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Speaker 1: Shane Bacon, and I told you we would try to
Speaker 1: get a second Clubhouse episode up this week, and we
Speaker 1: got it with Julie Inster, the Solheim Cup winning captain
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Speaker 1: facts about the U S Amateur. Now we get Julie
Speaker 1: Inkster to chat about the Solheim Cup. I love the
Speaker 1: Solhim Cup. It's one of my favorite events and all
Speaker 1: of women's golfing really all of golf in general. It
Speaker 1: was a big event in Des Moines. They had hundreds
Speaker 1: of thousands of people come out and watch it, and
Speaker 1: I wanted to get Julie on the line. She of course,
Speaker 1: it was a little bit of a viral sensation with
Speaker 1: her drink cup that of course made the rounds on
Speaker 1: the internet. But also you know, wins another cup and
Speaker 1: the Americans were really really dominant. So a fun conversation,
Speaker 1: and let's get to that right now, and we welcome
Speaker 1: into the clubhouse. Someone that's probably had a lot more
Speaker 1: fun last couple of days than you and I have
Speaker 1: Julie Inkster Solheim Cup captain, winning Solheim Cup captain and Julie, Uh,
Speaker 1: did you ever think you would become an internet meme
Speaker 1: like you did with the vodka tonic Cup? Well, I
Speaker 1: mean actually putting vodka on on the on the styro
Speaker 1: Funk Cup. I didn't even know it was there. But
Speaker 1: you know what, we we won. It was a time
Speaker 1: to probably have a solvatory tears and uh just happened
Speaker 1: when went all out on the internet. I'm okay with it.
Speaker 1: It went a little viral. It was pretty fun. I had,
Speaker 1: I had friends that were texting me. I mean, I think,
Speaker 1: you know you're one of those universally liked people around
Speaker 1: the golf community to begin with, but it was a moment.
Speaker 1: I think it's like people that don't pay a ton
Speaker 1: of attention to golf, or pay a ton of attention
Speaker 1: to women's golf, We're like, man, this person is awesome
Speaker 1: getting these text messages with pictures like that's the way
Speaker 1: to captain a team. And we were having a good
Speaker 1: time with it. We were, of course doing the amateur
Speaker 1: and all everybody was all fired up. I was just
Speaker 1: telling you before we start, we'd go to we'd go
Speaker 1: to Riviera and watch the Solheim for three or four hours,
Speaker 1: and then we'd go, all right, we actually have to
Speaker 1: do work. Now we've got to go. We've got to
Speaker 1: do with this USA. And but I mean, how was
Speaker 1: the week it was? I know, I mean, you guys
Speaker 1: got up to the big lead, You had that sweep
Speaker 1: in day one that really kind of propelled you throughout
Speaker 1: the week. But the week, I mean, you go straight
Speaker 1: from San Diego to de Moine and I mean you're
Speaker 1: basically flying in Sunday night. I mean, was it stressful
Speaker 1: getting there like that? I mean, did the week feel
Speaker 1: as normal as it did last time? You know what?
Speaker 1: It actually went pretty well. Um. You know, I was
Speaker 1: pretty organized on what I needed to do um that
Speaker 1: week and had it pretty mapped out. So when I
Speaker 1: got there late Sunday night, you know, I just got
Speaker 1: up Monday and and uh, you know, we all met
Speaker 1: for breakfast and kind of laid out the plan for
Speaker 1: the week, and you know, everybody was really anxious to
Speaker 1: get going and get on the golf course and and
Speaker 1: find out what the Morone Country Club was all about.
