1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: It's the Son of a Butcher podcast. We come to 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: you every Wednesday. UM. I was up at the LPGA 3 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: Tournament of Champions last week, the first tournament on the 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: LPGA Tour, and UH this week's guest is the commissioner 5 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: of the LPGA Tour. UM. I got to meet Molly 6 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: last week for the first time, and it's really cool 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: to have her on the podcast. UM Listen. I work 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: with a number of players that that play on the 9 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: l p g A Tour. UM. I think the women's 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: game has never been stronger, and to get an opportunity 11 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: to sit down and talk with Molly about it, UM 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 1: is a really cool opportunity for me. We had the 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,319 Speaker 1: commissioner of the Asian Tour, Showman Fat on recently. UM. 14 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: If you haven't had the chance to check that podcast, 15 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: check it out. Um Hey. This past summer I asked 16 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: Jay Monahan if you wanted to come on the podcast. 17 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: Still waiting for that call from j. But UM, it's 18 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: really cool to to to listen to Molly talk about 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: all the great things UM that's going on at the 20 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: l p g A. If you haven't had an opportunity 21 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,559 Speaker 1: to go to an LPGA event, whether it's a regular event, 22 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: whether it's one of their majors. Do yourself a favor 23 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: and go check it out because I'm a huge fan 24 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: of the product. M I'm a huge fan of the players, 25 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: and I think they're doing some great things. So really 26 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: excited to um, have everyone listened to what Molly has 27 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: to say about the LPGA tour, So sit back and enjoy. 28 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: So Molly, the LPGA three season underway. The Tournament of 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: Champions at Lake No No last week. UM, I was 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: up there. What a great event. Brooke Henderson wins the 31 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: first one. You've got all the stars, Um, A lot 32 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: of the stars on the LPGA were on the leaderboard. 33 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: You must be pretty happy with the way the season started. Yeah, 34 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: it was awesome. But first of all, it's great to 35 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: meet you in person, and um, it was a fabulous week. 36 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I think again the leaderboard was was fantastic. 37 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: At the end, I got to um sort of see 38 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: the finish and the crowds were awesome. The music, the 39 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: eighteenth team, so much energy, so much positivity. The celebrities 40 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: were amazing. You know, you had a really wide variety 41 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: of different types of players playing in it, and all 42 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: were just so impressed by the talent of our players, 43 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: but also just the personalities and the engagement. So overall 44 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: it was a great start. Hilton Grand Vacations, what a 45 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: fantastic partner. I got to see Mark Wang at the 46 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: end of the at the end of the tournament and 47 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 1: he was just beaming and did a great job with 48 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: the trophy presentation, and Aaron Stewart and I think they 49 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: were all flying pretty high, and it was. It was 50 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: a really great week. So the three season, UH thirty 51 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: three events, over a hundred million in prize money, UM 52 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: eleven states, twelve countries, service a great UM thing going 53 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: around social media and animated version of all the places 54 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: UM the LPGA is going to go in m Do 55 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: you feel like, probably more than any of the tours 56 00:02:55,639 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: around the world, the LPGA really is a globe tour, 57 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: not only from the amount of players that are playing 58 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: from around the world, but the destinations that that the 59 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: LPGA goes to. Yeah, I mean it's incredible, particularly being 60 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: you know, a first year UM commissioner and I traveled 61 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: to I think I hit twenty eight or twenty nine 62 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: of our events, and I got to see golf in 63 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: all over the world, you know, and see how people 64 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: embrace the game, how people love our athletes seeing you know, 65 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: you're sort of one week in in a Midwestern town 66 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: and the next week, you know, you're in Europe or 67 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: you're in you're in Asia, and you're sort of seeing 68 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: the commonality among golf fans, which was really fun for 69 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: me to be able to see. And I really wanted 70 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: to do that. I really wanted to get out to 71 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: as many events as I could possibly get to and 72 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: see our fans and see our partners and see how 73 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: our players engaged so so as you said, so globally 74 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: and it's it's so I love that about our tour. 75 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: I think that is a significant competitive advantage, working with 76 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: brands and partners all over the world, and you know, 77 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: you really are, truly we are the best players in 78 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: the world playing on this tour. You know, it's not 79 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: just the best players from the United States, it's the 80 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: best players from the from around the world. I think 81 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: we have thirty five countries may be represented who have 82 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: cards this year, which is is pretty incredible. And we 83 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: had I don't quote me on this, I think we 84 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: had winners from fourteen different countries last year. Um, which 85 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: again the commonality is golf. The commonality is women exceeding 86 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: at something succeeding and um excelling at something that's really hard, 87 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: really challenging and inspiring people through the work that they're 88 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 1: doing over five hundred hours three on broadcast TV. I 89 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: mean the obvious question, Molly, because I mean I work 90 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: with girls from the l p G a UM, I 91 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: go to the tournaments. I think the product is great, 92 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: But the constant theme around women's golf is how do 93 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: we get more eyeballs? How do we get more people involved? 94 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: How many how do we get more people to the tournaments? Um, 95 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: you're the ninth commissioner of of the l p G 96 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: a UM, how do you feel that's going and what 97 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: is the plan moving forward to just try and get 98 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: more people to see what what the ladies on the 99 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: LPGA are doing. Yeah, it's definitely a you know, it's 100 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: a it's a chicken and egg, right. If you don't 101 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: have the fans, you can't drive some of the same 102 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: revenue that you need to have the manpower and the 103 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: technology and all the things you need to have more fans. 104 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: So I think we're trying to sort of start that 105 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: chicken and egg cycle. A little differently and it really 106 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: invests in it, really invest in you know, fan engagement, 107 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 1: fan development, fan acquisition, really trying to have I always say, 108 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: you know, the world needs to see how amazingly talented 109 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: are athletes are, and how engaging they are and how 110 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: interesting they are and hear their personal stories as well 111 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: as their their golf talent. So that's a huge priority 112 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: of ours. And it's sort of this you know idea 113 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: of two way communication too. We have to know who 114 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: our fans are. We've got to be able to talk 115 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: to them. We've got to be really aggressive and creative. 116 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: But even things like with the with the tournament this 117 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 1: past week, you know, were bringing in um, people who 118 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: love golf that aren't necessarily always connected to the LPGA 119 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: to start to spread the word and start to promote 120 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: our brand. And you know, you have a whole new 121 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: audience that you bring in with some of these celebrities 122 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: have huge fan bases um themselves and so getting them 123 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 1: to say the things that they were saying, you know, 124 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: I mean you hear the quotes from Marty Fish and 125 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: others saying that if anyone thinks that they could play 126 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: with these women, they're a hundred percent wrong. You know, 127 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: any any single digit hand I think he said something 128 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: like any single digit handicapper wouldn't have even a morsel 129 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: of a chance playing against UM these best in the 130 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: world athletes. So we're also focused really a lot on technology. 