No Laying Up - Golf Podcast - 1176: Saturday at the '26 U.S. Open

Episode Date: June 21, 2026

Wyndham Clark (-7) takes a six-stroke lead into the final round of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Scottie, Sahith, Tom Kim, and Sam Stevens all sit at T2 (-1). Join us as we break down the day: Leaders, On the Ground with Neil, Lingering/Loitering, Hamsterdam, and much more. Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Titleist - the #1 ball in Golf! High Noon - Sun's Up! Lagoon - code NLU for 15% off at https://lagoonsleep.com/nlu Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Be the right club. Be the right club today. Johnny, that's better than most. How about him? That is better than most. Better than most. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the NoLega podcast, live show presented, as always by our friends at Titleist.

I am Solly, joined by my esteemed colleague, Mr. Big Randy. Hello, Big. I'm back, boys. Hello. Excited to talk some G. some G, some dub, some grape maybe open it up tonight. DJ Pye is here. Hello, DJ. Hello, Sali.

Good to be with you, my man. Let's get into it. Neil was out there today. He is going to be joining us, hopefully here shortly from, I believe, from the media center there in South Hampton. He was one of three people left on the grounds there, I think, by the end of the day. Tonight show brought to you by Titleist and the new GTS drivers. You can find out more about that at tidalist.com. I cannot say enough great things about these drivers.

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you do got to hand it to him. You got to hand it to him. Wyndham Clark is seven under par through 54 holes at the United States open. Scotty Sheffler, Sahit Tagala and Tom Kim at one under. Nobody else is under par. Some good news for Windham here. In each of the last 27 U.S. Open's count them. The eventual winner was either leading or within four strokes of the lead at the end of the third round. Nobody is within four shots. Nobody's within five

shots of Wyndham Clark at this point. Wyndham has tied, I believe, the fourth largest U.S. Open 54 whole lead. of course tiger woods led by 10 in 2000 rory mackroy led by eight in 2011 and randy's guy long big huge jim barns led by seven in 1921 windham joins the group of leaders that have led by six 30 there's a good stat here this is the only stat at this point 39 players have had a five plus shot lead entering the final round of a major championship 33 went on to win the last player that didn't do it of course The guy that a lot of people are going to be thinking about tomorrow, the guys that a lot of people might be hoping to see reference tomorrow, 1999 Open Championship at Carnustiz Jean Van de Veld. Wyndham Clark just absolutely went out and suffocated this thing, man. I mean, he saved par from everywhere. He did exactly what he had to do to stay in the position that he's in.

Solly, what sticks out to you about the way Dub is playing right now? I mean, he looks the part. You do just straight up, got to hand it to him, man. I know it is not the storyline we were hoping for. A lot of people watching are hoping for. A lot of people listening to this were hoping for. But I mean, what you ask of somebody for U.S. Open golf, but he's not a massive lead for like 48 hours now, right?

And comes out, you know, and he's got to wait until 345 to tee off today. Bogie's the first hole. And just like plays really solid golf, birdied five. bogeied eight and then had a bunch of opportunities where this thing could have slipped away on 10. He made the mistake that a lot of people made on 10 today, but he gets up and down from long there, gets up and down on 11. Incredible bunker shot there. You know, PARs 12 makes a great scramble again on 13.

Like that was where he, I saw the staff there. It was like a 5% chance he was going to make all of, I think Rick Run good tweeted that. He was going to make a 5% chance he was going to make all those puts. And he did it, man. And then has like, we thought Scotty had the highlights of the day. And Wyndham steps up and hits like the shot of the day into 16 and makes Eagle. Bogies 18, you know, to make it just a little bit more interesting and he missed a four footer for par on 15, you know, to make it not a complete, complete runaway. Let me ask you guys this.

Data Golf says 71.6% chance of winning right now. Is that a little low from what you were thinking? Doesn't I feel low? if you would have asked me what the percentage was, I think I would have said like 80, 85. I mean, it just feels, feels very, very over. I know it's a U.S. Open, but the wind is going to be down tomorrow. It sounds like maybe they juice up the whole locations and they make it extra firm, get out and mow and roll those greens and just make them as, you know, spicy as they've been all week. But yeah, I don't know, it remains compelling, right?

because there were enough moments today starting on the first hole where it's like he was just a little off. He had a long lag putt. He didn't get it down. Three putts the first. It's like, ah, it can, it can happen. It can wobble. And then he just made every single one of those par savers that he ended up, that he, that he had to make. Which again is like you can, you can ask me either way tomorrow. Is he going to have those par savers? Is he going to be in control of his golf ball and, you know, limit the damage? Or is he going to keep making those? I don't know what the answer to that question is. I know it can get off the rails. I just don't think it doesn't look like somebody's going to go shoot 75

and let a bunch of other people back into it tomorrow. I think that's well said, Dege. I am going back and forth in my mind, whether today was Wyndham's quote-unquote didn't hit the ball great, you know, didn't have his A-game. And not only did he survive it, but to post around an even part, 70 is fabulous six-shot lead uh or are we starting to see some cracks and as you said is he

going to be able to keep saving par like we saw him today man that was such a big stretch not i mean bones called it out too nine 10 11 uh the saver on 13 to you know two over there who knows what his mindset is going he makes birdie on 14 you guys mentioned the eagle on 16 does that still happen if he's riding the bogey train you know that that that that seemed critical um i don't know this is such an interesting course because if you're just off a little bit it can be gas leak tomorrow for him you know and and he can go out and make four bogies on the front and it's like holy shit we got a golf tournament so sallie to your point about the 70 percent or whatever it was to win via day to golf I think that feels about right.

Like I, and listen, I think Scotty being there in the final group with him adds to some of the intrigues, certainly. You're playing with the number one player in the world. So I'm excited. Listen, it's like in my mind he's got a 50% chance. He's either going to win or he's not going to win. And it's going to be interesting one way or another. Yeah, we didn't really mention who he's paired with tomorrow,

which is Scotty. after just not a lot of juice out there. And we can talk about that as we get into it. But there was juice when Scotty was playing that 14, 15, 16 stretch. I mean, that was, I did get electric. The guy is going for the Grand Slam. It's his birthday. Randy, I know you're a huge birthday guy.

It's Father's Day. It's like, wow. There is a bit of a, man, in 20 years. Like, could I see the, do you remember when Scottie roared back and won it Chinatcock documentary? Like, yeah, man, I could see that. It felt like that for a little while there. Right. Right.

