1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: It's just astonished me to in this world you would 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: play eighteen holes of golf, you would put on a 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: coat and tie, you would have lunch, drink the entire 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: fucking time and then you would go back and play 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: golf again. I never it never even dawned on me 6 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: that for a person would come up with that. I said, 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: this has to be the Scottish that would come up 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: with this ship because there's no other nobody else would 9 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: do it, you know. So we we did that. Great 10 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: Love the course, loved the people. We had great host Um. 11 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: We went in, did the proper lunch, which was probably 12 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: the most unique experience for me of the entire thing 13 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: because I've never done anything like that. Put another log 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: on the fire what he hears get the time. Welcome 15 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: to the fire pit with Matt Chanella. In part one 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: of this podcast we covered the start of what was 17 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: the best buddies trip in and around the playing of 18 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: the Open Championship in St Andrew's. Not Even Cam Smith 19 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: had more fun than this band of brothers, which included 20 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: Peyton Eli and Cooper Manning, plus Eric Church, Taylor's Arzer, 21 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: Joe Lecava, Jim Nance, John Daly and Moore. We pick 22 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: it back up on Monday morning. There are two rounds, 23 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: one robe, a historic open and a cemetery trip into 24 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,559 Speaker 1: their adventure. Here's Cooper Manning as they depart the RUSSICK's hotel. 25 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: The remainder of their itinerary includes some of the best 26 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: courses in Scotland and then they're off to Royal County 27 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: Down in Northern Ireland, what many consider the number one 28 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: course in the world. The next morning, Monday, we get out, 29 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: there we go. We're getting a bus and this is right. 30 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: and Um, normally it's like a two hour rod, I think, 31 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: maybe two twenty, to North Berrick. We uh, we jump 32 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: in a van and go to this field not very far. 33 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: and Um, we had already packed, sent our luggage and 34 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: we jumped on a helicopter and went over to North 35 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: Barrick Ay to us, I mean, you know, I think 36 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: it was a twelve minute ride or something. It was 37 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: rolling there, you know, uh, just crunched up, the tall 38 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: guys in the middle, medium, tall guys back. Of course 39 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: they make marshalls sitting in front of the shortest guy. 40 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: You got marshalls running, you know, a shotgun being the 41 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: short guy actually paid you know, paid off. It did it? 42 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: Did you know? Cooper was trying to wiggle his way 43 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: up there in the pilot looked over him and said 44 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: now you gotta get in the back. Marshall sits up 45 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: front and uh, you know, it was good. You know 46 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: it's a little Um. You know you're you're it's tight 47 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: space and everything, but it was great. It was good. 48 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: You can just about see North Barrick. You know the 49 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: golf corps us from the old course. But if if 50 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: you don't have some sort of way to go over 51 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: the water or on the water, then you have to 52 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: go around it and it's going to take a couple 53 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: of hours to get there. And that was that was 54 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: clutch to be able to to cut off that time 55 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: and get to North Berrick with with plenty of time 56 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: to spare to play. On Monday. We literally just in 57 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: a yard like it like a field. Helicopter shows up 58 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: and we're off to North Barrick. I don't even remember 59 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: where the hell we landed, but it wasn't. It's just 60 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: right there's in another field, I think. I can't remember. 61 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: And then we got we go there and we're playing. 62 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: We played. I played with the pro that day. They 63 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: only had. We only had two two foursomes. So some guys, 64 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: so Um mark, eubanks and Marshall, said we're not gonna 65 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: play this morning, we're gonna go get a workout. There's something. 66 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: So we played. I played with the played with two pros. 67 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: Pro At north Barrick, Martin was an absolute delight. Funny. 68 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: We had a we had a good money game there 69 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: and I do know Martin and I uh put it 70 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: on Peyton and and Weapron that day, which is, and 71 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: I'm still hating, collected. It's funny how that works here's 72 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: been weapron. The pro at North Barrack was somebody that 73 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: they that cooper, thought would be a good voice. So 74 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: I played so bad at North Park. Don't call him. 75 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: You check your when you're when your average roop score 76 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: for a week is like, uh, don't you know what 77 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: I mean? Like you don't want to see it. Hi, 78 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: I'm Martin Hush. I'm the head professional here at North 79 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: Barrick Golf Club and I've been head professional since two 80 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: thousand and nine, taking over from my father that was 81 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: here for forty two years prior to that. So it's 82 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: it's in the family and I started working for my 83 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: dad in so I've been here in north for thirty 84 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: one year, so I do know what Cummute to work now, 85 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: which is nice. And then, ironically, my grandfather, my mom's Dad, 86 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: was also the provint Gull and some were miles away. 87 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: So kind of steeped, steeped in the history of East Lothian. 88 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: My God, this is like you guys are like the 89 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: Morris family of Saint Andrew's. Well, well, maybe maybe slightly 90 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: better sailors, but apart from that, I don't know. When 91 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: did you first catch wind of the idea that this, 92 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: this group of Buddies was coming through? So this was 93 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: this was a weird one for me because I I 94 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: got an email from a well respected golf professional in 95 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: in the US, Mr Bob Ford, who was at Seminole, 96 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: and that I knew him from seminole and he gave me, 97 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: he gave me a buzz and said, look, I've got 98 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: these guys that are coming into town and is there 99 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: any way we can get them on North Berwick because 100 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: they've they've tried to get tea off times in North 101 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: Beric and they were unsuccessful in their application. And so 102 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: it said, is there anyway that we can get these 103 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: guys on. So when Mr Ford phones, Mr Ford gets 104 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: gets what he was. He's a phenomenal gentleman. And so 105 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: we got a couple of guys together, myself and one 106 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 1: other we we booked some of our advanced guest tickets 107 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: and we put them on the guest sheet without knowing 108 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: really who it was. And then when when we go 109 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: that time, Mr Ford and let us know, you know, 110 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: the nature of the people that were coming and you know, 111 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: we were obviously delighted to be able to host them 112 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: and treat them as our guests. Here's Eli on getting 113 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: back to North Berrick. For my last trip, when we 114 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: went fourteen years ago with my dad and two brothers, 115 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: north Berrick was my favorite my favorite course from that 116 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: trip and I think it's a combination of the course, 117 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: but also on that day fourteen years ago we you know, uh, 118 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: we did the long drive. So we played somewhere that morning, 119 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: did the drive, you know, kind ahead. There was just 120 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: us for in a bus for two hours. You know, 121 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: I had, you know, a box lunch and had, you know, 122 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: fish and chips and a couple of beers and you know, 123 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: I think we ked off at six PM at North 124 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: Beric into a brutal win, you know, right in the face. 125 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: We all shot a, you know, a big number. But then, 126 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: you know, had that win, you know, right at our 127 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: back to that back nine and everybody goes low to 128 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: kind of you know it to finish up at nine 129 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: thirty at night and just like what what a day, 130 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: you know, to sit and kind of see the sun 131 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: going down and just put a special place and what 132 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: a what a cool you know, the Dan Hole, the 133 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: the wall hole. So just, you know, some awesome you know, 134 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: had somebody laughs. Uh, my dad got stuck behind that wall. 135 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: I just couldn't quite get that ball over a few times. 136 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: They had like hit one backwards and you hit the 137 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: wall again, and so just uh, you know, just those 138 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: fun laughs you can have, you know, with your family. 139 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: So I was excited to play it again. This one. 140 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: I was you know, Um, you know, for the most part, 141 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: everything else was new, but it's like, if we gotta 142 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: play one I I played before, I definitely wanted to 143 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: be North Berk and and uh and just, you know, 144 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: just a special place. So, you know, just you know, 145 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: so much fun. Uh, had a great, great match with 146 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: Church and Taylor and Um, you know, a lot of 147 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: a lot of action going on, a lot of back 148 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: and forth, and so it was a it was a, 149 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: you know, still one of my favorite spots. These are 150 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: like gladiators of American sports and air church is a 151 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: big but do you have, did you have, any sense 152 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: of who these guys are? Yeah, I mean I obviously 153 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: heard of all the manning brothers. At that stage I didn't, 154 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: I had never known, had never met Cooper, but Eli 155 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: and Peyton were obviously big figures even, you know, even 156 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 1: in the sleepy holes of the east of Scotland. So 157 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: we certainly knew who they were. We didn't, and I 158 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: didn't probably quite grasp just how how gigantic these guys 159 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: are within their industry. But when I was discussing at home, 160 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: were sitting at one evening that I've said to my 161 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: to my wife and my my daughter in law to 162 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: be in the next couple of weeks is getting married 163 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: and that the Peton brothers were coming to play with it. 164 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: You know, they were pretty nondescript. And then I said 165 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: Him we're playing with this other guy called Eric Church, 166 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: and my daughter in law just about fell off her seat. 167 