1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: It's the Son of a Butch podcast. I'm your host, 2 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: Claude Harmon. I'll be the guest today. Obviously, just got 3 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: back from the PGA Championship and I mean, what an 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: amazing week. I think it was a pretty important week 5 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 1: in Brooks kept his career, certainly after what happened at 6 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: the Masters where he wasn't able to close, and he's 7 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,639 Speaker 1: been a closer his entire career. Unfortunately, he didn't get 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: it done at Augusta, but at o'kill he got it done. 9 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: And you know, it was a really really interesting week. 10 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: That is a that is a big boy golf course, 11 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: and that's that's another thing. I mean, obviously, that's Brooks's 12 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: fifth major, which puts him in very very elite company. 13 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: But if you look at the golf courses Aaron Hills, 14 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: everybody says it was an easy golf course, it was 15 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: a bomber's paradise, and yeah, I'll take a little bit 16 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: of that. But if you look at the rest of 17 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: the golf courses that Brooks has won major Zone Shinnecock, 18 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: Beth Page, you know, Belle Reeves kind of old school, 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: and then Okill, which is very very old school. He 20 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: wins on really really difficult golf courses, and I think 21 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: that's another big part of the story, is his game 22 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: rises to really really difficult challenges. Okill is, it was 23 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: a tough golf course before the redesign. They did a redesign. 24 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: They took out a lot of trees. I've been there. 25 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: I was there in eighty nine. I was there in 26 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: two eighty nine for the US Open, two thousand and 27 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: five for the Ryder Cup, and then in thirteen for 28 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: the last PGA. I like the changes. I think they 29 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: did a really good job. There is this kind of 30 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: I think it's I don't want to call it a fad, 31 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: but there is definitely a move towards going to these 32 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: old golf courses and trying to take out a lot 33 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: of the trees that have grown up. So I guess 34 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: they're trying to take the golf courses back to where 35 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: they were originally designed, because obviously, if something was designed 36 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: forty fifty years ago, the trees that they were planning 37 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: then are different than the ones and the amount of 38 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: vegetation they'll have now. But I like the redesign. I 39 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: thought the sixth hole was just brutal. It's just a 40 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: tough golf course, tough hole. But I do think the 41 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: players that I talked to everyone said they don't mind it. 42 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: I don't think golfers professional golfers like it, dislike it 43 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: being hard, and I thought Oka was very, very fair. 44 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: But it is a tough test, and it's just there 45 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: are stretches of holes where you know that that's the 46 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 1: kind of that's the time to make your score because 47 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: you know coming in you're going to go through a 48 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: stretch of holes. We were just going to have to 49 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: hang on. So yeah, I mean, it was a really 50 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: it was an interesting week for Brooks. Thursday, I mean 51 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 1: practice rounds. He was fine. He played good the week 52 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: before in Tulsa, didn't putt great. I think if he 53 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: putts it all in Tulsa the week before where he 54 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: was playing on live, he probably could have gotten into 55 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: the playoff with DJ and Gracie and Cam Smith. Didn't 56 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: get it done and we didn't. We didn't do a 57 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: ton and ton of work at Okill. We kind of 58 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: paced ourselves. It's been a long run for Brooks. You know, 59 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: you can tell that he's a little bit tired, and 60 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: so we we didn't grind a ton golf swing wise, 61 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: he's hitting it good. He's been hitting it good for 62 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: a while now. Thursday I thought was really I thought 63 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: Thursday was one in the golf tournament and that was 64 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: the worst round he had. He did not play well. 65 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: Warm ups were good, but he just got on the 66 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: golf course didn't play good. As soon as he got done, 67 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: we went straight to the range. He said that he 68 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: felt his hands had kind of gotten a little bit 69 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: back at a dress and he kind of was missing it, 70 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: you know. Both ways. Hit some really wide shots on Thursday, 71 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: but there was zero panic. There was like no panic, 72 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: And I found that quite interesting that I think when 73 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: a player plays poorly but they know they're playing good, 74 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: there isn't this sense of panic. So we went to 75 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: the range after Thursday's round for about twenty minutes, hit 76 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: some balls. Got his set up. Everything in Brooks' golf 77 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: swing tends to be you know, when he gets off, 78 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: the issues tend to be set up related issues. His 79 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: hands get too far back, ball position gets too far back, 80 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: a line mint gets off. So a lot of what 81 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 1: I do over the course of my time with Brooks 82 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: is we do a lot of work on the basics 83 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: and listen in twenty twenty three, basics aren't real sexy 84 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: right now, grip stance post your alignment. No one's making 85 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: Instagram videos on grip stance, posture in alignment. They're making 86 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: them laying the shaft down and all the cool stuff 87 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: that all the cool kids are doing right now. But 88 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: I think you would be surprised at you know, for 89 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: the best players in the world, when their alignment, when 90 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: they're a ball position, when the basics of what they're 91 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: doing before they hit a golf ball get off because 92 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: they've got so much speed, because they've got so much power, 93 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: because they hit the golf ball so solid, they can 94 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: hit the golf ball a long way offline. So when 95 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 1: Brooks's basics get out of whack, he can shoot some 96 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: bad scores and hit some bad shots. So I was 97 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: really happy that that's all it really was. He didn't panic. 