WEBVTT - Ep. 78 - Juli Inkster 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.560 Welcome to the Clubhouse with Shane Bacon. I am your host, 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:08.440 Shane Bacon, and I told you we would try to 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:10.719 get a second Clubhouse episode up this week, and we 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:14.320 got it with Julie Inster, the Solheim Cup winning captain 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:17.279 for the United States. Of course, this episode is brought 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:19.759 to you by o Gio. I mentioned in the podcast 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:21.880 with Brad Facts and that Ohio send me this very 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:25.680 nice Mutant travel bag with the Clubhouse logo on it, 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:28.800 and I just wanted to repeat how great it is 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:31.800 as a travel bag. You know, it's not easy moving 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:34.239 around an airport with a big golf travel bag. 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She of course, 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:41.920 it was a little bit of a viral sensation with 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:44.520 her drink cup that of course made the rounds on 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:47.480 the internet. But also you know, wins another cup and 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.200 the Americans were really really dominant. So a fun conversation, 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:54.280 and let's get to that right now, and we welcome 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:57.160 into the clubhouse. Someone that's probably had a lot more 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.640 fun last couple of days than you and I have 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:04.680 Julie Inkster Solheim Cup captain, winning Solheim Cup captain and Julie, Uh, 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.800 did you ever think you would become an internet meme 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:12.600 like you did with the vodka tonic Cup? Well, I 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:18.880 mean actually putting vodka on on the on the styro 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:20.480 Funk Cup. I didn't even know it was there. But 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:23.400 you know what, we we won. It was a time 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:28.080 to probably have a solvatory tears and uh just happened 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:32.200 when went all out on the internet. I'm okay with it. 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:34.440 It went a little viral. It was pretty fun. I had, 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.000 I had friends that were texting me. I mean, I think, 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:40.400 you know you're one of those universally liked people around 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:43.080 the golf community to begin with, but it was a moment. 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:45.480 I think it's like people that don't pay a ton 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:47.320 of attention to golf, or pay a ton of attention 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.800 to women's golf, We're like, man, this person is awesome 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:53.280 getting these text messages with pictures like that's the way 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:55.359 to captain a team. And we were having a good 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:57.000 time with it. We were, of course doing the amateur 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.000 and all everybody was all fired up. I was just 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.120 telling you before we start, we'd go to we'd go 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:03.320 to Riviera and watch the Solheim for three or four hours, 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:04.960 and then we'd go, all right, we actually have to 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.000 do work. Now we've got to go. We've got to 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.120 do with this USA. And but I mean, how was 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:10.600 the week it was? I know, I mean, you guys 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:12.400 got up to the big lead, You had that sweep 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:14.880 in day one that really kind of propelled you throughout 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:17.200 the week. But the week, I mean, you go straight 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:20.160 from San Diego to de Moine and I mean you're 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:22.840 basically flying in Sunday night. I mean, was it stressful 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:24.720 getting there like that? I mean, did the week feel 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.520 as normal as it did last time? You know what? 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:31.360 It actually went pretty well. Um. You know, I was 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.639 pretty organized on what I needed to do um that 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.560 week and had it pretty mapped out. So when I 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:40.360 got there late Sunday night, you know, I just got 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.360 up Monday and and uh, you know, we all met 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:45.360 for breakfast and kind of laid out the plan for 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:49.400 the week, and you know, everybody was really anxious to 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:51.720 get going and get on the golf course and and 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.280 find out what the Morone Country Club was all about. 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:59.280 So it actually just felt like another week. Um, the 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:03.000 girls played the amazing golf, I mean European side and 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:05.120 American side. I mean, I think it was great for 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:09.040 a women's golf. Um, but I'm really happy we got 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.480 to retain that cup. Yeah, it was. It was fun 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:13.240 to see some of the teams you put out. I 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.920 mean when you looked at your team, you had, you know, 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.360 Daniel Kane playing for the first time and she's you know, 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.880 good friends with Michelle. We did you think about rolling 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:23.240 them out early? Was it something that they asked to 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:25.680 play with? How do you make up and and figure 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:27.599 out exactly the teams that you're going to roll with 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:29.840 throughout the week and how much change do you make 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:33.240 if something's not working well? Um, I want to get 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:37.560 Daniel King out there, um early because anybody knows Daniel, 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:41.279 she's she's chomp on the bed to get to get going. 