Speaker 1: So it actually just felt like another week. Um, the
Speaker 1: girls played the amazing golf, I mean European side and
Speaker 1: American side. I mean, I think it was great for
Speaker 1: a women's golf. Um, but I'm really happy we got
Speaker 1: to retain that cup. Yeah, it was. It was fun
Speaker 1: to see some of the teams you put out. I
Speaker 1: mean when you looked at your team, you had, you know,
Speaker 1: Daniel Kane playing for the first time and she's you know,
Speaker 1: good friends with Michelle. We did you think about rolling
Speaker 1: them out early? Was it something that they asked to
Speaker 1: play with? How do you make up and and figure
Speaker 1: out exactly the teams that you're going to roll with
Speaker 1: throughout the week and how much change do you make
Speaker 1: if something's not working well? Um, I want to get
Speaker 1: Daniel King out there, um early because anybody knows Daniel,
Speaker 1: she's she's chomp on the bed to get to get going.
Speaker 1: And I didn't want to sit her in the afternoon.
Speaker 1: I mean I didn't want to, um wait to the
Speaker 1: afternoon to get her out there. So UM, I got
Speaker 1: her out there early. And UM, you know Paul is
Speaker 1: so good at alternate shot. Um, I thought it would
Speaker 1: be good to get her and Austin out there early also, UM,
Speaker 1: and then angel In UM. You know, I didn't really
Speaker 1: she didn't really feel comfortable playing UM alternate shot or
Speaker 1: or UM force him, so UM. I waited in the
Speaker 1: afternoon to get her out there. But I wanted everybody
Speaker 1: to play that first day UM, and I thought it
Speaker 1: was great to get those rookies out early and get
Speaker 1: him accustomed to UM, the crowds and the noise. And
Speaker 1: because no one knows how you're gonna react when you
Speaker 1: get on that first team. I mean, you can talk
Speaker 1: about it all you want, but everybody reacted differently. And uh,
Speaker 1: you know, they showed up and they played, and and
Speaker 1: I kind of been more happy with my rookies, that's
Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah, they played unbelievable. It was. It was
Speaker 1: fun to watch them because it seemed as though, especially
Speaker 1: the young players, were so excited to get out there.
Speaker 1: But it didn't seem like they were overly excited. I
Speaker 1: think sometimes you see players get get out on the
Speaker 1: first team and they're so nervous and anxious it's something
Speaker 1: they wanted to do for so long. But it seemed
Speaker 1: like these these players, these rookies that had never done
Speaker 1: it before, seemed just as comfortable as somebody like Christie Kerr.
Speaker 1: Was there a player that you were nervous about maybe
Speaker 1: getting too excited or too up or did everybody seem
Speaker 1: to be kind of on that page where they knew
Speaker 1: what they wanted to do and they just wanted to
Speaker 1: get out there and play golf. Well, I think, you know,
Speaker 1: pairing daniel King with Lizette Solace, Um, Lizette's very calm, um.
Speaker 1: You know, she's very into, um, you know, the task
Speaker 1: at hand, and I think she didn't really let Danielle
Speaker 1: get out there too much. He really kept Danielle, um,
Speaker 1: you know, on point on what we're trying to do, um,
Speaker 1: alternate shot. And then um, pairing Austin out there with Paula,
Speaker 1: I mean that was you know she Paula really took
Speaker 1: off and underneath her wings and um, Austin just followed
Speaker 1: her around and um, you know show Paula did an
Speaker 1: amazing job showing her with the sol I'm cups about.
Speaker 1: And also when you're on the golf course, you know
Speaker 1: how to play as a team out there, and so
Speaker 1: I was really comfortable with you know, then I had
Speaker 1: you know, Christie and Lexi who have played in Germany
Speaker 1: together and they know each other well. And then um,
Speaker 1: Stacy and Gerina. So I felt really comfortable with my parents.
Speaker 1: Um My, my first and fourth, you know, my second
Speaker 1: and third could have gone either way, but I felt
Speaker 1: comfortable that with Lasette and Paula helping them that um,
Speaker 1: he says, they're amazing players, Daniel and Austin. It's just
Speaker 1: getting someone to um, you know, kind of hold their
Speaker 1: hands and reel them in a little bit. So are
Speaker 1: you gonna apply to be on Dancing with the Stars?