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: She's an enormous country Western fan and to even have 168 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 1: the contemplation that Eric was going to be not only 169 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: in Scotland but playing with the future following law was 170 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: it was kind of kind of blew her mind. Just 171 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: talk for a second just about how special North Bark 172 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: is and and where it sits in kind of the 173 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: the ecosystem of Scotland's Scotland's elite level of golf experience. Yeah, 174 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: I mean we're very lucky. North Barrick has this wonderful 175 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: history within the place it's golf was golf was played 176 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: or played. It's reninned have been played since sixteen eleven 177 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: and off Berwick. Somebody got up find for playing golf 178 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 1: on the Sabbath in sixteen eleven, so they must have 179 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: been playing golf before that. Um Not guaranteed that was 180 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: on the West links but somewhere in the town. But 181 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: our golf club was formalized in the eighteen thirty two 182 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: when it became the golf club that it is now. 183 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: But we have this unique place where we start in 184 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: the middle of the town, we work our way out 185 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,839 Speaker 1: onto a narrow strip of land that we call the 186 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: links land between the sea and the and the town 187 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: and it's just as really unique natural place to play golf. 188 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: There's no architect being attributed to the course. But when 189 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: you get holes coming down the back stretch called pit 190 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 1: and perfection and Ridan, and then we have an original 191 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 1: Bearrett's green and a punch bowl style green on seventeen, 192 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: there's so much history, you know, if you take the pit, 193 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: for instance, whole number thirteen, you drive drive down the 194 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: fairway and then you're obscured by a wall to the 195 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 1: green us. So the green sits in a little valley 196 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: the other side of the wall, catching the edge of 197 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: the coastline, you know. And when, when the guys were 198 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: we're coming up to that whole. I mean to be fair, 199 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: one of our one of our playing partners, had already 200 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: visited that whole playing the fifth so we had a 201 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: bit of an understanding of what was going to go on. 202 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: He was a little bit ripe of target, but he 203 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: shall be unnamed. And so once we've seen that, the 204 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: history of that and the just the design and the 205 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: style of it is it's just so unique, you know, 206 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: and and being going formally for a hundred and ninety years. 207 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's just phenomenon and we're lucky enough 208 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: to be in the top hundred golf courses in the 209 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: world and our rankings go up and up. And even today, 210 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: I mean we're we're prepping for a whole of the 211 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: ladies coming to us to try to qualify for the 212 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: British ladies. So the golf course is busy every day. 213 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: There's there's formal competitions, there's these body trips, there's people 214 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: playing it for the first time, people returning for the 215 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: fiftieth time. I mean it's it's it's unique because there's 216 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: nothing like it. There's nothing like it. He can't help 217 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: but follow in love with North Bay. Well, I'M I 218 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: WON'T STEAL MR churches thunder since you're going to talk 219 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: to him later today, but I've got a feeling he's 220 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: going to to tell you how special that was to him. 221 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 1: I thought it was the if if I were going 222 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: to play, of course, every day, out of all the 223 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: courses we played on this trip, that would be the 224 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: one that I would pick. It is just it's so 225 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: much fun and it's the variety of shots, the amount 226 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 1: of commitment you have to make two blind shots Um 227 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: right there on the sea. We had a beautiful day. 228 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: It was it was a little bit on the hot sides. 229 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: Certainly for the Scots it were. It was Um but, 230 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: you know, to see treasure island right out there and 231 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: in the big rock and then just that the North 232 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: Sea coastline like that was Um. Was So neat. And 233 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: you're right, the rock wall as you're coming in those 234 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: last few holes, the the iconic photographs that everybody takes. 235 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: We certainly took one too. Um. I loved it. I 236 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: loved everything about it. I played with Eric in an 237 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: Eli and Um Eric hit one into the North Sea 238 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: off of the first tea and and the caddy said 239 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: I can see your golf ball and Eric said, well, 240 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: we're going to play it, and Um Eli and are 241 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: just talking on the first green and all of a 242 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: sudden this ball just lands about ten ft away from 243 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: us on the green and it looked like an Eric 244 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: Church concert. He just emerges like from out in the 245 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: North Sea and he's got his sunglasses on and the 246 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: hair is up and he's got this huge smile in 247 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: his face and he said that's for Birdie Boys. It 248 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: was my favorite course of the trip. Um. I just 249 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: I didn't know anything about it and I loved how, 250 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: you know, they had the rock wall that kind of 251 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,479 Speaker 1: meanders through it. It It just looked like the Scottish countryside 252 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: at the coast there at the water. I love the VIBE. 253 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: I played well, which helps, and you know, so for 254 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: me I just Um, that was my favorite course that 255 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: we played. They're all phenomenal and that's probably not fair 256 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: to say it. A lot of it is how you play. 257 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: But for me I didn't know anything about it and 258 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: to walk in and I found myself about the turn 259 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: going I love this, you know. So it just felt 260 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: like old country golf, you know, experience and Um, we 261 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: had a phenomenal, phenomenal day. Um, that day, Monday Bactis, 262 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: ours are on church, the dogged scrambler. If you put 263 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: this guy in a position of adversity, he's always going 264 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: to come through. Peyton. Had A lot of comments throughout 265 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: the throughout the trip about how church will get up 266 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: and down from from anywhere. UH, he did. A few 267 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: holes later, hit it way left and the caddy said 268 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: you're in lion territory and Eric said there are lions 269 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: year and he said no, if you find it you're lying. 270 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: I thought that was I thought that was a great line. Uh, 271 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: but we we had such a blast and Eric just 272 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: was raving about the golf course throughout the entire time 273 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: and I'm like you. I thought, I thought that would 274 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: be the one that we really we felt great about. 275 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: I think we already knew. You know, I played county 276 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: down and I knew so much about Merefield. Already had 277 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: high hopes for that and I think that most of 278 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: our group didn't know as much about North Barrick and 279 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: it just blew our minds. Did He make that Birdie? 280 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: Put on one? He didn't make it. No, but he 281 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: he still won the whole of the four net three shockingly. 282 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: At that point. Did you have to dial in and 283 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: listen to a little Eric Church music? Yeah, so now 284 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: he's on my playlist in my car when I go 285 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: up and die, you know, springsteen is the is the 286 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: is the track that gets played, and and drinking my 287 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: hand as well, you know. So I quite like the 288 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: idea I find my drink in my hand. So that 289 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: kind of I could have worked quite nicely. So he was, 290 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: he was really kind of He'd Um. We got a 291 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: Bot an LP and he was very gracious enough to 292 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: sign it off to on that for him, for our 293 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: so yeah, I have a nice little gift to give 294 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: my daughter in lawn a few weeks time. Did you 295 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: get to play with Eric? No, so I I partnered 296 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: cooper and against Peyton and then Mr Weppring. So Cooper 297 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: and I have Peyton's money as we speak, which is 298 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: quite nice. It's gonna be nice to be able to 299 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: to add you in and and create some local flavor. 300 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: And thanks for making the time. Yeah, you're most welcome 301 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: for some golf. Didn't end that day at North Berrick. 302 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: Golan is just down the street. Here's ours are again. 303 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: You guys went over to lunch and Goling and a 304 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: couple of you went out. We did. Um, I knew 305 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: that several of US would be a little gassed. Um, 306 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: Mr Church and Cooper, Um and Ben. Saturday out and 307 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 1: and of course Peyton said, Taylor, we're playing golf this afternoon. 308 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: So Peyton and Eli and I played with the head 309 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: pro Alistair in the in the afternoon. Played Gallen number 310 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: one for a guy who who hit the Hay. First night. 311 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 1: You went to the cemetery. You were one of the 312 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: guys who went to golling. Like you know, everyone's peeling off, 313 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: like you know, like to your point, you're not. You're 314 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: the guy on the buddy streep who's in for everything. I'men, 315 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: I'm the end guy. I'm let's let's do it. That's 316 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: like my that's my that's my saying. You know, it's like, Hey, 317 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 1: we could do this or this. I'm like, you know, 318 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: we could go home or we could go somebody. Let's 319 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: let's go. Let's go grow on a trip. I'm like, 320 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: you know my wife good and she's like, you don't 321 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: have to be the last one to go to sleep 322 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: every single night. I'm like, I'm just kind of, you know, 323 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: no man left behind. I gotta make sure everybody settled 324 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,400 Speaker 1: and in their rooms. And you know, the first night, 325 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: you know, no excuse this. You know, time change and 326 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: and I think got me a little bit and this 327 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: a long bed level. But besides that, you know, it's like, Hey, 328 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: I'm not, I don't know when I'm coming to Scotland 329 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: again to play golf. So if there's a chance to play, 330 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 1: of course, you know, let's let's go play it. And so, yeah, 331 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: you know what Weaburn. Weatburn went down, he went out, 332 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,919 Speaker 1: Taylor stepped up and we go to we go to 333 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: Gullen and UH and had had an awesome awesome. I 334 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 1: mean I mean weather, it's so you're not that good, 335 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 1: you know, eighty degrees and sunny in Scotland again. You 336 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 1: gotta take advantage of it to be on that course 337 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: and the views and just uh, it's going to be 338 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: a perfect condition. So it was played with the pro 339 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 1: uh there and, you know, had an awesome, awesome day 340 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: and had a fun match Peyton and I had a 341 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: great match against Eli and Alistair that that we tied 342 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: and we we had to Payton and I had to 343 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: rally in order to to force that tie, which we're 344 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: pretty proud of. But I really enjoyed that golf course too. Um. 345 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:03,400 Speaker 1: You can see how how much history is on display there. 