1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: This is the Business of Sports from Bloomberg Radio. Hello, 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: I'm Jason Kelly and Mike Lynch, and welcome to the 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Business of Sports. This, of course, is the podcast 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: where we explore the big money issues and the world 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: of sports, talked to some of the biggest players in 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: the industry, and we are beyond thrilled. Today we're gonna 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: be speaking with p GA Champions Tour golfer Billy Andreide, 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 1: and we gotta do some disclaimers right up top here, Lynchy, 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: because we both known this guy for longer than any 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: of us uh in this interview cares to admit. I'll 11 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: go first. I met Billy in the early nineties when 12 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: he and his wife Jody, before they had kids. He 13 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: was just coming onto the tour, moved in next door 14 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: to my family and next door to my parents in 15 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: Atlanta on Club Drive, and I've known him and his 16 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: whole family ever since. His son Cameron was actually the 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: ring bearer in our wedding. He made it halfway up 18 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: the aisle before he got scared of I think the 19 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: quote was Jen's big white dress and turned around and 20 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: turned l So I'm just delighted to spend some time 21 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: with him. He is one of the funniest, most thoughtful 22 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: people that I know. And Lynchy, I've never played golf 23 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: with him, which is good for him, but you have. 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: And despite playing with me, he went out and went 25 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: back to back titles in and won the Kemper in 26 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: the Buick after a horrible day with me and in 27 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: my game, but uh, you know, Billy was Uh. I 28 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: met Billy at Pleasant Valley Country Club, which was a 29 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: host of p G a stop every year right up 30 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: the road from picture from Rhode Island, right up there, 31 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: and Billy was one of the top, along with Brad 32 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: flat Facts and the two most recognizable golfers in New England, 33 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: and two of the nicest guys, two of the most 34 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: affable guys, two of the most appreach approachable guys. So 35 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: I get paired with Billy in the pro am and 36 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: I have a sports photographer named Dick Dunham who's a 37 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: good guy but you know that it is not afraid 38 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: or intimidated by everyone. And he goes up to Billy. 39 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: He says, hey, Billy, would you mind wearing a wireless 40 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: microphone for like six holes today just so I can 41 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: hear what they know stopping to say to the caddy, 42 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: and I'm and I'm putting my hand over my face. 43 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: I'm going, oh, no, I know at the program, you know, 44 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: he he needs to be sociable, but this is how 45 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: he makes his living, Dickie, he does. You know, he 46 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: needs to work on his game, you know, and he'll 47 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,839 Speaker 1: say nice things to us every now and then. He said, sure, 48 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: I'd be happy to do it. So I think Billy's 49 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 1: dad was the third member of our foursome. The fourth 50 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: guy was this really nice guy about a twelve handicap, 51 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: and uh, he was a little shy, a little intimidated, 52 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 1: and he came over and shook hands with all of us, 53 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 1: and he had a posse of about fifteen friends with him. 54 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: All look like weekend weekend golf guys. And you know, 55 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: I said, something going on here. So one of the 56 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 1: guys pulled me over and he said, he said, hey, that, uh, 57 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: this is our buddy here. I couldn't remember his name, 58 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: so let's just call him John. Um. He says he's 59 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: he's terminally ill with cancer. He has six months to live. 60 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: His dream was to play in a PGA event with 61 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: a p g A player. But I don't want to 62 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: bother Billy Andre for it, and I said, I'll take 63 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: care of it. I go over to Billy and I 64 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: explained the situation to him, and from that moment on, 65 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: Billy was attached to the hip to this guy John. 66 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: For eighteen holes we recorded the Billy was just helping 67 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: him with this game, talking, turn the conversation around, asking 68 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: him what he did for a living, you know, introduced 69 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: me to your friends, Let's take some pictures, etcetera, etcetera, 70 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: And uh, the guy had the happiest day of his life. 71 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: I got a letter about five or six months later 72 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: he had passed away. We sent him the tape and 73 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: said it was the greatest day of his life and 74 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: it was because of you, Billy Andre. You made that 75 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: day for that guy. Yeah. I remember that so well. 76 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: Um just uh, what I remember the most is he 77 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: played an amazing round of golf and he hadn't played 78 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: for a long time because he was sick. And then 79 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: he comes out, you know, in front of huge crowds 80 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: at Pleasant Valley and I mean he literally played one 81 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: of He said it was one of the best rounds 82 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: of golf he's ever played his life. And it's it 83 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: was it was really really special. It was special to 84 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: be out there and and understanding the situation, you know, 85 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: made it even more special for all of us. I 86 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: mean we were we all had tears in our eyes 87 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: at the at the end of it, when all his 88 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: friends came out in the last hole and everybody's hugging everybody. 