WEBVTT - Nick Hardy and Dylan Meyer

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back for another Friday Egg podcast. This time I'm

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<v Speaker 1>joined by two stars of the Illinois golf team, Nick

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<v Speaker 1>Hardy and Dylan Meyer. Both Nick and Dylan are juniors

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<v Speaker 1>and among the top amateur players in the world. The

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<v Speaker 1>first half of the podcast we speak with Nick and

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<v Speaker 1>the second half we speak with Dylan. As always, please

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<v Speaker 1>subscribe to the podcast and iTunes and leave us a review.

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<v Speaker 2>I miss a green, for example, I'm already upset.

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<v Speaker 1>When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset.

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<v Speaker 2>And when I find my ball in a.

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<v Speaker 3>Brid egg Frida Egg, the dreaded Friday Friday Friday Bride Egg, Lie.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm about ready to run off the golf course. We

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<v Speaker 1>are back for another podcast, and today we welcome a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of college golf stars from the University of Illinois.

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<v Speaker 1>Up first, we have junior Nick Hardy, who has qualified

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<v Speaker 1>for the last two US Opens, was recently named to

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<v Speaker 1>the Palmer Cup team, and was the runaway Illinois State

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<v Speaker 1>am champ. Nick, how are you doing today? Yeah, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm hanging in there. It's a good weekend with March

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<v Speaker 1>madness and got the API on in the background. You've

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<v Speaker 1>been watching any of the golf this season.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've watched pretty much as much as I can.

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<v Speaker 2>As much I can. I love to watch, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the tournaments every weekend. Starting to see a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>names that I've played with too, so it's it's really

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<v Speaker 2>cool to see and yeah, I love watching the golf.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I imagine you probably have play with a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the guys, especially now. I mean you you qualified

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<v Speaker 1>for a lot of USGA events young, so you know

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of those guys that are twenty five were

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<v Speaker 1>probably some of the guys that you looked up to.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh, Yeah, no doubt. I mean I seeing like guys

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<v Speaker 2>like John Rahm and Bryce and Djebo having success right now,

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<v Speaker 2>so so early. And then like you know, obviously my

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<v Speaker 2>teammates Brian Campbell, Charlie Danielson and Thomas Teacher either having success.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's really cool and fun to follow them for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's cool. I'm in Illinois grad and it's cool

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<v Speaker 1>to see all the Illinois guys out there. You got

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<v Speaker 1>like you know, Langley and Guthrie two that are a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit older, and then obviously you know kind of

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<v Speaker 1>Stricker and Thomas Peters. Yeah, he's he's been on fire.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'd love to give the listeners a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of background on you. So how did you

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<v Speaker 1>How did you get into golf?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I've gotten in the game ever since I

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<v Speaker 2>was started walking. My dad got me into it, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, I followed him in the backyard with plastic clubs,

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<v Speaker 2>and ever since then, I was just falling in love

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<v Speaker 2>with the game. And it's been that way ever since.

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<v Speaker 2>I grew up, playing at a Part three course in

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<v Speaker 2>north Brook, Cold anas Berger pretty much every day and

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<v Speaker 2>Sportsman's too, and so yeah, I've loved the game ever since.

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<v Speaker 2>I had a passion for it and I just love

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<v Speaker 2>love practicing it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So how did you get to pick Illinois? You

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<v Speaker 1>know what other schools were you looking at? And what

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<v Speaker 1>what got you there to Illinois?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? So I visited Illinois twice before I committed. The

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<v Speaker 2>first time I really loved it. The second time, I

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<v Speaker 2>just I couldn't, you know, get enough of it. I

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<v Speaker 2>loved it so much that, you know, I committed right

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<v Speaker 2>away and I couldn't really see myself going anywhere else.

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<v Speaker 2>I looked at a lot of Big ten and I

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<v Speaker 2>just started to look at a lot of schools in

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<v Speaker 2>the South. But I knew right away after I was

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<v Speaker 2>Illinois the second time, I was like, I was dead

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<v Speaker 2>set on it, and there's no way I was going

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<v Speaker 2>anywhere else. So yeah, I looked at a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>other Big ten schools and a lot of a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of schools in the South that I planned on visiting,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just knew so quickly where I wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>go that it didn't even matter. But yeah, I'm you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the best decision I've ever made.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's it's quite the program. It's it's amazing what

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<v Speaker 1>coach Small has been able to do with the Northern

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<v Speaker 1>School kind of becoming the first you know, year in

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<v Speaker 1>perennial national championship contender as a Northern School. Tell us

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about what a day in the life

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<v Speaker 1>is as an Illinois golfer.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so, I mean, you know, weekly we have workouts

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<v Speaker 2>either two or three times a week at six in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning. Like this week we had Monday, Wednesday Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>so left in the morning and then I you know,

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<v Speaker 2>normally have classes in the morning. This semester is a

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<v Speaker 2>little weird with my schedule. I I don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>class Monday, Wednesday and Friday technically, and I have a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of class Tuesday Thursday, and I have a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of online classes, so I have a great schedule. I

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<v Speaker 2>practice pretty much all day Monday, Wednesday, Friday, which is

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<v Speaker 2>nice but and it's and it definitely helps for for

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<v Speaker 2>when I travel to because when I we miss a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of Monday and Friday, so that's helpful. But I mean, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>like normally you have class in the morning, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I'll head to the practicability after I eat a quick lunch,

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<v Speaker 2>if I can even have time for lunch, and then

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<v Speaker 2>uh practice at two. Pretty much every day. Coach normally

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<v Speaker 2>has a practice as a team, and usually he's either like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you guys can do stuff on your own and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>check in with you individually, or we're doing team stuff

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<v Speaker 2>like competitions, drills, anything that coach them get it better.

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<v Speaker 2>But after that it's I don't know, I'm here. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>after I'm in conversion all afternoon pretty much and then

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<v Speaker 2>dinner and whatever I gotta study that night. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much just the same routine every day, which I love.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just like, I'm a person who loves to be

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<v Speaker 2>in a routine and and and doing the same things.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's the way it worked best. So I

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<v Speaker 2>love when I get back to that routine, you know

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<v Speaker 2>every day.

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<v Speaker 1>So with uh, with practice do you do you work

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<v Speaker 1>on you know kind of like the same drills every day?

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<v Speaker 1>And like what what how would you say you break

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<v Speaker 1>up your your practice time between putting short game, iron play, driving.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I always I'm a you know, I've turned into

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<v Speaker 2>a guy that like, I really like to look at

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<v Speaker 2>my stats from the last tournament to know like where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm at with my game. How you know, I really

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<v Speaker 2>like evaluating myself and from tournament to tournament, and so

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<v Speaker 2>based off that, I'll basically based on practice off that

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<v Speaker 2>and use coach as a guidance school and obviously he's

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<v Speaker 2>always there to help, but I I kind of just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, feel it out. I there's so many aspects

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<v Speaker 2>of the game you can work on. And that's the

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<v Speaker 2>thing that's why I practice like so much, because I

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<v Speaker 2>love it one and two because there's just so many

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<v Speaker 2>different things you can do in practice, in your in

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<v Speaker 2>your practice, and I just break it up and and

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<v Speaker 2>and see where I'm at, just evaluate my whole game,

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<v Speaker 2>and if one part of my game is I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like it's my weakness. I'll attack that that week and

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<v Speaker 2>then you know, make sure the others are are still

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in a good form. But I like to

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<v Speaker 2>play a lot too, so whenever I can play it,

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<v Speaker 2>like this winter, I've never played so much in one winter.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it was it was I was outside every

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<v Speaker 2>day down here kind of the same. But we got

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of days where we can play too. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a big player, but I'm also I love to

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<v Speaker 2>practice the game too.

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds like you're just a golf knot, which is which

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<v Speaker 1>is a good thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that whole life you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>So do you guys keep strokes gain stats or how

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<v Speaker 1>what what type of stats do you guys have? And

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's a little bit tougher to do without shot.

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<v Speaker 2>Link, but yeah, well we use we use the golf

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<v Speaker 2>stat websites the way they do the stats, and so basically,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean we don't do strokes gain, but there's like

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<v Speaker 2>there's like there's like way there's a I mean every

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<v Speaker 2>other stat basically you could think of to evalue what

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<v Speaker 2>you're putting, you know, up and downs, driving accuracy, anything.

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<v Speaker 2>We we we're pretty we're pretty in depth too. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not like like the general stuff. It gets pretty in depth.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's that's I evaluate myself based off of that

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<v Speaker 2>and just an overall feel for my mind on the

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<v Speaker 2>course and stuff. But that's definitely a huge key to

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<v Speaker 2>getting better and improving. So, I mean, I love, I

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<v Speaker 2>love looking at my stats and preparing myself, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>my junior year to my freshman year and see where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm at compared to there, and like, you know, see

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<v Speaker 2>how I've changed as a golfer. But yeah, the big

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<v Speaker 2>thing is just learning how to evaluate yourself. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that was definitely a huge key coming here too, and

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<v Speaker 2>then using coach mall for that. But yeah, I just

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<v Speaker 2>our stats are pretty in depth, which helps.

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<v Speaker 1>Where you know, where would you say over the time

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<v Speaker 1>there you've improved the most looking at your stats, I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly, I think I've improved the most outside of my sets.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I've improved the most the way I handle

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<v Speaker 2>myself on the course, my overall body language, my attitude,

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<v Speaker 2>my mind. I think I've just you know, I've learned

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<v Speaker 2>a lot based off of coach for that purposes. I mean, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you can look at your stats and be like Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's my punting is a lot better now than it

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<v Speaker 2>was freshman year or blah blah blah anything. But the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest key in golf is your mind. And I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like the way I think is so much better than

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<v Speaker 2>it was when I came into the freshman and that's

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<v Speaker 2>all due credit to Coach Small pretty much, and probably

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<v Speaker 2>just maturing a lot too.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, I think the way you think only

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<v Speaker 1>gets better and better. Like you know, I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I get better at golf every year because I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit smarter and I play play a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>less because that's the that's the toughest part of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>So you've qualified for two straight US Opens, and you

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<v Speaker 1>made the cut at Chambers Bay in twenty fifteen and

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<v Speaker 1>shot a final round sixty eight, and then you got

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<v Speaker 1>to play Oaklant this year. Tell us a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>about the experiences of each and what you took away

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<v Speaker 1>from it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there was, I mean obviously Chambers was getting there

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<v Speaker 2>was It's just an out of body experience, like arriving

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<v Speaker 2>to the range the first day and the first day

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<v Speaker 2>I was there, I was on a putty green alone

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<v Speaker 2>with Tiger. That was just crazy and I met Jack

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<v Speaker 2>Nicholas that same day, So I met Tiger and Nick

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<v Speaker 2>Jack in the same day, which was incredible. And then

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<v Speaker 2>that whole week leading up to it, like the four

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<v Speaker 2>days I was there before the tournament felt like forever.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it felt like I was already there forever.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the first round came, and I mean, honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>my coach, Brett Packy was with me, and I was

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<v Speaker 2>My game was in such good form. I just I was,

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<v Speaker 2>I was playing, I was hitting the ball great, and

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<v Speaker 2>I just you know, I had confidence and pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>everything in my game was great except my putting, and

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<v Speaker 2>I put it really really poorly there, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>I lost all my strokes of Jordan' Speed, the winner

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<v Speaker 2>that week because of my putting. I mean it was

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<v Speaker 2>it was pretty brutal, but I took away a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>After that week, I felt like I felt like, I could,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, belong there someday potentially. I mean, I just

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like, you know, that gave me a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of confidence. And and then Oakmont last year was a

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<v Speaker 2>totally different venue and course for US Open. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Chambers was amazing and like the way you had to

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<v Speaker 2>be creative around the course, and you know, there's so

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<v Speaker 2>many ways to get the ball close to the hole.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Oakmont was just like, Okay, you better hit

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<v Speaker 2>in the fair way and then you better just hope

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<v Speaker 2>you hit in the right spot on the green or

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<v Speaker 2>else you know, you're looking at a three put. So,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it was it was really cool because both

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<v Speaker 2>US Opens were completely different. But I felt like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>my my game at Oakmont was not in great form,

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<v Speaker 2>and I wish, you know, to look back and say,

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<v Speaker 2>I wish I did some things differently, But hopefully I'll

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<v Speaker 2>be a many more US Opens so in the future.