346 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: I mean it's hundreds and hundreds of years of of 347 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: golf being played and it it's the thing that I 348 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: love the most is I'm I'm playing golf with, you know, 349 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: two of the greatest quarterbacks to ever live, and it 350 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: feels like in a way, and you, better than anybody, 351 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: has documented all the great public courses in in in 352 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: North America. It felt like we were just like on 353 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,360 Speaker 1: the tee. It's some great public track, you know, or 354 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 1: some great Muni in the US and I'm standing next 355 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,479 Speaker 1: to these, you know, two legends of the game and 356 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: they're having an experience that they could never have in 357 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: the US. You know that they're in ten minutes. The 358 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: entire town would be there if they tried to do 359 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,199 Speaker 1: that and I love that they were able to have 360 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: a normal experience of gold. Back to Cooper on the 361 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 1: end of Monday night and then we all met and 362 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 1: that we were we built a brand new kind of 363 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: a synthetic big putting grain shipping air yet and we 364 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: set outside at North Barrack, at the Marine Hotel and 365 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: had dinner delivered to us outside as a quarters night. 366 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: Bones Mackay was there, Michael Grella was there, bones brother 367 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: had a trip plan for a couple of years and 368 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: finally got it. And we were out there tunes on 369 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: Um and just having dinner and and everybody was kind 370 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: of cooked and we knew we had an early morning. 371 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: We had a seven forty tea time at Merefield the 372 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: next morning. Two Times, three times before we get to Merefield. 373 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: Here's Church's final reflections on North Barrick. And then that 374 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: night we end up. Man's got a great spot there, 375 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: you know, out on the back of the hotel that 376 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: there's putting green chipping and we had dinner out there 377 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: and we were betting and chipping on, you know, and 378 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 1: the way into the wee hours of the night. So Um, 379 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: it was just a for me. That was my favorite 380 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 1: altogether day of the trip. Here's Marshall Alexander and then 381 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: you really lose track of what time it is because 382 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,640 Speaker 1: it done getting dark until eleven thirty or midnight. So, 383 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: you know, we're finishing dinner. I'm like, okay, it's like 384 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: nine o'clock. is probably going to bed and it's it's 385 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: one o'clock in the morning. Then you got to get 386 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: up at a six thirty called the next day to 387 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 1: go play. So Um, it kind of reminds me of that. 388 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: What's that Peter Francie Song? Um, you know, I woke 389 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: up this morning with a wine glass in my hand. 390 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: WHO's wine? What wine? Where the hell did I dine? 391 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: I can't believe where I've been. Must have been a dream. 392 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: Let's do it again. You know, it's kind of sums 393 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 1: it up for me. Back to Ben Wepron, I mean 394 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: the amount of red meat and fish and chips and 395 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: we drank in every mew like it was we didn't miss. 396 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 1: We we didn't shore anything right that it was like 397 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: y'all take the U, you know, Avocado smoothie bowl or 398 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: the keen wall, like we went fish and chips or 399 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: steak every single I mean somebody wanted to fish one night, 400 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: like anover Solor, and I don't know what it was like. 401 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 1: Everybody made fun of him, so I don't I think 402 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,360 Speaker 1: it was an Eli. Sounds that right. It certainly wasn't 403 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: the church. You guys went hard, like red meat, red meat, wine, drinks. 404 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 1: You know, it was you guys and you weren't skipping 405 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: on calories, he said. But there might have been one 406 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 1: person who ordered fish at one point, maybe a dover soul, 407 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 1: and he goes, I think it was Eli, and we 408 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: gave him a ton of shipped for it. I did think. 409 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: The third yeah, the third night I have you know, 410 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: we got we got play, met a little fish. I 411 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: thought it was like get gallop or something. Maybe you know, 412 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 1: it's just like I can't have red meat every single, 413 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: every single meal. Eli at one point order to fish. 414 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 1: Were you there for when? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Bo, no, 415 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: there was no and when he did, I ordered a burger. 416 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: They had like a Burger thing there with bacon thick cut. 417 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: I was like, come on, man, you can't do that 418 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: on guy's trip. You can't order fish. This is not 419 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 1: the time to start thinking about your health. We've we've 420 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: destroyed ourselves for five days in a row. Let's not 421 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: quit now. Don't make us feel guilty. You. That's right, 422 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,959 Speaker 1: that's right. We're all together. We're all in this together. Also, 423 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 1: just down the street from North Berrick is Mirfield. The 424 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: original old Tom Morris Design, has hosted sixteen open championships 425 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: and is set to host the women's open August. Four 426 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: through the seventh. Taylor's oars on this memorable day at 427 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: one of the most iconic venues in Scotland and Mirfield's 428 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: perfect day is golf, lunch, Golf. What. What did you 429 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: guys do? That's exactly what we did. We we had 430 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: our first tea. Time was seven twenty. Um. I think 431 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,199 Speaker 1: Peyton was on the bus at Eric got on the 432 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: bus at seven Oh four, um, after a few a 433 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: few calls, and he looked at all of us like 434 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: what are we doing? But we we got over there and, Um, 435 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: we played our own ball, which, as you know, doesn't 436 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: that's not really the preferred game at Merefield, but we 437 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: we wanted to do that because almost all of us 438 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: had never played there before. So we wanted to play 439 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: our own ball and we did that. We had we 440 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: had three groups that went off at seven thirty and 441 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 1: seven forty. We played our own ball. We we had 442 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: a beer um after we finished there, just just right 443 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: on the patio, that is, right next to the right 444 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: in front of the Eighteenth Green, played with members, the captain. 445 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: They had us, they had US ready. The gentleman who 446 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: who takes the Carras their George Smiley, at Nearfield, was 447 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: wearing us. He was wearing his old Miss Uh Zip, 448 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: pretty lie and me. So he was. He was ready 449 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: for us. He had a picture of us when we 450 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 1: went back in Oh eight with my dad, you know, 451 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: fourteen years ago. He was, he was, he was ready 452 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: and we said that we played. We played near field. 453 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: was phenomenal. Real hot. I think about a hot day, 454 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: wasn't it was a perfect day for for a southerner 455 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: and Um played there. Uh then went in and had 456 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: the traditional to put on our coat and tie there 457 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: had some wine. Eli was in chargeable wine. He brought 458 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: a bunch of big magnums and this big suitcase and 459 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: Magadum just always had him was generous. Uh. These guys 460 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 1: enjoyed that all the all the members great guys. But 461 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: we think he may have made human history by bringing 462 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: his own wine to the mere field lunch, a tradition 463 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 1: that's been going on for hundreds of years and I'm 464 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: not sure any member guests brought their own libation with them, 465 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: but two time super bowl champion Eli Manning did. I 466 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,880 Speaker 1: kind of had some wine saved for the Big Rory Win. 467 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 1: That didn't happen. So we we we we didn't. We 468 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: didn't drink all of it, so I in staid said 469 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 1: and saved it for the mere field lunch. And so 470 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: he had to, you know, big bottles of red wine 471 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: at lunch. We had a Hardano state was one and 472 00:25:55,520 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: then the other was a h was a Levy McClellan 473 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 1: is absolutely know the name of it, which you know. 474 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: Bob Levi is the winemaker at Harlana state and his 475 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,360 Speaker 1: wife Martha's a winemaker at Napa Valley. It's a big 476 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: two magnums of those two. It was what we were 477 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: what we were having our hosts for. Great it was. 478 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: It was awesome. You know, the proper lunch and you 479 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,679 Speaker 1: put on a suit. I had to teach Eric how 480 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 1: to tie tie. He didn't know how to do that. Um, yeah, 481 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: I think that's the first time he's wanted to tie 482 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: since high school graduation. When's the last time you've tied 483 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,479 Speaker 1: a tie? Probably an award show or a funeral, one 484 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: or the other. I mean it's been it's been a 485 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: good I used to do it, so it's been. It's 486 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: been a long it's a good, good test. There's someone, 487 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: I think Taylor, said he had to. He had he 488 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: had to tie your tie for yourself. He had too much. 489 00:26:53,880 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 1: That's true, I can tell you. For months I've been 490 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 1: building up this lunch, you know, like I'm aware of 491 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: the lunch at national and a few other great clubs 492 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: that have these have this great tradition. But I kept 493 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: telling especially Mr Church, that this, this lunch, is gonna 494 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: be life altering. You know this is they do it 495 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:23,959 Speaker 1: right at at Merefield, and when you hype something up 496 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: that much, you know you can be you can be 497 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: let down. We we were not it. Um, it out 498 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: kicked the hype and it was it was sensational. You 499 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: have four courses, you have the beer and then you've 500 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: got a drink and then you've got Eli's wine and 501 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: then you've got the Kimmel that that you drink to 502 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: to wash it all down afterwards. It was a full experience. 