98 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: He knows he's hitting it good. His hands got a 99 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: little bit back. He kind of felt that on the 100 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: golf course. We went to the rain, and then he 101 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: looked at Ricky Elliott and I and looked us right. 102 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: Both of us looked right at us and said, I 103 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: won't play bad again this week and there have been 104 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: times where Brooks has said that before, and normally when 105 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: he says something like that, in the way that he 106 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: says it, in the conviction that he says it with, 107 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: you tend to believe him. He played really good on Friday, 108 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: came straight off the golf course and as he was 109 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: walking from eighteen into scoring, he just had this look 110 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: on his face and he looked at me and he said, 111 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: I told you I'm not going to play bad again. 112 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: I think he learned a lot at Augusta from not 113 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: getting it done on Sunday, and I think last week 114 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: and I think Sunday was a massive, massive day for Brooks. 115 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: In his career, he has been in alpha in the 116 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: major championships. There was a time where it seemed like 117 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 1: to a lot of people that he had somewhat cracked 118 00:06:55,040 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 1: the code in majors just because he was winning them 119 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: so much and so often. So I think to come 120 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: back and shoot three rounds in the sixties, get himself 121 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: back in the golf tournament on Friday. The golf the 122 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: conditions on Saturday were not good. I mean, it was raining, 123 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: it was cold. You knew if you hit the golf 124 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: ball offline, you're gonna get it into the thick rough 125 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: that was already penal and then it was wet, and 126 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: he went out on Saturday and shot another really good 127 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: score and you could just see this kind of momentum building. 128 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: But Sunday, I gotta be honest, the Sunday he was 129 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: a little jumpy in his warm up. He didn't feel 130 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: like he was hitting it that great. I know, he 131 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: said to Pete Cowen that he didn't feel like his 132 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: golf swing was was great. But by the time you 133 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: get to Sunday on a major championship, you know, what 134 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: you have is what you have golf swing wise. I 135 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: think Brooks was trying to you know, maybe being yeah. 136 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: I think he was probably a little bit nervous. I 137 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: think he was, you know, looking for perfection, which is 138 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: tough to have. The warm up that he had on 139 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: before the final round on Sunday at Augusta made the 140 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: warm up that he had at Oakill on Sunday, I mean, 141 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: it was like black and white. He never missed a 142 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: shot on Sunday at Augusta in his warm up. It 143 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: was one of the best warm ups I've ever seen him. 144 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: Have complete control ability to do whatever he wanted with 145 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: the golf ball, but just total total control over what 146 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: he was doing and went out and didn't play the 147 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: way he wanted to, didn't get the job done. I 148 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: think getting off to the start that he got off 149 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: to on Sunday was so important. Hit it to sixteen 150 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: feet on the first, four feet on the second, four 151 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: feet on the third, four feet on our nine feet 152 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: on the fourth. So he's hitting it inside of ten 153 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: feet on three of the holes and right around fifteen 154 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: feet on the other one. That's a statement I think 155 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: everybody he was looking on Sunday, specifically the guys that 156 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: were around Brooks on the leader board. He took a 157 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: one shot lead, but I think you're looking to see, okay, 158 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: which Brooks is going to show up. Is it the 159 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: Brooks from you know, two thousand and seventeen, eighteen and nineteen, 160 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: where he was winning majors on a regular basis, or 161 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: we're we're going to get on Sunday the Master's twenty 162 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 1: twenty three Brooks where he didn't get the job done 163 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: on Sunday. So I thought getting off to that start, 164 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: hitting those type of shots early certainly kind of put 165 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: him in a little bit of a I wouldn't say relaxed, 166 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: but I definitely think at one point early he had 167 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: a three shot lead, two or three shot lead, so 168 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: your mindset is very, very different. The sixth hole, which 169 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 1: I referenced, such a difficult, difficult hole. He had a 170 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: poor drive, but somehow managed to make a bogie. And 171 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: you know, the eight years I worked with Brooks previously, 172 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: and you know, back together with him now, one of 173 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: the mantras and we had as a team for the 174 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: major championships were don't make any double bogies. Bogies are fine. 175 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: You can survive making bogies, making double bogies and major 176 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: championships are very very tough to overcome making double bogies. 177 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: When you have the lead and you're in a major 178 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: championship on Sunday, you throw a double in the mix early, 179 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 1: it normally doesn't farewell. It kind of lets the field 180 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: know that, hey, there might be some chinks in the armor. 181 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: So I think the par that he was able to 182 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: make there, or the bogie that he was able to 183 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: make there, was huge because he's staring making double right 184 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: in the face he was. I think he knew that 185 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: Victor Hovlin was playing well. Vic I can't say enough 186 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: about how good this kid is. He is, he is legit, 187 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: he is elite. His ball striking is as good as anybody. 