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Speaker 1: sent you. What is going on everybody, John Middlecoff Go

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Speaker 1: Low Podcast, Back at it again. We are a couple

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Speaker 1: the British Open as I call it, but I know

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Speaker 1: the golf elitists, especially across the Pond, call it the

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Speaker 1: Open Championship. All that matters is that St. Andrew's, the

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Speaker 1: old course has pretty cool. Uh. So you know we'll

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Speaker 1: dive into some thoughts, just some early of the forward

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Speaker 1: thinking top stories for next week. Obviously, there's one big

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Speaker 1: one regarding the defending champion. Uh, we just had a tournament.

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Speaker 1: Have some thoughts on that. It had a winner that

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Speaker 1: name of John Ram, who was formerly the number one

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Speaker 1: player in the world. Now that belongs to Scottie Scheffler,

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Speaker 1: who doesn't lose. But John, you know, I wouldn't say

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Speaker 1: the time he t off, he was four to one.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I get it's a crappy field, but holy moly,

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Speaker 1: you win. Now, you could argue, well, he should win,

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Speaker 1: he's the best player in the field. True, but it's very,

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Speaker 1: very hard. This is this is not Alabama Verse, you know,

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Speaker 1: little Dicey Hole a team. But at gol Pod is

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Speaker 1: the instagram. If you have any golf questions, fire in

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Speaker 1: separating the content. Got a lot of you could ask

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Speaker 1: life questions too in the in the golf Instagram, but uh,

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Speaker 1: to Jason Sobel as we always do, coming up a

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Speaker 1: little bit later, and then well answer your questions. But

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Speaker 1: I wanted to start with the Mexico Open, which, let's

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Speaker 1: face it, anyone who's been on vacation to eat Hawaii,

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Speaker 1: But and I followed this guy's career because he's from Sacramento.

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Speaker 1: a fascinating guy. You know, work with Tiger just a

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Speaker 1: Mexico Open Field. Good for him. I think it brings

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Speaker 1: him some confidence, some optimism moving forward. And yeah, I

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Speaker 1: I think that starts p J Championship in a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks. I'm from the Sacramento area and I followed

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Speaker 1: this guy's career just because he's pretty unique, right. He

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Speaker 1: hits it so damn far Camp Camp who seems just

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Speaker 1: like a really good guy. People like him. His short game,

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Speaker 1: you know, they mentioned it watching a little bit. I

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Speaker 1: think on Saturday Shan Foley. They're trying to figure that

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Speaker 1: thing out because off the tea, you know, I mean

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Speaker 1: part Bryson. Once he started looking like an NFL linebacker

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Speaker 1: and swinging out of his you know what, it was understandable.

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Speaker 1: Why the this guy it doesn't I mean, he swings hard,

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Speaker 1: but it doesn't look like he's swinging that hard. And

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Speaker 1: he had a couple of balls when I mean he

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Speaker 1: played with Rom. I think three of the four days

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Speaker 1: when Rob's hits it far, he's flying it by John Rom.

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Speaker 1: I mean, what's your take on Camp Champ. Look, I

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Speaker 1: love the fact that can Chat learned how to win

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Speaker 1: and learn how to be in early on the p

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Speaker 1: g A Tour, and that's that's more important a lot

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Speaker 1: of players. And I've told you this before, John, that

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Speaker 1: I used to go to cop be Loue of this

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Speaker 1: see the year opener on PGA Tour, and I would

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Speaker 1: ask players like, what are your goals for the coming year,

451
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Speaker 1: And almost every single player wasn't a tangible goal. They

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Speaker 1: bring up this intangible goal of I'm just trying to

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Speaker 1: get more consistent. I'm just trying to get better, trying

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Speaker 1: to improve every single week, every single day. And quite frankly,

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Speaker 1: consistency and improving little by little isn't rewarded as much

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Speaker 1: at the highest level as hey miss six cuts in

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Speaker 1: a row and then go win one and then miss

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Speaker 1: another six and then go win another one. That's essentially

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's a little bit of an exaggeration there,

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Speaker 1: but that's sort of the blueprint that Cameron Champ has

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Speaker 1: had over his first three or four years on the

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Speaker 1: p g A tour, and I love it. I get

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Speaker 1: that he's got a low floor, but he's got a

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Speaker 1: very high ceiling. He's got a higher ceiling than pretty

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Speaker 1: much anyone else of the same type of at us

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Speaker 1: that he has. And so I love the fact that

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Speaker 1: you go wing golf tournaments. He's got that kind of

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Speaker 1: confidence level. And so he does need to work on

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Speaker 1: some parts of his game. But look, his best is

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Speaker 1: really really good. It's best is a lot better than

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Speaker 1: a lot of other players best out there. If we

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Speaker 1: look at you know, a lot of guys, right Victor Hovland,

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean it would just say a lot

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Speaker 1: of top young guys that feels like the short game,

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Speaker 1: whether it's the putter or chipping. You know in other sports,

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Speaker 1: like in football, you know a wide receiver who struggles

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Speaker 1: to has questionable hands, or maybe in basketball guy struggles

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Speaker 1: with free throws. In your experience at the highest level,

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Speaker 1: how much can a guy improve? Does his age matter?

