1 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: It's the Son of a Butcher podcast. We come to 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: you every Wednesday. This week a little US Open recap. 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: Wyndham Clark gets his first major championship. I mean, what 4 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: a impressive, impressive performance from Wyndom Clark. I think the 5 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: beginning of twenty twenty two is outside the top one 6 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty in the world and now firmly, firmly 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: inside the top fifteen and a major champion now. And 8 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: it's just been a rise and it's something that I 9 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: think a lot of people that have watched his golf 10 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: swing over the years and seen how much confidence he 11 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: has listened. You won't find a more confident golfer than 12 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: Wyndom Clark. I mean, he rivals Brooks Koepka in confidence 13 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: and I think that's a massive, massive asset. Someone that 14 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: he works with on the mental game, Julie Ellien, who's 15 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 1: a very very dear friend of mine. She was quoted 16 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: as telling him stay cocky on Sunday. Every time that 17 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: you hear everybody talking about Ricky Fowler's name, stay cocky 18 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: and play well enough so that they start saying your name. 19 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:19,839 Speaker 1: And I think the the Sunday, the performance from Wyndham Clark. 20 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: Some of the up and downs that he made on 21 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: the front eight and nine, he could have made anything, 22 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: and that was one of the I think one of 23 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: the things about La Country Club. We saw Dustin Johnson 24 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: make an eight by just hitting it in a bunker, 25 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: missed the fairway by maybe five yards on two and 26 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: ends up making an eight. Wyndham Clark and everybody saw 27 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: on the eighth pole part five, where you're looking to 28 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: try and pick up a shot, he hits just a 29 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: little left and is staring double bogie in the face, 30 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: takes a hack at it doesn't move it. If it 31 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: does move it, it doesn't move it very far. Then hits 32 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: it over the green and then just hits an unbelievable 33 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: chip shot. I mean, just if you haven't been there 34 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: and you haven't played that golf course, TV doesn't do 35 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: that justice. That was down a massive, massive slope, gets 36 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: out of there, and then on nine he could have 37 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: made anything there as well, no green to work with. 38 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: Somehow makes the downhill ten foot that if you're gonna 39 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: win a major championship for parr you have to make those. 40 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: The up and down on eleven was just rediculous. How 41 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: good that was because when he hit it over there, 42 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, okay, now this is you know, he'd been 43 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: a little bit shaky on eight, a little bit shaky 44 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: on nine, and then misses the green left on eleven, 45 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 1: and I'm thinking, Okay, He's played so good up until 46 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: this point. He's made all the putts that he's needed 47 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: to make through three days, and he just hit an 48 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: unbelievable shot. I keep saying unbelievable because that's he just 49 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: couldn't believe that he could hit it where he did 50 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: from that position. And then I think the shot of 51 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: the tournament fourteen, you know, watching Royal McElroy right in 52 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: front of him, hits a really good drive and then 53 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: hits it onto the green in an opening from forty 54 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 1: to fifty and the opening that he ran it up 55 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: is probably five to seven yards wide, and you hit 56 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: it in the bunker left or you get up on 57 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: one of those collars like we saw Rory McRoy get 58 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: up on. I mean, you could make anything. And then 59 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: hung on down the stretch bogie on fifteen, and then 60 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: he just did what he needed to do. And I 61 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't say this. I mean, I'm gonna go on a limb. 62 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: I think you could see this coming from a player 63 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: like Wyndham Clark. Like you said, massive, massive amounts of 64 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: self belief. Some people see that as cocky. Some people 65 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: see that as arrogant. I've been lucky enough to be 66 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: around some of the greatest golfers on the planet. They're 67 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: all cocky, They're all arrogant. You can't get to number 68 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: one in the world if you don't. Some of them 69 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: do it quietly. I think Scotty Schffler does it quietly. 70 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: But Scotty Scheffler has a tremendous amount of self belief. 71 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: Rory McElroy, Yeah, probably the most fan favorite player in 72 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: the game right now. Rory has an incredible amount of 73 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: self belief, and I think you have to have that 74 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: as a player. And I think we saw Wyndham Clark 75 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: reach a lot of the potential that a lot of 76 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: people thought he had. But I loved his interview afterwards. 