WEBVTT - Shirtless Caddies with Big Randy (Phil Landes) 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:02.640 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we just 0:00:02.680 --> 0:00:05.760 want Asia Wilson to have all the balls. On today's show, 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:08.520 we'll be talking with Phil Landis aka Big Randy about 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:10.879 the Solheim Cup, the state of women's golf, and being 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.400 a dog guy, plus a new woman in bronze red carpet, advice, 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:17.959 and lots of balls. It's all coming up right after this. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.159 Welcome back, my little slices. Here's what you need to 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:30.400 know today. We mentioned yesterday Asia Wilson becoming the first 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:33.320 WNBA player to score one thousand points in a season, 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:35.200 but we need to spend a few more minutes talking 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:38.320 about the postgame celebration and all the high jinks. After 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:40.440 the game, Wilson was gifted the game ball with her 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:43.200 parents by her side, a very wholesome, family friendly moment 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:47.440 until Ace's teammate Sidney Colson came along. Colson had a 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.800 field day on social media, writing on Twitter, quote, that's 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:52.720 now two balls you've been able to take home with 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:56.240 you this season, Asia Wilson. Asia replied with quote, just 0:00:56.320 --> 0:01:01.560 adding another pair, and that's when missus Wilson. Asia's mom 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:06.240 entered the chat, writing in all caps, Asia Asia played 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.160 it off with a classic defense, saying someone hacked my account. Mom. 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:12.120 Now that might be an excuse that some naive dorm 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:15.559 room mamas would believe, but not me and not missus 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:19.360 Wilson either, I'm sure, But back to the balls. Asia's 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:22.080 not so undercover boob Bam Autebio tweeted out after the 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:22.679 game as well. 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:24.160 He wrote, hope. 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:28.080 Everybody finds a thousand reasons to smile on this lovely Sunday. 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:34.520 A apostrophe thousand stop. It's Hispanic Heritage, a mont celebrated 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:37.120 in the US from September fifteenth to October fifteenth. The 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.280 month recognizes the contributions, influence, and achievements of this Hispanic 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:43.800 and Latine community that includes our girl, Diana Tarassi, whose 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:46.520 mother was born and raised in Argentina. She's in action 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:48.920 tonight with her Phoenix Mercury taken on the Sparks at 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:52.040 ten thirty pm Eastern, and it could be the second 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:56.040 to last regular season game of her incredible career. Ew 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:59.960 I hate it so much. We got four more WNBA 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.400 game tonight, including the two seed Minnesota Links taken on 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.200 the three seed Connecticut Sun at seven Eastern and the 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.440 four seed Las Vegas aces taken on the five seed 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:10.920 Seattle Storm at ten Eastern plus. The Mystics, Sky, and 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:14.000 Dream are all in action tonight two as they continue 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:15.680 to fight for that last playoff spot. 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.040 Little update on where that three way race stands. 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.320 The Mystic, Sky and Dream are all thirteen and twenty 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:24.400 five right now. DC holds the eighth seed for the 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:26.560 moment they win the tiebreaker because they've got a better 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:29.880 combined head to head record against Chicago in Atlanta. Chicago's 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:31.520 got the ninth spot thanks to a two to one 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:33.800 head to head record against Atlanta, and the Dream are 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:34.280 hanging on. 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:34.919 To the tenth spot. 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.600 Got it, It's not all that important. 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:39.240 Just watch the games and see who wins. We'll figure 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:41.160 it out. More hoops. 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:42.640 It had been a couple weeks since we got the 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:45.320 latest Unrivaled reveal, but on Monday, the new three on 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.920 three league announced the twentieth player to sign on, and 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:51.960 it's Courtney Vander. Salute Slutie, y'all. The talent in this 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:54.160 league is going to be so good. Every game is 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:55.919 basically going to be a three on three All star game. 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.720 I'm pumped to soccer and the Under twenty World Cup. 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.640 The US and Germany faced off in an epic quarterfinal 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:03.399 round match. 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:04.360 On Monday in Colombia. 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.680 Down two zero to two minutes left, tem USA pulled 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.600 off a comeback for the ages, with Florida State's Jordan 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.360 Dudley scoring in the eighth minute of stoppage time and 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:15.519 Utah Royals rookie Ali Sentnor finding the equalizer in the 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:18.679 ninth to force overtime. After a scoreless thirty minutes of 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:21.400 extra time, the US won the ensuing penalty kickshootout three 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.480 to one, and they'll advance to the semi final round 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.960 for the first time since twenty sixteen, where they'll take 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:28.440 on North Korea. It's a promising result for the US 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:30.720 given how much the youth national teams have struggled in 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.959 recent seasons. Tmusa last won the U twenty World Cup 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:35.040 in twenty twelve. 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:37.240 To College hoops were. 