1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: The guys from paying They've kind of showed me how 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: much the equipment matters. 3 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 2: I just love that I can hit any shot. I 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 2: kind of want. 5 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: We're gonna be able to tell some fun stories about 6 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: what goes on here to help golfers play better golf. 7 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 3: Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Ping proven Grounds Podcast. 8 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 3: I'm Shane Bacon, joined by Harris English. As we get 9 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 3: set for the Ryder Cup. Harris, you're playing a lot 10 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 3: of big events. You're playing a lot of big golf events. 11 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 3: What is the pressure like as we kind of ench 12 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 3: towards Ryder Cup week versus maybe a Master's week or 13 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 3: a US Open or something like that. 14 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: Man, There's there's nothing like it. I mean, this is 15 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: the pinnacle of our sport for a reason. The atmosphere 16 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: is unlike anything I've ever been a part of. But 17 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: my prep, I mean I've been starting my prep the 18 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: last couple of days, coming off NAPA, just kind of 19 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: getting get in the mode. I mean it feels like 20 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: I'm getting ready for the Masters, getting ready for the 21 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: US Open. I'm trying out some guys other some of 22 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: my teammates golf balls, kind of figuring out of potential 23 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: alternate shot partners and whatnot. So there's a lot that 24 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: goes into it. And I was sexing with uh with 25 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: snoeds this morning about getting with the scouts and kind 26 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: of doll dollon in what yardages I need to hone 27 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: my game in and and uh, yeah, man, there's there's 28 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: a lot of moving parts, moving pieces, and we're trying 29 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: to be as tactical as we can. 30 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 2: What are those yardages? 31 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 3: Was there anything specific like ninety longer, I mean, bet 32 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,839 Speaker 3: pages of beasts, like anything specific you're kind of focused 33 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 3: on club wise? 34 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, for for my potential alternate shot partners, definitely like 35 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: that one seventy five to two twenty five part threes, 36 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: some of the longer part four. So I'm I'm then 37 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: that's kind of the practice which I don't really do 38 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: a whole lot of, is hitting a lot of four 39 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: and five irons on the range and doing some of 40 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: my track man games. I'm trying to work on that 41 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: and getting really comfortable with uh with kind of those 42 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: four or five six irons. 43 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 3: Is I was gonna ask you this later, but you 44 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 3: mentioned the golf ball thing. I think people always wonder 45 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 3: about that, you know, how. 46 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 2: Who picks the ball. 47 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 3: I've always thought it felt like whoever's approach shot was 48 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 3: probably the ball that you're using. What is kind of 49 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 3: the behind the curtain philosophy on golf ball. If you're 50 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 3: playing one golf ball and the guy you're playing with 51 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 3: plays a different one, who's team off with what ball 52 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 3: considering the hole? 53 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's all on who's sitting that approach 54 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: shot getting those irons in your hands. So for me, 55 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: I'm hitting whoever the partner I have, I'm hitting his 56 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: ball off the tee, say one number one, and then 57 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: he's sending the approach shot in the green. But we're 58 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: pretty much switching on every hole. I'm sure some teams 59 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: have one ball and they choose one ball if guys 60 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: played the similar ball, But I mean the guys I've 61 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: been trying out, we all play different balls. I play 62 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: a twenty seventeen pro V one and there's probably four 63 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: or five guys on the PJ Tour to play it. 64 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: Play Taylor made, Ben Griffin plays Max Fly, Zander plays Callaway. 65 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of different golf balls that people play, 66 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: and that's something that kind of gets overlooked a little 67 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: bit of how you're going to attack that and just 68 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: for us more of the spin rate and kind of 69 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: the launch conditions, especially if it gets windy or into 70 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: the wind, you want to make sure your ball's not 71 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: falling out of the air or coming up shorter than 72 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: you used to, So trying to get ahead of that 73 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: as much as possible. 