77 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: He said, listen, I think I'm one of the best 78 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: players in the world. I've always thought I'm one of 79 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: the best players in the world. And let me tell you, 80 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: I would much rather have a player think they're a 81 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: great player than to have a player question it. So 82 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: I think it was a great story. A lot of people, 83 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: and I'll be honest, include myself. I was pulling for 84 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: Ricky Fowler. I worked with Ricky for a long time, 85 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: my dad's worked with Ricky for a long time. My 86 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: dad's now back working with Ricky. I thought it was 87 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: a real step forward for Ricky. I thought the way 88 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: he played Thursday and Friday showed that his game is back. 89 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: It's back to where he can start winning tournaments, where 90 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: he can start contending in major championships. Didn't have his 91 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: best stuff on Sunday. I think part of that is 92 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: he hasn't been there in a while and it's a 93 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: big stage and he didn't get off to a great start. 94 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: But I expect good things from Ricky Fowler going I 95 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: said to some people that know Ricky well that I 96 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: thought Ricky would win before the US Open. He hasn't 97 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: done that, but he had a legit chance to win 98 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: the US Open, and I can definitely see a situation 99 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: to where Ricky Fowler has more chances between now and 100 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: the end of the year to win major. He's got 101 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: a chance to win another major at the British and 102 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: he's got chances to win more tournaments so definitely, I 103 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: think his game is trending in the right direction. I 104 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: think it has been a very smart move for him 105 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: to go back to my dad. But Harmon, I think 106 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 1: my dad brings a tremendous amount of calmness, tremendous amount 107 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: of stability, a tremendous amount of confidence, and I think 108 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: they're working on the right stuff. I think his golf 109 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: swing is working in a really good position. I like 110 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: the position that he's got at the top of his 111 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: back swing. I don't see the club as flatt and 112 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: is kind of laid off, and that change of direction, 113 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: that transition. Ricky's got a fairly quick, fast tempo. I 114 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: think Saturday night, the eighteenth hole was I wouldn't say 115 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: a turning point, but it's a big two shot swing 116 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: right Wyndham Clark just flags an iron shot, big club twirl, 117 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: gonna make birdie. They're playing in the dark, yet another 118 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: mystery decision by the USGA. We went early on Sunday 119 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: and they couldn't have gone early on Saturday. I don't 120 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: know if that's the USGA choice. I don't know if 121 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: that's an NBC choice, But I talked to Ricky at 122 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: his Caddy and he said they were struggling to see. 123 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: You if you saw Wyndham Clark's interview on Saturday night, 124 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: he said he thought the lack of light affected Ricky. 125 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: Ricky three putts and there's two shots swing and it 126 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: looked very different going into Sunday. But I think Ricky 127 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: is making the improvements that he needs to make, and 128 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: I think he's trending in the right direction. I mean, 129 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: what can you say about Rory McElroy. I've said this 130 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: on the pod a number of times. I'm a massive, 131 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: massive Rory McElroy fan, both on and off the golf course. 132 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: But I thought the golf he played last week was 133 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: was pretty solid. He drove the ball very, very well. 134 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: It looked to me like he had gone back to 135 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: hitting the high bomb nuke draw. Sometimes Rory moves around, 136 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: likes to fade it, likes to cut it. I think 137 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: he plays his best just my opinion. I could be wrong, 138 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: but I think Rory plays his best when he is 139 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: hitting the draw, specifically with the driver. He moved the 140 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: irons both ways. But when Rory is able to stand up, 141 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,119 Speaker 1: and we saw that on the first hole, very first 142 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: first hole, an eighteenth hole, very very wide fairways the 143 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: eighteenth hole some of the widest fairways I've ever seen 144 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: for a US Open, and I've been to a lot 145 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: of them, but I thought some of the drives that 146 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,119 Speaker 1: Ry McElroy hit all last week we were really impressive. 