188 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 1: And you know, the work that he's done recently with 189 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 1: Joe Mayo on a short games has paid dividends. I mean, 190 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: you know, we all kind of have seen Victor struggle 191 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 1: around the greens. For a good player, he has struggled 192 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: a lot, and it was great to see him now. 193 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: I do think that the way the rough was set 194 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: up at at at Oakhill, very penal, very much old 195 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:26,559 Speaker 1: school kind of US open Northeast kind of thick, thick rough. 196 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: I actually think that helps Victor because it takes there's 197 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: no creativity at that point. You're not trying to figure 198 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 1: out what shot you're going to hit, what type of 199 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: shot you're going to try and play. You just basically 200 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: have it's thick rough. You just have to beat down 201 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: on it and grind, you know, grind it out and 202 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: just get it on the green and run it to 203 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: the whole. There isn't a lot of nuance, there isn't 204 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: a lot of skill, So in that respect, I think 205 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: it was it was helpful to be on that type 206 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: of golf course. But listen, Victor Hoblin is going to 207 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,199 Speaker 1: have chances to win major tachampionships moving forward. I'd be 208 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: shocked if he doesn't win one. He's got that type 209 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: of talent. He and his caddie, Shane Knight. I think 210 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: they're one of the best teams on the PGA Tour. 211 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: And I am a huge, huge Victor Hovelin fan, So 212 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: great to see him play well and he will have 213 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: more chances and I definitely think there is a major 214 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: in his future. But you know, Brooks somehow makes bogie 215 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 1: and then you know, made a couple of putts when 216 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: he needed to. But to me, the game changer for 217 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: him was thirteen Part five where he's looking at you know, 218 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: definitely making birdie and had to hold a pretty dicey 219 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: quick downhill left to right putt. And you know, if 220 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: you're going to win a major championship, there's always going 221 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: to be one of those putts from ten to twelve 222 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: feet that is for parr And if you want to 223 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: win the golf tournament, you're going to have to win. 224 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to make it to win the golf tournament. 225 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: And he stands up on fourteen and just hits an 226 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: unbelievable draw and you know, closes the door at sixteen. 227 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: I thought the drive that he hit on eighteen showed 228 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: a lot of guts. He didn't have to hit driver 229 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: there with a lead. He could have easily hit something 230 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: else and had a longer iron. But I think it's 231 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 1: a testament to how he was playing and how much 232 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: confidence he had in what he was doing. He has this, 233 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: this knack this, and I don't. I'm around him a 234 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: lot and have been around him a lot for the 235 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: last ten years, and Brooks just he likes he likes 236 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: major championships. He liked and trust me, anybody that tells 237 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: you that they that they like major championships, they're probably 238 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: not telling you the truth. But Brooks, he really does 239 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: like them. He likes the pressure, he likes the you know, 240 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: all of the things that he knows that you're going 241 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: to have to do to win one. He knows that 242 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: you're going to have to go through a lot. It's 243 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: going to get tough, it's going to get dirty, it's 244 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 1: going to get messy, it's going to get ugly to 245 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: win a major championship. And some guys like that, and 246 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: some guys don't. He is one of those players that 247 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: just really really really likes it. He likes it when 248 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: the pressure is the toughest. He's now won fourteen percent 249 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: of the majors he's played in, and in fifty percent 250 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: of the majors he's played in, he's finished inside the 251 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: top ten. Those are just those are just numbers that 252 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: we just aren't used to seeing from one person, specifically 253 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: in the majors. I mean, I guess you could say, 254 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: you know, we saw that from Tiger, but of the 255 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: modern generation. You know, Roy McRoy won his last major 256 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: when Brooks had won none, and in twenty fourteen. If 257 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: I told you that Roy macroy is going to have 258 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: four majors and Brooks Koepka would have more majors than him, 259 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: I just don't think anyone would believe it, because that's 260 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: how great Rory McElroy is. That is how dominant a 261 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: golfer he is and can be. So I think Brooks 262 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: now with five. It's I mean, I think a lot 263 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: of people are trying to figure out where to put 264 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: this win with all the live stuff going on with 265 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: the debate. I think, moving forward, hopefully, I think it's 266 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: a fantastic thing for the game of golf that somebody 267 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: from Live won a major, because I think it's an 268 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: opportunity for us to just go back to talking about golf. 269 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: I mean, can we just go back to talking about 270 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: golf and not politics and all of the other stuff 271 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: that you know, people seem to want to talk about. 