74 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 3: I know you've played bet Page a couple of times 75 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,119 Speaker 3: kind of in tournament conditions and tournament style events over 76 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 3: the course of your career. Give people that maybe don't 77 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 3: know a ton about bet Page, or maybe don't remember 78 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 3: much from twenty nineteen, or you know, back in the 79 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 3: day US Opens, maybe give people like a player's breakdown 80 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 3: of what the golf course asks, what it looks like, 81 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 3: and maybe some of the things that are a little 82 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 3: bit different than maybe a whistling Straits or a different 83 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 3: type of golf course that you're playing in and around 84 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 3: an event like this. 85 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, unfortunately I didn't play it in twenty nineteen. 86 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: I feel like I've played it first year on tour. 87 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: I think it was the Barclays, yeah, which was a 88 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: sponsor back in twenty twelve, and I remember playing really 89 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: well and I think I was maybe in the top 90 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: five or six, and I made just like one of 91 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: the worst triple bogies on eighteen that you could ever 92 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: And I remember hitting three it off the tee and 93 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: I pulled it just a hair and it goes in 94 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: the rough and I try to force it up by 95 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: the green, getting in the wispy grass by the green. 96 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: I just made a complete mess of the last soul. 97 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: But I really love the golf course. I can't remember 98 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: who designed it, but it's such an old school field, 99 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: just like your classic US Open. And I think how 100 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna set it up. It's not going to look 101 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: like US Open. It's not going to have the chop 102 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: out rough. They're gonna move some tea's around. I mean, 103 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: I think where the grand stands are on one, they 104 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: had to move the tee up and guys can almost 105 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: drive the green. I mean, I'm sure you're going to 106 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: see Bryson and Rory like literally try to hit it 107 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: on the green on number one, which would be pretty cool, 108 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: kind of like he did at Whistling Straight. It's gonna 109 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: be a different vibe. I obviously haven't seen it with 110 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 1: the setup and where all the stands are going to 111 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: be placed, but playing Whistling straight. So it's kind of 112 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: coming out of COVID and I'm not sure if they 113 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: limited the ticket the tickets that week, but man, it's 114 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: going to be in full force out there. I know 115 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: a lot of people have been having the Circle on 116 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: their calendar for a while now, and it's going to 117 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: be one of the ultimate sporting experiences. But I'm looking 118 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: forward to get up there. We're going to play i 119 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: think eighteen holes on Monday and play nine whole Tuesday, 120 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: nine Wednesday, ninth Thursday, probably getting more like alternate shot 121 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 1: best ball stuff and kind of figure out who we're 122 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: playing with. But I'm looking forward to getting back up there. 123 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: I love how the course is framed. It's tree lined 124 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: it and it kind of gives you some good visuals 125 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: off the tea, which I really like. So I'm looking 126 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: forward to it. There's a lot of different holes. There's 127 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: not a whole lot of water. I think there's maybe 128 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: water short of the par three on what seven, So 129 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: that's pretty unique on a golf course to just have 130 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: one water has just short of the green. But it's 131 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: gonna be awesome. I'm so so much looking forward to 132 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: getting up there. 133 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean your second time doing a Ryder Cup. Obviously, 134 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 3: as you mentioned, Whistling straits a little bit different kind 135 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 3: of coming out of COVID and all that. I mean, 136 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 3: it was raucus there as well. I was lucky to 137 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 3: kind of be around there that week and it was 138 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 3: wild obviously very dominant performance by the US, you know. 139 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 3: But I think something unique about the Ryder Cup is 140 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 3: you know it starts on Friday, right, so the anticipation, 141 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 3: you know, you're thinking about it. You qualify on points, 142 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,239 Speaker 3: so you're on the team, you know, before Captain's picks happen. 143 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 3: As you get into Ryder Cup week, like you're playing 144 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 3: these practice arounds, you're having these team meetings. Is are 145 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 3: you just itching by Wednesday, like to get on the 146 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 3: golf course and actually start playing, Like is it the 147 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 3: most anticipation you feel in terms of any golf week 148 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:46,119 Speaker 3: you play? 149 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: It is for sure. I mean we're all getting up 150 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: there Sunday afternoon and you do trying on all your 151 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: clothes and getting everything dialed in. And what's unique about 152 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: this event is you have stuff to do pretty much 153 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: every night, and it kind of gets us out of 154 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: our routine, our normal routine. Everybody has a different routine 155 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: and tournaments and majors and all that, but you got 156 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: to kind of set that aside and like I'm doing 157 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: whatever the team's doing, I can tailor my routine around that. 158 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: So that's that's something I kind of learned at Whistling Straights. 