Speaker 1: Do they have to approach you? I mean it was,
Speaker 1: it was every day on the first team. It was
Speaker 1: pretty impressive stuff. I mean, I mean, do you have
Speaker 1: did you have? Do you feel like your team gets
Speaker 1: sees you doing that and almost relaxes them a little bit. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, Um it's really nerve racking on that first
Speaker 1: tea and and uh, um, you know that's kind of
Speaker 1: the way I'm kind of loose and uh I don't
Speaker 1: really stress out a lot about a lot of things.
Speaker 1: But that's the kind of way that our whole team
Speaker 1: was in our locker room was And um, you know,
Speaker 1: I know how hard it is to play in the
Speaker 1: Little Lamp Cup, and I know the nerves you having
Speaker 1: the lamp cup, and so I just try to loosen
Speaker 1: them up a little bit. Is there like a moment where,
Speaker 1: you know, somebody like Michelle earlier in the week, you know,
Speaker 1: brings all of their American swag if you will, you know,
Speaker 1: the new shoes and and the things that they're going
Speaker 1: to have that are new, that are that are made
Speaker 1: basically by their manufacturers. Is there like a reveal process
Speaker 1: where they're like, look at these things that I've got,
Speaker 1: because it did seem like everybody had, you know, they
Speaker 1: had the red, white and blue shoes, no matter what
Speaker 1: sponsor was, and they had, you know, different things in
Speaker 1: their golf bags and head covers and all that stuff.
Speaker 1: Is that Is that something that is a fun part
Speaker 1: of it behind the scenes for these players? Oh yeah, Michelle.
Speaker 1: Every day he'd come out, we were all wondering what
Speaker 1: shoes she's going to bring out? We really love the
Speaker 1: bling one stuff. Yeah, man, they were they were amazing. Yeah,
Speaker 1: He's a goodness. Uh but you know, and and then
Speaker 1: you know, Paula had her stuff and Drina had her stuff,
Speaker 1: and you know it's fun. I mean, I mean, these
Speaker 1: these girls love this tournament. They love representing representing the Red, white,
Speaker 1: and Blue, and I mean we had it all all week,
Speaker 1: and uh, it's pretty cool. So I have to ask
Speaker 1: about the whole Lexie thing on Sunday. You know, she
Speaker 1: goes out, she's four down, and you go talk to
Speaker 1: her a bit. So what did you talk to her
Speaker 1: about on the golf course, Because, as you've said to
Speaker 1: me before, sometimes you know, you don't want to go
Speaker 1: out there and mess with anybody when they're playing. But
Speaker 1: you went out there and you grabbed her and you
Speaker 1: talked to her a bit and gave her a hug.
Speaker 1: What you say to her and what she say after
Speaker 1: kind of about the conversation that flipped that whole match
Speaker 1: around for well, you know, I just you know, I
Speaker 1: know she hits some really loose shots, and whenever she
Speaker 1: hits loose shots, he gets really down on herself. And
Speaker 1: so I just went out there and said, hey, you
Speaker 1: know you got to pick her head up. You know
Speaker 1: I'm counting on you, man. I put you out here
Speaker 1: because you know I need your point. I need you
Speaker 1: give me a half a point, just give me something.
Speaker 1: And I said, you know you're a best player on
Speaker 1: this team. You know you need to start playing like that,
Speaker 1: you need to start acting like it. And uh, I said,
Speaker 1: I have all the confidence world that you can do this.
Speaker 1: I've seen you make six birdies in a row. So
Speaker 1: just settle down, just go about your business. I said,
Speaker 1: you know, you've got a lot of holes left on
Speaker 1: the match. Can flip at any time, That's what I said,
Speaker 1: And it did. Gabor hug and off she went seven
Speaker 1: under on the back side. Unbelievable problem, no problem. Oh
Speaker 1: my goodness. It was crazy to watch. I mean it
Speaker 1: was I was telling you we were doing the amateur
Speaker 1: and Josh picked that one of our guys that does
Speaker 1: stands for us. He would hit me in my ear
Speaker 1: during the broadcast and go Alexis six under, Lexi seven under,
Speaker 1: Alexei's eight under. In one break, I went eight underwear
Speaker 1: because the back nine, I was like, no way. I mean,
Speaker 1: it was just kind of funny to get those up.