272 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just these guys are golfers, right, Brooks 273 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: is a professional golfers and a professional golfer, and if 274 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: he's healthy, which is it is so naive to think 275 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: that he's not going to be a great player. He's 276 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: not going to be a dominant player in the majors 277 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: because that's what he was. A lot of the reporters 278 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: afterwards were asking me, were you surprised by any of this? 279 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: And I'm like, the only people that are surprised by 280 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: this are the people in the media that have been 281 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: anti Lived, that haven't gone to any of the tournaments 282 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: and haven't watched any of the live tournaments, and you know, 283 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: like to pretend that it's a fifty four fifty four 284 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: hole exhibition, and you know, everybody that plays on that 285 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: tour is hurting their career because they're not playing on 286 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: the PGA Tour and they're not playing in seventy two holes. 287 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: I think that whole narrative. Now we had another major 288 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: where there were live players. Bryson played good last week, 289 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: had a great showing. Cam Smith had a great final 290 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: round on Sunday. It's golf. These are professional golfers. It 291 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: doesn't really matter are where they play. And I think 292 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: anyone that thought that these guys just weren't going to 293 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: be able to continue to play in major championships on 294 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: the biggest stage, to me, it was I think it 295 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: was for a lot of people. They were hoping that 296 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 1: for their own agendas, whatever those agendas are. But I 297 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: think the last two Majors have clearly shown that the 298 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 1: players that went to Live they were great players when 299 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 1: they went there, and they're still great players. If you 300 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: don't agree with Live for political reasons, if you don't 301 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 1: like the format, that's that's fine. I mean, everyone is 302 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: entitled to their own opinion. But the fact is that 303 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: in two major championships, you know, one has been one 304 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: by guy that went to Live, and the Masters was 305 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: almost one by guy that went to Live. And you know, 306 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: someone who has been a you know, a anti LIV 307 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: punching bags see Wan Kim see Wan Kim made the 308 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: cut and played good and beat a lot of people 309 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 1: that play seventy two holes and play on the PGA 310 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: Tour and all that. So I mean to me, it's 311 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: all bullshit, right, It's this is golf, professional golfers. I 312 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 1: don't care where you're playing professional golf. I don't care 313 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: if you're playing on the PGA Tour. I don't care 314 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: if you're playing on the LPGA, DP World, Asia, South 315 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 1: Africa Champs Tour and Live as well. If you were 316 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: playing on a professional tour and you are winning on 317 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: a professional tour, then your game is going in the 318 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: right direction. And you know, brooks Kopka's won three of 319 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: the last slum trying to think since he won in 320 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: Jetta so one in Jedda, his team had a chance 321 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 1: to win the team championship in Miami at the Live finale, 322 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 1: so then he played Saudi Arabia, then missed the cut 323 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 1: in an Asian Tour event in Oman that all the 324 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: anti Live people jumped all over, and you know, and 325 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 1: then has played pretty good the last month. So it 326 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: doesn't matter in my opinion, It doesn't matter where you're 327 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 1: playing or where you're winning. If you are winning. Then 328 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: don't be surprised if you see guys playing a tournament 329 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: have a chance to win. I mean we see that 330 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: all the time, we have seen for years. I mean, 331 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: look at Tom Kim, right, I mean Tom Kim is 332 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: the new darling of the PGA Tour, right, and I 333 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 1: think he's a superstar. I mean I really do. I 334 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 1: love this kid. I thought, you know, last week him 335 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,719 Speaker 1: falling in the water and all of that, that is 336 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,199 Speaker 1: just who he is. Right. You could see the progression 337 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: that Tom had of playing in Asia, then playing some 338 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: European starts, he started having some confidence, he started winning 339 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: some tournaments, and now he's one of the legit players. 340 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: So I just this narrative that because the golf is 341 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: being played on live, it's no good and you're not 342 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: going to be any good because you went to Live. 343 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: I think if that's what you've been pushing and you 344 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 1: still believe that, then I feel sorry for you because 345 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: I think that you're doing it for your own reasons, 346 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: because it's not the truth. If you don't like Live 347 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: and you don't like the players that went there, that's fine, 348 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: that's you got the right to do that. But to 349 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: try and portray these guys as being bumps. To me, 350 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: that's the thing that upsets me the most. And you know, 351 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 1: it's pretty vocal with some of the media. There's an 352 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 1: article of Golf Week that came out and listen, I 353 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 1: think there has been a segment of the golf media 354 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:55,439 Speaker 1: that has been fiercely, fiercely anti Live and the stuff 355 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 1: they wrote, the things they said, I think it hurt 356 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: a lot of guys that went to Live. And you know, 357 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: you've got these these players that had had great careers. 358 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: I mean, to me, the easiest example is you've got 359 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: Henrik Stenson, right. Henrik Stenson won the FedEx Cup, won 360 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 1: the Players Championship, won a major, an iconic major, down 361 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 1: the stretch with with Bill Micholson, one of the great 362 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: all time majors, stole ward of the European tour, of 363 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: the euro Ryder Cup team, and based off of all 364 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: of that criteria, they anoint him as the Writer Cup Captain. 365 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: That's what happens when you do what Henrik Stenson's done, 366 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: and you played your golf in Europe, they make you 367 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,719 Speaker 1: a Writer Cup Captain. When you have that type of resume. 