159 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: And and like you said, like it's it's such a 160 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: slow build to Friday, and then once Friday hits, it's 161 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: like a blur Friday, Saturday, Sunday and then you kind 162 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: of wake up and you're you're hopefully partying in the 163 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: team room on Sunday night. Man, it's awesome. We we 164 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: do a lot of cool things, the team dinners, the 165 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: even going to a dinner with the European team, which 166 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: I didn't get to do a Whistling Straights because of 167 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: COVID opening ceremonies. Amazing. So yeah, I mean, it's it's 168 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: a build up to a tournament like like no other, 169 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: and with it's starting on Friday, it just feels like 170 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: it creeps along you get there, and then once it starts, 171 00:07:58,680 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: it's a blur. 172 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 3: You're a pretty cool, calm, collected player, I'd say throughout 173 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 3: your career, you're somebody that seems pretty even keel, no 174 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 3: matter the situation out of the golf course, no matter 175 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 3: if that's not the case between your ears, when you're 176 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 3: watching a match at a Ryder Cup, when you're watching 177 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 3: your teammates play a match when you're not playing, What 178 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 3: does it feel like internally for Harris English? 179 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 2: Are you more nervous or are you are you. 180 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 3: Kind of like like looking at the lie I mean, 181 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 3: how do you kind of go about being a viewer 182 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 3: when you're not out there playing in a certain format. 183 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like watching my friends play on PGA Tour, Like, 184 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: I'm so much more nervous watching golf than I am 185 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: playing it. Like I know that first t is going 186 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: to be nerve wracking and the butterflies and you got 187 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 1: the adrenaline through the roof. But we like kind of 188 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,439 Speaker 1: once once that first t shot gets out of way 189 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: and you kind of kind of start getting the road 190 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: in the round, you kind of settle down and kind 191 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: of go through your your routines and all that. But man, 192 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: watching golf, watching your teammates play and pulling as hard 193 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: for them as anybody. I mean, it's it's and I 194 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: don't know how people do it. 195 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, like I always think about like wives 196 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 3: of players or like husbands of players on the OPGA tour, 197 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 3: or your dads. You know, you see Scotti Scheffler's dad 198 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 3: always around the eighteenth Green, and just what that feeling 199 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 3: must be, you know, as a parent or a partner 200 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: of somebody, because when you're playing, your playing and you 201 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 3: kind of have a bit of control, But when you're 202 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 3: not hitting the golf shots, you have no control of 203 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 3: it and you're just hoping for the best. 204 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 2: It's a completely different. 205 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 3: Uh, it's a completely different kind of mind game as 206 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 3: a as a golf fan because you know probably what 207 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 3: they're going through and maybe how hard the shot is 208 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 3: or how intimidating all of that stuff might be. I 209 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 3: wanted to ask you about you know, I know you're 210 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 3: not going to give out who you're playing with or 211 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 3: who you might be playing with, but I did want 212 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 3: to ask about input because you know, we live in 213 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 3: an analytical, analytical world, and I know analytics have become 214 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 3: a huge part of the Ryder Cup. Is there a 215 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 3: certain style of player that you'd prefer to play with, 216 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 3: A great driver of the golf ball, great iron player, 217 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 3: great short game. You know, do you get any of 218 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 3: that input to somebody like Keegan versus them kind of 219 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 3: telling you maybe who you're going to play with. 220 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: They they kind of do that, him and him and 221 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 1: all the assistant captains kind of do that with our 222 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: scouts that they go all over all the analytics. And 223 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: what I thought Hegan did a good job of is 224 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: he took a personality test from Kirby Smart that I 225 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: guess Kirby has has a guy he works with the 226 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:23,199 Speaker 1: Georgia that does all these personality tests on his team, 227 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: and he did that for us and he can kind 228 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: of put us in groups. And I don't know if 229 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: he used that for me, Like I stay pretty even 230 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: keeled on a course, but I like the guy that 231 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: I play with that has a lot of fire because 232 