1 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: So if something happened last week that I didn't think 2 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: anybody in the golf world ever thought would happen. Anthony 3 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: Kim came back to playing golf and I was in 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia. It was it was very It was very interesting. 5 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, I mean I never thought 6 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: we'd see him again, right, I mean, I never thought 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: that we would ever see Anthony Kim playing competitive golf again. 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: And so to see him back and to see to 9 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: just kind of see him in the flesh was just 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: it was crazy because I'm a fan. I was a 11 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: fan of his when he played and you know, a 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: twelve year absence. I mean, I was at the Houston 13 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: Open in twenty and twelve. I was working with Ernie 14 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: L's and AKA was it was kind of right around 15 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: the tee off times that Ernie. He was in the 16 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: in Ernie's wave, and I watched him warm up, watched 17 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: him hit some shots on the course. He pulled out, 18 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: and then that was That was kind of it. But 19 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: it's crazy to think that he's back playing golf. I 20 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: talked to him a bit. I posted some videos of 21 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: his golf swing on my Instagram, and I guess you'd say, 22 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: they went viral because everybody picked him up and everybody 23 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: was looking at and it was a driver you know, 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: it was a driver swing and an iron swing. And 25 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: I think it's important to have to put into context 26 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 1: who Anthony Kim was. I mean, there are a lot 27 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: of people listening to this podcast that never saw him play, 28 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: but I did, and listen. He wasn't He didn't win 29 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: fifteen twenty times, right, but he won three times on 30 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: the PGA Tour, won a Ryder Cup, went three and 31 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: one in the President's Cup, third the Masters in twenty ten, 32 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: fifth in the the Open Championship twenty eleven. And he 33 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: was kind of a cult type figure, cult type hero 34 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: because he he was a total breaking of the mold 35 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: of what everyone thought. Everybody on the PGA Tour was. 36 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: He was this young kid. You know, he had the 37 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: ak belt with all the look like diamonds all over it. 38 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: He just had an amazing looking golf swing, and you know, 39 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: he was young, and I think it was kind of 40 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: infectious the kind of energy that he brought. And then 41 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: out of nowhere, he was just gone and he was injured, 42 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: and then there were all these rumors and it was 43 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: you know, over the last twelve years, it's been like Bigfoot. 44 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: You know, you would hear people say, oh, man saw 45 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: ak the other day in Dallas, or I saw Anthony 46 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,399 Speaker 1: cam in Vegas, or I saw him in Palm Springs. 47 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 1: And then every now and again, you'd you'd hear somebody say, man, 48 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: I saw him hitting golf balls and it still looked 49 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: the same. So, you know, over the last i'd say 50 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: probably about three four months, and we kind of heard 51 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: that there were rumors, and you know, he showed up 52 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: on Live last week and played, and listen, he didn't 53 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: play great. Seventy six, seventy six, seventy four, he topped one, 54 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: he shanked one, and there were a lot of people, 55 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: you know, I read I saw on social and I'm 56 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: sure there's a lot of people listening that say, you 57 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: know that says, yeah, this is why Live's a joke 58 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: that they let people like Anthony Kim, you know, play. 59 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: But you all listening need to understand that the PGA 60 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: tour was one hundred percent trying to get Anthony Kim 61 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: back on the PGA tour. Listen, I know that, I 62 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: know that for a fact. So anybody that thinks that 63 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: the tour wasn't trying to get Anthony Kim to come play. Unfortunately, 64 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: I got news for you. They were he chose live, 65 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: and it'll be interesting to see what happened. But the 66 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: reason why I wanted to talk about it, obviously everybody's 67 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: been talking about. But the reason why I wanted to 68 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: talk about it and talk about his comeback he is 69 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: I think it kind of blends with what a lot 70 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: of you hear me talk about on the podcast. All 71 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: the time, I watched Anthony Kim on the driving range 72 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: and I just sat there and watched him hit balls 73 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: for twenty minutes, talk to him a bit, but just 74 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: watched him as a fan, as an instructor, as someone 75 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: that loves golf swings and listen. It was I mean, 76 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: I've sitting there with Pat Perez and a couple of 77 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: the other players, and you know, Charles Schwatzel was watching 78 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: him hit balls and he was just looking weird, just 79 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: laughing because I mean, he was asking questions. First of all, 80 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: he used DJ's track Man, and I think this story 81 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: got out, but he had no idea how to use TrackMan. 