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Speaker 1: Like how you know if he's only been on tour

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Speaker 1: for a year or two, obviously as a high ceiling,

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Speaker 1: but once you get you know, you're on tour five

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Speaker 1: six years are you kind of are what you are

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Speaker 1: when it comes a short game. No, I think you

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Speaker 1: can absolutely improve. I know one player told me a

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Speaker 1: few years ago that you know, he used to say,

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Speaker 1: you know, he started working with a new coach and coach,

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Speaker 1: how how do you chip? Like, what's your theory behind it?

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Speaker 1: And go, I don't know. I go over the ball

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Speaker 1: from thirty yards out, I hit what I think is

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Speaker 1: about thirty yards And this coach went through everything for

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Speaker 1: him and said, thirty yards shot, you bring it back

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Speaker 1: this far, forty yards ago, this far, fifty yards, this far,

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Speaker 1: and he all of a sudden had a new outlook

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Speaker 1: on how to hit those chip shots. And so, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you can absolutely continue improving. I think the one worry

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Speaker 1: for guys at this level and Victor Hobland's a great

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Speaker 1: example because he's one of the best players in the

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Speaker 1: world with a very obvious weakness out there. But the

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Speaker 1: one worry, the one concern is you spend so much

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Speaker 1: time working on that one weakness that you lose what

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Speaker 1: you're doing really well. And so I think for these guys,

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Speaker 1: and it's not a matter of like, well, just work

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Speaker 1: harder and work more and you know, put more hours

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Speaker 1: into it that that's not really at the gist of

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Speaker 1: this thing. It's just you don't want to go, Hey,

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Speaker 1: I'm a great driver of the golf ball and a

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Speaker 1: great long and mid iron player. I'm pretty good putter,

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Speaker 1: but around the breens, I'm not right. I'm gonna spend

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Speaker 1: twice the amount of time working on wedge shots around

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Speaker 1: the greens, and all of a sudden, like i feel

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Speaker 1: like I've sort of lost my preparation. I've lost my

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Speaker 1: my practice regiment because I'm working so hard on that

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Speaker 1: one aspect and maybe that one aspect gets a little

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Speaker 1: bit better, But if it's to sacrifice some other things

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Speaker 1: that you already do well, it's not always completely worth it.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, these guys Canna always improved absolutely well heading

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Speaker 1: into this weekend. You know, it's a different course and

519
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Speaker 1: last year Roy's defending champ. But Rory is a guy

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Speaker 1: you'd say his wedges can be a little hit or miss, right,

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, not just specifically for this week,

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Speaker 1: but coming off that Sunday golf is a little weird, right.

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Speaker 1: Is there momentum coming off that Sunday a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks ago at the Master's or is it completely over

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Speaker 1: and it starts fresh, and he easily could miss the

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Speaker 1: cut here if he's off back and forth on the

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Speaker 1: momentum thing in golf all the time, and I I

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Speaker 1: don't know. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I

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Speaker 1: think that's the biggest problem. That's why we can have

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Speaker 1: this to be h John, is that sometimes, yeah, players

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Speaker 1: shoot sixty four in the final round of a major

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Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden something clicks. He gets hot,

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Speaker 1: he plays really well, and we go, Wow, he got

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Speaker 1: some momentum and so he needed that. And then other

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Speaker 1: times guys shoot sixty four in the final round of

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Speaker 1: the major, comes back out the next time, missing the cut,

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Speaker 1: plays poorly afterwards, and we go, oh, I guess it

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Speaker 1: didn't really lead to anything, and so I guess it.

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Speaker 1: It all depends on the circumstance, depends on the player.

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Speaker 1: There's some players out there, and I firmly believe our

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Speaker 1: momentum type of players they need that one good round,

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Speaker 1: one good result, and they can build on it. There

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Speaker 1: are other guys. I mean, we've seen players I was

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Speaker 1: kind of talking about camera Jim miss a bunch of

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Speaker 1: cuts in a row, not get close to the leader board,

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Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, have four really good

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Speaker 1: days and win it all sernament and so for those guys,

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Speaker 1: momentum doesn't matter as much. I do think momentum matters

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Speaker 1: for Rory a little bit more than some other players.