Speaker 1: And you should have heard the crowds. Man, you could
Speaker 1: tell us he was coming back. And when she you know,
Speaker 1: when she got to Birtis ten, you know, three down,
Speaker 1: Bertie's at eleven, you know, two down, and you could
Speaker 1: hear the roar starting coming back. And I said, here
Speaker 1: she comes. You know, it was great. Is there was
Speaker 1: there a moment did Christie say anything to you or
Speaker 1: when she realized that she passed you for all times
Speaker 1: Solheim points for an American. Was there any moment there
Speaker 1: where she came up to you and when I got you? No? No, no,
Speaker 1: You know, if anybody deserves it's Christie, Me and that girl.
Speaker 1: You know you roll her out there any time, and
Speaker 1: it's just shocked it just didn't get you at least
Speaker 1: a half a point. Um. That girl is just born
Speaker 1: for match play. It's since she's born for the Solheim Cup.
Speaker 1: And believe me, she's gonna tack on a few more
Speaker 1: points do well. She was. I really felt like it
Speaker 1: was the best I've ever saw her putt. I mean,
Speaker 1: I know she's a great match play putter, but it
Speaker 1: seemed like that eight to twelve ft range she was
Speaker 1: cashing the entire week, no matter if it was early
Speaker 1: in the round or late in the match, it was.
Speaker 1: It really seemed like I would say it was probably
Speaker 1: one of the best putting weeks that Christie Kerrs ever had. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I'll just give you a little example. First ple,
Speaker 1: first match as a Solheim Cup it's a kind of
Speaker 1: a little dog. I mean, you can reach it if
Speaker 1: if she hit a good shot. Lexi Thompson just bust
Speaker 1: a three with about fifteen feet away and Christie Kerr
Speaker 1: rolls it in said okay, let's get this thing going.
Speaker 1: And that's just the way you know, that's just the
Speaker 1: way she is. I mean she I'll tell you her
Speaker 1: and Daniel came put it great. I mean, I mean
Speaker 1: I saw cous he missed one like maybe four footer,
Speaker 1: but I didn't see Daniel King as any four or
Speaker 1: five footers. I mean, she put it amazing. And you know,
Speaker 1: an alternate shot, you need someone that's going to roll
Speaker 1: in those three or four footers because on those greens,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have them all day long. And uh, and
Speaker 1: she did that. So you know, usually in the Solheim
Speaker 1: Cup comes down to putting, and uh, you know, this year,
Speaker 1: I think we maybe out putt it him a little bit. Yeah, Daniel,
Speaker 1: I mean I think you know, when she won the
Speaker 1: Major this year, you know, I think there was a
Speaker 1: moment and you and I had a couple of conversations
Speaker 1: on the road about it. You know, she seemed like
Speaker 1: the I have a player that you would want on
Speaker 1: the team. And I loved that there'd be moments where,
Speaker 1: you know, her teammate might not hit a great put
Speaker 1: or not a great lag put, and they'd be frustrated
Speaker 1: with themselves, and Daniel just had a smile on her face.
Speaker 1: It was like, I'm good and you're fine, no worries.
Speaker 1: If you left me five feet and she'd go up
Speaker 1: there and knock it in. She seemed like the type
Speaker 1: of player that you want to have as a teammate.
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you she has earned a ton of
Speaker 1: fans in two thousand seventeen. I mean, it's definitely been
Speaker 1: the year of Daniel Kane. Yeah, I mean, I just
Speaker 1: I just think it was big, just um, you know,
Speaker 1: winning her first tournament, you know KPMG in Chicago, Um
Speaker 1: it was Chicago, Yeah, and uh whatever, I mean she
Speaker 1: was you know in the last round, Um, there are
Speaker 1: a lot of people around her, and uh, I mean
Speaker 1: this really kind of told me to tell it she
Speaker 1: could handle the pressure. And she went out and then
Speaker 1: won that thing and uh and earned that championship, and um,
Speaker 1: you know I wasn't really I mean, the only thing
Speaker 1: I was worried about Daniel as her getting too hyped up.