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<v Speaker 2>So I can, you know, prepare differently.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, it's so. Then because he qualified, you get

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<v Speaker 1>through to Section all of this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm in Section this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you did you get out at the same course

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<v Speaker 1>both years?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Mm hmm. So that's that's your Is it the Springsfield site? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? And you know I'm trying to go back there

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<v Speaker 2>this year too.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's that's cool. So who was you know, who

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<v Speaker 1>did you get to, you know, play practice rounds with

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<v Speaker 1>anybody that you really looked up to growing up while

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<v Speaker 1>you're out at either of them?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the first one I played with Zach Johnson. He's

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<v Speaker 2>just an unreal guy. Uh. That was the first practice

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<v Speaker 2>one I played with him, and it was it was

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<v Speaker 2>incredible because he had so much knowledge, obviously, and he

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<v Speaker 2>helped me a lot. And then I played with Brooks Kopka.

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<v Speaker 2>He just he destroyed the ball. It's hilarious. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>he's a really cool guy too. He's nice. He was

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<v Speaker 2>really nice to me. But I played with I played

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<v Speaker 2>with Brian Campbell and everyone too, because he was at

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<v Speaker 2>the US Opening with me that year. He was a litlamb.

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<v Speaker 2>And then this past one I played with Charlie and

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<v Speaker 2>everyone because he qualified too. And then I played with

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<v Speaker 2>h let's see, Martin Kimer, Brocki, carreer Bo. Those guys

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know much about college golf, so basically I had

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<v Speaker 2>to teach him because they, you know, they didn't come

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<v Speaker 2>over to the States to play college golf. But it

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<v Speaker 2>was funny like talking to them. They were cool guys too,

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<v Speaker 2>they were really nice. Tried to set up another practice

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<v Speaker 2>on Zach and Jimmie Walker, but that didn't work out.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I played with Jason Kokrak. He was a

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<v Speaker 2>great guy too. He hits it really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Ye, that's that's awesome. I mean unbelievable experience, I imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>and especially playing with those guys, making the cut had

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<v Speaker 1>to give you just all types of confidence. So I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to talk a little bit about the team and

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<v Speaker 1>how you know, kind of last year you were one

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<v Speaker 1>of the younger guys on the team and now you're

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<v Speaker 1>one of the leaders. Tell us about your the young

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<v Speaker 1>players on the team, you know, Brian Baumgardner, Giovanni I'll

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<v Speaker 1>probably batch this, Tatsi out and and Michael Fiegels.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's obviously it was a quick transition being one

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<v Speaker 2>of the younger guys. I mean, I had it so

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<v Speaker 2>easy with the older guys here, Brian Campbell, Alex Burge,

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<v Speaker 2>Comments and Charlie. Obviously I had so easy because those

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<v Speaker 2>guys are such great leaders, and I just looked up

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<v Speaker 2>to them all the time and just basically followed their

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<v Speaker 2>steps all the time and practice, and you know, they

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<v Speaker 2>taught me a lot too. But it was quick. It

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<v Speaker 2>was like, Wow, I come to campus this time, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like I'm the oldest guy here with Dylan, and

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<v Speaker 2>we're a really young team and and there's half our

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<v Speaker 2>team as freshmen. So I was like, wow, that was

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<v Speaker 2>a quick jump, but I was excited for it, and

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<v Speaker 2>I knew under the leadership of coach Smaller, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>and Barlow there, I mean, we're gonna be, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in good hands. But it's definitely important for me to,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, take what I learned from the older guys

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<v Speaker 2>and try to help these freshmen out and be like,

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<v Speaker 2>be there, Charlie Danielson or something like that. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's it's definitely a new way for me. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's been fun and I feel like these freshmen are

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<v Speaker 2>are kind of similar to the way I was in

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<v Speaker 2>just a lot of ways. And I've already seen all

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<v Speaker 2>of them grow up so much and just make so

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<v Speaker 2>many strides since the first day they came here, which

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<v Speaker 2>is so cool to see because I was probably the

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<v Speaker 2>same way, but I didn't see it. So but they're

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<v Speaker 2>getting better and hopefully their games start to really trend upwards,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know they will towards the end of the

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<v Speaker 2>spring here.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think the toughest adjustment going from high

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<v Speaker 1>school golf and junior golf to college golf.

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly, I think it's the courses we play. The courses

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<v Speaker 2>we play in college are so much different. It's so

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<v Speaker 2>much harder than what we played in high school. And

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<v Speaker 2>obviously you've got to learn the game because when you're

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<v Speaker 2>in high school, you're playing to all these pins in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of the green, soft greens, short courses you

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<v Speaker 2>can basically find at every pin. So when you're in college,

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<v Speaker 2>you're playing firm greens, pins tucked on the sides of

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<v Speaker 2>the greens and corners and on ledges and like, and

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<v Speaker 2>you like, as a freshman, you don't really like you

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<v Speaker 2>technically understand the concepts, but you don't really like apply

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<v Speaker 2>them when you play the game. So that's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>the big thing about what coach that helps you out

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<v Speaker 2>with mean, he makes you go through the practice. The

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<v Speaker 2>practice rounds are so important to him and to the

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<v Speaker 2>whole team here. I mean, we go through a practice

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<v Speaker 2>rounde and make sure we get everything right, like, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean the littlest details too, just where north is, where

0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:19.639
<v Speaker 2>these pins will be, you know, where you want to

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<v Speaker 2>hit it obviously, where you don't want to hit it strong.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we work on this a lot and practices

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<v Speaker 2>and strong setting the ball and not hitting the short sides.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we practice that all the time, so it

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<v Speaker 2>tends to come natural to you now, I mean after

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<v Speaker 2>you're a freshman. But that's the big thing about Coach

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<v Speaker 2>Small and helping you out your freshman year learning how

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<v Speaker 2>to play the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think that's said so much of a misconception,

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<v Speaker 1>and something you learn with experience is that, like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're two hundred yards out, thirty feet is like

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<v Speaker 1>a really good shot. You don't have to go at

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<v Speaker 1>that flag. And I imagine that's that's something you know

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<v Speaker 1>with how much how good of potters you guys are,

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<v Speaker 1>that's something you know, thirty feet you can make one

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<v Speaker 1>of those every once in a while, and then you know,

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<v Speaker 1>wait till you get into a spot where you can

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<v Speaker 1>really attack the flag, right.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we we've had the you know, in the

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<v Speaker 2>past couple of years, we've had the opportunity to down

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<v Speaker 2>with some of the game's greatest minds like bob raa Tella,

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<v Speaker 2>and he says, like, any anytime you have an eight

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<v Speaker 2>iron or less, you should be looking at the pin

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<v Speaker 2>or inside ten feet, And anytime you have seven iron

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<v Speaker 2>or more, he should be, you know, thinking more more conservatively,

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<v Speaker 2>taking your medicine. So when you have the opportunities where

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<v Speaker 2>you have wedges in that's where you take advantage of.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you like you said, when you have two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred yards and I mean it's okay to hit the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of greens and tupat so obviously like and in

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<v Speaker 2>practice we practice our lag. Putting a bunch I mean

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<v Speaker 2>three put a boyants is huge in college golfs, tame

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<v Speaker 2>with penalty shots and and all that too. So really,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean which Coach Small really helps us out with

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<v Speaker 2>is just learning the game and saving shots that other

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<v Speaker 2>teams will make mistakes on because they're just being you know,

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<v Speaker 2>either you know, careless or or just not thinking. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's really where coach kind of really helps you out

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<v Speaker 2>as a freshmen and learning the game and and where

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<v Speaker 2>to where to be aggressive and where to just picking

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<v Speaker 2>your spots.

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<v Speaker 1>Really yeah, it's uh, it's patience is a is a

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<v Speaker 1>virtue and a lot of aspects of life. So as

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you you touched on this and just the

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<v Speaker 1>golf course change. But as an amateur and college player,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys get to play some incredible golf courses. What

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<v Speaker 1>uh what are what have been some of your favorite

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<v Speaker 1>courses that you've got to see in your life and

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<v Speaker 1>at tournaments.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we do play an incredible places and we're so

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<v Speaker 2>lucky for that obviously. But my favorites are definitely Southern

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<v Speaker 2>Highlands where we just were in Lats of I guess

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<v Speaker 2>that's that place is unbelievable. And then Olympia Fields. I

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<v Speaker 2>love going there. That's obviously a great course. And then

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<v Speaker 2>going back all the way though, you know my junior days.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the two US Junior courses I played at

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<v Speaker 2>Martis Camp was was unbelievable out in the trucky California.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I mean, really we we get to play

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<v Speaker 2>at all, I mean incredible us M courses, But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that those are the ones that stick out to me

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<v Speaker 2>that were really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, those U s GA events are different type of

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<v Speaker 1>experience than than your regular event. It's uh, it makes

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<v Speaker 1>you never want to miss one once you get into one, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>So a big one that you're you're being considered for

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<v Speaker 1>is the Walker Cup. And you got to go out

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<v Speaker 1>to l A c C a couple of months ago

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<v Speaker 1>and uh and and be a part of the practice sessions.

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<v Speaker 1>What uh what did you kind of take away from

0:22:01.880 --> 0:22:05.280
<v Speaker 1>those practice sessions and tell us a little bit about

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<v Speaker 1>like the vibe and and and what you guys were

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<v Speaker 1>doing out there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the practice session was really, I mean pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>the most fun I've ever had in that golf course.

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<v Speaker 2>We uh, just sixteen guys. We just played a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of golf and it was competitive and it was fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Lacc is unbelievable. It's a rich When I got there,

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't believe. You know, we didn't get much role

0:22:29.119 --> 0:22:31.040
<v Speaker 2>out there, but it was. It was really long. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a really long course. And they're gonna have us open

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<v Speaker 2>there soon or obviously the Walker Cup coming up at

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<v Speaker 2>the US opened. I think it's in twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's gonna be really cool. But yeah, we just

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<v Speaker 2>we played a lot of matches and kept it competitive

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<v Speaker 2>and fun though. So that was really cool. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully to be a part of that team will be unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 1>If if you say you make the team, uh, what

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<v Speaker 1>what guy would you most want to be partnered up

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<v Speaker 1>with for uh? For matches?

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<v Speaker 2>How could I not say Dylan?

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<v Speaker 1>It leads into a good Twitter question we got from

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<v Speaker 1>Brett from the I J G. A is he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to know if you guys, if you could compare yourselves

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<v Speaker 1>to any w w E tag team. Who would it be?

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly, I don't know, but Dylan Dan called me a

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<v Speaker 2>hulk because I don't know I'm bigger, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what you called Dylan, but I'm sure Dylan will

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<v Speaker 2>be Gon answer that one.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll save it for Dylan. And then one of the

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<v Speaker 1>potential teammate on that Walker Cup team, Stuart Hagastad the

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<v Speaker 1>Vedam Chant, wants to know which would you rather wear

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<v Speaker 1>for every round? A floral sun but bonnet and white

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<v Speaker 1>sunglasses or sacks.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go with the gronics for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>You know he thought you were gonna go with the bonnet.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I think Sue is more of the bonding guy. Honestly,

0:24:02.800 --> 0:24:04.880
<v Speaker 2>he's a he's a Southern California kid.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's He's an interesting character.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh yeah. I first met to at the Walker Cup practice.

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<v Speaker 2>He He's unbelievable. I love him so much. He's a

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<v Speaker 2>such a great guy.

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<v Speaker 1>What what do you think? What do you think his

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<v Speaker 1>chances are at the at the Masters?