82 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,239 Speaker 1: And I think the other thing that I in talking 83 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: to AKA that I found very interesting is how much 84 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: the game of golf has changed since he left twelve 85 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: years ago. You know, he had no idea how to 86 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: use a launch monitor. He used DJ's track man. We 87 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: had to tell him how to set it up, We 88 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: had to tell him how to normalize it. We had 89 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: to tell him what numbers to put on, and he 90 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: he had no clue. He had no clue how to 91 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: use one. He talked a lot about how much equipment 92 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: has changed and how much balls have changed, so that 93 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: I found very very interesting because I didn't really think 94 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: in twelve years until you know, I was talking to 95 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: Aka about it. The game has changed, I mean, and 96 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: the technology has changed. I mean, the driver technology has changed. 97 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: Everything has changed in the last twelve years. And I 98 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: think we look at all of the advances in golf 99 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: and we kind of look at them retrospectively, you know, 100 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: thirty forty fifty years ago. But the game has changed 101 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: in the last decade to fifteen years. And Pat Perez 102 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 1: told me a great story of having breakfast with Aka 103 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: and sitting down and talking to him, and Akay said, listen, 104 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 1: are there any rules that I need to know about 105 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: that have changed? And if you think about it, twelve 106 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: years ago, you were dropping the golf ball kind of 107 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: shoulder height, you could you couldn't double hit a chip 108 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: without a penalty. You couldn't tap down spike marks. It 109 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: was funny. I said, we were going through on the range, 110 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: we're going through some more of the rules and I said, 111 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: you know, you can tap down spike marks, and he said, 112 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: you know, it's funny. I was watching golf the other 113 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: day on TV and I saw somebody tap it down 114 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: spipe marks, and I was thinking, they're definitely cheating. And 115 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: it was strange just to it was kind of like 116 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: he'd come back to, you know, the planet. And obviously 117 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: the planet that he's come back to is professional golf, 118 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: but when you're away from it for that long, and 119 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: I wasn't surprised. I thought he could do anything. Last week. 120 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: I thought he could shoot, you know, under par I 121 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: thought he could shoot over for but I thought seventy 122 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 1: seven or seventy six, seventy six, seventy four was probably 123 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 1: about accurate. I don't know how one of the things 124 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: that that Anthony said to me that he was not 125 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 1: concerned about, but he thought that was going to be 126 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: not an issue, but something that he was gonna have 127 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: to deal with is He was like, I haven't walked 128 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: eighteen holes in twelve years. Any golf that he had 129 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: been playing, he's playing in karts. And I don't think 130 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: people realize that, Yes, golf is not a contact sport. 131 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: Everybody says, you know, it's easy, you know, it's not 132 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: physical and stuff. But walking fifty four holes, walking seventy 133 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: two holes, walking thirty six holes. I mean, one of 134 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: the things that amateurs always say to the tour players 135 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: in pro ams is they're amazed at how tired they 136 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: are by the end of the day because of all 137 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: the walking. So that was something I think ak was 138 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: having to deal with for the first time in a 139 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: long time. But the golf swing on the driving range 140 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: looked great. I mean it looked good. The speed he 141 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: wasn't up to full speed, but there were watching him 142 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: and they were going I could see him shooting under 143 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: power because of how good he was hitting it on 144 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: the range. But that's what I wanted to talk about. 145 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: And you've heard me say this before, but I think 146 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: this is the best example of this that we could 147 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: possibly have. What you do on the driving range has 148 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: very little to almost no involvement in the outcome. It's 149 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: what you do on the golf course. So Ak's hitting balls. 150 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: I'm watching them hit balls. Other players are watching them 151 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: hit balls, and everybody's gone, Man, golf swing looks money. 