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This event's pretty unique, and 76 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: obviously it's gonna be the last match play event at 77 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: least for the foreseeable future. Clearly that can change. We're 78 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: in fluid times with a PGA tour, so maybe they 79 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: take a year off in twenty twenty four and it 80 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: comes back in twenty five. They need a sponsor. I 81 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 1: think this course is fantastic, you know it's it's a 82 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: country club, Austin country club. Every time for the last 83 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: several years it's been there on television, it looks badass. 84 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: It has the one drivable part. Four. Remember a couple 85 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: of years ago, Tiger before his injury, hit like a 86 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: wedge hold it for Eagle. It's just a fantastic place. 87 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: A lot of a lot of craziness happens, and there's 88 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,239 Speaker 1: a purity to match play that we all can relate 89 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: to because how often do you play a buddy from 90 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: nine holes eighteen holes for some cash and you just 91 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: play match play. It feels like it's been going on 92 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: in golf forever, right, The US Amateurs based that way. 93 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: Some my vivid memories as a kid was Tiger Woods 94 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: winning the US Amateur, which is a match play format. 95 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: Now I understand the sponsors get mad because a lot 96 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: of the top players can get bounced, right. It's easy 97 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: to lose. Like listen, you could play a five handicap, 98 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: can play a fifteen handicap, and if you're a little off, 99 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: you can lose in match play, even if you're not 100 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 1: giving shots. It's weird things happen. But I enjoy this event, 101 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: and I do like how they change it to the 102 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: World Cup style, kind of the round robin Wednesday, Thursday, 103 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: Friday and let them battle it out Saturday Sunday. But 104 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: it is a lot of golf, you know. You basically 105 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: play three rounds Monday or Wednesday through Friday, then you 106 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: play thirty six holes Saturday, and then thirty six holes 107 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: again on Sunday. So I do understand why it is 108 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: a difficult event to gamble on because all text is 109 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: one bad round. We're in a normal tournament, especially a 110 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: no cut event WGC. These guys can have one bad 111 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: round and shoot ten under the next day. So I'm 112 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: going to enjoy this. I do expect in the future, 113 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: whether it's twenty five, whether it's twenty six, whether it's 114 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: twenty seven, we get match played back. I talked about 115 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: this last week, and I believe it more to my 116 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: core a week later. The only people I hear celebrating 117 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: this golf rollback, which for those of you new to golf, 118 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: it's going to shorten the golf ball, not for me 119 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: and you for the pros, which is like seven eight percent. 120 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: You know, fifteen yards potentially ten to fifteen yards. Is 121 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: the media in the USGA and the golf media, just 122 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: like a lot of media and sports, are so close 123 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: to it. I feel like they struggled to see just 124 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 1: kind of the big picture. And every single person I 125 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: us and do in the golf media wants this to happen. 126 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: Yet I don't know one fan and I haven't heard 127 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: one player who says says this is a good idea. 128 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: And I feel pretty strong about my stance, like those 129 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: are the two groups that matter to me. The fans 130 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: literally pay for everything. These media deals would not exist 131 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: if people were not consuming, and obviously we watch because 132 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: of the players. I'd argue the most irrelevant group in 133 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: this whole thing is the enjoyment and you know the 134 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: stance of the people that cover the sport. Now, I've 135 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: heard some arguments that have some validity, but I really 136 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: just think that I thought John Ram eloquently said it 137 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: today in his press conference Tuesday morning in Austin that like, 138 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: what's wrong right? Golf is booming the players, you know, 139 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: the talent across the board has never been better. And 140 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: if more people are watching. Why do we have to 141 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: change so what some of these courses. It's a driver 142 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: wedge fest is what it is, just because the media 143 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: wants these guys to quote unquote be tested. If the 144 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: fans don't care, I'd argue it doesn't matter, like I 145 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: really would, and I feel pretty confident that my stance 146 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: is not gonna change now. If you told me that 147 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: the technology keeps changing and on average they're hitting at 148 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: three hundred and eighty yards in ten years, I'd say 149 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: that's gonna be a problem. But it doesn't feel like 150 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: that it's gonna go that way. Like it kind of 151 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: feels like we've maxed out on the three twenty three 152 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: thirty distance. It's gonna be very We saw what Bryson 153 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: had to do swing out of his ass and he 154 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: was very hit or missed when he was hitting three sixty. 155 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: And a huge reason that this happens a lot of 156 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: this distance. You know I played now at TPC Scotts Tale. 157 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: It's because they dry out the fairways. The amount of 158 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: run that they get because of the fairways in these 159 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: tour events is pretty unique. It's not like all these 160 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: guys are flying at even the long hitters three hundred 161 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: and thirty yards that they're getting so much run out. 162 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: So you could argue, grow the fairways a little bit, 163 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: you can adapt it. And again if the fans do 164 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: not care, which to me in any sport is the 165 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: most important thing. The reason I read flag the NBA 166 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: is because the fans have tapped out. Where has their 167 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: audience gone? Listen. I don't love everything about the NFL, 168 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: some of these new instituted rules, but more people are 169 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: watson than ever, and really that's all that matters. So 170 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: if golf is in a healthy spot with the consumer, 171 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: I don't see why we were changing just because some 172 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: media is celebrating it. I just couldn't agree or disagree anymore. 173 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: Last but not least, I ended up not going down 174 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: to Tucson. Had shit to do last week, and I 175 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: just it actually looked pretty crazy there. But my tune 176 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 1: is not going to change on this. They are going 177 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: to struggle if the people that they paid all this 178 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: money do not play well in these events. And really 179 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: I'm talking about five six guys. You know Danny Lee, 180 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: ninety nine percent of people that follow golf have no 181 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: clue who he is. Now if Danny Lee like you could. 182 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of arguments on the internet. Well, 183 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: a no name guy just won the valspar. Yeah, but 184 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: to get to that position, you gotta make a cut. 185 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:11,719 Speaker 1: And then he beat Jordan fucking Spieth. Now, if it 186 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: was five other no names, John Middlecoff, Bill Williamson and 187 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: you know Taylor Montgomery, and you know Travis Shank or whatever. 