131 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I think technology can be a great equalizer, 132 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: and so we want to invest and you know in 133 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: improved scoring and UM improved a website and improved just 134 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 1: overall UM you know, CRMs, and ability to sell, sell 135 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 1: and promote our our product to such a broader me 136 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 1: and some technology is now allowing that. So thinking about 137 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: how we utilize more digital assets and streaming opportunities, so 138 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: just to bring more people into under our tent. And 139 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: I think the product will speak for itself, but we 140 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: have to be really really intentional with that, and I 141 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: think we have to invest in it. I will say. 142 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: The other thing is getting partners to help us with that, 143 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: and I think that you know, one example would be 144 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: the KPMG Performance Insight program. You know, when when we 145 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: invest in the in the performance insights and the and 146 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: the data, we can start to tell our story and 147 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: start to say, you know, hey, this is what the 148 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: women were doing on the tour last year and this 149 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: is how it compares to what the men were doing. 150 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: And you know, we're exceeding um some of their numbers 151 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: in a lot of categories. You know, the proximity to 152 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: the whole from various distances. Um Minji Lee was leading 153 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: the world, not just the women's meaning. If you look 154 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: at the way that Lydia Co played last year, if 155 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: you look at her bowl striking, if you look at 156 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: as you mentioned Minji, I mean, they're doing things that 157 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: no one else in golf. He's doing the way that 158 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: their performing. I thought a great moment from last week 159 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: Molly was in her interview Nellie Corda. I mean she 160 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: played the p n C with her dad and a 161 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: bunch of the guys were saying, you know, justin Thomas 162 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: Jordan Smith. They were all saying, she's got the best 163 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: golf swing, you know, in the world, and I thought 164 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: it was great. Nelly said, well, you know, they should 165 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: come to more lazy mons because I spent last year. 166 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: I went to the Women's US Open down at Pinehurst, 167 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: and I got to the Raine early because there's so 168 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: many girls that I've seen on TV, but I haven't 169 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: had the opportunity to actually see their golf swings up 170 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: close in in person, and as a golf instructor and 171 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: as a golf swing nerd to actually just be able 172 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: to stand on the driving roid. So the first time 173 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: I'd really seen Nellie Corda hit golf balls in person, 174 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: and I got there about a half hour earlier. Before 175 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: you know, Marine Alex did what I was working with, 176 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: and I just sat and watched um Nellie hit balls. 177 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: And she she has one of, if not the best 178 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: technically sound golf swing in the world. And and when 179 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: you play and you you go out in practice rounds 180 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: with these women, I mean, first of all, they hit 181 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: the golf ball so unbelievably straight. It's it's hard to 182 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: fathom because the guys, the guys hit it all over 183 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: the place, right, because they're hitting it with much more speed. 184 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: But when you look at the quality of the product, 185 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: do you think sometimes, Molly, that you're a little bit 186 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: behind the eight ball because everything is compared to what's 187 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: happening on the p g A Tour right from the 188 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: way they run it, from their sponsorship, from the brands 189 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 1: associated with it, from the television contracts that they have. Um, 190 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: It's it's almost like it's not a fair comparison. It's 191 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 1: not apples to apples. It would seem it would be 192 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: because you're both in the competitive professional golf space. But 193 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: trying to compare to what you all are trying to 194 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: do on the LPJ versus what J and the boys 195 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: at Pontovidra are trying to do with the PGA Tour, 196 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: they're two completely different things. Yeah, I mean, and that's 197 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: what you know, that's a little bit what I was 198 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: talking about before with the with the chicken and egg 199 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, you you have a set amount 200 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 1: of resources that you can use to to activate and 201 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: are you know, be for many structural reasons. You know, 202 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: most of it stems from TV deals, right and media 203 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: deals and kind of how the revenue flows in there. 204 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: And so you're you're you just don't have the same 205 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: set of resources to use to put on the same 206 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: type of product. But we're we're thinking of this as 207 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: an opportunity to to keep growing and to keep doing 208 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: things differently, and we still have a lot of room 209 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: to go. I mean, if you think about, um, how 210 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: interesting the product is and how some people just don't 211 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: yet know about it and haven't quite engaged so we 212 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: think there's a huge opportunity there. We think that the 213 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,719 Speaker 1: talent and the and the data that we're showing will 214 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: continue to grow that. Um but yeah, it is. It 215 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: is apples to oranges, and so we've got to make 216 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: sure that we do everything we can do within our power, 217 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: and we use our partners, we drive revenues in different ways, 218 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: we continue to be creative, we continue to to to 219 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: give different opportunities for new fans to come on. And uh, 220 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: I think we'll get there. I mean, we are growing. 221 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: We're also working with you know, a lot of the 222 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: industry to sort of help grow and and and to 223 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: to use resources from around the you know, from around 224 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: what they've been doing. So yeah, I do see that 225 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 1: as a different we'd apples and oranges, But I think 226 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: we're making really good progress. And um yeah, I did 227 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: love to what Nellie said. It's like, this isn't a surprise. 228 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: And I also like what she said is you know, 229 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: come in and you'll see a whole whole lot of 230 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: women who's playing the club really really well and who 231 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 1: are phenomenal athletes and phenomenal players. Nellie obviously being one 232 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 1: of the biggest stars on the LPGA Tour and and 233 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: and in my opinion, one of the best players on 234 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: on on in professional golf, regardless of whether it's men's 235 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: or women's. How important do you think um Nellie getting 236 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: um new sponsors, big massive sponsors, Nike coming in and 237 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: looking at Nellie who plays on the LPGA Tour and saying, listen, 238 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: we want to have her as one of our athletes. 239 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: Taylor made one of the biggest club companies in the game. 240 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: We want to have her as part of our brand. 