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Speaker 1: and Chad Nollman, Cheap Content Officer of the Action Network

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Speaker 1: Massive Massive Sports Week. You think, coming out of March Madness,

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Speaker 1: we slow down a little bit, but the bang never

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Speaker 1: stops at the Action Network. We've got Major League Baseball

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Speaker 1: opening days this week. You could argue that people are

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Speaker 1: even more excited about The Masters Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Simon Hunter, Professional Bidder, my bff, my companion Michael Padre

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Speaker 1: joining me always my co host. Dude, Masters is sneaky

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Speaker 1: big in the betting world. I'm not gonna lie to you.

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Speaker 1: This is a Duke fan. I'm still dead inside a little.

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Speaker 1: I can't say I'm not. It's over Coach k the

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Speaker 1: worst way it could possibly end the u n C.

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Speaker 1: But a really smart friend of mine, a fellow gambler,

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Speaker 1: he sent me something that Buddhist said, in this universe,

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Speaker 1: the only way to create is with destruction. So that's

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Speaker 1: what happens. We got destroyed, but something maybe beautiful will

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Speaker 1: come from it. I can tell you I haven't moved on.

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Speaker 1: I'm not moved on yet. But thank God for the Masters.

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Speaker 1: I can talk about Tiger all week with other betters.

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Speaker 1: It's just gonna be a fun week. I think that's

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Speaker 1: why you just said people are more excited for the

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Speaker 1: Masters and baseball right now is just because we all

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Speaker 1: kind of see it, right, We all see this might

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Speaker 1: be the end for Tigers. So this is how we

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Speaker 1: know the spring times here, right, bro? It is great

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Speaker 1: and you're right. Jason Syllable the pre eminent golf betting

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Speaker 1: Action Network senior writer. He's got the Links and Locks podcasts.

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Speaker 1: He's got the Gimme our Live show that will preview

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Speaker 1: the Master uh this upcoming Wednesday night. The one thing

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Speaker 1: I want to say, even though Duke lost, that was

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Speaker 1: an epic college basketball game. Holy crap, that was just

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Speaker 1: That's what it is with Duke. You're a coward kind

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Speaker 1: I can't believe you guys are talking about other sports

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Speaker 1: during Master's Week. That's sort of sacrilegious. I've been watching

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Speaker 1: it's more personal. He's a father now. He takes that role, uh,

426
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:48,120
Speaker 1: at least from an outsider's perspective, as seriously as any

427
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,480
Speaker 1: role that he's taken on the golf course. And so

428
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,680
Speaker 1: we look at him and go, you know what, Uh,

429
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,480
Speaker 1: we see a little bit of ourselves in him. Hey,

430
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,000
Speaker 1: we've all grown a little older, we've all gone through

431
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Speaker 1: a metamorphosis in our lives, we've all gone through changes,

432
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,280
Speaker 1: We've all done stuff that, uh that we've regretted, We've

433
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,040
Speaker 1: done stuff that has been stupid. And then we kind

434
00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 1: of come back and say, boy, I'd like to see

435
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,879
Speaker 1: him have success. And so I guess the main point

436
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,800
Speaker 1: here is that we don't always these days in society

437
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,199
Speaker 1: root for those heroes, those legends to continue to have

438
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,399
Speaker 1: that type of success. The fact that Tiger is essentially

439
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,840
Speaker 1: you know, if he's in contention, if he could somehow

440
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,919
Speaker 1: win this tournament or any tournament again, we tug on

441
00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,480
Speaker 1: the heartstrings of uh nearly everybody out there watching. It

442
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,960
Speaker 1: would be pretty remarkable if you did. Yeah, there's just um,

443
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,919
Speaker 1: it feels like there's a lot more humility with him,

444
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:45,040
Speaker 1: and he talks much more openly about the challenges coming back. Specifically,

445
00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:49,399
Speaker 1: I think seeing him breakdown a little bit um has

446
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:53,640
Speaker 1: helped reframe people's opinions to him to be honest uh.