188 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: I mean, it's hard to play professional golf of your 189 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: last name Shank, I would get that argument, and so 190 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: that happens sometimes on the PGA Tour. But when I 191 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: get Jordan Spieth, the guy that's won several majors, and 192 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: many people are gonna pick him to win the Masters 193 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: as long as he's in the mix. Like live, if 194 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: Danny Lee beats out Dustin Johnson or Cam Smith, that's 195 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: a win. But to have all the top guys nowhere 196 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: to be found Bryson d Shambo just sucks. Now. DJ 197 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: I give him somewhat of a pass because he kicked 198 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: ass and took names last year, and Phil is just 199 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: he's a name. But if Cam's nowhere to be found, 200 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: Kepka feels kind of like a shot fighter. It's a problem, 201 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: like no one really cares that much about the older year. 202 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: You know, you need some of the younger guys, and 203 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: I'm not counting Cam Smith in that group, but whether 204 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: it's DJ who did his part last year but definitely 205 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: kept Goa and Bryson. Those guys are massive, massive names. 206 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: You know, Kepta's four time major winner, Bryson's one of 207 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: the more polarizing transcendent golfers in recent memory. It's just 208 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: gonna be very, very hard to build relevancy. And there's 209 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: a lot of you know, articles coming out about the 210 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: health of Live and the changing dynamics of Live because 211 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: it feels like the Saudis are pulling back some of 212 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: the cash relative to what they were spending last year. 213 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: Ship Nucks wrote some articles on that. I do think 214 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: it behooves the PGA Tour to just keep shitting on 215 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: them and telling people things in the media to make 216 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: them look bad, because one thing has been said, the 217 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: live players are not allowed to give interviews without getting 218 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: the thumbs up from the Saudis, which clearly they don't 219 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: give many of them, and clearly it doesn't behoove these 220 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 1: players to really talk because they can be asked kind 221 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: of questions make them uncomfortable pretty fast. Most of these 222 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: players don't really talk, so I would I would expect 223 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: to continue to see articles, you know, coming at guys 224 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: gonna defect, guys bitching and moaning, guys not happy with 225 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: the setup, regardless of the outcome of those articles and 226 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: the reality on tour, the health of the league. They 227 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: gotta get some of the top guys playing well, and 228 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: it sure doesn't feel like we're any closer to that. 229 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: It'll be interesting once these guys come to the Majors 230 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: because we all assume, like and I do, DJ will 231 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: play well at the Masters camp. 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I got some stats for you 274 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: here because I'm actually doing a piece right now. You 275 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: mentioned member guests next week's I'm doing all my Master's 276 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: preview stuff this week, trying to get ahead of it. 277 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: Where is this stat? I've got it right here. So 278 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: none of the eighteen players from Live who will compete 279 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: in the Masters in two weeks have top tens in 280 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: both of the first two live events. Only five of 281 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: them have one top ten so far in either of 282 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: the two live events to start the year. So essentially, 283 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: what I'm getting at is Bryson is not alone. A 284 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: bunch of the big name live players who are going 285 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: to be competing in the Masters are not playing their 286 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: best golf right now. It must have been twenty twenty one. 287 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: I might have been number wrong, but didn't Bryson say 288 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: that he viewed Augusta as a par sixty seven? Or 289 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: was it sixty eight? I thought it was sixty eight. 290 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: Give him little credit, Yeah, it was sixty eight. I 291 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: would say that one and then I think he missed 292 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: the cut. In all serious Now, in all seriousness, this 293 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: guy was legitimately even when he started hitting involve, I mean, 294 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: was one of the best players on tour. And now, 295 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: I mean there's no way to look at him. I 296 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: understand that they're playing different courses. He's kind of a joke. 297 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: I mean, he's forty fifth out of forty eight guys. 298 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just it's pretty crazy. His specifically him, 299 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: his fall from grace, like Kepca has been injured. Whatever, 300 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: get a little older, Brison at thirty five years old, 301 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: I will give him the benefit of the doubt and say, 302 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: it's only two events so far on that tour this year. 303 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: Who didn't really play great last year though? And so 304 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: at some point does it come around. I mean, we 305 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: could be talking about him three or four months from 306 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: now saying, man, he's the best player on Live right 307 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: now because he tore it up. I will say similarly, 308 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: I mean, goes back to that sat I just gave you. 309 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: Cameron Smith has gone fifth and then twenty fourth. Dustin 310 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: Johnson does not have a top twelve finish on Live 311 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: so far this year, so it's easy to single out 312 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: a guy like Bryson. Patrick Reid doesn't have a top ten. 313 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: He was terrible. There are a lot of big name 314 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: players who are playing over there, and you go, that 315 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: guy should clean up because he's a really good player. 316 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: And most of the guys over there are either a 317 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: little bit older, a little bit injured, a little bit 318 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 1: just have lost their game and never really had much game, 319 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 1: whatever the case might be. But no one's really cleaning 320 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: up out there. My guy, Brendan Steele has got two 321 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: top fives, Carlos ortizes up there every week, Charles Owl 322 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 1: the third, But the big names haven't really done much. Well, 323 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: one thing I find fascinating. You see the conversation on 324 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: the interweb is it people go, well, what's the difference 325 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: Danny Lee and Taylor Moore. It's like, well, you know, 326 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: it's it's you gotta play an extra round, you gotta 327 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: make a cut. He is beating Tommy Fleetwood and obviously 328 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: Jordan's speak where I guess Louie is won a major. 329 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: But how many times Louie went on tour and Google it? 330 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 1: Not many times, So he's a very productive player. It 331 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 1: does feel like I'd never heard of Danny Lee and 332 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: he's clearly like I honestly I've never had. I've never had, 333 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,679 Speaker 1: but I've probably gotten much more into the weeds on 334 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: the like the second half of you know, like the 335 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: seventy five to one fifty guys the last couple of years, 336 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: because that's what this guy is, right, I mean, he's yes, 337 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: low level PGA tour player, Like would if live didn't exist, 338 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: would he be would he have played last week on Valsmoor? 