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: I feel like that brings it out of me and 233 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: I want that, Like I always want to do that 234 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: on the golf course, but sometimes I don't. But I 235 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: like having a guy like that to kind of get 236 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: me going. So personally for me, I like that, But 237 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: I think it's more for Keegan of guys that get along, 238 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: guys that enjoy playing with each other, Like he would 239 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: send me a list of like, hey, name some guys 240 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: you want to play with, and he'll do that with 241 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: every player and just kind of find the like mindedness 242 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: of all everybody's list and get with the analytics team 243 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: and like, all right, we put this guy with Harris, 244 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: what holes are they going to play? Or best ball? 245 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: How are they going to match up? So there's a 246 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure there's a lot of stuff that goes on 247 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: behind the behind the curtains that I don't hear about. 248 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: I don't see, but they've they've been working on this 249 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: for a long time. And for me, I'm like, just 250 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: tell me who I'm playing with, tell me what hold 251 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: I'm teeing off of, and what I need to practice 252 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: to get ready, and I'm going to be ready. 253 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, what's where's the first team? What's the course record? 254 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 3: That's kind of the mentality for you as you get 255 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 3: ready for a Ryder Cup. You know, you played so 256 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 3: good in the majors this year, I'd say easily your 257 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,559 Speaker 3: best major season of your career. Did you change anything 258 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 3: in terms of the way you played the majors you 259 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 3: went into them? I mean, obviously a couple of second 260 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 3: place finishes at the PGA in the Open, but you 261 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 3: played ball at August as well. Did anything shift in 262 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 3: terms of your mentality approach or was it just good 263 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 3: golf A little bit of everything. 264 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 1: I've really been working on kind of my off course habits, 265 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: off course routines that kind of bleed into tournament play. 266 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: Of I feel like I've become a more efficient practicer. 267 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: I'm better with my body, I'm better with my hydration 268 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 1: and all of this stuff, better with my sleep. All 269 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: of this stuff kind of adds up. And I've been 270 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 1: working with a performance coach for now right about a year, 271 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: and he's been great just pacing myself through these majors 272 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: because it's I put them in categories like regular PGA 273 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: Tour events, and the majors are obviously above that, and 274 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: then I feel like the Ryder Cups above that, but 275 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,319 Speaker 1: the Majors there's just more going on. You have more obligations, 276 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: the pressures ramped up, you want to play good so bad, 277 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: and it's kind of the culmination of having a lot 278 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: of experience in these tournaments. I've been to the Masters 279 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: now five six times. Obviously the US Open venues changed, 280 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: but kind of the cadence stays the same, and I've 281 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: become better at being more efficient, and now with a 282 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: two year old daughter, I kind of have to be 283 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: and I'm not out there practicing eight or nine hours 284 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: a day. I'm getting if I'm practicing four or five hours, 285 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 1: I'm being super efficient with it, and I'm having a 286 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: plan for the day and I'm getting it done and 287 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: getting back home. 288 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 2: Is it something that you know? 289 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 3: I feel like people probably answer the question can you 290 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 3: win a major? 291 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 2: Or do you think you can win a major? 292 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 3: And most professionals golfers or athletes are going to say yes, right, 293 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 3: But has there been a little bit of that transition 294 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 3: internally with you, where like the belief has grown as 295 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 3: well in terms of the biggest events in golf. You know, 296 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 3: You've always been a great player, and you've always been 297 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 3: a very consistent player, but it feels like the consistency's 298 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,719 Speaker 3: gone up and the results have gone up. 299 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean I've had people tell me that for 300 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: most of my career, of like, You're gonna win a 301 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: major someday. Your game is built for majors, And maybe 302 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: I'm starting to believe that more. And I love playing 303 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: really hard golf courses. I love playing really hard tests, 304 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: and I feel like I can use my tactical ability 305 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: and the cool, the cool and calmness, I guess of 306 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: not letting the moment get too big and kind of 307 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: sticking to my plan and sticking to my gun. So 308 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: I feel like it's been a big jump for me 309 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: this year and majors I've had. I mean, really since 310 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, You've had a couple of top fives in 311 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: the US Open, and I kind of parlaid that into 312 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: playing really well at Quail this year and my best 313 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: finish by far at the Open Championship at Port Rush. 314 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: So yes, it's a little more belief, some good golf, 315 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: and some of my Sunday rounds of the Majors this 316 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: year have been some of my best. I feel like 317 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: that's kind of the day I'm feeling the best and 318 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: going to get it and getting the most out of myself. 