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Speaker 1: I do think that he's such a mental player. He's

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Speaker 1: got all the physical and technical gifts in the world,

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Speaker 1: but for Rorry, it's about confidence. It's about his mindset,

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Speaker 1: it's about the optimistic part of it. And I think

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Speaker 1: coming off that, even though but three or four weeks

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Speaker 1: ago that he shot that final round sixty four finished

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Speaker 1: runner up at the Masters, I do think that having

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Speaker 1: that in the back of his mind is going to

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Speaker 1: help him moving forward to at least a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how much does mean he's gonna win

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Speaker 1: this week necessarily, but I do think it helps him. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean the guy that you have as a winner.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're talking about momentum. Corey Connors just played

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Speaker 1: excellent golf the last I don't know what fifteen eighteen

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Speaker 1: months like. I mean, he has been one of the

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Speaker 1: better ball strikers on tour. I mean, the knock on

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Speaker 1: him is Ben putting, but when he's hitting potts, I

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Speaker 1: mean he's he's in the mix. I mean he's top ten.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's just a really, really good player. I

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Speaker 1: know you mentioned in your in your Action Network piece

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Speaker 1: the numbers a little high on Fando with seventeen to one.

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Speaker 1: I mean for Corey Connors, you'd like that probably or

572
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Speaker 1: low thirties to one. But uh, well, what's what's your

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Speaker 1: thoughts on him this weekend at this course? Yet, like

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Speaker 1: everything about him except that number, this is gonna be

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Speaker 1: a course where you don't need to hit three twenty

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Speaker 1: off the team. In fact, maybe we'll see less than

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Speaker 1: driver off the tea and a lot of circumstances, even

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Speaker 1: though there are a lot of long par flours and

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Speaker 1: even a couple of long par fives on this par

580
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Speaker 1: seventy golf course. But you're gonna see a lot of

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Speaker 1: iron shots with with mid irons and even long irons

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Speaker 1: on this golf course somewhere in the one seventy to

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Speaker 1: twenty five range. That's Corey Connor's bread and butter. This

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Speaker 1: guy is at least in the top ten ball strikers

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Speaker 1: in on the planet, maybe even in the top five.

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Speaker 1: He's underrated in every single way except in the market

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Speaker 1: place this week, where again it's just look, you've got

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Speaker 1: to bite the bullet. And if you say I really

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Speaker 1: like Corey Connors, I think he's gonna win, You're not

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Speaker 1: gonna get him in a big price this week. And

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Speaker 1: that's a shame because I was hoping for something in

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Speaker 1: the mid twenties the very least, maybe even like you said,

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Speaker 1: thirty to one, But we're not close to that this week.

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Speaker 1: And so yeah, you gotta kind of bite down and

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Speaker 1: take if you if you really like him, which I do,

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Speaker 1: and so I'll have a Connors investment this week, but

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna like that number. Yeah, you mentioned this

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Speaker 1: guy too, and coming off last week where he showed

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Speaker 1: some signs of life, I would say in two thousand

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Speaker 1: twenty or two thousand twenty one, given the field, wouldn't

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Speaker 1: you say Tony Finale right now? Fan one to one?

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Speaker 1: What would you say that number be a year ago?

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Speaker 1: Maybe to one? You know, I mean he would be

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Speaker 1: the second best player in this field, right beside Rory,

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Speaker 1: So there might be some Now, his win equity doesn't

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Speaker 1: win a lot, but last week, man, he looked got

607
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Speaker 1: some Tony Finelle a year ago vibes going he does

608
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Speaker 1: but look, it's the first time we've seen it all

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Speaker 1: year from Tony. Quite frankly, I love to see this

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Speaker 1: easy course just be another stepping stone towards the p

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Speaker 1: g A Championship in a few weeks, where I'd really

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Speaker 1: like to target him because I can see him winning

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Speaker 1: a p GA championship. So I'd like to say, you know,

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Speaker 1: we talked about momentum. I'd like to see a good

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Speaker 1: momentum week for Tony again to kind of propel endoored

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Speaker 1: something bigger as opposed to um to play in his

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Speaker 1: best golf right now. But it was one round. Remember

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Speaker 1: it was one round for the most part. Going into

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Speaker 1: it on Sunday, Tony probably thought, I'm either out of

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Speaker 1: it or I'm almost out of it, So let me

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Speaker 1: just give it a run. Three, will a little play aggressive? Hey,

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Speaker 1: look what happens. I just have a hard time looking

623
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Speaker 1: at Tony going into an event right now saying I

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Speaker 1: feel really confident in what he's gonna do. Look, he's

625
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Speaker 1: he's one of the most talented players on the entire planet.

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Speaker 1: He's a really really good ball strike and good driver

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Speaker 1: of the ball. He's got an underrated short game. It

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Speaker 1: just gets to the point of You know, I talked

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Speaker 1: about Rory being sort of a mental player, Tony might

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Speaker 1: be one of the most uh sort of mental players

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Speaker 1: out there, and that you know, it's all between his ear.