241 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: Do you think that's hopefully going to be a catalyst 242 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: for more of the golf manufacturers and the golf companies 243 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: saying okay, let's invest in these great players. Yeah. And 244 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,599 Speaker 1: I think also just other brands, not just the manufacturers, 245 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: but I think others seeing you know, the the value 246 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: of these ambassadors. And if you think about it, you know, 247 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: the numbers have grown really high, UM from prize earnings 248 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: for our players. You know, we had twenty seven players 249 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: make over a million dollars last year UM, which is 250 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: which is great, and a couple more over the two 251 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: million dollar mark and the three million dollar mark. So 252 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: that's all growing. But I think that some big dollars 253 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 1: like in tennis really comes from the endorsement deals that 254 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: they have, So we want to we want to put 255 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: our players out there so the world sees the value 256 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: of them as as really strong corporate ambassadors as well. 257 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: So we we think that that's a big opportunity and 258 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: we think that they should be showcased in that way. 259 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: I mean, these are athletes playing the hardest sport in 260 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 1: the world, under the most sort of intense pressure situations 261 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: and performing like none others. So yeah, I mean, I 262 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: think it's a big Some of the big announcements over 263 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks have been really good for 264 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: the LPGA, obviously really good for our players, but we 265 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: see that as a big growth opportunity for the top 266 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: of the leader board as well. We'll continue to grow purses, 267 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: will continue to grow their earnings UM, but we also 268 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 1: think that they can take a really big leap up 269 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: in the endorsement dollars that they bring in. We talked 270 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: last week on the range at like not to UM. 271 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: You know, you were saying that you were really proud 272 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: of the fact that there were so many women that 273 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: had made over a million dollars UM in prize money 274 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: last year. The payum, the pay gap between what the 275 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: men are making and the women. I mean, how do 276 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: how do you as an organization go about trying to 277 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: bring that gap closer together and have more players on 278 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: the LPGA tour. Because it's interesting when I when I 279 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: do talk to some of the girls on the LPGA 280 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: to the difference in their lives versus what they can 281 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: afford to do off the golf course. I'll give you 282 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: a great example. Um, there are girls that come up 283 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: and and take lessons from me and they said, listen, 284 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: can I get on a launch monitor? And I'm like, 285 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: you don't have a launch monitor? And they're like no, 286 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 1: they're they're thirty grand I can't afford that, um, Whereas 287 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: pretty much the majority of the guys on the PGA tour, 288 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: everybody's got a thirty launch monitor. That's an easy thing. 289 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: You see that on the PGA tour as a way 290 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: that you have to have something a product like that 291 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: to try and get better. But that's hard for a 292 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: lot of of of the women on the LPJ That's 293 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: that's a big investment for them to make relative to 294 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: how much they're earning. Yeah. I mean again, it goes 295 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: back to a little bit. I hate to use that 296 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: phrase though, but the chicken and egg when when you 297 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: don't have that technology or you don't have that team 298 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: around the team that can elevate your game, then you're 299 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: one step behind when you reach the first tea and 300 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: so and even things like travel, you know when yours 301 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: when you're first of all, we're traveling all over the world, 302 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: which is a really great thing for us, but it's 303 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: it's hard on the body, it's hard on recovery, it's 304 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: it's hard on all of those things. And when you're 305 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: you know, doing all of your own travel planning or 306 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: where you're not flying privately and you're you know, having 307 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: to be on long flights and and you need that 308 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: ability to to get your body ready to compete. And 309 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: so those are all things that we're working on. What 310 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: are ways that we can get partners to help reduce expenses. 311 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: Think about how we you know, we have some minimum 312 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: payouts for some events, so you because don't don't forget 313 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: when you get to an event. You may spend all 314 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: this money and you get there and you don't make 315 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: the cut, and you come home without any revenue, and 316 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: you now have a decent amount of cash that you've 317 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: outlet to be there. So we're we're thinking really holistically 318 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: about the player experience, both from what's the environment at 319 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: the tournament site, what's the environment that they had before 320 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: they got to the tournament site, and then how do 321 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: we help them make a living. I always say that's 322 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: commensurate with their with their world class talent. I mean, 323 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: the differences are pretty intense, you know. I said that 324 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: we had twenty seven We had twenty seven people make 325 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: over a million dollars last year on the PG Tour. 326 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: I think they had a hundred and twenty seven players 327 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: make over a million dollars um. That's a big difference. 328 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: The hundred best player on the LPGA last year made 329 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: a hundred and sixty seven thousand dollars and earnings, and 330 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: it probably cost her that amount to be out there. So, 331 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: you know, that's a really tangible goal for us to 332 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: say that the hundred best player in the world should 333 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: make a living playing golf. I mean, that's a that's 334 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: something that has to change, um. And yes, we're doing 335 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: much better at the top, and we want to continue 336 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: to to pay our stars. When when there are stars 337 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: and when they're winning at that level, they should also 338 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: make money that's commensurate with that really world class talent. 339 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: But hundred best players, the hundred best players in the 340 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: world should make more than they spent, you know, significantly 341 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: more than they spent. So we're looking at all of 342 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: the ways that we can do that, obviously raising prize 343 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: funds and and being able to to grow our corporate 344 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: sponsorship business where we can invest and subsidize and kind 345 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: of grow those term and that's the most important thing 346 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: we do, but there's other ways to do it too. 347 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 1: Short term that that we're focused on. Let's take a 348 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: moment to thank for Wellness for supporting the show. You 349 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: guys hear me talk about them every week, and that 350 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,439 Speaker 1: the reason I do that is because I drink their 351 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,120 Speaker 1: coffee every week. 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UM. 369 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 1: In three, where everybody is trying to get corporate dollars. 370 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: UM the usps that that the LPGA has for you 371 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: when you go out to try and sell that to 372 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 1: corporate sponsors. Um, what is that message that you're trying 373 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: to to to get across and and bring them into 374 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: the world of of the LPGA. Well, I think there's 375 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: a couple of things. We I think we have some significant, 376 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: you know, competitive advantages in that area. Obviously we've got 377 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: the best in the world, and that sponsors and and 378 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: everyone wants to align themselves with the best in the world. 379 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: We so there's there's real commercial upside and golf, right, 380 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: I mean, there's tremendous hospitality opportunities. We are on television 381 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: with great branding opportunities. So there's a great business case 382 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,439 Speaker 1: for in aging with the LPGA, and that continues to 383 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: grow as we get more fans and as we grow 384 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: our audience, and as we grow the talent and the 385 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: player's talent continues to grow. There's that real strong commercial 386 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 1: value that they're getting out of engaging with us. But 387 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: in addition, they're helping us solve a really important problem. 