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<v Speaker 2>I love his chance. He's a great player, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think uh, I think he I think it's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously he's there to compete hopefully to win, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think he definitely has a good time to make in

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<v Speaker 2>the cut, and that would be really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, I was looking at some odds the

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<v Speaker 1>other day and like they've got him like paired up

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<v Speaker 1>the same as like you know these like old champions

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like this kid's twenty five and he played

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<v Speaker 1>at USC like you know, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Hit to really trade off the team. That's the key

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<v Speaker 2>to Gusta too. So I mean, you know, if he

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he's in a good form, I could. I

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<v Speaker 2>could totally as he's a gamer. You saw it with

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<v Speaker 2>the last six holes on the mid m that was

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<v Speaker 2>really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, that was those those six holes were so

0:25:11.680 --> 0:25:14.080
<v Speaker 1>hard and he made all those birdies. I mean that

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<v Speaker 1>was insane.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>Like those were like some of the hardest holes I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever played. And so if you could pick one core

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<v Speaker 1>or so you had to play one of the two

0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:30.679
<v Speaker 1>courses for the rest of your life Orange or blue

0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:33.960
<v Speaker 1>and quitting is not an option, which would be and

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<v Speaker 1>this is from a former an.

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<v Speaker 2>I would play Orange. I mean Orange is I think

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit better, but I would definitely not quit.

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<v Speaker 1>It. Neither is a great option, but golf is better

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<v Speaker 1>than no golf.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>So then I j g A. Matt wanted to know

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<v Speaker 1>if there be any animosity with your future team teammate

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<v Speaker 1>Brendan O'Reilly because he beat you when he was thirteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, none at all. I mean I hope we have

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<v Speaker 2>more matches like that, because if we do, then our

0:26:15.119 --> 0:26:16.440
<v Speaker 2>team is in good shape. I think.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's uh. He seems he likes to post pictures

0:26:21.560 --> 0:26:24.680
<v Speaker 1>of his his swing on Instagram. He seems like he's

0:26:24.720 --> 0:26:25.920
<v Speaker 1>a great player.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, yeah, I don't know if there's anyone who

0:26:28.800 --> 0:26:30.399
<v Speaker 2>loves the game more than him. So that's what it is,

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<v Speaker 2>a good thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so curious if you could take one aspect of

0:26:38.640 --> 0:26:43.800
<v Speaker 1>a former ALIGNI players game, you know, whether it be

0:26:43.920 --> 0:26:47.760
<v Speaker 1>like Stricker's wedge game or Peters is driving, what would

0:26:47.800 --> 0:26:50.199
<v Speaker 1>you what would you want to take from another player?

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly, there'd be so many, so many, I mean I

0:26:58.600 --> 0:27:01.560
<v Speaker 2>think about it. I mean, all these players that come through,

0:27:01.840 --> 0:27:04.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean there's one thing that comes to mind. It's

0:27:04.000 --> 0:27:06.720
<v Speaker 2>it's their minds, and that's their their short games. I mean,

0:27:06.760 --> 0:27:10.879
<v Speaker 2>Coach Small, Stricker and all the guys you know above me,

0:27:10.920 --> 0:27:14.320
<v Speaker 2>there their short games are incredible. But one thing I

0:27:14.359 --> 0:27:19.000
<v Speaker 2>will say is Brian Campbell's mind was incredible, you know,

0:27:19.119 --> 0:27:21.680
<v Speaker 2>like I think Charlie and I talked about it a lot.

0:27:21.800 --> 0:27:25.200
<v Speaker 2>I mean, Brian just always had that that incredible mindset.

0:27:25.920 --> 0:27:28.119
<v Speaker 2>And Coach Mall says a lot like you've got to

0:27:28.160 --> 0:27:31.360
<v Speaker 2>pretend every day is a qualifier and you're just it's

0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:34.000
<v Speaker 2>do or die every day. And that's exactly what Brian

0:27:34.080 --> 0:27:36.680
<v Speaker 2>was like, Like, I mean, it didn't matter what round

0:27:36.680 --> 0:27:38.800
<v Speaker 2>it was, that he could go out there and shoot

0:27:38.800 --> 0:27:41.840
<v Speaker 2>a scrappy sixty three any day. It was incredible Brian.

0:27:42.600 --> 0:27:44.919
<v Speaker 2>Brian had an incredible mindset. I love his mindset. But

0:27:46.160 --> 0:27:49.760
<v Speaker 2>I mean when you look at everyone's short games, like

0:27:50.359 --> 0:27:52.680
<v Speaker 2>Coach Even, I mean Coach Small, he's a great short game.

0:27:52.720 --> 0:27:58.920
<v Speaker 2>But Petre Danielson, Campbell, Peters, got three, everyone, every one

0:27:58.920 --> 0:28:01.080
<v Speaker 2>of them had a great short game obviously stricer. So

0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:03.840
<v Speaker 2>that's something I look at too for sure that I

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<v Speaker 2>want to emulate.

0:28:05.480 --> 0:28:09.560
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, it's a mind and short game go go

0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:13.720
<v Speaker 1>very far. So we were short on time here and

0:28:14.040 --> 0:28:15.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to get you out of here on a

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<v Speaker 1>couple quick overrated, underrated, underrated questions. So just you know

0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:25.760
<v Speaker 1>whether you think it's overrated underrated? One answer you know quick,

0:28:26.760 --> 0:28:28.840
<v Speaker 1>So Papa Dell's pizza.

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<v Speaker 2>Overrated, I'm a I'm a Papa John's guy, Papa.

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<v Speaker 1>John's Either way, Papa is in the house.

0:28:38.320 --> 0:28:40.440
<v Speaker 2>Huh yeah, yeah exactly.

0:28:41.560 --> 0:28:47.160
<v Speaker 1>Phil Mickelson underrated, underrated, So you think he's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best ten players of.

0:28:48.520 --> 0:28:51.280
<v Speaker 2>All time for sure? Guaranteed.

0:28:52.160 --> 0:28:53.920
<v Speaker 1>All Right, White Belts.

0:28:55.560 --> 0:28:58.640
<v Speaker 2>Way overrated, that's.

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<v Speaker 1>The answer I like to hear. All right, single shaft irons.

0:29:09.040 --> 0:29:12.000
<v Speaker 2>Honestly, I don't know. I don't know for that one.

0:29:12.160 --> 0:29:14.160
<v Speaker 2>I've never tried it, so I can't really say anything.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I think it makes sense if somebody starting, but

0:29:18.120 --> 0:29:22.160
<v Speaker 1>I couldn't imagine like switching to it in the middle.

0:29:21.920 --> 0:29:25.120
<v Speaker 2>Of I couldn't imagine that either. But if I tried it,

0:29:25.160 --> 0:29:26.800
<v Speaker 2>I would I would have an opinion for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Well, hey, Nick, thanks so much for your time

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<v Speaker 1>and best of luck with the spring season, and we'll

0:29:35.200 --> 0:29:38.800
<v Speaker 1>we'll see you up ed hopefully at rich Harvest Farms.

0:29:39.920 --> 0:29:41.840
<v Speaker 2>For sure. Sounds good. Thank you for having me on Andy,

0:29:41.880 --> 0:29:44.720
<v Speaker 2>We'll talk to you all right, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, all right, now we welcome Dylan Meyron, the reigning

0:29:51.560 --> 0:29:55.360
<v Speaker 1>Western am Champ, another one of Illinois's star players, and

0:29:55.720 --> 0:29:59.240
<v Speaker 1>uh made a long quarterfinal run at the US AM.

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<v Speaker 2>How you doing, Dylan good yourself?

0:30:03.000 --> 0:30:06.120
<v Speaker 1>Hey, you know, I'm I'm hanging in there. It's it's Friday.

0:30:06.520 --> 0:30:11.040
<v Speaker 1>N c A tournaments on, you know, Uh, life is good.

0:30:13.200 --> 0:30:14.760
<v Speaker 2>So I agree.

0:30:14.840 --> 0:30:17.720
<v Speaker 3>I agree there NCAA tournament's always a good time.

0:30:18.040 --> 0:30:21.280
<v Speaker 1>Who you uh? With Illinois not in it? Who are

0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:22.360
<v Speaker 1>you rooting for?

0:30:23.760 --> 0:30:25.640
<v Speaker 2>Uh? You know, I'm not really rooting for anyone.

0:30:25.640 --> 0:30:28.840
<v Speaker 3>I'm kind of just enjoying the all the high seeds

0:30:28.880 --> 0:30:31.720
<v Speaker 3>beating the good, the good team. So it's kind of

0:30:31.880 --> 0:30:33.080
<v Speaker 3>where I'm following mostly.

0:30:33.680 --> 0:30:36.720
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's sometimes when you don't have a horse in

0:30:36.760 --> 0:30:39.560
<v Speaker 1>the race, it's actually more fun because you just can

0:30:39.720 --> 0:30:41.600
<v Speaker 1>root for all utter chaos.

0:30:41.680 --> 0:30:44.120
<v Speaker 2>Right, That's exactly right.

0:30:45.200 --> 0:30:48.920
<v Speaker 1>So I'd love to hear a little bit about your background.

0:30:49.000 --> 0:30:52.040
<v Speaker 1>Give the listeners an idea of who you are and

0:30:52.120 --> 0:30:53.120
<v Speaker 1>how you got into golf.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm from Evansville, Indiana.

0:30:58.200 --> 0:31:01.880
<v Speaker 3>I tried to throw on the border at Kentucky, southwest

0:31:01.880 --> 0:31:03.400
<v Speaker 3>part of the state, and.

0:31:04.960 --> 0:31:05.520
<v Speaker 2>I grew up.

0:31:06.040 --> 0:31:07.600
<v Speaker 4>My family is a bunch of farmers.

0:31:08.760 --> 0:31:12.560
<v Speaker 3>All my uncles are my great uncles. But I didn't

0:31:12.560 --> 0:31:14.640
<v Speaker 3>grow up being on the farm or anything like that,

0:31:14.760 --> 0:31:16.560
<v Speaker 3>but I grew up definitely that.

0:31:16.560 --> 0:31:19.560
<v Speaker 4>Kind of atmosphere and that kind of background.

0:31:21.680 --> 0:31:24.400
<v Speaker 3>I went to a high school where golf really wasn't

0:31:24.400 --> 0:31:26.280
<v Speaker 3>a priority as in Indiana.

0:31:26.040 --> 0:31:27.600
<v Speaker 2>Basketball was always the priority.

0:31:28.520 --> 0:31:32.280
<v Speaker 3>So we were kind of that second class sport, didn't

0:31:32.280 --> 0:31:33.520
<v Speaker 3>really have much recognition.

0:31:35.600 --> 0:31:37.320
<v Speaker 2>But you know, you get up closer.

0:31:37.040 --> 0:31:40.560
<v Speaker 3>And you started playing in tournaments closer to Indianapolis where

0:31:40.560 --> 0:31:41.680
<v Speaker 3>golf actually mattered.

0:31:42.600 --> 0:31:44.080
<v Speaker 4>That's when I started getting.

0:31:43.760 --> 0:31:47.000
<v Speaker 3>Noticed by by schools and things like that, which led

0:31:47.040 --> 0:31:50.240
<v Speaker 3>me here to Coach Small. There's a couple of alumni

0:31:50.320 --> 0:31:53.080
<v Speaker 3>from back at home that one one played here.

0:31:53.160 --> 0:31:54.160
<v Speaker 2>His name is Keith Bratton.

0:31:56.360 --> 0:31:57.320
<v Speaker 4>He got in touch with.

0:31:57.320 --> 0:31:59.720
<v Speaker 3>Coach Small, let him know about me, and then things

0:31:59.800 --> 0:32:00.800
<v Speaker 3>kind of went off from there.

0:32:02.400 --> 0:32:03.120
<v Speaker 4>How I started to.