89 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: It was it was really cool. And uh, I can't 90 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: thank you guys enough for having me on the show 91 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: and looking forward to chatting with you. Well, it's great 92 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: to have you. Um, So, Billy, let's get to the 93 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: present and then we're gonna go back in time a 94 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: little bit. We'll do a little bit more of this 95 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: is Your Life. But, um, how are things right now? 96 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: You're in Atlanta, um, you know, quarantined with I think 97 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: three of the four and trades are are there. How's 98 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: it going being sort of off for a bit, looking 99 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: forward obviously to getting back in July. Yeah, it's been 100 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: really weird, I would say, first of all, and at 101 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: first it was oh my gosh, like is this ever 102 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 1: gonna end? A groundhog day every day? And then it 103 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: was kind of cool to have, you know, to be 104 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:00,559 Speaker 1: home and spending more time with your family and my daughter, 105 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: you know, she was graduating from school, so she had 106 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 1: some school work to do to finish. She graduated at 107 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: TCU and she was bummed out that she couldn't walk 108 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: and all that and and stuff, and so it's been 109 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,119 Speaker 1: kind of like mixed emotions, you know, like at first 110 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: it was kind of weird, and then it got kind 111 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: of great. And now there's a you see the light 112 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: at the end of the tunnel. When when you had 113 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: the Charles Schwab Challenge on TV this past weekend to 114 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: see that golf is now back, and uh, we have 115 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: a date first of August we're going to get back 116 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: in playing again. So, UM, it's just been uh, we've 117 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: we've been quarantined, we've we've really have taken this seriously 118 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: in our family, and we haven't done a whole lot. 119 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: We've not been out to dinner. Um. I did not 120 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: play golf for two straight months and then I started playing. 121 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: I started playing about three weeks ago, and uh, it's 122 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: been Uh, it's been interesting the way the golf clubs have. Um, 123 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: you know, every one takes their own card, nobody touches 124 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: your clubs, nobody touches anything. Everyone's wearing masks, so the 125 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: clubs here my clubs that I'm a member at here 126 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, and very very good with keeping everything, um, 127 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: you know, clean and disinfected and all that stuff. So 128 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: it's been good and uh, but it's you have that 129 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: you don't have that like not that not the desire. 130 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: I've always had the desire. But now that there's a 131 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: date that we're going to play, now I can start, 132 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: you know, ramping up my practicing and getting ready mentally 133 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: for coming back in August. Billy, Um, no fans obviously 134 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: for the first four p GA events. Are you gonna 135 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: have fans up in Michigan? Uh, it's August first, you're 136 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: going back. Yeah, it's like it's the end of July 137 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: first August, Lynchy and uh, you know, right now we're 138 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: just watching what the tour does and seeing how what's 139 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 1: going there. And then um, I think in mid July, 140 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: the tour goes to the Memorial Nicholas's event and they're 141 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: gonna have um a handful of fans. They're not gonna 142 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: they're not opening it way up to the public. I 143 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: think that's gonna be u X amount of fans on 144 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: the on the on the course. And then our tournament 145 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: in at the end of July one August. I know 146 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: that all I would love to have fans. I know 147 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: that that was that was one of the words I 148 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: heard from our president of our champions tour that they 149 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: want fans. So, um, hopefully we can. It's gonna be okay. 150 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: UH don't know. UM. I wish we had the crystal 151 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: ball to say that everything is going to be perfect. 152 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: But you know, safety is the number one issue here. 153 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, there's a lot of players, especially 154 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: our international players, and then they have to come over 155 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: and quarantine from fourteen days and um, then then then 156 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: they really can't go back home. So it's going to 157 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: be interesting to see if this all works out, and 158 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: hopefully it does. But obviously, really without a vaccine, Um, 159 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: you know, what are we what are we really doing here? 160 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: Is this? Is this the smart thing? I hope it is, um, 161 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: and I hope nobody gets sick. Um, But we're really 162 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: kind of playing Russian roulette, aren't we? All these? With 163 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: all these sports? And UM, you know, I understand the economics, 164 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: understand you know, especially with college football. I mean, jeez, 165 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: if if these colleges can't play football, there's going to 166 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: be so many sports that that are gonna go go 167 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: by the wayside at these schools because they can't afford 168 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: it because of the football money. So it's going to 169 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: be interesting to see and hopefully, um, you know, this 170 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: virus doesn't come back in the fall. Well, And it's funny, Billy, 171 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: And this is a name very familiar to you because 172 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: I know he's an old friend of yours as well. 173 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: You know, I spoke with George Pine a couple weeks 174 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: ago and he gave me a stat which blew me away, 175 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: which may not be as much of a surprise to 176 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: you or it. Maybe he said, Tuscaloose, Alabama, home of 177 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: University of Alabama. Of course their economic uh, the economic 178 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: impact of a single University of Alabama game is twenty 179 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: million dollars, So that's twenty million dollars, you know, times 180 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: five or six depending. You know you live in the South, 181 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: you know as well as I do. I mean, these 182 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: are like many economies that are built around college sports. 