1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: My Room overlooks the fairway. Here. I'm literally on the 2 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: on the cross path on eighteen with a window cracked open, 3 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: shades pulled, and at six thirty I thought I was 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 1: I thought it was. It was a half state of 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 1: dream and reality. I was woken to the call to 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: the first tee of Paul Laury from Scotland, uh, you know, 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: and a nice round of applause and that, and there 8 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: was the start of the open championship. Put another log 9 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: on the fire. Here is get the time. Hello, welcome 10 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: back to another fire drill podcast. This is Alan Schifnik. 11 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: Michael Bambergers here in Scotland in the press room. Matt 12 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: Janelle is here in Scotland in the Russi's hotel and Um, 13 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: it was the first rounds in the books. M here. 14 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: It's been an incredible day of golf. Let's let's just 15 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: get into it. Um, Michael, what did you see out 16 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: there that Um that caught your eye and and just 17 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 1: your thoughts on the day. Just a wild, wild range 18 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: of scoring. Uh, you know, it's amazing. I think Cameron 19 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: young shot of sixty four here and you know, you 20 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: want to do some simple math and say, oh, is 21 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: gonna win this thing. I just never see that thing happening. 22 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: But you know, I want to come to the old 23 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: courses defense. How about you, guys? Man, I I it's 24 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: just amazing to me how this looks like it's like 25 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: the him alays where we're watching one big putting contest. 26 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: I mean, with the exception of the occasional bunker shot, 27 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: this has been a big put show and it's you know, honestly, 28 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm I'm enjoying it. Yeah, I mean the course is 29 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: playing incredibly short. I mean mcilroy on the fourteenth hole, 30 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: part five, you know, it's six D and something yards. 31 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: He had a little wedge into it. I mean it's 32 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: just the ball doesn't stop rolling, but it's still not 33 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: easy to get it close. I mean because the Greens 34 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: are just as firm and uh, the RNA had had 35 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: some spicy flags out there where they used the mounding 36 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: and the banks of the of the Greens. Is Defense, 37 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: which I think is fine and Um, and so I 38 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: agree that you're saying, Michael. I mean it's Rory's word 39 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: was fiddly. I love that word. The Brits use it 40 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: to describe like kind of a course that you can't overpower. 41 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: You have to you have to finesse and uh, if 42 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: you play perfect golf, like like Cameron Young did, ahead 43 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,839 Speaker 1: of the wind, then there there's definitely a score out there. 44 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: But I mean three under was good for tenth place 45 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: most of the day and it's not like the entire 46 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: field is going low. I mean if you play perfect golf, 47 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: it's it's there for the taking. But Um, there's definitely 48 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: the course can bite back. And when and when you 49 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: say that, Alan when you look at this spoard and 50 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: you've got a lot of good golfers on the spoort, 51 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: I don't see any of these guys doing a second 52 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: day what they did today. For one reason is it 53 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,399 Speaker 1: took six hours in the wind to play this thing. 54 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: Nobody can be mentally strong enough, except for Jack Nicholas 55 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 1: and Tiger Woods in their primes, to do that on 56 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: back to back days. Maybe rory to some degree, but 57 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: I mean it will wear you out just stand that 58 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: long in the wind and try to play golf shots 59 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: on a fifthly golf course. But by the way, we 60 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: started by saying for round one is in the books. 61 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: I'm I'm still seeing golfers play the a t though 62 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: this the round is still going. It's PM local time 63 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: and golf is still being played without, without any irony. 64 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: I mean it's, it's, it's it's still light out right 65 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: my my bad eye, and let's and let's, let us 66 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: and let us and let us know, without irony, that 67 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: Matt's wake up called today was, um, the call to 68 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: the tea at six thirty five of Paul Laury, you know, 69 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: group number one, now on the table, and company. That's 70 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: a great story this morning. Tell the tell the readers 71 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: about that. For the listeners, I mean the I had. 72 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: I had one of the greatest twenty four hours in 73 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: my life as a professional in the golf industry, which, 74 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: you know, ended with on the heels of an hour 75 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: and a half worth of sleep and my my room 76 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: overlooks the the fairway. Here I'm literally on the on 77 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: the cross path on eighteen with a window cracked open, 78 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: shades pulled, and at six thirty I thought I was, 79 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: I thought it was. It was a half state of 80 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: dream and reality and my whole day then, my day 81 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 1: had ended an hour and a half before with reflections 82 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: of visiting old Tom's and young Tom's grave sites at 83 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: the stroke of midnight with a few former colleagues at 84 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: golf channel, after we jumped fences and scurried under fences 85 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: and and and found their grave sites. And then an 86 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: hour and a half after I fell asleep, I was 87 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: woken to the call to the first tee of Paul 88 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: lury from Scotland, uh, you know, and a nice round 89 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: of applause and that. And there was the start of 90 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: the one Fiftie Open Championship and uh, it was tremendous. 