0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:07.000
<v Speaker 3>Play golf was with my grandpa. He had a group

0:32:07.000 --> 0:32:10.160
<v Speaker 3>of guys, or my grandpa and my father. They had

0:32:10.160 --> 0:32:12.400
<v Speaker 3>a group of guys that played on every Thursday night

0:32:12.600 --> 0:32:15.800
<v Speaker 3>at a local golf course. And I'd always tag along

0:32:15.880 --> 0:32:18.760
<v Speaker 3>ever since I was a little kid, about five years old,

0:32:18.840 --> 0:32:20.800
<v Speaker 3>and I just kept going with them, and I just

0:32:20.840 --> 0:32:23.480
<v Speaker 3>developed a love for the game and just carried.

0:32:23.240 --> 0:32:23.840
<v Speaker 4>Me to where I am.

0:32:23.880 --> 0:32:28.400
<v Speaker 1>Now, that's great. So did you still tee it up

0:32:28.440 --> 0:32:30.680
<v Speaker 1>with the with the old golf group every once in

0:32:30.720 --> 0:32:31.120
<v Speaker 1>a while.

0:32:32.520 --> 0:32:33.400
<v Speaker 2>Uh, you know, I don't.

0:32:33.640 --> 0:32:37.160
<v Speaker 3>They don't really play all that much anymore, but they

0:32:37.160 --> 0:32:40.280
<v Speaker 3>do sit around and casually go to the nineteenth Tee

0:32:40.520 --> 0:32:45.040
<v Speaker 3>Nineteenth Green, you know, a nice little bar area, always

0:32:45.160 --> 0:32:46.240
<v Speaker 3>kind of hooping and.

0:32:46.160 --> 0:32:48.320
<v Speaker 2>Hollering around about whatever's going on.

0:32:49.120 --> 0:32:50.600
<v Speaker 3>So I kind of go up there and see them

0:32:50.600 --> 0:32:53.240
<v Speaker 3>a little bit every now and again with my grandpa

0:32:53.280 --> 0:32:55.360
<v Speaker 3>because I know he likes that, and I know those

0:32:55.400 --> 0:32:58.200
<v Speaker 3>guys like seeing me as well. So I definitely get

0:32:58.200 --> 0:33:00.600
<v Speaker 3>around him some, but just don't really play much golf

0:33:00.600 --> 0:33:01.240
<v Speaker 3>with him anymore.

0:33:01.520 --> 0:33:04.640
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, Yeah, you're kind of busy too. You got

0:33:05.200 --> 0:33:08.200
<v Speaker 1>got a lot of tournaments you're playing in. So how

0:33:08.640 --> 0:33:11.360
<v Speaker 1>do you, you know, narrow down and pick Illinois? What

0:33:11.480 --> 0:33:13.200
<v Speaker 1>was kind of like the deciding factor?

0:33:15.720 --> 0:33:19.080
<v Speaker 3>You know, it really came down to coach Small and

0:33:19.280 --> 0:33:23.000
<v Speaker 3>what he does to produce pros. Really, it's what I

0:33:23.040 --> 0:33:24.680
<v Speaker 3>wanted to do. It's kind of the path I wanted

0:33:24.720 --> 0:33:28.400
<v Speaker 3>to follow my dreams. I mean, yeah, Indiana, they had

0:33:28.480 --> 0:33:30.880
<v Speaker 3>Jeff Overton who was from Evansville. I mean that was

0:33:30.960 --> 0:33:32.720
<v Speaker 3>kind of they wanted me to follow him, that's in

0:33:32.800 --> 0:33:34.920
<v Speaker 3>those steps. But you know, I wanted to create my

0:33:34.960 --> 0:33:38.400
<v Speaker 3>own path, and so I came here and I wanted

0:33:38.440 --> 0:33:42.400
<v Speaker 3>to be something different. I didn't want to go into

0:33:42.440 --> 0:33:46.160
<v Speaker 3>a culture where I thought that I would be the

0:33:46.240 --> 0:33:49.120
<v Speaker 3>top dog or that I would be looked upon differently.

0:33:49.480 --> 0:33:51.080
<v Speaker 3>I wanted to come somewhere where I had to start

0:33:51.120 --> 0:33:53.120
<v Speaker 3>from the bottom and work my way to the top,

0:33:53.360 --> 0:33:55.160
<v Speaker 3>which I'm still not to that top point yet.

0:33:55.200 --> 0:33:57.400
<v Speaker 2>So it's still a work in progress.

0:33:57.480 --> 0:33:59.960
<v Speaker 3>Because coach just makes you not only a better golfer,

0:34:00.080 --> 0:34:01.640
<v Speaker 3>what a better person individually.

0:34:02.200 --> 0:34:05.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I mean you you had a huge kind

0:34:05.920 --> 0:34:09.680
<v Speaker 1>of coming out this past year where you went from

0:34:09.800 --> 0:34:13.759
<v Speaker 1>kind of a you know, people were wondering if you know,

0:34:13.840 --> 0:34:17.640
<v Speaker 1>the bottom of Illinois's roster would hold up, and especially

0:34:17.800 --> 0:34:22.359
<v Speaker 1>you know, I remember watching that match against Oregon with

0:34:22.360 --> 0:34:25.319
<v Speaker 1>with Aaron Wise, and you know, the announcers didn't know

0:34:25.400 --> 0:34:28.040
<v Speaker 1>much about you, but you know, you kept making putts

0:34:28.040 --> 0:34:32.120
<v Speaker 1>and you ended up taking down kind of the college's

0:34:32.200 --> 0:34:35.360
<v Speaker 1>top dog at the time. How much did that match

0:34:35.400 --> 0:34:38.440
<v Speaker 1>help give you confidence going into the summer.

0:34:40.360 --> 0:34:41.960
<v Speaker 3>You know, it gave me a lot of confidence to

0:34:42.040 --> 0:34:44.279
<v Speaker 3>show that I can play at the top level and

0:34:44.320 --> 0:34:48.160
<v Speaker 3>compete with the best guys in the country, and I'm

0:34:48.160 --> 0:34:50.200
<v Speaker 3>going to step up to the t box thinking I

0:34:50.239 --> 0:34:52.239
<v Speaker 3>can live a tournament, rather than thinking I'm going to

0:34:52.280 --> 0:34:54.080
<v Speaker 3>get in top ten and just kind of sneak my

0:34:54.160 --> 0:34:56.440
<v Speaker 3>leg in there and just have my name float around,

0:34:56.440 --> 0:34:58.680
<v Speaker 3>you know, I'd get in there, and I'd battle on

0:34:58.719 --> 0:34:59.360
<v Speaker 3>and compete and.

0:35:01.280 --> 0:35:02.080
<v Speaker 4>Just kept leading me.

0:35:02.040 --> 0:35:03.680
<v Speaker 3>To play in better and better over the summer, and

0:35:03.800 --> 0:35:07.160
<v Speaker 3>just had a different edge about it, you know. And

0:35:07.200 --> 0:35:08.800
<v Speaker 3>that's kind of the one thing I've kind of lacked

0:35:08.880 --> 0:35:12.160
<v Speaker 3>the spring thus far, is this little edge, and you know,

0:35:12.280 --> 0:35:14.160
<v Speaker 3>and now I'm kind of getting back into it and

0:35:14.320 --> 0:35:16.560
<v Speaker 3>starting to get that fire into my stomach again. Where

0:35:17.880 --> 0:35:19.600
<v Speaker 3>and you get on that high horse and I need

0:35:19.640 --> 0:35:20.799
<v Speaker 3>to just keep riding it.

0:35:21.480 --> 0:35:27.320
<v Speaker 1>How how much different is the kind of atmosphere of

0:35:27.320 --> 0:35:31.840
<v Speaker 1>of that NCAA tournament match play setting compared to like

0:35:31.960 --> 0:35:37.160
<v Speaker 1>your your you know, amateur tournaments and kind of the individuals.

0:35:37.200 --> 0:35:38.800
<v Speaker 1>How much how much different is it is?

0:35:38.840 --> 0:35:39.040
<v Speaker 2>It?

0:35:39.120 --> 0:35:40.480
<v Speaker 1>Is it ratchet up pressure?

0:35:45.160 --> 0:35:47.880
<v Speaker 3>I wouldn't say it was a lot of pressure. I

0:35:47.880 --> 0:35:52.440
<v Speaker 3>feel like there's more weight to it. Especially you're playing

0:35:52.440 --> 0:35:56.520
<v Speaker 3>for the university, so you're playing for something bigger than yourself,

0:35:56.960 --> 0:35:59.200
<v Speaker 3>which is always something great to do. I mean, you're

0:35:59.239 --> 0:36:03.440
<v Speaker 3>on national tell vision, representing a university and playing against

0:36:03.440 --> 0:36:05.600
<v Speaker 3>the best guys in the country, So I mean it's

0:36:05.680 --> 0:36:08.000
<v Speaker 3>kind of like our March madness where anything can happen.

0:36:09.200 --> 0:36:13.440
<v Speaker 3>The best shots typically get hit during these times, you know,

0:36:13.480 --> 0:36:15.759
<v Speaker 3>and just nerve, I mean just positive nerves come out

0:36:15.880 --> 0:36:19.440
<v Speaker 3>and you just feel really really appreciative and really great

0:36:19.560 --> 0:36:21.279
<v Speaker 3>about the opportunity that you get to play in that

0:36:21.360 --> 0:36:22.080
<v Speaker 3>kind of situation.

0:36:23.560 --> 0:36:27.799
<v Speaker 1>So, you know, in today's era of like you know, Bombers,

0:36:28.000 --> 0:36:31.680
<v Speaker 1>the Bombing Gouge, you're kind of a throwback guy who

0:36:31.960 --> 0:36:35.400
<v Speaker 1>you know is steady, hits it, you know, straight, a

0:36:35.400 --> 0:36:38.320
<v Speaker 1>little bit shorter, and you've had a ton of match

0:36:38.360 --> 0:36:41.200
<v Speaker 1>play success. Do you think it's you have a huge

0:36:41.239 --> 0:36:45.439
<v Speaker 1>advantage because a lot of times you're playing behind guys

0:36:45.480 --> 0:36:47.359
<v Speaker 1>and you're hitting first into greens.

0:36:48.480 --> 0:36:51.359
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, that's definitely an advantage of mine that I have,

0:36:52.320 --> 0:36:55.040
<v Speaker 3>because I mean, I can I'm confident with any kind

0:36:55.080 --> 0:36:57.040
<v Speaker 3>of club I have from the fairway, whether it be

0:36:57.280 --> 0:36:58.279
<v Speaker 3>a nine iron or.

0:36:58.600 --> 0:37:01.399
<v Speaker 4>A three hybrid two hybrid, I'm gonna feel like I'm.

0:37:01.320 --> 0:37:05.040
<v Speaker 3>Gonna put it within ten fifteen feet every time. So

0:37:05.239 --> 0:37:07.120
<v Speaker 3>I mean usually whenever I get on the streak and

0:37:07.160 --> 0:37:08.960
<v Speaker 3>I get on a roll with my ball striking, that's

0:37:09.040 --> 0:37:12.800
<v Speaker 3>typically what happens, and then I'm able to make some putts.

0:37:12.800 --> 0:37:15.040
<v Speaker 3>And I mean, it's just one of those things. It's

0:37:15.040 --> 0:37:18.120
<v Speaker 3>just it's a pressure throughout the entire day. I mean,

0:37:18.160 --> 0:37:20.200
<v Speaker 3>you can do it for three four holes in a row,

0:37:20.239 --> 0:37:23.800
<v Speaker 3>but you do it for twelve, thirteen, fourteen holes in

0:37:23.840 --> 0:37:25.960
<v Speaker 3>a row, it starts really wearing down on your opponent

0:37:26.239 --> 0:37:27.799
<v Speaker 3>mentally as the day goes on.

0:37:28.719 --> 0:37:31.920
<v Speaker 1>Do you do you approach how do you approach match

0:37:31.960 --> 0:37:35.359
<v Speaker 1>play compared to stroke? Do you have a little bit

0:37:35.400 --> 0:37:36.280
<v Speaker 1>different mindset?