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Speaker 1: It's that six inches between his ears that it comes

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Speaker 1: down to. It's not like he's got any deficiencies in

634
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Speaker 1: his game whatsoever. And so I want to see him

635
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Speaker 1: go out to a tournament like this week and play

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Speaker 1: in the opening around like you did in the final

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Speaker 1: round on Sunday in Mexico, and see if he can

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Speaker 1: at least get off to a good start as opposed

639
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Speaker 1: to try and trying to catch everybody at the finish.

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Speaker 1: One thing. I mean, I know last week the four

641
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Speaker 1: to one five one favorite one. But uh, I do

642
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Speaker 1: like long shots and tournaments like this that have water

643
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Speaker 1: down fields, and you know Webb Simpson who has longer

644
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Speaker 1: odds than he would in the last several years. You

645
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Speaker 1: said it's gonna be it's gonna be a course where

646
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Speaker 1: guys are hitting you know, long irons, low woods, hybrids off.

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Speaker 1: You know, Joel Damon to me, would you get a

648
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Speaker 1: guy at a longer number? You know this guy I

649
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Speaker 1: just personally root for. Ye I don't know if he's

650
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Speaker 1: a great fit, you tell me Bow Hustler just at

651
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Speaker 1: a hundred to one, You know what, what do you

652
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Speaker 1: what do you think about that one right there? Yeah,

653
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Speaker 1: well you're basically just listing my entire preview from this week. John, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Damon really like him this week, Hustler. I really like

655
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Speaker 1: web Simpson fifty to one right now at Vandal same

656
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Speaker 1: number as Jason Day. Those are two trains traveling in

657
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Speaker 1: complete opposite directions right now. I have no idea what's

658
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Speaker 1: going on with Jason web Simpson. This is a web

659
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Speaker 1: Simpson course. Would you say environment injury? This is gonna

660
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 1: look like a US Open light. It's gonna look a

661
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Speaker 1: little weird. I know the last two events that were

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Speaker 1: played here, two thousand seventeen and eighteen seventeen, it took

663
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,320
Speaker 1: seven under to get into a playoff, where Kyle Stanley

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Speaker 1: beat Charles Howell. That's not a very low score. The

665
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: next year it was twenty one on their butt. You've

666
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:26,239
Speaker 1: got to remember Francesco Molinari absolutely lapped the field. He

667
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Speaker 1: won by eight that week, and so no one else

668
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,479
Speaker 1: was better than thirteen under. I think we get sort

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Speaker 1: of marked many US Open type of tournament this week,

670
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Speaker 1: and you look at guys who have played well at

671
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Speaker 1: the US Open, A Matt Fitzpatrick, a Gary Woodland, a

672
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Speaker 1: Web Simpson, guys who do well in that environment. I'll

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Speaker 1: give you one more, actually two more long shots, because

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Speaker 1: one I really like if you shop around final as

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Speaker 1: the best odds on Troy Merrit. Troy Merritt is one

676
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Speaker 1: of the d C Area in the past. He was

677
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Speaker 1: seventeen the last time an event was played at TBC Potomac,

678
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Speaker 1: and he's been fourth and twelfth and his last two

679
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 1: starts I like everything about him. This week some other

680
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Speaker 1: books out there that happened as low as thirty five

681
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Speaker 1: to one, which I don't understand whatsoever. And then if

682
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Speaker 1: you want a complete long shot, how do you like

683
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Speaker 1: a number of six hundred and fifty to one? John,

684
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 1: now we're talking. I thought you might like that. Eugenio

685
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Speaker 1: Lopez Shikara, who is a fourth year senior at Oklahoma State.

686
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Speaker 1: He is the fourth ranked amateur in the entire world.

687
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Speaker 1: I made the mistake, excuse me, of saying on my

688
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Speaker 1: PGA to a radio show Hitting the Green on Monday,

689
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Speaker 1: that he's a very very good ball striker, and my

690
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,760
Speaker 1: co host for today will Hasket and knows all about

691
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Speaker 1: these things. Stop me and said, no, he's not. I said, yes,

692
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Speaker 1: he is watched great, he's better than very very good.

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Speaker 1: He is too already with his irons. The putter gets

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Speaker 1: a little ball key. But look at six hundred and

695
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Speaker 1: fifty to one to have the criticism of add the

696
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Speaker 1: putter is a little bulky at times. I'll take it.

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Speaker 1: Let's jump on that number. So I don't know that

698
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Speaker 1: you can win the top tens in top twenties at

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Speaker 1: a really big number. Absolutely well, you just got my

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Speaker 1: juices flowing round there. Isn't it pretty nuts that Oklahoma

701
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,320
Speaker 1: State is basically like George Alabama, Ohio State of Football,

702
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 1: or Kentucky or Duke like you know, you've been around

703
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Speaker 1: this a long time. I got to know Hunter Mayhan

704
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Speaker 1: a little bit, and obviously all the other guys that

705
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Speaker 1: they how do they do it? Reputation, the reputation facilities.