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:40.400 Less than fifty days from the start of women's college basketball, 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:42.760 and over the weekend, Don Staley and the defending champion 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.920 South Carolina game Cocks appeared on ESPN's College Game Day 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:48.640 announcing some big plans for this season. 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:52.760 Take a listen for this group, for this team to 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:54.680 will we call it raven. 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:57.960 What's the repeat tour? 0:03:58.080 --> 0:03:58.880 Let's go last. 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:03.840 That's right, the repeat Tour looks like the rest of 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.800 women's college hoops has been put on notice. 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:08.640 We've got some statue newspeople. 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:10.640 If you're a longtime listener of the show, and by 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:12.480 long time, I mean however long we've been on, which 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:13.960 is like a month and a half, then you know 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:17.640 that we're into women's statues. And last Friday, Oklahoma softball 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:21.480 coach Patty Gasso, a National Fast Pitch Coaches Association Hall 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:25.200 of Famer, was honored in bronze outside the school's love field. 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.640 During her thirty one seasons at Oklahoma, Gasso has won 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:31.599 eight national championships, including four in a row, and has 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.280 advanced to the postseason every single year. 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:36.480 She's also been named Big Twelve Coach of the Year. 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:40.000 On fifteen different occasions and is the winningest active coach 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:41.640 in NCAA softball history. 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:42.520 We love this. 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:47.440 More statues of women, More statues of women, Yes to 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.520 the red carpet Our. Rugby queen Alona mar was at 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:53.440 the Emmys on Sunday night, giving espnW her advice for 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:54.160 young athletes. 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:55.279 Take a listen. 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:57.880 First off, try mini sports out rugby might not be 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:00.640 for you, but try rugby, trick, soccer, try dance, whatever 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:02.039 it is, just to see where your bodies people of 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:03.720 I think as women, sometimes our bodies are looked at 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.560 something to be objectified, and our bodies are so much 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:08.640 more than that, and sports can show us what they 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:12.839 can do. So try it all out. Also, remember like 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.640 strength is really powerful and your body is meant for 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:16.159 a purpose. 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:19.640 So Abbott Elementary Cheryl Lee Ralph came with some real 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:21.320 wisdom for espnW two. 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.760 Everybody told me that sports was not for me. I 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:27.720 was actually Athlete of the Year in my high school, 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:32.640 not because I did anything other than try. I tried. 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:36.359 I did not win, but I tried when nobody else 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.000 would try. But I also wrote a letter to the 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.280 Regent of New York and I said, why can't girls 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:46.320 have a coach for track? And they said, okay, let's 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:49.400 think about that. To this day, Uniondale High School our 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:54.039 track team, we are the champions every year because somebody 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.560 wrote a letter and asked the question, why can't we 0:05:57.720 --> 0:05:58.440 have a coach. 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.359 By the way, to the Young People Listing or parents 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:05.000 of Young People Listing, Title nine demands that your daughters 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.560 get the same resources and opportunities as your sons. So 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:09.880 if they don't have a coach or a field or 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:14.719 equipment and the boys do, that is illegal. Complain and 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:18.159 if complaining doesn't work, threaten to sue and actually follow through. 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:23.240 That's the only way things change. Okay, So before we 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:25.440 get to this golf interview, we understand that golf can 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:27.920 be confusing for the non golfers out there, So before 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.040 we dive in with an expert, just a quick explainer 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:31.800 on how the Solheim Cup works because we're going to 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:33.800 talk a bit about that tournament that just happened. So 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.320 it's a three day competition with teams and each team 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:39.039 has twelve players. First two days are a combination of 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:40.920 what's called foursomes and four balls. 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:42.280 So in the foursome. 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:44.760 Stage, two golfers from the same team are strategically put 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:47.679 together to compete against two golfers from the opposing team, 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:50.160 but there's one ball between the pair and they play 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.719 alternate shots until the end of the hole. In the 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.560 four balls stage, instead of two balls, each player plays 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:58.040 her own ball and the lowest score from each team 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:00.800 is the one that's counted. Final day of is simple. 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:03.240 One player from team Europe competes against one player from 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.760 Team USA, each with their own ball. We told you 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:06.760 there were a lot of balls to day. 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:09.320 You keeping up? Okay? Great? When we come back, it's 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:18.520 tea time with Phil Landis joining us now. 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:20.840 He covers golf for the website No Laying Up. Is 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:22.840 a proud Miami of Ohio, a lum and has an 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:26.000 adorable pup named Arthur that's turned him into a dog guy. 