0:37:39.680 --> 0:37:42.840
<v Speaker 3>Not really, I mean there's I mean there's some things

0:37:42.880 --> 0:37:45.000
<v Speaker 3>that are different in strategy. You kind of see you

0:37:44.960 --> 0:37:49.359
<v Speaker 3>after what the other players doing. But you know where

0:37:49.400 --> 0:37:52.160
<v Speaker 3>I'm finding most of my successes is if I just

0:37:52.239 --> 0:37:55.239
<v Speaker 3>play my game one shot at a time, Because I know,

0:37:55.280 --> 0:37:56.920
<v Speaker 3>if I'm gonna hit it down the center of the

0:37:56.960 --> 0:37:59.399
<v Speaker 3>fairway and I'm gonna hit it into the green, either

0:37:59.440 --> 0:38:01.359
<v Speaker 3>make my putt or two butt and I'm gonna get

0:38:01.360 --> 0:38:01.719
<v Speaker 3>moving on.

0:38:02.200 --> 0:38:03.359
<v Speaker 2>So if I if I.

0:38:03.360 --> 0:38:06.960
<v Speaker 3>Just keep playing consistent golf for eighteen holes, it's gonna

0:38:06.960 --> 0:38:08.759
<v Speaker 3>really wear down an opponent and then if they can

0:38:08.800 --> 0:38:11.600
<v Speaker 3>beat me by shooting a sixty five sixty six, then

0:38:12.080 --> 0:38:13.600
<v Speaker 3>you know they deserve to win.

0:38:13.880 --> 0:38:15.279
<v Speaker 2>But I'm gonna make them win.

0:38:15.440 --> 0:38:18.560
<v Speaker 3>That's the that's really the goal of playing at match play.

0:38:19.239 --> 0:38:23.359
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, that's in all of golf. Is one shed

0:38:23.400 --> 0:38:27.080
<v Speaker 1>at a time is always a good way to approach it. So,

0:38:27.440 --> 0:38:30.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, with the Western Am, you have this great run,

0:38:30.719 --> 0:38:34.040
<v Speaker 1>you end up, you know, running through and you make

0:38:34.120 --> 0:38:37.120
<v Speaker 1>it into match play and then you win, You take

0:38:37.160 --> 0:38:41.040
<v Speaker 1>out take down Sam Horsfeld, who is playing incredible golf

0:38:41.320 --> 0:38:43.680
<v Speaker 1>that week. But you know, one of the things that

0:38:43.800 --> 0:38:46.200
<v Speaker 1>most people don't think about with the Western Am is

0:38:46.320 --> 0:38:49.239
<v Speaker 1>like how much golf you have to play? Like how

0:38:49.320 --> 0:38:51.879
<v Speaker 1>exhausted were you at the end of the week after

0:38:51.920 --> 0:38:56.480
<v Speaker 1>playing like three or four straight days of thirty six holes?

0:38:57.239 --> 0:39:00.319
<v Speaker 3>You know, honestly I was. After that event, I was.

0:39:01.840 --> 0:39:03.640
<v Speaker 3>I was still in turn that mode because I had

0:39:03.680 --> 0:39:06.440
<v Speaker 3>to go straight to the Usam and my body and

0:39:06.520 --> 0:39:10.080
<v Speaker 3>my mind were still thinking compete, compete, compete during that

0:39:10.320 --> 0:39:10.920
<v Speaker 3>entire time.

0:39:11.280 --> 0:39:12.279
<v Speaker 4>I mean for the three or.

0:39:12.280 --> 0:39:15.040
<v Speaker 3>Four days I had in between to go home and

0:39:15.120 --> 0:39:16.040
<v Speaker 3>travel back up to.

0:39:17.880 --> 0:39:20.040
<v Speaker 4>Michigan for the USAM.

0:39:20.160 --> 0:39:22.919
<v Speaker 3>It really hit me the exhausting point in time, because,

0:39:22.920 --> 0:39:24.799
<v Speaker 3>I mean, even playing in the USAM, I was still

0:39:24.840 --> 0:39:26.799
<v Speaker 3>a bunch of days in a row if I had

0:39:26.800 --> 0:39:29.200
<v Speaker 3>to play golf. So there was a there was about

0:39:29.239 --> 0:39:32.719
<v Speaker 3>a I would say, a fourteen day period where my

0:39:32.800 --> 0:39:36.120
<v Speaker 3>mind and my body was just focused on competing and

0:39:36.160 --> 0:39:37.520
<v Speaker 3>it just didn't feel tired.

0:39:37.600 --> 0:39:38.480
<v Speaker 2>I just felt great.

0:39:39.000 --> 0:39:40.759
<v Speaker 3>But whenever I got beat and I was in the

0:39:40.760 --> 0:39:43.480
<v Speaker 3>car heading home and I finally got to sit down

0:39:43.520 --> 0:39:45.640
<v Speaker 3>and I got home from traveling, that's when it really

0:39:45.719 --> 0:39:49.120
<v Speaker 3>hit me. I was like, Wow, I'm super exhausted, and

0:39:49.400 --> 0:39:51.239
<v Speaker 3>I don't know how my body was able to keep

0:39:51.280 --> 0:39:54.440
<v Speaker 3>it locked in in that mode and keep playing solid

0:39:54.440 --> 0:39:57.480
<v Speaker 3>golf through that entire time. But yeah, it definitely head

0:39:57.520 --> 0:39:58.440
<v Speaker 3>after the USAM.

0:39:59.320 --> 0:40:03.480
<v Speaker 1>So that stretch, I mean, you played, you know, a

0:40:03.560 --> 0:40:07.160
<v Speaker 1>ton of just spectacular players, and you know some of

0:40:07.200 --> 0:40:11.040
<v Speaker 1>the you know, big names of the future of pro golf,

0:40:11.080 --> 0:40:13.239
<v Speaker 1>and you know who would would you say is the

0:40:13.800 --> 0:40:16.759
<v Speaker 1>toughest competitor that you faced off against and the you know,

0:40:16.840 --> 0:40:19.120
<v Speaker 1>the kind of guy that impressed you the most.

0:40:24.360 --> 0:40:25.399
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of hard to say.

0:40:25.440 --> 0:40:28.279
<v Speaker 3>I mean, everyone brought something different to the table that

0:40:28.360 --> 0:40:29.880
<v Speaker 3>I competed with being.

0:40:29.680 --> 0:40:30.360
<v Speaker 2>A force field.

0:40:30.760 --> 0:40:33.400
<v Speaker 3>I mean, you can make countless Breds in a row,

0:40:34.680 --> 0:40:37.440
<v Speaker 3>you know. And then Nick Carlson I played in the

0:40:37.520 --> 0:40:40.439
<v Speaker 3>USAM and got beat too. I mean he's a gritty kid.

0:40:40.560 --> 0:40:42.440
<v Speaker 3>I mean he gets after him. I mean he doesn't.

0:40:42.680 --> 0:40:45.240
<v Speaker 3>He just stays on the grind, stays on it, stays

0:40:45.280 --> 0:40:45.520
<v Speaker 3>on it.

0:40:45.600 --> 0:40:48.279
<v Speaker 2>You know. I was really impressed the way he did that.

0:40:48.360 --> 0:40:50.759
<v Speaker 3>I mean, some kids give up if they get three down,

0:40:50.840 --> 0:40:54.800
<v Speaker 3>four down, but you know, everyone just brought something different

0:40:54.840 --> 0:40:56.520
<v Speaker 3>to the table than I was impressed with, whether it

0:40:56.520 --> 0:40:58.280
<v Speaker 3>was a short game, whether there's the way they struck

0:40:58.320 --> 0:41:00.920
<v Speaker 3>the golf ball. But I mean, and you can't really

0:41:00.960 --> 0:41:05.160
<v Speaker 3>say that I had a fun competitor that I enjoyed

0:41:05.160 --> 0:41:06.960
<v Speaker 3>playing with because I enjoyed playing with all of them

0:41:06.960 --> 0:41:09.080
<v Speaker 3>because they all brought something different, unique to the table.

0:41:09.680 --> 0:41:14.680
<v Speaker 1>That's cool. So, you know, kind of continuing on the

0:41:15.239 --> 0:41:19.680
<v Speaker 1>match play theme here, like you got and you and

0:41:19.760 --> 0:41:23.360
<v Speaker 1>Nick got to go out to the Walker Cup practice

0:41:23.400 --> 0:41:25.720
<v Speaker 1>at La c C. Tell us a little bit about

0:41:25.719 --> 0:41:28.200
<v Speaker 1>that experience, and you know kind of what you took

0:41:28.239 --> 0:41:30.200
<v Speaker 1>away from it.

0:41:32.080 --> 0:41:33.960
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, I mean there's definitely a good experience

0:41:33.960 --> 0:41:36.880
<v Speaker 3>getting around some of the other guys in college. It

0:41:36.880 --> 0:41:39.040
<v Speaker 3>definitely helped going down there with Nick and being with

0:41:39.080 --> 0:41:42.160
<v Speaker 3>a teammate, definitely loosing things up.

0:41:42.040 --> 0:41:42.560
<v Speaker 2>A little bit.

0:41:43.280 --> 0:41:45.960
<v Speaker 3>But no, it's just like I said, it's just good

0:41:45.960 --> 0:41:47.880
<v Speaker 3>to get around those guys and start kind of building

0:41:47.880 --> 0:41:50.200
<v Speaker 3>a team bond, whether they're going to be there or not,

0:41:50.239 --> 0:41:53.080
<v Speaker 3>whether I'm gonna be there or not, it's definitely good

0:41:53.080 --> 0:41:55.919
<v Speaker 3>to have that part of the process. You know, I'd

0:41:55.960 --> 0:41:59.239
<v Speaker 3>never really talked to Maverick McNeely that much, but you know,

0:41:59.360 --> 0:42:02.040
<v Speaker 3>me and him had some good conversations over the course

0:42:02.040 --> 0:42:06.040
<v Speaker 3>of the week. The mid Am champion Stu Haggis Dan

0:42:06.680 --> 0:42:08.800
<v Speaker 3>I was able to meet him, and then Scott Harvey,

0:42:08.840 --> 0:42:11.200
<v Speaker 3>who is a runner up, I got to meet him and.

0:42:11.120 --> 0:42:13.080
<v Speaker 2>Talk to him. So, you know, there was just a

0:42:13.120 --> 0:42:14.320
<v Speaker 2>bunch of knowledge.

0:42:13.960 --> 0:42:17.040
<v Speaker 3>That was tossed around about golf and and some some

0:42:17.120 --> 0:42:19.080
<v Speaker 3>of it about life from Spider and some of the

0:42:19.200 --> 0:42:22.760
<v Speaker 3>USGA guys. You know, it's definitely one of those things

0:42:22.760 --> 0:42:25.280
<v Speaker 3>that I'm never gonna forget, regardless of I'm on Walker

0:42:25.280 --> 0:42:28.239
<v Speaker 3>Cup team and not. There's just a lot of a

0:42:28.320 --> 0:42:31.319
<v Speaker 3>lot of cool things and good ideas tossed around at

0:42:31.360 --> 0:42:32.600
<v Speaker 3>that at that practice.

0:42:32.840 --> 0:42:35.880
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I imagine you can pick up so much from

0:42:36.160 --> 0:42:39.120
<v Speaker 1>all those guys. You know, everybody just different things that

0:42:39.200 --> 0:42:42.719
<v Speaker 1>other guys do a little differently or think about ways differently,

0:42:43.160 --> 0:42:46.200
<v Speaker 1>and you know, and kind of and take a little

0:42:46.239 --> 0:42:49.640
<v Speaker 1>bit from everybody that's out there, since everybody's got so

0:42:49.719 --> 0:42:50.320
<v Speaker 1>much talent.

0:42:52.640 --> 0:42:55.520
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean yeah, Like I said, Mattick McNeely, I

0:42:55.520 --> 0:42:57.520
<v Speaker 3>mean he's being the number one amateur in the world.

0:42:58.160 --> 0:42:58.960
<v Speaker 2>I mean he has.