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Speaker 1: I look, I am not tuned into college golf as

707
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Speaker 1: much as I could or maybe should be, but um yeah,

708
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 1: it's it all comes down to coaching, comes down to reputation,

709
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: comes down to connections. I mean, if you can go

710
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Speaker 1: to a place where you know, Ricky Fowler calls you

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Speaker 1: up and says, hey, I had the best years of

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Speaker 1: my life in Oklahoma State. You need to go there

713
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Speaker 1: because it's gonna make you a better player and prepare

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Speaker 1: you to play at the highest level. It's hard to

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Speaker 1: hang up the phone and say, yeah, I don't really

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Speaker 1: agree with that. And so you look at Oklahoma State,

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Speaker 1: and then I'll throw Georgia in there as well, because

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Speaker 1: Georgia produced Jeff player after player after player over the

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Speaker 1: last handful of years, and a lot of guys were

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Speaker 1: really really good out there. Right now. You look at

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Speaker 1: the skill set of some of the Georgia players, I

722
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 1: mean from a even guys who aren't winning, from a

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Speaker 1: Russell Henley to a Keith Mitchell to set Straka, who

724
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Speaker 1: has won already this year, has played it's really good golf. Me.

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00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: These guys come out, they're just ready to play on

726
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 1: the PGA Tour. So impressive from both of those programs.

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00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get you out of here on this. You

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Speaker 1: mentioned Oklahoma State. Ricky Fowler, I mean, long odds, his

729
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 1: career feels like it's going you know, we start for

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Speaker 1: a second, Phil Micholson might slide into that CBS seat

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Speaker 1: one day. But honestly, Ricky, if I was a TV executive,

732
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: I might be calling him, what what's you know? He's

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Speaker 1: well liked. Everyone likes the guy, but it's it's hard

734
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Speaker 1: to watch him play. I mean it feels like he's

735
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: not even close. What's what's going on there? From your

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00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,839
Speaker 1: vantage point, everyone likes I can tell you I've spent

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Speaker 1: a lot of time Ricky over the years. He's the

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00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:59,759
Speaker 1: absolute nicest, most genuine dude there is. On the PGA Tour,

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00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: every single player out there has to be rooting for

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Speaker 1: Ricky Fowler. I know a lot of the fans give

741
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,439
Speaker 1: him something the backlash, like, oh, he's you know, he's

742
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:11,359
Speaker 1: too overpromoted. He's on every commercial. There's a reason why,

743
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: because people gravitate toward him. People like him, and people

744
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 1: like him because he spends an hour and a half

745
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 1: after his round we shoot seventy six signing autographs for kids.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he really is just that good of a guy.

747
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Speaker 1: This is not the end, It's not even the beginning

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Speaker 1: of the end for Ricky Fowler. I firmly believe that

749
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Speaker 1: he's going to find something. Maybe it's just right now.

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00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 1: Dealing with you know, he's got a young baby at

751
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: home and a young family, and he's trying to kind

752
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: of figure out time management and things like that and

753
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: trying to find his swing. I think it's gonna happen

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Speaker 1: for him, though I don't know if it's gonna happen

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Speaker 1: this year. I'm not gonna bet him this week or

756
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: anything like that. But long term, I think if you

757
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Speaker 1: and I have this conversation three or four years from now,

758
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 1: it's not whatever happened to Ricky Fowler, it's oh wow,

759
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,839
Speaker 1: Ricky Fowler came back and he's a good PJ tour player. Again.

760
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Speaker 1: I mentioned something a while back on the podcast. You know,

761
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Speaker 1: he just doesn't hit it far enough. Someone forwarded me

762
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: the driving distances. It's not he's actually hitting it pretty far.

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Speaker 1: He was in like the top twenty. Yeah, I mean,

764
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Speaker 1: you know better me. But what he didn't hang his

765
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:13,720
Speaker 1: hat on being the best, one of the best putters

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Speaker 1: in the world, and now that's clearly not the case anymore.