152 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: I mean, the golf swing looks great. But there is 153 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 1: a massive difference to what your golf swing looks like 154 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,479 Speaker 1: on the driving range and how your golf swing performs 155 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: on the golf course. And I think we saw that 156 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: last week with Anthony Kim. I'm sure that he hit 157 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: a lot of good shots on the range and he 158 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: hit some good shots on the golf course during the tournaments. 159 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: His good shots were good shots, and that is something 160 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: that I talked to all the players that I work 161 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: with a lot, but I specifically, you know, probably talk 162 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: more to junior golfers about this. The warm up, your 163 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: practice sessions, your practice rounds, they're just that they're practice. 164 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 1: And there's a big, big difference when the flag goes up, 165 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: when they put give you a scorecard and a pencil 166 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: and you put it in your back pocket and you 167 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: know that every bad shot you hit is going to 168 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: cost you strokes. I watched, yeah, I walked around some 169 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: holes and watched Anthony play and listen he was rusty. 170 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: You know, I don't think he had total control over 171 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: his golf ball. I don't think he one knew where 172 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: it was going. And I think that's just because he 173 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: he has played no golf. He also told us when 174 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: when he was getting back into golf, he ordered golf 175 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: clubs off the internet because when he quit playing, he 176 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: basically just gave away to his friends all his golf clubs. 177 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 1: He didn't have any golf clubs. So I think it's 178 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: going to take him sometime to dial in the equipment. 179 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: I think it's going to take some time to dial 180 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: in his body. And I think it's going to take 181 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: some time to dial in his golf swing so that 182 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: he can go out on the golf course and perform 183 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: and have his golf swing do what it needs to 184 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: do on the golf course. But the walk, and I've 185 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: said this a million times and it's a cliche, but 186 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: it's a cliche because it's true. The longest walking golf 187 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 1: is from the driving range to the first tee. And 188 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: I think that if you are trying to get better 189 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: at golf, you have to ask yourself two things. Do 190 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: you want to be a better practicer? Do you want 191 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 1: to have a really good looking golf swing on the 192 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: driving range and have a golf swing that everybody looks 193 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: at and goes, man, he's got a beautiful looking golf 194 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: I mean, we can go through loads of players that 195 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: have really good looking golf swings that haven't one big tournaments, 196 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: that haven't performed at the highest level, and I think 197 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: we're seeing that with Aka. It was really cool to 198 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: see him again. It was so cool to see him 199 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: hit golf balls and to watch his golf I was 200 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: always a huge, huge fan of the way he swung 201 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: the golf club, so to be able to see him 202 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: again hitting golf balls on a driving range was really cool. 203 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: It was something, you know, special, to watch it up 204 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: close and to just be able to sit there for 205 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: fifteen twenty minutes and watch him hit balls, and everybody 206 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: that was watching him hit balls was would kind of 207 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: walk away after watching him hit you know, five ten 208 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: balls and just kind of shake their head and just go, man, 209 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: that looks really cool. But there is a massive, massive 210 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: difference between the esthetics of your golf swing and how 211 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: your golf swing performs when you were on the golf course, 212 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: and I think we saw that. I think we saw, 213 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: you know, Anthony hit some wayward shots. He didn't get 214 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: off to great starts, and that's something I think everybody 215 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: listening goes through in their own golf swing. I think 216 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 1: seeing I mean, in my opinion, what we saw from 217 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: Anthony Kim last week was probably the closest that the 218 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: rest of us are ever going to get to having 219 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: somebody's game mirror rs. Meaning, didn't get off to great starts, 220 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: made some big numbers, shanked some, topped some. That's what 221 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: all of us do on a regular basis as well, 222 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: and I think it was a unique insight to just 223 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: how hard the game of golf is and also how 224 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: hard competitive professional golf is. I mean, the players make 225 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: it look easy. I think there is this sometimes this 226 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 1: kind of misguided view that yeah, it's not really that hard, 227 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: but golf is hard, and golf is hard on a 228 