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:30.560 It's Phil Landis aka Big Randy. What's up Phil, Randy? 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:31.239 Randy Phil? 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.560 Yeah, take your pick there, Sarah. I am great. I 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.480 am just back. I got in late last night, Sunday night, 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:42.000 from a wonderful week outside of our nation's capital covering 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.840 the Solheim Cup. It's one of my favorite events. This 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.080 was the third one I went to, but I missed Arthur. 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:50.880 You know, I looked forward to those hugs when I 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:54.320 walked in the door. Yeah. Good research there, and I'm 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.360 really happy. Let me just say congrats to you and 0:07:56.400 --> 0:08:00.640 your whole team on getting this podcast up off the ground. 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:02.360 I know that is no small feet and I'm very 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:03.480 honored to be here today. 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:04.200 Thank you. 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:06.680 I want to get back to Arthur later, of course, 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:09.400 because I'm a certified dog person as well. But I 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.520 want to start with the Phil Randy thing. Your name 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.240 is Phil Landis you go buy Big Randy? Why do 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:15.160 you have two names? 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.720 Yeah? Great question one I asked myself a lot. It 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.840 actually goes back to my time in Oxford, Ohio at 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:25.360 Miami and when I was in school. I'm dating myself 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.760 a little bit. But we would watch the Real World. 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.040 I'm guessing maybe Sarah you watched as well. I don't 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:35.199 know if you remember the San Diego season. Two of 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.640 the main guys were Brad and Randy. Randy was tall. 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:43.079 They called him Big Randy. And so in our disgusting 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:46.400 off campus house which fourteen guys lived in, we had 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:51.040 one bathroom on the second floor. And yeah, one time 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.600 we lost like the main door to the bathroom facility, 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:58.000 and so this created like a sightline. One of my 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:02.920 buddies his desk situated such that, you know, without that door, 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.280 when he was working at his desk, he could kind 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.920 of see into the restroom. And he was a very 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.360 outgoing guy and would just love to chat with you. 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.280 And I'm more of an introvert, and especially when I'm 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.800 in the bathroom, Sarah, just doing whatever and one day 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:17.800 extroverted bathroom. 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:19.600 I'm gonna be honest with you. I don't care how 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:21.200 converted you are. I'd like you to be an introvert 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:22.319 in the bathroom at all times. 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:25.319 Well, one day, you know, I was in there and 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:27.439 he must not have seen me walk in, because he, Hey, 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:29.520 wh who's in there in the bathroom? What's going on? 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.280 I was like, Oh my gosh, I don't you know, 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:34.719 I'm not necessarily want to have a chit chat right now. 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:37.360 The first name that popped into my mind, I'm assuming 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:40.120 because we just watched The Real World recently, was like, 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:43.360 it's Randy. And he didn't know Randy, so that kind 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:46.200 of cut the conversation off at the past. Well, you know, 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:47.880 I don't know what I was thinking. Of course, as 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:49.960 I walked out of the bathroom, he's like, Phil, you idiot, 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.600 and I was like, I don't know. So they started 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:57.440 calling me. You know, we'll fast forward, no laying ups, 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:01.600 getting off the ground. We have jobs in the quote 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.559 unquote real world, and I don't know, it just seemed 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:09.160 maybe prudent to use a pen name an alias. I 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:13.480 wasn't sure, you know, I'm very conscious of like, hey, 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:15.679 don't say or put anything in writing that like you 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.040 wouldn't want on the front page of the New York Times, 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.839 and I thought, hey, if I go by Randy, you 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.400 know that gives me at least one extra layer of cover. 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:24.160 And mm hmm. 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:28.640 Yeah. Now fast forward ten years, and I think we've 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.520 been fortunate, no laying ups, kind of grown in prominence. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:33.200 H And I think a lot of people in the 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.160 golf world know me as Randy and it's like, I 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:38.760 shock people. I'm like, well, my real name's Phil. They're like, WHOA, 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:39.440 I didn't know. 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.400 Just created a second life for anonymity that now you 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:44.960 don't really want anymore, because now you want publicity for 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:47.079 the coverage you're doing and the things you're writing about. 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:48.079 That's exactly right. 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.400 That is the most dude story ever, by the way, 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:54.160 no bathroom door yelling out a random name that isn't 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:56.200 yours and then just deciding to live by it. 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:58.200 Congrats on all of that. 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.640 That is a circus tail, but it landed us where 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:03.440 we are, which is where we're gonna go with Big Randy. 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.599 We're gonna go with Big Randy, which I assume is 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:07.280 what everyone was calling you at the Solheim Cup. 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:08.400 You mentioned you just got back. 