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00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 1: Folk with Joe Scaber and his Caddy. This was at

768
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: the WM Phoenix Open what to three months ago, so

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00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 1: take it for went's worth now in retrospect. But he said, look,

770
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Speaker 1: everyone's talking about his swing. Everyone's talking about his driving SATs,

771
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: but it's the putter. He always used to save himself

772
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Speaker 1: by making all the ten, twelve, fourteen footers, and now

773
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Speaker 1: he's not making those. So at some point those are

774
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: gonna stop start following again for Ricky Fowler, and all

775
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: of a sudden, we're gonna see him pop up on

776
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 1: some leaderboards. It's gonna be a gradual thing. I don't

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00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 1: think just one week out of nowhere Ricky goes and

778
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 1: wins the tournament. But he's gonna start. It's all of

779
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,880
Speaker 1: a sudden. Okay, finish, top thirty, that's nice, then top twenty,

780
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden top ten he got on

781
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 1: the leaderboard. Now he's seriously contending. And it might not

782
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 1: be am month from now, it might be a year

783
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,839
Speaker 1: from now. But at some point Ricky's gonna go out

784
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: there and win again. We're gonna say, wow, all is

785
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,719
Speaker 1: right Ricky Fowler's world again, and like I said, a

786
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Speaker 1: lot of people rooting for him because he is, like

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Speaker 1: I said, one of the most genuine players out there. Well,

788
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 1: so we'll have a good rest of the week, play

789
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Speaker 1: some golf work on those you know, we're not all

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00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: Corey Conners from nine yards. We want to work on

791
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 1: those shots right now. I am very far from Corey

792
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Speaker 1: Connors from trust me same, Thanks Bro, I'll talk to

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00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:38,200
Speaker 1: you soon. Yeah. Thanks, Okay, Let's get to a little

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Speaker 1: go low pod mail bag. The instagram is at go

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00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 1: Will's Ala tourist looks like a sleeper in a lot

797
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 1: of tournaments. He goes to one of the best TD

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Speaker 1: green players on tour. Do you see him getting the

799
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:57,760
Speaker 1: putter going anytime soon? Also? Have you seen the Tiger

800
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,600
Speaker 1: dock on HBO Max? If so, what of your thoughts?

801
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:05,800
Speaker 1: I I have zero confidence in Will's autoris is putter.

802
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: When I watch him, especially in short puts, I I

803
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: feel anxiety. It makes me nervous. I don't understand why

804
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,880
Speaker 1: people can't just put normally. I just have a normal grip.

805
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: Tiger did just put normally. I don't understand the claw

806
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 1: or whatever the hell that's considered the wolves autors, but

807
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,400
Speaker 1: it makes me uncomfortable. Now, he's not a terrible putterer

808
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:31,320
Speaker 1: from like ten to twenty, but short puts, when you

809
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 1: hit it that good, you're gonna have a lot of them.

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00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:36,879
Speaker 1: He's just terrible. I watched The Dock probably a year

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Speaker 1: and a half ago, whenever it came out. Uh listen,

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Speaker 1: I I Tiger's upbringing was not easy. I mean, I

813
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 1: know it created what Tiger is, but that's that was tough, man.

814
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's not for everybody. You know, most

815
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 1: guys that are raised like that crumble and um. Obviously

816
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 1: Earl had some flaws, but yeah, I mean, I do,

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Speaker 1: I don't. I I remember watching that documentary and feeling

818
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 1: some understanding of how difficult it is to be Tiger Woods.

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Speaker 1: It's just not easy. I actually felt sympathy is probably

820
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 1: the wrong word, but more understanding. It's probably a better thing.

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Speaker 1: Just wondering when you're going to change. The opening commercial

822
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Speaker 1: still talks about March madness. People are fired up a

823
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:32,760
Speaker 1: by this March madness thing. Just go gamble Vandel promo

824
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Speaker 1: called Colum. The podcast is excellent. It's helping me learn

825
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 1: and be a better, more knowledgeable fan. Thank you, keep

826
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Speaker 1: up the great work. Regularly tell my people about the

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Speaker 1: podcast of the Barbershop. You know what's funny is I

828
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 1: haven't been to a barbershop in a long, long time.

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Speaker 1: What goes on the barbershop nowadays? What do you guys

830
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,719
Speaker 1: talk about sports still? I mean, honestly, I haven't been

831
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 1: to a barbershop in fifteen years. Kind of sad. Joe

832
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 1: Bial has a decent write up in Gulf Digest about

833
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 1: the Saudi Live League and the breakdown of the situation

834
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 1: for players money in the p GA. A solid read.

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00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,319
Speaker 1: You can't really discuss it on your podcast, but I

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00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: think the new league delves deeper into socio political alignments

837
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 1: that Saudi Arabia has, China, India and Russia being some

838
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 1: of the prominent entities. Those economies have fans too, and

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00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: it's not surprising at all that Saudi Arabia is willing

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Speaker 1: to back a league rivaling the p GA, just as

841
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,760
Speaker 1: in a similar fashion they will sell oil to India

842
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: and China while also maintaining a position of neutrality throughout

843
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 1: the Ukraine saga. The ongoing struggle over there and among

844
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:44,759
Speaker 1: T P TB is just as much about Western financial

845
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: influence versus production Eastern resources. Love the pod and everything

846
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,240
Speaker 1: you are doing to help busy casual fans like myself