388 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: You know, they're they're really getting to show the world 389 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: that they care about equity, they care about women's sports, 390 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: they care about highlighting and empowering women who are doing 391 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: something really hard. So I think we're really positioned very well, 392 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: and our our partners are really responding to that. A 393 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 1: lot of them have said, listen, we we love the 394 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: business value of this, and we're super excited about that 395 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: because we think it's moving our business forward. But we 396 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,719 Speaker 1: also love that we get to say to our female 397 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: employees or to our customers, we care about women, and 398 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 1: we care about equity, and in sports, you know, pay 399 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: equity is one of the last places where women are 400 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: not paid properly. Where in corporate America could you say, hey, listen, 401 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: I know you're really good at your job, but you're 402 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: gonna make five percent a ten percent of what Joe 403 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: is gonna make. UM, because you know that that's where 404 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: you are in life, and so we want to change that. 405 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: And I think our partners want to change that, and 406 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 1: they want to help us solve that problem. So it's 407 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: a really best case scenario in my mind. It's like, listen, 408 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,719 Speaker 1: you get these great benefits of being an LPG partner, 409 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: a traditional sponsorship benefits and partnership benefits, but we also 410 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: help us solve a really important challenge and you get 411 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: to really talk about your values to your customers, to 412 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: your employees, to the world. One of the things that 413 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 1: you and I spoke about um last week. UM, I 414 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 1: know you're incredibly excited about some of the venues and 415 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 1: some of the courses that the LPGA is going to play, 416 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 1: not only on the LPG, but also if you look 417 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 1: at what your major championships, the venues that they're starting 418 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: to go to, those are going to be some of 419 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: the great venues. Some of the great iconic golf courses 420 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 1: in the United States that people that follow maybe the 421 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 1: PGA too, or have seen other tournaments playoff. Um, the 422 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: US Open this summer at Pebble Beach. I think that's 423 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: going to be a fantastic showcase, um for the women's game. Yeah, 424 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: I mean you we talked about it. I mean just 425 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: the Pebble obviously, Bolta's Rale, Liberty National, Well Heath. I mean, 426 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: it's just that the list goes on and on. I mean, 427 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: we're we're UM and then we've what we've always played 428 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: at some great golf courses that are regulars on our 429 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: on our tour, but um, you know, to be able 430 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: to showcase their talent at venues the people know it. Again, 431 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 1: I think a big part of this is saying, listen, 432 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 1: we value your talent, we value your skill, we value 433 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 1: how good you are at this really hard game, and 434 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: we're going to have you play at the very best 435 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: venues in the world. And and that's what we're doing. 436 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: And I think it makes a gigantic difference, and UM, 437 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: our players are really excited about it. I mean when 438 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: I when I sit and have dinner with some of 439 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: the players, you know, these are athletes. This is their 440 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 1: their forum, this is their career. They care about the 441 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: golf course, they care about the details of the game. 442 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: Their nerds, they're they're they're golf nerds, and they that's 443 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: their whole venue, that's their that's their work environment. So 444 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: it matters when they roll to a golf course. You 445 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: know where they're playing and what it feels like, and 446 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: how people value and respect you know those venues. So 447 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:07,679 Speaker 1: we've got a lot of great ones on the schedule 448 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 1: and we're excited about it. How do you balance, Molly 449 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: um the tours role and the player's role Because I've 450 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: always been on the players side of thing. I mean, 451 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,479 Speaker 1: obviously I was never a player, but I've always worked 452 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: for professional golfers, professional athletes, and so it's easy when 453 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: you're in on my side of the fence. My lens 454 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: is listen. Without the players, there is no tour, regardless 455 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: of which tour it is. But then coming from your standpoint, 456 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:38,239 Speaker 1: you're like, okay, well we're providing you this opportunity, So 457 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,959 Speaker 1: how do you you find that balance between what the 458 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,439 Speaker 1: tour listening to what you have to do from the 459 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: LPGA standpoint and growing what the LPG is doing, but 460 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: also understanding and listening to what the players want as well. Well. 461 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think that they're separate. I mean 462 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: I think that they're actually the same. And one of 463 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: the things I really love about this job is that 464 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: our job is to serve the membership. I mean, at 465 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 1: the end of the day, we wake up every day 466 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: trying to make the LPGA better, which in turn really 467 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: is to make the players experience better, to make their 468 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: lives better, to give them more opportunity. So obviously there's 469 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: times when what the full organization needs might not be 470 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,719 Speaker 1: exactly what one individual needs on the tour, but ultimately 471 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: what we're trying to do is elevate their experience. So 472 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: I don't see them as separate. I think sometimes, you know, 473 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: people disagree on the way to get to the end result, 474 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, we're all working 475 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: towards the same thing, and this is essentially this is 476 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: their tour. That's the way the founders set it up. 477 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: It's a membership organization. Um, we want to do what 478 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: they want us to do. At the at the same time, 479 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: they don't always have the full perspective, right, they don't 480 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: understand the ends and the outs of selling sponsorships and 481 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: partnerships and and growing the business, and it's it's certainly challenging, 482 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: but they're really I think they believe that it's their 483 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: tour and that they have a voice and all of that. 484 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 1: We have, you know, player directors on our board. We 485 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: very much value and listen to what they have to say. 486 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 1: We hear their input. We try to get as much 487 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: input input from players as we possibly can, because ultimately 488 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: we're all in this for the same purpose. You know. 489 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: That's one of the great things about this job is 490 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: we're not we're not serving an owner, you know, I 491 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 1: always think about that in professional sports, we're serving the membership. UM. 492 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: In some professional sports you obviously have the team owner, 493 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 1: you've got the league, and you've got various levels. Here, 494 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: we work directly with the players to grow the organization 495 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: for for them. How important has the international presence, in 496 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: your opinion, been to the growth and the development of 497 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: the LPG. I mean, if you look at the amount 498 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 1: of players coming from the LPGA tour in the last 499 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: ten years from Asia, UM, I think we're starting to 500 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: see a little bit more of that in the men's game. 501 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: I mean, everybody's you're raving about Tom Kim, who Korean 502 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: came from the Asian Tour now playing on the PGA 503 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 1: Tour and we're starting to see more of the Korean 504 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: men start to come from. Where that's been going on 505 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: in the LPGA for you know, the last ten fifteen years. 506 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: Do you feel like the growth of different markets, he's 507 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: been a big part of the LPGA's growth as an organization. Yeah. 508 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,439 Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, I got to play with 509 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: Tom Kim by the way out in out in Vegas. 