503 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: It just astonished me that in this world you would 504 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 1: play eighteen holes of golf, you would put on a 505 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 1: coat and tie, you would have lunch, drink the entire 506 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: fucking time and then you would go back and play 507 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: Golfic it. I never it never even dawned on me 508 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 1: that for a person would come up with that. I said, 509 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,239 Speaker 1: this has to be the Scottish that would come up 510 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: with this ship because there's no other nobody else would 511 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: do it, you know. So we we did that. Great 512 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,360 Speaker 1: Love the course, loved the people. We had great host Um. 513 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: We went in did the proper lunch, which was probably 514 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 1: the most unique experience for me of the entire thing 515 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: because I've never done anything like that. I mean I've 516 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: never seen, you know, everybody's. You don't really shower, you 517 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: just come in and rip off your golf clothes and 518 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: it's kind of a put together coat and tie. I 519 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,199 Speaker 1: mean it's not doesn't have to look that great. You 520 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: just have to have a coat and town and it 521 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: is a massive lunch. I mean it is not they're 522 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: not playing around. It's, you know, from pheasant, the primary 523 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: of everything you could look at. It was like thanksgift, 524 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 1: you know, for me. So we did that. And then 525 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: they have that. They have a drink over there called Kumel, 526 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: which is like a liquorice liqueur. I Hate Lita Hey 527 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: and I felt like the main host kept going, hey, 528 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: I want you to we have to do this. This 529 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: is it's only here. I only do this here. I said, okay, 530 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: I tried it. It's so thick, it's like Siri, and 531 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: I give my best shot. You know, I probably drank 532 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: an ounce of it. Maybe I just couldn't do yeah, 533 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 1: we had such a blast and that, you know, the 534 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: proper lunch of the history there, the rules of Golfer there. 535 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: You know, we all love that. Everybody there is is 536 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 1: due to history and you know, love all the texture 537 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: of that place. And then you had the uh, what's 538 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 1: at the drink? The UH, what's it called? I can't 539 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: think of the name. What is that drink? They everybody 540 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: keeps referencing and trying to figure out the name of 541 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,719 Speaker 1: that special mere field. You drink, you wash, it all 542 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: down with. Yeah, it's a I'm drawing a blank on 543 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: and I had trouble pronouncing it. Uh, what if other 544 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: people said it's supposed to be pronounced like have you 545 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: got that? Have you got you gotta rhyme me, like 546 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: liquorice sort of thing that we drank. I can't think 547 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: what it's called. He said it a thousand times. We 548 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: it's like the drink that you only drink there. It's 549 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: like a gold schlager kind of thing. Anyway, I'm drawing 550 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: a blank. Uh. I couldn't get it. I couldn't. I 551 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: couldn't pronounce it. I drank it matter I got took 552 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: a picture, a group picture. I'm actually still holding it. Uh, 553 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: but it was a first for me to have. I 554 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: didn't have that fifteen years ago. But you know, you 555 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: want to be respectful to your host. This is kind 556 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 1: of a tradition. Uh. So we did it. So I'm 557 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 1: not sure I'll have it again. I'll say that he 558 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: was the first. Of all, was the thickest drink, you know, 559 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: drink that I've ever had. It was extremely thick. It's 560 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: clear and, Um, I don't even like it looks kind 561 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: of like ever clear, which is dangerous in itself, but 562 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: it's a lot thicker than that. And they say that, 563 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 1: you know, this is basically Um washing out all the 564 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,239 Speaker 1: mistakes you've just made with with this massive lunch. It's 565 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 1: supposed to clinge you after, after finishing this meal, and 566 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: then see, then you do um traditional shot at Komel, 567 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: I think that's how you pronounce it. It's this real 568 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 1: sweet um licorice, but it's clear. And Uh so the 569 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: joke was, you know, some players play. How do you 570 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: play after? How well do you play after lunch? You know, 571 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: some people, once they get sauce stuff, their game goes 572 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: to ship and some people get a lot better. So 573 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: that was the running joke of like who's who's the 574 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: better player after a long lunch, after a proper lunch, 575 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: I should say. And we said there and drinking one 576 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: and went into the road, had some Kummel, Kimmel, that 577 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 1: that drink they drink. That's just I mean, it didn't 578 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: make you forget your middle name, it just knocks it out. 579 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: I mean church, Church, who will drink anything hard. It's 580 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 1: like don'tally, I can drink this. And even you know, 581 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,960 Speaker 1: it scared him a little bit. And Uh and then 582 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: you sure enough, you go back in, put your golf 583 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: close back on and we're going to play alternate shot. 584 00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: And I was wondering how how upright we'd be for 585 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: the foursomes in the afternoon. But but I can tell 586 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:09,479 Speaker 1: you that team weapons slash tars are played potentially our 587 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: best golf in UH ENFORCEOM's action. WE WE CLOSED OUT UM, 588 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: Mr Church and in our host, Brent Enman, rather quickly 589 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: in ENFORCEOM's action in the afternoon, which we were very 590 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: proud of. There's some people that are good at luncheon 591 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: and there some people aren't. So some people, you know, 592 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: after that lunch they can't, they can't handle it. Their 593 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: game goes, goes to the crab. So you can, you know, 594 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: you can make a big turnaround after that lunch, after 595 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: a few drinks and a big lunch and some some Kimmel. Uh, 596 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: you know, things things can change. It helped my game. 597 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: I played much better on the alternate shot than I 598 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 1: did in the morning round. I always played a little 599 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 1: better with a little liquid courage and UH peyton, our partners, 600 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 1: which is always a little dissy in all the shot 601 00:32:56,120 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: with him because he's he's not as should old when 602 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 1: when you hit him and I played, I played well 603 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: and we took care of business, which was fun. beat 604 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: up on old e banks and my buddy mark Mcclain 605 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: is my new best friends remember there. And Uh, Hayton 606 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: rides you like wide receiver. Make sure that you just 607 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 1: gives you that look a lot like I can't do that. 608 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 1: And I was hitting it straight and keep it just 609 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: and we we, we have it. He didn't even but 610 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: he also doesn't give you a compliment at the like 611 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: good playing, buddy. It was just like all right. And 612 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 1: then you go out in the afternoon and you play 613 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: true alternate shot, which, uh, it's really kind of fun, 614 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,719 Speaker 1: especially after you've played your own ball on the boarding, right, 615 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 1: and they kind of picked the teams and it is 616 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 1: true alternate shot. I mean you tee off on one 617 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: and you can hopefully just walk straight to the green 618 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: because your partner is gonna it's gonna knock it on. 619 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 1: And then after you, you know, put out on on one, 620 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 1: you're walking to the middle of the fairway on two. 621 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: So it's something different. You know, it doesn't happen a 622 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 1: lot in the United States, except for maybe a speed 623 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: Shal Tournament. So, uh, we had great hosts there. The 624 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: weather the whole week was incredible, just like it was 625 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,359 Speaker 1: at the British Open. So, you know, wearing shorts there, 626 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 1: shorge sleeve shirts. Uh. Cooper was the only person to 627 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 1: wear high socks as well, which I think is kind 628 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,360 Speaker 1: of a mirror field tradition that I think just the 629 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 1: members are kind of supposed to do. But once again 630 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: cooper got the members red socks, pulled those up to 631 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,279 Speaker 1: his knees. Not a good look by any means, but 632 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,320 Speaker 1: I think cooper was kind of feeling the mirror field spirits. 633 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: There's a rule, you know, I thought the Suretd wear 634 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: long pants and you have you can wear short pants 635 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: there and all the members, you know how they wear 636 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 1: short pants, but they have to wear those red you 637 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 1: have to wear two socks. So I I asked George, 638 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: who kind of he likes me. I said, can I 639 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: wear the socks just for the you know, just for 640 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:51,800 Speaker 1: the effect? Shorts and socks? I mean it's it's the 641 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: worst look ever and all the members know that did 642 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: like this is a terrible look. I don't know why 643 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 1: we do this, but it's fun. He's like you can't 644 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,399 Speaker 1: buy it, not buy it. I go dude, I brought 645 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: my own okay, okay. So I walked out there. I'll 646 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: send your pictures with that too. I'm in my red 647 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: socks next to my remember and these left and at me, 648 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 1: like you know, that was for the oftinate shot. I 649 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: mean it was. It was ninety degrees and I'm wearing 650 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: wool socks. About calves were on fire. Um, so I 651 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,839 Speaker 1: had a blast of your field. It's my third time 652 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,279 Speaker 1: playing there. The first few times I was terrible. This 653 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: time I played great and then, Um, I love that 654 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: lunch and being around those guys and just the fact 655 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,879 Speaker 1: that it's a seven hour day no matter what when 656 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 1: you go out there. That that altered shot is fun 657 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,759 Speaker 1: to me. After Merefield it was back in a helicopter 658 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: and they'd go from Scotland to Northern Ireland to not 659 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 1: only play Royal County Down, but they were also checking 660 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 1: on another, one of their new assets and what we 661 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 1: just bought, the Sleeve Donner, which is I mean you 662 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 1: see a picture of this thing, you think it's out 663 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:59,360 Speaker 1: of like some sort of, you know, Harry Potter moviebe 664 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: to me it's it's not so. And we knew we 665 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,879 Speaker 1: were on the clock and so it made the most 666 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 1: sense and uh, and also I think every single person 667 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 1: on that trip. It's about it. It was only an 668 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 1: hour in five minutes. I mean I don't no one 669 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,880 Speaker 1: was up more than at least one minute. That it 670 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,920 Speaker 1: was I mean four heads, you know, just Bob and 671 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,840 Speaker 1: Eli and everybody. We try to put our heads together 672 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,320 Speaker 1: to see we can support it as opposed to I 673 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 1: mean it was it was. They were cooked and got 674 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,000 Speaker 1: there and the weather, beautiful weather there, cooled off in 675 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,360 Speaker 1: Northern Ireland and had a great uh dinner there that 676 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:40,880 Speaker 1: night and telling stories and laughing and uh, that hotel. 