147 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: And listen, it's been nine years since he's won a major. 148 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: I'm as shocked by that as anybody. But he keeps 149 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: giving himself chances. But this is now three weeks in 150 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: a row, Memorial, RBC and the US Open where Ry 151 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 1: McElroy is in the last group A Memorial and RBC 152 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: and doesn't get it done, where everybody is expecting him 153 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: to win, and then he's in the second to last group. 154 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: But I think a lot of people were picking Rory 155 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: to win that tournament, to win another major championship, to 156 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: get to five, to break the duck that he's been, 157 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: the cycle that he's been on of not winning one 158 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: since two thousand, was it twenty fourteen, I mean, it's 159 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: just it's crazy. I mean, it's just crazy to think 160 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: that it's been since Valhalla that Roy McElroy has won 161 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: a major championship. I think they get harder to win 162 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: the longer he goes without winning one. Because the question 163 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: every week that he plays major championship is he's one 164 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: of the favorites, but can he get it done? But 165 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: I think his game is it's made for major championships. 166 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: It really is. I think he is made for major championships. Yes, 167 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: he hasn't won a major in nine years, but Roy 168 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,599 Speaker 1: McElroy is going to have. I think he's going to 169 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: have another legit chance at Hoylake. He's won an Open 170 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: Championship before, so I fully, fully suspect that Rory McElroy 171 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: will be in the mix come Sunday, late Sunday afternoon 172 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 1: at Hoylake for the Open Championship. And listen you can see. 173 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: I thought Roy looked different last week. I really did. 174 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: I think everything that's gone on in the last couple 175 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: of weeks in golf, it looked like Rory was focusing 176 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: more on the golf and less on some other suf 177 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: I saw him finish on Saturday night and come out 178 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: of scoring and go straight from scoring into locker room. 179 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,959 Speaker 1: I didn't see him give any interviews. He looked all 180 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: business last week. He didn't really I didn't see him 181 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: talking to a lot of people. I didn't see him. 182 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 1: I saw him being very, very focused. I saw Rory 183 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 1: last week kind of doing the same thing that Tiger 184 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: Woods didn't major championships. He didn't talk to anybody, didn't 185 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: really give a lot of interviews, didn't really answer a 186 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: lot of questions, and he looked all business last week. 187 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: And he comes up one show he's got the game right. 188 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: I mean he is. I mean, he's Rory McElroy. He's 189 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: to me, he's one of the most dominant players of 190 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: this generation, and I just love the way he plays golf. 191 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: And he's going to win another major championship, if it's 192 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: not at the Open Championship in a couple two three weeks. 193 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: He's going to be one of the favorites going into 194 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: the Masters, He's going to be one of the favorites 195 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: going into the PGA next year. He's going to be 196 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: one of the favorites going into the US Open and 197 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: the Open Championship. So I think we saw some good 198 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: things from Rory, and we've definitely seen some very very 199 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: good golf from Rory of the last three weeks. He's 200 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: playing his fourth tournament in a row, which he doesn't 201 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: normally do. It's a designated event on the PGA tour, 202 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: So there were a lot of players that are playing. 203 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: They're playing a lot of golf, and it's going to 204 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: be interesting to see how Hartford plays out. A player 205 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: that I really really like. I like his game, minwou 206 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: Lee finished I think tied for fifth. His sister is 207 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: a major champion. His sister has a great golf swing. 