91 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: I just sat there and with my eyes closed and 92 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: listened to another couple of groups go off until Phil Nicholson, uh, 93 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: was called to tea and then I had to get 94 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: up out of bed and pull the shades open to 95 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: watch him, watch him stroll across the Cross way to, 96 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of calls of let's go fail, 97 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: let's go fail, and uh, and and they were off. I. Um, 98 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: I wasn't out there, but from reading, from reading some 99 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: of the the press accounts and the transcript, sounds like 100 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: maybe Ian Poulter got got a little heckling or a 101 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,559 Speaker 1: smattering of booze. Um. Did you happen to hear Poulter 102 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: go off, Matt, I did. I I was listening to 103 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: a wide variety of players go off. I didn't hear 104 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: any any booze and it just seemed that that just 105 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: does not seem like this crowd at all. It's not 106 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: say it didn't happen. It would be. I was listening 107 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: thinking would there be something like that? I didn't hear 108 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: anything like that at adare manner and not nothing audibly 109 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: to the point where they could actually hear it. But anyway, 110 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: if it happened, I didn't hear it. Interesting, alright, just curious. 111 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: But how it sound from the fourth floor of the 112 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: russaks hotel? So also Alan, he's very English. Well, yeah, 113 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: I mean that's not necessarily a good thing when you're 114 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: playing in Scotland. But we won't get in. Probably why 115 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 1: that that would be more inclined to have the booze. 116 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: WE WON'T DREDGE UP. You know, fifteen cent tree politics 117 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,679 Speaker 1: share on this podcast. But so cam young goes out early. 118 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: He's he's sort of them. He's he throws a marker down, 119 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: I mean the tip of the CAP. I mean the 120 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: guy is probably gonna be rookie of the year on tour. 121 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: He's he's had some really good finishes. He made an 122 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: awesome run um at at southern hills. So he's a 123 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: legit player, and not say he can't hang around, but 124 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: to me that the man of the hour, the toast 125 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: of the town, was rory mcelroy. I mean to shoot 126 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: such an effortless sixty six where he was almost never 127 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: in trouble and even even the one bogey he made, 128 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: he's right in front of the green and he said 129 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: he got too cute with a chip and it took 130 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: a bad balance and you know that happens. But he 131 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: looked totally in control, not only of his golf ball 132 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: but also his emotions. The crowd was very much on 133 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: Rory's side. Um. You know, I think we've talked a 134 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,119 Speaker 1: lot already this week about how much this open means 135 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: to the game of golf and then how much it 136 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: means to the players to win a and open at 137 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: St Andrew's. And as rory has become sort of the 138 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: this global ambassador for the sport and probably the most 139 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: beloved figure in the game. I mean everyone wants him 140 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: to get this one and you could just feel that 141 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: energy in the crowd. I went out there and walked 142 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: a bit and Um, so let let's talk about rory. 143 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: I mean Michael. You follow him his whole career. Um, 144 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: what did you see from him today and can you 145 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: put in context what this victory would mean if he 146 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: can keep going? You know, I think it's a little 147 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: bit like playing for right now, not to turn this 148 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: into a political discussion of another sort too quickly, but 149 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: he is playing for traditional golfing values, you know, and 150 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: not this upstart live golf league, and in that sense 151 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: it's a little bit like playing for your nation or 152 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: your or your continent in the Ryder Cup and Um. 153 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: And that adds pressure and we've seen the pressure that 154 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: just trying to win the master's Tournament, Um has on 155 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: Rory and Um, I expect he's gonna play, you know, 156 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: three really good rounds of golf, but to get it 157 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: done all the way through Sunday evening in the seventies 158 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: and hole is, no matter how good his golf is, 159 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: no matter how strong his head is, it's a very, 160 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: very tall challenge. Yeah, it's interesting because, oh, go ahead, no, 161 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: I was just saying that. You know, I I get 162 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: all that and I seem I think that's like that's 163 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: very obvious to me at this point of Rory's sort 164 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: of life and career. It's really all about trying to 165 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: get it done under pressure, like he's got to continue 166 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: to try to uh make up for past, you know, 167 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 1: hiccups and but I think he's been poked. I think 168 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: he's been poked, he's been perturbed, he's he's been reinvigorated 169 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: or refocused in terms of the competitor in him and, Um, 170 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: I think going back, you know, to the Canadian open and, 171 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: you know, even watching him and and seeing him at 172 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: a dare manner at the JP program and and knowing 173 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: what this means, I just get the sense that there's 174 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: the the childlike competitor in Rory has been has been, 175 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: you know, uh prodded and and I think that there 176 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: seems to be in an extra layer of focus to 177 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 1: him the last couple of weeks and it has a 178 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: lot to do with live and it has a lot 179 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: to do with the fight for competitive being annoyed. He's 180 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: he's annoyed by the fact that he's going through all 181 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: this and I think he knows that the way to 182 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: continue to silence all this and let his game do 183 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: the talking. He's as opposed to his talking doing the talking, 184 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: is a better way for him to go about his business. Yeah, 185 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: that's really well said. I mean coming into this year 186 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: the backstory on Roy the majors was he would get 187 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: stage fright on Thursday, and he was. He had all 188 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: these terrible first rounds. I kind of blew him out 189 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: of the tournament and he's conquered. I mean there's three 190 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: straight majors. He started with a really great round, put 191 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: himself around among the leaders and he talked about this 192 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: a little bit after his round. Now the challenge becomes Friday. 193 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: It's backing up one great round with another, because at 194 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: both southern hills in the country club he kind of 195 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: retreated a little bit in the second round and instead 196 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: of taking the you know, the tournament by the throat 197 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: and really putting his stamp on it Um, you know, 198 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 1: he was his play was a little defensive and a 199 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: little soft in the second round. So now he has 200 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: a new challenge. Can he keep going forward and can 201 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 1: you build on this, on this round? But I thought 202 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: it was impressive that he played with so much patience 203 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: and restraint because, you know, roy has so much firepower. 204 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: He could he could try to overpower this golf course, 205 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 1: but he he was very disciplined. He had a game 206 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: plan and he stuck to it and and when he 207 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: got in trouble on a couple occasions, he just got 208 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: himself out of trouble real quick, played semi conservative shots 209 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: and Um and, as you were saying, Matt, you know, 210 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: Roy's lag putting was beautiful and when you think about 211 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: the strengths of his game, that's not something that gets 212 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: mentioned very often, but he had. He had some terrific 213 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: two putts from six eight feet and even some from 214 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: off the green, like on the road hole. You know, 215 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: he was way short of that Green. He rolled it 216 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 1: up there and save par. So it's exciting. I mean, 217 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 1: as Michael said, there's still a lot of golf to go, 218 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: but Um, roy is the right man at the right 219 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: time and it would be a thrill if he can 220 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: just keep himself in this until the bitter end. And 221 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: he doesn't have to do very much to do that tomorrow. 222 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: In other words, tomorrow is not the round to put 223 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: pressure on yourself. I mean, he's going to be playing late. 224 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: You know he had a good first round. If you 225 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: shoot seventy tomorrow, it's it's terrific. UH, and I don't 226 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: know what his mindset has been after you know these 227 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: last three majors where he played first good round, good 228 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: first rounds, but tomorrow he all he has. You know, 229 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:46,719 Speaker 1: Tigert uses is forever. All he has to do is 230 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: play rory mcawrey golf. He doesn't do anything exceptional at 231 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: all to just hang around, hang around, to hang around 232 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: and then be there come, come Sunday. Having said that, 233 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: you've got a lot of talent all over this golf 234 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: course and s good. You Know Scotty Shuffler and you 235 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 1: know Cameron Smith. I mean you know Dustin John. UH, 236 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: that Dustin hasn't been a factor in a long time 237 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: and Um, I think, as with rory, but in a 238 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 1: different way, this lift stuff is maybe um stimulated dustin 239 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 1: in a way that he needed, because he's just been 240 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,559 Speaker 1: coasting and for a guy who still has so much 241 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: game to not even factor, I mean he's been, when 242 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 1: he's going on two years out of even any kind 243 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: of win anywhere. So Um, for him, for him to 244 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 1: make a strong push, I mean you would think if 245 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 1: you make a list of guys that were born to 246 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: win on this golf course, he would seem to be 247 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: a he'd be on that Short list. So Um, he's 248 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 1: a really intriguing. Name, Um, anyone else on the board 249 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 1: that captures your eyemat? Well, say heath the gala. I 250 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: mean we were just we're just watching and Gawking at 251 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,839 Speaker 1: him and his game. I mean I just I just 252 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: love the way he plays Golf. I love that he 253 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,719 Speaker 1: wears links Ole. He was out there in in in 254 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: one of my favorite link soul hoodies. Uh, and he's 255 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: at the old course. It's like he plays Goat Hill 256 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: Park when he's in oceanside California. To go from Goat 257 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 1: Hill Park and and pepperdine to win the you know, 258 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: the open championship of the old course. We're in a 259 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: link soul hoodie. I. How can I not relate, to 260 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: relate to that. Uh, and I and he's he's got 261 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: a lot of DJ in him just with his his 262 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: his his length, his his stride, his presence, his demeanor. 