447
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,120
Speaker 1: And then the flip side of that, as you opened

448
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,560
Speaker 1: the door on Michelson UH, and I do want us

449
00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 1: to run down like top five, top ten, top twenty

450
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,399
Speaker 1: long shots, but you open the door on Michelson And

451
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 1: obviously he's a guy who has had nothing but goodwill

452
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,400
Speaker 1: his entire career. This is the first major, the first

453
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:18,479
Speaker 1: huge event UH in golf since his the way he

454
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:23,439
Speaker 1: handled the Saudi tour and the comments he made to

455
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:30,200
Speaker 1: Alan schipnuk Um about sort of Saudi politics they're human

456
00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:35,159
Speaker 1: rights abuses and why he can dismiss all that. What

457
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,359
Speaker 1: is the reaction right now is all of you gather

458
00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:43,159
Speaker 1: in Augusta to the film narrative bewilderment. I think is

459
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:48,800
Speaker 1: maybe the most characterizing way that I can put it.

460
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,639
Speaker 1: I'm not sure his fellow players understand. I spoke with

461
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,560
Speaker 1: the player recently who is friends with Phil, plays a

462
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,800
Speaker 1: lot of golf with Phil at text, and Chill said, hey,

463
00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,679
Speaker 1: how you doing everything okay? So essentially broke back yep,

464
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 1: good and so I don't know that anyone knows what

465
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,359
Speaker 1: to think right now. I mean, you know, I was

466
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 1: sitting at dinner last night with a lot of colleagues

467
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,240
Speaker 1: who have a lot of inside knowledge. We have no

468
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 1: idea if he's suspended from the PGA Tour or not.

469
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,040
Speaker 1: We have no idea if you might play the p

470
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,280
Speaker 1: G A Championship and defend his title next month or not.

471
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,119
Speaker 1: We have no idea if Augustin National suggested that he

472
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,959
Speaker 1: not played this week or not. I don't know exactly

473
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,119
Speaker 1: what Phil, what's going on with Phil right now. I

474
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 1: have a feeling that whatever is out there is probably

475
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,600
Speaker 1: only the tip of the iceberg, and that there might

476
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,680
Speaker 1: be more coming out. And he suggested as much when

477
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,359
Speaker 1: he wrote up his quote unquote apology, which didn't really

478
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,679
Speaker 1: quite apologize for anything. But uh, you know, quite frankly,

479
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,719
Speaker 1: I don't know what to think with Phil right now.

480
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,280
Speaker 1: I'd assume that at some point he comes back and

481
00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,960
Speaker 1: we look at we got all right luck you sort

482
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,439
Speaker 1: of stage to coup against the PGA two. You sort of,

483
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,679
Speaker 1: you know, tried to to bring all your fellow elite

484
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:05,320
Speaker 1: level players to uh a government backed Saudi based league

485
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:10,480
Speaker 1: that uh you know, has has done some some heinous,

486
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:15,880
Speaker 1: uh heinous things, as as a terrible human rights record,

487
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,680
Speaker 1: and so you know, it's a lot of it's being

488
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,720
Speaker 1: done for money, even though Phil says, you know, look,

489
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,760
Speaker 1: we're trying to um tell the p G A tour,

490
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,680
Speaker 1: you know, how things can be done a little bit better,

491
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,560
Speaker 1: and we're trying to have our own rights and things

492
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,280
Speaker 1: like that. But I quite honestly, Chad, I have no

493
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,160
Speaker 1: idea what to think of where Phil is right now,

494
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 1: what Phil's doing, What's what's he thinking? Is he is

495
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,120
Speaker 1: he planning a return, a comeback to professional golf soon?

496
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 1: Is he out for the rest of the year. Is

497
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,960
Speaker 1: he out for the rest of forever? I mean, will

498
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 1: he ever tee it up on on the PGA Tour again?