183 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: It's unbelievable. Yeah, it really is. And it's um you know, 184 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: I saw a staff the other day that it was 185 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: l s u um um sports programs And this was 186 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: not this past year with a won the national championship 187 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: at football. This was a couple of years ago. The 188 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: football program made fifty six million. The baseball program made 189 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: eight or six and that's that's very impressive because baseball 190 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: usually doesn't make any money at most schools, and then 191 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: every other sport at l s U lost money. So 192 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: you've got the football program. Basically, all these programs in 193 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: college football pay for everything else. So these uh, these 194 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: athletic directors are going a little crazy and presidents, you know, 195 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: pulling the trigger. You know, the Pac twelve conference came 196 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: out first and said we're not playing and then you 197 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: know what does that do? Alabama is supposed to play 198 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: I think a game in Dallas against the Pack twelve 199 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: team at the beginning of the year. So is that 200 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: game you canceled? Um, it's it's gonna be interesting to see. 201 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: And I know that that all these schools want to 202 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: get back and all these high schools, especially here in 203 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: Georgia reading about high schools are starting to practice again. 204 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: And whether or not it's safe, who knows. I don't 205 00:10:54,679 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: think so. And you know, they tour has arranged for 206 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: a charter to take the caddies, the players and officials. 207 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: They're going today from Fort Worth to South Carolina. I 208 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: don't assume you guys have a charter. Will more guys 209 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: be afraid to fly commercial and actually drive from event 210 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 1: to event like you used to do when you are 211 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: breaking in uh, you know, when you're in your early twenties. Yeah, 212 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: that's a great question, Lynchy. I saw that the tours is, 213 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: you know, kind of doing like this bubble. They're trying 214 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: to keep everybody in this bubble. So everyone's staying at 215 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: the same hotels, everyone's chartering from tournament to tournament. Um, 216 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: you know, all the testing that they're doing to try 217 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: to keep everybody safe is great. Um, but yeah, I'm 218 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: I'm very concerned about getting on a commercial airline right now. 219 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: I've talked to a few people that have done it, 220 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: and they say, it's, um, it's pretty it's pretty crazy 221 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: because there's nobody on these planes. You have to wear 222 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 1: a mask. I just I just played golf. Yes, they 223 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: with a friend that said that went to Portland, Oregon 224 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 1: on business and he said that nobody in the Atlanta 225 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: airport was wearing masks until he get on the plane. 226 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: He he flew, he got to Portland's everyone took their 227 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: masks off. The minute they got off the plane, he 228 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: said it was not as as sanitary or not not 229 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: as efficient as he thought it was gonna be. But yeah, 230 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: I know some guys have. But I read with Bubba 231 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: Watson bought a r V and he, uh, he's busting 232 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: it from tournament to tournament. I would think some players 233 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: will drive. Um, but yeah, it's uh, it's you know, 234 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: everyone wants to get back to normal. Well normal's gone. 235 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: Now we got new normal. And what's the new normal 236 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: gonna be? Um? Is it gonna be driving? Is it 237 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: gonna be um taking not taking as many plane rides 238 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: as you can, or or or or not caring. It's 239 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: it's it's going to be different for sure. And so Billy, 240 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: I guess in in the pre COVID, you know, previously 241 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: normal world. You know, over the past couple of years, 242 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 1: you know, you made a big transition to the Champions Tour. Uh, 243 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: Lynch and I both having watched you during your PGA 244 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: years and now watching you in the Champions Tour, I'm 245 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: going to go out on a limb. Actually, I'll quote 246 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: my brother Wynn, who you know very well, who I 247 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: mentioned this to you, said, I'm pretty sure Billy Andreid 248 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: is living his best life right now. It seems like 249 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: you're having a pretty good time on the Champions Tour. Yeah, 250 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: you know, I h at the end of my PGA 251 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: tour life. Um, I did some TV for a couple 252 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 1: of years, and I think that was the best thing, 253 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: um looking back of of my success in the Champions Tour, 254 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: because it kind of gave me a new perspective. Uh 255 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: I got a little break mentally, kind of rejuvenated my 256 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: uh my passion for the game. You know, you get 257 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: beat down. Golf is so hard, and especially when you 258 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: get into your late forties, um, and you're not playing 259 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: as well as you you you know, you can, uh, 260 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: you miscut, you come home, your your kids say, you know, 261 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: if you missed the cut again, you know instead of 262 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: so so you're not in a good place. And it 263 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: was it was time for me to take a little break. 