263 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: He's really he's really kind spirited guy. I watched DJ 264 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: for eighteen holes at a dare and he did not 265 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: miss a shot. He was hitting, he played, he is 266 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: he is hitting the golf ball. He's in total command 267 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: of his game. In fact, he was reading his own 268 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: pots Um. He had his brother in law on the 269 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: bag at a dare and you know, I again I 270 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: mentioned that the that we had a caddy who could 271 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: help and read putts and and he he wasn't interested. 272 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: And Uh, he could have shot eight under easily and 273 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: he missed a lot of short but so it's funny 274 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: that his putting was off in terms of I guess, 275 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: maybe the reds Um. For Him to win this, obviously putties. 276 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: He's gonna have to have great reads and great putting. 277 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: So and he seems like kind of a classic links 278 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: player who's not so focused on mechanics and just hit shots, 279 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: like I saw on the telecast play some really fun, tricky, 280 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: spinny Um shots that just showed a real flair and 281 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: a real understanding of what you gotta do out there. 282 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: So that that I you know, I haven't I haven't 283 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: seen as much of his game as I would like 284 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: to this point, but from what I saw today, like 285 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: he seems to get it and Um, you got you 286 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 1: got a root for young players like that who who 287 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: just take on the challenge and they're they're not playing 288 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: track man golf and and they're they're they're just they're 289 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: just making, you know, hitting golf shots. So that that 290 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: was cool. He's having fun. A model for the a 291 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: model for that would be John Daly. UH, John Daily 292 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: and Dustin Johnson are actually very similar in a lot 293 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: of ways. Mega, mega talents uh don't have their nose 294 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: in the artage book. Uh, played by feel, do their 295 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: own thing and can't be dictated to. And if John 296 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: Daily could come here and and and win here on 297 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: the old course, uh, with Sabat like skills, uh, I 298 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: think Dustin Johnson could do the do the exact same thing. 299 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: You don't have to do it, you know, the Jack 300 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: Nicholas Way, or the Louis tizing way for that matter. Yeah, 301 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: all right. Let let's talk about Tiger Woods, because you 302 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: guys last night were ready to annoint him the champion. 303 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: I kind of stayed quiet in that debate because I 304 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: didn't quite share your belief, but I didn't want to 305 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: be Debbie Downer. Um. But you know, there's gonna be 306 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: days when Tiger doesn't play well. But it was startling 307 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: to watch him come out on the first hole, uh, Um, 308 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: and dump it into the into the burn and make 309 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 1: it and then hit a hit, a nice pitch, and then, 310 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: you know, basically with a three FT or like that 311 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: that double bogey was such a Gut Punch. Um, you know, 312 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: there's some hard holes in the old course where bogey's 313 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: fine but number one is not. Is Not a double 314 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: bogie hole. And so Um, what what can we say 315 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 1: about about tigers seventies six to day, which put him 316 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: in a place. He's still in it all right. Why 317 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: is he still living at Michael? Let's hear it. You 318 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: know he's Tiger I. I agree with the Alan completely 319 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: that he has had over the course of his career 320 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: a lot of bad first souls, including Augusta national, you know, 321 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: driving it crazily offline here, you know, to drive it 322 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: in a divot hole or you know, hit a foreign 323 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: into a divot hole on a on a perfect shot 324 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: and then dumping in the burn. He said Augusta wind 325 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: hit in his press conference afterwards. I don't know. Uh, 326 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: it's hard to imagine. There's a hard and of Gusta 327 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: win that's going to prevent you know that it's gonna 328 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: knock the ball down twenty yards, because you should be, 329 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: you know, at least five yards. Uh, past that whole 330 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: but tiger woods, at the peak of his powers, had 331 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: so much mental strength it would be even with having 332 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: the red ass of having your first shot finishing a divot, 333 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 1: it would be almost impossible to imagine not keeping the 334 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: ball dry and making at worst of five Uh. And then, 335 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: of course, in his prime he would have come back 336 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: from the double bogey. And that takes mental resolve as 337 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 1: much as anything. And how much meant to resolve can 338 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: any one person have? So, you know, it's uh, this 339 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: game reveals your inner life like nothing can, and I 340 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: think we saw actually a glimpse of of Tigers in 341 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 1: her life today and it's it's a tough place to be. 342 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: And I would just want to say this too, but 343 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 1: I mean he showed a lot of grace and a 344 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: lot of class really coming in after the round and 345 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: answering every last question, which he has done pretty much 346 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: his whole career, but even today it was with like, 347 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: you know, a little bit more, almost definitely depth, but 348 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: also sort of wistfulness, like I won't be doing this forever. 