339 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: Like yeah, yeah, no doubt. Yeah. He won the Greenbrier 340 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: back in twenty fifteen. I mean, he was a former 341 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: US Amateur champion he's not a Yeah, he's not a 342 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: terrible player. He's a he's a guy that kind of 343 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: fills a hole for the PGA Tour and has been 344 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: out there for a long time and is now playing 345 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 1: live and who knows. I mean, if he played the 346 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: way he did on Live this past week, maybe that 347 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: would have been enough to go out and win in 348 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: Tampa by three shots. I don't necessarily think so. But 349 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: I watched the end to Live John, and I watched 350 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: the playoff. It just to me, and there's nothing wrong 351 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: with it. I thought it was exciting, it was fun 352 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: to watch. The guys were playing pretty fast, which was 353 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: nice to see whatsoever. But watching in Tampa, there's just 354 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 1: a different intensity. There was some pressure, there was some tension, 355 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: and I just never felt that watching the live event, 356 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: even with Danny Lee, who afterwards talked about, you know 357 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: how he hadn't won anything in eight years and wasn't 358 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 1: sure he would ever win again. And Brendan Steele, who 359 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: I know really well. I had a bet on Steel 360 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 1: last week, as I often do, and I'm sweating that bet. 361 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 1: And Louis who has never won a US event on 362 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,959 Speaker 1: the PGA Tour and only one event that was PGA 363 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: Tour section, that was the Open Championship thirteen years ago. 364 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: Is going after win. It's still never quite felt as 365 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: intense as we get down the stretch of a PGA 366 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: Tour event. Do you think you know, because I think 367 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 1: the argument, do you think there's merit to the argument 368 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: of just the casual guy goes like, what the hell's 369 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: the difference? Taylor More, Danny Lee, I mean, same level 370 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: guy like, why can't Live have success that they keep 371 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 1: rolling this? And my pushback is, I don't think Live 372 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: has any chance at success. We talked about this a lot. 373 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: If they don't have consistently three or four of the 374 00:19:58,040 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: guys they paid a lot of money in the mix. 375 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 1: I mean, it's DJ won it last year. He was fine, 376 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 1: but I even mean cam Smith, Bryson, Kepka, Phil I 377 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,120 Speaker 1: give somewhat of a past two. He was fifty years 378 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: old when they gave him all this. He was really 379 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: more brand than like they didn't think they were getting 380 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: some guy in his prime, you know, but his name 381 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 1: brought a lot and clearly he took a lot of 382 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: bullets last year. But I do think they got to 383 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: find a way at this thing. And who knows. I 384 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: mean there's rumblings like gonna keep going for years. They 385 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: have some of these high priced guys that are playing 386 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:29,959 Speaker 1: in the majors in the mix. He can't control it. 387 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 1: But it's just tough when it's like you said those 388 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: names and Danny Lee wins it. It's a superstar driven sport. 389 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: It always has been. I mean, you know, when we 390 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: talk about golf, you you go back fifty years, you 391 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: talk about Nicholas and Palmer, and you know, then you 392 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: get into the Tiger years. I mean, you don't talk 393 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: about the guy who was fifteenth on the PGA Tour 394 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: at that point. You talk about the superstars, the guys 395 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 1: that you know we tell our grandkids about someday. And 396 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: so yes, you absolutely you want those players to be 397 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: up there. I hesitate to say need or gotta have John, 398 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 1: because live doesn't need or gotta have anything. Quite frankly, 399 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: I mean, for everything we've heard, if they just they're 400 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,719 Speaker 1: gonna hold events, people might go, people might watch, they 401 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: might not, and whatever happens, they're gonna give out a 402 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: bunch of money to a bunch of players, and they 403 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 1: move on to the next one, and they may not 404 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: need us to watch and us to pay attention, us 405 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: to like it or anything like that. So I understand 406 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: that the one, the one real sort of downfall to 407 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: the whole thing. And I will use a personal anecdote 408 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: here from a buddy of mine. I actually played golf 409 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: on Sunday. We finished up, we go into the grill room. 410 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: PGA Tour event was on the back nine, and we 411 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: watched the rest of that, and then we watched the 412 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 1: live event. I'm sitting with a buddy who is a 413 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: golf fan. I just played golf with him. He said, 414 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, I don't know any of these 415 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,120 Speaker 1: guys playing this PGA Tour event. I don't know Taylor Moore, 416 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,120 Speaker 1: Adam Shank, I don't know who these guys are because 417 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: I haven't been watching the PGA Tour because all of 418 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: the guys, a lot of the guys that I like, 419 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: left for live. He said. That said, I haven't been 420 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: watching live either, But I just got so disenfranchised by 421 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: the whole thing that I haven't watched any golf at 422 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: all because I said, well, half the guys that I 423 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 1: like to watch are over here, half the guys I 424 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: like to watch are over there, And so instead I'm 425 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: just gonna go watch basketball instead. And that's that's a 426 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: problem within the game right now, is that there's this 427 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: fracture and I think people have said, instead of picking sides, 428 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: I'm picking nobody and I'm moving on with my life. 429 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,479 Speaker 1: And so that's a shame and I don't know how 430 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 1: you fix that. No, I know, it's just it's the 431 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: never ending conversation. Well, it's Jordan Spieth, the once golden 432 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: child who's still i'd say, got his career back rolling again. 433 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 1: Not quite to the peaks, but he eats positive pumps 434 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: in the water on sixteen. Regardless, he didn't win the tournament, 435 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: but we talked about him, I think last week, a 436 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: couple of weeks coming up. I mean, he's there's gonna 437 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: be three guys that are gonna be all single digits, 438 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: and I think he I mean, when the dust settles, 439 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: could be closer to fifteen to one than twenty to one. 440 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: Did you see anything out of Jordan that makes you 441 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: feel a little more confident or a little less confident 442 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: headed into AUGUSTA? Yeah, No, I'm very confident in Jordan. 443 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: He will be there in AUGUSTA. I don't think that, 444 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 1: you know, it's some sort of slam dunk. I don't 445 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: know if he'll be on top of my list when 446 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: I rank the entire field and I give my favorite 447 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: outright in two weeks, but he's going to be very 448 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: very close to it. I've sort of narrowed it down 449 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,199 Speaker 1: to a top four or five right now, and he 450 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: is amongst that top four or five. I love the 451 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 1: fact that he's got this high ceiling right now. And 452 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: usually when we talk ceilings and floors, we talk ceilings 453 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: and floors over a long term period of time. You know, 454 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: it might be ceiling floor for a career, Ceilian floor 455 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: for this season, Ceilian floor over the next month. For Jordan, 456 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 1: it's like he's got a pretty high ceiling and pretty 457 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 1: low floor for the next three shots that he's about 458 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 1: to hit. I mean, it's it is like it this 459 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: shot might go in or it might go in the 460 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: middle of a pond, and I have absolutely no idea 461 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: which has a better chance of happening. That said, I 462 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 1: look at him, and I might have used this analogy 463 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: with you last week, but I look at him right 464 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: now as a race car driver who's essentially saying, let's 465 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: get this baby going as fast as we possibly can, 466 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: and if we crash and burn, so be it. But 467 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: I want to see how fast we can get this going, 468 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: and so I do think that he's stepping on the 469 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: gas pedal, to use that phrase a little bit more now. 470 