677 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: We haven't started renovation there. It's already really good. It's 678 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,400 Speaker 1: really really special place. Like, you know, it's kind of 679 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 1: like when you go to pebble or or somewhere and 680 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: you're just like wow, you know, and you just get 681 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 1: out there and you're just like this is just one 682 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 1: of the most beautiful places on earth. And then there's 683 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:59,000 Speaker 1: a golf course. Um That's pretty pretty special and Um, 684 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 1: it was great and I don't know, I think the 685 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: only person that had played it before was Peyton. So 686 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,319 Speaker 1: it was really cool for everybody to go. And then, 687 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, a lot of guys like me. 688 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Eric has never been over either 689 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,240 Speaker 1: and like it was awesome to to see their faces 690 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: when we, you know, got there and pulled up to 691 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,359 Speaker 1: the hotel. They're like did you, like, did you guys 692 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:24,399 Speaker 1: buy hogwarts? I'm like actually, yes, we did, and yeah, 693 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: that's gonna be a really you know, we're starting that 694 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,880 Speaker 1: renovation soon and it'll be, it'll be. It's gonna mean 695 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,719 Speaker 1: not whatever saying we're great, but like it's gonna be 696 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,880 Speaker 1: really cool. Now you're off to what, arguably, you know, 697 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: many people feel is literally the number one golf course 698 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: in the world, like when you do world rankings, Royal 699 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,160 Speaker 1: County Down is in that conversation. So what were your 700 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,439 Speaker 1: expectations and thoughts on that? They were they were high. 701 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 1: And then we got there and it was so different 702 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,799 Speaker 1: to go from Scotland to Ireland. So the weather kind 703 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:56,040 Speaker 1: of change, the location there, the fog was on the 704 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 1: mountain and what was interesting there is you had these 705 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 1: treat mountains and then you had the coast right there, 706 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,839 Speaker 1: which is unique. You know, that's not something we had 707 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,359 Speaker 1: seen up until that point and it was it was real. 708 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:10,840 Speaker 1: It was it was real, at least to me. It 709 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,360 Speaker 1: was intriguing to kind of look at it from a 710 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,320 Speaker 1: visual standpoint, and then it had that old kind of 711 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:22,680 Speaker 1: hound of the BASTARDVILLE's boggy, Spooky Edgar, Allan Poe, all 712 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 1: that stuff. You know, that's what it felt like to me. Um, 713 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,239 Speaker 1: it was a spooky and in a great way. I 714 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:32,400 Speaker 1: absolutely loved the VIBE that hotel. Um was my favorite 715 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,920 Speaker 1: of all the hotels we went to, and everybody was 716 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,759 Speaker 1: well rested after a good dinner on on Tuesday night 717 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,680 Speaker 1: and the tea times weren't too early on Wednesday. I 718 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:43,719 Speaker 1: think they were after ten o'clock maybe, and so by 719 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:45,480 Speaker 1: the time we got to the tea on Wednesday we 720 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 1: were we were refreshed and ready to tackle one of 721 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,120 Speaker 1: the best golf courses in the world. I though. My 722 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,839 Speaker 1: name was Michael Hartness, uh pop coop in Ron Country Nine, 723 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,520 Speaker 1: two thousand and twelve. I'm the current convenient off the 724 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 1: course green committee. I asked Harkness for more info about 725 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,640 Speaker 1: how and why Royal County Down is so special. Yes, 726 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,640 Speaker 1: a lot of recent golf surveys and Golf Digest and 727 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,279 Speaker 1: particular with Red County Down is the number one course 728 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,680 Speaker 1: in the world. I think it's a factor of many things. 729 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,239 Speaker 1: I think it's the tradition from Tom Morris, originally the 730 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,400 Speaker 1: original layout my holes of the course, and then famously 731 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:24,399 Speaker 1: Harry Colt to get to the next, next level. We've 732 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,480 Speaker 1: had also all too reactions done by Donald Steele and 733 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:31,000 Speaker 1: more recently Martin Niebert, who who's been doing a lot 734 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,160 Speaker 1: a few minor altar reasons. Of course it's a bit 735 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,080 Speaker 1: like tip acting Amonga Lisa. We're a bit if we 736 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,239 Speaker 1: need to be careful how we how we do things, 737 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,360 Speaker 1: and we do it in very great consideration and I 738 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,439 Speaker 1: think it's a combination of the history of the club, 739 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,840 Speaker 1: the difficulty of the golf course and the setting in particular, 740 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: is through county, down sand dunes and right on the 741 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:55,759 Speaker 1: beach of Oni Bay and then, of course, of the 742 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,879 Speaker 1: famous mountains of mourns as the backdrop to the course. 743 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,759 Speaker 1: So it's a calm edition of of each of those things, 744 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,319 Speaker 1: I feel. Plus, we keep it in pretty good order 745 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 1: as well. The good resource to keep it ordered and 746 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,200 Speaker 1: we really enjoy the visitors and we have over every year. 747 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,120 Speaker 1: So we must keep an up there in pristine condition. 748 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,120 Speaker 1: The idea that you guys also had the occasional pro 749 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:20,120 Speaker 1: or or member or, you know, club secretary or whatever. 750 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,640 Speaker 1: was that helping sort of add to the experience? Yeah, 751 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,640 Speaker 1: because we got to, you know, to get to know 752 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,360 Speaker 1: the people, the people from over there a lot of 753 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:33,240 Speaker 1: the culture. Um, I mean I was at Royal County 754 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:35,480 Speaker 1: Down and we're on you know, we're getting ante off 755 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,320 Speaker 1: on one and my host goes, you need a walker. 756 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,680 Speaker 1: I said a walker and I said like what? He 757 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,320 Speaker 1: said like a drink, and I said Hell, yes, I 758 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,160 Speaker 1: need a walker. So he went and got me a 759 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,279 Speaker 1: bloody Mary and off we go. We're walking with him. 760 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 1: So now when I'm back in the states, I'm gonna, 761 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,560 Speaker 1: you know, I need a walker. That's my new I 762 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,520 Speaker 1: got new lingo. Now we got that organized. We got 763 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,680 Speaker 1: a mobile phonnight ran the club Stuart, who brought out 764 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 1: walkers at several occasions thout the course. So the choice, 765 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:07,480 Speaker 1: the drink of choice was a bloody berry, which was vodka. toblogies. Uh, 766 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:09,879 Speaker 1: I have I had a thing called the Moss Com mule, 767 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,920 Speaker 1: which is vodka and ginger beer. So so we had 768 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:15,320 Speaker 1: with a couple of walkers on the way around, a 769 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:18,200 Speaker 1: good size walkers to so they're good fun. Did you 770 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,759 Speaker 1: have any sense of who the manning brothers are, or 771 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,640 Speaker 1: or Eric Church, or did you have any sense of 772 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:29,760 Speaker 1: what these these gladiators of American sort of sports and music? 773 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,239 Speaker 1: Did you know who they are? Well, we certainly knew 774 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,640 Speaker 1: a j capital and obviously had taken over the Steve 775 00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,960 Speaker 1: Donnord Hotel, the saved honor sets right on the boundary 776 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,120 Speaker 1: of the golf course. As a good partnership between the 777 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,440 Speaker 1: hotel and the golf course. A lot of the players 778 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,759 Speaker 1: who come over obviously stay in the hotel. So we've 779 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:51,480 Speaker 1: been introduced to the management team. We were aware mannaged, 780 00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 1: of course, yes, or were even in Ireland, where NFL 781 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:58,560 Speaker 1: isn't maybe the premier sport, their names are so big. Yes, 782 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:02,239 Speaker 1: where where, ably they are very much so Um. I 783 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,160 Speaker 1: think for them it's probably coming over to get a 784 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,319 Speaker 1: lot of anonimity and they can be themselves. I think 785 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,600 Speaker 1: that's part of the beauty of the trip. Eric Church 786 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:14,400 Speaker 1: had never heard of the guys were saying to be 787 00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,719 Speaker 1: always a big country Western star and I said bigger 788 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:22,520 Speaker 1: than Dolly Parton and I didn't mean in the frontal area. Uh. 789 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,360 Speaker 1: They said Yeah, yeah, he's pretty big. So I obviously 790 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:29,239 Speaker 1: looked him up when I got home unrealized. He's very 791 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:33,520 Speaker 1: significant singering country and Western in the states, but country 792 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,960 Speaker 1: and Western wouldn't be my choice of music. So it's 793 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:40,160 Speaker 1: probably more my ignorance of Eric's lack of fame. Here's 794 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:44,320 Speaker 1: Marshall Alexander. Yeah, for me that one w all county 795 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:50,440 Speaker 1: down was it was the pinnacle. I mean it the landscape. 