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:43.480 And I didn't want to sit her in the afternoon. 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.080 I mean I didn't want to, um wait to the 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:48.800 afternoon to get her out there. So UM, I got 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.960 her out there early. And UM, you know Paul is 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:54.440 so good at alternate shot. Um, I thought it would 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:58.479 be good to get her and Austin out there early also, UM, 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:01.240 and then angel In UM. You know, I didn't really 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:04.800 she didn't really feel comfortable playing UM alternate shot or 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:08.680 or UM force him, so UM. I waited in the 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.040 afternoon to get her out there. But I wanted everybody 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:14.400 to play that first day UM, and I thought it 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.039 was great to get those rookies out early and get 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.760 him accustomed to UM, the crowds and the noise. And 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:23.280 because no one knows how you're gonna react when you 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:25.080 get on that first team. I mean, you can talk 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:29.680 about it all you want, but everybody reacted differently. And uh, 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.800 you know, they showed up and they played, and and 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:34.360 I kind of been more happy with my rookies, that's 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:37.120 for sure. Yeah, they played unbelievable. It was. It was 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.520 fun to watch them because it seemed as though, especially 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:43.240 the young players, were so excited to get out there. 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.279 But it didn't seem like they were overly excited. I 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:47.359 think sometimes you see players get get out on the 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:49.479 first team and they're so nervous and anxious it's something 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:51.640 they wanted to do for so long. But it seemed 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.800 like these these players, these rookies that had never done 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.800 it before, seemed just as comfortable as somebody like Christie Kerr. 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:00.320 Was there a player that you were nervous about maybe 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.200 getting too excited or too up or did everybody seem 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:04.640 to be kind of on that page where they knew 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:05.720 what they wanted to do and they just wanted to 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.200 get out there and play golf. Well, I think, you know, 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:14.640 pairing daniel King with Lizette Solace, Um, Lizette's very calm, um. 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.360 You know, she's very into, um, you know, the task 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.360 at hand, and I think she didn't really let Danielle 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:24.520 get out there too much. He really kept Danielle, um, 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.200 you know, on point on what we're trying to do, um, 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:31.679 alternate shot. And then um, pairing Austin out there with Paula, 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.400 I mean that was you know she Paula really took 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.599 off and underneath her wings and um, Austin just followed 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:41.280 her around and um, you know show Paula did an 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:43.719 amazing job showing her with the sol I'm cups about. 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.279 And also when you're on the golf course, you know 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:49.599 how to play as a team out there, and so 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.360 I was really comfortable with you know, then I had 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:57.320 you know, Christie and Lexi who have played in Germany 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:01.160 together and they know each other well. And then um, 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:06.599 Stacy and Gerina. So I felt really comfortable with my parents. 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.560 Um My, my first and fourth, you know, my second 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:12.720 and third could have gone either way, but I felt 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:17.320 comfortable that with Lasette and Paula helping them that um, 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.760 he says, they're amazing players, Daniel and Austin. It's just 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:24.280 getting someone to um, you know, kind of hold their 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:26.680 hands and reel them in a little bit. So are 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:29.440 you gonna apply to be on Dancing with the Stars? 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:32.040 Do they have to approach you? I mean it was, 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.280 it was every day on the first team. It was 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.960 pretty impressive stuff. I mean, I mean, do you have 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.080 did you have? Do you feel like your team gets 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:43.520 sees you doing that and almost relaxes them a little bit. Yeah, 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.800 you know, Um it's really nerve racking on that first 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:50.320 tea and and uh, um, you know that's kind of 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.720 the way I'm kind of loose and uh I don't 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:56.080 really stress out a lot about a lot of things. 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:00.000 But that's the kind of way that our whole team 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.160 was in our locker room was And um, you know, 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:05.600 I know how hard it is to play in the 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.040 Little Lamp Cup, and I know the nerves you having 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.880 the lamp cup, and so I just try to loosen 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:14.119 them up a little bit. Is there like a moment where, 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.800 you know, somebody like Michelle earlier in the week, you know, 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:20.640 brings all of their American swag if you will, you know, 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.000 the new shoes and and the things that they're going 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:24.760 to have that are new, that are that are made 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.760 basically by their manufacturers. Is there like a reveal process 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:29.520 where they're like, look at these things that I've got, 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:31.680 because it did seem like everybody had, you know, they 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:33.280 had the red, white and blue shoes, no matter what 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.000 sponsor was, and they had, you know, different things in 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:37.839 their golf bags and head covers and all that stuff. 