368 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: The day he goes to Live, bum insignificant was never 369 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: any good. And I'm like, the day before he made 370 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: the decision go to Live, he was the writer Cup captain, 371 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 1: so in one day everything that he did is just 372 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: a bomb. I just don't get it. And maybe, listen, 373 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: maybe my view is a little bit skewed because I've 374 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: been involved with Live for the last six seven eight months. 375 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 1: All of my players went there, but I was part 376 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: of the PGA Tours ecosystem for twenty something years. It 377 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: was part of the European Tour for a number of 378 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: years when I worked there. I've seen what those ecosystems 379 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: are like. I've seen what those tours are like. I 380 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: know how they work, I know how they run all 381 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: of those things. So I'm I said this, I'm pro 382 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: Live because I am pro professional athlete, I am pro 383 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 1: professional golfer. I think that professional golfers should have the 384 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: same opportunities that every other athlete in professional sports has, 385 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: and there are players that get big contracts in every sport, 386 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: and I just I just don't fundamentally understand why there 387 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: is this continued want to have golf be like the 388 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: Truman Show, like this utopian Truman Show type thing. In 389 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: the fifties and sixties and where everything is just perfect 390 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: and nothing bad ever happens, and you know, everything's just 391 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: like it used to be. I personally don't want to 392 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: be a part of a sport like that, I really don't. 393 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: I don't want to be a part of a sport 394 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: that's constantly looking backwards. I think the game of golf 395 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three is in an amazing place. I 396 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: think we have some of the best golfers in a 397 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: very very long time. I mean, if you look at 398 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: the players playing all over the world on the men's side, 399 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: on the women's side, the caliber of golfers, the depth 400 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 1: of golfers, it's just it's staggering. It's tremendous. I think, 401 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: you know, I think we are so lucky right now 402 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: to be seeing the golf that John Ram is playing, 403 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: the golf that Scotty Scheffler's been playing, and all of 404 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: these new kind of stars that are coming up. I 405 00:23:54,880 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: mentioned Tom Kim, Max Homer. You can you can keep 406 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: finding players right and you can find them on every tour. 407 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: There's great players playing in Europe right now, there's great 408 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 1: players playing in Asia right now. I think the LPGA 409 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: is going through an amazing period of great play. And 410 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: I think from the men's side, just because guys went 411 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: to Live, it doesn't mean that they can't play golf. 412 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: It doesn't mean that they're not going to continue to 413 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: be good players. And I'm glad that Brooks personally. Obviously 414 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: I work with Brooks's but I'm I'm glad that I'm 415 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: glad that somebody from Live won a major because hopefully 416 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 1: we can all just get back to realizing that this 417 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: is this is just golf. These are just athletes. They're 418 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 1: playing a sport. They're playing a sport with a ball 419 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: and a stick. They give you a scorecard and you're 420 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: trying to put the lowest score on the scorecard as 421 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: you can. And I don't care where you play, That's 422 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: what everybody is trying to do. So I think it 423 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: was a I think it was a big I think 424 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: brooks Kepta's win his I think him getting his fifth major. 425 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: I think the way that he won his fifth major, 426 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: I think is good for golf, and I think it's 427 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: good for golf. I'm very, very glad that somebody from 428 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: Live won one of the I was hoping one of 429 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:19,719 Speaker 1: the Live guys would win one of the four majors, 430 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 1: because I think that that's the way that all of 431 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: this craziness starts to unravel. Brooks is now second in 432 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 1: the US Ryder Cup points list. If you haven't seen 433 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: Brad faxon and Am and Lynch talking about the Ryder Cup, 434 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: you find it on social I thought Facts did a 435 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: fantastic job of saying, Hey, we're playing golf and that's 436 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: what's what this to me, that's what this is. But 437 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: I do think now that Brooks is in a is 438 00:25:56,240 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: it a rare He's a rare position now because he's young, 439 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 1: he's healthy. I gotta be honest with you, I wouldn't. 440 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if Brooks continues to win majors. 441 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 1: He's just that good. And when he's healthy and when 442 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: he's swinging the way he's swinging and playing the way 443 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: he's playing, he can dominate. And you know, I wouldn't 444 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: be surprised if he has legit, legit back nine chances 445 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: in La at the US Open and at Liverpool for 446 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: the Open Championship. I mean, that's what I know. He 447 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 1: expects those of us on his team, we expect that 448 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: as well. I just can't. I just can't say enough 449 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: about the team that Brooks has around him. Last week, 450 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: Ricky Elliott, who's been on his bag. That was the 451 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,199 Speaker 1: ten year anniversary. They've switched the dates for the for 452 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: the majors. The PJA used to be the last major 453 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:00,239 Speaker 1: in August. Now it's in May. But that was ten 454 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 1: year anniversary of when Ricky and Brooks first started. They 455 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: started at the PGA in twenty thirteen. I think Ricky Fowler, 456 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: excuse me, Ricky Elliott is one of the best caddies 457 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: on the planet in the game. I'd known Ricky for 458 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: a long time, and