Speaker 1: But you know, once I saw her that first hole,
Speaker 1: first tee box, I just felt that she was going
Speaker 1: to be fine. And she definitely, uh, definitely nailed it
Speaker 1: the whole week. I was going to ask you about
Speaker 1: the Eagle that Lexie and Christie made, so, I mean,
Speaker 1: you already discussed it a bit, but when you saw
Speaker 1: that go in as a captain, first match out of
Speaker 1: the first day, your your first team goes and makes
Speaker 1: it two on the first hole for eagle, what are
Speaker 1: you thinking? Are you going, well, this could this might
Speaker 1: go really well for us. Well, you know, a lot
Speaker 1: of holes left. But I like the way we started.
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, guy, as a captain, you can't
Speaker 1: ask for something better. I was just like yes and
Speaker 1: uh and they just kept rolling so um it was
Speaker 1: it was you know, it was just kind of the
Speaker 1: start that I wanted. You know, I wanted Alexei to
Speaker 1: get up there and bomb that ball, and I wanted
Speaker 1: to see cur to roll that rock in and they
Speaker 1: did it. Well. Who was the team room m v P?
Speaker 1: You know the person that made everybody laugh was was
Speaker 1: a surprise star behind the scenes. You know that maybe
Speaker 1: gained just maybe fans within the fans, you know, people
Speaker 1: in the room, who was who was the m v
Speaker 1: P of the week when you guys would go back,
Speaker 1: you know, the hotel and meet up at night, Um,
Speaker 1: besides you, besides you, of course, I mean here, it's
Speaker 1: kind of laughed that Angeli Yen was great. Uh she
Speaker 1: you know, she was an eighteen year old rookie, and
Speaker 1: I think why she was m VTA. She had no
Speaker 1: idea what was going on at any time. Um, and
Speaker 1: she she didn't know when what dinner was, when the
Speaker 1: bus was leading, He didn't know what to wear, She
Speaker 1: didn't know what time to be anywhere. She was always late.
Speaker 1: I mean she but you know, it was pretty funny
Speaker 1: and uh so I think we've probably got the most
Speaker 1: laughs out of her. Um. Probably the probably the leader
Speaker 1: of the team on on on that week was I
Speaker 1: would probably say Christie Kerr. She uh you know, she
Speaker 1: would get up and give some talks. They were all
Speaker 1: pretty bad, but she tried and and she knows she
Speaker 1: was bad. But um, you know, Christie kurz Um really
Speaker 1: learned um how to be a great teammate. And uh,
Speaker 1: I could really see it the last couple of years.