264 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: And the TV, the TV world really helped me. Um 265 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: watch you know, especially, but I was I was walking 266 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: with the top players and the one thing I noticed 267 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: is if they don't make every put, you know, like 268 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: you always think that the best players are making everything, 269 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: and you know they're hitting it perfect, and you know, 270 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: you need to be more perfect and and and I 271 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: realized that, you know, if they don't make every put 272 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 1: and they're not perfect, and you know, why am I 273 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: you know, beating myself up so badly? And then, uh, 274 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: you know, transitioning to the Champions Tour, my number one 275 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: goal was I'm going to enjoy this. I'm not going 276 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: to care. I've already put all the you know, twenty 277 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: plus years, twenty five years of grinding, and you know, 278 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: I guess that I didn't realize how much of the 279 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: pressure cooker the tour was and until I got away 280 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: from it. And then looking back, like you know, every 281 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: year you have to finish in the top one, you know, 282 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: the pressure and you don't have kids, and then you 283 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: have kids and you get married and you have kids 284 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: and you accumulate, you know, all the expenses that you 285 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: have to pay, and the pressure can be enormous and um, 286 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: you know, I just kind of went through it and 287 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: got lucky. And you know I said when I when 288 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: I when I'm going to this Champions Tour, I'm just 289 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: gonna have fun. If I played great, great, and if 290 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: I don't, it's no big deal. You know, I'm not 291 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,359 Speaker 1: going to care. And with that attitude. It's been Um, 292 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: I played some of my best golf and I think 293 00:15:55,200 --> 00:16:00,080 Speaker 1: it's it's from that mindset of not really caring and 294 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: and not not putting so much pressure on myself and it's, um, 295 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: it's really paid off. And it's uh, I'll tell you, 296 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: I I just pinched myself, you know, because we're the 297 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: only sport that can really do this at our. Um. 298 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: You know, we're on television. Um, you know, so you 299 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: know the whole golfing world is watching. So you don't 300 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: want to, um, you know, you don't want to embarrass 301 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: yourself in front of, you know, a national audience. But 302 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: I just I gotta thank Bob Goldby Don January, anold Palmer, 303 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: the guys that started this Champions Tour, you know, which 304 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: was called the Senior Tour back in the late seventies, 305 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: and um, you know, to be able to to say 306 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: in two thousand and twenty that that I'm on this tour. 307 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: It's my seventh year. I can't believe it's been seven 308 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: years already. And how much fun we have. It's uh, 309 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: it's really cool. And um, the camaraderie is great, uh, 310 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: and the play is incredible and I've seen how much 311 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: better the play has gotten in in my seventh year now, 312 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,719 Speaker 1: the scores these guys are shooting is just amazing. So 313 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: the quality, the level of the game, and then and 314 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: the fun of it is just it's just awesome. Billy Well, 315 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 1: I was kind of surprised that by by round four yesterday, 316 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: guys who are actually giving fist pumps and four arm 317 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: pumps to each other when when they first started on Thursday, 318 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: it was sort of just a head no and you know, 319 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: an air I five, But there was a lot of 320 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: There was a lot of by the time this thing ended, 321 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: uh the eighteenth hole and then the playoff, there was 322 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: a lot of you know, contact going on there. And 323 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: I was kind of surprised at that, even though I think, 324 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,239 Speaker 1: I think, you know, Jamney and they got it right 325 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: and did a great job with the whole thing, I 326 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: think the guys sort of relaxed a little bit, and 327 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 1: I worried what the kind of message was sending to 328 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: everybody that was watching. Yeah, it was the same message 329 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: that you know, like when you started playing golf, they 330 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: said you can't know rakes, you can't touch the pin 331 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 1: and all this stuff, and the Entiger Woods has his 332 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: exhibition with Brady and every whole Tigers taking the pin out. 333 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: So then I was thinking, like, how many people around 334 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: the around the world, Now we're going to start taking 335 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 1: the pin out because Tiger took the pin out. And 336 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: then you see yesterday the same thing. I think it's 337 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: you're so programmed, Lynchy that you know, you you get 338 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: done and you usually you shake hands, you take your 339 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: hat off, you know, and now it's just, um, it's 340 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: just weird. And I think that in the heat of 341 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: the battle, I think some of these guys just forget, like, 342 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: oh my god, I can't do that. You know, you 343 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 1: saw Nicholson, you know, give the the tried at the 344 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 1: fist pump, which was not a fist pump. When he 345 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: was playing with with Brady, he was the only one 346 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 1: that was doing it. The other three we're all touching 347 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: each other. So yeah, it's hopefully none of this is 348 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: gonna be a problem. But yeah I noticed that as well, 349 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: just to follow up on that. But but the touching 350 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 1: it at our place. You know, I was looking for 351 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: a pencil the other day and a ball market, but 352 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: those are gone now, you can't. You know, I used 353 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: to go into the pro shop or outside of the 354 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: first tea and you just you know, scoop up three 355 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: t s and grab a ball marker and a pencil. 