499
00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,159
Speaker 1: Will we see him in a study league event in

500
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 1: a couple of months. I don't know the answers to

501
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,200
Speaker 1: any of those questions. I don't think anyone does, except

502
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,840
Speaker 1: for him and maybe only Chad. Let's go with something

503
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,920
Speaker 1: a little softer here, Jason, what's your top five, top ten,

504
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,400
Speaker 1: top twenty, Like Chad was talking about some good long shot, Yeah,

505
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 1: top five. I don't have a great long shot for you.

506
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,440
Speaker 1: Probably the biggest long shot I've got is Wills Alataurus,

507
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 1: and I look at him very much the same vein

508
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,879
Speaker 1: that I look at Jordan's speed through Um, you know,

509
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,600
Speaker 1: we always have a narrative. You need to have experience

510
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,080
Speaker 1: in Augustin National is a place where you've you've got

511
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 1: to play the Masters six, seven, eight times before we

512
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 1: really figure out this golf course in this tournament. Uh,

513
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,000
Speaker 1: Jordan's speed figured out pretty early. And I feel like

514
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,879
Speaker 1: Wills Alatorius and his first start last year runner up

515
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,880
Speaker 1: to Dicki matsu Yama, he's sort of figured it out

516
00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,320
Speaker 1: a little bit too, and doesn't mean that he's going

517
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 1: to finish right up there every single year, but he's

518
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 1: a tremendous ball striker. And I look at him and

519
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 1: I don't have a whole lot of long shots in

520
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,120
Speaker 1: that top five right now, So I'm not gonna give

521
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:52,959
Speaker 1: you guys too far down the board. But I do

522
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,480
Speaker 1: think that's Salatorus, the guy that can that can back

523
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 1: last year's runner up finished with another title contention this

524
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:02,760
Speaker 1: year as far as top ten, Look you guys who

525
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 1: and Simon I want to speak to you, But Chad,

526
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 1: I know, isn't paying tremendous attention to golf on a

527
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 1: regular basis. I know he's a he's a golf fan,

528
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 1: but I know he's not a golf nut studying and

529
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,040
Speaker 1: researching every single week. And so those of us who do,

530
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 1: we're almost a disadvantage for this one because we'll look

531
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,560
Speaker 1: at Tony Finale this year ago. Well, his best finish

532
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 1: is a share of nineteenth place, and that was three

533
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,399
Speaker 1: months ago at a shortened field, and the ball striking

534
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 1: numbers are okay, but they're not great, and he really

535
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,479
Speaker 1: hasn't done much since that win uh in the FedEx

536
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,160
Speaker 1: Cup playoffs last year, and it's been a while now.

537
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,880
Speaker 1: And those who sort of helicopter in and only pay

538
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 1: attention to the majors will look at a big number

539
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,720
Speaker 1: next to Tony Finale's name, go, he's good. I like him.

540
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick him, and I think that works out

541
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 1: this week. I think you forget everything that you've learned

542
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 1: over the last three months, and I think there's almost

543
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,159
Speaker 1: an advantage and having less knowledge about what's going on

544
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 1: with his Game's got three top tens and four career

545
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: starts at this event, and I do like him this week.

546
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 1: I think he's the kind of guy that can turn

547
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 1: his game on when he needs to, and it hasn't

548
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 1: been terrible. It's not like he's playing terrible golf coming

549
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: into this. Uh finished the top thirty last week at

550
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 1: the Valero Texas Open. Okay, that's not saying a whole lot,

551
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,120
Speaker 1: but at least it's not like he's missing cuts every

552
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: week and then for a top twenty. If I was

553
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: to tell you, guys, the best ball striker, the best

554
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: iron player on the PGA Tour so far this season

555
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 1: is not Colin Morricawa, It's not Justin Thomas, not Wills Altoris.