208 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: Minwu's got a great golf swing and he's a really 209 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: really cool kid. Three four years ago, he would kind 210 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: of use Dubai as a base when he was on 211 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: the European Tour and he would hang out at my 212 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: academy at the L's Club in Dubai, and you know, 213 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: on Saturdays and Fridays when we would have all our 214 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: junior junior camps and junior development courses, we'd have a 215 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: bunch of games and be testing the players, and it 216 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: was always cool. My god, Jamie McConnell, who runs my 217 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: academy out there, who's been on the pod, would send 218 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: me videos of Min Wu just you know, hanging out 219 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: with sixteen seventeen year olds, fifteen year old kids, you know, 220 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: going through skills test and trying to get better. So 221 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: I thought that was a really cool thing to see. 222 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: I think He's got a very very bright, bright future, 223 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: and I think he's a player to watch. Tom Kim 224 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,719 Speaker 1: lit it up, had it going. I think he's a 225 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: player to watch. I think I think the ceiling in 226 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: the runway for Tom Kim is really really high. But 227 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: Wyndham Clark is a major champion. And don't be surprised 228 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: if Wyndam Clark keeps winning golf tournaments. And don't be 229 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: surprised if Wyndam Clark gets inside the top ten or 230 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: the top five in the world, because he is legit. 231 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: He has a legit game, and there is no one 232 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,719 Speaker 1: that believes that he should be where he is more 233 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: than Wyndom Clark. I think the emotion that he he 234 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: showed and everything that he's gone through with losing his mom. 235 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 1: He's a national champion. He played college golf at Oklahoma 236 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: State and then senior year transferred to Oregon and they 237 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: won a national championship. So he's doing all of the 238 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: right things that you need to do to become a 239 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: great player. And you win a US Open and it 240 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: puts you in a very very different category. And he 241 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: has his first major champion ship. So John Rahm, Brooks 242 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: Koepka and now, Wyndham Clark, those are your three major champions. 243 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: Who is going to get the last one? The Open Championship, 244 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: I think is probably the most wide open of all 245 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: the tournaments, all the majors, because you just don't know 246 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: what you're gonna get from a weather standpoint. The golf 247 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: course will be lynxy. Is it gonna run fast? Is 248 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: it gonna be hard? Is it? What are you going 249 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: to get? So I'm really looking forward to getting over 250 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: there and checking that out La Country Club. I'm gonna 251 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: be honest. It did not to me. It's just my opinion. 252 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: It just didn't feel like a major. It really didn't. 253 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: It felt like a new tournament on a golf course 254 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: that no one had really. The golf course looked fantastic 255 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: on TV, and it looked fantastic in person. There were 256 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: players that liked it, and there were players that didn't. Brooks, 257 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: Matt Fitzpatrick, Victor Hovlin. They weren't big fans. There were 258 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: other player I'm sure Wyndham Clark's a fan, but I 259 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: didn't hear en mass players and caddies just raving about 260 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: the golf course the way that they normally do it 261 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: at major championships. When we go to great golf courses. 262 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: It felt flat. I mean, I think if you were 263 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: looking at social media, there were a lot of people 264 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: talking about it. It was next to impossible to walk. 265 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: It was a very, very difficult spectator course to watch. 266 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: There were a lot of t boxes that you couldn't 267 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: get to, there were a lot of green complexes where 268 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: you weren't necessarily able to get around them, and it 269 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: just seemed like and I think due to the location 270 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: right in the middle of Beverly Hills, they'd got two 271 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: golf courses, but there were a bunch of reports that 272 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: ticket sales weren't nearly what they normally are, and you 273 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: could tell and listen major championships. The fans, in my opinion, 274 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: play a huge role in major championship golf, and there 275 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: was a definite subdued, corporate country club kind of feel 276 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: to last week. And I'm just being honest, I'm just 277 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: giving my opinion. I played that golf course before, I 278 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: played it before the Gilhans redesign. It's one of those 279 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: clubs in America to where there are more rules than 280 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: you can read. It's very exclusive, and it just didn't 281 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: have that. Like I said, I just I keep going 282 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: back to it. It just it just didn't have that 283 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: major championship feel to it. And I think the fans 284 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: not being there in full force like they normally are 285 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: played a big, big role in that. You just didn't 286 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: hear all these roars that you normally hear from all 287 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,719 Speaker 1: over the golf course when somebody does something. You'd hear 288 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: it occasionally, but yeah, it was the golf course I 289 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: think was I heard funky from a player, I heard 290 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: gimmicky from a player. I heard unique from a player, 291 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 1: which is never a good thing when someone says it's 292 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: unique and they don't back up the reasons why it's unique. 