319 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 3: What about the putting anything changed in that department? You've 320 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 3: been incredible on the greens. I feel like this season, 321 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 3: would you say best putting year of your career? 322 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: I have to look at the stats. I feel like 323 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: I've been pretty consistent in the last ten years or so, 324 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: which is weird because in college I feel like I 325 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: was a really good ball striker and my putting was 326 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: was very sporadic, like when I I think I won 327 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: four times in college, but it's like the tournaments I 328 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: played really well, I putted well, and now it's kind 329 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: of the backbone of my game. And I've been very 330 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: consistent with my practice. Been working with the same guy 331 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: for probably twelve years now, done in Jacksonville. Just my 332 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: my drills that I do. I'm very consistent with. Literally 333 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: every day I'm doing this stuff for an hour, an 334 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: hour and a half, and it pays off. I mean, 335 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: it's boring work, it's it's uh, it's not flashy, but 336 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: I'm I'm probably one of the few I'm still putting 337 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: with the same putter I've putt it with my senior 338 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: year at college. Like, I don't like changing a whole lot. 339 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: Like if I'm going to put in the hours and 340 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: the effort and all that, I'm going to know what 341 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: that putter is doing. And I don't really like changing. 342 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: So I sticking with the routine, sticking with my drills, 343 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: and if something's off, then I know it's probably me. 344 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 3: Do you have a backup of that gamer just in 345 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 3: case something happens to it? I mean that's something you know, 346 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 3: I remember facts and telling me you had a couple 347 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 3: of backups of his game or just in case? 348 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 2: Right do you have? 349 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 3: Do you start to kind of when you realize this 350 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 3: was gonna be your baby for a while, you started 351 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 3: to figure out a way to get more just in case. 352 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've probably got three or four whenever, whenever this 353 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: one starts acting up, and I've I got them all 354 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: grip the same and all the same loft and lives. 355 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: If this one started acting up, it's going to go 356 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: in the in the golf closet. 357 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 3: Anything new kind of in the bag over the last 358 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 3: couple of months, as you get closer and closer to 359 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 3: this Ryder Cup, anything than a change in the bag, 360 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 3: you know. 361 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: For bet page, I've been tinkering with I've never really 362 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: played a hybrid before. I've kind of tinkered with the 363 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: five wood over the years. I haven't really found the 364 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: five The five woods are so hot now, Like that's 365 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: that's the hard thing for us is it's hard for 366 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: me to look down at a seven wood loft and like, 367 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna head this two fifty five and 368 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: not try to lean on it and match it. But 369 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: I've played this three iron kind of driving iron for 370 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: a long time now. I played a two iron at 371 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: the same version at the at the Open at Port 372 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: Rush and it just came out with a three three 373 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: iron driving iron that's a newer version. I can't remember 374 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: the name of it, but i've I was actually testing 375 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: some of it today with my coach and it goes 376 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: a little bit further. But that's kind of the gap 377 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 1: in my bag. I hit my flour in about two 378 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: twenty five and I hit my three wood close to 379 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: two seventy, so I actually had it a lot last 380 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: week where I'd have two forty five as a whole, 381 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: and it's kind of the gap in my bag of 382 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: finding the club that goes probably consistently two forty five 383 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: two fifteen. You can hit it high, you can hit 384 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: it low. You're going to hit it off the tea. 385 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: Some hit it in the par fives. So that's that's 386 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: a tough club for me to find. And sometimes it 387 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: varies based on what course you go to and what 388 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: yardes and flights that you want to have in the greens. 