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: I think he's playing aggressively, seeing what his best can do, 471 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 1: and he can always dial it back and play a 472 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: little more conservatively, which I do expect when we get 473 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: to Augusta National in a couple of weeks. But he 474 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: knows that his best right now is as good as anybody's, 475 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: just that the best is often followed by something pretty bad, 476 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: and he's got to eliminate those mistakes. But I don't 477 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: think there's any reason we shouldn't have him near the 478 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: top of our list going to the Masters in a 479 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Yeah, I think it's fair that he 480 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: probably is on his own tier, right, Like, if the 481 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: top three guys are all together somewhere between six to 482 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: eight to one, he to me would be the guy 483 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: if you're gonna have exposed are on the next group 484 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: of whatever five d eight guys, feels like the leader 485 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: in the clubhouse of that group, right, Yeah, I mean 486 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: I can tell you right now that my top four 487 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: is some sort of combination of Scottie Scheffler, Surprise surprise, 488 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: Jordan Spieth. We just talked about Patrick Cantley, who's been 489 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: sort of sneaky under the radar really good recently, and 490 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,400 Speaker 1: Tony Fenel, who I know we haven't seen or heard 491 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 1: much from Tony Feenell because he hasn't been on a 492 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 1: lot of leaderboards, he hasn't been there on a Sunday afternoon. 493 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: But if you look at Tony Finel's ball striking, not 494 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: just this year, but going back eight, nine, ten months, 495 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: he's been fantastic. There's not a week where he misses, 496 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: quite honestly, and so he might not win every week, 497 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: but he has been consistently very very good, and I 498 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 1: think that translates into something good coming at Augusta National Forum. 499 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: It's a drawers course, right. So to my guy Tommy Fleetwood, 500 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: who I had a little exposure to last week, he's trending. 501 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,239 Speaker 1: You know, he's not gonna win, you can't. He got 502 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: a little hovel into him. But when he's playing well, 503 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: I might I might hammer him for a top ten 504 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: at Augusta. Yeah, that's about as far as I'd go. 505 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: Very strange exchange at the Players Championship. This was after 506 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: I think Friday's second round. Tommy was in the mix 507 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: and one of the reporters asked to me, Hey, there's 508 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,199 Speaker 1: a lot of money out there this week. Are you 509 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: thinking about the money? Would you be satisfied with the 510 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: top five finish or are you just in it for 511 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: the win and not worried about the money this week? 512 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: You know, because it is a record purse. And I 513 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: thought Tommy was gonna yell at the guy and throw 514 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 1: something at him. Go money, man, I've made millions of dollars. 515 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 1: I don't care about the money. I've never won in 516 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: the US. This is a big chance for me. I 517 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: care about the win. Instead, Tommy said, oh, yeah, there's 518 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: you know, it's a seven figure payout for top five 519 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: this week. I'd love a top five. That sounds really good. 520 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 1: And that just boy, I get it. Tommy's a nice 521 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: guy and maybe he just didn't want to argue his 522 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: point with somebody, But boy, that just felt like the 523 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 1: wrong thing to say at the wrong moment. Well, that's 524 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: not how the you know, the elite guys talk it. 525 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: I mean, the conversation last week before we dive into 526 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: the match play of the rollback, texting, talking to people 527 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: overall thoughts of the people you've connected with over the 528 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 1: last seven eight days. Yeah, we had Charlie Hoffman, who's 529 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: a member of the PGA Tour Policy Board as a 530 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: former player director on our radio show last week, and 531 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 1: on the same day we had Kegan Bradley, and let's 532 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,199 Speaker 1: just say, both of them are not exactly in favor 533 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: of it. Both of them are not exactly fans of 534 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: the USGA. I believe we've heard from Justin Thomas and 535 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: a handful of other players so far who just believe that, 536 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: you know, this is a ridiculous move. I'm starting to 537 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: get on the same page, John, I'm starting to get 538 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: there with him. I think they've convinced me. For a 539 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 1: long time, I was sort of teetering on the fence 540 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 1: a little bit. I said, look, I see this side 541 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,360 Speaker 1: of it. I see the side of ours are becoming obsolete, 542 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: and you know, these guys hit it too far. But 543 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 1: I also see the side of hitting it really far 544 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: as a skill. Do we tell a baseball player, Hey, 545 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: you can't hit a four hundred and eighty foot home 546 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 1: run because that's too far, And so you've got to 547 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: only hit home runs that go just barely over the fence. 548 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: Now like hitting it far as a skill. These guys 549 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 1: have worked on that skill. Why are we trying to 550 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: take it back? I feel like at this point we're 551 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: causing more problems than we're solving. You know. Okay, so 552 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: what we can roll back the ball and number thirteen 553 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:37,959 Speaker 1: Augusta National doesn't play too short as a par five anymore. Okay, 554 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: that's great, But what's the price of that. The price 555 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: of that is all the manufacturers are making new golf balls. 556 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: All the players have to figure out how to play 557 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: with a new golf ball, just so we can hit 558 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: it ten yards shorter on the thirteenth Old Augusta. Just 559 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: so you know, nobody shoots sixty three instead they shoot 560 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: sixty five at St. Andrew's. I just like, what are 561 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: we doing? Why are we doing all of this again? 562 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,719 Speaker 1: Just seems like we're causing more problems than we're solving. 563 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: I totally agreed. Did I read correctly that the match 564 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: play will no longer be in Austin or that moving 565 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: forward in the new schedule the match play is no 566 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: Moss gone. This is the last year. But on the 567 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: schedule for a quarter century. Now I pulled out my pullover. 568 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: I'm not wearing it right now. I had a pullover 569 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: that I pulled out of the closet from La Costa 570 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: back with it, oh yeah, back in four oh five. 571 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: Then went to Tucson for a while. It's been in 572 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: a bunch of different places, but now this is the 573 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: last year on the schedule. It's it's ironic, John, because 574 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 1: you talk to fans, and I've heard this from fans. 575 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: I think fans are sort of don't exactly know what 576 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: they want and need to be a little careful what 577 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: they wish for. But I've heard fans over the years 578 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,239 Speaker 1: say I wish the PGA Championship was match play, I 579 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: wish the FedEx Cup was determined by match play. And 580 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: my answer to that is always you say that and 581 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: then you get two guys that you don't want to 582 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: watch on in the afternoon and you turn your TV off, 583 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 1: and it's not good for you. It's not good for 584 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: the game, certainly not good for the rights holders or 585 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: the sponsors or the PGA tour itself. So I've never 586 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: been in favor of that. That said, the irony comes 587 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: to the fact that if you ask most fans would 588 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: you like to see more match play or less match play? 589 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: I think almost all of them would say more match play. 590 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: I love match play. And now we're going from one 591 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: to zero on the annual PGA Tour schedule. I do 592 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: think when everything shakes out with the fall portion of 593 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: the schedule, which we right now have absolutely no idea 594 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: what's going on with it, But once we do, there's 595 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: gonna be some sort of match play format event. Whether 596 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: it might be like the US Amateur we play, everyone 597 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: plays thirty six holes, then we seed players based on 598 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: their stroke play scores and play match play from there. 