510 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: We had a great time. I played nine holes with him, 511 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: and then I played nine holes with with Freddie Couples, 512 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: So it was quite quite a day for me. Um 513 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: and he was phenomenal. But no, I think like, listen 514 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: to your your market is the world so and and 515 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: it's the other thing that's different than other professional sports 516 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: leagues if you think about it. Um as the commissioner 517 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: of the LPGA or the p G A when you 518 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: when you wake up, you don't have someone handing you 519 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: a schedule and saying, okay, this is you're gonna play 520 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: Dallas this week, and you're gonna play um you know 521 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna play Florida this week and this is how 522 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: this is gonna go, and then you figure out all 523 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: the other pieces of the business. Our main thing, as 524 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 1: you said before, is how do we create that schedule? 525 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: And that's really hard, you know to find the right 526 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: partners and the right venues at the right with the 527 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: right purses and so um. You know, when your world 528 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: is bigger, when the market is bigger, and when you 529 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 1: can hit you know, you can find the top sponsor 530 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,400 Speaker 1: in Korea, that gives you another playing opportunity over there, 531 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: That gives you another opportunity in Japan, that gives you 532 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: an opportunity in Scotland. It gives us an opportunity to 533 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: to have as many tournaments as we can possibly have. 534 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: That makes sense for you know, for the schedule. So 535 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: I think it helps with just the size of the 536 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,199 Speaker 1: market and the size of the interest around the world, um, 537 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: the size of the fan base. It also helps with 538 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: you know, international television rights. That's a big revenue driver 539 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 1: for us and and so you know there's interest and 540 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: I think we're in a hundred and seventy different markets 541 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,439 Speaker 1: that we were televised in, so that drives revenue for us, 542 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: really really valuable revenue that we can reinvest in the tour. 543 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: So I do think that the you know, in embracing 544 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: the global nature of our tour has been really good 545 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: for us. And um, you know again we're back to 546 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 1: the best players in the world competing on the LPGA. 547 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,679 Speaker 1: You think we'll get to a point to where so 548 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: uh to me an interesting example, So I worked with 549 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: see W. Kim for about three years and see what 550 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 1: just got married and his wife played on the Ladies 551 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: um Tour in Korea and she one tournaments and stuff 552 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: like that. And the running joke from sea who is 553 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: she makes way more money and endorsements than I do 554 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: because golf, women's golf and Korea is so big, right, 555 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: is such a huge I mean when you look at 556 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: the tournaments that get televised, Um, when the women go 557 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: over and they play in Asia, there's certainly more people 558 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: at those events then there are when the men go 559 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: play on the Asian Tour or when the men go. Um, 560 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 1: how do we get to a point where that, like 561 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 1: you said, that pay equality. Um, they're superstars in Korea 562 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 1: and in the US they're not. Yeah. Well, I think 563 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 1: that's just another another example of if if they see it, 564 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: if people actually get to know it, and people engage 565 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: with it. It's very a p link. It's the very 566 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: appealing product. I mean when I went to Korea, like 567 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 1: you said, I was blown away as I was remember 568 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:06,959 Speaker 1: just driving out of the course and I was like, 569 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 1: I don't know what the numbers were, but it was 570 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: fifty sixty seventy thousand people there that day and I 571 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,159 Speaker 1: think it was the Thursday um and and there are 572 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 1: fan clubs all dressed up in different colors for their 573 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: favorite players, and there was just so much excitement. I 574 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: think that's extremely possible here in the US and in 575 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: Europe and in various places. So just to me, it 576 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: gives me hope and opportunity to say this, this game, 577 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 1: these players are super appealing, and you know, we're going 578 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,160 Speaker 1: to continue to grow it in all markets. There's always 579 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: going to be a segment of the US population to 580 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: where if they're not American players, they're going to say, listen, 581 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 1: I'm not. I think tennis is going through that a 582 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: lot where there haven't been this amazing group of American 583 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: tennis players, both uh certainly on the men's side, and 584 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: then people say listen, we don't. We don't watch a 585 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: lot because there aren't Americans playing? How do you guys 586 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: balance that? Because I think some of the best stars 587 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 1: you have are are not Americans. And I think that's 588 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: one of the strongest things that the LPGA has that 589 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 1: you have all of these unbelievable stores that aren't from 590 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: the US and it makes the product more unique and 591 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: more interesting just by the fact that you've got these 592 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 1: people that have come from completely different backgrounds and they 593 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: speak different languages. Um. I think that's one of the 594 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: strong suits. Yeah. I mean the world is trying to 595 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: be more global now, right. I mean if you look 596 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: at all the other professional leagues, UM, they're really trying 597 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: to brand the US based. Um, top professional sports leagues 598 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: are all trying to branch out internationally. We've been doing 599 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: it for a long time, so um, we just have 600 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: to keep recognizing that. But I mean, like you said, 601 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: look at some of the stars on our tour, they're 602 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: they're not Americans. I mean, we have many amazing Americans 603 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: and we're really we're proud of them and we continue 604 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,479 Speaker 1: to to elevate what they do. But Lydia, I mean, 605 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: who who could be more appealing than Lydia co right, 606 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: I mean from a worldwide superstar. She has everything from 607 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: the personality to the gratitude to the I mean not 608 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: to mention the most amazing golf game. So I think 609 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 1: she's been fantastic for the LPGA, and she's just spans 610 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 1: so many different audiences. I mean, look at Brooke winning 611 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 1: this weekend. I met a guy at the tournament who's 612 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: I'm not going to get the numbers right, but he 613 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: follows her around. She he's from Upstate New York, He's 614 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 1: an American. He follows her around. He's become like super fan, 615 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: and um, you know, just because he's so engaged by 616 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: her and the person that she is and the talent 617 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: that she has. And there's a lot of that. So 618 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: I think we're an inspiration in an example of what 619 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: a real global, you know, tour can look like. And 620 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 1: I certainly think that's a competitive advantage for us. The 621 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: Solheim Cup is a huge part of of what happens 622 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: in women's golf. Um it's the equivalent of the Wryter Cup. 623 00:30:55,880 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: But with so many players coming from Asia, um, is 624 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: there a way that you think that we could get 625 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: more team involvement with all of the various teams. Team 626 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: from Asia, team from Europe team from the US. Um, 627 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,720 Speaker 1: do you think that's something that could could could happen 628 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: in the future to make it a real competition between 629 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: the best women's golfers, not just the best team concept 630 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: from the women in the US and the women in Europe. Well, 631 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: we have you know, we're we brought the International Crown 632 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: that life plus you know International Crown, which I'm really 633 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 1: excited about. We changed that's a great that's a really 634 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: good event. It's a great event, and and you know 635 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,640 Speaker 1: we're we changed the format around. I heard that there 636 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: was a little bit of sort of confusion on Sundays 637 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: and our team kind of, um, change things up a 638 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: little bit for Sunday. So it's gonna be a phenomenal competition. 