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:39.760 Is that Is that something that is a fun part 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:42.920 of it behind the scenes for these players? Oh yeah, Michelle. 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.520 Every day he'd come out, we were all wondering what 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:48.439 shoes she's going to bring out? We really love the 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:53.800 bling one stuff. Yeah, man, they were they were amazing. Yeah, 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:58.600 He's a goodness. Uh but you know, and and then 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.720 you know, Paula had her stuff and Drina had her stuff, 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.840 and you know it's fun. I mean, I mean, these 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:09.040 these girls love this tournament. They love representing representing the Red, white, 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.720 and Blue, and I mean we had it all all week, 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:16.520 and uh, it's pretty cool. So I have to ask 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.560 about the whole Lexie thing on Sunday. You know, she 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:20.920 goes out, she's four down, and you go talk to 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.400 her a bit. So what did you talk to her 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.200 about on the golf course, Because, as you've said to 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:27.800 me before, sometimes you know, you don't want to go 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:29.520 out there and mess with anybody when they're playing. But 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:30.840 you went out there and you grabbed her and you 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:32.120 talked to her a bit and gave her a hug. 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.360 What you say to her and what she say after 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:36.840 kind of about the conversation that flipped that whole match 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.560 around for well, you know, I just you know, I 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:42.880 know she hits some really loose shots, and whenever she 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:45.480 hits loose shots, he gets really down on herself. And 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:47.480 so I just went out there and said, hey, you 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:49.040 know you got to pick her head up. You know 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.679 I'm counting on you, man. I put you out here 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:53.720 because you know I need your point. I need you 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:55.960 give me a half a point, just give me something. 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:58.320 And I said, you know you're a best player on 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:00.760 this team. You know you need to start playing like that, 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.920 you need to start acting like it. And uh, I said, 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.600 I have all the confidence world that you can do this. 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.520 I've seen you make six birdies in a row. So 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:13.200 just settle down, just go about your business. I said, 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:15.040 you know, you've got a lot of holes left on 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:18.400 the match. Can flip at any time, That's what I said, 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:22.480 And it did. Gabor hug and off she went seven 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:25.800 under on the back side. Unbelievable problem, no problem. Oh 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:27.920 my goodness. It was crazy to watch. I mean it 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.520 was I was telling you we were doing the amateur 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.079 and Josh picked that one of our guys that does 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.120 stands for us. He would hit me in my ear 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:39.400 during the broadcast and go Alexis six under, Lexi seven under, 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.359 Alexei's eight under. In one break, I went eight underwear 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:46.200 because the back nine, I was like, no way. I mean, 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:47.880 it was just kind of funny to get those up. 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:50.800 And you should have heard the crowds. Man, you could 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:53.320 tell us he was coming back. And when she you know, 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:56.760 when she got to Birtis ten, you know, three down, 0:10:56.800 --> 0:11:00.280 Bertie's at eleven, you know, two down, and you could 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:02.600 hear the roar starting coming back. And I said, here 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:06.160 she comes. You know, it was great. Is there was 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.560 there a moment did Christie say anything to you or 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.440 when she realized that she passed you for all times 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.640 Solheim points for an American. Was there any moment there 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:17.319 where she came up to you and when I got you? No? No, no, 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:20.520 You know, if anybody deserves it's Christie, Me and that girl. 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:23.439 You know you roll her out there any time, and 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.079 it's just shocked it just didn't get you at least 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:29.959 a half a point. Um. That girl is just born 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:33.240 for match play. It's since she's born for the Solheim Cup. 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:36.560 And believe me, she's gonna tack on a few more 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:39.760 points do well. She was. I really felt like it 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:41.600 was the best I've ever saw her putt. I mean, 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.680 I know she's a great match play putter, but it 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:47.040 seemed like that eight to twelve ft range she was 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.480 cashing the entire week, no matter if it was early 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:50.920 in the round or late in the match, it was. 