349 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: And I saw oh it to the game just to 350 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: explain myself and I and I think he should get 351 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 1: I think he's I mean, he does get credit for that, 352 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: but he should get probably more. We just watched him 353 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 1: walk up the eighteenth fairway and he had driven it 354 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: into the Valley of sin and then he three putted 355 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: from there. Almost four putted, I mean drove. He hit 356 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: that third part by four, four FT, maybe five five. 357 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: He made a good part coming back to save par 358 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: and off the cap and gave a nice to wave 359 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 1: a decent crowd. UH, still still there, you know, but 360 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: it was. It was well past nine o'clock in the evening. 361 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: There wasn't a crazy crowd and it's I just was 362 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 1: feeling a little sad that if, if this is, if 363 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 1: this is it for him and the and the open 364 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: on an afternoon, late evening. Um, it just looked sad 365 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: all that. You know, it just he just looks broken. 366 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: He does. And then when he's climbing up the you know, 367 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: I've noticed this a lot over the years actually, but especially, uh, 368 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: since since the car crash. Uh Uh. He puts on 369 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: a brave face in terms of his walk and in 370 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: his actual literal face and then the second he's done 371 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: it sort of all comes washing out. And when he 372 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: walked over that bridge that takes you from the eighteenth 373 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 1: green to the to the scorer's scoring area, the limp 374 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: was much more pronounced immediately. And then when he was 375 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 1: done with his press conference and he had to walk 376 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: down four steps. You know, in his youth, of course, 377 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 1: like any you know, young person, he would have hopped 378 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: down the steps and he's literally holding onto the is 379 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: it called the door jam, you know, the side of 380 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:00,360 Speaker 1: the door and sort of gingerly, understandably careful he walking 381 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: down these steps. So you know, we're seeing a guy 382 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: with a lot going on in his life, physically and 383 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: emotionally mentally. Yeah, and it was interesting because even early 384 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: in the round, I mean obviously when you take a 385 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: double bag on the first hole and any human being 386 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: that's gonna be an emotional letdown. But I mean his 387 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 1: distance control was so off today. I mean there was 388 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: he was coming up twenty, thirty yards short with iron, 389 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 1: you know short irons in his hands, and he flew 390 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: some Greens. I mean you still get you'll get hard 391 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: bounces and you get run out, so it will put 392 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 1: you in weird spots, but he was doing it on 393 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: the fly. It just felt like he didn't have any 394 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: feeling in his hands and it certainly showed in his putting. 395 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: I mean his speed was off all day long and Um, 396 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 1: these Greens didn't really change overnight. I mean he's been 397 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: practicing on this speed and it just, it just kind 398 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: of you just didn't have it today. and Um, you know, 399 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: tiger is not immune to other emotions. You Know Rory 400 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: talked about Um. You know how keyed up he was 401 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: for this round and you kind of have to get 402 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: over that and just settle into playing golf. We know 403 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: how badly tiger wanted it. He prepared so hard this week. 404 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: I mean he pushed himself harder than it for any 405 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: other round this season really, and as far as the 406 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 1: pre tournament prep and you know, it just he may have, 407 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: it's funny to say about Tigers. He may have been 408 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,239 Speaker 1: a little overwhelmed by the moment, you know. and Um, 409 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,400 Speaker 1: it's okay. It happens to every athlete, happens every human. 410 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 1: But Um, there there is an element of melancholy because 411 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: we know the end is appears like it's near and 412 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: everyone was hoping there'd be something special and something miraculous 413 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: that he could summon on this golf course that means 414 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: so much to him. But he just didn't have it. 415 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 1: I Alan I completely agree with that assessment and I'll 416 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: tell you why. Because for years like his whole career. 417 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: He geared himself for, you know, sixteen or twenty, you know, 418 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: maybe twenty four rounds and that was amazing how he 419 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: would do that. But this year he really was gearing 420 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: himself for one round in particular and that was today's round. 