 8: I just slipped out a three footer and did it again, 522 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 8: and I was like, Okay, how much you can do 523 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 8: about it. 524 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: Kiara finishes at eleven over, tied for eleventh place. Two 525 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: players at six over are the alternatives. Kathleen Scavo, a 526 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 1: pro and a former standout at the University of Oregon, 527 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: is the medallist. 528 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 8: Today with the plus one. 529 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:37,640 Speaker 1: Kelly tan and LPGA tour player, is in second two, 530 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: and Lucy Lee in third place. Qualifies for the US 531 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 1: Women's Open for the third time as a teenager. 532 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 8: And plus three. 533 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 1: Yes, once you were certain that you were getting through, 534 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: what went through your head? 535 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 3: What were the feelings at that point relief probably, and 536 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 3: then after that I felt really excited, you know, when 537 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 3: I started thinking forward to getting to play Olympic Cup. 538 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 3: I was really excited. 539 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,360 Speaker 1: Over by the scorer's table, Julie, Harper and Kiara are 540 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: wrapping things up. Julie shot seventy seven seventy nine. Harper 541 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: struggled in her second round, and obviously Kiara was sad 542 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: about her four putt go off. 543 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 5: It hard, it just doesn't work out. 544 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: But everyone's kind of keeping it light. Harper approaches Julie 545 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 1: and she has the glove Julie gave her all those 546 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: years ago at Mission Hills about ten years ago. 547 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 8: I wanted to play the A and I inspirations, Oh 548 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 8: no way, that's that's. 549 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,959 Speaker 10: Oh that's great, that's sweet. I had just asked her 550 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 10: if I could take a picture because I wanted to 551 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 10: remember the moment obviously, and I wanted to show her 552 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 10: the glove that I had brought along and kept in 553 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 10: my bag with. 554 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 7: Me all day. 555 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 10: After the round, I sent her a thank you card 556 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 10: and my glove that I played with that round. 557 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 7: I signed it. 558 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 5: Yeah, she was really cute. I signed a glove for 559 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,679 Speaker 5: her a long time ago, and she set me in 560 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 5: the mail, she sent me a signed glove by her, 561 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 5: so when she gets to be a big star, so 562 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 5: I'll have her glove. So I thought that was really cute. 563 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 8: There you go again. And then after I asked to 564 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,640 Speaker 8: take a picture with her, and then she goes, hey, 565 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 8: this is a future champion right here, and that. 566 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 7: Was like, wow, future star right here. 567 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, she's a good player. Yeah she's going to be 568 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 5: good for a while. I mean I didn't even start 569 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 5: while I was fifteen, so she's got a bright future 570 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 5: ahead of her, that's for sure. 571 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 8: I mean, for a champion to say that, a champion 572 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 8: of the US Open, it's a hall of famer to 573 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 8: say that to me, Like it inspired me to just 574 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 8: keep playing and competing and practicing, working hard. 575 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 5: You know, I just couldn't wait to get home and 576 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 5: put my feet up and have a cocktail. 577 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 1: It's a long walk. It's no joke. 578 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 5: God, it's just forever to play. Oh my god. 579 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: Julie says this was her last US Women's Open qualifier, 580 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: so it's worth reflecting for a minute on the amazing 581 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: arc of her career. She starts when she's fifteen, qualifies 582 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: for her first US Women's Open, three years later, wins 583 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: majors at ages twenty three, twenty four, and twenty eight. 584 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: Then she has kids in her golf career kind of 585 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 1: stalls for a few years, but somehow in her late 586 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: thirties into her forties, she gets even better than she 587 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 1: was in her twenties. 588 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 5: It was kind of like, you know, kind of a 589 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 5: tale of two careers, you know, one before kids, well 590 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 5: really three, one in in the middle when I had kids, 591 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 5: and then after kits. So it wasn't always smooth sailing, 592 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 5: that's for sure. You know, I had a lot of struggles, 593 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 5: a lot of down years traveling with kids when you're 594 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 5: young and they don't they didn't have datecare out there, 595 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 5: and it was just a lot going on. So but 596 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 5: you know what, I wouldn't changed it for anything. You know, 597 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 5: my kids love to travel. I mean, they're like my 598 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 5: best friends. We had a great relationship. I'm squeaking the 599 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 5: toy because we got a puppy. Okay, if you hear 600 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 5: some squeaks in the back, it's just the puppy toy. 601 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: And after it all, after the seven majors spread across 602 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: three decades, after the kids and the puppies, Juliingster still 603 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: wants to grind out a thirty six hole qualifier at 604 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: age sixty because she believes that the Olympic Club Open 605 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: is an important moment for women's golf. And she's playing 606 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: alongside two young women who weren't even born the last 607 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: time she won a major, and somehow she gets both 608 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: of them what they're looking for, and they're looking for 609 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:55,959 Speaker 1: really different things. 