Yeah. Yeah. So I am pulled a little bit on that one where I'm like, I can see that happening that the movie fan in me really likes that idea. But the guy who's been watching golf for three days is like, it just feels like Wyndham's going to go shoot like 71 and just win this thing. But we'll see. It's why they play the game, Sully.

That's right. we need just like one super clownish pin like a fill running after a ball like one opportunity that you know every like you know half the groups are like six putting this one pin volcano hole can windham hold it on that one maybe scotty just runs one in and then wind him five puts it that's that's our best chance at it no i think how great was it to have that moment on 10 today right like 10 like 10 like you got to give him credit for hitting that shot on 10 amazing totally such a cool chip bumped it seen the variety of different shots people played into that. I don't know if that's what you're going to say as well, but like seeing Zander throw it up high, seeing Rory try to throw it up high, seeing Windham, banging into the hill was really cool. And it kind of showed a little bit how the golf course has changed over the last couple days too. You saw a couple players talking about how that shot that he hit today, I think seems like the prudent play when it gets really, really firm out there. But when it's soft out there, that's the hard shot to play. So you do have to kind of read

that read the conditions pretty perfectly in order to know, should I throw this back up into the wind and can I stop it and how much spin can I get? Versus if I do slam this into the hill, is it soft enough that it's going to, you know, kill it? Is it firm enough that it's going to bound up there? And I mean, he just judged it perfectly. That was the true tip of the cap. You know, that was the tip of the cap of the day until he hit the shot on 16, which was like a joke of a shot. And one of the, yeah, sorry, I'm rambling. No, I just have to, my hand up made a couple of, like, said it last night.

I'm like, oh, it's going to be a different golf course. And like I, you know, Wyndham's not, doesn't roll off the tongue as the guy that handles all the difficult shots around the green when it gets firm, when it gets fast, when it gets spicy, when it gets to be a judgment call game. Like, Wyndham Clark does not jump to the top of the page for me of like the most skilled players at doing that. And he handled all of that today, like especially that shot. His technique is ugly. Like the bunker technique he used on 13 doesn't look pretty. Bones even called that out, you know, in particular. It doesn't look pretty, but I mean, he's seven of nine scrambling today.

He is 13 of 17 scrambling for the tournament, which is best in the field. He is third in the field in putting despite a couple of those short misses. You know, 10th and approach 21 off the T. Like he was, the ball striking was not great today is the only thing you can look at and say, don't know how long, you know, maybe it just ends up in a really bad, lie tomorrow and he doesn't scramble to make part like he did on 13 or, you know, maybe one of those chips comes back to his feet tomorrow is kind of our only, only chance at leaving an opening here. Because I don't think Scott is shooting 65 tomorrow. I could be wrong,

though. I mean, the wind is going to be much, much softer tomorrow than it was today. It will be stronger. The strongest part of the day will be, looks, it's forecasted, I should say, to be in the afternoon. It's going to be quite calm in the morning. I think we're going to see some red numbers. I don't have people mad. I think people are just ready to burst at the seams as it stands. Which I get. I get it, I guess. If you don't like Wyndham, I'm not the biggest Wyndham fan from a golf perspective. I get it. There are two guys under part today, man. There's nobody in the field better than, there's one guy in the field better than one under. I mean, it's just he's, I don't know, I'd love to do it, man, course. I know that he did, you know,

know, out of the same, or the other side of my mouth, I know he got some cushion on Thursday afternoon with the way things broke and with the golf course being soft and the wind laying down in that afternoon. Like he was able to go out and get some cushion. But man, since then, it's like everybody's been playing the same course. And he, there was a bunch of people out there playing that course with him. Even Parr was the third best round of the day today that he shot. You know, it's like it wasn't, yeah, it wasn't clownish or some like freak show. out there. Yeah, he wasn't the only one on the golf course Thursday afternoon. I mean, he was, there were an entire group of guys in his wave that didn't take advantage of it in the same way that

he did and sustain it. Like you, this is not a crowning. I won't stand for that. Like I, it, gosh, don't make me start riding for Wyndham here, but like we can be upset. We don't have to like it, but we can agree, hands down. He's been the best and most deserving golfer of this tournament to this point. It should be incredibly obvious with the six-shot lead, but I feel like, you know some some people are trying to discount there's just a little bit too much for him and gosh just just feel like we've done this man feel like i like oh wendom will slip up here like we did this three years ago uh he won he's not gonna he's not gonna be rory like there's no way winnum clark wins a u.s. open and now we're probably talking about two-time u.s. open champion winem clerk it's crazy

randy crowning what do you what say you i mean listen he certainly has been in the best parts of the draw so there's there's no denying that i i think it's a very good point that sally says he he took advantage thursday but then he sustained it you know to back it up with a 69 friday 70 today we saw many guys in that thursday afternoon uh twilight that that gave it all back and then some on friday so honestly i there's like there's a it's like both a slight crowning for him to be here i but also he will have earned it if if he closes it tomorrow. I just it's getting to be

tip your cap territory. If he goes out and shoots another 70, it's like, dude, I mean, nobody, you're not doing anything. I know we can talk about the historical stuff later. I think Scotty is worth mentioning. So you said,

ah, nobody's going to shoot his 65. God, our guy had a look at 66 today. I mean, if he can cash that 15-footer for Eagle on 16, I don't know how long, not super long par put on 17. Six feet, 11 inches. That was tough. And then missed like a three and a half foot or not the easiest put on 18 for birdie.

So yeah, Scotty could have been up there at two, three under par. And this would have been, I think, a little bit different mindset for Wyndham tomorrow. But alas. Yeah. The crowning part for Wyndham can't be more than two total. total shots. And that's, that's like, that's a, that's would be like the extreme in to say like he has was the benefit of a two shot swing. Uh, in, in the, and the numbers would not support that, but I'm saying, like the way it worked out, the actual part of the draw, the part of the course he was on, like maximum

two shots. And he's leading by six. So put a little, maybe a way to see tomorrow after, you know, if he ends up winning by a shot, I think it could be a crime. Maybe. Maybe. But that's also five shots. I don't think you can call it. I can't believe I got to be the guy to say, we don't get to simulate the golf here, guys. You got to play it on the golf course in the conditions that are given to you. Well, speaking of the golf course and the conditions that we saw it there, should we bring in our guy, the beluga? He looks frozen to me. I don't know. Is he frozen? Oh, God. Do we have a Harry Higgs situation? Hold on a second. I got to fix my camera. All right. We can hear you. You just wave when you're ready to come in, Big Dog.