599 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: But I think we're gonna have something. But right now, 600 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: after this week Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup at the highest level, 601 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: that's it. If you pulled one through sixty four whatever 602 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 1: this week, yea or nay, continue match play. What do 603 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: you think the players would say? That's a great question. 604 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: I think they'd probably say yeah. I think for one time. Look, 605 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 1: we have all these different events out there on the 606 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 1: PG two. You know Phoenix we talked about a month ago, 607 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 1: where Hey, do you like Phoenix? Yeah? One week a year. 608 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: I love Phoenix. I don't want it every single week, 609 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: but I love it, and I think you'd get the 610 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: same reaction if you ask them about match play. Hey, 611 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: what do you think of the match play one week 612 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: a year? I think it's really cool, love a different format. 613 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: Do you want to play match play six times a year? No, 614 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 1: absolutely not. I'd rather play stroke play events. But yeah, 615 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 1: one time a year is better than zero. And so 616 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: I think the majority of them would say I like 617 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,720 Speaker 1: playing it. I like the head to head component of it, 618 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: and I think most of them want to say I 619 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: would like to see something that goes back to the 620 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: old Wednesday knockout round, where you know you might fly 621 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: in from halfway around the world, than by eleven thirty 622 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 1: am on Wednesday, you're flying back home. But the players 623 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 1: didn't like that. They wanted to be guaranteed at least 624 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: three matches so they could stick around for the week. 625 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: And so I understand that a little bit from their perspective. 626 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 1: But yeah, my guess is most of them would say 627 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 1: that they'd rather have it than not. But I think 628 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 1: did you write and I agree that the way they've 629 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: done it now, the pool play kind of like the 630 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: World's Cup. It is Wednesday through Friday. It's very entertaining, 631 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 1: because you're guaranteed to watch all these days play each other. 632 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: You know what they've done is it used to be 633 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: Wednesday used to be the best Wednesday in golf. I 634 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: mean still field could get knocked out, you know, yes, 635 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: but Wednesday was great. You'd have thirty two matches and 636 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: you know, half the guys in the field are going home, 637 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: and then you keep moving on. Now Wednesday is good, 638 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: Tomorrow will be, It'll be good. You know, there are 639 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: a bunch of good matches. Friday, now is the best 640 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: day because Friday's when you're knocking out players and you 641 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: might go to playoffs and you know things like that 642 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: are gonna happen. But you get into the weekend. It's 643 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: essentially the inverted pyramid of golf tournaments, which is you 644 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 1: get into the weekend and look, I love golf, you 645 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,959 Speaker 1: love golf. Watching two guys play golf on TV for 646 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: four hours it's just not a fun experience. You know, 647 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: I would be willing to bet that ninety five percent 648 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 1: of the people who care about it and want to 649 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:23,920 Speaker 1: watch it are still flipping over to whatever NCAA tournament 650 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: game is going to be on at the same time, 651 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: and they're watching something else in between the you know, 652 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: in the eight minutes in between they're they're hitting their shots, 653 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 1: because it's just it's taxing to watch two people play golf. 654 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 1: You're like, I don't want to watch me take that 655 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: much time to play golf, let alone watch somebody else. 656 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: You know, if you're listening to this, some of these 657 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: guys have already teed off on Wednesday. But you know 658 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 1: you can obviously you can bet matchups, and definitely when 659 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: it gets down to the sixteen, give me a couple 660 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 1: of names. Do you like this week, especially if they 661 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: break through their group. Yeah, so I think it's two 662 00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: different things. Some of the guys that I like to 663 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: get through their groups aren't necessarily the guys I like 664 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 1: to be there at the end, because quite frankly, we've 665 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,760 Speaker 1: seen it over the years where guy plays really well 666 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday might be leading it if it 667 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: was a stroke play event through three rounds, but all 668 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: of a sudden runs out of gas and can't keep 669 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: it going on the weekend. A couple of guys I 670 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: love to get out of their groups at plus money too, 671 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:26,439 Speaker 1: which is nice little value to beat just three other guys. 672 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: Tony fen now Victor Hovland, Max Homa. Really like those guys, 673 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: and yes they're favorites, but can get him at plus 674 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 1: one sixty plus one seventy, which all those guys, I 675 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: think that's pretty nice number for each of them. My 676 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 1: final four, I've got guys that are a little bit 677 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,800 Speaker 1: off the board. You know. It's not your Scottie Scheffler's 678 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: and your Gen ROMs. And maybe I'm going a little 679 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 1: too deep here, but I've got on one side of 680 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: the bracket Sam Burns and Jason Day. On the other 681 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 1: side a couple of supersofts and Sahi Figala and Cameron Young. 682 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: And I've got Cameron Young with a new caddy on 683 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: the bag, Paul Sorry, one of the best caddies in 684 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: the business. He had been on the bag of Webb 685 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: Simpson for the last twelve years. But I've got Cameron 686 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: Young over Jason Day in the final. What you know, 687 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 1: the advantage Scott he talked about last year. I mean, 688 00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: he played this course a lot at the Unversity of Texas. 689 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: So it does feel like if Scott Jeff was just 690 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 1: in the final four, in the finals, it's gonna be 691 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: one of the crazier year stretches we've seen a long 692 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,400 Speaker 1: time from a player, because it's just it shouldn't be 693 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 1: this easy, right, So what we've seen in limited sample 694 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: size from Scotty so far is that when he comes 695 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,839 Speaker 1: back to a place where he's won, he usually does 696 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,279 Speaker 1: pretty well. So Phoenix won his first title last year, 697 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: came back this year, successfully defended bay Hill, won his 698 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: second title last year, came back this year, fished in 699 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: fourth place. Well, he's now defending a title for the 700 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 1: third time, and we know that he likes this golf course. 