610 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 8: You know. 611 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: Kiara, this is how she answered without hesitation, when I 612 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 1: asked what she loves about golf the competition. 613 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 8: I just really love playing against other people, testing my 614 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 8: ability and winning. 615 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: And so it's not surprising that Kiara saw that competitiveness 616 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: reflected back at her in Julie. 617 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 8: It was pretty cool to see someone that's been playing 618 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 8: golf her whole life to just want to still compete. 619 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's it's got to be like, you know, 620 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: the fact that she's sixty and she's still grinding away. 621 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 8: Like yeah, it's like definitely something I would want to do. 622 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: And then there's Harper who would like to play college golf, 623 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: but ultimately it's not about competition for her. 624 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 5: I think that. 625 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 10: Golf has the ability to grow different aspects of your life. 626 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 10: Outside of it. So not only can you make network 627 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 10: connections with other people, it teaches you patience. Plus it's 628 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 10: something I enjoy and it's a nice way to just 629 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 10: relax and enjoy something. 630 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: And at this point in Julie's life that's basically where 631 00:31:58,800 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: she is too. 632 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 5: I've played because I like to, because I want to 633 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 5: play in these combinations. 634 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: Right, So, after all these years, golf is still fun 635 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: for you. 636 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, I love it. It's a lot of fun. 637 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: So to go back to my initial question, why is 638 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: the qualifier important in the world of golf. Part of 639 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: the answer is certainly what John Bodenhammer talks about, the 640 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: idea that anyone can qualify. If you're good enough, you 641 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 1: get a seat at the table. But looking at the 642 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 1: results of the Half Moon Bay Qualifier, the players who 643 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: got through are more or less who you'd expect. Three 644 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: professional golfers, including Lucy Lee, who did this when she 645 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 1: was eleven. No surprise is there. So maybe a way 646 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: to think about it is that the qualifier isn't so 647 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 1: much about the dream or the Cinderella story like those 648 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: do happen, but usually the spots are going to go 649 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: to pros in their prime. The ones who are neither 650 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: very young nor very old. Most of the time, for 651 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: most of the competitors, the qualifier is just about being 652 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: there in the same tournament as a legend like Julie 653 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: Kst and taking something away from that, something inspirational or 654 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 1: maybe just some kind of small but important marking point 655 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: in your career. You see, the qualifier is a place 656 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 1: of both beginnings and endings. It's where potential stars can 657 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: be born and it's where former stars sometimes fade away. 658 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 5: I think it's important for a lot of these kids to. 659 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 9: Be able to have the opportunity to try to qualify 660 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 9: and play against the best and see how they stack up, 661 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 9: whether you're going to be a pro or not a pro, 662 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 9: or just the opportunity of playing a great golf course 663 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 9: is playing against great competition, and. 664 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,719 Speaker 1: Then there's always that chance, right the big maybe, maybe 665 00:33:44,800 --> 00:34:00,479 Speaker 1: something incredible could happen. This episode of Friday Stories produced 666 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 1: by me Garrett Morrison, with transcript assistants from Meg Atkins. 667 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:08,879 Speaker 1: Our executive producer is Andy Johnson. Big Thanks to John Bodenhammer, 668 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 1: Julie Inkster, Lucy Lee Harper and Cindy Clementz and Kiara 669 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 1: and Rick Romero and thanks as well to the NCGA 670 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,360 Speaker 1: for just letting me walk around the qualifier with a microphone. 671 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 1: That was nice. So we'd love to know what you 672 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: think of Friday Stories. Feel free to reach out on 673 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 1: Twitter or Instagram, or maybe leave a rating and review 674 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,360 Speaker 1: on iTunes. Thanks for listening. 675 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 7: Very good. 676 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 6: One thing, how many fold one? 677 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 8: And how old were six? 678 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,480 Speaker 6: So when she was six she got her first hole 679 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,239 Speaker 6: in one and she got one every year for the 680 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 6: next seven. 681 00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:00,359 Speaker 1: Years, No kidding, Yes, so she's got a like how. 682 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:01,280 Speaker 8: Many I have nine? 683 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 6: Nine hole in once? 684 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:04,080 Speaker 1: How does that happen? 685 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,000 Speaker 7: I've never heard of anything like it. 686 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: Wait, wait, so you got your first hole in one 687 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: when you were six? Yeah, this, and you got another 688 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 1: one when you're seven. 689 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 8: Eight, yeah, nine, And then I think had two when 690 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 8: I was ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen. 691 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,440 Speaker 1: Fourteen, fifteen, and you've kept the streak going your fifteen 692 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: year old year. 693 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 8: I haven't had one. I haven't had one when I 694 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,839 Speaker 8: was fifteen, but up to fourteen, I've had one every year. 695 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: I'm sure it's coming