639 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: And um, you know we already know which teams are 640 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,719 Speaker 1: in it, but we don't know which athletes are are 641 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: are going to be a selected per team, and um, 642 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 1: that'll be a really interesting competition. But again you know, 643 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 1: Lydia and Brooke are not in it, which again too 644 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: just because they don't have the the they hadn't qualify 645 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: their the Canada and New Zealand didn't qualify. So but 646 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: we gotta figure out a way to get them playing 647 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 1: in that event too, right, I mean, just because those 648 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: guys are amazing. So I think that's a great competition. 649 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 1: And I know that I've never seen it. Obviously they 650 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: we used to play that event, and from what everyone's 651 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: told me, it was really popular. There was tremendous energy 652 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: out on the course, great affinity towards their country team, 653 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: Golfs Fund and so yeah, so I think that's a 654 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: great opportunity. The Olympics are obviously a really great opportunity 655 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: to showcase the various talents from around the world. But yeah, 656 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: more of that is exciting and and um, you know, 657 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: we'll keep being creative. Um. Obviously in three the professional 658 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: golf landscape, um, you know, across the board has has 659 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: really shifted in the last couple of years. What what 660 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: lives done on the PGA Tour, um and and that 661 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: kind of constant battle. But the LPGA UM, the the 662 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:07,080 Speaker 1: European Tour, the Ladies European Tour, they have the ARAMCO series. UM. 663 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 1: I think it's been interesting that that you that you 664 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: as an organization have taken an opposite attack to what 665 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: the PGA Tour has done to where your let Lydia 666 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 1: Co is going to go play in Saudi Arabia, that 667 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 1: tournament is going to have the exact same purse as 668 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 1: the men. We talked about trying to bring that pay 669 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 1: equality down. How do you as an organization balance just 670 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: the all the craziness that's going on in professional golf 671 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, I mean, I think obviously, like you said, 672 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 1: we're in a we're in a very different situation. Um. 673 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: But with the with the events on the l A 674 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 1: t you know, we have a set of rules and 675 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: regulations that allow our players to play, you know, again 676 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 1: within the confines of our rules, to play on different tours, um. 677 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 1: You know, in a limited way. They have to get 678 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: releases if it's happening at the same time as one 679 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: of our events, and we balance that with our with 680 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: our partners to make sure that we're still providing them 681 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: with the very best you know players, and we're it's 682 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: just a constant battle of that. But we do want 683 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: players to be able to go play in their home 684 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: country and to be able to grow the game. Um. 685 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: And we we think, you know, sort of a connected 686 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: golf community is important. And you know, we had a 687 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: number of women play on the uh the Women's Australian 688 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 1: Open in December, and I know from speaking to them 689 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,319 Speaker 1: they had a great experience there. So it has to 690 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:27,000 Speaker 1: obviously all be balanced. We are the leader and women's golf, 691 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: and we you know, plan to continue to be the 692 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 1: leader in women's golf and to have the very best 693 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: players play on our tour, but we also want to 694 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 1: provide some flexibility when it makes sense for them and 695 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,280 Speaker 1: when you know, they want to go play at different places. 696 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 1: We we can do that within the confines of our 697 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: rules and regulations, and so we're trying to be flexible 698 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,920 Speaker 1: where we can. There your relationship with j Monahan, Um, 699 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 1: you know who runs the PJA tour. How much of 700 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 1: an asset is is having that relationship and being able 701 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: to have that open communication with J and say listen, um, 702 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,440 Speaker 1: this is what we're trying to do. UM. Let me 703 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:01,359 Speaker 1: pick your I mean, do you have that kind of 704 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: relationship where you talk to Jay and say listen, UM, 705 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: let me run this idea by you. We're we're thinking 706 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,120 Speaker 1: about maybe doing this. We're thinking about maybe going in 707 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:13,399 Speaker 1: that direction, um, because obviously, with with the leadership that 708 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,440 Speaker 1: that J has had to get the p g A 709 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 1: to or where it is UM, he must be a huge, 710 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: huge resource for you. Absolutely. I mean Jay has been 711 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: phenomenal from I mean I think he he called me 712 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: the day that I was announced as the commissioner, and UM, 713 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,719 Speaker 1: you know, he's one of the first phone calls coming 714 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 1: in to say congratulations and to offer his assistance. And UM, 715 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: you know, I definitely have learned a ton from from 716 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,040 Speaker 1: him and from his experience. And he's been very you know, 717 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,359 Speaker 1: very very willing to UM not only just to talk, 718 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 1: but to share information and to share knowledge and to 719 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,720 Speaker 1: to help the LPGA. I think the golf community really 720 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 1: sees the value of the LPGA and they see the 721 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,760 Speaker 1: value of of helping us. I mean that we've gotten 722 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:56,279 Speaker 1: assistance from you know, Augustina National has been unbelievable and 723 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: helping with you know, introducing us to partners and being 724 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 1: supportive of what we do. Obviously the R and A 725 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 1: with the UM, what they've done with the A I G. 726 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,799 Speaker 1: Women's Open has been phenomenal and the way they've really 727 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:11,239 Speaker 1: pushed on equity there raising purses the PGA of America, 728 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,680 Speaker 1: you know seth Wa and and his commitment with the 729 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 1: KPMG UM you know, PGA Women's championship is really important, 730 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: and his commitment to to the women's game, UM, you know, 731 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: and obviously having Mike at the U s g A, 732 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's amazing for women's golf. And he 733 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,719 Speaker 1: has a whole different lens on what to do to 734 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:34,760 Speaker 1: grow women's golf through the U s g AS platform. UM, 735 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 1: you know, we so so I think that the golf 736 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 1: community sees, first of all how important it is for 737 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: the women's game to grow just more broadly, um, but 738 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,480 Speaker 1: also wants to help. They want us to get closer 739 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,880 Speaker 1: to equity, and they want us to to succeed. And 740 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:52,359 Speaker 1: so that's been great and we're really appreciative of what 741 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,759 Speaker 1: everyone does for the LPGA. You mentioned Mike Juan, who 742 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: had the role before you did one of some of 743 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,160 Speaker 1: the things that that when you look back at his 744 00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:03,840 Speaker 1: tenure at the LPGA, that you look back on and say, 745 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,440 Speaker 1: you know, that was that was a really really cool 746 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 1: thing that he did. That was a really I mean, 747 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,000 Speaker 1: he really set this up for me to now help 748 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 1: this grow. When you look at kind of his tenure, 749 