701 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 1: He was second here, he finished runner up two years ago, 702 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: he won it last year. I mean, yes, I am 703 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 1: aiding Scotty this week, if only because I think I've 704 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 1: got him go into the quarterfinals. But I'm only fading 705 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 1: him just because I don't know. It's no fun to 706 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,760 Speaker 1: pick the number one ranked player, the number one seed 707 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,800 Speaker 1: to go all the way, and so I'm trying to 708 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 1: find some value somewhere else. But yeah, if you want 709 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,319 Speaker 1: to tell me that Scotty Scheffler is gonna run the 710 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,879 Speaker 1: table and win this thing again, I certainly wouldn't argue 711 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: with you, and I wouldn't talk out of a bet, 712 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,320 Speaker 1: even though it's short number on Cam Young's new caddy, 713 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,799 Speaker 1: Webb's guy for a long time. Is it fair to 714 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: say that that's a caddy firing the player. Uh No, 715 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 1: is a player pushing his caddy somewhere else away. You 716 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,400 Speaker 1: believe the web statement of the way it worked. Obviously, 717 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: they're they're pretty high level character guys. You know. I've 718 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:50,399 Speaker 1: probably spent more time just sort of speaking about the 719 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:54,359 Speaker 1: player caddy relationship and just the dynamic between the two 720 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 1: with Webb and Paul than maybe anybody else over the 721 00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 1: last handful of years. And they're with terrific people. I 722 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: believe everything they say. When Webb says, hey, look I 723 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: told Paul you gotta go do this. You're gonna make 724 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: a whole lot more money. I want to play less 725 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,000 Speaker 1: out here. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna all of 726 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,000 Speaker 1: a sudden start playing more and be top like ten 727 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:20,400 Speaker 1: kids only six I think, yeah, one more on the way. Yeah, 728 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,080 Speaker 1: but he's gonna play less and this is an opportunity. 729 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,319 Speaker 1: It's We've heard a bunch of these recently. You know. 730 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,840 Speaker 1: Ryan Bomber had worked with this guy, James Edmondson for 731 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: twenty years since he joined the PGA Tour. And sort 732 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,279 Speaker 1: of said, hey, look, you have a chance to get 733 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,719 Speaker 1: on the bag of Davis Riley. He should probably do it. 734 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:37,319 Speaker 1: He's gonna make a lot more money than I am, 735 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,040 Speaker 1: and he's right about that, and so yeah, some of 736 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 1: it comes down to I'm being a good friend. You know, 737 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 1: I've spent a lot of time with this guy. He's 738 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,360 Speaker 1: not gonna make that much money with me. Moving forward, 739 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,480 Speaker 1: he has a chance to do really well for himself. 740 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,120 Speaker 1: Let me push him in that direction. There's definitely been 741 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 1: a theme lately, right Scottie, Tom, Kim Ricky's old caddy 742 00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,480 Speaker 1: now Kim Young. I mean, that's got to be a 743 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,320 Speaker 1: huge ben a fit to some of these younger players. 744 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,799 Speaker 1: You saw how good Bryson was with his caddy. Who 745 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 1: immediately goes over they win a tournament. Who's Bryson's old caddy? Oh, 746 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:11,480 Speaker 1: kitty Ama. I mean, these guys with experience, it's you know, 747 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 1: clearly impacts the sport. You know what I look at 748 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 1: you're an NFL guy. I look at it as anytime 749 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,439 Speaker 1: there's a young quarterback in the NFL, I think he's 750 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 1: got to have his guy. You know, you've got to 751 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,080 Speaker 1: have whether it's an experienced wide receiver or a young 752 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,360 Speaker 1: guy that's sort of coming up with him, you know, 753 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,319 Speaker 1: a rookie in the same class, or a guy that's 754 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: around for one more year. You've got to have your 755 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,239 Speaker 1: favorite target out there. If you have a quarterback out 756 00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: there who's a rookie, a second year player who doesn't 757 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:43,759 Speaker 1: necessarily have you know that that number one target, that 758 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: guy that he really likes to throw to, you're gonna 759 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 1: struggle because you're like, oh, let me spread it around. 760 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,240 Speaker 1: You need that one guy. I think for a young player, 761 00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 1: you need that caddy that you can trust. You need 762 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:57,239 Speaker 1: that big time caddy who's been there, done that, one 763 00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 1: major championships, understands how to deal with every situation. And 764 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,759 Speaker 1: that's exactly what these guys are doing. And a lot 765 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,319 Speaker 1: of it comes from the agents, the managers who you know, 766 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,879 Speaker 1: they've been around. They understand what's going on out there, 767 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,200 Speaker 1: and they know, you know, it's not I don't know 768 00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,520 Speaker 1: that it's predatory necessarily, but they understand, like, hey, that 769 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,319 Speaker 1: guy's he's a really good caddy. He's not making much 770 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,879 Speaker 1: money on that bag anymore. Let's go, you know, see 771 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,120 Speaker 1: if we can get after him and see if we 772 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,040 Speaker 1: can bring him over to our team. Yeah, it is 773 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:25,840 Speaker 1: a business. Well, so we'll have a good week and 774 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 1: start gearing up for tradition like any other I'm working 775 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: on my preview stuff right now. I think I might 776 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: go all in on Jordan. I'm starting to come around. 777 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,400 Speaker 1: I'm close. I'm very close. I don't have faith in 778 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,960 Speaker 1: the in my man Rory, who I was very confident 779 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:51,560 Speaker 1: on last year, but he's making me nervous. Okay, let's 780 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,640 Speaker 1: dive into this little thing we call the mail bag 781 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,959 Speaker 1: at Golo Pod. At Golo Pod is the Instagram, and 782 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,439 Speaker 1: that's how you get here on the show at go Pod. 783 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:02,879 Speaker 1: Fire in those dms and get your question answered here 784 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:06,080 Speaker 1: on the podcast. Question for the pod do you think 785 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: that Marikawa hit his peak already and won't win another 786 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 1: major for years or is he due for another one. 787 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:12,800 Speaker 1: I feel like his value twenty to one is solid 788 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,879 Speaker 1: in each of the majors. I think he's pretty fascinating 789 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 1: player because when he's on his iron game is elite. 790 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,640 Speaker 1: It's better than it's as good or better than every 791 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:29,040 Speaker 1: single guy that's playing. You know, in these big events. 792 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,960 Speaker 1: He's not the longest player, and clearly his putting can 793 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,960 Speaker 1: be hit or miss. My thing with him. I never 794 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,840 Speaker 1: gamble on him. He's won two majors, and listen, you 795 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:40,640 Speaker 1: got two majors. I don't give a shit if you're 796 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,239 Speaker 1: eighty years old or like him, twenty four, twenty five 797 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:47,239 Speaker 1: years old. That's incredible. But I do think we need 798 00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:51,279 Speaker 1: to factor in his two majors. Harding Park zero zero 799 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:55,719 Speaker 1: fans in the VID year. And now, granted it was 800 00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,120 Speaker 1: a pretty loaded field if you remember at the at 801 00:40:58,120 --> 00:40:59,880 Speaker 1: the top, like DJ was in the mix, Kept Go 802 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,800 Speaker 1: was in the mix, Bryson was in the mix. Wolf 803 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,040 Speaker 1: came storming back. No fans, and he's used to playing 804 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: that course because he played at cow which is relatively close. 805 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,200 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to diminish his victory. He won beat 806 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:13,200 Speaker 1: all those guys, but it was a unique set of 807 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 1: circumstances for a major. And then the Open in which 808 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,719 Speaker 1: he won was one of the rare ones where weather 809 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,400 Speaker 1: did not play a factor because one of the knocks 810 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,839 Speaker 1: on more Cowa right now is when weather gets there 811 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,520 Speaker 1: and things get a little weird, he kind of fades. 