356 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 1: I asked, like the assistant, I said, where the pencilist is? 357 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: That we can't give him to him? Mike to have 358 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: one in your bag, I said, no, I don't. But 359 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 1: you know, so someone had one in his bag because 360 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 1: they didn't want He actually came out with a with 361 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: a napkin and had a pencil for me and gave 362 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 1: it to me. But I mean that that's how, you know, 363 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:24,239 Speaker 1: how careful everybody is being about this thing. Uh, And 364 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: it's it's it's bizarre, but you're right, the old habits 365 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: are hard to break. Not grabbing the pen and you know, 366 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: not going over and fist pumping summer. Well you should. 367 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: You should see Lynch. You're you're you guys are in 368 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: a hotbed up there with the coronavirus. You know, you 369 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 1: go to some places. I was talking to Mike Weir 370 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: the other day. Master's Champion lives in Utah. He said 371 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: his life hasn't changed one bit. Virus isn't really out here, 372 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 1: and nobody's social distancing, not none of that. And my 373 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: buddy um Andy Burgh was my financial advisor. He's got 374 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 1: to he's got a lakehouse that Reynolds Plantation. Uh, and 375 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: this was a month ago, he said, Oh, it's you know, 376 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,640 Speaker 1: this past weekend, it was like Fourth of July. Everybody 377 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: was out on their boats party and having a good time. 378 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: And so in different places of the country it's it's um, 379 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: it's really different, you know, like you guys are in 380 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: total lockdown Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and then you 381 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: go south. You know, when we got this wonderful governor 382 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 1: here in Georgia that just you know, opened everything up 383 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 1: um pretty early and took a gamble with it. And yeah, 384 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: it's just it is crazy though, you go, hey, where's 385 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: my pencil? It depends on you probably played the best 386 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: round of your light. Yeah I had a four of that. 387 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: But yeah, just keep it track in my head here, 388 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: just keep it track my head or a Lynch like 389 00:20:55,280 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: you forget what do they mean? Can't remember? You know, Billy, 390 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 1: you were talking about the camaraderie on the tour and 391 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: Lynch she mentioned this at the top of the conversation. 392 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 1: I mean, it feels like one of the most special 393 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 1: relationships and friendships you've had going back many many years 394 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: is with Brad Faxson. I mean, whether it is playing 395 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: on the tour, or whether it's the charity stuff you've 396 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,199 Speaker 1: done together, whether it's even being in movies together. If 397 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,479 Speaker 1: I'm remembering Kingpin, uh correctly the beginning of king Pin, 398 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: correctly tell us about Uh, tell us about that relationship 399 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: because it feels like a special one. Yeah. He Um, 400 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: you know, he's three years older. So he was always 401 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: the guy I looked up to when I was you know, 402 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: we're playing junior golf and you know, he was winning everything, 403 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: and um, you know that he went off to Firm 404 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: University to college and I three years later go to 405 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: Wake Forest and you know, then we started traveling together 406 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 1: playing amateur golf, driving from tournament to tournament like we did. 407 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: And um, so he was always like my big brother, 408 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 1: always kind of took care of me. And then when 409 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: I got on the p g A Tour my rookie year, 410 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 1: he made sure I had great practice rounds with great 411 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 1: players and uh kind of took me under his wing. 412 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 1: Um so he was always, uh, you know, he was 413 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: always there. He's he's a such a caring person, like 414 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: Lynchi was saying earlier, giving guys. Uh, just um, just 415 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: one of those guys that, um, you know, I try 416 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: to emulate when I when I was get going up 417 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: the ranks. And then I realized like quickly after I 418 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: get on the tour for a little while, and and 419 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 1: and like I just thought that everybody putted like Brad 420 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: facts and like because I grew up playing with him, 421 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: and and you just had a chip and putt, I 422 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: mean that was it. And then you get on the 423 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: tour and you realize, oh my god, it's this guy's 424 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: like one of the greatest putters ever. Um and no, 425 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: not everybody putch as good as this guy. And uh 426 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: so he's a he's been a special friends, he's a 427 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: he's a great person. Uh um. And he's doing he's 428 