All right. I'll give you. manager went out but we are not making the pitching change we are not going to the bull he said yeah he says he can go he says he can go uh well but before we do that why don't we open up some grape you know we'll give a shout to our friends uh at high noon i am going for the transfusion uh tonight i got one left i'm saving it for the dub dub tomorrow i'm celebrating it tonight we're going for it tonight high nude vodka seltzer vodka iced tea tequila selzer No matter the occasion, High No noon has something for you. What do you have there, Randy? It's just a vodka peach. Just delightful little summer flavors. If you are looking for your next pack, check out the High Noon Tequila Seltzer Fiesta Pack. It comes in an eight pack or now a bigger 12 pack for an even larger Fiesta.

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It's crispy. Ah, long day in the sun. an absolute megallite really really interesting day one i will remember for a long time because it was almost it was eerie uh galleries were very small very muted once i'm trying to think i mean uh scotty came through i mean zander and and um can't remember who zander was playing with but once zander cleared i was like oh there must be a big wave with the final group and and there guys there just wasn't. So I started my day on seven. I was looking for high carnage areas, HCA's. So I started on seven. Saw Scottie hit an excellent, excellent shot into seven. It doesn't look like he paid off

the birdie, but the best one I've seen there this week. And then I followed Alex Fitzpatrick, who impressed me with his ball striking and just kind of the great swing, like super limber. You know, I was kind of, I never watched him play live. I was really impressed with him. And then he makes a mess on 11, three puts from like 18 feet. World class muttering, Sally, I thought you'd appreciate that coming off the green. Shittiest, shittiest golf hole in the world. Just all pissed off about number 11 after he hit like a great shot in there. God, I like that guy.

And then he's walking off 12 and he's muttering. No, he's just pissed, you know, he's just like, like all these guys. He's trying to blame everything. But like, yo, man, you just three putted. It's all good. But he's, I think the highlight of my day early was I stood, on behind 12T, it is like, it's the Pavrotti zone, Dej, just turn action everywhere. You got 10 green down below.

You turn it up. You got 11 full view. And then 12T, you can watch them bomb it with the wind coming off the left. It is the spot to watch golf. If you get in the like, if you're looking at it, the left side of the grandstand next to 12T, that's the Pavradi spot. Get there early because that's, that's the HCA. And I thought 11 was going to be where there. Wasn't a lot of carnage there.

It was playing as the fourth hardest hole. A lot of bogeys, but no, no like real accidents. I watched probably 16 or 17 shots come into 10. Did anybody hit the green on 10 today, or did every single player go long? Alex Fitzpatrick hit him. He was the only guy I saw stop that like two hop, nippy 50-yard shot, and he paid it off of the birdie. Everybody else long.

Sam Burns, Keith Mitchell, Rory, Windham. And everybody, pretty much everybody, but Wyndham made bogey. Zander made double. He actually, his third out of the bunker rolled over the green and then he hit a really bad chip. J.T. hit an awful chip from back there. Zander laid up into the bunker from the rough, left rough. They played purposefully into that bunker. And then he hit his third over the green.

Then he made the Cardinal sin. The one thing you can't do is like, then you hit it over the green. It's like, dog. She just played over the green first. Well, they were all get, it felt like they're all. getting greedy. I just, I was thinking about it all day. I'm like, I feel like the play is you try to drip an iron over the hill. And if it stays up, that's great because the only guys I'm seeing hit the green with consistency are the ones like hacking it out from when they get stuck in the

heather on the left. But all these guys down by that storm drain on 10, I'll be interested to see tomorrow what they do. I mean, you know, obviously the pin probably won't be back there. But that was a fascinating examination. The 15th club, baby, was being was being tested. And those guys were not passing the test on 10. So that was, that was great. If Neil, were you there for Young Tong Kim made a bird? I was. Yeah, I was. So yet, Tom did hit a good one in there. I didn't see, I missed Scotty's. I might have been watching something else. So I didn't see

his, uh, his approach into 10. But I'd say the majority of the guys, they just, like, you know, they hit good shots, but they, they expected it to check and it just wouldn't. It would just drip over the back edge and roll 30 yards away to the, same spot back there. It's fun spot to watch golf. It was one of those moments today where it's like us, the nerds that love strategy, love architecture and love things like,

hey, you might be better off like laying back sometimes and like the data will just smack you in the face and like, no, you're never better off. Like you're always better off being closer. Just figure it out from there. It was like, no, no, no. This instance, downwind on a firm green, everybody that got like onto the upslop, like where Rory drove it

to, all those guys, no one hit the green from down there. And if you look at the spray chart of like where the birdies were come from. They were all coming from farther back. You know, even if you're hitting a 75-yard shot, I think is around how far Scottie had in from there. You can hit it 45, 50 yards in the air with some spin instead of like Rory having to hit a ball, you know, 30 yards in the air and trying to hold it with spin just was not possible.

Well, that chip is so much more tim, that he'll get so much bigger the farther into you get. I know, and I know it's tough to leave it up on the hill. It's really moundy up there. So you might have like 180 yards in. So, but if you try to hit, hit an iron and, hey, if it goes down the hill, you know, no big deal. You have Scotty's shot. You have a 75 yard shot. I just think it gives you a little bit of breathing room.

At least that's, that's kind of what the eye test told me, Randy. They need that speed shot from a Ronomink, 11 erronek into the bank and, and skirt it up there, get it up there and do it. So I stayed there, you know, watched probably the last seven groups come through, and then I picked up the final pairing, and it was just, it was a ghost town. It was, it was eerie. It was kind of fascinating. I mean, actively, you know, there was a lot of bad day to be a locker, Windham, you know, a lot of, a lot of locker callouts from, from the various grandstands.

But, God, Windham just continued to chip his tities off. I mean, no nipple nash, guys. It was unreal. Like the bunker shot on 11. The chip on 10 we talked about. Bunker shot on 11. The whole deal on 13. I mean, he thought about it for a while, but decided to whale on driver and, you know, bad swing.

And to make that cash that putt on 13, I was just like, whoa. And then he, you know, and then great pin for him with his fade on 14. But the shot on 16 felt like a little bit of deja vu from L.A. CC. The three would have a whole day felt like 13 or 14. Yeah. You know,

just like carved a met like 275 and nobody clapped. It was crazy. It's one of the weirdest moments I can remember. The guy who's leading by five, the guy who's suffocating the open, hits it to four feet from 275 and it feels like it's Thursday at like the 3M. I mean, it's like,

you know, it felt like a USAM for a Jewish. Yeah. I feel like that's on the booth. that's on the crowd, that's on just, I don't know, I think everybody just kind of had the wind out of their sales. I got a text from one buddy who's not, not a Wyndham fan, said today was spiritually draining. So it was like a mid-level bloodletting. And I think I think by that point, everybody was just kind of out of it. It's like, oh, look at that. He's still not say enough

about, you know, how he played. Like, it was a really impressive round of golf. Because to bounce back from, you know, I thought on 15, the quick little three putt there. I was like, you know, how do we go broke, gentlemen? Just, you know, slowly and then all at once. Like that's, and to come back in Eagle 16. And I thought it's one thing that the crowds are light, you know, late, logistics. People are, I could tell Galler getting stressed out, hearing a lot of chatter about like, oh, got to make the train. And if these door, you know, the train pulls up, we're not in front of the doors, you know, we're not getting on that train.