847
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,760
Speaker 1: who can't decompose in front of a TV and maintain

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Speaker 1: awareness of what's going on in the NFL, NBA, and

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Speaker 1: PGA tour. That's deep I need. I might need to

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Speaker 1: read that article. Hey, John statement for the pot and

851
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Speaker 1: I'd love to hear your opinion on it. I'm so

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Speaker 1: fed up with the sports media attacking guys, especially Phil

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Speaker 1: for going to the Saudi Tour. It's the hypocrisy that

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Speaker 1: bothers me the most. This is what same sports media,

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Speaker 1: who doesn't have a word to say about the NBA

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Speaker 1: or the Olympics, making Hay in China, who is arguably

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Speaker 1: way worse than Saudi. The NBA and the sports media

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Speaker 1: practically ran Darryl Morey out of the league for speaking

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Speaker 1: out when China invaded Hong Kong. Suddenly the sports media,

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Speaker 1: executives and athletes have found their virtue. I don't see

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Speaker 1: anyone canceling their trips to the HSBC or the Dubai World.

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Speaker 1: Love to hear your thoughts. Uh. There was an ESPN

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Speaker 1: article on the Nets owner Joe Sigh. It was an

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Speaker 1: eye opener. I mean, you talk about a fraud. This

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Speaker 1: guy is a part of some of the scummy his

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Speaker 1: business practices in China. He owns the NETS and he's

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Speaker 1: one of the most outspoken political people in America. So

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00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,799
Speaker 1: he tells us how to live. Yet if you look

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Speaker 1: how he makes his money, now that's separate. He's a businessman,

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Speaker 1: but he was the guy that went after Darryl Morey,

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00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 1: you know, because this China kind of owns that guy. Um,

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Speaker 1: you gotta just read the article. Just type in Joe sigh.

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Speaker 1: ESPN article a couple of weeks ago. Not one NBA reporter,

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00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:30,880
Speaker 1: not one retweeted it. I remember reading it. I just thinking, like, geez,

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00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 1: this is insane. Uh. In fairness to the golf media,

876
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Speaker 1: they have nothing to do with the NBA in China.

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Speaker 1: That's the NBA media that you know. It's very insulated

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00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,360
Speaker 1: that they've they've kind of lost their way, uh, that

879
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 1: they've become too close to the situation. It's it's bizarre.

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00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:52,480
Speaker 1: I can't put the I can't blame the aim and

881
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 1: Lynches and those type guys for not talking about China.

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00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,399
Speaker 1: You know, I bet half of them don't even watch

883
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Speaker 1: the NBA. But I'm with you. I'm mean the sports media.

884
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 1: This is the problem. When you virtue virtue virtue signal

885
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Speaker 1: and just get on your moral high horse, you're loot

886
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 1: you're usually gonna tend to be a hypocrite, so I

887
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 1: just don't get on my moral high horse. Now. Doesn't

888
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 1: mean like you can be anti the atrocities that go

889
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:20,480
Speaker 1: on and just be like, yeah, you know, it's understandable.

890
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,720
Speaker 1: Like ultimately, if Bubba Watson goes to the Live, he's

891
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 1: not pro human atrocities, right, just like in fairness to

892
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: the NBA guys, they're not pro atrocities that are going

893
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Speaker 1: on in China, but they do like their money. It's

894
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:38,400
Speaker 1: why you should probably just keep your mouth shut about politics,

895
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 1: because you are a fraud if you expect if you're

896
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Speaker 1: accepting big cash from places that do terrible things, which

897
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 1: clearly these places do terrible things. But I also understand

898
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:57,120
Speaker 1: accepting money from these places to you know, like where

899
00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:59,239
Speaker 1: these guys are coming from, because they go, well, I'm

900
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 1: not a part of this, and it's just a business

901
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 1: entity who knows where a lot of our money comes from.

902
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: Let's let's be real. You know, I'm not trying to

903
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:10,279
Speaker 1: justify these guys. I wouldn't do it. If I was

904
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Speaker 1: on the PGA toured having success, I would not leave

905
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,960
Speaker 1: to go to live golf. I'm pretty confident on that one.