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: he's kind of going into that, uh not playing much 429 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: golf anymore and getting into the TV world. And um, 430 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: he's done a great job with Fox. He's he's kind 431 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: of grown as an announcer and he does a really 432 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 1: good job there. So, um, yeah, we've been friends a 433 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: long time. And uh, you know one of those guys 434 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: that I always looked up to, you know, Billy and 435 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: Ben Brad Jason have been running this tournament the CVS 436 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: Charity Classic and also your Champions for Children. I think 437 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: is the other one is that one of his billy 438 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,479 Speaker 1: is at the name of it um and uh so 439 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: obviously those two who have been casualties of this pandemic 440 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: and this calendar year, is that right, Yeah, they have, 441 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: Uh you know, we've we've um, we're still we're still 442 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: still going to do stuff with our sponsors and try 443 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 1: to give as much money away this year as we 444 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: can to charity because it's charity, all the charities really 445 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 1: suffering with through this pandemic. So um, and then we're 446 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: gonna come back next year with our CBS Health Charity Classic, 447 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 1: which you know, it's been dear in my heart and 448 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: Brad's hearts and our hearts with how much money that 449 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 1: we and how many people and how much money we 450 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: raised for charity raised over three million and twenty one years. 451 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: So it's um, it's um. It's a big event in 452 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: Rhode Island. It's um, it's it's it's clearly it's a 453 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: really great thing that we couldn't do it without CBS. 454 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: They've been a great a great sponsor with us, and 455 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: it's it's something that uh, you know when we started it, 456 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: we were just we were just hoping that that other 457 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: golfers that we invited would come, you know, and then 458 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you know, fast forward, you know, 459 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: twenty one years later. I can't believe that we're still 460 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: doing it and we still it's still going strong. So 461 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 1: it's been great. And then Brad and I started a 462 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 1: foundation together in the early nineties and we used to 463 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: have a celebrity ProAm at want to Moist It, and um, 464 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: we ended up quit do we quit doing it and 465 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: right around two thousand because of the CBS started going 466 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: so um, but we still have given him a bunch 467 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: of money away to a lot of needy children in 468 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 1: Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. So it's uh, it's been great. 469 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: It's been Uh, it's been a passion that we've both 470 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: have enjoyed doing and and still do. One of the 471 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: best parts about it it's it's not a scheduled tour events, 472 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: so it's a it's a little bit looser and there's 473 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,919 Speaker 1: a lot of laughing going on. There's a lot of 474 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 1: interaction with the fans, and I think that's why a 475 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: lot of the people come out there, because you and 476 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: Brad are very approachable and and you don't intimidate people, 477 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: and you interact with people and they don't forget that 478 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: and the good you know, the smallest state in Rhode 479 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: Island has two of the guys with the biggest two 480 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: of the biggest hearts in the game with you and Brad, 481 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: and I think it's uh, it's it's been a great 482 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: undertaking and and we love going down and watching it 483 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: and covering it every year. Yeah, well thanks whnch you 484 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: appreciate it. The other thing is is that if we 485 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: weren't approachable, then we would hear it from all the 486 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: fans of New England because you know, it's just so funny. 487 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 1: You know, people from the South come up to Rhode 488 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 1: Island and you know, my buddy was telling a story 489 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: yesterday playing golf about coming to Rhode Island for the 490 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: first time and we walked in the dunk of Donuts 491 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: and Bristol, Rhode Island, and you know, seven people are 492 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: giving me crap because I missed up short put the 493 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: week before. You know, I almost broke the TV set 494 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: because you've done us because you missed that putt on seventeen. 495 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: You know, I can't believe it. You know, I go, 496 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 1: you almost broke your TV. How do you think I felt? 497 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: It's great? Uh. People people in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 498 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: in New England, they they feel like they own you 499 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah so they yeah, so hey they 500 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: if they own you, then then they're gonna tell it, 501 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 1: tell it like it is. And and that's kind of 502 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: the way I grew up. So I love it. I 503 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: think it's fantastic. Yeah, it's a different a different sort 504 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: of vibe than maybe at Capital City Country Club, right, 505 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: very much so. Us Mike Russione always says he runs 506 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: into people and says, boy, I tell you, I can't 507 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: believe it's been forty years since we beat the Russians. 