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: number of different levels. Golf is hard physically, golf is 229 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: hard technically, and golf most importantly and probably the most 230 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: important part of the game of golf is the mental 231 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: aspect of it. It's hard mentally. It's hard to stand 232 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: up if you've hit a bad shot, if you've topped one, 233 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: if you've shanked one, if you've rinched one in the water, 234 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: if you've snapped hooked one out of bounds, it is very, 235 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 1: very difficult to stand back up on the next shot 236 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: and make a committed golf swing. And that is I 237 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,719 Speaker 1: think the things that I took from last week that 238 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: I think are positives for Ak. Right. I think that 239 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: you know, there were some good shots. You know, his 240 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 1: touch wasn't great. You know, his short game wasn't great. 241 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: You know his speed was a little bit off on 242 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: the putting greens. But I think this week as well 243 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: in Hong Kong, for Ak, I think it's another opportunity 244 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: for him to test and kind of gauge where he's at. 245 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: And then I think what he's going to do is 246 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: go home and kind of say, okay, let's make a plan. 247 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: I mean, he had one of his boys caddying for him. 248 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: He knows he needs to get a real caddy, someone 249 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: that can help him on the golf course, someone that 250 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: can you know, shepherd him around the course. Is at 251 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: a veteran, is it a young guy. I don't know. 252 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: His old caddy, Biggie. He caddies Eric Larson. He cardies 253 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: for Harris English. Now Gary Matthews, who caddies for Wako'neman, 254 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: who's won two out of the first three live events. 255 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: He caddied for ak in the past, So I think 256 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: the caddy is going to be a big part of this. 257 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: I think if Anthony can get somebody on the bag 258 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: that he knows, he trusts, he likes, and that can 259 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: kind of point him in the right direction, I think 260 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: that's going to be big. Obviously, he's going to need 261 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: to get more command and control over his ball flights, 262 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: over his trajectories, all of that stuff. And to be 263 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: honest with you, again, going back to what I just said, 264 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: that's another example that he's human, that he's just like 265 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: all of us. Like we're all trying to get better 266 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: command control over a ball flight, we're trying to hit 267 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: it more solid. I think that Anthony will take these 268 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: two weeks, and depending on how he plays this, I 269 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: would think that he would play better this week in 270 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: Hong Kong than he played last week. A completely different 271 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: type of golf course. This is much tighter, it's more 272 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: tree lined. Last week in Jeddo was desert, so if 273 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: you hit it offline, you're hitting it into the desert. 274 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: This week, if you hit it offline, you're hitting in 275 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: the trees. But it's a different style of golf course. 276 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: The length isn't going to be that big of an issue. 277 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: So I mean, obviously there's some really really long hitters 278 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: on Live Listen. There's long hitters everywhere, right, there's long 279 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: hitters on the PGA Tour, DP World, wherever. But this week, 280 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: I think Anthony isn't going to be so much behind 281 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: the eight ball, behind the bombers. But his iron game 282 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: wasn't great last week. And I think if if he 283 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: can go away after you know, the first two weeks 284 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: and and really grind and kind of figure out use 285 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: these two weeks and say, Okay, what wasn't working on 286 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: the golf course? What aspect of my game wasn't working? 287 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: Was it short game, was it putting? Was it iron play, 288 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: was it driving? Whatever it was? I think, ak, we'll 289 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: get a good idea of what he needs to work on. 290 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: But I think it's just fascinating that your golf swing 291 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: can I I was I was marveling at how good 292 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: it looked. I mean when he started hitting drivers, I 293 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: was just standing there and I was like, I mean, 294 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 1: how good's the position that he puts it in at 295 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: the top. I mean the impact positions. You know, I 296 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: took a bunch of slow mo video for myself, and 297 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: when you slow it down, you know, the positions are 298 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:19,199 Speaker 1: really really good in slow motion. In positions, AK swing 299 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 1: looks solid, looks good. It looks like someone that has 300 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: played golf at an incredibly high level. It looks like 301 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: someone that has won tournaments on the PGA Tour, that 302 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: has played in Ryder Cups. I mean, his golf swing 303 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: passes the look test. But again, there's so much more 304 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: to golf than just the way your golf swing looks. 