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: what are the things that you take away from that, um, 750 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 1: that are that are hugely positive not only for you 751 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,360 Speaker 1: but what you think his role has been in moving 752 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,400 Speaker 1: the women's game forward. Yeah. Well, first of all, Mike's 753 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,959 Speaker 1: like a he's a visionary, you know, he's an idea guy. 754 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 1: He's very winning, you know, he people want to follow him. 755 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,440 Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's been. He was awesome for the LPGA, 756 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:36,800 Speaker 1: and I think he had a real plan and he 757 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,680 Speaker 1: implemented the plan and he got the organization to the 758 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: point where we now have. You know, we don't have 759 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: PGA resources. We still need to grow revenues in every area. 760 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,320 Speaker 1: We've got to change some structures around. We've got to 761 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:47,880 Speaker 1: do a number of things to be able to to 762 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,919 Speaker 1: be able to invest in in you know, whether it's 763 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,160 Speaker 1: subsidizing purses, whether it's you know, sort of having other 764 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,040 Speaker 1: programs for players for for their own performance. There's lots 765 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,840 Speaker 1: of areas that we still need to grow. But he 766 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 1: set us up for that six s, you know. And again, 767 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,759 Speaker 1: as you mentioned earlier in the conversation, he really focused 768 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 1: on the tournaments, which is what we have to do. Right. 769 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,239 Speaker 1: The first thing is what is the product that we're 770 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,319 Speaker 1: putting out there for our players to play in and 771 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,600 Speaker 1: for the fans to engage with. So he really focused 772 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:16,279 Speaker 1: on that he focused on really good communication with the 773 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 1: players and um, so I think he set us up 774 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,600 Speaker 1: for the next step. And what he likes to say is, 775 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,000 Speaker 1: you know, listen, everybody has the baton for a little 776 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,719 Speaker 1: while and then they passed the baton. And you know, 777 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 1: obviously our our team, our leadership team, has the baton now, 778 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,439 Speaker 1: and um, we're trying to advance it to the next level. 779 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,960 Speaker 1: It's all it's all linear, you know, hopefully it's it's 780 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: linear and and it's it's very the upward trajectory is palpable, um, 781 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:40,960 Speaker 1: and we've been able to benefit from that. But I 782 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:42,440 Speaker 1: think our job is to say, Okay, what are the 783 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,800 Speaker 1: next big moments. How do we drive sort of revenues 784 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 1: in different ways based on the technology, based on the 785 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,960 Speaker 1: sponsor interest to be able to reinvest in the in 786 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,560 Speaker 1: the tour. But yeah, I mean again, Mike, just like 787 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,759 Speaker 1: like I said, with j and And and Martin and 788 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,799 Speaker 1: Seth they he you know, I called him two days ago, 789 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:00,400 Speaker 1: Hey what do you think of this? You know, what 790 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,160 Speaker 1: do you what do you what do you see us 791 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,759 Speaker 1: doing next? And so it's very much of a partnership 792 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,279 Speaker 1: and I feel that, and I felt that for a 793 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 1: minute one with the whole golf community. So, WELLI where 794 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 1: do you want the LPGA to be in five years? 795 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,760 Speaker 1: I mean, what in a perfect world, if you could say, okay, 796 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,840 Speaker 1: in five years, we would have been able to do 797 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,120 Speaker 1: some of these things. I mean, obviously you can't. You 798 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: can't predict the future. You don't know what's going to 799 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:35,959 Speaker 1: happen globally, But the idea of where you want the 800 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: the LPGA to be in five years, how would in 801 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 1: your vision um if you could kind of go through 802 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,359 Speaker 1: your whish list, what would be some things in in 803 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,840 Speaker 1: five years that are different about the LPGA where it 804 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,640 Speaker 1: is today versus where you hope it could be in 805 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,960 Speaker 1: five years time. Well, I mean again, I think it 806 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,839 Speaker 1: does start and end with the tournaments. I think we've 807 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 1: got to we've got to make that tournament schedule be 808 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,440 Speaker 1: a little easier for the players to manage, to kind 809 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,440 Speaker 1: of line it all up a little better than I mean, 810 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,319 Speaker 1: it's it's pretty darn good this year, but there's a 811 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:05,759 Speaker 1: little back and forth that we've got to kind of 812 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,600 Speaker 1: work on and continuing to elevate all of the events 813 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 1: and do that at the right time with the right partners, 814 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:12,719 Speaker 1: you know. I think again, we're super grateful for all 815 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,719 Speaker 1: the partners that we currently have, and they all want 816 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:18,160 Speaker 1: to grow and and continue to to offer more opportunities 817 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,799 Speaker 1: to the players. But I think really nailing down what 818 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,719 Speaker 1: that schedule looks like and hearing from the players, like 819 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,920 Speaker 1: what's the off season look like, what's the you know, 820 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,080 Speaker 1: when does the season start, when does it end? What's 821 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,400 Speaker 1: is the mix of tournaments in terms of, you know, 822 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,800 Speaker 1: the full field events versus some of these specialty events 823 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,040 Speaker 1: where we get more eyeballs, or the tent pole events 824 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,279 Speaker 1: where we get more eyeballs into the game like a 825 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: Solheim Cup or an International Crown, or some of these 826 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:42,719 Speaker 1: unique match the Bank of Hope match play where where 827 00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:45,279 Speaker 1: it's people are watching and bringing in new fans. But 828 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,520 Speaker 1: then how do we balance that with the full field events. 829 00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:49,760 Speaker 1: So I think it starts and ends there with getting 830 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,200 Speaker 1: that schedule that everybody gets the schedule and they go 831 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 1: this is awesome, like this is amazing events at best 832 00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:58,279 Speaker 1: golf courses with with really high purses that continue to grow. 833 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:00,960 Speaker 1: And then I think the result of that is maybe 834 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,240 Speaker 1: that's you know, part of the result rather than the process. 835 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:05,880 Speaker 1: But as I said before that the first of all 836 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,880 Speaker 1: to start with the hundred best players in the world. 837 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,960 Speaker 1: The hundred best players in the world make a living 838 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,200 Speaker 1: that's reasonable and that's commensurate with their talent. Right now, 839 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,319 Speaker 1: we're not there, so we really need to fix that. 840 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,120 Speaker 1: I think we want to be more relevant in the 841 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:21,840 Speaker 1: sports community. Right We want people to know the LPGA players. 842 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,960 Speaker 1: People should know who Nellie Corta is. Everybody should know 843 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,839 Speaker 1: who Lydia Co is, who Lexi Thompson is. I can 844 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,040 Speaker 1: go down the list, Minji Lea, Tia Tinnico. You know, 845 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,279 Speaker 1: people should know. Those should be household names. And so 846 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,680 Speaker 1: I want to make sure that those are household names 847 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:37,480 Speaker 1: as well as you know, so many others Jim Young, 848 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,000 Speaker 1: co and Brooke. I mean, you know, the people should 849 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,200 Speaker 1: say oh, just like they do with Serena Williams. You know, 850 00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:44,520 Speaker 1: we we need people to be a bit to have 851 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,480 Speaker 1: our players be a bit more relevant in the in 852 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,480 Speaker 1: the global sports landscape. Um. And so we've got a 853 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,719 Speaker 1: strategy and we're working on that. And you know, I 854 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,440 Speaker 1: would also like our players to to feel, like I 855 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:58,040 Speaker 1: said before, they arrive on that first team ready to 856 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,960 Speaker 1: compete at the very highest level of their ability, and 857 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,839 Speaker 1: so to reduce some of the the hardship of being 858 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:07,799 Speaker 1: out on the LPGA. So those are some big goals. Um, 859 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:09,520 Speaker 1: And I think we'll get there. I mean, I think 860 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,560 Speaker 1: we're