421 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 1: I don't think he went to Augustin National. I think 422 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: he had much of a chance. We so it happened 423 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: in the southern at southern nils that even play in 424 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 1: the US Open at the country club and he's probably 425 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: wise to do it. So the one thing he really 426 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 1: needed to go well was this one round today to 427 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: set up the Friday round. And it didn't. And I 428 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: think you're right. I think, uh, you know when your 429 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: body is good and you're in every major and you 430 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: know if this one doesn't work out, you got the 431 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 1: next one. Is disappointing if you don't play well. But 432 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: he doesn't have that. He had everything geared towards this 433 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 1: one round and I think Um just as a as 434 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: a as an issue of mental frailty. Uh, it is 435 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: understandable and Matt and I were saying yesterday nobody gets 436 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: geared up and ready and prime to play meaningful rounds. 437 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: Let the legend grow rounds like Tiger Woods does, but 438 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: life interferes. It's important to remember it's not just the leg. 439 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 1: I mean there's a guy who had five actories before 440 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: the car crash and and compensating for the leg. Then 441 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: you know, if you're playing a lot of golf and 442 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 1: you're compensating for the leg, that can cause a lot 443 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: of other shoes, not only, you know, not only in 444 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 1: your swing but just physically. So again, I think broken 445 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: is probably the best word to describe him. He's he's 446 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: he's he's not right. Well, just very briefly, just beyond 447 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 1: the physical issues, I mean, I know this is really harsh, 448 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: but it is true. Something happened that morning that changed 449 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 1: the course of his life and it's a tragedy and 450 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: we don't know what happened or why it happened or 451 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: how it happened, but we know that it did happen. 452 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: And he's an you know, presumably he's an honest person 453 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: with himself. He must recognize that. So in additional the 454 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: physical pain he's enduring, there has to be a tremendous 455 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: amount of mental pain. It's like what happened on that 456 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: day and we don't know the answer, and I'm not 457 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: pretending I do, but we can imagine that tiger must 458 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: be asking that question, because how could any sentient human 459 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: being not pose that question to himself for herself? Yeah, 460 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: I mean it wasn't a fender bender. He was traveling 461 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: at an incredible rate of speed. I mean there's an 462 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: element of recklessness, or maybe something more than that. That Um, 463 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: that has gone on. Accounted for your right and Um. So. 464 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:11,719 Speaker 1: So now tiger t is off tomorrow right around ten 465 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: am local time, which means he'll be finishing call it 466 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: three thirty. Um. That's probably the peak of of the day. Right. 467 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: Everyone who wants to be at this tournament is going 468 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,239 Speaker 1: to be there, potentially an incredible scene on eighteen. If 469 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: you know, it looks pretty likely he's gonna be missing 470 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,199 Speaker 1: the cut. I mean we know tiger is gonna fight 471 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 1: hard no matter what. He's not gonna give up out 472 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: there and if he gets off the hot start, then 473 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: who knows? But Um, let's let's just say, you know, 474 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: it's clear he's not gonna make the cut and it's 475 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: going to be an emotional moment because I think there's 476 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: definitely a sense of farewell. He's probably never gonna play 477 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: another open at the old course, you know, in five, six, 478 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 1: seven years, and Um that seems highly unlikely. And who 479 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: knows if I'll ever make the plane flight over here again. 480 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: Who knows if he's even going to turn up but 481 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: next year's majors at all. I mean there's so many 482 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 1: unknowns for this guy. So I think everyone's sort of 483 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: girding themselves for what's going to be, uh, some sort 484 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: of goodbye tomorrow. We won't know how significant it is until, 485 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: you know, years from now, but it could be very much. 486 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: You can imagine his personality type. If the two extremes 487 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: are Hogan, who turned his back on tournament golf, and 488 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 1: Arnold Palmer, who couldn't do it, obviously tiger was. My 489 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:25,479 Speaker 1: personality type is much closer to Hogan. So you're absolutely right, Alan. Uh, 490 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,479 Speaker 1: we don't know how meaningful this round tomorrow is going 491 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: to be in terms of closing chapters. And we're talking 492 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: about a golf course where he's now, you know, an 493 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: honorary remember the R and a and what he flat 494 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: out says is his favorite golf course in the world. 