0:42:59.440 --> 0:43:01.480
<v Speaker 3>I just love picking his brain because I mean he's

0:43:01.560 --> 0:43:03.799
<v Speaker 3>number one for a reason. And now I see him

0:43:03.840 --> 0:43:05.600
<v Speaker 3>at some of these tournaments and I'm just watching what

0:43:05.640 --> 0:43:08.399
<v Speaker 3>he does, and I mean it's the same thing every time.

0:43:08.480 --> 0:43:10.759
<v Speaker 3>Even at that practice, he was still dedicated to his

0:43:10.840 --> 0:43:13.279
<v Speaker 3>routine and did everything. So it was it was good

0:43:13.320 --> 0:43:15.080
<v Speaker 3>to pick up on little things like that to make

0:43:15.120 --> 0:43:18.400
<v Speaker 3>yourself a little bit better than just someone else behind you.

0:43:19.400 --> 0:43:22.440
<v Speaker 1>Do you watch a lot of PGA Tour golf?

0:43:24.760 --> 0:43:25.439
<v Speaker 2>Not as much.

0:43:25.680 --> 0:43:28.200
<v Speaker 3>I mean I watched the majors a little bit, but

0:43:28.320 --> 0:43:30.080
<v Speaker 3>I mean I'm not really the type to sit down

0:43:30.120 --> 0:43:33.960
<v Speaker 3>and watch watch around of golf on television. I'm more

0:43:34.000 --> 0:43:36.120
<v Speaker 3>of kind of like watching basketball and things like that.

0:43:36.400 --> 0:43:39.839
<v Speaker 1>I gotcha. So in your free time, you like kind

0:43:39.880 --> 0:43:41.279
<v Speaker 1>of getting away from the game.

0:43:42.680 --> 0:43:44.799
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, definitely. Yeah, That's always been one of my

0:43:44.880 --> 0:43:48.200
<v Speaker 3>things is in my free time, I just completely get

0:43:48.239 --> 0:43:51.480
<v Speaker 3>away from golf and I do something different or my

0:43:51.520 --> 0:43:54.439
<v Speaker 3>mind's down on it. Because for me, I can't stay

0:43:54.440 --> 0:43:58.400
<v Speaker 3>on a constant grind each and every day twenty four

0:43:58.440 --> 0:44:01.680
<v Speaker 3>to seven of golf, golf, golf, golf. I gotta give

0:44:01.719 --> 0:44:04.200
<v Speaker 3>myself a mental break and then come back to it,

0:44:04.320 --> 0:44:07.120
<v Speaker 3>whether it be an hour break, a couple hour break,

0:44:07.160 --> 0:44:09.600
<v Speaker 3>but I need something in there that breaks up the

0:44:09.640 --> 0:44:12.200
<v Speaker 3>time of me and concentrations. That way, I don't wear

0:44:12.239 --> 0:44:13.279
<v Speaker 3>myself out.

0:44:13.600 --> 0:44:16.120
<v Speaker 1>So what are you What are some of your favorite

0:44:16.440 --> 0:44:19.439
<v Speaker 1>things to do down in Champagne during your free time?

0:44:21.200 --> 0:44:23.160
<v Speaker 2>Favorite thing I mean, you know, I mean we like

0:44:23.200 --> 0:44:24.400
<v Speaker 2>to watch a lot of basketball.

0:44:24.480 --> 0:44:28.440
<v Speaker 3>I mean, especially myself, play some video games. I mean

0:44:28.560 --> 0:44:30.399
<v Speaker 3>we I mean typically we had to do a bunch

0:44:30.400 --> 0:44:32.839
<v Speaker 3>of studying, so I mean studying is one of those

0:44:32.880 --> 0:44:38.080
<v Speaker 3>things as well. You know, I'm interested in politics, so

0:44:38.120 --> 0:44:40.480
<v Speaker 3>I watch a lot of Fox News, got to catch

0:44:40.520 --> 0:44:42.239
<v Speaker 3>up on everything, and I read up on some of

0:44:42.239 --> 0:44:45.920
<v Speaker 3>the policies and everything going through Congress, and you know,

0:44:46.000 --> 0:44:49.040
<v Speaker 3>I feel like not a lot of kids my age

0:44:49.440 --> 0:44:51.279
<v Speaker 3>do that, but you know, it's definitely one of those

0:44:51.280 --> 0:44:54.360
<v Speaker 3>interests that I have that I feel that my hobby

0:44:54.480 --> 0:44:56.640
<v Speaker 3>is it gets me off of golf and onto something

0:44:56.680 --> 0:44:57.480
<v Speaker 3>completely different.

0:44:57.920 --> 0:45:01.600
<v Speaker 1>So so if if the golf doesn't work out, are

0:45:01.640 --> 0:45:04.640
<v Speaker 1>you looking to get into possibly politics?

0:45:05.360 --> 0:45:06.319
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, that's for sure.

0:45:06.360 --> 0:45:09.719
<v Speaker 3>That's definitely the career path I'm looking at. That's that's

0:45:09.760 --> 0:45:14.000
<v Speaker 3>my majors political science. So I'm definitely interested in that

0:45:14.040 --> 0:45:17.920
<v Speaker 3>field and holding the public office and doing things like that.

0:45:18.120 --> 0:45:18.440
<v Speaker 4>Nature.

0:45:19.360 --> 0:45:22.560
<v Speaker 1>Well, you could be like Bubba you know, I read

0:45:22.600 --> 0:45:26.440
<v Speaker 1>that he's thinking about running for the for mayor of Pensacola.

0:45:28.640 --> 0:45:30.560
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean I heard all that too, but it's

0:45:30.600 --> 0:45:32.640
<v Speaker 3>awfully hard. You got to dedicate what you got to

0:45:32.680 --> 0:45:34.600
<v Speaker 3>dedicate your life to it if you really want to make.

0:45:34.520 --> 0:45:36.560
<v Speaker 2>A good change and whatnot.

0:45:36.640 --> 0:45:38.040
<v Speaker 4>So we'll see what he does.

0:45:38.640 --> 0:45:43.160
<v Speaker 1>If you were a pro and in Volvic offered you,

0:45:43.160 --> 0:45:45.680
<v Speaker 1>you know, say, a million dollars to play their ball,

0:45:46.080 --> 0:45:50.000
<v Speaker 1>and Titleists offered you five hundred thousand to play their ball,

0:45:50.520 --> 0:45:51.919
<v Speaker 1>which would you choose.

0:45:53.560 --> 0:45:53.600
<v Speaker 2>It?

0:45:53.800 --> 0:45:55.960
<v Speaker 3>Just I mean, it really depends on the page of

0:45:55.960 --> 0:45:58.000
<v Speaker 3>where I'm at. I mean, if I'm Bubba Watson, I've

0:45:58.040 --> 0:46:01.439
<v Speaker 3>won a couple of Masters probably gonna take the Vulvic deal,

0:46:01.680 --> 0:46:05.440
<v Speaker 3>you know, just because I can. But I mean, if

0:46:05.480 --> 0:46:07.359
<v Speaker 3>I'm just a new guy on tour, I'm not gonna

0:46:07.400 --> 0:46:09.920
<v Speaker 3>go take a chance with the Pulvic golf ball. I'm

0:46:09.960 --> 0:46:11.759
<v Speaker 3>gonna go ahead and play my titleist that I know

0:46:11.800 --> 0:46:14.319
<v Speaker 3>how I'm gonna play with, and hopefully I'm gonna end

0:46:14.400 --> 0:46:17.319
<v Speaker 3>up making more money that way by playing than just

0:46:17.400 --> 0:46:18.279
<v Speaker 3>on endorsements.

0:46:19.840 --> 0:46:24.000
<v Speaker 1>It's so so I'm curious. Uh say, say the PGA

0:46:24.120 --> 0:46:27.560
<v Speaker 1>Tour calls you up and they say, Dylan, we want

0:46:27.560 --> 0:46:31.839
<v Speaker 1>to give you a sponsors exemption into the Zurich and

0:46:31.880 --> 0:46:36.200
<v Speaker 1>you can pick your teammate for the for the for

0:46:36.280 --> 0:46:38.160
<v Speaker 1>the tournament. Who are you rolling with?

0:46:40.239 --> 0:46:40.440
<v Speaker 3>You know?

0:46:40.560 --> 0:46:43.240
<v Speaker 2>I'm honestly I would I would say I'd be rolling.

0:46:43.040 --> 0:46:43.840
<v Speaker 4>With Rickey Faller.

0:46:46.680 --> 0:46:49.200
<v Speaker 3>I feel like I'd roll with him because I feel

0:46:49.239 --> 0:46:51.279
<v Speaker 3>like there would be a lot of positive vibes going on,

0:46:51.840 --> 0:46:54.880
<v Speaker 3>and I feel like he knows that team atmosphere fairly

0:46:54.880 --> 0:46:56.920
<v Speaker 3>well with being from Oklahoma State.

0:46:58.120 --> 0:46:59.920
<v Speaker 4>So I mean, that's the guy I roll with.

0:47:00.480 --> 0:47:03.919
<v Speaker 1>Have you gotten to meet Ricky or play with Ricky yet?

0:47:05.520 --> 0:47:05.640
<v Speaker 4>No?

0:47:05.760 --> 0:47:07.279
<v Speaker 2>I haven't, actually, So.

0:47:07.480 --> 0:47:12.080
<v Speaker 1>That's that's that's on the bucket list, that's on.

0:47:12.040 --> 0:47:13.400
<v Speaker 2>The bugle list. I feel like that would be a

0:47:13.400 --> 0:47:14.080
<v Speaker 2>good little duo.

0:47:14.560 --> 0:47:17.359
<v Speaker 1>Uh huh, it's a you guys would compliment. I feel

0:47:17.400 --> 0:47:20.160
<v Speaker 1>like you feel like you guys are complimenting. He's nice

0:47:20.200 --> 0:47:22.920
<v Speaker 1>and long. But it is how much how much? How

0:47:22.960 --> 0:47:25.759
<v Speaker 1>important is the positive mojo for you?

0:47:27.120 --> 0:47:30.600
<v Speaker 2>Oh? Positive mojo is all nearly everything. I mean, if

0:47:30.640 --> 0:47:31.319
<v Speaker 2>you can get some.

0:47:31.239 --> 0:47:34.040
<v Speaker 3>Positive mojo between you and a partner, then you can

0:47:34.040 --> 0:47:35.799
<v Speaker 3>see it in college golf. I mean you can see

0:47:35.840 --> 0:47:38.200
<v Speaker 3>it and the March Madains going this week. I mean,

0:47:38.640 --> 0:47:41.480
<v Speaker 3>the teams that bring a positive mindset to an event

0:47:41.880 --> 0:47:43.839
<v Speaker 3>are gonna be the teams are gonna be very, very

0:47:43.840 --> 0:47:46.600
<v Speaker 3>hard to be just because regardless if there's adversity that

0:47:46.719 --> 0:47:49.280
<v Speaker 3>hits them, they're gonna bounce right back, whether it's.

0:47:49.120 --> 0:47:52.000
<v Speaker 4>The next shot, the next hole, or anything like that.

0:47:52.160 --> 0:47:53.200
<v Speaker 4>I mean, they're not going.

0:47:53.160 --> 0:47:55.680
<v Speaker 3>To be completely destroyed if they end up making a

0:47:55.719 --> 0:47:58.359
<v Speaker 3>double bowie. They're gonna come back the next hole, make

0:47:58.400 --> 0:48:01.400
<v Speaker 3>birdie and just keep bouncing back and keep fighting for

0:48:01.440 --> 0:48:04.760
<v Speaker 3>a team. So that's positivity is something we talk about

0:48:04.800 --> 0:48:07.120
<v Speaker 3>on this team. That's a part of our culture that

0:48:07.120 --> 0:48:10.000
<v Speaker 3>we try to promote because.

0:48:10.080 --> 0:48:11.279
<v Speaker 2>You get it going, you get a.