812 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,799 Speaker 1: And I mean he's missed some cuts this year the 813 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,680 Speaker 1: players when it looked like okay, whether he wins it 814 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: or not. But he's going to be a factor. Kind 815 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 1: of went m I A. I don't know what to say. 816 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:41,480 Speaker 1: I mean, here's what I know about Colin. Really cares, 817 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:45,719 Speaker 1: really tries. So you bet on those humans. But right 818 00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:49,160 Speaker 1: now it feels a little weird, right like Victor Hovlin, 819 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:52,600 Speaker 1: who does not have the accomplishments clearly more Cowa has, 820 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,760 Speaker 1: feels like his floor is so much higher than Collins. 821 00:41:57,239 --> 00:42:01,600 Speaker 1: So I'm kind of at a loss. I root for him, 822 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,799 Speaker 1: I want to see him in the mix. I don't 823 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,680 Speaker 1: think I would bet on him to win a major 824 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:12,440 Speaker 1: though this season. I honestly, besides Speeth in Augusta and 825 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:17,000 Speaker 1: Max at the US Open, I don't think I think 826 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:18,640 Speaker 1: he got a hammer. The top three guys in the 827 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,480 Speaker 1: majors now, I'm not saying they're gonna win at all, 828 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,279 Speaker 1: but I think that's the way to go. A big 829 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 1: reason I love gambling and golf is similar to you 830 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,320 Speaker 1: huge odds. However, this season has been tough finding value 831 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:32,160 Speaker 1: as huge favorites continue to dominate. Scheffler rom Rory, a 832 00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:35,279 Speaker 1: strategy I've been playing lately as parlaying golf winners with 833 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,600 Speaker 1: other sporting events. For example, I hit a three legs 834 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,040 Speaker 1: in the NCAA tournament last night, paired with Scheffler to 835 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:46,320 Speaker 1: win the Masters. I now synthetically created a position in 836 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:50,240 Speaker 1: schefter at forty to one. Would be curious your thoughts 837 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,480 Speaker 1: on a strategy like this. I don't advise parlay's in 838 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:55,720 Speaker 1: normal wagering, but it's fun way to create a boost. 839 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,360 Speaker 1: My tickets right now for the Masters are Scheffler forty 840 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:02,720 Speaker 1: to one, can't Lay eighty to one, and Speed thirty 841 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:10,560 Speaker 1: to one. So he took He took Scotty Scheffler, Fairley, Dickinson, TCU, 842 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:15,279 Speaker 1: and Miami Florida, and he took Can't Lay. Yeah, I 843 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:20,360 Speaker 1: mean you, I see what you did. Part of the 844 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:22,719 Speaker 1: reason you boosted the I mean take an f DU. 845 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,879 Speaker 1: That's a good hint. I gave you credit. I think 846 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:29,080 Speaker 1: that's pretty challenging to do that. To be completely honest, 847 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:32,520 Speaker 1: I appreciate you're thinking outside the box because I'm with you. 848 00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,399 Speaker 1: If you're gonna get Scheffler when he when he tees 849 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:39,080 Speaker 1: off of the Masters, what's he gonna be? Right? Eight 850 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,319 Speaker 1: to one would be my guests, depending on how the 851 00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:43,439 Speaker 1: next couple of weeks goes, maybe seven to one, maybe 852 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,120 Speaker 1: nine to one. But you're getting shitty odds, can't lay 853 00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:49,839 Speaker 1: is gonna be I would guess seventeen eighteen, nineteen to one, 854 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:53,759 Speaker 1: somewhere in that range. To me, the bet for the Masters, 855 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,719 Speaker 1: I just think it's Jordan Spieth. That's where you get 856 00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:00,680 Speaker 1: the value. A guy that can win it, who should 857 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,719 Speaker 1: be there come the weekend and is not going to 858 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:09,160 Speaker 1: be you know, single digits, but I don't know. According 859 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:13,319 Speaker 1: to Jordan's specs agent, the spectator that hit that he 860 00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:15,880 Speaker 1: hit that ended up taking Speed up on his offer 861 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:17,960 Speaker 1: to get him whatever he wants. The fan asked for 862 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,839 Speaker 1: twenty Masters tickets, all expensive, paid to a trip, a 863 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,240 Speaker 1: new set of clubs, and a membership to five country clubs. 864 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:26,160 Speaker 1: The fan said he would have made zero dollars if 865 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,400 Speaker 1: it wasn't for me, So honestly feel like whatever the 866 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,879 Speaker 1: purse money should go all to me. I think this 867 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:34,960 Speaker 1: is a joke. Obviously, Speed at the players hit the 868 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:38,520 Speaker 1: dude's knee who I think was a former marine and 869 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,560 Speaker 1: landed in the center of the fairway, which helped him 870 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:46,359 Speaker 1: make the cut. Faldo and Nance were the best I think. 871 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:51,480 Speaker 1: I also like Imilman Azinger is horrible. Yeah, I'm kind 872 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:54,280 Speaker 1: of a bit different on Azinger. I don't watch golf 873 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,960 Speaker 1: to hear him talk. I don't think Faldo was any good. 874 00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:02,359 Speaker 1: I really don't. I think Imilman does not have the notoriety, right, 875 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,239 Speaker 1: I mean, he's not whatever, six time major champion. He 876 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,440 Speaker 1: did win the Masters, but clearly his resume compared to 877 00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,640 Speaker 1: Foldo is it's not even close. I mean, Foaldo is 878 00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:12,360 Speaker 1: one of the most accomplished golfers in the history of 879 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,960 Speaker 1: the game, but I do think him woman just brings 880 00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:19,360 Speaker 1: more to the table, clearly knows these guys better, Clearly 881 00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,880 Speaker 1: is more invested. One thing I think Faldo did, and 882 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,040 Speaker 1: this happens in a lot of sports. They just kind 883 00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:26,759 Speaker 1: of ride their fame. I'm Nick Faldo. I'll just talk. 884 00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:29,120 Speaker 1: Even though Nick Faldo like it feels like a lot 885 00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:32,279 Speaker 1: of former basketball players, I don't feel like I get 886 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,640 Speaker 1: great detail of stuff that's going on when I'm watching, 887 00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,480 Speaker 1: even though this guy calling the game is one of 888 00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:40,600 Speaker 1: the most accomplished people at a sport. And just because 889 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,560 Speaker 1: you're good at something does not make you good at 890 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:47,040 Speaker 1: something else. Like Joe Montana, Emmett Smith terrible on TV. Right, 891 00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,560 Speaker 1: some guys are better on TV than other. Tony Romo 892 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:53,680 Speaker 1: never won shit. We could nitpick him all we want. 893 00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:55,960 Speaker 1: He's much better on TV than a lot of Hall 894 00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:00,239 Speaker 1: of Famers, right, So being good on TV, you don't 895 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:03,560 Speaker 1: have to be some former star. That's always been my thought. 896 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,960 Speaker 1: John hit a nice outright this weekend. Scotty is always 897 00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:10,600 Speaker 1: fun in the hunt, you know. I just don't see 898 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,760 Speaker 1: how we get away from the strategy of just hammering 899 00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:17,400 Speaker 1: the top guys. That's probably the way to go, and 900 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:20,719 Speaker 1: it sucks because you don't get the odds. But with 901 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:23,520 Speaker 1: the Masters right around the corner, I just think we're 902 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:26,520 Speaker 1: gonna have to hammer the top three guys and speak 903 00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:30,000 Speaker 1: for the masters. I think at minimum you gotta have 904 00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:32,719 Speaker 1: exposure on three out of the four guys or else 905 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,600 Speaker 1: you could be really pissed off. Come Sunday. Okay, last question, 906 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:39,000 Speaker 1: this is from Austin. What's up, Big Sexy? Now that 907 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,520 Speaker 1: you're a member at TPC. What is the member experience 908 00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:45,160 Speaker 1: like surrounding the prep for the Phoenix Open? When do 909 00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,640 Speaker 1: they start making the course changes, when the demand for 910 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:50,319 Speaker 1: buddies to want to play around the time, When are 911 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,440 Speaker 1: you allowed to and not to allowed to play the course? 912 00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:55,640 Speaker 1: Always wondering what it's like around courses right around the 913 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:59,120 Speaker 1: prep of a PGA tournament played Oakmont after the seven Open, 914 00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:01,200 Speaker 1: and frankly, it was so difficult I would have rather 915 00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:04,000 Speaker 1: shat in my pants and clapped than do it again. 