796 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,080 Speaker 1: There's this huge mountain in the background, there's the ocean 797 00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:56,440 Speaker 1: right there. you see the long beaches as the tide 798 00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,360 Speaker 1: ebbs and flows, and there was one hole I remember 799 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:04,400 Speaker 1: the fairways hunt dunked in and at one side is 800 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,880 Speaker 1: all kind of the Gorse Bush, Dart Green and then 801 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:09,719 Speaker 1: over here's your Nestle. I mean it felt like I 802 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:13,040 Speaker 1: was in Narnia. I was out another world, you know, 803 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:15,919 Speaker 1: it really did. It was and it was a little 804 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,680 Speaker 1: windier that day. So Um, any little bit of Spin 805 00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,600 Speaker 1: you had on your ball would be exaggerated that that 806 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,680 Speaker 1: soft cut turned into a slice real quick. So anyways, 807 00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:28,480 Speaker 1: not trying to started to get on the first tea 808 00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:32,360 Speaker 1: we pretty much had the courster so helves introduced. I 809 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,279 Speaker 1: think it was piping at the first tee shot on 810 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,880 Speaker 1: to the beach. Um I thought he was giving for 811 00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:42,640 Speaker 1: the wide receiver. The wind was blowing gusts. Of course, 812 00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,680 Speaker 1: our our caddies were saying this is mild, but Um, 813 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,960 Speaker 1: for us that was much more challenging than anything else 814 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:54,919 Speaker 1: we experienced weatherwise. Eli played exceptionally well. He Shot Eighty 815 00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,840 Speaker 1: and Um, I think that he I think that he 816 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:01,560 Speaker 1: did some damage and in his group with Peyton and 817 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,600 Speaker 1: his brother Cooper. That golf course, I really do. I 818 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,160 Speaker 1: think it stands up to every championship golf course in 819 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:10,600 Speaker 1: the world. You go to Shinnecock and you could go 820 00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:13,359 Speaker 1: to county down, you can go to any championship golf 821 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,040 Speaker 1: course and say this is every bit a stern of 822 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,680 Speaker 1: the test. And I think that the views are in 823 00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,280 Speaker 1: some places kind of like Cyprus point type of views. 824 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,799 Speaker 1: And then you're playing a Pine Valley type golf course. 825 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,040 Speaker 1: I just I think it's a combination of a lot 826 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,000 Speaker 1: of other great golf courses in the world. Ask elive 827 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,920 Speaker 1: about it. Around the Royal County Downy Bernie, member eight team. 828 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,640 Speaker 1: He was Striping, hitting this high cut down the middle 829 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:42,239 Speaker 1: of fairway in tough conditions. So Eli finished on a 830 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,279 Speaker 1: good note, for sure. He beat me as well, which 831 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,200 Speaker 1: I'm I'll get over in a couple of weeks. Probably. 832 00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:50,880 Speaker 1: It was just a special place. I was I was, 833 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,200 Speaker 1: you know, really excited about playing and heard great things 834 00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,239 Speaker 1: about it. Um, you know, I probably played my best, 835 00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:00,759 Speaker 1: you know, best round of the whole of the whole 836 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:05,360 Speaker 1: weekend there. I shot, you know, shot eighty. Um, you know, Birdie, 837 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:08,480 Speaker 1: Birdie eighteen that. You know, I had an eagle part. 838 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:10,759 Speaker 1: I knew I knew it. I was like if I 839 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,440 Speaker 1: make this ego part, you know, I break eighty at 840 00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,759 Speaker 1: royal canny down. So, uh, couldn't quite pull it off, 841 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:20,080 Speaker 1: but you know, just uh, you know, playing, playing with 842 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:24,080 Speaker 1: Peyton and my uh and coup so, you know, the 843 00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:28,920 Speaker 1: brothers at that special place was, you know, a memory. 844 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:32,040 Speaker 1: I won't forget it for a long time. Just you know, 845 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,799 Speaker 1: you know, we only get so many opportunities to play 846 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:37,239 Speaker 1: golf together, just the three of us, and to do 847 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:40,920 Speaker 1: it at that location and the same afterwards. Uh, just 848 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:44,400 Speaker 1: kind of sitting around with the members and telling stories 849 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:47,160 Speaker 1: and it was a great a great crew of guys 850 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,080 Speaker 1: and kind of doing this was our our finisher, but 851 00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,520 Speaker 1: we still took the time and hung out for another 852 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,759 Speaker 1: hour and a half, two hours, just kind of hanging 853 00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:57,239 Speaker 1: with those guys having a few drinks and a bunch 854 00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:01,799 Speaker 1: of laughs. CADDIES were phenomen Phil, but we didn't laugh. 855 00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:05,319 Speaker 1: And Uh, you have to laugh that of course, because 856 00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,400 Speaker 1: it's yeah, you're gonna screw up. It's just tighten and 857 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,120 Speaker 1: hard and you feel really good about your parts when 858 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:14,320 Speaker 1: they come. Haydon played. I played well they'd be. I 859 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,680 Speaker 1: didn't have Kevin and I I didn't help them much. 860 00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,399 Speaker 1: I was getting heavy and then but then we all 861 00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:22,719 Speaker 1: went out in the patio outside and drank beer and 862 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:27,000 Speaker 1: smoked cigars and told stories and uh, it went right 863 00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:29,560 Speaker 1: through there to the airport. So that was I mean, 864 00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:34,120 Speaker 1: but it was just it was. It was phenomenal and 865 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:35,920 Speaker 1: I mean that's just the framework. I'm sure there's a 866 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:41,160 Speaker 1: lot more stuff, but that's kind of the lay the land. Well, 867 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:43,520 Speaker 1: I think clearly these are good buddies. The guys get 868 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,800 Speaker 1: on very well together. So night photographs of the garden 869 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:49,040 Speaker 1: afterwards and it was great to see all the guys 870 00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:52,000 Speaker 1: who have children relaxed. We had a few beers afterwards 871 00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:55,600 Speaker 1: and there a few cigars smoked as well and I felt, 872 00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:57,800 Speaker 1: even though, that the deadline you get away and the 873 00:46:57,840 --> 00:46:59,440 Speaker 1: play and they didn't really want to go. I think 874 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,560 Speaker 1: it was just very relaxed and I just said, you know, 875 00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:06,400 Speaker 1: if they're they're fame that they have being here and 876 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:08,319 Speaker 1: went unnoticed and I think for them it much been 877 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,640 Speaker 1: a nice thing to be able to relax. White people 878 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:14,239 Speaker 1: pastoring them are annoying them. So and uh, I think, 879 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:15,879 Speaker 1: you know, I just think they had a very chill 880 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,040 Speaker 1: time and that they have a little fun together and 881 00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:20,719 Speaker 1: they have a lot of fun UB sandres and near 882 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,520 Speaker 1: fields and kings barnes and they're probably a bit tired 883 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:25,320 Speaker 1: by the end of the trip as well. But I 884 00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:28,239 Speaker 1: said that they energized themselves on the golf course, that's 885 00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:35,920 Speaker 1: for sure. What's your understanding of Eric, Eric Song that 886 00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:39,239 Speaker 1: he's piecing together and have you had any sense of 887 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:42,000 Speaker 1: what it what it is, or have you heard any 888 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:45,200 Speaker 1: chords or or or did you get any wind of 889 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:49,200 Speaker 1: the fact that he wrote it? I kind of I 890 00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,480 Speaker 1: heard some rumblings about, you know, some some stuff that 891 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:54,239 Speaker 1: he kind of woke up and recorded, some things that, 892 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,719 Speaker 1: you know, we're flying back. I kind of heard in 893 00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:59,120 Speaker 1: the background he and crewd discussing some things, but I 894 00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:03,880 Speaker 1: haven't heard I haven't heard any uh any, any lyrics 895 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:06,400 Speaker 1: or anything about it yet. So this is kind of 896 00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:08,080 Speaker 1: the I didn't know. I didn't know. I thought I 897 00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:10,200 Speaker 1: didn't know it about this trip. I thought maybe about 898 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:13,080 Speaker 1: something else. So you broke the news to me. I 899 00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,400 Speaker 1: thought I heard a little bit of something. I'm on 900 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,040 Speaker 1: the way back. I never I was just trying to 901 00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:19,040 Speaker 1: get a little bit of sleep because I knew I 902 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,800 Speaker 1: was coming back to reality when I got back. So 903 00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:23,880 Speaker 1: I'm not his up to date on that. But no, 904 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:26,200 Speaker 1: there's no doubt about you know, when Eric goes on 905 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,360 Speaker 1: a on a trip like that, at times I've been 906 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,879 Speaker 1: around about me. He is there to get away from 907 00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:33,680 Speaker 1: from the music for a while. I don't have anybody 908 00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:36,440 Speaker 1: in my life that's better at being where their feet 909 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:40,120 Speaker 1: are than than him. He is. He doesn't look at 910 00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:44,320 Speaker 1: his phone for for the longest amount of time he 911 00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:49,200 Speaker 1: he's not one of those guys that subconsciously texts and 912 00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:53,800 Speaker 1: doesn't even realize he's doing it. He is so present 913 00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:58,000 Speaker 1: at all parts of his life and I've taken a 914 00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:01,560 Speaker 1: lot from that. And he is especially good at that 915 00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:06,800 Speaker 1: when he's disconnecting from his professional life. Um, you know, 916 00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:10,640 Speaker 1: there there have been a few times where he's felt, uh, 917 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:13,239 Speaker 1: the moment was right to pick up a guitar in 918 00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,800 Speaker 1: a in a private setting and play something, but it 919 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,759 Speaker 1: just never really presented itself on the trip and I'm 920 00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:21,319 Speaker 1: glad it didn't. It just he was he was all 921 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,560 Speaker 1: about the golf and it was all about the you know, 922 00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:27,279 Speaker 1: the fellowship, and he was he was one of the 923 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:32,320 Speaker 1: eight guys on the trip, which he deeply appreciates and 924 00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:35,480 Speaker 1: and I'm I'm so glad that he does. Um. But yeah, 925 00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:39,439 Speaker 1: you're right, he doesn't typically do that. and Um, part 926 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:41,520 Speaker 1: of the reason why is because he is so good 927 00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:43,719 Speaker 1: at being where his feet are. I mean, you can 928 00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:46,600 Speaker 1: spend your whole life looking for inspiration, right, but when 929 00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:50,240 Speaker 1: inspiration hits you, that's when it kind of all comes together, 930 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:52,279 Speaker 1: and I think that's what happened for him. He uh, 931 00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:57,080 Speaker 1: you know, when you're in these incredible backdrops of the 932 00:49:57,200 --> 00:50:00,120 Speaker 1: mountains and golf courses in the North Sea and and 933 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:03,400 Speaker 1: these things, I mean any human being is gonna be 934 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:07,080 Speaker 1: impacted emotionally by that. And you know, how does it 935 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:09,760 Speaker 1: affect you? And for him he's a creator, he's a songwriter, 936 00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:14,640 Speaker 1: he's a musician. So, Um, I think, just like it 937 00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:16,879 Speaker 1: impacted all of us in a different way, for him. 938 00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:20,040 Speaker 1: He was inspired by it, you know it, it spoke 939 00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:24,680 Speaker 1: to him. Um, he wasn't looking forward, it came to him. Oh, 940 00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:26,840 Speaker 1: when I got up Wednesday morning, because we got Tuesday 941 00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:32,120 Speaker 1: night into Newcastle, Um, Eric had written a song that 942 00:50:32,239 --> 00:50:34,240 Speaker 1: he was inspired by the mountains and went to Percy 943 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:37,200 Speaker 1: French and, which he does, you know what Eric does, 944 00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:39,080 Speaker 1: and send it to me and I woke up and 945 00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,320 Speaker 1: he had this song and I was like, Holy Fuck, 946 00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:45,680 Speaker 1: it was unbelievable to I mean Percy frinchess, writer and 947 00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:47,279 Speaker 1: list name of our restaurant there and like he wrote 948 00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,759 Speaker 1: this whole thing, which is like he's whatever, Cyborg and 949 00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:55,759 Speaker 1: it's insane. You have to ask him about it. He's 950 00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:58,760 Speaker 1: not gonna spend the time to write something and record 951 00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:02,919 