389 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 3: Obviously a captain's pick of whistling straits and you qualified 390 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 3: this time around, is a is that a goal of 391 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 3: yours to start the season? And be does it take 392 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 3: a little pressure off qualifying for the team versus maybe 393 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 3: being a captain's pick and having a feel like you 394 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 3: might have to go out there and quote unquote prove yourself, 395 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 3: you know, amongst your peers. 396 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's a good point. That was that was 397 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: the goal of mine starting the year. I had two goals, 398 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: make the Roder Cup team, make the Tour Championship, and 399 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: that was kind of always at the forefront of my 400 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: mind going in these big events, goes into majors. But yeah, 401 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: I mean, a good thing that Keegan has done throughout 402 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: the this year is being very open and honest with 403 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: this and he would text me positive stuff throughout the 404 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: year and I'm like, I'm I want to qualify for 405 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: this team on points. I don't want you to have 406 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: to they come down to me and somebody else, and 407 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: I don't want to put you through that because that sucks. 408 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: And I wanted to make this team on my own 409 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: and it was an awesome feeling to do that and 410 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: kind of prove of myself that I belong on the 411 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 1: team and I made it on my own. But yeah, 412 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: I mean making it on the team on points, me 413 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: and a captain's pick. We're all there trying to do 414 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: the best we can and we're going to have I mean, 415 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: it's it's a lot of pressure. I mean it's it's 416 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: a lot different than you team it up by yourself 417 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: and some of these majors of I'm always in control 418 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: of good, bad, and different of what I do. And 419 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: now you're playing for yourself, you're playing for the other 420 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: eleven guys, you're playing for Keegan, you're playing for the 421 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,479 Speaker 1: assistant captains, for your family, for your country. I mean 422 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 1: there's a lot more so all of we're at a 423 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: very heightened state and we don't take this lightly. And 424 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: everybody on this team is grinding their ass off this 425 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: week to get ready and doing everything they can because 426 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: they don't want to bet the wink the weak link. 427 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:53,880 Speaker 1: And that's awesome. I mean, we're not going out there 428 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: playing for four million dollars at the Roder Cup. We're 429 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: playing for each other and playing for that flag on 430 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: our chest and on our hat, and just uh, it's 431 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: a whole lot of different feeling and and it's what's 432 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: golf's about. I mean, it's it's awesome. 433 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 2: Who texts the most in the group chat. 434 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 1: Keegan will fire off some some good stuff. Justin's always 435 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,479 Speaker 1: uh into it. Xander's Xanders always coming up with some 436 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: good stuff. I'm kind of surprising. 437 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 3: I figured I thought Zander would be like a two 438 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 3: hour screen time guy. I'm surprised by that. 439 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: Xander. Xander sneaky and one of one of the funniest 440 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: guys I've ever I've ever been around, and he doesn't 441 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: shy away from uh banter at all. 442 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 2: He loves it. 443 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 1: So we've got we've got some good group text going 444 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: on the last few weeks, and had a good time 445 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: at NAPA getting all together and and getting on the 446 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: same page and watching some inspirational stuff, and and Keegan 447 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 1: getting up and commanding the room. And we all know 448 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: how much this means to him and and how proud 449 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 1: he is to be the captain, and and we all 450 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,080 Speaker 1: know that he had a tough decision to make of 451 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: of not picking himself, and we understood it both ways. 452 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: I mean, he's one of the best players in the world, 453 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: and if he was in the captain this year, he 454 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: would one hundred percent be on the Rider Cup team. 455 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: But I know that he's spent a lot of time 456 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: and effort into getting this thing the way it is, 457 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 1: and he's going to have everything the t's crossed and 458 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: the eyes dotted and ready to go, and he's going 459 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: to put all this heart and soul him to being 460 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,719 Speaker 1: the best captain that he can be and let us 461 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 1: go do what we do. 462 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 2: Harris. 