But you would think that the ball knowers would still be out there. Because it was, if you were still out there, it was fantastic, fantastic weather, light, and fantastic golf watching. You could get up close. And, yeah, it was just, it was. And so then for, for like nobody to clap on that shot specifically, I was like, what the, I didn't know what was going on. It was just eerie. Is this 17 that we're looking at, I assume? That's 17.

There's nobody in the grandstand. Nobody. What the hell is going on? And even when those guys were coming to the final group, was coming out of 14. I snapped a picture of the Grand Stenna on 18. It was half, you know, half full. So I, yeah, because it couldn't have been a nicer night. It was a little hot during the afternoon. And then, uh, you know, the, the course looked like, like gorgeous. Yeah, this is that shot of the Grand Center on 18. That's when the leaders are on

14. So I'm hoping, you know, I'm hoping there's, there's a little bit more juice out there tomorrow. Um, this is, yeah. It's, it's tough. Is this where it's like, fuck, this is how people end up liking Tori more than Shinnecock. Like, it's not near, A big population center, right? It's not convenient. If the trains are leaving, if the last train is leaving before play ends, you know,

I know it's near New York City, but it has a journey back to the city. Like I would be, from my city days, I would be stressed out about, like, oh, God, we got a journey going home,

you know, but listen. How long does it take? For those of us, like, who don't know New York, like what would the train ride be I'd say two hours minimum.

I mean, so it's probably two, like, let's call it two and a half. And then it's going to take you into Grand Central or Penn Station. And then, you know, then you got to take the subway. That, the last mile logistics, Randy, that's what gets you. It's like bathrooms on that thing either. There are bathrooms on the LIR. Yes. So, and it's not, it's not unpleasant.

The train is the, is the move. It's just, it's not going to be. Is it just stopping all the time? Is that why I think this one is an express to, I bet it. I don't know, but I'm guessing it probably stops in like Farmingdale. and some of the big like man has it some of the bigger stations. And then from there there's like, you know, they have express lines. But it's just, you know, it's mental energy, Randy.

You got to read the signs. You got to make sure you're on the right train. Like that's, you know, everybody's got dinner reservations. It's Saturday night in the big city. Come on. Neil, what's the, I mean, you said some of the bad day to be a locker stuff. But what's the general vibe around Wyndham? I mean, does it feel like a, does it feel like a rider cup out there,

is it not that bad? Is it just kind of flat? What is the guys leading the U.S. open by six? And I don't really remember an energy quite like this. There was good energy on 11. Like people were a lot of crowd action on just, you know, balls rolling off late. Like Zanders took like 15 seconds to roll into the bunker, which was really fun. God, Norgaard hit, it was in jail like 30 yards over 11. He putted it up to like stone dead at like two feet, taps it in for par and then he threw it legit through the ball like 40 yards into the into the stands people were chuffed with that one so that that little pocket was was was you know was vibe and then yeah just got kind of like on 16 before windham made his eagle some guy just bellows you suck

windom like it's just like all you can hear generators and like the the L-I-R-R horn that's the only other noise I'm like that's tough you know know, I don't like that. That's tough. It's like, so the general vibe, and there was a good enough, you know, some guy, hey, let's go windy, you know, like, everybody's stupid in the gallery when they're, when they're yelling. But he had some support, but it was very muted.

Let me put it that way. I'd say the, the, the, he got a single digit claps coming up 18. And a robust cheer when he missed the four foot 10 inch par put. that that would that would be how i would sum it up um so it's very interesting yeah here's a here's a shot of the of the the scene at 18 i mean again the light the the sky the the the environment is it's just absolutely gorgeous it's just nobody there that's wow yeah i went back and i post this too just i know it's tiger but still the like the eagle put tiger made on saturday of the u.s open in 2008 like the scene around the 18th grade there what was a freaking zoo out here so um and

But I want to be clear, though, I was so impressed with Wyndham Clark today. Like I, from just straight golf, like he and really good process with his caddy. They talk through, you know, they're very deliberate, but they had their whole, they are very collaborative. And then coming down 15, almost like maybe we've been talking about this with Julie. Like, let's stay loose, you know, some very loud laughter between the two of them. just keeping it, Randy, just keeping it nice and loose down the fairway, you know, probably talking. How's the, how's the girlfriend? I saw I'm getting the shoulders back behind him a few times.

So I think he's got a real, you know, experience in this moment. So he's, they have a plan and the two of them are executing the plan. It does kind of feel like them against, you know, the world a little bit. And I think he feeds off that a little bit. I think, which, guys, we don't have any villains anymore. Like, you know, everybody else is pretty like, you know, you know, miss a cut. The big one's home already.

They took their ball and went elsewhere. So, like, it's kind of nice to have somebody that, you know, makes people feel something positive or negative. It's not really like a fun villain. Like, Bryson's a fun villain, you know, and like, even P is like, I don't know, this is like the lower left quadrant of entertainment value. and likeability.

Whereas, like P and Bryson and Phil and all that, if they were involved, like, holy shit, this is going to be fun tomorrow no matter what happens. This one just kind of like, is it worth unpacking that a little? Sorry, go ahead, Randy. Oh, I was just going to ask,

is it worth unpacking that a little, or do you want to save it for tomorrow, assuming he wins? We all know about the Oakmont. He trashed an old locker at Oakmont, but like for the life of me, what? I was like thinking like, what else

is this guy really done for like everybody to hate him? That's kind of where I'm at. I think everybody hates runaways. You know, I think not everybody. There are certain golf fans who are just like, this is not my shit. I don't like the hard slap cut. I don't like that he only hits the ball.

Like physically can only hit the ball one way. I don't like that he keeps getting away with it. He, he bombs it and he makes puts. It's like not the most exciting thing to watch. I think people still hate LACC. And I was going to say, hate that he won LACs. That's as bad as the Oakmont thing is that he happened to be the guy that win there.