you know, I thought he would 459 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: be a perfect fit for Brooks. And you know, I 460 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: told Brooks listened, he was turning, you know, it was 461 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: coming to the States, was going to play. I said, listen, 462 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 1: I think Ricky Elliot would be the perfect caddy for you. 463 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: It's funny, my dad, in twenty thirteen we walked, he 464 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,640 Speaker 1: walked a couple holes with us, and afterwards he said, man, 465 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: that Brooks is really impressive. Hey, we need to get 466 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 1: him a real caddy. I said, We've got him a 467 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,479 Speaker 1: real caddy. The real caddy is Ricky Elliott. And he goes, no, no, no, no, 468 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: needs a veteran. He needs a veteran cartery down like 469 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 1: he doesn't need a veteran caddy. He has the perfect 470 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: guy for him. And I think I was right. I 471 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: think the job that Ricky and Brooks do on the 472 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: golf course, I think the relationship they have off the 473 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: golf course. I would say that Brooks considers Ricky literally 474 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,239 Speaker 1: part of his family, like a family member. I think 475 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: he loves him like a brother. Mark Wall, who is 476 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: Brooks's physio, I think he's the most valuable person on 477 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: Brooks's team. I told Brooks that when he first turned 478 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: pro and told him to hire Mark Waller said you 479 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 1: need to hire Mark Wall and I said, he will 480 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: be the most valuable person you have on your team. 481 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 1: And the work that Mark Wall has done with Brooks's 482 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 1: body doctor Rs, the work that Aura has done. Brooks 483 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: got your trainer this year, Andrew Cummings, that back room team, 484 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: they are the heroes of this. They are the young 485 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: sung heroes. They have really transformed Brooks's body, got him 486 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: back to where he can swing the golf club, got 487 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 1: him back to where he's healthy, got him back to 488 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: where he can work out. And I've said this a 489 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 1: number of times recently. I don't think anyone realizes for 490 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: Brooks how catastrophic the injuries were, and I think the 491 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: Full Swing documentary in his interviews, I think people have 492 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: been surprised him talking so candidly about how bad the 493 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,239 Speaker 1: injuries were. But they were almost game over for him. 494 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: They were almost career over because if his body wasn't 495 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: going to be able to do what he needed it 496 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: to do to swing the golf club, then as a 497 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: as a golfer, as a player, you can't perform at 498 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: the level that you're trying to perform at. So I 499 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: think the team around Brooks is one of the best teams. 500 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: He has a big team, Jeff Pierce, putting instructor, Pete Cowen, 501 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: short game I look after Full Swing. I mean, that's 502 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: a lot of people, but that's to me, that's another 503 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 1: example of this this narrative that a lot of people 504 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: tried to push that you know, everybody was going to 505 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: go to live and you know, get the bag, get 506 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: the money, and then just check out. I mean, Brooks 507 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 1: has got like seven people on his team and he 508 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: rehired me after us not talk to each other for 509 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: two years. If you think that's him checking out. I've 510 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: got news for you, it's not. I've never seen Brooks 511 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: more hard than he's working right now. I think his 512 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: game is moving in a direction that he can be 513 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: one of those players that week in week out, can 514 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: have chances to win tournaments, can have chances to win majors, 515 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: and if he gets on a run, he has a 516 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: chance to dominate because he has that type of game. 517 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 1: And you know, five majors by the time you're thirty three, 518 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: three PGAs and two US Opens. I think he has 519 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: the game. I think we've seen that he's had chances 520 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: to win the Masters in nineteen and this year, and 521 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: I think the Open sets up really well for books. 522 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: He can move the golf ball a lot of different 523 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:55,719 Speaker 1: directions his ballflight, he can change trajectories quite easily. He's 524 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: quite comfortable doing that. So I think, you know the 525 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: conditions if he doesn't get you know, messed around by 526 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: the draw and get the wrong side of the draw, 527 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 1: which can happen to you at an Open Championship, I 528 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: fully expect him to have legit chances in the next 529 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: two majors. And I think that I think this was 530 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: a statement win for Brooks because after what happened at Augusta, 531 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: where everybody was so used to seeing him close in 532 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: him not closing. I think there were some questions, you know, 533 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: which Brooks was going to show up on Sunday at o'kill. 534 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: Was it going to be you know, the nineteen Brooks 535 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 1: where he was number one in the world and you know, 536 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: multiple major champion, or was the Sunday at Augusta Brooks 537 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: going to show up? And I think he showed everybody 538 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 1: that I definitely think he's back. I definitely think that 539 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 1: he has the type of game and he's still I mean, 540 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 1: he forget Brooks Silene early thirties, thirty three, he's exempt 541 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 1: into every major and for the next five years, right, 542 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: so he's exempt into all the major until eight. So 543 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: I'm bad at math, but that's a lot of opportunities, 544 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: and I think he is going to continue to have 545 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: opportunities to win major championships. I couldn't say this to anyone, 546 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: but Brooks lost the Masters to Tiger in twenty nineteen 547 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: double Bogie twelve hit it in the water and ended up, 548 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: you know, just missing out, and Tiger won, and then 549 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: he won three four weeks afterwards at beth Page and 550 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: I just, I just I know Brooks, those of us 551 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: around him know him. I just I said to my wife, 552 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:44,960 Speaker 1: I said, to a couple of guys I work with, 553 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: Brooks is going to win the PGA. And you know, 554 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:52,240 Speaker 1: I didn't say it publicly, but you you could just tell. 555 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: And you can tell when players are in a different space. 