0:48:11.200 --> 0:48:14.480
<v Speaker 3>Couple of birdies rolling, you send the positive vibes backwards

0:48:14.520 --> 0:48:17.120
<v Speaker 3>to the guys behind you. It really starts to roll

0:48:17.120 --> 0:48:20.320
<v Speaker 3>and they start making Bertie. So there's definitely that positive

0:48:20.440 --> 0:48:21.359
<v Speaker 3>energy that's out there.

0:48:22.080 --> 0:48:26.040
<v Speaker 1>So do you prefer kind of the college golf season

0:48:26.080 --> 0:48:28.880
<v Speaker 1>over the amateur golf season because of that, you know,

0:48:29.000 --> 0:48:33.080
<v Speaker 1>kind of team atmosphere and you know the the you know,

0:48:33.160 --> 0:48:35.360
<v Speaker 1>idea of playing for something bigger than yourself.

0:48:37.040 --> 0:48:39.040
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, for sure, because I mean this makes you,

0:48:39.560 --> 0:48:41.799
<v Speaker 3>This makes you become not only a better player, but

0:48:41.840 --> 0:48:42.560
<v Speaker 3>a better person.

0:48:43.080 --> 0:48:43.879
<v Speaker 2>You'll learn more.

0:48:43.960 --> 0:48:46.239
<v Speaker 3>I mean, you can be out there by yourself on

0:48:46.280 --> 0:48:49.000
<v Speaker 3>the road and just playing golf and becoming a robot

0:48:49.120 --> 0:48:54.600
<v Speaker 3>and not really learn anything about yourself or others, really.

0:48:54.640 --> 0:48:55.960
<v Speaker 4>Know how to interact with others.

0:48:56.000 --> 0:49:01.680
<v Speaker 3>And I mean it's definitely something say that college golf

0:49:02.080 --> 0:49:03.600
<v Speaker 3>is able to do on.

0:49:03.600 --> 0:49:06.799
<v Speaker 2>The other side off the course, I mean, because you can't.

0:49:06.560 --> 0:49:13.440
<v Speaker 3>Replicate positive, positive vibes or a team atmosphere on the

0:49:13.480 --> 0:49:15.960
<v Speaker 3>amateur circuit during the summer, because I mean, me and

0:49:16.040 --> 0:49:20.120
<v Speaker 3>Nick will run across each other during tournaments during the summer,

0:49:20.640 --> 0:49:22.319
<v Speaker 3>but there's that I mean, we want each other to

0:49:22.320 --> 0:49:26.359
<v Speaker 3>do well, but it's not the same as when you're

0:49:26.360 --> 0:49:27.960
<v Speaker 3>here and you're playing for your team.

0:49:28.000 --> 0:49:29.879
<v Speaker 4>So it's definitely something special to be a part of.

0:49:30.600 --> 0:49:35.200
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's that's it's cool. It's a I love teams stuff.

0:49:35.400 --> 0:49:37.480
<v Speaker 1>It's uh, you know, I grew up playing a ton

0:49:37.520 --> 0:49:42.280
<v Speaker 1>of other sports, and uh, if you were running college golf,

0:49:42.680 --> 0:49:44.959
<v Speaker 1>you know what is was one thing that you would

0:49:44.960 --> 0:49:47.400
<v Speaker 1>either change or you know, add whether it be a

0:49:47.840 --> 0:49:50.759
<v Speaker 1>new format or a new tournament or a change in

0:49:50.800 --> 0:49:53.640
<v Speaker 1>the rules. What what would what change would you make?

0:49:55.880 --> 0:49:56.880
<v Speaker 2>Man, I don't even know.

0:49:58.800 --> 0:50:04.280
<v Speaker 3>That's a tough one. So like in the NCAA tournament,

0:50:05.800 --> 0:50:10.240
<v Speaker 3>I feel like all five guys should count. I feel

0:50:10.239 --> 0:50:15.000
<v Speaker 3>like it's, uh, that's an added factor in there, because

0:50:15.000 --> 0:50:17.640
<v Speaker 3>if your team's actually going to be the best team,

0:50:18.200 --> 0:50:20.520
<v Speaker 3>you need to feel the best five out there for

0:50:20.560 --> 0:50:24.160
<v Speaker 3>the week. I feel like that's important. I mean, I

0:50:24.160 --> 0:50:27.520
<v Speaker 3>feel like that holds everyone accountable rather than just giving

0:50:27.600 --> 0:50:29.600
<v Speaker 3>that fit guy the way out saying no, if you

0:50:29.680 --> 0:50:31.640
<v Speaker 3>play good today, then you can.

0:50:31.440 --> 0:50:33.480
<v Speaker 4>Count, but if you don't, then all right.

0:50:33.880 --> 0:50:35.480
<v Speaker 3>But I feel like if you have the fifth guy

0:50:35.520 --> 0:50:38.239
<v Speaker 3>into the mix, the best teams are really going to

0:50:38.320 --> 0:50:41.600
<v Speaker 3>show whether I mean, it could be I mean, it

0:50:41.600 --> 0:50:45.279
<v Speaker 3>could be anyone, any five guys could show up rather

0:50:45.320 --> 0:50:46.520
<v Speaker 3>than just four guys.

0:50:46.960 --> 0:50:50.200
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it adds like almost the weight. They have that

0:50:50.280 --> 0:50:54.759
<v Speaker 1>element in the match play, but the stroke play, it

0:50:54.800 --> 0:50:57.040
<v Speaker 1>makes a lot of sense because you got to have

0:50:57.160 --> 0:51:00.359
<v Speaker 1>the most depth and the most you know, everybody's show

0:51:00.400 --> 0:51:01.080
<v Speaker 1>up every round.

0:51:01.160 --> 0:51:03.400
<v Speaker 2>Huh yeah, exactly.

0:51:03.440 --> 0:51:04.880
<v Speaker 4>I mean it's kind of like basketball.

0:51:04.920 --> 0:51:07.160
<v Speaker 3>You don't when you have your starting five out there,

0:51:07.960 --> 0:51:12.840
<v Speaker 3>you don't just let one guy come out, come out.

0:51:12.640 --> 0:51:13.600
<v Speaker 2>And he's just dull.

0:51:14.000 --> 0:51:15.799
<v Speaker 3>You're gonna have a guy come in that's gonna try

0:51:15.800 --> 0:51:17.799
<v Speaker 3>to change the mojo and bring something to the table.

0:51:17.920 --> 0:51:18.600
<v Speaker 4>Is the fifth spot.

0:51:19.719 --> 0:51:22.800
<v Speaker 3>So that's kind of something that goes along the lines

0:51:22.840 --> 0:51:25.200
<v Speaker 3>with with RNs double A tournament.

0:51:25.400 --> 0:51:30.120
<v Speaker 1>So so Illinois's got a little bit of a coaching search.

0:51:31.120 --> 0:51:34.239
<v Speaker 1>You got anybody that you want to see Illinois higher?

0:51:35.440 --> 0:51:38.239
<v Speaker 3>Oh man, you know, sat here and I've thought about it,

0:51:38.360 --> 0:51:41.200
<v Speaker 3>you know, I mean, obviously my dream guy that i'd want,

0:51:41.239 --> 0:51:42.680
<v Speaker 3>and I just know he's not even come.

0:51:42.560 --> 0:51:44.640
<v Speaker 2>Here at Brad Stevens because.

0:51:44.440 --> 0:51:46.880
<v Speaker 3>I feel like he knows Midwest basketball more than anyone.

0:51:47.040 --> 0:51:50.359
<v Speaker 3>He's he did such a great job with Butler. But

0:51:50.480 --> 0:51:53.400
<v Speaker 3>you know, I honestly think I feel like Tony Bennett

0:51:53.520 --> 0:51:57.640
<v Speaker 3>would be a good one. Definitely a good one from Virginia.

0:51:58.000 --> 0:51:59.760
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I mean I don't really.

0:51:59.600 --> 0:52:01.880
<v Speaker 3>Have a big wish list. I mean, whoever we get,

0:52:02.400 --> 0:52:05.400
<v Speaker 3>they're gonna hopefully turn the program around. And you know,

0:52:05.560 --> 0:52:08.520
<v Speaker 3>I trust Whitman on what he's doing. I mean, he

0:52:08.560 --> 0:52:12.000
<v Speaker 3>did higher Levey, so we'll see. And the donors are

0:52:12.160 --> 0:52:14.319
<v Speaker 3>willing to pay in the university is willing to pay

0:52:14.360 --> 0:52:17.720
<v Speaker 3>this new coach, so well, we'll see what what we get.

0:52:18.200 --> 0:52:21.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, we I'm a I'm an Illinois grad, so

0:52:21.600 --> 0:52:25.640
<v Speaker 1>I've been watching that. I'm hoping for a big higher

0:52:25.880 --> 0:52:28.000
<v Speaker 1>I think Brad Stevens is doing pretty good in that

0:52:28.280 --> 0:52:30.920
<v Speaker 1>NB in the NBA unfortunately.

0:52:30.760 --> 0:52:33.640
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I know that definitely would it. You almost

0:52:33.680 --> 0:52:34.920
<v Speaker 2>hope that he was having a bad.

0:52:34.800 --> 0:52:36.799
<v Speaker 3>Year this year that he would think about coming back,

0:52:36.840 --> 0:52:38.360
<v Speaker 3>but that's definitely not gonna happen.

0:52:38.760 --> 0:52:43.120
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, So we've got some we got some Twitter questions.

0:52:43.680 --> 0:52:47.160
<v Speaker 1>I want to get to here and uh and Nick

0:52:47.239 --> 0:52:51.200
<v Speaker 1>deferred to you on on Brett's question of if you

0:52:51.200 --> 0:52:55.560
<v Speaker 1>could compare you and Nick to any w w E

0:52:55.800 --> 0:52:57.520
<v Speaker 1>tag team, who would it be?

0:52:58.239 --> 0:52:59.720
<v Speaker 2>Oh Man.

0:53:01.320 --> 0:53:06.399
<v Speaker 3>Man old Man w w E tag team. Trying to

0:53:06.440 --> 0:53:09.880
<v Speaker 3>think of a good one here. You know, honestly, I

0:53:09.880 --> 0:53:13.480
<v Speaker 3>think we'd be around the D generation X to be

0:53:13.560 --> 0:53:15.239
<v Speaker 3>completely honest, I.

0:53:15.200 --> 0:53:17.640
<v Speaker 2>Think we bring we bring some spice to the table.

0:53:17.640 --> 0:53:18.960
<v Speaker 2>We're a little bit something different.

0:53:20.520 --> 0:53:23.960
<v Speaker 3>You know, we're kind of in your face of a

0:53:24.120 --> 0:53:25.920
<v Speaker 3>tag team. So I feel like that's kind.

0:53:25.760 --> 0:53:26.920
<v Speaker 4>Of what we'd be related to.

0:53:28.560 --> 0:53:31.719
<v Speaker 1>That's a little a little spicy. You know, you got

0:53:31.840 --> 0:53:35.279
<v Speaker 1>you got two different styles of play. I think you

0:53:35.360 --> 0:53:38.160
<v Speaker 1>could be, you know, one of the great pairings of

0:53:38.200 --> 0:53:41.799
<v Speaker 1>like a little like a two different style wrestlers too.

0:53:41.960 --> 0:53:46.279
<v Speaker 3>You know that's exactly try well, Shawn Michael's a little

0:53:46.280 --> 0:53:47.080
<v Speaker 3>triple h you know.

0:53:48.680 --> 0:53:54.319
<v Speaker 1>So uh Stewart uh Hagastad's got got a question here

0:53:54.480 --> 0:53:58.280
<v Speaker 1>is which would you rather wear for every round of golf?

0:53:58.760 --> 0:54:03.920
<v Speaker 1>A floral sunby and white sunglasses or socks and crocs.

0:54:05.400 --> 0:54:07.239
<v Speaker 3>Oh man, I'm telling you I'd be I would be

0:54:07.320 --> 0:54:10.560
<v Speaker 3>the floral hat with white sunglasses because it just just

0:54:10.680 --> 0:54:15.399
<v Speaker 3>screams class I feel like, you know what I mean.