463 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 3: I was thinking about that Whistling Straights team today. You know, 464 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 3: you think about how dominant the performance was, but also 465 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 3: just thinking about some of the players on that team, 466 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 3: and I think, you know, like our side of stuff 467 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 3: in the media. You know, you looked at that team 468 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 3: and Brooks and DJ and Jordan and kind of the 469 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 3: crew Tony, like the crew that was a part of 470 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 3: that team. It felt like, Wow, this is going to 471 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 3: be that American squad for the next five, six, seven, eight, nine, 472 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 3: ten years, right, And there's been so much change over 473 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 3: in terms of the players on that squad. What does 474 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 3: it say, like when you kind of look at that 475 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 3: team versus twenty nineteen, what does it say about your 476 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 3: consistency longevity in the game that you're still on that 477 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 3: team when maybe some of those names we thought would 478 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 3: likely be a shoe in to be on that team 479 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 3: are going to be. 480 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 2: There in the red, white and Blue. 481 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, And that's what I've talked about with some of 482 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: the guys on the team, is like, you can never 483 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: take this for granted. I mean, once you're on some 484 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: of those teams, once you're playing really good golf, you 485 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 1: never think it's going to go away and making that 486 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: team in twenty twenty one, not making the team in 487 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: Rome and it's like you kind of have some serious 488 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 1: fomo of not making those teams because you know how 489 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 1: much fun it is, and like I said, it's a 490 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 1: pinnacle of our sport. And that's kind of what I've 491 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: talked to some guys about, is just like slow it 492 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: down as much as you can take it all in, 493 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: because we don't know where we're all going to be 494 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: in two years or four years or six years. You 495 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 1: don't know how many more teams you're gonna make. And 496 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: Keegan has definitely hammered that home with us, and like 497 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: he said, like he said that I might may have 498 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: hit my last shot in the Ryder Cup and he's 499 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: okay with that, and we all have to be okay 500 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: that and leave it all out there because you have 501 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 1: no idea where this game is going to take you, 502 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: and you certainly can't take it for granted of playing 503 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: in these Roder Cups. 504 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, Harrison almost feels like, you know, the rookies that 505 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 3: make their Super Bowl their first year and they lose 506 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 3: and it's kind of like, oh, we'll be back, you know, 507 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 3: and then it's like you might not be back, right, 508 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 3: And the fact that it's it's so awesome, it's so 509 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 3: much fun. I mean, hearing players talk about the Ryder Cup, 510 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 3: it's just such a different feeling in golf versus anything 511 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 3: else you hear, right, Solne Cup, I'd say, very very similar. 512 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 3: I'm assuming the Walker Cup has those same vibes for 513 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 3: amateur players, Curtis Cup and beyond. But just being there, 514 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 3: you know, getting the outfits, getting the bag, getting the 515 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 3: head covers, you know, seeing like the hats that your 516 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 3: teammates are wearing, being in the team room. I think 517 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,959 Speaker 3: it's why fans just feel so different about it, and 518 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 3: the excitement that fans feel as well. I mean, you 519 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 3: see this circle for years out, you know, in terms 520 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 3: of which golf tournament people are the most the biggest 521 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 3: fans of, and it's so cool to see the players 522 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 3: feel same way. Because fans have long thought the Ryder 523 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 3: Cup is the best, and it really does feel like 524 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 3: this generation of player kind of equals that excitement to 525 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 3: the fans out there. 526 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's it goes back to being in 527 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 1: the team room, hanging out with these guys, and you 528 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: get an insight to everybody on a deeper level of 529 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: being in there with Scotti, Scheff, learn like what he's 530 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 1: thinking about, what he's going through and all these different 531 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 1: guys and stuff that you normally don't get to do 532 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: because we're all competing against each other every week of 533 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: the year. So it's it's unlike anything else I've ever 534 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 1: been a part of high school teams. Being at Georgia, 535 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 1: we had some really good teams and super close with 536 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: those guys, played played in a Walker Cup at Aberdeen. 