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.160 It really seemed like I would say it was probably 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:56.200 one of the best putting weeks that Christie Kerrs ever had. Yeah, 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:59.000 I mean, I'll just give you a little example. First ple, 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:03.280 first match as a Solheim Cup it's a kind of 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.719 a little dog. I mean, you can reach it if 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:08.880 if she hit a good shot. Lexi Thompson just bust 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:12.040 a three with about fifteen feet away and Christie Kerr 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.400 rolls it in said okay, let's get this thing going. 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:16.719 And that's just the way you know, that's just the 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.600 way she is. I mean she I'll tell you her 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:23.320 and Daniel came put it great. I mean, I mean 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:25.920 I saw cous he missed one like maybe four footer, 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.080 but I didn't see Daniel King as any four or 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:33.400 five footers. I mean, she put it amazing. And you know, 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.760 an alternate shot, you need someone that's going to roll 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:38.880 in those three or four footers because on those greens, 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.400 you're gonna have them all day long. And uh, and 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:45.000 she did that. So you know, usually in the Solheim 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:48.200 Cup comes down to putting, and uh, you know, this year, 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:51.160 I think we maybe out putt it him a little bit. Yeah, Daniel, 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:53.720 I mean I think you know, when she won the 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:55.480 Major this year, you know, I think there was a 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.640 moment and you and I had a couple of conversations 0:12:57.679 --> 0:12:59.800 on the road about it. You know, she seemed like 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:01.040 the I have a player that you would want on 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:04.240 the team. And I loved that there'd be moments where, 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:06.760 you know, her teammate might not hit a great put 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:08.960 or not a great lag put, and they'd be frustrated 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:10.920 with themselves, and Daniel just had a smile on her face. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:13.000 It was like, I'm good and you're fine, no worries. 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:14.840 If you left me five feet and she'd go up 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:16.920 there and knock it in. She seemed like the type 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:19.120 of player that you want to have as a teammate. 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:21.480 And I'll tell you she has earned a ton of 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.679 fans in two thousand seventeen. I mean, it's definitely been 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:26.280 the year of Daniel Kane. Yeah, I mean, I just 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:28.760 I just think it was big, just um, you know, 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:34.000 winning her first tournament, you know KPMG in Chicago, Um 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:38.000 it was Chicago, Yeah, and uh whatever, I mean she 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.679 was you know in the last round, Um, there are 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.400 a lot of people around her, and uh, I mean 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:45.120 this really kind of told me to tell it she 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:46.960 could handle the pressure. And she went out and then 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:52.760 won that thing and uh and earned that championship, and um, 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:54.679 you know I wasn't really I mean, the only thing 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.320 I was worried about Daniel as her getting too hyped up. 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:00.800 But you know, once I saw her that first hole, 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:03.960 first tee box, I just felt that she was going 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:07.920 to be fine. And she definitely, uh, definitely nailed it 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:10.080 the whole week. I was going to ask you about 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.600 the Eagle that Lexie and Christie made, so, I mean, 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:14.640 you already discussed it a bit, but when you saw 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:18.000 that go in as a captain, first match out of 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.960 the first day, your your first team goes and makes 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.240 it two on the first hole for eagle, what are 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.440 you thinking? Are you going, well, this could this might 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.360 go really well for us. Well, you know, a lot 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.320 of holes left. But I like the way we started. 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:32.760 I mean, I mean, guy, as a captain, you can't 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.320 ask for something better. I was just like yes and 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:39.760 uh and they just kept rolling so um it was 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:43.160 it was you know, it was just kind of the 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:46.040 start that I wanted. You know, I wanted Alexei to 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:47.920 get up there and bomb that ball, and I wanted 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:50.840 to see cur to roll that rock in and they 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.080 did it. Well. Who was the team room m v P? 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:57.160 You know the person that made everybody laugh was was 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:00.760 a surprise star behind the scenes. You know that maybe 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.840 gained just maybe fans within the fans, you know, people 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:05.560 in the room, who was who was the m v 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:07.240 P of the week when you guys would go back, 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:11.280 you know, the hotel and meet up at night, Um, 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:15.120 besides you, besides you, of course, I mean here, it's 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:18.240 kind of laughed that Angeli Yen was great. Uh she 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:21.760 you know, she was an eighteen year old rookie, and 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:23.960 I think why she was m VTA. She had no 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:26.960 idea what was going on at any time. Um, and 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:30.480 she she didn't know when what dinner was, when the 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:32.880 bus was leading, He didn't know what to wear, She 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:36.280 didn't know what time to be anywhere. She was always late. 