I think that's part of it. And it just feels like an accumulation of just every time I'm not having fun, it seems like this guy's involved is kind of a little bit of, it's less personal. Maybe that's just my projection of it. I think it's less personal on like, here's the list of things and it's more just like, I just,

I don't like what's going on whenever this guy's on my TV. I think it's a little, I think the word I would use is the other patterns would be petulant. You know, like he's, he's had a temper. He's, you know, he's freaked out a few times in a way that's like, dude, you got to chill, man. And then like acting like, you know,

and I don't think he's kind of owned that in a big way. Would be like, that would be my view of it. Now, I have spent, I interviewed Wyndham at the campsite at the Open Championship in, at Hoylake. There was like the foot joie like, you know, when I was living in the tent for four days. And then also spent like we did a video at a title's photo shoot. He's super switched on and thoughtful and like engaging. But very intense is also the word.

And so sometimes it feels like he can kind of turn it on and turn it off would be my read on it. But the time I've spent with him like, you know, generally like, dude, thoughtful, interesting stuff. but it doesn't I think people don't feel like maybe it seems like an authenticity issue if I'm reading the crowd you know what I mean? Like I don't know if people buy it.

It's like he can kind of turn it on when he wants to is kind of the feeling I get. But it is engaging and it's very he's smart, you know, and he's like physically he's you know like athletic. Like so it's it's interesting. It's the shit out of it.

Totally agree. Neil for just reading it into the record. I've had nothing but good. good experiences with him in person. Same thing when like ad shoots or interviews or whatever. He's always been just a delight to be around. And so it's like it's just tough when the when the bad moments are on camera, you know, it's like I or, or, uh, in photos that get, that get posted after the fact. I mean, it's like a, yeah, I'm, I'm with it. It's complicated, I think. Well, you know, it doesn't help is like the putter is god awful hideous, the most disgusting piece of equipment. It just looks the white with the center

shaft just gives me the heby-jeev's. So there's just some aesthetic stuff that kind of doesn't help Randy. I think that's, you know, you got to these subtle factors are something. And I also think like, yeah, just golf fans love to, I don't know, it, so much of

whether you end up rooting for or against someone is just like their mannerisms and their vibe. And I I said this last night too. I do think it's a little outsized, like the overall disdain people seem to have for him compared to what he's done. I mean, there's been a lot of good players have had bad moments on the course on video. I have the throwing the throwing of the club was maybe even worse than, you know, throwing the club near the volunteer at the PGA was almost worse than damaging the locker

at Oakmont. But Joel Beale had a great article just rehashing a bunch of all the, all the other things that he's done that have been not quite likable over the past several years. And it is, but like once it, once that gets going, like, Once people have decided this way, it just piles on and the momentum goes and there's just no like coming back from it. I don't. Yeah. Which you don't want to become like the David Sims from Tin Cuff.

You know, you don't want people thinking like, you know, you're mean to old people, dogs and kids. And I'm not saying that Wyndham is doing that. But it, you know, I think people project like the, oh, this is what he did behind the scenes at Oakmont. And, you know, he didn't. Fact is he did not own that situation. And that, you know, that doesn't help his cause. And I can relate pretty deeply to anybody who isn't enjoying watching this. Like, I'm not saying everybody needs to sit at home and, it's like, well, before I decide how I'm going to feel, I need to really read everything and do the work.

Like some people in sports, you just don't like, you know, and that's like, that's part of watching sports. So I'm not trying to both sides it, but I'm like, I get why people don't like it. And I also think it's overblown is a fairly boring take, but that's kind of kind of how I feel. It's even worse, though. it's like he's kind of ruining what could been could be an all time sunday like this could be like shinakakak is is i'm still ready to say my favorite u.s open venue and we could have a super tight leaderboard with scotty going for the career grand slam tom kim back from the dead you know the sam sevin's story you know arising we have sam burns trying to you know come back from

what happened last year keith mitchell is at a wild week here zander finally break it through to win the US open Tommy being a couple shots back more a cowah there fits maybe coming to like all that would be in play if he wasn't up by six so you end up with like everybody really against this guy which is yeah a lot of rooting against Kimer in 2014 for way less not for personal reasons but for like I would like to be entertained on this on this Sunday so it's not for TC you know TC and Randy flying the banner like we got to push it on Thursday or this could happen you know Randy And speaking to what, Rainey, how did you feel the course played today?

Yeah, it was good. Like, honestly, it wasn't, obviously it didn't get goofy. And I'd be lying if I said I just wanted it to get goofy. It was close early. Yeah. I, yeah, it's just very proper. It's demanding. It's all of that.

I think, I think my nitpick, and I was trying to, formulate this. This is a little half-baked, but because it's not that goofy, it's like we're just getting a lot of guys making a lot of bogeys, which is like fine, but I, like nobody's put it off a green that I've seen.

There's not a train wrecks. That's well said. Yeah, like, there's bits of train wrecks. NBC is not documenting it very well. Maybe that's, maybe that's more of it too. But it's,

yeah, it's a good venue and it's, it's ramped up. It's a little, it's a shame that the wind is forecast to lay down. And maybe that will change. Maybe, you know, maybe we'll get something different. But, yeah, I would have pushed the pace a little bit more with the course. Push the call.

Push the call. It, it, you know what, Randy, I think what, the only thing I think they could have done today would have been to be more conservative with the early whole locations in the early part of the round. Because what they had to survive today was the huge gusts of wind in the morning. morning. Right? So in, and everybody going off the same tea,

all you really had to worry about were the first few greens. And one was close, the play was close to getting called on one. Like, if you watched Chris Goddrup's opening hole, like, Dylan Wu five putted in the first group. And Goddrups ball,

like it blew away multiple times. And like he, it took him like five minutes to hold out because his ball kept oscillating, kept moving. He just kept having to put it back. There was an official right there. Like,

it looked like we were headed towards a delay early, which would not have, been good considering the late tea times that were already set up to be. So a little more conservative there and they could have maybe pushed a little farther, but like that is nitpicking of the nitpick to say like they got through that early part that they were worried about and still presented a really strong test. How many guys do you say broke part at ADH? Two guys broke par. One was Grilo who had an insanely good round and that was the best player in the world. Like I was Scotty who felt like he shot 62 and actually got 69. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got

to hand it to him, man. I was, I was ready to call for Bowdenhammer's head today if they didn't step up. And I thought they, I thought they stepped up in a big way. He had, he said, he came through on exactly what he said he would do. He had to get through the early days. You had to get everyone through the field. We were going to let the course progress. We were not going to ever have to go backwards with it. And this place dries out better than anywhere he ever knew. We went from like soft greens to not like massively firm, but firm enough. If you see the edges of the greens of Shinnecock and how everything that was moving the wrong directions towards one of those edges

found rough bunker or short grass and ran really far away. I think that makes for great viewing. And it doesn't lead to triples a lot, but you know, and silly stuff, which is I know what you want to see. But I thought the balance was totally there.