508 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: And Mike said, well, I didn't know you were on 509 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: the team. So, Billy, I know. Another thing that you've 510 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: been involved in is the East Lake Invitational, if I've 511 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 1: got that right, and uh, and I do wonder I 512 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: was thinking about that, especially in the context of candidly 513 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: everything that's been going on in Atlanta over the past 514 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. UH. Knowing yours and Jody's commitment to 515 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 1: social justice and to the community UH in and around 516 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: Atlanta tell us a little bit about that, and Kiddley, 517 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: I'm really interested in what you're seeing there in Atlanta 518 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 1: right now as a hotbed of the civil rights movement, 519 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 1: obviously everything going on over the past few weeks. Just 520 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: would love to get your insights there. Yeah. So, UM 521 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: Tom Cousins, the developer here in Atlanta, UM bought East 522 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: Lake and revitalized the golf UM did a total read 523 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: read design of, not redesign of the golf course. I 524 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: should say that it's a makeover. The golf course hadn't 525 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: been UM. It hosted the nineteen sixty I think three 526 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 1: Ryder Cup. Arnold Palmer was the playing captain of that team. UM. 527 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: Let's go back to the to the twenties thirties. This 528 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: is where Bobby Jones grew up. He grew up behind 529 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: the thirteenth hole. UM. This golf course was one of 530 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,120 Speaker 1: the greatest courses in the in the world. People knew 531 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: of it, and by the late eighties these places UM 532 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: just in dire dire straits uh In and around the area. 533 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: It was called east Lake Meadows. UM. In nineteen seventy one, 534 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 1: Bobby Jones passed away and within a month they turned 535 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: that whole area into public housing, an experiment that the 536 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 1: government tried and by the place was called Little Vietnam. 537 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: The statistics were just um, just so so so bad. 538 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: A murder a week, average age of a of a 539 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: grandmother was like thirty three years old. They had five 540 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: dred and eighty units and they had ten ten fathers 541 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: that were living there. Um, you you you've turned fifteen 542 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: years old. You had to get pregnant to get food stamps. Um. 543 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: It was just it was the place to get drugs. Um. 544 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: It was just an awful was right next to Eastlake 545 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: Golf Club. So Tom cousins bought the golf course. Um 546 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: has revitalized the whole neighborhood. Um they have. They put 547 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,240 Speaker 1: in a Y m c A. They it's amazing. It's 548 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: a story that's been told a few times. It's a 549 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: great documentary about Eastlake that you can look look up. 550 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: That's just um, it's just amazing to watch. But I 551 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: went out there to play golf. I was invited by 552 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: Mr cousins in and then he gave me an honorary 553 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: membership to be the golf probe out of east Lake 554 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: on the tour and just um, you know, do a 555 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: do a clinic a year for the for the for 556 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: the kids in the area that you know they revitalized 557 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: across the street. Um, nine holes with the first t 558 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: they have over there now, So you can do a 559 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 1: clinic for the kids. And and I said, Sheriff. So 560 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: I did one like in ninety five or six, and 561 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: then I had didn't do one for fifteen years. Never 562 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 1: no one I ever called me or anything. And I 563 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 1: started thinking, you know, this is where I've this is 564 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: my adult home and I really haven't done anything here. 565 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: You know, Brad Faxton and I have done some great 566 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: work up in Rhode Island. Um. I know I'm not 567 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 1: from the South, but this is this is I feel, 568 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: this is my home. Now. I gotta do something. But 569 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: I can't carry myself. I can't carry a charity. Uh, 570 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: get involved with the charity and do it on my 571 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: own here in Georgia because I'm not from here. This 572 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: is my this is where I live now. But I 573 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: need to if I can get somehow get involved. You 574 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,719 Speaker 1: know what, I'm gonna get involved with East Lake. So 575 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: I called Mr. Cousins and said, I have an idea. 576 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: Let's do a celebrity pro am. Um, let's let's make 577 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 1: a let's make it the east Lake Invitational. I'll invite 578 00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: a bunch of my celebrity friends down and we'll and 579 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: we can raise a bunch of money for UM for 580 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: the foundation. What do you say? And he let me? 581 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: He let me do it. We've been doing it now 582 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: for ten years. I got Stewart Sink involved because he's 583 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: also a member of the club, so he and I 584 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: kind of hosted. UM. It's been absolutely wonderful. We raised 585 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: millions of dollars for for the foundation, which has been great. UM. 586 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: And it's uh, it's something that UM, you know that 587 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: I look forward to every year to to to to host. 588 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: We get some great people to come in and you know, 589 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 1: showcase the golf course. We do it in the fall. Um. 590 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: Obviously we're not going to do it this year, but 591 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: we'll be back next year. UM. As far as the 592 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: civil unrest that's going on here and here in Atlanta, Jason, 593 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: it's just it's just oh man, it just kills you, 594 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: you know, to see what's you know, what's happening. UM. 595 00:32:54,360 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: You know, I never understood back when where did it earn? 596 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: Where did the message turn? With Colin Kaepernick and over 597 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,760 Speaker 1: the years. I kept saying, I don't understand the guy 598 