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:39.760 I mean she but you know, it was pretty funny 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:43.360 and uh so I think we've probably got the most 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:47.560 laughs out of her. Um. Probably the probably the leader 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.720 of the team on on on that week was I 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:54.240 would probably say Christie Kerr. She uh you know, she 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.800 would get up and give some talks. They were all 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:01.080 pretty bad, but she tried and and she knows she 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:06.000 was bad. But um, you know, Christie kurz Um really 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:10.960 learned um how to be a great teammate. And uh, 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:12.880 I could really see it the last couple of years. 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:16.320 She's she's kind of taking the initiative to trying to 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:19.640 rally everybody together. So it's good to see. So we 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:23.600 you and I have talked about the LPGA and how 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:26.240 there's been this focus on going to smaller markets because 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:27.880 you know, the crowds come out. I mean when you 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:31.320 go to somewhere like Arkansas or you know, Danville, somewhere 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:33.840 like that, and and these events seem like the fans 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.600 come and swell out and build up. I've never seen 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.240 fans at an LPG event like they were out at 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.000 the Moine. I mean, how impressed were you by the crowds, 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:45.120 by the support, and simply by the ticket sales because 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:47.200 you know, I mean they're talking hundred and fifty thousand 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.080 people for the week, you know, coming out to the 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:52.520 Solheim Cup. Yeah, I mean it was a great venue 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:55.880 for us. I mean, first of all, when I got there, um, 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:57.720 you know, a couple of years ago, I didn't really 0:16:57.760 --> 0:16:59.560 know much about the morning. I didn't really know much 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.080 about of course at all. And then when I got 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:05.040 there and rode around and saw the golf course and 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:07.640 their visioned that they were going to have and how 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.200 they're going to set it up, and you know, first 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:14.119 tea what it's going to look like. Um, I knew 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:17.320 that it was going to be something special, and uh, 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:22.399 just by the sponsorships they had and the you know, 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:26.920 the pre pre tournament get togethers, um everybody really really 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.800 rallied around it. And then to see that people come, 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:33.600 especially on that first tea on Friday morning, it was 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:38.440 it was I think everybody was amazed and impressed by 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.480 the job they did. Well. You spoke after the Solheim 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:44.640 Cup about you basically had had a moment where you're 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.920 talking about women's golf and you feel like they're gets 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:49.399 short changed at time. I think your exact quote was, 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:51.679 as women golfer, we always get short changed and it 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:54.560 irks me. And I think this is something that I 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:56.320 don't want to say it's bugged you, but it's definitely 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:58.760 something that's been on your mind for a bit. So first, 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:00.840 what I wanted to ask, why did you bring it 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:02.560 up at this point? Was it just something you were 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:04.960 thinking about? And second, can you expand on just kind 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.440 of your thoughts and what you where you think this 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:10.600 is when the sense of you know, sponsorships and women's 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:14.480 golf moving forward and what you'd like to see changed. Well, 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:17.359 I think someone in the media brought something up about 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:20.320 women's golf, and and then and then I went on 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:23.000 my little rant. I just feel like, um, I like 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:26.080 you thought, I ran like that. Yes, I just feel 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:30.040 like women's golf doesn't get the respect it deserves, not 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:34.439 not I mean all over um the United States. I 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:37.399 just think, Um, you know how these a lot of 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:42.119 these companies, UM get away with sponsoring men's tournaments and 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:45.840 not doing anything for the women when usually, you know, 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:48.080 the women are the one that run the household and 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:51.680 pay the bills and and do all that. And um, 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:55.920 you know, not only that, but you know it's like, um, 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:57.639 a p G a tour of the guys, you know, 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:00.479 when when they win the President's Cup and when they 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:03.600 win the Ryder Cup, you know, all our girls tweeted 0:19:03.600 --> 0:19:07.119 out or instagram it out or whatever. And I just 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:10.520 feel like, you know, they we don't get to respect 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:14.520 from the guys that I think we deserve. And it 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.320 kind of bugs me because we're huge supporters of the 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:20.480 PGA Tour, and you know, I think I'd like to 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:23.480