close, and we've got work to do, but I 861 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,560 Speaker 1: really do think we'll get there. Lastly, Molly, Um, what 862 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,480 Speaker 1: do you hope the ten year old girl that went 863 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,600 Speaker 1: to Lake Nona with her parents over the weekend and 864 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: got to walk around and and and see the girls 865 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,200 Speaker 1: on the LPGA um play over over last week? What 866 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:26,839 Speaker 1: do you hope is is is to take away from 867 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,560 Speaker 1: that for her? Because we hear so many times, you know, 868 00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,359 Speaker 1: guys that that you see winning on the PGA Tour 869 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:34,520 Speaker 1: and there's a picture of them get you know John 870 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:37,600 Speaker 1: rom Getting getting Henrik Stenson's autograph when he was a 871 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 1: kid at Valderrama, Right, I mean, what do you hope 872 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,160 Speaker 1: is to take away for the young for the young 873 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,160 Speaker 1: girls that were at the LPGA last week? Um, and 874 00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:48,200 Speaker 1: and and and and how do you think that experience 875 00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:50,440 Speaker 1: can can help them move, you know forward in the 876 00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:53,239 Speaker 1: in their golfing careers. Yeah, I mean, listen, part of 877 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,960 Speaker 1: what we do is we are you know, we we 878 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:59,719 Speaker 1: think that we have this huge opportunity to be a 879 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,799 Speaker 1: latform to elevate opportunities for girls and women not just 880 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,640 Speaker 1: on the golf course, but off the golf course too. 881 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:09,240 Speaker 1: So I hope that young young athletes and young girls 882 00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:12,600 Speaker 1: see golf as a great opportunity for them to make 883 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,359 Speaker 1: an amazing living as an athlete and being valued for 884 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:19,000 Speaker 1: their talent. But I also hope that they inspire girls 885 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,480 Speaker 1: just generally to be empowered and to know that they 886 00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:23,880 Speaker 1: can do hard things, and they can be resilient, and 887 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:26,600 Speaker 1: they can be respected um at the highest level of 888 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,560 Speaker 1: things that they maybe traditionally haven't been UM front and 889 00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:33,600 Speaker 1: center on. So I think that's a gigantic opportunity. We're 890 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 1: a women's organization. We're promoting girls and women with everything 891 00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:39,680 Speaker 1: we do, and we're kind of intentional with that. So, 892 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,440 Speaker 1: you know, I, as a young young girl watch the LPGA, 893 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,680 Speaker 1: and my parents didn't play golf. They weren't we weren't 894 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,839 Speaker 1: a golf family. But that's what I saw on TV. 895 00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:48,680 Speaker 1: So I said, I want to do that. You know, 896 00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:51,120 Speaker 1: how do I get to the public golf course and 897 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:54,440 Speaker 1: and and play like uh, you know, Nancy Lopez, or 898 00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,280 Speaker 1: play like um, you know Meg Mallon and Beth Daniel 899 00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,600 Speaker 1: and Cathy Whitworth. You know, these were people that I was, um, 900 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:02,759 Speaker 1: you know, just followed all the time because I said, oh, 901 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:04,719 Speaker 1: women can be athletes and they can make a living 902 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:08,080 Speaker 1: doing this. So I'm really excited about that. And I 903 00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,160 Speaker 1: think that, um, you know this week for example, last 904 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,040 Speaker 1: week when they're playing next to the men, and people 905 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:16,080 Speaker 1: were much more engaged in what the women were doing 906 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,040 Speaker 1: because they were the truly the best in the world. 907 00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,120 Speaker 1: So again, that platform is really important for us. And 908 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,160 Speaker 1: the LPGA has been doing it for seventy two years. 909 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:26,080 Speaker 1: We've been doing hard things for seventy two years. And um, 910 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,920 Speaker 1: think about that, I mean twenty two years before title nine. 911 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,640 Speaker 1: The l p g A was founded by some incredible 912 00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:35,279 Speaker 1: women and people have made a women have made a 913 00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:37,960 Speaker 1: living playing golf for seventy two years. But now we've 914 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,040 Speaker 1: got to have them make a living. That's more, you know, 915 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,120 Speaker 1: in line with with that world class talent. But it's 916 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:45,120 Speaker 1: fun being out there and seeing those little girls and 917 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:47,600 Speaker 1: you know, this club, but like who are better than 918 00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:51,400 Speaker 1: our players with engaging with fans. I mean, Lexie Thompson 919 00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:55,239 Speaker 1: is unbelievable. She'll she'll sign every autograph, she'll you know, 920 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,040 Speaker 1: lighten up the day of Lydia, the same thing, Minji. 921 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:01,080 Speaker 1: You know, the list goes on and on. Um Brooke 922 00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:04,719 Speaker 1: is phenomenal at that. So these are ambassadors, ambassadors for women, 923 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,400 Speaker 1: ambassadors for the game. They do a great job in 924 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,960 Speaker 1: the pro am as you know, I mean, UM, it 925 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:14,640 Speaker 1: was really fun to hear Taylor uh Twellman talk about 926 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:18,480 Speaker 1: how great um Maria and Selene. I think it was 927 00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,759 Speaker 1: we played with who He said, if my daughters can 928 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:24,000 Speaker 1: be half the women that these women are, UM, I've 929 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:25,920 Speaker 1: done it. I'll have done a great job as a parent. 930 00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:27,920 Speaker 1: So those are the things we're trying to do. I 931 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,560 Speaker 1: love that about this job. I love that about our players, 932 00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:34,120 Speaker 1: and we have a platform and we've got to use it. Well. 933 00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:36,880 Speaker 1: Last week was a great success. I had a blast 934 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,719 Speaker 1: there and congrats. I'm excited to see what holds for 935 00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:44,640 Speaker 1: the LPGA tour. Um, keep keep fighting the good fight. 936 00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,480 Speaker 1: I think you're doing a great job and UM, I'm 937 00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,200 Speaker 1: excited to see where things go. Well, thanks for caring 938 00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:52,000 Speaker 1: and thanks for talking um so you know passionately about 939 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,320 Speaker 1: what we do. I listened to your podcast with Ashley 940 00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:58,239 Speaker 1: Boo Hi, which I loved, I mean, and it was 941 00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:00,000 Speaker 1: great that you'd watched that whole you know, her whole 942 00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:04,240 Speaker 1: back nine and that tremendous playoff, and she's just she's lovely. 943 00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:06,359 Speaker 1: I mean, all the women on the tour really do 944 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:10,040 Speaker 1: love the lpg A and they they love the opportunity 945 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,759 Speaker 1: they have to to change the world. Well, we'll hope 946 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,840 Speaker 1: to see out there soon and keep up the good work. Okay, 947 00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:22,680 Speaker 1: thanks a lot. So that was a really really good 948 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,800 Speaker 1: talk with Molly Hooton. And as the commission of the 949 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,239 Speaker 1: ALPG Tour, listen, she's got a tough job, but I 950 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,600 Speaker 1: think she's she's doing a great job. And um, I 951 00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:34,520 Speaker 1: think the LPGA is going from strength to strength. There 952 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,759 Speaker 1: are some unbelievable golfers on that tour, some of the 953 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,040 Speaker 1: best golf swings on the planet, um, in my opinion. 954 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,560 Speaker 1: So I hope everybody enjoyed that. That's kind of the 955 00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,120 Speaker 1: goal of the podcast to try and bring more voices 956 00:46:46,239 --> 00:46:49,560 Speaker 1: from all different kind of aspects of this crazy game. 957 00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,200 Speaker 1: And uh, who better to talk about the women's game 958 00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:54,799 Speaker 1: than Molly, So I want to thank her for doing that. Um, 959 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:58,360 Speaker 1: had a great time at the lpg event last week. UM, 960 00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:01,120 Speaker 1: it's always fun to I've spent so much time as 961 00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,080 Speaker 1: a part of the men's game, and it's always really 962 00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:06,320 Speaker 1: cool to to go UM to a women's event and 963 00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:09,160 Speaker 1: see the products, see you know, the type of players 964 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,600 Speaker 1: and and and as I said in the pod, it's 965 00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,000 Speaker 1: a great opportunity for me to go see uh some 966 00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,040 Speaker 1: players up close that you know that I don't get 967 00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:19,200 Speaker 1: an opportunity to see all the time. So I want 968 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,560 Speaker 1: to thank everyone for listening and some of a buch 969 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:25,919 Speaker 1: comes to you every Wednesday. We will see everyone next week.