I think there was suspense. There was that. And Wyndham made some mistakes coming in. It would have sucked if it felt like Wyndham couldn't go backwards coming in. And he obviously showed multiple times that he could go backwards at times. escaped a few but like it was it was good golf i tip my captain bowdenhammer um and i i'm excited

about tomorrow i mean i know he's got a big ass lead but if you want some historic something historic you got to you know we got to live on the edge and but less when tomorrow they have the license to go well that's what i was like he made everybody's got to regress to the mean at some point right like it could get interesting these these you know what's crazy fast-drying greens like let's get them dry and firm as fuck tomorrow and let's see what the Shinnacott greens are all about. Not only that, but...

Neil, to your point about the putting, it was one of those days I know you're out there until you're not seeing a bunch of worm cam shots and whatever, but we were and it's like nobody could make putts. And he made every single putt. He made almost every puttie looked at. Except 18. Like, man, is that just like immense skill or is that

Is that a little bit of an outlier situation? I don't know. It was incredible. Yeah, I was just going to say that I think Scotty mentioned that too in his pro se on press conferences, that sometimes you hit good putts and just the poet just bounces and sometimes it's going to stay on the line. And other times it's not,

and you just have to continue to be dialed into that. He got up and down from everywhere. He made every putt today. Do you guys think that when he finally got to 18, and I think a lot of people watching were like, is he ever going to miss one of these? is that the first time where nerves and line and speed and everything came into play. And is that kind of he's going to have to go sleep on this tonight and who knows how well he's going to sleep,

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Can I ask one more before I know we're going other places? Just on the course, Sali. do you think and DJ all of you guys but how much impact on I guess the scoring the playability the enjoyment of the tournament have the widened fairways is that like a deal is that not much of a deal this week what's your assessment thus far on the width um weird maybe weird answer to that randy but I would say the first day that we got to feel that was today I think that first day that they could kind of do what they wanted with the greens and hole locations without having to be scared and get 156 through.

The whole point of widening them is, hey, the whole challenges around the greens as it is, the firmness, the wind, the wind directions, the bunkers that cut into the greens, the contours around the greens, the unique whole locations we can use can all say, hey, let's give you a good lie to try to get on this green and not make you play hack out. golf let's let you try to earn an angle when you can. That got washed away a little bit when the greens were as soft as they were and to the point where it was kind of like, it was kind of maybe missing a little bit of rough in the early parts of this tournament.

But now today it was kind of like it's how it should play. I think it will feel very wide tomorrow without the wind we had. But I like the combination of, I feel it. Whenever a guy is on the screen that I'm rooting for and they drive it into the rough anywhere, like a little pit comes in your stomach because you, You don't know what the lie is going to be. And you know it's going to be very, very difficult to make Bertie from there. Like the shot penalties, the penalties for misses are significant enough that makes the T-shots feel significant to the point.

And the wins have made it feel not as wide as it probably looks on paper to the point where I think they made a solid call with that. I think it would be it's still a good tournament if they pinched them in like they did in 2018 and not massive effect on things. But I've liked the way T-shots in general have played. someone played a little too wide, maybe, and could afford to be pinched in, I think. But for the most part, I think it's a better style of golf to watch Thursday through Sunday than Oakmont. For me personally, not everybody sees it that way. But I think this is like why I think it's my favorite guest open venue is the combination of some width and some interesting and not having so many holes just be kind of like slogs from the jump just because you're hacking out of rough all day long. Randy from from on site a couple things so holes that stand out where like with was you know added or maintained is uh four and eight um and i don't think i i think both those holes have remained very challenging for these guys and and i have i've yet to see anybody play out of the rough on either of those holes and they're not like it's not like they're beating those holes up and then you look at a hole like 13 and 15 like those are really stressful t shots for those guys with you know because of the runouts and the slight

you know the slight angles and well-placed bunkers so i don't think it's i don't think it's been easy off the tea um and you know again another one that's interesting with the wind is like five i think it goads guys into like straight down the wind shoot like let me just wail on one here and you can get i think you get your hand in the cookie jar on five trying to make birdie you know trying to bomb one down there and uh and the other thing i'll say is the heather i've been marching through it for the past two days it it looks super scary but it's a little bit bit not quite like Pinehurst but it is patchy like you can get the Patrick Reed wrap it and you know shoot it straight left or like a lot of times like it's like oh man it's it's very there's just

spots where it's kind of dead and you can you can cop a good lie out of there which I I kind of like that I think it's it's like you never know what you're going to get if you missed the fairway I would add number six to that list too Jeff Schacker shouted this out in his newsletter yesterday but that one has played looking at yesterday's round two. 83% of people hit the fairway on number six and 44% of people hit the green. And that's what I'm like, that's what it's all. That's what it's about right there, man. Increasing the anxiety as you move towards the whole.

And this is all to say nothing about, you know, width is, width looks like width on Google Earth, but then you start talking about slopes and you start talking about hanging lies. And, you know, there's just so much more dimension. to it than just how wide is it. And so, I'm with you and everything he said about the penalty, and it all just feels very in proportion to me.

It works with short grass around the greens, because I think if there was rough around the greens, it would not work the same just because you don't have that same possibility of balls getting super far away from the hole. So Data Golf had this, and this is not complete as of round three, but had this like as of seven hours ago or so.

Driving accuracy in 20, with the narrower fairways, 71.5%. Driving accuracy for the first two days, almost exactly the same as it was in 2018. And lower in round three, it was down to 67% in round three. Could be, you know, some like more drivers we're seeing this time around. It could lead to some of that.

But the green and regulation percentage was higher in rounds one and two compared to 2018. That has to do with softness. I mean, the greens were so firm in 2018. but for today it was down a lot it was lower than it was in 2018 as well so um it's working for me it's it's it's what i like to see more out of a u.s open uh i know it's not the same for everybody but it's working for me yeah uh neil i know you're you're going to try to hit the road here in a minute can i can i throw a couple uh couple questions at you before you go please let's let's do uh

you know of course windham is is leading by six i still think we're contractually obligated to do some lingering or loitering with this board. So I'll start with Scottie Sheffler. He's going for the career grand slam. He's the number one player in the world. He's in the final group. He's also going to be a witness here. Okay.