906
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:23,240
Speaker 1: But I'm not going to just utterly destroy Bubba Wattson,

907
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:27,360
Speaker 1: Harold Varner, Sergio whoever for wanting to go just like, honestly,

908
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: I have no problem with the NBA guys doing business

909
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 1: in China. Just don't tell me I'm a ship whole

910
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 1: person living my life in America like you don't get

911
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:41,200
Speaker 1: to do that or else we think you're completely full

912
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:44,440
Speaker 1: of ship, which a lot of people do because they

913
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:47,560
Speaker 1: were so outspoken politically. It's like, guys, you you don't

914
00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:50,960
Speaker 1: get to talk anymore once you start taking all China's money,

915
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Speaker 1: which clearly the NBA does, which in fairness to the

916
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Speaker 1: golf guys besides, like Phil and Norman, most of them

917
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Speaker 1: kept their mouth shut because you can't anything you say,

918
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Speaker 1: We're gonna think you're a complete fraud. Just be quiet. Ultimately,

919
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: the thing that we like most is just keeping your

920
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,360
Speaker 1: mouth shut and just letting us criticize you, not necessarily me,

921
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:15,359
Speaker 1: but just in general. Right the moment you open your

922
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 1: mouth and try to justify it, you get yourself even

923
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:21,480
Speaker 1: deeper in the situation. Right If I let's say I

924
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Speaker 1: had my podcast did huge numbers inside of Arabia and

925
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:29,960
Speaker 1: some huge company Inside of Arabia gave me five million

926
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 1: dollars a year for Goal podcast. That's it to be

927
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: pro Saudi Arabia. They're like, hey, John, We're gonna give

928
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:38,520
Speaker 1: you five million dollars a year for your once a

929
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:42,040
Speaker 1: week goal pod, just to be the you know, the

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00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:46,680
Speaker 1: headline sponsor. What would I say and be like, well, John,

931
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Speaker 1: take a stance, Take a fucking stance, John, or would

932
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 1: I take the money? Let's be real, I'd probably take

933
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Speaker 1: the money. Does that mean I'm pro the atrocities that

934
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: go people getting cutting bone sauce? No. Now, if I

935
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Speaker 1: was worth million, i'd probably say no to their five million.

936
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 1: But right now, my financial situation, how can I turn

937
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 1: that down. I'd be a fraud if I got on

938
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:12,080
Speaker 1: my moral high horse and told you how to live though.

939
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:14,439
Speaker 1: That's why I don't live. However, you want to live

940
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 1: a great part about America. I'm headed to the Wells

941
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:19,879
Speaker 1: Fargo Championship in a couple of weeks. Any go low merch,

942
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:23,360
Speaker 1: I can where to help promote the pot that's common. Brother,

943
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 1: that is coming. Anyone that works for some big golf brands.

944
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,400
Speaker 1: If you listen to this, holler at me my email.

945
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:34,000
Speaker 1: J Middle seven five at Gmail. Let's do some business,

946
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:37,600
Speaker 1: Let's let's link up, Let's let's take this thing to

947
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:41,400
Speaker 1: the moon. Baby. Um. Other than that, see that's a Saudi.

948
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:44,080
Speaker 1: The Sadi Live League always gets a little deep. It

949
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:47,600
Speaker 1: really does, because it strikes a chord, you know, politically,

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00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,480
Speaker 1: people get outspoken, people, people get worked up over that

951
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,960
Speaker 1: stuff on both sides. But I do think in general

952
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 1: the media can often be very disingenuous about stuff, and

953
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:00,799
Speaker 1: it's just kind of their role and it's why they

954
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 1: wear a lot of people out. Like you could be

955
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:06,479
Speaker 1: critical of Phil Nicholson's comments, but I have a hard

956
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:09,560
Speaker 1: time crushing any of the older players for going. Why

957
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: why wouldn't Lee West would go to the Live Golf League?

958
00:50:12,239 --> 00:50:13,800
Speaker 1: He can barely hang on the PGA like he's not

959
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:16,760
Speaker 1: gonna win anymore on the PGA tour. Gets over Sergio.

960
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:19,359
Speaker 1: You could argue, like he doesn't need to go Bubba same,

961
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:23,480
Speaker 1: But it's it's always easy to tell someone. It's why

962
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Speaker 1: two things I never do. You make your money, how

963
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 1: you make your money, You sleep with and date and

964
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,160
Speaker 1: marry whoever you want to marry. I don't like I

965
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:34,000
Speaker 1: may I I may internally judge those things, But ultimately

966
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Speaker 1: I'm not telling you like that. That's you. That's a

967
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:40,440
Speaker 1: you issue, that's your problem, whoever you want to sleep with,

968
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:43,399
Speaker 1: whoever you want to get in bed with. Professionally, once

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00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:45,359
Speaker 1: you hit a certain age, which to me is like

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00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:48,960
Speaker 1: probably thirty, because even in your twenties you're kind of

971
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 1: an idiot. But once you get over thirty, like people

972
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:54,920
Speaker 1: that try to like force people to get relationships or

973
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:58,040
Speaker 1: whatever in their forties and fifties, like people are grown.

974
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Speaker 1: Let you know, let them make their say, as you know,

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Speaker 1: but I'm not gonna get off too far and around

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Speaker 1: that one. Appreciate the pod. Appreciate you listen to the pod,

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Speaker 1: and uh, talk to you next week. P J Championship

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Speaker 1: The volume