293 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: So I don't know. I think the I mean they're 294 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 1: going back there, I think, but I think they've got 295 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: to find a way when they do go back there, 296 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 1: they've got to find a way to get more fans in. 297 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: There were just tons of rumors about why there weren't 298 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: fans there. Did the membership buy up the tickets so 299 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: that the golf course didn't get beat up? I mean, 300 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,159 Speaker 1: you just you just heard a lot of different things. 301 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: But yeah, it felt to me a little flat. I've 302 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: been to a lot of US opens, I've been to 303 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: everyone since gosh, two thousand and I've been to every 304 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: US Open for the last decade, and I went to 305 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,719 Speaker 1: a ton before I went to US opens in the eighties. 306 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: I went to US opens in the nineties. I went 307 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: to a bunch of US opens in the Tiger Era, 308 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: and last week was the most subdued and flat that 309 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: I've been to. And if I'm honest, it's probably my 310 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: least favorite one that I've been to in my entire 311 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 1: you know life. Now, I'm a massive LA guy. I 312 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: used to live in LA. I know a lot of 313 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: people don't like Los Angeles. Traffic's terrible, but I spent 314 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: almost three years in LA and it's one of my 315 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: favorite places in the world. It was a great host town. 316 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: There were, you know, all the manufacturers, a bunch of 317 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: the organizations. Everybody was having parties. I mean La Beverly Hills. 318 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: I mean it showed out. I mean it was great. 319 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 1: I mean there was a bunch of stuff to do. 320 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:00,719 Speaker 1: Food's great, the ViBe's great, the weather's great. But in 321 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:05,160 Speaker 1: my opinion, the golf course and the week just felt 322 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: something felt different. Maybe maybe it changes the next time 323 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: they go back there. Maybe the golf course changes. I 324 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: don't know, but it did feel a little bit, like 325 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: I said, I just keep saying the same word flat 326 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: and subdued. And it was an interesting It was an 327 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: interesting week, but everybody's playing the same golf course. And 328 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: I think it was a big boy golf course, but 329 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: it was also it was a small golf course for 330 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: certain players. I think one of the things I did 331 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: like about L A c C As a major championship 332 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 1: venue is we saw a big mix of different types 333 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 1: of games on the on the leader boards, right, I mean, 334 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: we saw a guy like Brian Harmon, who listen, Brian 335 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: gets it done very differently than Rory McElroy and Wyndham 336 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: Clark gets it done right, you know. And so I 337 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: think we I saw the golf course you could play 338 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: it maybe different ways, but it did seem like if 339 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: you hit the ball a yard offline, you could be 340 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: making X. And I don't know if that's a great test. 341 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: And then there were just some holes, especially on the 342 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 1: back nine, that you know, it's like they can't you know, 343 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 1: they weren't, you know, the thirteenth hole, the fourteenth tee, 344 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: you know, there were no spectators out there. There were 345 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: no spectators around really the fifteenth green, which is this 346 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: tiny little green, and you know they played it at 347 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:42,679 Speaker 1: eighty something yards brooks Keepka may double on an eighty 348 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: something yard part three and four putted. I thought that 349 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: was kind of cool. It was fun to watch the 350 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: best players in the world control a little eighty ninety 351 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 1: one hundred yard web shot. I think one of the 352 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: things that was that everybody was trying to figure out 353 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: is do you tee it up? You tee up a 354 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: lob wedge from Ady Art. If you do it tends 355 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: to add more spin, the ball goes further, So I 356 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 1: think club selection, I think that part of it was fun. 357 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: But the eighteenth hole, for a finishing hole, it had 358 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,199 Speaker 1: one of the widest fairways I've ever seen for a 359 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: major championship. And I mean, I think the jury's out 360 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 1: on whether it's good, whether that's bad. Early in the 361 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: week we get the news that the PGA Tour Commissioner 362 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: Jay Monahan is taking a step back from