My pick not to win the golf tournament. You know, you always want them to finish second as I did with Ron. That's right. As close as you can get to winning without doing it. No, I think he's definitely loitering. It sounds like he struck it. I didn't see a whole lot of it, but it sounds like he has bad intentions of a few putts drop. He did.

Sahith. These are for anybody, not just Neil. Sorry. Sawtheth looked good coming through 10 and 11. Yeah, he did hit. He hit a great one into 11. Really took on that pin more than everybody else was trying to bring it in off the kind of banked off that left slope. And he just kind of, you know, classic Sahith.

He just kind of flagged. Solly, I just will never, ever get comfortable with how. close to the hazel he lines he he he addresses the golf ball oh he's i feel like he's standing even closer to the ball now it's great on 12 he was like on the neck uh and he just hit an absolute bomb on 12 he like probably the best drive i saw there and uh you know with those final groups coming through so um this is so suspicious man he has he has just nine bogeys and no doubles on the week like that has to be lowest in the field i mean how many So he's,

Wyndham has Winham has seven bogeys. But yeah, he, look, I'm looking at his card is one birdie, one bogey today.

You know, in those, it was pretty intense out there for, for a while there. It's just very easy. He's like the unstable. He's a cousin of Min Wu Lee

in terms of the unstable compound. But most of that comes with the driver, right? And it's, you know, going back to the wider fairways. T.C. was saying that yesterday,

too. I mean, I think it's like a, it's a good course fit for him. He strikes a shit out of his iron, he strikes a shit out of his iron, great, greasy short game. I mean, it's, we'd love to see him

make a road last two days. A West Coast guy. Come on. Exactly. He putt in the loitering there. Yeah, it was. His putting ranks this week are what's really holding him back. Oh, shit.

He's leading the field in Tita Green shots game, but can't make a putt? Can't make any putts? Solly, is Tom Kim lingering or loitering? Dude, he could have ejected today, man. He bogey, you know, he's three over through six.

came back, played the rest of the round 1 under par. Get in there at 1 under par. Most importantly hit over 2.5 birdies today, which was nice for your boy. And... How you're lying out of that one? Oh, Harrison was crashed my lineup.

Run us through all your plays. Your portfolio. Scotty, over under 71.5 today, what are we doing? Come on. That was easy. I think, dude, he's sticking around, man. I think he is loitering, whatever the one is

that's taking out of here. God, he plays so fucking slow guys. It's brutal. It's so brutal. Even walk slow. He's just like like a giraffe walking up to 12th tee. Just I hurry the fuck up, dude. Tom Kim

Tom Kim's staying patient putting up a good US open round today was that was part of the medieval bloodletting for me. That was just kind of just no thanks but you do got to hand it to him uh sam stevens also at one under par i don't even think i mentioned him at part of the group at one under up top uh DJ regrets the error lingering yeah i think kind of sums it up there it's a little yeah kind of hit you know more we called you right yeah loved the quote that he had yesterday about uh thankfully the most nervous

What did he say? The most nervous you can be is the most nervous you can be or something like that. Thankfully, that's the most nervous you can get is maximum. I don't know how he said it. He said it much better than me, but it was a good quote. I think he's tied for second right now.

What do you think his odds are on Fandall to win the U.S. Open tomorrow? Plus 2,500. 3,500 in second place. That's why. Value. Win player? What would his over-under score be?

I could see my man putting up a number. a big one tomorrow. I hate that. I'm playing with who probably Grillo. Yeah, I don't know. If I gave you over under 73 and a half.

I think I might be tempted for the over. No, I think it's going to play easier tomorrow. I would go over there. Yeah, I think I'll take the, I think it's like 72 and a half probably with minus. He's a real golfer.

He's, he's played back. I feel like that Grio Stevens group. We like over under amount of shots shown. That's 4.5. Yeah. I feel like we might lose that group pretty quickly.

Was this quote actually good? Because he made it sense like a trick, overquote, like learning half on the edge of the comfortable. No, I completely butchered it. His point, and he said it very concisely, and I don't remember how he said it. But he essentially was like, oh, I hit Max nervousness. And so thankfully, like, I can't get any more nervous.

Like, it's all good. Which is very funny. It was very funny. You can't lose games in the NFL. fell and expect to win. Exactly. I love his, I like his love's, uh, truck stop sponsorship he's got going on. He just looks like he should have like a, uh, John Deere hat or a Huscavorn a hat or, you know, something like that.

I just not much, but it's honest. Yeah, I'm, I'm in on Sam Stevens. I don't know that he's going to win, but I, uh, I like that he's doing it. You like the idea of San Stevens. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's, I think that's right.

Uh, beach, can I hit you with a few, I have a little segment, a quick caprice segment before I get out of here. Sure, please. Just a few things. Just a few things. I kind of empty the notebook here. Just a quick appraish to the standard bearers in general. It's a job I never did as a kid, and I wish I would.

So if you're a kid or if you're a parent listening to this, encourage your kid to be a standard bearer. They're all just so jolly to be out there. And it. Hard job in the wind. Yeah, I kind of just wish I'd done that. But yesterday when I was walking with Zach Blair, the standard bear just bounced on 16

he was like hey I got to go to work I thought this round would be over by now did he let did he like hit it to you like yeah you got to take over no the score I was kind of like this I think he's name was Mike that the walking score came up to me he's like yeah the stairboard just bounced just like laid down the sign and and I was like oh I'll take it

he's like no I got another guy coming out but like yeah he said he thought he I thought the round would be over by now. So he just left when they were on 17 T. It was really funny. That's what happened to Randy and I when we were in Branson for the opening of that Tiger course. They literally just handed it to us.

We started hearing it. We'll take it. Yeah. Rory walked off the last grease like, what the fuck are you guys doing here? I don't know, man. Somebody had to carry it. Next one on the list. I've got so I, you know, we all I think we all love this. But when green

roll into T-boxes, you know, short grass, you just kind of roll off one T. I want to elevate that when a green rolls into a non-concurrent T-box. So it happens twice out there. And I think it highlights how good the routing is or how, like, unique it is. Nine green and 14 T are connected with short grass. And then five and 16 are connected as well. And it just creates like a really cool, I don't know, like wrap around where you get back to these points on the course at random spots. And to me, kind of sums up like the brilliance of the routing uh and just like a little nuance that i don't think i've really seen at any other course where like it just like yeah nine and 14 okay cool like that's just uh you know i got a little i got a little thrill out of that the last couple days the brilliance of

flin he knew that 16 t was going to have to go back 100 yards uh it's spot right you know that's a whole thing it's a whole thing um what else i got i just want to give a shout out to the the the immensity of the man radar. This guy is just a total pro. I know I'm not breaking any new ground here, but nobody, like the guy's at every event, he just puts in the work.