Speaker 1: She's she's kind of taking the initiative to trying to
Speaker 1: rally everybody together. So it's good to see. So we
Speaker 1: you and I have talked about the LPGA and how
Speaker 1: there's been this focus on going to smaller markets because
Speaker 1: you know, the crowds come out. I mean when you
Speaker 1: go to somewhere like Arkansas or you know, Danville, somewhere
Speaker 1: like that, and and these events seem like the fans
Speaker 1: come and swell out and build up. I've never seen
Speaker 1: fans at an LPG event like they were out at
Speaker 1: the Moine. I mean, how impressed were you by the crowds,
Speaker 1: by the support, and simply by the ticket sales because
Speaker 1: you know, I mean they're talking hundred and fifty thousand
Speaker 1: people for the week, you know, coming out to the
Speaker 1: Solheim Cup. Yeah, I mean it was a great venue
Speaker 1: for us. I mean, first of all, when I got there, um,
Speaker 1: you know, a couple of years ago, I didn't really
Speaker 1: know much about the morning. I didn't really know much
Speaker 1: about of course at all. And then when I got
Speaker 1: there and rode around and saw the golf course and
Speaker 1: their visioned that they were going to have and how
Speaker 1: they're going to set it up, and you know, first
Speaker 1: tea what it's going to look like. Um, I knew
Speaker 1: that it was going to be something special, and uh,
Speaker 1: just by the sponsorships they had and the you know,
Speaker 1: the pre pre tournament get togethers, um everybody really really
Speaker 1: rallied around it. And then to see that people come,
Speaker 1: especially on that first tea on Friday morning, it was
Speaker 1: it was I think everybody was amazed and impressed by
Speaker 1: the job they did. Well. You spoke after the Solheim
Speaker 1: Cup about you basically had had a moment where you're
Speaker 1: talking about women's golf and you feel like they're gets
Speaker 1: short changed at time. I think your exact quote was,
Speaker 1: as women golfer, we always get short changed and it
Speaker 1: irks me. And I think this is something that I
Speaker 1: don't want to say it's bugged you, but it's definitely
Speaker 1: something that's been on your mind for a bit. So first,
Speaker 1: what I wanted to ask, why did you bring it
Speaker 1: up at this point? Was it just something you were
Speaker 1: thinking about? And second, can you expand on just kind
Speaker 1: of your thoughts and what you where you think this
Speaker 1: is when the sense of you know, sponsorships and women's
Speaker 1: golf moving forward and what you'd like to see changed. Well,
Speaker 1: I think someone in the media brought something up about
Speaker 1: women's golf, and and then and then I went on
Speaker 1: my little rant. I just feel like, um, I like
Speaker 1: you thought, I ran like that. Yes, I just feel
Speaker 1: like women's golf doesn't get the respect it deserves, not
Speaker 1: not I mean all over um the United States. I
Speaker 1: just think, Um, you know how these a lot of
Speaker 1: these companies, UM get away with sponsoring men's tournaments and
Speaker 1: not doing anything for the women when usually, you know,
Speaker 1: the women are the one that run the household and
Speaker 1: pay the bills and and do all that. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, not only that, but you know it's like, um,
Speaker 1: a p G a tour of the guys, you know,
Speaker 1: when when they win the President's Cup and when they
Speaker 1: win the Ryder Cup, you know, all our girls tweeted
Speaker 1: out or instagram it out or whatever. And I just
Speaker 1: feel like, you know, they we don't get to respect
Speaker 1: from the guys that I think we deserve. And it
Speaker 1: kind of bugs me because we're huge supporters of the
Speaker 1: PGA Tour, and you know, I think I'd like to
Speaker 1: see them support our girls a little bit more. When
Speaker 1: when you watch something like the Solheim Cup, I mean
Speaker 1: when you see a the fans and be the product
Speaker 1: and see how much fun the event is. You know,
Speaker 1: you're reminded every time. I mean, women's golf just continues
Speaker 1: to get better and better and better, and the players
Speaker 1: are unbelievable. And I mean you said it, Lexie hits
Speaker 1: three wood on the first hold, its three five yards
Speaker 1: for good mistakes. I mean, it's not like it's a
Speaker 1: watered down product. And it is a surprise that it
Speaker 1: seems that it doesn't get as much fanfare these days
Speaker 1: as I'm and I'm in agreement with you it should
Speaker 1: because it's damn fun to watch. The players are unbelievable,
Speaker 1: And if you go out to an LPG event just
Speaker 1: for one day, I would guarantee anyone listening that's never
Speaker 1: seen uh, you know, the female golf professionally in person,
Speaker 1: it will change your complete opinion and thoughts on it,
Speaker 1: because it's unbelievable to see. Yeah, and you know it's
Speaker 1: it's it's you know, it's media like you guys and
Speaker 1: and uh you know the press and and uh um,
Speaker 1: you know, TV and stuff that can really help us
Speaker 1: in showcase women's golf. And you're right, I mean, it's
Speaker 1: it's not they don't hit it to, you know, they
Speaker 1: and yeah, and it's just I mean, it's just it's
Speaker 1: just so much fun to watch. And I just I
Speaker 1: get I because I just don't think we get the
Speaker 1: respect that we deserve. And um, you know, I just
Speaker 1: thought it was time to maybe step up and say something.