Speaker 1: it and put that idea into a into motion, unless it's, 952 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:06,680 Speaker 1: you know, powerful enough too to become a song that 953 00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:09,319 Speaker 1: ends up on an album. So whether it turns up 954 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:12,040 Speaker 1: or not, there's been a hundred songs that are brilliant, 955 00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:14,520 Speaker 1: they just don't ever turn up on the album because it's, 956 00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:18,880 Speaker 1: you know, whatever for whatever reason. But but yeah, I 957 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:21,840 Speaker 1: think it's something special. You know, he's kept it pretty 958 00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:25,719 Speaker 1: tight to the cuff, but it's good. He he did 959 00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:30,560 Speaker 1: share a few things Um with me. Um, the morning 960 00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:34,840 Speaker 1: after we were at Royal County down. Um, I was 961 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:37,480 Speaker 1: blown away by it but Um, I'll let I think 962 00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:41,880 Speaker 1: that's his story to tell, but I'll I'm interested to 963 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:44,680 Speaker 1: see what comes to that. It was a place I've 964 00:51:44,719 --> 00:51:47,839 Speaker 1: never been in. I've never seen rain like that. Ran 965 00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:51,319 Speaker 1: A castle. It had just a vibe and I didn't 966 00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:53,200 Speaker 1: mean to do it. It wasn't something that I sat 967 00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,440 Speaker 1: down and just all of a sudden started and I 968 00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:57,719 Speaker 1: thought I even tried to stop. It was like no, no, 969 00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:00,239 Speaker 1: I'm not doing this, and it just kept one and 970 00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:03,279 Speaker 1: I finally and it was late at night, I was 971 00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:06,400 Speaker 1: jet lag, so who knows what that means. But if 972 00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:08,200 Speaker 1: I got up and started, you know, got out my 973 00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,919 Speaker 1: iphone and just started recording. I had the full song 974 00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:12,759 Speaker 1: about you know. I sent it to some people the 975 00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,080 Speaker 1: next morning. I'll send you like a little bit of it. 976 00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:17,560 Speaker 1: I just I just recorded it'll me, I'll just report 977 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:18,800 Speaker 1: me playing it and you do what you want to 978 00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:35,480 Speaker 1: do it. I'd see this guy looks to that like 979 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:40,120 Speaker 1: Edgar Adam poole to a black lack death from an 980 00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:45,960 Speaker 1: acid breath that freezes out it's always been something about 981 00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:49,960 Speaker 1: these hotters that gives you a chicken scanning. Now makes 982 00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,560 Speaker 1: your bad. Your sill in your bed and pray all 983 00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:57,680 Speaker 1: the morning in her town. Town Hot Beats on a 984 00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:01,320 Speaker 1: myth flhone. And how do the basketball your house and 985 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:05,920 Speaker 1: will read the vote. Aims moans out on a midnight prayer. 986 00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:09,920 Speaker 1: It ain't no place for to live in and the 987 00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:14,879 Speaker 1: living wall be round. It gets kind of crowded out here. 988 00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:19,000 Speaker 1: All along, when you ain't on the Gorsten, Damn, you 989 00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:28,480 Speaker 1: ain't on the Goosten Danny's. Sometime loss o have the 990 00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:33,160 Speaker 1: hump with nobody by their side. The Old Bull Rad 991 00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:36,840 Speaker 1: live behind the door. No Robert Johnson Dale to slack, 992 00:53:37,920 --> 00:53:42,160 Speaker 1: just to winch it our Atlanta and that gunpowder civil 993 00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:46,080 Speaker 1: war smell. It win. The trumpy sounds crawled out of 994 00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:50,200 Speaker 1: the ground, but for now it's a here. It heard town, 995 00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:53,200 Speaker 1: town high beads on my floor in the Hound of 996 00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:57,400 Speaker 1: the basketball. Your House and maill read the vote. Aims 997 00:53:57,600 --> 00:54:02,400 Speaker 1: Mos out on in midnight round. He say't no place 998 00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:08,080 Speaker 1: where to live and living all frown. It's kind of 999 00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:12,320 Speaker 1: got after you all along, when you paint all the Golden. Damn, 1000 00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:33,840 Speaker 1: it ain't it only ghost. Damn Eric Church, Ladies and Gentlemen, 1001 00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,200 Speaker 1: I can't thank him enough for an exclusive rendition of 1002 00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:40,560 Speaker 1: ain't the only ghost in town, brought to you by 1003 00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:44,880 Speaker 1: the inspiration of Northern Ireland mountains of Morn Edgar Allan 1004 00:54:44,920 --> 00:54:48,920 Speaker 1: Poe and the setting that is Royal County down. At 1005 00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:52,600 Speaker 1: this point the trip is over. The boys went back home, 1006 00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:56,400 Speaker 1: but before we end the PODCAST, some final reflections, tips 1007 00:54:56,680 --> 00:55:00,200 Speaker 1: and anecdotes. We start with it's kind of like if 1008 00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:01,320 Speaker 1: you want to go to if you've never been to 1009 00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:03,520 Speaker 1: a baseball game before, you should go to fenway or Wrigley. 1010 00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:05,560 Speaker 1: You know. If you've never been to a basketball game, 1011 00:55:05,560 --> 00:55:07,680 Speaker 1: you should go to Masson Square Garden. I think if 1012 00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:09,520 Speaker 1: you've never been to Europe, you should go to Scotland, 1013 00:55:10,080 --> 00:55:12,440 Speaker 1: but after you get past that, then I would say 1014 00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:16,920 Speaker 1: go on to Ireland. But Um, just as important, if 1015 00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:20,319 Speaker 1: not more important than than where you're playing golf would 1016 00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:22,759 Speaker 1: be who you're with. You have to be I think 1017 00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:26,120 Speaker 1: you need to be really mindful of how much everybody 1018 00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:28,480 Speaker 1: loves each other's company, because if you're going to do 1019 00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:32,799 Speaker 1: this for three, four or five days, UM, everybody's gonna 1020 00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:36,319 Speaker 1: have to really enjoy being around each other and, Um 1021 00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:41,680 Speaker 1: that's the part that was so meaningful to me is that, Um, 1022 00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:46,839 Speaker 1: as at the end of the trip, Eli Manning comes 1023 00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:49,359 Speaker 1: up to me and says, so, where are we going next? 1024 00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:53,000 Speaker 1: Obviously the people. I think that makes a big trip is, 1025 00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:55,400 Speaker 1: you know, make sure that you have the right guys 1026 00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:58,359 Speaker 1: that are that are excited about being there, that are 1027 00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:01,880 Speaker 1: are gonna go with the that are gonna be you know, 1028 00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:04,720 Speaker 1: can just that, can rally, that aren't done a complaining 1029 00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:08,040 Speaker 1: about things. Um, you know, I think you you know, 1030 00:56:08,239 --> 00:56:10,640 Speaker 1: for me, I'm the I'm the hey, the more golf 1031 00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:13,919 Speaker 1: you get in, the merrier. You know. I even said, 1032 00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:16,160 Speaker 1: if you know, they said he had to change anything 1033 00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:17,719 Speaker 1: on this trip, what would you do? I said, well, 1034 00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:21,600 Speaker 1: it was pretty cool seeing tiger welcome up seven team as. 1035 00:56:21,719 --> 00:56:24,160 Speaker 1: I wonder if I'm playing golf on that Friday right 1036 00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:25,520 Speaker 1: when we got in. I think this is the more 1037 00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:28,680 Speaker 1: golf you can get in and uh, you know, over there. 1038 00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:30,560 Speaker 1: But you know, it was I think. You know, I 1039 00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:33,040 Speaker 1: think you can obviously go over there and play so 1040 00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:35,359 Speaker 1: much golf that you're kind of like, I don't even 1041 00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:37,360 Speaker 1: want to swing today. So I think it was a 1042 00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:39,879 Speaker 1: good mix because we know had golf to watch, which 1043 00:56:40,080 --> 00:56:42,480 Speaker 1: which was really neat, and to have that, have that 1044 00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:45,360 Speaker 1: side of it. So Um. But I think it's you know, 1045 00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:47,920 Speaker 1: it's fun. I think the fact that, you know, we 1046 00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:50,040 Speaker 1: got to play with some members and kind of have 1047 00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:52,560 Speaker 1: you know, I think if you're just with the same 1048 00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:55,880 Speaker 1: eight guys the whole time, for for seven days, you know, 1049 00:56:56,120 --> 00:56:58,759 Speaker 1: you can kind of run out of not things the same. 1050 00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:00,600 Speaker 1: But you know, I think have to bring other people 1051 00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:02,920 Speaker 1: into the mix kind of brings up a whole new 1052 00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:06,359 Speaker 1: sort of conversation of things going on, new stories, new 1053 00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:09,800 Speaker 1: new excitement. So I think that that really adds a 1054 00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:15,600 Speaker 1: cool element, Um uh to the whole thing. Mark you banks. 1055 00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:19,080 Speaker 1: I think the overwhelming sense of gratitude to be able 1056 00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:20,720 Speaker 1: for all of us to be able to do this, 1057 00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:23,800 Speaker 1: for after what we've been through the past two years 1058 00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:26,640 Speaker 1: with Covid I think the world being able to see 1059 00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:28,920 Speaker 1: the hundred and fiftieth for all those three hundred thousand 1060 00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:33,680 Speaker 1: patrons that participated it was it was a relief, uh, 1061 00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:36,160 Speaker 1: and everyone was grateful for the opportunity to do it. 1062 00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:39,400 Speaker 1: Now I've known Peyton and and I've known the brothers 1063 00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:42,680 Speaker 1: and uh since two thousand and four so I've been 1064 00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:47,800 Speaker 1: around them in certain situations. Those guys, Eric Taylor, they're 1065 00:57:47,880 --> 00:57:52,120 Speaker 1: they're great guys, they're great fathers, they're great husbands and 1066 00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,000 Speaker 1: they're they're great friends. So to be able to experience 1067 00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:57,240 Speaker 1: it with them whenever we went to Mirfield and we're 1068 00:57:57,240 --> 00:58:00,560 Speaker 1: playing and you've got three groups together, the two groups 1069 00:58:00,600 --> 00:58:02,920 Speaker 1: when they finish or waiting on the third, you know, 1070 00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,480 Speaker 1: to be able to have a beer and sit there 1071 00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:07,800 Speaker 1: in a garden and experience that with the members from 1072 00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:10,240 Speaker 1: your field. We haven't been able to do that, and 1073 00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:13,800 Speaker 1: so it's a special place and a special Um golf 1074 00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:16,640 Speaker 1: courses and it's a special time. But it's even made 1075 00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:19,120 Speaker 1: more special because we haven't been able to gather and 1076 00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:22,160 Speaker 1: do that. So yeah, it was. It was very special 1077 00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:25,800 Speaker 1: for that reason and and, like I said, just remarkable guys, 1078 00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:28,600 Speaker 1: good guys. Well, you know, certainly you know, put the 1079 00:58:28,720 --> 00:58:31,160 Speaker 1: right group together, be sure everybody wants to go right. 1080 00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:33,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you put playing a golf trip. 1081 00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,880 Speaker 1: You know, hey, let's go play thirty six holds right. 1082 00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:38,160 Speaker 1: You know, we'll go to dinner at night. Let's it's 1083 00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:40,720 Speaker 1: a golf trip. That's kind of the top priority. And 1084 00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:42,920 Speaker 1: so we had the guys that Love Golf, which I 1085 00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:46,400 Speaker 1: think that's important. Uh and uh, you know find you know, 1086 00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:50,080 Speaker 1: there's so many great courses to play all over, uh, 1087 00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:52,400 Speaker 1: you know, all over Scotland and Ireland. So you've got 1088 00:58:52,560 --> 00:58:55,720 Speaker 1: so many good options. But uh, you know, I think 1089 00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:58,000 Speaker 1: you know, this is my third time going. You know, 1090 00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:01,320 Speaker 1: this this one was really a special because we had 1091 00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:03,520 Speaker 1: a connection with these hotels that were great. You know, 1092 00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:07,080 Speaker 1: the accommodations were great, food was great. Uh, it's that 1093 00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:09,240 Speaker 1: just made it made it even better when, when you 1094 00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:11,480 Speaker 1: play thirty six holes, it's nice to go, you know, 1095 00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:13,280 Speaker 1: sleep in a good bed and you know, have something 1096 00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:16,120 Speaker 1: good to eat. So, Um, it was special and it 1097 00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:19,320 Speaker 1: was a lot of fun, for sure. Ben Whip, everybody 1098 00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:21,720 Speaker 1: has a shared headspace, regardless of, you know, who they are, 1099 00:59:21,840 --> 00:59:24,600 Speaker 1: what they do in this you know, just you know, 1100 00:59:24,680 --> 00:59:26,720 Speaker 1: sort of the passion for golf and the sent of 1101 00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:30,720 Speaker 1: adventure and the curiosity and you know, travel does that right. 