305 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: And I hope everyone listening takes what Ak went through 306 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: last week and applies it to their own game and says, Okay, 307 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: there's what I do on the driving range, and then 308 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: there's what I do when I'm actually playing golf. And 309 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 1: I think last week is probably the best example I 310 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: can give to everybody listening that playing the game of 311 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 1: golf is more important than what your golf swing looks like. Okay, yeah, 312 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: Anthony hit some bad shots and part of that has 313 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: to do with his golf swing. I think he needs 314 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 1: more reps. Something that you know, Tiger Woods has made 315 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 1: famous and made a constant statement. You know, you hear 316 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,959 Speaker 1: players say that, but he does. He needs reps, he 317 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: needs more practice, he needs more rounds of golf. So 318 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,479 Speaker 1: I would imagine that he's probably going to be playing 319 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: a lot of golf and hitting a lot of golf balls, 320 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: and you know, he'll go on the driving range. He'll 321 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: figure out what works and what doesn't work. Is is 322 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: golf swing definitely looked faster on the driving range. It 323 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: looked more committed on the driving range than it did 324 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: on some of the shots on the course. And again, 325 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: I think that's a great parallel that everybody can for 326 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: their own game, that you're trying to swing the golf 327 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: club on the driving range the same way you swing 328 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: it on the golf course. Which, listen, that's hard to do, right, 329 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: I mean, you've got out of bounds, you've got water, 330 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: you've got hazards, you've got all of these things. So he, 331 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: from what I was looking at, he was definitely making 332 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: committed golf swings, and the golf swings looked a little 333 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: bit more committed on the driving range, the irons and 334 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 1: the driver as well. I mean he was able to 335 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: kind of swing at it on the range and then 336 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: on the golf course at times it looked a little 337 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: bit like he was steering it. And you all, if 338 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: you're a regular listener of the pod, have heard me 339 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: all the time say one of the best things that 340 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: you can do on the golf course is to say, Okay, 341 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 1: let me make a committed golf swing, okay to a 342 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: not aggressive target. So just just making committed golf swings 343 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: to conservative targets, right. But I also think last week 344 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: is an example of you can not get off to 345 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 1: a good start. I think the positive Anthony will take 346 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: where the long string of pars that he put together, 347 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: I think that's that's important because you don't want to 348 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 1: go out and shoot ninety and stuff. And listen, there 349 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 1: were a lot of people that wanted him to fail there, 350 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: and you see those people, and I think anybody that 351 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 1: wants Anthony Kim to fail and to not do well 352 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: is is doing that for their own reasons. And I 353 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: think that you know, he he's going to get better, 354 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: He's going to get more comfortable. I would imagine, you know, 355 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: he'll maybe go at some pins as the golf swing 356 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: gets better that maybe he wasn't or maybe he just 357 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: says listen, I'm just going to try and be really 358 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 1: really conservative and and minimize all the mistakes that I'm making, 359 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: and try and you stay away from the big numbers. 360 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: I thought the first day his opening round, to not 361 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: have any really really big numbers, I thought was a win. 362 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: He threw in some some doubles, which I expected him 363 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: to do, and again that's a massive reason why he 364 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: was shooting the scores that he was shooting. But I 365 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 1: think when you over this coming year, I think Anthony Kim, 366 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: you know, he's going to play a lot on live 367 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: and I think it's going to be a very cool 368 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 1: opportunity for all of us, his golf fans and his 369 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: golfers to watch someone kind of come back and watch 370 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: how he handles the comeback, what he does. He worked 371 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 1: the majority of his professional career with Adam Shriver as 372 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: his instructor. Adam works on the PGA Tour with Sam Ryder, 373 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: or at least did when when I was still on 374 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: on tour. I've been on tour in a while, but 375 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: Adam's a great coach. Does he link back up with him, 376 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: Does Adam start coming out and traveling with him and 377 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: and helping him. Does he you know, try the lone 378 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,880 Speaker 1: wolf thing and dig it out of the dirt. Does 379 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: he get an instructor, does he hire somebody to help 380 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: him with his golf swing, to help him with his 381 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 1: golf game. I think all of that is on the table. 