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Speaker 1: it feels like John Romp's flying under the radar. But

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Speaker 1: I think part of that is is he peaked a

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Speaker 1: little earlier this season and he was It felt like

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Speaker 1: he was having a tiger like year, right, He's gonna

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Speaker 1: win three or four times, maybe a couple of majors,

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Speaker 1: and then he gets the runs or something with his

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Speaker 1: stomach at the players debts, doesn't make it out of

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Speaker 1: the group stage at the match play, and that feels

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Speaker 1: like he's a little out of sight, out of mind.

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Speaker 1: Now from a gambling perspective, it's not like he's falling

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Speaker 1: to twenty to one. I mean, he's still right behind

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Speaker 1: Scotty and Rory, but it does feel like he gets

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Speaker 1: to come into this for his standards a little under

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Speaker 1: the radar, but for the number one player in the world,

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Speaker 1: with all he's accomplished, it's crazy, you know how. It's

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Speaker 1: weird like he has pressure on him because he's a

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Speaker 1: great player and anytime you go through one of these stretches,

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Speaker 1: but it doesn't feel like Scotty gets judged. And maybe

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Speaker 1: this is just Rory's been around much longer, he's more accomplished.

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Speaker 1: But I still think the bulls eye this week is

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Speaker 1: on Rory McElroy, and part of it, as we'll get

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Speaker 1: into the live guys, he has been the guy front

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Speaker 1: and center for the PGA Tour. He has you know,

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Speaker 1: he contended in all four majors last year. It feels

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Speaker 1: inevitable that he's gonna win the Masters. I hope it's

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Speaker 1: this week. But you know, I love that he changed

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Speaker 1: the putter. I feel so much more confident with him

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Speaker 1: on a green with a flatstick instead of that spider Again,

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Speaker 1: not Antie Taylor made you guys want to sponsor the podcast.

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Speaker 1: We're open for business, but very very very I mean

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Speaker 1: very excited to watch Rory McElroy this week. It just

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Speaker 1: feels like it's time that being said, Scotti Scheffler will

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Speaker 1: probably win it and be back to back champ. I

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Speaker 1: think there's only I heard someone say there are three guys.

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Speaker 1: I think it's Jack Tiger and one other guy. I've

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Speaker 1: ever been back to back champions at the Masters and

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Speaker 1: then last but not least, live golf first, the PGA Tour.

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Speaker 1: This is easily, I repeat easily, the number one story

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Speaker 1: this week, and there are so many elements of this.

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Speaker 1: First and foremost, these guys are suing the PGA Tour

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Speaker 1: and they can say whatever they didn't want, and some

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Speaker 1: of these guys have pulled out, Like I think DJ

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Speaker 1: is not a part of it, but there are several

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Speaker 1: guys that are part of this lawsuit and it is

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Speaker 1: not going away. Then there's the element of guys like

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Speaker 1: Freddie Couples, who is a Master's champion and will be

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Speaker 1: at the Champions dinner, who is just openly talk shit

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Speaker 1: about these guys, I mean, doesn't even care. And Tiger,

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Speaker 1: who I think can fake it pretty good when he's

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Speaker 1: in person, but he also give me already cold and

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be very I mean Bryceon just said last

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Speaker 1: week he refuses to text him back. I mean, Tiger

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Speaker 1: knew all these guys, he had been the Presidents Cup captain.

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Speaker 1: And then there are guys like DJ that just kind

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Speaker 1: of get to fly under the radar. Everyone just likes him.

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Speaker 1: Keptka talked about it, where Brooks is like, we're still buddies.

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Speaker 1: I still see Rory, I still see JT at the

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Speaker 1: golf course. The element, and I think we're gonna get

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Speaker 1: this on Monday and Tuesday. There are going to be

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Speaker 1: guys who have no problem talking shit and blasting these guys,

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Speaker 1: and then they're gonna be these guys who are very

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Speaker 1: pro PGA Tour, and I would guess it would be

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Speaker 1: like JT. It'll be Jordan's obviously, like more Kawa, they

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Speaker 1: just kind of play the company line. It's not worth it.

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Speaker 1: Their focus is going to be on the tournament. But

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Speaker 1: I bet Freddy Couple's doubles down. And here's the thing,

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Speaker 1: Like the champions dinner would be incredible TV. We're not

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Speaker 1: gonna find that much out about it. Is it gonna

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Speaker 1: be awkward? Of course, it's gonna be awkward. Part of

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Speaker 1: it is there are eighteen live guys in this tournament.

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Speaker 1: There are only eighty nine guys in the field. Think

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Speaker 1: how many guys at live have won this tournament. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Phil's one of the great champions at the Masters. Some

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Speaker 1: of the other guys like their crowding achievement in their career.

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Speaker 1: Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reid, We're winning this tournament again. DJ.

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Speaker 1: He gets everyone seems to like him, and to me,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be fascinating from a playing standpoint, Iron Sharpen's

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Speaker 1: Iron And think about this season guys going head to

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Speaker 1: head right at Waste Management, Scotty Verse rom right last

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Speaker 1: week or a couple of weeks ago at the match Play.