Speaker 1: Is there something that you think the LPG eight Tour
Speaker 1: could do moving forward to help the product, is to
Speaker 1: showcase it in different ways or or to do something
Speaker 1: a little bit different in that regard. Well, I would
Speaker 1: love to see like a um, you know, we used
Speaker 1: to have the old J. C. Penney and I'd love
Speaker 1: to see that come back, where you put a pj
Speaker 1: A Tour in LPGA Tour and you have a an
Speaker 1: event or um, you know, do something like the uh
Speaker 1: the U S G A did It partners play, you know,
Speaker 1: the PGA Tour. UM maybe the same one week on
Speaker 1: um one course and then we play another course that's
Speaker 1: close by the same venue, and you know we have
Speaker 1: back to back or we have tournaments at the same
Speaker 1: time on the same venue but different courses. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think that would be awesome where you can come
Speaker 1: out and watch the women and the men play. UM.
Speaker 1: So I mean little things like that. I think, I
Speaker 1: think something they can do and something that that they
Speaker 1: should do. Yeah. I mean, if you think back the
Speaker 1: Pinehurst when they had the US Open and the Women's
Speaker 1: Open the week after. I remember there was cameras they'd
Speaker 1: be showing Martin Khimer in you know, Ricky Fowler in
Speaker 1: the final group, and then they cut to Michelle we
Speaker 1: on the fourth hole in a practice around, and I
Speaker 1: mean it was just just bringing that in was cool,
Speaker 1: you know. I mean we weren't seeing much of her
Speaker 1: practice round, but it was just knowing that, you know,
Speaker 1: one of the most famous, you know, female golfers on
Speaker 1: the planets out on for grinding as these guys are
Speaker 1: trying to win a US Open. It was neat to
Speaker 1: see it. Like you said, it was. It was kind
Speaker 1: of an interwoven product that I think could help. And
Speaker 1: I love what you say about bringing back a team
Speaker 1: event like the J. C. Penny. It's it's fun to see.
Speaker 1: When when we did that Franklin Templeton down in in
Speaker 1: Naples this past December, you know, it was the biggest
Speaker 1: group was Lexi and Bryson. I mean, that was the
Speaker 1: most followed group. That was the one that got all
Speaker 1: the press and the fanfare, and I think it's it's
Speaker 1: great to see that because you know, Bryson de Shambo
Speaker 1: said that comment. At one point, he said, I was
Speaker 1: walking up to my ball and I had the double
Speaker 1: check it to make sure it was wasn't me or
Speaker 1: life sca, you know, when you're playing from the same tea.
Speaker 1: And I love those types of things because you do
Speaker 1: get to see it next you, side by side, great
Speaker 1: play between both the both people, no matter if it's
Speaker 1: male or female. Yeah, you're right. Um, well, a couple
Speaker 1: more things. One is that I I was going to
Speaker 1: ask you are around a lot of these young players
Speaker 1: and you've got to spend a lot of time. Is
Speaker 1: anybody complaining about this dress code thing? Because it seems
Speaker 1: like it just kind of came out of nowhere. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, no one's really said anything to me about it. Um,
Speaker 1: you know. I I just you know, as you know, Shane,
Speaker 1: I would never never disgrace the dress coast. I don't
Speaker 1: think we were talking about me though. Um, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I you know, I I think it's probably kind of
Speaker 1: a non issue. I think people are gonna, um maybe
Speaker 1: just lower than inch or two. But you know, I
Speaker 1: stuff like that I don't really get involved in because
Speaker 1: it's uh to me, it's not the end of the world. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's not the end. My other question is, and I'm
Speaker 1: sure you've been asked this before, I'll ask you again,
Speaker 1: are we going to see another Julie Ekster captain Solon
Speaker 1: Cup team? I don't know. I don't know. Well, let's
Speaker 1: see how it goes. I mean, I'm sure there's other
Speaker 1: people that should be able to do it, but I
Speaker 1: will be in and Scotland one way or the other.