495 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: It's it's powerful stuff, it's poignant and it's moving and 496 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: it's wistful. I know where I'll be tomorrow. Uh, tomorrow 497 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: afternoon here St Andrews, which is processing all of it. 498 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 1: I mean my first week at sports illustrated as the 499 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: golf photo editor, uh, while key opened. Uh, that was 500 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: the first week that I that I became the official, 501 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: you know, golf photo of s I, and we have 502 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 1: mark Mulvoy here and we all worked together at S 503 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,360 Speaker 1: I and and coming back to you know, I'm we're 504 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: already wistful over the fact that we're just here at 505 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: this open and what it all means. So the idea 506 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: that tiger maybe, you know, taking that cap off one 507 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: last time, waving goodbye to this crowd, waving goodbye to 508 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 1: us right, waving goodbye to us, all of us, Um 509 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: that has has that are here and who have made 510 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: this journey or or witnessing all this. It's that. I mean, wow, 511 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: it could. It's going to be a powerful moment. I 512 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 1: remember Jack, remember Arnie, remember Tom Watson and Um, you 513 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,440 Speaker 1: know what we'll be telling grandkids about about being here tomorrow. 514 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:53,959 Speaker 1: And it is incredible because those guys were in their 515 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: sixties or older, you know, and and here's tiger, who's 516 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: Uh mid forties, but it's Um it's just, you know, 517 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: the the most dominant Golfer of all time. There's no question, 518 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: and I think there'll always be the sense of of 519 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 1: what might have been. If, if, if things have gone 520 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: differently away from the golf course. But that's just that's 521 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: part of what's what's made this last act so poignant 522 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: is thinking about what could have been and what might 523 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 1: have been and making peace with what is not just 524 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: for Tiger but for us. When when you won here 525 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: in two thousand and five, you know, I wrote the 526 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: game story for S I and I I got. He 527 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: played the last round with a laugh the ball and 528 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: I got a lack the ball alone and lath ball 529 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 1: is like this guy should win opens at the old 530 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: course forever because he's just too good and too smart. 531 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: And that seemed right. But then there was also Dan 532 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: Jenkinson said the only thing can stop him as a 533 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: bad marriage or bad back. Well not. Both those things 534 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: could be correct and you know, we don't know the 535 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: answer yet, but we can see the direction that it's going. 536 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: Still cheers going on behind me. It's tent golf right now. 537 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: I've now I've now changed rooms. This has been an 538 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: interesting open for me logistically. But if I look out 539 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 1: my window I can see the top of the press 540 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: tent and I can Um, I can get a little 541 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: glimpse of the bay and I heard those cheers as well. 542 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: So I don't have quite visual you do, but I've 543 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: got the ombat noise. It's amazing, so cool. Yeah, I 544 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: can add a beautiful sunset too. I mean the pink clouds. 545 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: What a time to be out on the golf course. 546 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: I mean the poor Irish kid who had like the 547 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: four twelve tea time. He's he's playing under playing through 548 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: quite a scene out there. You know what I'M gonna do? 549 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna Tomorrow Morning, I'm gonna Hook up my microphone, 550 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: I'M gonna stick it out my window. Uh, it's not 551 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: a euphemism for anything other than I'm just literally gonna 552 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: stick my microphone out the window and I'm gonna Record 553 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: the start of tomorrow's play and we can play that 554 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: as part of tomorrow night's podcast. I love that. I 555 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: love that all right. Well, I think I think it's 556 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: best to end on this wistful moment Um. We'll see. 557 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: I mean he's still tiger woods. He might have so 558 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: much red ass sill shoot sixty eight tomorrow and make 559 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: the cut by, you know, two strokes, like it's anything's possible. 560 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: But Um, you know that that's what makes that's what 561 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: makes this game fun. Anything can happen. So any any 562 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: final thoughts? Michael? You know, I it's an interesting common 563 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:25,120 Speaker 1: because I think that he played angry golf and hard 564 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: golf and hit it hard golf and it worked really 565 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: well at Augusta national, and then he had the ability 566 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: to change speeds and make the pitch shots and the 567 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: ship shots in the pudding. But here that's not gonna 568 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 1: work because now, I mean, you know, rory played a 569 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: six yard part part five with the driver and a wedge, 570 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: but this course right now is fiddly. Is Rory says, 571 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 1: inquires so much vaness. There's no overwhelming this golf course 572 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 1: with strength or red ASS or anything other than real 573 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: really patients. Uh Uh. And I think we're gonna see that, 574 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: you know, for the next for the next three days. Well, 575 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: I can't wait. I wonder, you know, eight under today. 576 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: Do we think? Do we think the winning score based 577 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: on sort of what's happening? I guess it's really just 578 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: all just a matter of the wind right. I mean 579 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: that's the only that's the only thing. But you know, 580 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: something around eleven, twelve under, ten under could potentially win it. 581 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: Is that? What is that what we're thinking? It could, 582 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,719 Speaker 1: especially if if the weekend wins are strong, which has 583 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: been forecast in some places. I mean, again, no disrespect 584 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: to Cam Young, but let's say, let's say Rory, rory 585 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 1: is a de facto leader. You know, if you shoot 586 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: three or four tomorrow, that's a great score. That gets 587 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: into nine or ten and then, you know, five under 588 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 1: total on the weekend would be amazing if you're in 589 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: the leads up. Michael, excuse me, Michael, I said fifteen. 