the PJ 363 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: Tour due to health reasons. I heared as many people 364 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: last week. There were as many rumors last week that 365 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: Jay was very, very ill as there were that there 366 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: was nothing wrong with him. And this was just is 367 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 1: this the way out for j I don't think I've 368 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: ever I've been around professional golf pretty much my entire life. 369 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: You know, my dad played the PGA Tour when I 370 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 1: was young. I'm told that I was on the PGA 371 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 1: Tour two weeks after I was born, in the back 372 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,719 Speaker 1: of the station wagon, and pretty much the majority of 373 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: my life. I'm fifty four years old, I've been involved 374 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: with professional golf at some level, and really for the 375 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 1: last fifteen years, it's been the major part of my life. 376 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: And I've never seen a time where an entire sport organization, 377 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it. You had everybody there 378 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: last week, and literally, to a man, no one has 379 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 1: any idea what's going on in professional golf. They don't 380 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: know if this merger is going to happen. They don't 381 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: know what's going to happen with Live. They don't know 382 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: if players who turn down live contracts are going to 383 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: get money. And not only do the players not know, 384 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: the agents don't know either. The manufacturers don't know. No 385 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: one knows what's going on in professional golf right now. 386 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: Maybe Jimmy Dunn knows, maybe Ed Early knows. Yeah, Sir 387 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,719 Speaker 1: Jay I guess they know, but I just don't know 388 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: anyone else that I've been able to talk to that 389 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: isn't in the dark like everyone else. So I think 390 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: it's a very very interesting time because nobody knows what's 391 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: going on right now in professional golf. I thought the 392 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: week from a PGA tour versus live standpoint, I really 393 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 1: didn't see a lot of animosity or you know, people 394 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: really talking about it. I just see everybody was just 395 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,360 Speaker 1: kind of saying, hey, we don't know. And you would 396 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: talk to somebody and you would say to somebody on 397 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 1: the range, hey have you heard anything, and they'd say, no, 398 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: I haven't heard anything, and somebody would ask, hey have 399 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: you heard that? And then I think one of the 400 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: things that's frustrating right now for everyone involved is right 401 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: now everything is just a rumor. Everything you hear right 402 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: now in professional golf, and for everybody listening, those of 403 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: us that are inside the sport right now, I don't 404 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: think anybody really has any idea what's going on. So 405 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 1: very very interesting times. I hope Jay Monahan's doing well. 406 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 1: The last thing that that you would want for someone 407 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: like Jay, with everything that he's been through, Jay's had 408 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: a tough go Jay had to deal with COVID and 409 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: try and figure out how to navigate that, and then 410 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: Jay had to try and figure out how to navigate 411 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: this live situation. What I will say is that's why 412 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: Jay Monahan gets paid the money that he gets paid, 413 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: and he gets paid an enormous amount of money. Jay 414 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: Monahan gets paid that money and has use of the 415 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: PGA tours private jet and flies everywhere private and is 416 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: it the Sun Valley Illuminaate business illuminat conference every summer. 417 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 1: And so I did hear people saying last week, you know, 418 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: he's been through a tough time, and he has. He's 419 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: been through a very tough time. But but when you're 420 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,919 Speaker 1: the commissioner of a major sports organization like the PGA 421 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: Tour and everything that's happening, there's a price you pay 422 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: for the salary that you're going to make. And I'm 423 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: sure that he has had a lot of sleepless nights 424 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: and is trying to navigate this and and do what's 425 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: best for the game of golf, at least I hope. 426 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: So I don't believe that Jay's doing anything sinister in 427 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 1: the same way that I don't think the Saudi's are 428 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 1: doing anything sinister. I mean, you can call me naive, 429 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 1: you can call me dom, you can call me you know, 430 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: drinking the kool aid. But I think everybody's trying to 431 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 1: figure this thing out and they're trying to make the 432 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:43,199 Speaker 1: best of a really tough situation. So I wish Jay 433 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: monahana speedy recovery. I think the big question is is 434 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: will we see j Monahan back as the PGA Tour commissioner. 