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:13.280 Great result, great highlights, some logistical issues. Let's start with 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.200 something quickly I was curious about in the lead up 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:16.679 to the tournament. I was talking about this on the 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.760 show Can you explain the whole tie last year? But 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:22.400 it counts as a win for Europe. I'm confused by that. 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.920 Yeah, of course, So the rules of and this goes 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:29.520 back really the precedent was set on the men's side 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:33.480 with the Ryder Cup, which stretches back way further than 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:37.160 the Solheim Cup on the women's side. But each you know, 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:42.240 you play twenty eight matches across three days, and each 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:47.280 match is worth one point, and so if the US 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.040 team wins, they get that full point. Obviously in Europe 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:52.960 gets zero points. Well, if a match gets to eighteen 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.440 or through eighteen and it's tied, then they split that point, 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.200 so half point each way. They don't play it off 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.360 for the full point. And so it creates a situation where, 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.319 because there's an even number of matches and even number 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:09.280 of points, you could have a fourteen to fourteen result 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:12.680 when it's all said and done. And so for whatever reason, 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:14.839 they decided, hey, we don't want to do a tiebreaker 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:18.720 out on the course, and so they default to whoever 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:24.240 won the Solheim Cup the prior playing they will retain 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:26.840 the cup in case of a tie. And so this 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:31.960 year in Washington or Gainesville, Virginia where the Solheim Cup was, 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:34.440 the US coming into the week knew they had to 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:38.000 win fourteen and a half points because another tie they 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.080 would not get, they would not trophy. 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:41.720 This sounds very European, Randy. 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:43.840 This sounds like, you know, the place where they liked 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.920 the soccer and the football with the ties all the time. 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:50.880 In America, we absolutely would have made a tie breaker. 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:52.280 There would be a winner every time. 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:54.679 No one's walking away just keeping the trophy because you 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:55.679 didn't beat them for it. 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:56.360 I don't like that. 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:57.880 I'm not a fan of that. But there were other 0:12:57.920 --> 0:12:59.839 things that I was a fan of. We saw a 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.080 lot of really good play. What were some standout moments 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:03.320 for you? 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:06.840 I think, I mean, gosh, it's hard not to just 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:10.760 kind of run through the team. USA play the big 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:14.240 highlight once again. They had done so also last year 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.840 in Spain. But they jumped out to an early lead. 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:20.679 They got out to a commanding through Friday and Saturday. 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:24.920 At the end of Friday, excuse me, they were up 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:30.160 six to two, and so you saw Roseang was finally 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.720 playing like the top ten player in the world that 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:36.520 she is, but was starting to match the heavy, heavy 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:40.120 expectations that have been placed upon her due to a 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:44.360 sterling amateur career, a great run in college, she won 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:48.440 her very first professional start on the LPGA Tour, and 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:51.480 so I think she has carried this weight for the 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:55.079 last year plus, like, hey, you know, when are you 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:57.400 going to start winning all these majors? And that can 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:59.559 be a burden. She's twenty one years old. But this 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:03.640 week we got a glimpse of Roseang at her absolute best. 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:06.280 She went four and oh she was the leading point 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:09.359 getter on either side, and she just had a lightness 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:12.079 about her. And I think that was the real takeaway. 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:15.120 You looked all across Team USA, and I'll credit the 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:19.800 captain Stacy Lewis Roseng. Nellie Corda is somebody that you know, 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:23.560 it doesn't usually give you a lot of joy, a 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:26.200 lot of fist pumps, a lot of smiles on the 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:28.600 golf course, and that's fine right week to week, whatever 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:31.720 your style is. Yep, yes, exactly. But it was just 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.080 fun to see Nellie in a team environment. And she 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:38.480 said afterward in her press conference, like this is about 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:40.720 the most fun I've ever had playing golf, and it's 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:41.440 show awesome. 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:43.120 Yeah, ask about that. 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:46.720 So first of all, Roseng, I believe only the fourth 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.440 USA player to ever go four and oh in a 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.160 Solheim Cup, so it's not common to win every matchup, 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:54.720 every head to head, so very impressive. And then to 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:56.280 your point about Nellie, you know, I was just at 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.600 the US Open talking to a couple former tennis players 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.360 who said that the most joyful time for them was 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:06.040 the team tournaments like the Olympics or now like the 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:08.680 Billy j and Kingcup, because they do get to be 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:11.600 playing with and alongside and rooting for the people that 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.160 they usually are just traveling and spending all of their 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:15.560 time with, but competing against. 