1102 00:59:30,760 --> 00:59:32,920 Speaker 1: I mean you go, it just opens up your brain, right, 1103 00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:35,880 Speaker 1: you learn a lot and you're educated, you're inspired. That's 1104 00:59:35,920 --> 00:59:38,520 Speaker 1: what it's supposed to do. and Um, so I feel 1105 00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:41,920 Speaker 1: like bring guys together, you know, people that are in 1106 00:59:42,040 --> 00:59:44,560 Speaker 1: that doesn't matter who's you know, a great golfer, bag 1107 00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:46,520 Speaker 1: golf or whatever. It's like people that are there, that 1108 00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:49,320 Speaker 1: are have a lot of gratitude and gratefulness for the 1109 00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:53,040 Speaker 1: opportunity and you know that are you know, it's like, 1110 00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:55,920 Speaker 1: you know, all in on whatever did, you're doing. That's 1111 00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:58,520 Speaker 1: that's that's what makes it right. It's the people, for sure, 1112 00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:01,040 Speaker 1: no matter where you go. You go to a Muti 1113 01:00:01,120 --> 01:00:03,240 Speaker 1: and it's fun when you have the right people. Then 1114 01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:06,040 Speaker 1: you take that and you go to Royal County Down 1115 01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:11,400 Speaker 1: or whatever, King's Bar, dumb bar here, like dude, I mean, 1116 01:00:11,840 --> 01:00:16,080 Speaker 1: like I said this this this was an absolute bucket list. 1117 01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:19,480 Speaker 1: You know, people, the places, the time, the whole thing. 1118 01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:21,600 Speaker 1: You know, after a crazy couple of years like this 1119 01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:25,720 Speaker 1: was a really, really special thing, Marshall, Alexander, you know, 1120 01:00:25,840 --> 01:00:28,400 Speaker 1: for me it just trip of a lifetime, right. So 1121 01:00:28,560 --> 01:00:31,800 Speaker 1: it's like jam pack as much as you can into 1122 01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:34,400 Speaker 1: what you were, the time friend that you have over there. 1123 01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:38,480 Speaker 1: You know, I think Um utilize the it's staying light. 1124 01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:40,280 Speaker 1: You know, if you want to play thirty six, play 1125 01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:42,800 Speaker 1: thirty six. You know, don't be afraid to say, Hey, 1126 01:00:42,880 --> 01:00:45,160 Speaker 1: we need to kind of take it easy, we played 1127 01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:47,960 Speaker 1: too much golf. Just go for it and, uh, and 1128 01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:51,440 Speaker 1: jam it all in. And here's Eric Hasperger. You're kind 1129 01:00:51,480 --> 01:00:57,120 Speaker 1: of like the ninth beetle right, like here. Yeah, exactly. 1130 01:00:57,200 --> 01:01:01,240 Speaker 1: That's fine. I'm cool of that. Um, you know, fly 1131 01:01:01,400 --> 01:01:04,640 Speaker 1: on the wall in some circumstances, I guess. Um, but 1132 01:01:04,680 --> 01:01:06,320 Speaker 1: I think that's kind of the cool part, right, is 1133 01:01:06,920 --> 01:01:08,560 Speaker 1: I get I got to watch them and kind of 1134 01:01:08,600 --> 01:01:12,320 Speaker 1: see it all happen and, Um, you know, I was thinking, 1135 01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:15,040 Speaker 1: I was thinking about it last night after we after 1136 01:01:15,120 --> 01:01:19,600 Speaker 1: we chatted, and Um, you know just how like it 1137 01:01:19,720 --> 01:01:22,080 Speaker 1: just kind of tells you how unique this really was because, 1138 01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:25,760 Speaker 1: I mean those those guys that I don't know how 1139 01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:30,320 Speaker 1: frequently they'll get together, but I know it's not frequent, right, 1140 01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:32,680 Speaker 1: but like that's just that's the cool part of the 1141 01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:36,840 Speaker 1: power of the game and like especially playing it over there. Um, 1142 01:01:37,400 --> 01:01:41,160 Speaker 1: bringing people like that together, it just doesn't happen very often. 1143 01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:44,040 Speaker 1: And then when they do, like it's just such an amazing, 1144 01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:47,400 Speaker 1: like magical, fun experience and it was all it was 1145 01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:52,080 Speaker 1: also just like uniquely joyous, you know. I mean guys 1146 01:01:52,160 --> 01:01:55,800 Speaker 1: just just cut loose, having a good time, and you know, 1147 01:01:56,920 --> 01:01:59,160 Speaker 1: people that probably have a hard time doing that sometime 1148 01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:03,080 Speaker 1: in public but just embracing it and and going all in. 1149 01:02:04,040 --> 01:02:06,080 Speaker 1: It was it was really fun to be a part 1150 01:02:06,120 --> 01:02:08,880 Speaker 1: of it and to see it. So yeah, yeah, ninth beetles, 1151 01:02:09,400 --> 01:02:12,520 Speaker 1: that's fine by me. I'll be the ninth peal of 1152 01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:14,760 Speaker 1: that group any day. And if you throw John and 1153 01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:17,760 Speaker 1: I'll be the tenth like. That's cool too. You don't 1154 01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:20,240 Speaker 1: have to pack as much clothing as we did. You 1155 01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:22,680 Speaker 1: can wear the same stuff over. It's a boy's trip. 1156 01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:24,880 Speaker 1: Quick worried about how you look every now you can 1157 01:02:24,920 --> 01:02:28,120 Speaker 1: wear sure pretty pairs of shorts and four pairs of 1158 01:02:28,240 --> 01:02:30,640 Speaker 1: pants that you've done to sweaters and you're out. I 1159 01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:35,200 Speaker 1: look like I'm going to to, you know, Machu Picchu London. 1160 01:02:35,560 --> 01:02:38,560 Speaker 1: I mean I look like I had more FRAPP I 1161 01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:41,800 Speaker 1: didn't need any of it. Um. Another thing is I 1162 01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:44,360 Speaker 1: thought the idea of going on the trip with a 1163 01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:48,720 Speaker 1: couple of people. I wasn't. I mean, I knew, but 1164 01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:52,520 Speaker 1: didn't know well. It was more fun because I enjoyed 1165 01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:56,320 Speaker 1: peeling off and asking. I knew tailors are, but not well. 1166 01:02:56,720 --> 01:03:00,120 Speaker 1: We we had some four hour conversations just, you know, 1167 01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:04,680 Speaker 1: on the side and visiting it. And it's also fun too. 1168 01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:07,120 Speaker 1: I mean at the end of the day, one day four, 1169 01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:09,959 Speaker 1: if you're gonna start telling some stories that other people 1170 01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:12,440 Speaker 1: have heard, at least one, three or four people there 1171 01:03:12,520 --> 01:03:15,760 Speaker 1: who hadn't heard before. Very rarely do you go into 1172 01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:20,440 Speaker 1: something knowing that it's it's, it's we can't replicate something 1173 01:03:20,560 --> 01:03:23,560 Speaker 1: like this and and that's that's, that's you know. Usually, 1174 01:03:23,720 --> 01:03:25,760 Speaker 1: you know, we all tell ourselves I will do it again, 1175 01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:28,080 Speaker 1: I'll see you next time, you know, but you realize 1176 01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:30,640 Speaker 1: later it doesn't. It doesn't happen that way. I've had 1177 01:03:30,680 --> 01:03:33,440 Speaker 1: that happen a few times in my career life and 1178 01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:35,160 Speaker 1: this was one of those. Going in I think we 1179 01:03:35,280 --> 01:03:38,280 Speaker 1: all knew we're not gonna this, is not gonna happen again. 1180 01:03:38,400 --> 01:03:41,160 Speaker 1: You know we're not gonna be able to do this again. So, Um, 1181 01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:43,040 Speaker 1: I think that that made it a little more special 1182 01:03:43,120 --> 01:03:45,400 Speaker 1: and a little more you need once you become an 1183 01:03:45,440 --> 01:03:48,760 Speaker 1: adult and you have responsibility in life, you have families 1184 01:03:48,840 --> 01:03:53,680 Speaker 1: and things that go front and center on your list 1185 01:03:53,760 --> 01:03:55,840 Speaker 1: of priorities, so you don't get to tap into that 1186 01:03:56,160 --> 01:04:02,520 Speaker 1: kind of youthful innocence and just joy full romp through 1187 01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:05,120 Speaker 1: life like you did all the time as a kid, 1188 01:04:05,240 --> 01:04:07,720 Speaker 1: whether you're at Camp or running around the neighborhood with 1189 01:04:07,840 --> 01:04:10,640 Speaker 1: some friends. How many times you get to experience like 1190 01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:14,600 Speaker 1: really your youth all over again? And Golf can do 1191 01:04:14,760 --> 01:04:18,760 Speaker 1: that for you. So I can tell just from the 1192 01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:25,240 Speaker 1: just from the occasional text that I was getting. You know, 1193 01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:27,920 Speaker 1: maybe maybe every other day, maybe every day. Hey, we're 1194 01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:30,040 Speaker 1: in your field today, we're doing this, we're doing that. 1195 01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:32,920 Speaker 1: I'd hear from someone in the group. I could tell 1196 01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:37,840 Speaker 1: they were having just like the ultimate boy's trip to 1197 01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:41,800 Speaker 1: Scotland and later Ireland, Northern Ireland. I mean it's just 1198 01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:47,680 Speaker 1: I felt like in a way that I could see 1199 01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:50,320 Speaker 1: what they were doing from afar. I could feel it. 1200 01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:54,560 Speaker 1: And you're right, when you can get everybody kind of 1201 01:04:54,640 --> 01:05:00,320 Speaker 1: into that bubble where you're caught up in the UH 1202 01:05:01,520 --> 01:05:10,000 Speaker 1: giddiness of of of that kind of innocent vibe, a 1203 01:05:10,120 --> 01:05:15,440 Speaker 1: sense of exploration and discovery and being able to do 1204 01:05:15,640 --> 01:05:18,280 Speaker 1: something for the very first time. And this happens to 1205 01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:21,600 Speaker 1: be at the hundred and fifty open championship and that's 1206 01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:24,640 Speaker 1: the launching pad for this trip. I mean it's a 1207 01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:26,840 Speaker 1: good feeling in a later in life you don't get 1208 01:05:26,960 --> 01:05:30,440 Speaker 1: to do those kinds of things. You know, we have responsibilities, 1209 01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:34,480 Speaker 1: you know you're not jumping fences and walls at midnight 1210 01:05:34,600 --> 01:05:39,000 Speaker 1: into uh, into into a cemetery and visiting grave sites. 1211 01:05:39,040 --> 01:05:41,520 Speaker 1: It's just not something to do every day, but in 1212 01:05:41,640 --> 01:05:48,200 Speaker 1: this context it works and it was a I just 1213 01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:51,200 Speaker 1: think that was for them. I don't know where you 1214 01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:54,280 Speaker 1: go from there. That had to be like the ultimate 1215 01:05:54,960 --> 01:06:00,120 Speaker 1: golf buddy trip ever and I'm just really glad at 1216 01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:03,800 Speaker 1: uh my friends got to do that and and I'm 1217 01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:06,800 Speaker 1: appreciative that they made me feel like I was there 1218 01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:19,400 Speaker 1: a couple of times. It's been a blur. We got 1219 01:06:19,480 --> 01:06:22,840 Speaker 1: home on Wednesday night at ten thirty. I went to 1220 01:06:22,920 --> 01:06:25,560 Speaker 1: sleep at one am on Thursday and woke up Friday 1221 01:06:25,640 --> 01:06:30,400 Speaker 1: morning at six thirty am. Wow, the kids were coming in. 1222 01:06:30,560 --> 01:06:33,280 Speaker 1: Is Daddy okay? Is Daddy okay? They're like mom's like 1223 01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:38,240 Speaker 1: let him sleep. So, you know, I was kind of 1224 01:06:38,280 --> 01:06:41,520 Speaker 1: I was kind of worn out before we uh, before 1225 01:06:41,560 --> 01:06:44,160 Speaker 1: we even started a little trip on Monday, and then 1226 01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:48,480 Speaker 1: we woke up and it uh, it was. It was 1227 01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:51,040 Speaker 1: a long walk, but it was a great walk. It 1228 01:06:51,160 --> 01:06:53,600 Speaker 1: was a lot of fun, a lot of fun. Eli 1229 01:06:53,960 --> 01:06:57,960 Speaker 1: left the shoes at Merefield and I have since located 1230 01:06:58,040 --> 01:07:04,280 Speaker 1: them and there and retrieved them. Tell Tell Eli that 1231 01:07:04,520 --> 01:07:08,200 Speaker 1: his schoolgirl looking shoes that he that he was so 1232 01:07:08,400 --> 01:07:14,560 Speaker 1: proud of, have been located and Um and will be 1233 01:07:14,720 --> 01:07:17,920 Speaker 1: sent his way. Taylor told me to let you know 1234 01:07:19,120 --> 01:07:23,600 Speaker 1: that they have located your shoes at your people and 1235 01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:27,680 Speaker 1: they are being returned. I wanted to keep him there 1236 01:07:27,760 --> 01:07:29,560 Speaker 1: just so you know. Next time I go to Merefield 1237 01:07:29,600 --> 01:07:32,600 Speaker 1: I always have a pair of shoes. I'll throw it in, 1238 01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:36,200 Speaker 1: throwing in Andy's locker and they'll just be there. You know, 1239 01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:39,200 Speaker 1: I think that that's kind of my intention. Just you know, 1240 01:07:39,960 --> 01:07:42,400 Speaker 1: you know I keep my shoes here. Just if I 1241 01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:46,080 Speaker 1: walked in there fifteen minutes, fifteen years later, yeah, you 1242 01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:48,840 Speaker 1: can get my shoes out. You know, they're still here. 1243 01:07:48,920 --> 01:07:51,160 Speaker 1: That was would be my play, but I guess that's good. ruined. 1244 01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:55,720 Speaker 1: It's so good, Peyton, what a pleasure it is to 1245 01:07:55,880 --> 01:07:58,480 Speaker 1: to to talk to you. Thanks for your time. This 1246 01:07:58,600 --> 01:08:01,040 Speaker 1: is gonna be really fun to put together. If nothing else, 1247 01:08:01,480 --> 01:08:03,400 Speaker 1: it's going to be a great audio experience for you 1248 01:08:03,480 --> 01:08:05,240 Speaker 1: guys to have for the rest of your lives on 1249 01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:07,360 Speaker 1: reflecting on one of the one of the sounds like 1250 01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:10,200 Speaker 1: one of the cooler trips, certainly happening around the hundred 1251 01:08:10,200 --> 01:08:13,400 Speaker 1: and fift open so thank you for this. I appreciate it. Yeah, 1252 01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:31,639 Speaker 1: you bet. Thanks for having me take care put another 1253 01:08:31,800 --> 01:08:39,280 Speaker 1: log on the fire. Nobody here is getting time