382 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: But I really I was just I was really happy 383 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: to see him again. Listen, I'm not friends with him, 384 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: we're not boys. I knew him to say hello to him, 385 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: But as a golfer and as a golf fan, I 386 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: think it is an opportunity for some sense of redemption 387 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: for a K and I and and I'd be interested 388 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: to hear what his goals are, what what he thinks 389 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: is kind of a win for this year, because I 390 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: would imagine given the type of personality that Ak has, 391 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: that that we've all been able to kind of you know, 392 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 1: watch he always had a tremendous amount of confidence, and 393 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: I think that was one of the things that that 394 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: I always really liked about him is he just didn't 395 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: give a shit. He he wanted to beat you. He 396 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: had a lot of swag, and you know, you can 397 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:32,199 Speaker 1: still see some of that there, but you know, he 398 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: looks different. He's got the long hair, he's got the 399 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: sleeve tad on the left arm. I'm here for all that, right, 400 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: I mean, and listen, a lot of people were talking 401 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: about how he looks and how he was dressed and 402 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: all that stuff. Listen. I'm just glad the gets back. 403 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,199 Speaker 1: I hope he gets you know, he can hopefully this 404 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 1: can be the catalyst to to helping him find some happiness. 405 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 1: He was over in Saudi Arabia, and I know he's 406 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: this week here in Hong Kong. He's got his his 407 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: wife and his young daughter with him and it was 408 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: cool to see that too, you know. And I think 409 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: that's in talking to some people that know Akay, I 410 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: think that's one of the things that has driven him 411 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 1: to want to come back and play competitive golf again 412 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 1: so that his daughter maybe one day can see him 413 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: and remember him playing golf. But it was a really 414 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: cool week and I'm excited. Uh I didn't see I 415 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: didn't see him today, but I know DJ and And 416 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,959 Speaker 1: and Pat Perez were gonna they were definitely gonna try 417 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: and play a practice round with him this week, and 418 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: I think that would be really That's the other thing. 419 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I think Anthony's kind of been on his own, 420 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 1: doing his own thing for you know the better part 421 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: of you know, twelve years now. But I do think 422 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: it will be helpful. There were so many good players 423 00:24:55,480 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: on Life, regardless of what everybody listening, whether they like 424 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 1: live where they don't live, I don't care, I really don't. 425 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 1: But there is some serious talent on Live. I mean, 426 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: you walk up and down the driving range, and I 427 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: think Anthony cam is walking up and down the driving 428 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: range with some of the best players in the world, 429 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: and so I think it will be massively beneficial for 430 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: him to play practice rounds with some of these guys. 431 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,919 Speaker 1: To play a practice round with DJ and Brooks and 432 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: Cam Smith and John Rahm and all of these Bryson, 433 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: I mean, I think, you know, he's going to learn 434 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 1: a lot and see and kind of be able to 435 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: gauge his game a lot. You know, the players, you know, 436 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 1: they the big players like to play, especially around the majors. 437 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I've said this on the pod before, Rory 438 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: has DJ and Brooks play a lot of practice rounds 439 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: with Rory around major championships, right because they're trying to 440 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: kind of get an idea of what their games look like, 441 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: what their strategies look like, and all of that kind 442 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: of stuff. So I think that's going to be something 443 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: that is going to be massively beneficial for ak is 444 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 1: to get back out and play some practice rounds with 445 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 1: some of the best players in the world, some of 446 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: the best ball strikers in the world, and I think 447 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: that'll give him a very good gauge on the things 448 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: that he needs to work on. I think this is 449 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: going to be a fascinating year to watch a player 450 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: that was one of the best players in the world, 451 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: that had so much talent, and to watch him kind 452 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 1: of navigate where golf is in twenty twenty four. The 453 