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:17.160 Does it feel like that's the same story here for 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:17.800 these golfers. 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:21.640 Absolutely, And I think every woman would tell you that, 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.200 not only this week, but probably that's ever competed in 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:27.960 a Solheim Cup. Is it's such a nice departure from 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:31.720 the week to week grind that is individual stroke play golf, 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.640 and you're just in your own little world. You know, 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.160 most of them travel with a caddy and they might 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:40.320 have some type of support system, perhaps parents, a coach, 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:43.960 you know, whatever it is. But it can be very insular, 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.520 and when you're not playing the greatest, it just can 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:52.280 turn into a burden. It's a very mentally challenging game, 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:54.600 just as much as physically. And so you get to 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:57.160 a Solheim Cup and you get to be a part 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.720 of a team environment, and some of these players, like 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:03.200 saying who went to Stanford, spent two years in college 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:05.560 and had a great time at Stanford. You know, she 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:10.000 was very that that was a very conscious choice on 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:13.280 her part to get that college experience because she wanted 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:16.120 to be part of a team. And so every two 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.240 years and we can get into that, Sarah like, wait, 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.240 you said they played last year. I can explain that. 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:23.120 I trus Man, I was confused on that too, But 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.240 I'm like, all right, buy Anny all most of the 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:26.720 time and then occasionally back to back. 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:27.800 We'll just let it ride. 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:31.240 They love being able to be a part of a team, 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:34.960 to have eleven teammates, to have a captain, to have 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:39.280 assistant captains. It's I think it reminds it brings them 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.680 back to their youth and some of their when golf 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:45.480 was truly fun right before it turns into a professional 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:48.400 grind and just getting back to it like you just 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.680 saw that this week with Tamosa, And again, I think 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.680 that's a credit to the environment that Captain Stacy Lewis 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:55.320 was able to create for the team. 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.160 There's a lot of pressure playing for the rest of 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:59.840 your team, but there's also so much excitement around doing 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.120 well on behalf of your team, and that includes some 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.240 of the enthusiasm for other people's play that we saw, 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.520 you know, rooting for each other, and we even saw 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.439 that with the caddies. You need to explain to us 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.840 the backstory of the shirts off Celly that went viral. 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:16.720 Holing out from eighty six yards very impressive, but doesn't 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.080 usually result in caddies ripping their shirts off. 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:21.040 Can you talk to us about that moment and how that. 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:23.320 Yeah that I think that was a first for the 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:27.400 Solheim Cup. Unfortunately I was not there in person on 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:30.600 that whole I did not see it in person. I'm disappointed. 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:32.760 I was laughing. I think Max home and I'm sure 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:35.320 somehow the term like tarps off. 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:37.160 Yeah, turns to the shirt yeah. 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.560 I'm I'm you know, maybe I'm just old. I had 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:40.280 never heard that sound. 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:42.080 I think it's from a show that I actually just 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:44.600 started watching one or two episodes of that centers around 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:48.600 a small Canadian town and they say tarps off a lot. 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.520 I think that's that might be the origin. I forget 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.159 the name of it right now. I'm only like two 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:56.240 episodes in, but it's got that vibe of like inventing 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:58.840 a little bit of new slang for like Broie, but 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:02.520 like kind of mocking it. I'll remember when when you're 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:04.399 done telling this tale of the tarps off Selly. 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:08.560 So as best I know, and I won't claim to 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.639 have this ironclad, this was kind of like secondhand that 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:13.800 I was getting. I guess Megan Kang and her caddy 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:16.480 had some type of bet, and I think the caddy 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:18.680 had lost and Meghan was like, hey, I don't want 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:20.920 It was like a monetary bet. She's like, I don't 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:24.040 want the money if we hole out this week, and 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:26.879 meaning Meghan and her playing partner who happened to b 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:29.800 Allison Lee who made the Eagle, She's the one who 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:33.080 hold out. You guys need to take take the tarps off. 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:37.280 And that's exactly what happened, both Megan's caddy and Allison's 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:39.840 Caddie got into it now, Sarah, one of my favorite 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.600 parts of this is, of course this is an American 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:47.679 versus European competition, and part of Europe is you know, 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:52.720 the United Kingdom Britain. Yeah, and the British golf writers 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:55.440