556
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,920
Speaker 1: It's Russell Henley. And Russell Henley is a guy who's

557
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: due for uh, what a lot of people call the

558
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 1: the positive regression, sort of the oxymoronic term that always

559
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 1: comes out in um in the analytics world, which is

560
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: essentially I look at him like a major League baseball

561
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: pitcher who's seven and twelve with the two seventy e

562
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: r A and you say, at some point, look, the

563
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 1: numbers are there, he's pitching. Well, he's just not getting

564
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 1: the help. He's not getting the luck. I mean, Henley

565
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 1: is a guy who last year at the Window Championship

566
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 1: led for three and a half rounds, wound up missing

567
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 1: a putt to get into a playoff and finished in

568
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 1: te seven. That's never happened before in the last twenty years. Uh,

569
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 1: the fact that you could lose by one and not

570
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 1: cash the top five ticket. Henley has had a whole

571
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: lot of bad luck like that over the last couple

572
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: of years. I think that he's due for some good luck.

573
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,520
Speaker 1: I've got him just for a top twenty this week,

574
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 1: but top ten wouldn't surprise me whatsoever. For the record,

575
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: you nailed it. I'm not. I'm not, you know, going

576
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: back to it. I'm not digging into the golf stats

577
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 1: week to week because we have you, and we have

578
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: like Josh Perry, and we've got an entire team of

579
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 1: people that are doing it. All I have to do

580
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,240
Speaker 1: is read what you guys right, watch the guinea, listen

581
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: to links and locks, and I'm done. That's that's all

582
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 1: I have to do. That's why we hired a great team.

583
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 1: Jesson Sobel, I appreciate you hiring it. They really do.

584
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: First round leader, give me a first round leader, Okay,

585
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 1: so I will start my first round leader played by

586
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 1: telling you that I like everything about Sam Burns this week,

587
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 1: I like Sam Burns for second round leader, third round leader,

588
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: and maybe even final round leader, which is also called

589
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 1: called the Masters Champion. He is in a marketplace where

590
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: it just seemed like almost everybody's too short. Sam Burns

591
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 1: number is twice as much as it should be this week,

592
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 1: at least from an outright perspective. He is fifty to one.

593
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 1: I saw this morning. Uh, he is the eleventh ranked

594
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: player in the world right now. He wont in his

595
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: last start of the valvest Bar Championship to start before

596
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 1: that at the Players he was right there in contention,

597
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 1: played in the final group or second to lass group

598
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: on that Monday afternoon before shooting a final round seventy.

599
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 1: The kid is really really talented twenty five years old.

600
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: The only thing I can find in that why he is,

601
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: why is are as long as they are, is the

602
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: fact that he hasn't played this event before in the past. So, um,

603
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: we all know, no Masters rookie has won this event

604
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 1: since Fuzzy Zeller back in nineteen seventy nine. It's been

605
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: an awfully long time. It doesn't mean they can't do it.

606
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 1: Though I mentioned Wills Alatoris earlier. I mentioned Jordan's speed,

607
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: who took to this event very quickly. I can see

608
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: Sam Burns uh jumping out there, uh, playing really well

609
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: on Thursday, and then playing well throughout the weekend. So

610
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 1: I like him for outrights. I've bet him already for

611
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: out rights. I really like him for first round leader though,

612
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 1: because he's a quick starter. Finished sixteen on the PGA

613
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 1: Tour last season in round one story average, he's twelve

614
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: already this season. Plays well on Thursdays, plays well usually

615
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: on Friday, Saturdays and Sundays as well. So he's a

616
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 1: guy that I like for full tournament, but especially first

617
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: round leader. Bets and what player are you avoiding? Like?

618
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 1: Are there a couple of guys you're avoiding in this tournament?

619
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 1: You know it's funny, Simon. I just saw a colleague

620
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 1: a few minutes before we start talking and he said,

621
00:31:57,960 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 1: any you like this week? And I gave him a

622
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: couple of names and about you, who do you like?