916 00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,520 Speaker 1: I hear you. Obviously TPC is a little unique, right, 917 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:09,759 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm I'm a member there. I just have 918 00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:11,840 Speaker 1: to pay a card fee whenever I play, because I 919 00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:13,759 Speaker 1: pay this down payment at the beginning of the year. 920 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,719 Speaker 1: But it's it's a public course, so it's getting a 921 00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,799 Speaker 1: ton of play. And that and saw grass are what 922 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:24,279 Speaker 1: the tour hangs are had on enormous revenue generators. So 923 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:27,960 Speaker 1: there are fucking people out there. It's packed every single day. 924 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:29,400 Speaker 1: You know, you go if you're listening to this at 925 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:31,759 Speaker 1: a country club. If you're a member at a country club, 926 00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:35,960 Speaker 1: only you and the members can play there. And you know, TPC, 927 00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:38,080 Speaker 1: there's only this thing that I belong to. It's called 928 00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,839 Speaker 1: the eighty seven Club. There's only twenty five of us. 929 00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:43,719 Speaker 1: So while the course is packed every day, it is 930 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,160 Speaker 1: people playing. I don't know any of these people, so 931 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:48,160 Speaker 1: it's it's kind of a unique deal. Now what's cool 932 00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:50,839 Speaker 1: is like the pros go out there and practice. I 933 00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:52,839 Speaker 1: can go out there and practice, so it's a. It's 934 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:57,000 Speaker 1: very cool facility. And like you said, I joined basically 935 00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,920 Speaker 1: like January one, the stands were already kind of up, 936 00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:03,600 Speaker 1: so the stands they had been by I would say 937 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:07,839 Speaker 1: early January it's set and there's obviously stands everywhere. Now 938 00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:10,239 Speaker 1: I would say closer and closer to the tournament, the 939 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:14,000 Speaker 1: greens got faster. They really grew out the rough. But 940 00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:18,200 Speaker 1: I've played TPC Harding Park when the tournament, when Mara 941 00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:21,120 Speaker 1: Cowell won the PGA Championship, they not only grew at 942 00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:24,920 Speaker 1: the rough, they never cut it at the waste management 943 00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:30,480 Speaker 1: right up. You can play. Let's see, they start practice 944 00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,960 Speaker 1: rounds on a Monday. I think up until the previous 945 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:37,080 Speaker 1: Wednesday they were playing golf, so they really just shut 946 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:41,120 Speaker 1: the course down for like eleven days. The one thing 947 00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:43,440 Speaker 1: that I wish they wouldn't have done. Not that i'm 948 00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:47,440 Speaker 1: some like you know, PGA Tour course designer here, I 949 00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:50,759 Speaker 1: know that they like to have some bodies, and they 950 00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:54,040 Speaker 1: cut the rough because there were so many holes that 951 00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,600 Speaker 1: if you missed the fairway, the rouff was pretty penal. 952 00:48:57,719 --> 00:49:01,439 Speaker 1: Now it wasn't you know, US Open j Championship level rough, 953 00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:04,920 Speaker 1: but you were fucked. And they trimmed it. And it's 954 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:09,319 Speaker 1: why you know, these guys in flyer lies, it's just 955 00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:11,319 Speaker 1: not going to be fair. But if you make them 956 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,840 Speaker 1: hack out of like a miss drive because the fairways 957 00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:19,200 Speaker 1: they are pretty tight. So really beside the greens which 958 00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:23,919 Speaker 1: were lightning fast for these guys that wasn't playing that hard. 959 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,800 Speaker 1: The only thing that neutralized the scoring that week is 960 00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:31,320 Speaker 1: it was really really windy. I played on Sunday morning 961 00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:33,120 Speaker 1: and the wind was That course is hard when the 962 00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:37,040 Speaker 1: wind's pumping because you could have probably six seven part 963 00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,520 Speaker 1: four's dead into the wind and it just makes the 964 00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:43,320 Speaker 1: course really long. And obviously that first day at waste 965 00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:46,719 Speaker 1: Management that the scores were really high. But you know, 966 00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:50,080 Speaker 1: they did cut the rough, which I wish they wouldn't. 967 00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:51,560 Speaker 1: The one thing they do a good job of a 968 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,799 Speaker 1: TPC and I didn't know if they just did this 969 00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:56,960 Speaker 1: for the tournament, but they It hasn't changed and already 970 00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:59,759 Speaker 1: in the middle of March. End of March is a 971 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:02,520 Speaker 1: a lot of the greens are somewhat elevated and they 972 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:06,000 Speaker 1: have instead of rough around the greens, they have runoffs. 973 00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:08,439 Speaker 1: So if you miss, if you have a bad chip, 974 00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:10,960 Speaker 1: you are well below the hole and you run off 975 00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:14,200 Speaker 1: the green, which I think is a cool element of golf, 976 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:18,560 Speaker 1: you know, because when rough surrounds the green, it's kind 977 00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:21,439 Speaker 1: of like a backstop. But when there isn't and either 978 00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:24,279 Speaker 1: you miss an iron shot on an approach you know 979 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:26,000 Speaker 1: you're on the back side of the green and have 980 00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:28,960 Speaker 1: a sand shot, you can just you can make a 981 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,800 Speaker 1: double fast. You know, you can run off the green, 982 00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,439 Speaker 1: you can put it off the green. But I played 983 00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,120 Speaker 1: the other day and it was the greens were really slow, 984 00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:40,239 Speaker 1: the fairways were slow. So I would say leading up 985 00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:42,600 Speaker 1: to the course, the thing that really stood out greens 986 00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:46,080 Speaker 1: lightning fast. The rough was long, though they trimmed it, 987 00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:51,160 Speaker 1: and the fairways, the closer they get it gets like concrete. 988 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:53,480 Speaker 1: So that's where I've always said, like when you see 989 00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:56,440 Speaker 1: these guys hitting three hundred thirty three and forty yard drives, 990 00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:58,759 Speaker 1: like a lot of it is the fairways, you know. 991 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:00,360 Speaker 1: So if you're a guy listening to this and you 992 00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:02,840 Speaker 1: hit it two sixty, well, if you hit a fairway 993 00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:05,600 Speaker 1: on some of these PGA Tour courses, you get an 994 00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:07,759 Speaker 1: extra twenty yards a run, you know, So you're two 995 00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:09,879 Speaker 1: sixty guy, you're actually hitting it two eighty two eighty five. 996 00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:12,319 Speaker 1: So once you get like Rom and Phenee and these 997 00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:16,399 Speaker 1: guys Hadeki, when they hit the fairway at three ten, 998 00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:20,120 Speaker 1: three fifteen on the fly, it's roll in another thirty yards, 999 00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:23,600 Speaker 1: so it's it's manipulated a little bit, but it's it's 1000 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:27,600 Speaker 1: nothing like, you know, some crazy alteration leading up to 1001 00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:30,960 Speaker 1: the course. To me, the biggest thing is the is 1002 00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:34,280 Speaker 1: the erection of all the stamps. To me, the crazy 1003 00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:37,800 Speaker 1: part is after March twenty first, so the tournament happened, 1004 00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:41,000 Speaker 1: what a little over a month ago. Almost everything is gone. 1005 00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:44,799 Speaker 1: That they work Monday through Sunday taking that thing down 1006 00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:48,719 Speaker 1: that that's got to be an expensive endeavor. You know. 1007 00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:52,360 Speaker 1: The stadium hole whole sixteen, which takes him the longest takedown, 1008 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,440 Speaker 1: is probably another week away and it will be all gone. 1009 00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:59,480 Speaker 1: So it's it's it's really cool in January playing the 1010 00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:02,239 Speaker 1: course with stadium, even if no one's there, just all 1011 00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:06,160 Speaker 1: around the course. Little feels a little different, I would 1012 00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:09,400 Speaker 1: say right now with it all empty, but still enjoyable, 1013 00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:12,919 Speaker 1: you know, playing golf there for sure. Appreciate everyone hitting 1014 00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:15,839 Speaker 1: me up in the DMS. Talk soon. May the peace 1015 00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:18,840 Speaker 1: be with you, have fun playing golf. Audios