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Speaker 1: It was Rory, it was Scotty, it was Sam Burns,

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Speaker 1: it was Cam Young. Every single week at these big tournaments,

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Speaker 1: Max Homo Verse whoever have been going toe to toe.

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Speaker 1: They have been going at it. And I don't know, man,

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Speaker 1: it's very very hard to judge the situation that lived golf.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they have no access to good courses that

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Speaker 1: they just don't because all the major courses, all the

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Speaker 1: tournaments that are in the PGA rotation aren't doing business

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Speaker 1: with him. And then there are a lot of country

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Speaker 1: clubs that one don't have PJA events, but just aren't

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Speaker 1: gonna do business with live golf. And then there's probably

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Speaker 1: an element of courses that might do business with live

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Speaker 1: golf but don't have the infrastructure to put stands, to

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Speaker 1: have guys park that it just doesn't work. So I just,

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Speaker 1: you know, as Sobel told me last week, they've played

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Speaker 1: in Orlando at a fucking muni, at a muni that

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Speaker 1: costs like fifty five sixty dollars. Now, on the bright side,

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Speaker 1: kept go one and he's a guy four time major champion.

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Speaker 1: But what do you make of that? Like, I don't

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Speaker 1: know what to make and a no one does. And

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Speaker 1: Cam Smith DJ. Once upon a time Bryson was one

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Speaker 1: of the best players on the planet. That that's separate

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Speaker 1: from him getting buff and hitting bombs like, he was

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Speaker 1: legitimately one of the best players on the planet. He

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Speaker 1: was one of the up and coming star young Americans.

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Speaker 1: And now he's terrible. But is he terrible because they're

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Speaker 1: playing these shitty courses, Like would he be better off

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Speaker 1: on the HEDJ courses? Probably does he. My logic on

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Speaker 1: Bryson wife gambled on him a couple of times that

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Speaker 1: Live and it has not been smart is because you're like, well,

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Speaker 1: this guy has some pride, he works hard in theory,

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Speaker 1: but maybe he's not. Maybe he's injuries, maybe he's a

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Speaker 1: shell of himself. I don't know. So the only way

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Speaker 1: for Live to get some like validation that they're not

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Speaker 1: just playing some joke schedule slash like their their events

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Speaker 1: mean something. They're gonna need several guys to be in competition,

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Speaker 1: several guys. It can't just be like, uh, DJ finished sixth,

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Speaker 1: you know, can they get like four guys in the

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Speaker 1: top fifteen, because if they do that, it's like DJ

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Speaker 1: cam Smith Listen, Bryson sucks at this course. Patrick Reid,

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Speaker 1: who I just think finished second to Brooks. You know,

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Speaker 1: some of those type guys, some of their younger you know,

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Speaker 1: non under thirty five forty guys to just be in

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Speaker 1: the mix. Cam Smith, Uh, trying to even think most

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Speaker 1: of them guys it's so old, hell e. One of

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Speaker 1: their older guys like Louis or Sergio or one of

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Speaker 1: those type guys have a moment because if they can.

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Speaker 1: I not that it changes much. I don't think more

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Speaker 1: people are gonna watch a live golf, but it would

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Speaker 1: just quiet some of the noise of that tour. Those

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Speaker 1: guys are just shot. They've all accepted the money. They

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Speaker 1: don't care anymore. Because that's kind of what it feels like.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I mean really, and then there is no

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Speaker 1: way to kind of go well kept Cassott fifteen under

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Speaker 1: What does that mean? No one knows what that means.

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Speaker 1: If you win. Like when Sam Burns won the match play,

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Speaker 1: it was very very easy to understand the meaning of that, right,

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Speaker 1: it was like, God, look at all these guys he beat.

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Speaker 1: Or when Cam Young took down Rory McElroy, was like,

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Speaker 1: what a win. Right, with Sam Burns beat Scottie Sheffler,

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Speaker 1: we can put that into context with Scottie Scheffler won

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Speaker 1: the players and kicking everyone's ass like that is, that's impressive,

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Speaker 1: Like Keptka winning at Orlando, the biggest range in America

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Speaker 1: driving range that is, no one really knows what to say,

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Speaker 1: like is he good again? Does he have a shot?

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Speaker 1: Maybe he does? Like if kept Because tied for the

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Speaker 1: lead on Saturday and DJ is fourth and Cam Smith

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Speaker 1: is eighth, be a really really big deal for Greg

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Speaker 1: Norman and Lift. But if none of their guys are

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Speaker 1: in the top ten, people are just gonna keep talking shit.

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Speaker 1: People are gonna double down. And I'm not even talking

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Speaker 1: like the Fred Couples. I'm talking everybody that falls golf.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna hard and take that stuff seriously. If none

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Speaker 1: of their guys are in the mix. Last year they

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Speaker 1: for six at the PJ Championship. They need more of that.

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Speaker 1: If they get that, at least you can bring some

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Speaker 1: respect to their tour. But buckle up, get ready for

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Speaker 1: the fireworks. Baby August is here. The