556 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: You just can't. It's like the room is a different temperature. 557 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: And being around him, you can see the confidence, you 558 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 1: can see the command that he has over his shots, 559 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: you can see, you know, how good his body is. 560 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: And I just i'd seen it before. I saw it 561 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: in nineteen where he, you know, had a chance to 562 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 1: win the Masters and didn't get it done, was devastated 563 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: by that and then wanted to make a point and 564 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: win the next major. And I definitely think that that 565 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 1: was the mindset. I definitely think he was in that 566 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: headspace to where he was like, Okay, I should have 567 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 1: won the Masters. I let that one slip away, and 568 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to go get the job done at the 569 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: next one. And he did it. The emotions that you 570 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 1: go through when you watch players, I mean, you spend 571 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: more time with these guys than you do with your 572 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: own families. So when you spend time with them as 573 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: much as you know those of us on the teams, 574 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: of these guys do when they you know, I I 575 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 1: I walked to the I was in the clubhouse. I 576 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,800 Speaker 1: was doing some TV for Sky. You couldn't see anything, 577 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 1: so it's just easier. And I knew I'd be able 578 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: to watch everything, you know, every shot that Brooks hit, 579 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: I knew I'd be able to watch it on TV. 580 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: When he was going to the eighteenth hole, the eighteenth tee, 581 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,200 Speaker 1: I walked over, made the walk over to to go 582 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: stand behind the eighteenth green and was getting you know, 583 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 1: when I saw that he'd hit the ball in the 584 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 1: middle of the fairway on eighteen because that is a 585 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: difficult drive. You hit it in that bunker, you're you're 586 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: struggling to make par and you know, you're just you're 587 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: filled with a lot of you know, a lot of emotions, 588 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 1: or at least I was, And you know, you're watching 589 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 1: a player that you know has been through so much, 590 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: and you know, to to the hug that he gave 591 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,279 Speaker 1: Ricky Elliott on the on the on the eighteenth green. 592 00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 1: If you know Brooks, that's real, that's who he really 593 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: is as a person. Brooks can sometimes kind of act 594 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 1: like he's an alpha kind of sometimes act like a 595 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: tough guy, sometimes act like he doesn't care, but privately 596 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,279 Speaker 1: is a very very different person, and those of us 597 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: that are lucky enough to know him privately see a 598 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,719 Speaker 1: different side of him. I mean, obviously, the fans and 599 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,480 Speaker 1: everyone listening to the podcast, you guys don't know him. 600 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:24,920 Speaker 1: I mean, you don't know. We don't know any of 601 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: these players, right, But when you're lucky enough like I am, 602 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:32,320 Speaker 1: to know what they're really really like, it's it's fun, 603 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 1: it's amazing, and you know, I'm just I'm just proud 604 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: of him. You know, it takes a lot. You know, 605 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 1: I put out a post on social that you know, 606 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: everybody gets knocked down, right, but it's what you do 607 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: after you get knocked down that really really matters. And 608 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,920 Speaker 1: I think this is an opportunity for Brooks to have 609 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 1: a second phase of his career. And if he's healthy 610 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: and if he can stay healthy, which I think he can, 611 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 1: and his golf continues to be where it is, I 612 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,400 Speaker 1: think over the next five years he's going to be 613 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 1: forced to be reckoned with and if he qualifies for 614 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:17,480 Speaker 1: the Ryder Cup team, automatically because of the points. I 615 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,360 Speaker 1: don't know how you keep them off that team, and 616 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:26,640 Speaker 1: then hopefully I actually want that to happen. I want 617 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,680 Speaker 1: Brooks to be on the Ryder Cup team because then 618 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: we've got players that play on Live winning major championships. 619 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 1: We've got players that play on Live playing in the 620 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 1: Ryder Cup and it's golf. We're just this isn't rocket science, 621 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:46,120 Speaker 1: Mark Karen Cancer out here, folks. This is professional sports. 622 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,759 Speaker 1: These are athletes, and Brooks's an athlete made the choice 623 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,400 Speaker 1: to go to Live. I think a lot of people 624 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,479 Speaker 1: have tried to portray Brooks as a guy that wants 625 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 1: to come back to the PGA Tour. I promise you, 626 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: I promise you. I've never heard Brooks mentioned that once. 627 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 1: You know, he has probably been in more meetings for 628 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,680 Speaker 1: Live and his team than any of the other team 629 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,839 Speaker 1: captains and team owners on Live. So I haven't seen 630 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: him do anything other than be fully invested in Live. 631 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,279 Speaker 1: It was a decision, he meant. He has no animosity 632 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: towards the PGA Tour. He doesn't. He saw He told 633 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 1: me he saw Jay Monahan at the PJA champions dinner. 