0:54:15.440 --> 0:54:17.400
<v Speaker 3>But then again, you have the socks and the crocs

0:54:17.400 --> 0:54:22.359
<v Speaker 3>that scream I'm a grinder, don't really have it all.

0:54:22.360 --> 0:54:23.800
<v Speaker 3>When I'm gonna go out there and give it everything

0:54:23.840 --> 0:54:25.400
<v Speaker 3>I got. And this is what I got and this

0:54:25.520 --> 0:54:27.440
<v Speaker 3>is what I'm gonna do with it. But I'm definitely

0:54:27.480 --> 0:54:30.319
<v Speaker 3>more of the floral hat and white sunglasses, you know.

0:54:30.760 --> 0:54:35.200
<v Speaker 1>Stu. Stu texted me and he he guessed the opposite

0:54:35.440 --> 0:54:37.360
<v Speaker 1>of what happened. He thought you were going to be

0:54:37.400 --> 0:54:39.960
<v Speaker 1>the socks and crocs guy and Nick was going to

0:54:40.000 --> 0:54:44.040
<v Speaker 1>be the sunbonnet and white sunglasses. Yeah.

0:54:44.440 --> 0:54:46.279
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, he texted me and told me that too. But

0:54:46.719 --> 0:54:49.600
<v Speaker 3>you know, my honest opinion was I figure that Hardy

0:54:49.600 --> 0:54:51.080
<v Speaker 3>would go with socks and crocs.

0:54:51.280 --> 0:54:53.880
<v Speaker 1>I go socks and crocs. You know, I think it

0:54:54.000 --> 0:54:56.560
<v Speaker 1>just says that, you know, you don't really give a shit.

0:54:57.440 --> 0:55:05.240
<v Speaker 1>I ex right, So Brian Atkinson, former online I golfer

0:55:05.800 --> 0:55:08.680
<v Speaker 1>wants to know one course for the rest of your life,

0:55:08.680 --> 0:55:13.360
<v Speaker 1>and you can't quit orange or blue.

0:55:13.640 --> 0:55:16.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go with orange. You know. They they've actually

0:55:16.520 --> 0:55:17.920
<v Speaker 2>had some really good.

0:55:17.760 --> 0:55:21.120
<v Speaker 3>Greens over the past seven eight months. I mean they've

0:55:21.120 --> 0:55:24.120
<v Speaker 3>been so they've been rolling so good. So I take

0:55:24.160 --> 0:55:25.520
<v Speaker 3>play at Orange, man.

0:55:26.560 --> 0:55:29.839
<v Speaker 1>I stayed down one summer for summer school, and I'd

0:55:29.880 --> 0:55:33.239
<v Speaker 1>play it out of the orange and and like you'd

0:55:33.239 --> 0:55:35.920
<v Speaker 1>have love wedges in and you'd have to land I'm

0:55:35.960 --> 0:55:42.160
<v Speaker 1>sure to the green because we're so rock hard. It's

0:55:43.000 --> 0:55:47.840
<v Speaker 1>it's it's something else. I hope one day they get

0:55:47.880 --> 0:55:51.319
<v Speaker 1>like a really great university golf course, like you know,

0:55:51.360 --> 0:55:54.560
<v Speaker 1>you see a lot of universities have some good tracks

0:55:54.600 --> 0:55:57.200
<v Speaker 1>and and that'd be a cool thing for Illinois to get.

0:55:58.680 --> 0:56:01.080
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, definitely, that would be That's definitely one of those

0:56:01.080 --> 0:56:02.160
<v Speaker 3>wishless items.

0:56:02.440 --> 0:56:04.919
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, we just uh, we gotta get we gotta

0:56:04.960 --> 0:56:06.120
<v Speaker 1>talk to the right donors.

0:56:06.200 --> 0:56:08.719
<v Speaker 2>Right, that's exactly right.

0:56:10.080 --> 0:56:13.920
<v Speaker 1>So Todd Mitchell wants to know why do you like

0:56:14.000 --> 0:56:14.920
<v Speaker 1>salad so much?

0:56:16.400 --> 0:56:20.000
<v Speaker 3>Why I like salad so much? Yeah, you know, I'm

0:56:20.000 --> 0:56:20.600
<v Speaker 3>not really the.

0:56:20.560 --> 0:56:23.280
<v Speaker 2>Healthiest kid out there, so I think.

0:56:23.120 --> 0:56:24.840
<v Speaker 4>That's kind of why you wanted to know that question.

0:56:26.480 --> 0:56:29.120
<v Speaker 2>But can I always.

0:56:28.880 --> 0:56:31.760
<v Speaker 3>Drink coke and I'm always eating kind of like snack

0:56:31.800 --> 0:56:33.600
<v Speaker 3>foods and things like that and never really get the

0:56:33.640 --> 0:56:37.399
<v Speaker 3>salad before the meals and the buffet lines. So yeah,

0:56:37.400 --> 0:56:38.680
<v Speaker 3>that's probably where that stims from.

0:56:39.080 --> 0:56:40.680
<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, I'm I'm more of the.

0:56:40.640 --> 0:56:42.840
<v Speaker 2>Burger king fast food guy, you know.

0:56:43.560 --> 0:56:46.560
<v Speaker 1>To Todd's becoming an old man, so he's he's got

0:56:46.560 --> 0:56:48.839
<v Speaker 1>to take care of himself a little bit more than you.

0:56:48.840 --> 0:56:49.080
<v Speaker 1>You know.

0:56:50.040 --> 0:56:51.480
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he's gotta eat his greens.

0:56:51.480 --> 0:56:53.640
<v Speaker 2>You know, he's gotta stay a little bit healthier.

0:56:53.280 --> 0:56:54.520
<v Speaker 4>And all that good stuff.

0:56:54.640 --> 0:56:59.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah he's Uh, he's a heck of a player, though,

0:56:59.040 --> 0:56:59.640
<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you what.

0:57:00.360 --> 0:57:02.439
<v Speaker 2>Yes he is. Yes, he is a good guy too,

0:57:02.600 --> 0:57:03.040
<v Speaker 2>good guy.

0:57:03.239 --> 0:57:07.640
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, very good guy. So I get you out of

0:57:07.680 --> 0:57:11.320
<v Speaker 1>here with one last question, then we'll do a little

0:57:11.560 --> 0:57:17.600
<v Speaker 1>overrated underrated. But of all the former and current aligne, I,

0:57:17.600 --> 0:57:21.200
<v Speaker 1>if you could take one aspect of their golf game,

0:57:21.680 --> 0:57:24.280
<v Speaker 1>whose would you take? And uh, why.

0:57:26.640 --> 0:57:29.880
<v Speaker 3>I would take Charlie's short game, to be honest. I mean,

0:57:29.920 --> 0:57:32.680
<v Speaker 3>he's he's got one of the best short games that

0:57:32.760 --> 0:57:35.800
<v Speaker 3>I've ever I've ever seen, and it's always it always

0:57:35.840 --> 0:57:38.560
<v Speaker 3>keeps him alive. So that's definitely one of the things

0:57:38.600 --> 0:57:40.560
<v Speaker 3>I didn't want to take. And no, I try to

0:57:40.600 --> 0:57:42.640
<v Speaker 3>learn from him over the course of time, and you

0:57:42.680 --> 0:57:44.040
<v Speaker 3>know he learned from coach, so.

0:57:44.440 --> 0:57:45.640
<v Speaker 2>Taking in what coach has said.

0:57:45.760 --> 0:57:48.959
<v Speaker 3>But yeah, that's kind of who I'd go with.

0:57:49.240 --> 0:57:51.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I was. I was happy to see him Monday

0:57:52.000 --> 0:57:55.040
<v Speaker 1>into the Valsparre and make a tut. I mean, it's

0:57:55.520 --> 0:57:57.760
<v Speaker 1>it's only a matter of time. Before he gets out

0:57:57.800 --> 0:57:58.800
<v Speaker 1>there full time.

0:58:00.160 --> 0:58:02.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, sooner or later you'll get there.

0:58:02.560 --> 0:58:05.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's too much talent not to get there. So

0:58:06.680 --> 0:58:13.360
<v Speaker 1>let's let's go to overrated, underrated all right? Uh, lifting weights.

0:58:15.200 --> 0:58:17.520
<v Speaker 3>Lifting weights, underrated.

0:58:17.280 --> 0:58:24.440
<v Speaker 1>Underrated all right? Silver mine subs.

0:58:22.040 --> 0:58:26.800
<v Speaker 2>Silver mine subs. Yeah, they still have no idea, no

0:58:26.880 --> 0:58:27.800
<v Speaker 2>idea what that is.

0:58:28.280 --> 0:58:29.640
<v Speaker 1>It doesn't exist anymore.

0:58:31.120 --> 0:58:32.640
<v Speaker 2>I have no idea what that is?

0:58:32.760 --> 0:58:36.760
<v Speaker 1>Man. That shows how old I am.

0:58:37.360 --> 0:58:41.960
<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna go with It's underrated, theted.

0:58:40.920 --> 0:58:43.280
<v Speaker 1>You know, we're gonna switch it to Papa Dell's. I

0:58:43.320 --> 0:58:45.040
<v Speaker 1>you know, I thought I thought there was no way

0:58:45.120 --> 0:58:46.800
<v Speaker 1>silver Mine wouldever be gone.

0:58:48.240 --> 0:58:51.840
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, Papa. That's definitely definitely underrated.

0:58:52.000 --> 0:58:55.160
<v Speaker 1>All right, alright? Uh Tom de Tree's.

0:58:54.880 --> 0:59:03.160
<v Speaker 3>Hair, Oh Tom Tree's hair. Man, that's neither underrated or overrated.

0:59:03.160 --> 0:59:07.480
<v Speaker 2>It's just perfect. It's perfect. Man. You can't you can't

0:59:07.520 --> 0:59:16.200
<v Speaker 2>pit that one on me, all right, hutting cutting, Oh man,

0:59:16.240 --> 0:59:19.080
<v Speaker 2>that's underrated. Too many people don't really focus on it.

0:59:19.120 --> 0:59:21.160
<v Speaker 3>They always think I've hit the long ball and everything

0:59:21.200 --> 0:59:25.080
<v Speaker 3>like that. But trust me, I put it terrible in Vegas,

0:59:25.080 --> 0:59:26.520
<v Speaker 3>and I hit the ball the best I ever did,

0:59:26.520 --> 0:59:28.880
<v Speaker 3>and I came in twenty five, So it's definitely underrated.

0:59:29.440 --> 0:59:33.200
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, putting bad is just the worst.

0:59:34.240 --> 0:59:35.360
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's awful.

0:59:37.480 --> 0:59:40.600
<v Speaker 1>Track man, track.

0:59:40.360 --> 0:59:45.960
<v Speaker 3>Man, there's aspects of it that can be overrated. You

0:59:46.040 --> 0:59:48.240
<v Speaker 3>can start looking at way too many things and you

0:59:48.240 --> 0:59:51.800
<v Speaker 3>can get so wrapped up and swing and that's definitely not.

0:59:51.680 --> 0:59:52.240
<v Speaker 2>Who I am.

0:59:52.280 --> 0:59:55.120
<v Speaker 3>I'm more of a field guy, so that's I would

0:59:55.120 --> 0:59:55.760
<v Speaker 3>go overrated.

0:59:56.080 --> 1:00:00.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm on the overrated train there too. So Hey,

1:00:00.000 --> 1:00:03.560
<v Speaker 1>thank Dylan, thanks for the time, and I want to

1:00:03.560 --> 1:00:05.440
<v Speaker 1>wish you the best of luck here in the spring,

1:00:05.520 --> 1:00:09.240
<v Speaker 1>restless spring, and hopefully we'll get to see you up

1:00:09.280 --> 1:00:10.320
<v Speaker 1>at rich Harvest.

1:00:11.480 --> 1:00:12.800
<v Speaker 2>All right, thank you, I appreciate it.

1:00:13.000 --> 1:00:15.520
<v Speaker 1>Ye, have a good one, all right, you too,