623
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: And he gave me a name that I had mentioned.

624
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 1: And so you know, there's really not many players in

625
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 1: the top thirty, top forty that you look at this

626
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: week and go, oh my god, I can't believe you're

627
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 1: picking him he's terrible. There are a lot of really

628
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: good players, and you can make a case for most

629
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: of them. Bryson the Shambo for me, is a very

630
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,720
Speaker 1: easy fade. I think it's an easy fade for most people,

631
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 1: which is why his number is drifted so much. I

632
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: believe he was twenty one at this time last week

633
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: following another miscut at the Valerio, Texasopians now as high

634
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 1: as forty two one, and so I think some people

635
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 1: might look at that and say, Okay, I'm getting a

636
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 1: little bargain now on on Bryson. You know, I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: him to play well. I just don't see it happening.

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Speaker 1: I think he's more injured than he's letting on. I

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Speaker 1: But if you're looking for a guy who's completely off

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Speaker 1: in Augusta, get to gossip about stuff in golf, like

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Speaker 1: who do you go out with, where do you go,

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Speaker 1: what do you do? Tell me? I need some use

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Speaker 1: so as you know, Chad, I'm also doing Masters Radio

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Speaker 1: this week, which is going to be on Sirius xm

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Speaker 1: my Hitting the Green show on Monday Day and Tuesday

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Speaker 1: post round interviews. During the live broadcast coverage. You've got

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Speaker 1: Mike Riko hosting the play by play, and UH and

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Speaker 1: Curtis Strangers our analysts in the booth. And then I

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Speaker 1: our buddy Drew Stoltz the sleeves and so in any case,

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Speaker 1: I'm hanging out with that whole crew all week. We

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Speaker 1: have a few houses all the houses are nearby. We'll

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Speaker 1: hang out uh somebody's house each night and maybe have

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Speaker 1: have some dinner. I believe we've got catering this year,

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Speaker 1: which we haven't had in the past, so we don't

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Speaker 1: have to go find a busy restaurant. We went out

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Speaker 1: to a Buffalo Wild Wings last night. It took an

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Speaker 1: hour to get a seat, and that was only a

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Speaker 1: Sunday night in AUGUSTUS. So you can just imagine how

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Speaker 1: any other night past that. So I believe we'll have

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Speaker 1: catering this year. I can tell you I've I've come

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Speaker 1: I say, the comfort in there was three and a

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Speaker 1: couple of green Rapports sandwiches on my way out the door,

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Speaker 1: and like eight sandwiches in this dirty hotel room. And

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Speaker 1: I'm now staying in nice houses with friends and colleagues

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Speaker 1: and eating catered food. So um, that to me is

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Speaker 1: is a Master's victory. Chad, you know what, I didn't

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Speaker 1: even know we were going to get that story outstanding.

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Speaker 1: That's a that's a Jason Sobel victory, right there, Jason Sobel.

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Speaker 1: In addition to all your duties for Action Network and

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Speaker 1: Serious Don't Forget, check out the Links and Locks podcast,

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Speaker 1: check out the Gimme. Thanks for joining us, buddy. This

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Speaker 1: was very enlightening for someone who's only going to dip

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Speaker 1: into golf. As you casually blame me of doing, this

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Speaker 1: is exactly why I do it, because I have anything

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Speaker 1: I need. So you're welcome, have fun helicoptering in those

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Speaker 1: of us who do this on a weekly basis, we

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Speaker 1: invite you to come join us every single week, but

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Speaker 1: enjoy read this week. This is the best week of

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Speaker 1: the year, it really is. That's kind of how I

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Speaker 1: live my life. Dip in when I feel like I

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Speaker 1: want to, and uh, then go about my merry way.

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Speaker 1: For m BFF Simon Hunter, for our brilliant producer, Matt Mitchell,

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Speaker 1: for Jason Sobel, I am Chad Millman from the Action Network.

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