Speaker 1: That's sure. Well, it's it's got to be one of
Speaker 1: those things. I mean you spend so when you start
Speaker 1: this capency for this past Solheim Cup, I mean, is
Speaker 1: it a year and a half out that you start
Speaker 1: to work on things and and go see the venues?
Speaker 1: How much time goes into it? Because it's I mean,
Speaker 1: I've been around you a lot this summer and it's
Speaker 1: something you're constantly working on and doing is preparing for this.
Speaker 1: But I mean is it eighteen months out? Is it
Speaker 1: two years out? I mean how much time do you
Speaker 1: spend on this? Well, I would say like, um, two
Speaker 1: thousand and eighteen, um, not not a lot goes on.
Speaker 1: I mean I'll go over. I mean, whoever is would
Speaker 1: go over and see the venue, um, check it out. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, find out where we're staying doing all that stuff. Um,
Speaker 1: and you know, maybe do the outfit. At the end
Speaker 1: of two thousand and eighteen and then really two thousand nineteen,
Speaker 1: it really ramps up. That's where you know, the the
Speaker 1: points starts shifting around because it's double points and you
Speaker 1: know you got to start you know, thinking about you know, um,
Speaker 1: you know who's playing well, who you need to kick
Speaker 1: in the buck, you need to get going, uh so um,
Speaker 1: getting some dinners together, you know, practice round. I had
Speaker 1: one big practice round um in Houston this year where
Speaker 1: I got everybody together for a couple of days and
Speaker 1: that was fun. So stuff like that really starts ramping
Speaker 1: up and um, and then you know, you know, a
Speaker 1: few months out, I mean every day it's something. So
Speaker 1: but you know, I had a really good working relationship
Speaker 1: with Chris Garrett, who was a tournament director, and and uh,
Speaker 1: you know we we this is our second time around,
Speaker 1: so we kind of knew what took spect from each other.
Speaker 1: Well awesome, I appreciate you taking some time to chat.
Speaker 1: I know, I know it was a crazy week for you.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you're enjoying maybe a little downtime right now
Speaker 1: and enjoying possibly a vodka tonic where the bartender doesn't
Speaker 1: write it on the cup. But great summer. We had
Speaker 1: a lot of fun together. It was a it was
Speaker 1: a fun, fun few weeks doing all those amateur events.
Speaker 1: And I know you're probably excited to take some time off.
Speaker 1: Are you gonna be playing some golf anytime soon? I'm
Speaker 1: actually playing Portland's next week and then I'm gonna set
Speaker 1: see you at the Walker Cup. That'll be that, Julie.
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Congrats, It was it was a lot
Speaker 1: of It was a lot of fun to watch. I'm
Speaker 1: telling you, the Soulhan Cup is is easily my favorite
Speaker 1: event that that the LPGA puts on. And uh and
Speaker 1: it was cool to see the Americans come out there
Speaker 1: and play that well. And I know that that the
Speaker 1: players are probably fired up to to give you another
Speaker 1: one of those wins. Well, thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1: Appreciate it. It looks like I'm are many thanks to
Speaker 1: Julie Aster for hopping on. I know she had a
Speaker 1: busy week last week. She mentioned she's going to play
Speaker 1: golf next week as well, so a few days off.
Speaker 1: So thanks to Julie and congrats to the entire Team
Speaker 1: USA for the victory. It was a lot of fun
Speaker 1: to watch and I can't wait for two years. It
Speaker 1: really is one of the best events in all of golf.
Speaker 1: Team events are just awesome, every team event. I'm excited
Speaker 1: about the Walker Cup September nine and tenth will have
Speaker 1: that at Fox That will be a great one as well.
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Speaker 1: thanks to Julie, Thanks to you all, for listening. We'll
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