435 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: I did talk to a lot of players last week 436 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: and caddies that said it seemed like they had they 437 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: had lost confidence, that they didn't have the confidence in 438 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 1: the leadership at the PGA Tour that they used to have, 439 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: and I could see that. I could definitely see that. 440 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: But it's very very interesting times. And like I said, 441 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: I there's a Live event next week in Spain which 442 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: I'll be going to on Saturday, and it will be 443 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: interesting to get back into the Live ecosystem because since 444 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: this announcement's happened, all the Live guys and everybody associated 445 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: with Live that normally travels has you know, we've had 446 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: some off weeks, so it will be interesting to get 447 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: back inside the Live ecosystem and just see if there's 448 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: any answers, see if there's any more. I mean, right now, 449 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: I think there are more questions than there are answers. 450 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: But it is my hope that in the coming weeks 451 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: and months that everybody can try and find some common 452 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: ground and try and figure out a way to move forward. 453 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,919 Speaker 1: And is their coexistence. I mean, I've heard it so 454 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: many rumors that Lives dead. I don't see that. I 455 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: think Live could change and morph and move into a 456 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: different configuration. But you know, when you've got Rory McElroy 457 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 1: talking at the RBC Canadian Open about at some point 458 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 1: there'll be some sort of team element to the PGA 459 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: Tour down the line, I mean that is that what 460 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: happens to Live I don't know, and I don't think 461 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: anyone knows. But what I do know is I don't 462 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: think anybody really knows what's going on right now in 463 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: professional golf. But what I do know is the performance 464 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: last week from Wyndham Clark was it was very very 465 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: impressive and I think he has a very very bright 466 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 1: future and I think his runway can be very very long. 467 00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 1: He hits the golf ball with speed and I think 468 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: he will take an enormous amount of confidence getting it 469 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: done under the conditions with Basically you can argue that 470 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: he is one of the to me right now, Rory 471 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 1: John Rahm on the PGA Tour, Rory John ram, Scotti, Scheffler, 472 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: they're kind of the gold standard on the PGA Tour. 473 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: And you know, for Wyndam Clark to stare Rory McElroy 474 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 1: down and come out on top, you have to play 475 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,439 Speaker 1: some great golf to do that. And if you're going 476 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: to do that a major championship, you have to dig 477 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: deep mentally, you have to have a big heart. And yeah, 478 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 1: very very impressive from Wyndham Clark. And don't be surprised, 479 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: Like I said earlier, do not be surprised if you 480 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: start seeing this guy win on a fairly fairly regular basis, 481 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: and he is going to have chances to win more 482 00:28:55,800 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: majors because he has big, big time game. Uh So, 483 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: like I said, I'm excited going to Valderrama on uh 484 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: live a great, great old You know, it's an iconic 485 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: golf course on the European Tour. There have been Ryder 486 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: Cups there. I was there with Tiger in the early 487 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: two thousands. I can't remember I was like, oh, two 488 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,959 Speaker 1: thousand and two thousand and one, I think he won 489 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: a WGC in a playoff with Miguel an Hellhamenez and 490 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: I was with him that week, and I still have 491 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: unbelievable memories of watching Tiger Woods in kind of the 492 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: glory days of the back in the day Tiger Woods. 493 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, I just I remember he won and we 494 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: got in a car and Steve Williams and I and 495 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: Tiger were all going out to dinner, and we were 496 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: driving out in the car and it was dark and 497 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: it was just a sea of flash photography as we 498 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 1: were driving out. I guess that's what being famous must 499 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: feel like. I sure, as I wouldn't know, but it's 500 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: it's a cool golf course. I'm excited for a bunch 501 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: of the guys that have never seen it to see it, 502 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: and it should be interesting and then another major championship 503 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: not far away. I want to thank everybody for listening, rate, review, 504 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 1: subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Son of a Butch 505 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: comes to you every Wednesday, and we'll see you next week.