537 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: There's nothing like it. And I love team Golf and 538 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: it takes me back to playing basketball or soccer football 539 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: back in the day, Like that's what we crave is 540 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: being a part of that team and being wanted and 541 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: being being kind of in the mix and being amongst 542 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: some of the best players in the world. So I 543 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 1: love it and something. I mean, it was my number 544 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 1: one goal this year. I'm thirty six years old. Who 545 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: knows if this is going to be my rid, my 546 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: last Ryder Cup, and I'm gonna give it everything I have. 547 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna really practice hard this week and show up 548 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: prepared and ready. If Kegan wants me to play five matches, 549 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: I'll be ready. If he wants me to play singles 550 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: on Sunday, I'll be ready, and I'm gonna bring on 551 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 1: my pom poms and cheer as hard as I can 552 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: because I want that Ryder Cup back. 553 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 3: What's the comedown like? Like, what's like the Tuesday after 554 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 3: a Ryder Cup win? I mean, is it like leaving 555 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,239 Speaker 3: camp when you're a kid, where you just go like 556 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 3: what do I do now? 557 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: Like? 558 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 2: What's that come down? Like? The week after. 559 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: You're adrenaline never really comes down. I mean it probably starts. 560 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: It's probably gonna start Wednesday or Thursday. I know, probably 561 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: the opening ceremony probably gonna start when you oh the 562 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: national anthem, they read the pairings out like there. For me, 563 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: it's like playing the eighteenth hole in a Major. Literally 564 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 1: every hole from number one to eighteen, you're playing eighteen 565 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: coming down the stretch like one shot back at the Masters. 566 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: That's what it feels like. So that's what I said, like, 567 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 1: you got to pace yourself and kind of I mean, 568 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: this is only my second one, so I'm sure other 569 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: guys will relay this too, but you got to pace 570 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: yourself and not not try to get up too early, 571 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: and to have energy for Sunday because it's a it's 572 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: a long week. We've got lots of practice rounds, lots 573 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: of dinners, lots of kind of extra stuff that we 574 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: don't normally do, and it's it's easy to kind of 575 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 1: weigh yourself out, but it's unlike anything else, and waking 576 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: up Monday after the party on Sunday is pretty tough, 577 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:58,719 Speaker 1: and you're you're definitely mentally uh mentally dead for for 578 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: a few days and you have to come back to reality, 579 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: all right. 580 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 3: Last thing for you, obviously, the Jordian Tennessee game was 581 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 3: kind of an epic one. Can you give me your 582 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 3: your novice scouting report and maybe prediction for Georgia football 583 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 3: this year. 584 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: Number one. I'm very impressed with Gunner Stockton from kind 585 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: of an I don't know the guy at all. I 586 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: followed Georgia football, I follow recruiting. I know how talented 587 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: he is, and he seems like you're made for Georgia football. 588 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 1: He's made to be the quarterback from Georgia. North Georgia 589 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 1: guy drives around is like Granddad's nineteen seventy something forward 590 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: pick up. Like, I love everything what this guy's about. 591 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: I have no idea what he's getting paid in the Nile. 592 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: It's not Flashy's at all. He brings his lunch pale, 593 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: plays hard football and that's it. So I like everything 594 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: about it and what they did at Tennessee, Like we 595 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 1: literally stole that game, and yeah, just the back and forth. 596 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 1: We're not used to having those shootouts like that. I mean, 597 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: we're used to playing really good defense, having a twenty 598 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: to thirteen game and it got out of hand. Defense 599 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: blew some coverages, but our offense kept up. And that's 600 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 1: what impressed me the most. I know, our defense will 601 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: get solidified and Kirby, you will get on those guys 602 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,159 Speaker 1: a little bit and get that short up. But I 603 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: was impressed with how are our receivers played and how 604 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: we're all. Gunner handled the moment and that fourth and five, 605 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: fourth and eight pass down the sideline to Humphreys was 606 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: incredible and he kind of went for it all and 607 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: got it in two point conversion, so everything lined up, 608 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: but I was so impressed with how he handled the moment. 609 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 3: You get your moment. This week, we'll be excited to 610 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 3: watch Harris. Congrats again, I'm making the Ryder Cup. Thanks 611 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 3: so much for taking the time go out there and 612 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 3: play your game. And you've been so impressive this year 613 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 3: throughout the big events. Obviously the win and all that stuff, 614 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 3: so we're excited to watch it. Thank you for the time. 615 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 3: This is the Ping proven Grounds podcast.