590 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,479 Speaker 1: That was this morning when we were just kind of bussing. 591 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: I think that's a that's a great number, Um and, 592 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: but it is so weather dependent. I will say the 593 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 1: RNA they've they've trotted out some new pin placements. Even 594 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: guys who played this course a lot and turn rounds 595 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: that haven't seen Um, I think that they're recognizing how 596 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: short is playing. They're going to use all the humps 597 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: and hollows and Swales on the Greens for Defense and 598 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: there's gonna be some very, very challenging pins, which is fine. 599 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: By me I mean, Um, you know, it's you gotta 600 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: do something to make an intion. If they're gonna have 601 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: short irons, you can't just give them easy pins. So, Um, 602 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: who knows that? I think. I think anything from twelve 603 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 1: eighteen is in play. It just depends on the wind 604 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 1: the UH. You know, I forget when we uh how often. 605 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: Some like some guys play the dunhill links here every 606 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 1: year and they really really know this golf course and 607 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: I sort of forget that because we're not here very 608 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: often and rory, of course, is one of the one 609 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: of those guys. Dustin Johnson is too, to a lesser degree. 610 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: Uh So, I think it's like Augustin national in that way, 611 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: where experience does count for a lot, even though guys 612 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: have won their first time here as well. Um, uh 613 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 1: so I think we're gonna see a very elite leader board. 614 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 1: You know, we already have a good leader board. Will 615 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: have a better leader boarder by the end of Friday or, 616 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: you know, a leader both. More failure names and that's 617 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: only going to increase over the weekend. You know, decades 618 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: ago calm Montgomery told me he had a formula for 619 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 1: choosing the winning score you take the first round lead, 620 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: you double it and you add one. So eight hundred 621 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: times two, that's sixteen plus one is seventeen. So that 622 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: would be collins very unscientific method. He said it's remarkably accurate. 623 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: I've never actually done the math on that, but Um, 624 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: so anyway, that's what's fun is not knowing right like, 625 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,640 Speaker 1: because if the temperature drops and the wind comes up, 626 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: it's just a survival test. And if the wind dies, 627 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:40,440 Speaker 1: then it's it's guys are gonna attack and it changes 628 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: hour to hours. So it's kind of fool hardy to predict, 629 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 1: but that's the business we're in. Yah. Well, I'm going 630 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: to bed early tonight, early in terms of the the 631 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: standards of of the or the precedent that's been set 632 00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 1: throughout the pacing of of my my travels us two 633 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: and a half weeks Um and I promised to have 634 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: a ton more energy tomorrow and looking forward to uh, 635 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 1: walk in some more golf with you guys and and 636 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,800 Speaker 1: taking it all in and watching what's gonna Happen, certain 637 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 1: most certainly with both Tiger and Rory Matt don't be 638 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: surprised if the first name you hear tomorrow morning is 639 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 1: Mark Calquebeca? Yes, he's. He's in that first group and 640 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 1: I think they'll give h well, I don't really know 641 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: how it works in the second round, but but typically 642 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: if you've got a an open champion winner in the threesome, 643 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: he gets the honor on Thursday for sure. I don't 644 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,360 Speaker 1: know if that would if that would apply for Friday, 645 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 1: but anyway, you he'll he'll hear the long American name, 646 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,880 Speaker 1: Mark Calcaveecki at some point, uh, between six thirty and 647 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: six thirty sixty five and six forty tomorrow morning, or 648 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 1: eight hours from now, as we like to say. I 649 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,399 Speaker 1: love it. I love it. But before we go, let's 650 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 1: let's tip our caps to our sponsors who help us, Um, 651 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: come to these tournaments and bring all this fun coverage 652 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: to golf fans. So thank you to link soul Um, 653 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: to seed golf, great little off ball company from the 654 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: side of the Atlantic. Um, part points are o g s, 655 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: our favorite scoring APP UM and and the rustick's hotel, 656 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:14,200 Speaker 1: who have been very gracefuler hospitality, dinner and dinner there tonight. 657 00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: It was it was quite a view from up there 658 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,879 Speaker 1: on that that rooftop deck and uh, I've been taking 659 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 1: good care of Matt all week. So, Um, we appreciate 660 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,200 Speaker 1: that and, of course, to you, the listeners. You're you're 661 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:25,719 Speaker 1: the most important part of this whole deal. Thanks for 662 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,719 Speaker 1: tuning in. We will be back at you after the 663 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 1: second round the salent Schipnuk. That was Michael Bamberger and 664 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:37,280 Speaker 1: Matt Janella. This was another fire drill podcasts from St Andrew's. 665 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:57,800 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. Goodbye. Put another log on the fire. 666 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:10,719 Speaker 1: Are we hear us? Get the time? H