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: game has changed, equipment has changed, technology has changed what 454 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: we know about the body and stuff. He listen, he 455 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 1: was injured, so hopefully the injury has healed and he 456 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: can get back to playing golf. But I think he 457 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: was really honest in his interviews and said, listen, you 458 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: know one of the positive I think one of the 459 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: cool things is he said he played so bad that 460 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: he thought it was a positive because I mean, he 461 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 1: can only go up. He is a competitive person and 462 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: he doesn't listen. He doesn't want to come and shoot, 463 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 1: you know, a bunch over par every week. I mean, 464 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 1: obviously not so I'm excited, and as a golf swing 465 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: nerd is someone that whose entire life is looking at 466 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: golf swings. I got to be honest with you. In 467 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 1: the last week, I've spent a lot of time looking 468 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: at ak swing, just you know, because it's it's he's back, 469 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: and it's cool to see. And I'm excited, I really am. 470 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what he can do. And I 471 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: think this is going to be a very interesting thing 472 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: for all of you to follow. And like I said, 473 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 1: this is basically what we all go through, right, We 474 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: hit it good on the range, our practice sessions are good, 475 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,120 Speaker 1: and then we go out and we shoot over par, 476 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: and then we come back and go, Okay, what do 477 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: we need to work on? And I think part of 478 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 1: this is going to be technical golf swing. Yeah, I 479 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 1: mean definitely. I do think that if he can get 480 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: more control over his golf ball, if he can control 481 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:19,360 Speaker 1: the trajectory, you can flow control the flight, control the shots. 482 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: I think that's going to make it. I think the 483 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: putting in the short game is the easiest, low hanging fruit. 484 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 1: You put some time in on that, get some reps 485 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: in on that, and he'll start to feel comfortable. And 486 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: then I think this week it's going to be a 487 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: different test, and and I'm excited and I'm interested to 488 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: see how a really really different type of golf course 489 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: than than we played last week. Yeah, last week desert 490 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 1: very much like Scottsdale, very much like Palm Springs, wide open, 491 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: wind blows a lot because that golf course in Jetta 492 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: is right on the Red Sea, so you can get 493 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: some really windy days. But here in Hong Kong, it's 494 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: it's it's a different anim well, it's a different type 495 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: of golf course. It's tree lines, more parkland. It's very 496 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: very different. And I think it's it's cool to to 497 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: kind of get these two different golf courses for Ak 498 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: early and then I think he'll have a really good 499 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: idea of where his game is. But I'm a fan. 500 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: I want him to succeed. And if he was, if 501 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: he was playing and getting some sponsors invites on the 502 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: PGA Tour, I'd want him to succeed there as well. 503 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: But if you think, and if if you're trying to 504 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: use Anthony Kim coming to Live as a reason to 505 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: think that Live is a joke and everything like that, 506 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: if he wasn't going to live. He was going to 507 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: the PGA Tour and he was going to get invites 508 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: and you would have seen him there, So regardless of 509 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: where he's playing, I'm excited. I think it's a big story. 510 00:29:55,720 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: I think he is a needle mover and we'll see 511 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: how that plays out. And I wouldn't be surprised if 512 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: we see him at some point this year on a leaderboard. 513 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 1: I think he's good will be good, and if he 514 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: can minimize and limit how bad the bad is, I 515 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: think he can start playing some competitive golf and some 516 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: decent golf again. And I am one hundred percent here 517 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 1: for it AK being back. I think it's a good thing. 518 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: It's just my opinion. I'm sure everybody else listening has theirs, 519 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: but I saw it up close. I got to talk 520 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: to him, and it's pretty damn cool, something I never 521 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: thought that we would see again. Can't thank everybody enough 522 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: for listening. If you haven't listened to last week's episode 523 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: with Victor Hovlin, it was good. It was a really 524 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: good one. And there are a ton of good podcasts 525 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: with a bunch of good guests. We're going to continue 526 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 1: to try and get more guests. The Son of a 527 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: Butcher comes to you every Wednesday, and we will see 528 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: you all next week.