634 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,960 Speaker 1: Said they spoke, said everything was fine. And when he 635 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,719 Speaker 1: played with Roy McElroy at the Masters, everybody tries toy, Oh, 636 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,040 Speaker 1: he's you know, he's playing with Rory because he wants 637 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:36,759 Speaker 1: to come back to the PGA Tour. He's playing with 638 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:41,120 Speaker 1: Rory because he normally plays a practice round a couple 639 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,879 Speaker 1: times a year with Rory at a major championship. They're 640 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:45,440 Speaker 1: two of the best players in the world. Why wouldn't 641 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,680 Speaker 1: they play together. They know each other well. They members 642 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:51,560 Speaker 1: at the same club down in Jupiter, they live in 643 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:56,040 Speaker 1: the same town. They played the European Tour together. I 644 00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 1: think that moving forward, I hope is that we can 645 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:05,080 Speaker 1: just talk about the great golf that these players are playing. 646 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 1: And enough with all of this Live versus the PGA Tour. 647 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just it's gotten so out of hand, 648 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:18,879 Speaker 1: and I think a lot of people that were anti live, 649 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 1: you know, need to ask themselves, Okay, now what now what? 650 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 1: Because what's the narrative. Now? The narrative was they all 651 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,440 Speaker 1: took money, they were all committing career suicide, and they 652 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,239 Speaker 1: weren't weren't going to be able to play because they 653 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,080 Speaker 1: only played fifty four holes and it was an exhibition. 654 00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:38,040 Speaker 1: And now you have those guys playing go to majors, 655 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,719 Speaker 1: and now you have one of those guys winning a 656 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:43,360 Speaker 1: major championship and has a legit chance to be on 657 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,359 Speaker 1: the Ryder Cup team and qualify for the Rider Cup team, 658 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 1: not even have to have a pick. He could qualify 659 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:52,319 Speaker 1: and it'll be interesting to see what the powers that 660 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,320 Speaker 1: be do that. But I know a lot of people 661 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,560 Speaker 1: are gonna not like this comment, but I think Brooks 662 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:04,760 Speaker 1: winning his fifth major was a good win for golf 663 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:09,239 Speaker 1: because we got to see some great golf. We got 664 00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:13,439 Speaker 1: to see some great golf and Brooks from Vic Scotti Scheffler, man, 665 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: I mean, this guy just he just doesn't go away. 666 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,720 Speaker 1: And I think the golf that that Scottie Scheffler's playing 667 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:25,400 Speaker 1: is so good. And because I've been on Live for 668 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,239 Speaker 1: so for really since June, I love coming back to 669 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,360 Speaker 1: the Majors because I get to see a lot of 670 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,200 Speaker 1: these guys, they get to watch them hit golf balls, 671 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:35,400 Speaker 1: and to be on a driving range and get to 672 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: watch Scottie Schefler hit golf balls. I mean, he's definitely 673 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:47,000 Speaker 1: somebody else stop and watch and oh kill tough, tough 674 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 1: golf course. And you know, I definitely thought last week 675 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: some of the best players in the world stood up 676 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:55,279 Speaker 1: and you know, went toe to toe with each other, 677 00:39:55,320 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: and Brooks Kepka came out on top. I think us open. Yeah, 678 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,279 Speaker 1: I mean, it's going to be really interesting to see 679 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:06,759 Speaker 1: if this trend can continue, if these if we can 680 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:10,640 Speaker 1: have these great players continue to play well. But you know, 681 00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:17,680 Speaker 1: right now, through two majors, John Rahm, Brooks Koepka, I'm 682 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,200 Speaker 1: I'm definitely here for that, and I can't wait for 683 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:23,440 Speaker 1: the next two majors, and I'm excited to see it. 684 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:28,120 Speaker 1: And Brooks is back and he's not going anywhere, so 685 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:35,200 Speaker 1: definitely definitely proud of him and excited to see what 686 00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,000 Speaker 1: he can do. That's the eighth major I've been a 687 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,239 Speaker 1: part of. I got to watch Ernie els Whin. I 688 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,480 Speaker 1: worked with Ernie when he won in twenty twelve, that 689 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,440 Speaker 1: live them, worked with DJ for his two majors, and 690 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,960 Speaker 1: now that's five with with Brooks, and they are just 691 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:54,239 Speaker 1: as a coach, they are just they're so special to 692 00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,800 Speaker 1: be a part of. And I am just so unbelievably 693 00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:02,240 Speaker 1: lucky that the players that I work with and trust 694 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,879 Speaker 1: me to help them with their golf. And I say 695 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,239 Speaker 1: this all the time. I learn way more from them 696 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:10,720 Speaker 1: than I think they sometimes learn from me. So, Brooks 697 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:19,320 Speaker 1: Koepka twenty twenty three PGA Champion. Anybody, did anybody listening 698 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 1: have that down last year at this time that Brooks 699 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,719 Speaker 1: was going to be the twenty twenty three I mean, 700 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,000 Speaker 1: I didn't, and I can't imagine a lot of other 701 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,839 Speaker 1: people did. But I think it's good. I think it's 702 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,680 Speaker 1: good for the game, and I'm looking forward to see 703 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:37,440 Speaker 1: what Brooks can do in the majors for the rest 704 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:42,600 Speaker 1: of the year. Thank you everyone for listening. We're gonna 705 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: continue to get good guests. We've got some great podcasts 706 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:48,720 Speaker 1: in the can coming, and we've got some great podcasts. 707 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:50,799 Speaker 1: If you're a new listener and you haven't gone back through, 708 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,399 Speaker 1: we've got a bunch. I'm gonna get Brooks on. I'm 709 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:55,359 Speaker 1: gonna let him die down from this. Definitely gonna try 710 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,560 Speaker 1: and get Ricky Elliott on because I think, you know, 711 00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:00,359 Speaker 1: the perspective of the caddies is always good. I actually 712 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,800 Speaker 1: think it would be really cool get Brooks and Ricky 713 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,959 Speaker 1: on together and kind of talk to get them talking 714 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,839 Speaker 1: about that interaction that they have on the golf course 715 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,760 Speaker 1: and stuff, because I think that'd be really fascinating to listen, 716 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:15,839 Speaker 1: But thanks everyone for listening, Rate, review, Subscribe wherever you 717 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,600 Speaker 1: get your podcasts. Son of a Bunch, I'm just to 718 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,359 Speaker 1: you every Wednesday. We'll see you next week.