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: was kneeling for social for social injustice of of you know, 599 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 1: white officers killing black kids. And then it turned to 600 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:23,120 Speaker 1: the right, and all of a sudden, it was you're 601 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: disrespecting the military and you're disrespecting the flag, and that 602 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: turn went and then the NFL just flew with it. 603 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: And here we are four, four or five years later 604 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:40,120 Speaker 1: here and it's all coming back and and it just 605 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,960 Speaker 1: it just blows me away that it just keeps happening 606 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 1: and happening. And um, you know, I think I think 607 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: this pandemic has something to do with the craziness of 608 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: the mental state of everyone. But it's just so sad 609 00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 1: to see to see all this. Really, Well, Billy, you've 610 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: always been I've been a leader, You've never been a 611 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: follower as long as I've I've known you. And um, 612 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 1: you know, you're down in the South and you're a 613 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: Rhode Island guy, And it doesn't surprise me at all 614 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,319 Speaker 1: that that you participate, you don't vegetate when it comes 615 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 1: to something outside you know, your normal world of golf. Well, 616 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:21,319 Speaker 1: I appreciate Lynch. It's um, you know what, Um, it's 617 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: how you brought up. You know, I had great parents, 618 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 1: great family. Um, you know, my my grandparents got me 619 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: into Gulf. They were they were they were the best. 620 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 1: And you know what, I'm lucky, you know, I didn't. 621 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,359 Speaker 1: I was brought up in a in a great home. 622 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,239 Speaker 1: And there's there's just so many kids and there's so 623 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,759 Speaker 1: many folks that that don't have that luxury. You don't 624 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,239 Speaker 1: have that luckiness that I that I've had, that we've 625 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,399 Speaker 1: all had in Uh, you know, you're the same way, 626 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,319 Speaker 1: and Jason, you're in the same way. You're such a 627 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 1: great family. So, um, you know, if we if we 628 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: can do something. And I'm also lucky that I you know, 629 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,879 Speaker 1: I got into a profession where got very good at 630 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 1: and I've had success. So UM, I think it is 631 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,839 Speaker 1: important to, you know, help others and if you can, 632 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: and um, you know, it's just something that's always been 633 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: inside me and I'll just do it, you know, for 634 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: the rest of my life. I think it's also fair 635 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,799 Speaker 1: to say, having watched it up close, you also made 636 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,920 Speaker 1: a very good choice in your partner, um, because uh, 637 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,480 Speaker 1: I know I know Jody Andred pretty well and she 638 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: does a good job of keeping you honest. On all 639 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: that stuff too fair, she does. I think we're thirty 640 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 1: three in right now? Is that right? Good? Yeah? Thirty 641 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:44,560 Speaker 1: two thirty three something like that. Yeah, we're um, we're 642 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,879 Speaker 1: having a great time. It's uh yeah, she's been. She's 643 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: been the rock fest to sure, just like you exactly. 644 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 1: We have that in common. We have that in coming. 645 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: How did how did you lose your Rhode Island accent? 646 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: You know, when you crossed over that line from Adelborough 647 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,279 Speaker 1: to Pawtucket, it's Rhode Island, Rhode Island, and I never 648 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: hear it anymore from you. You've you've you've completely lost 649 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 1: the Rhode Island accent, which is very instinctive, you know, Lynchy. 650 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,719 Speaker 1: It's so funny. When I go home, people say, I 651 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 1: can't believe you. You sound like a Southerner. And I 652 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,440 Speaker 1: come down here and people are going, oh my gosh, 653 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,879 Speaker 1: get rid of that Rhode Island accent. What is wrong 654 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 1: with you? So? I can't win? You can't I can't win, 655 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,880 Speaker 1: you know, It's so funny. Mark Wahlberg has changed the 656 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:32,239 Speaker 1: whole dynamic of dombin it down or dumbing it up, 657 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: and now everyone wants to talk like Dorchester. All right, Well, 658 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:42,839 Speaker 1: we're gonna wrap it up here. We hope you'll come 659 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 1: back and visit with us again, Billy Andrade. And for 660 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,280 Speaker 1: those of you who want to catch more of Billy, 661 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,160 Speaker 1: follow him on Twitter. He's great to follow on Twitter, 662 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,839 Speaker 1: very highly, highly entertaining. Uh. You can also you know, 663 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 1: if you got some time during quarantine, he catches cameos 664 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:02,399 Speaker 1: in Kingpin. What was the other Fairly Brothers movie? Didn't 665 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 1: you have another Fairly Brothers camyet Belly? Yeah, I wasn't 666 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: stuck on you, stuck on you? That was that was 667 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: That was a much smaller role. But purb your enthusiasm too, right, Yeah, 668 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:15,960 Speaker 1: I did a little that was a doctor there for 669 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:21,959 Speaker 1: Larry One show. So yeah, all fun, fun stuff. Uh. 670 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:26,440 Speaker 1: And obviously catch him on the Champions Tour restarting if 671 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,760 Speaker 1: all goes according to plan uh late July, early August. 672 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:31,880 Speaker 1: Billy Andred, thank you so much, best to Jody and 673 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:35,120 Speaker 1: the kids. All Right, you guys, take care you thanks Billy, 674 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:39,000 Speaker 1: good talking about okay, and you've been listening to Bloomberg 675 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,080 Speaker 1: Business of Sports podcast. We're here each and every Monday, 676 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 1: Wednesday and Thursday. I'm Jason Kelly. 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