And he has the antenna coming out of his hat. So that's what that point is in this picture. And he's just like, he's got his mic tucked into his belt loop. I mean, he's just like holstered at all times. He's always taken the extra steps to go check the lie when it's in the heather and he comes wherever he wants. He just all of a

sudden he's like behind me and like on 12 he's looking back at 10 and you know Wyndham's chipping from the back there and he's just like this is a brave courageous play from Wyndham it's just like oh my God it just I you know I need to get that soundtrack going when I'm out there

walking with him so anyway just that soundtrack going tomorrow if NBC's as bad as they were today I need to get that soundtrack going in my in my living room tomorrow And then last one, a lot, just a whole biker gang, Southampton Police, state police, rocking mountain bikes. Just they're all over the place.

These guys are in high gears, Randy. They're just attacking these hills, just getting up and down the property on like some pretty they're not bikes. No, they're like just straight mountain bikes with the shocks on the front. Like they're ready to, they're ready to go. And I was like, man, that's got to be kind of fun to just roll around this property on a bike. but they're out there and I just got a kick out of that as well. I need them to be seat fillers tomorrow.

Maybe. Yeah, they really don't need them for crowd control. That's for sure. But that's it. Just a quick apprage for a few things I noticed out there. That's good stuff. You got a pick on your way out. What do you think?

Wyndham gets it done? Nah, give me Scotty. Let's go, baby. Hell yeah. Why not? Why not? If that, I mean, yeah, and then I think he, You guys are saying that my squad looks bad.

I'm going to be doing a getting ready with Icarito video. What the fuck happened? Yeah, it's looking that way. You're about 300 grand behind Randy as we sit right now. Randy, again, has amateurs on his team. Yeah, it's just. I mean, none of my guys missed the cut, though, did they? Adam Scott.

Adam Scott. Rory, uh, spitting bit today, which we haven't really talked about. It's just, it's so top heavy. You need dogs. God, Russ shot 80 today. I saw that. He was sitting on the porch. On the porch, just look. I was crossing over to 10, going from 9 to 10.

You go over this catwalk. I looked down, I see Rush just like with his head in his hands at the, on the like, I guess, eastern, you know, porch. And I was like, ooh, that's not good. So I looked it up. I was like, ooh, 80 for Russell is not helping the squad. Hate that. You do have some microwave men on your team, though, Neil. I mean, everybody's still in.

play yeah like i don't really i feel like i got a lot of horses in the race yeah they could all who knows they go out early soft conditions no way i think all the people would do it want a randy getting ready video if we're being honest like that's i think that's the content we need and want uh i will say the gap between me and second place is is larger than the sum total of all your guys is all your guys's earnings which i'd love to brag more about if i did not have a a complete nuclear meltdown last time we played this game, endangering millions of people's lives with how bad my lineup was last time.

But this is, Wyndham and Scotty is, I mean, they should give out an award for that in itself. Vehicles the guys in the final group. God, is this what this is like, be on the other end of this? I did this exact same routine at the Masters and no wonder you guys wanted to punch me.

I had Cam and Rory. Yeah. Yeah, next segment. I get it now. All right, next segment. Last thing I'll say before I go, If you do have the chance to go to the U.S. Open tomorrow, I think you should because if, no, I mean, it's more so like,

you not, no, no, it's not a, it's not a plea. It's more like the people that were here saw so much golf today, like kind of a dream scenario, like just top tier golf major, like best venue for the U.S. Open. And like, you can see every shot. Like, there were a couple guys walking with that final group along the rope line with me. And we were just like, just so. casual. It felt like being at a US AM. And that's just so rare

now at any PGA tour stop or I don't know, any major. It's just like I would just snag some tickets, man. If it looks like anything like it did today, it'd be a great day. So that would be my shout out. Like it's, it would be worth your time. Here, here.

Well, great. Glad you had a good time out there. Looking forward to, uh, chatting with you more tomorrow. I know. I will see you guys tomorrow. I am going to. I'm going to hit the road here, brother.

We're going to eat some mile markers for dinner. God's tea. Yeah, get home to those boys. Happy early fathers day, Neil. Thank you, sir. Yeah, we haven't really talked Rory. Kind of two days in a row, man. It looked like the best player in the world on the front nine

and then kind of gave it all back. It was annoying. I was about halfway through his round today. It was like you kind of thought he was going to have the round that Scott ended up having, where it looked like it was there for the team. taking for a minute. And then he kind of kind of gave it back.

The shot on 10 was, annoying, frustrating. Frustrating as a Rory fan of like, man, I thought we kind of buffed that stuff out, man. We're still doing that. We can't be hitting it back there. Well, that's where like, again, it got worse after that. It gets uncomfortable, like,

questioning strategy. Because in, some ways, we are, we are at an advantage of being able to watch like five groups come through and play 10 and see how it played. But I guess I just did not understand the point of trying to get super close to the green on 10 you couldn't client you know you could hit a four iron a five iron probably and it was going to go 3 30 or you could hit driver and it's going to hit the hill and roll backwards and just end up at 350 just because you had the downwind you couldn't

you weren't going to drive it maybe he was hoping to get in the green side bunker you know before it rolled back down the hill I don't know and then you're just guaranteed to leave yourself the most awkward possible shot and uh I don't know that there's just that felt like something that could have been avoided. That iron that Sam Stevens hit, if you remember that one from the broadcast, went on 10,

went 339 yards. Yeah. Scottie just bunted one down there and it just was, it was right down there at the bottom of the hill. Like, it took nothing to get to the bottom of the hill today. And I don't know.

It's, yeah, it's a bummer. I feel like between yesterday's, like I said, between yesterday's kind of back nine and today, it's like, I hate to say like he punted away a chance,

but definitely punted away a chance to make it even a little bit interesting tomorrow. You know, it's like I think we're pretty well closing the book on this one and moving on, which is a bummer because I thought he was going to be there this week. Put back nine eight over this week. Yeah.

It's just, it's not good. It just that. It looks super twice. He's messed up the same like two, like those ugliest moments have both been on 10 the last two days and 15. Like he had another just awful chip. on 15 today that just basically, you know, didn't even get on the green. And he sculled one into the bunker

on Friday on 15. It was just, it was just ugly, man. Yeah. Yeah, at this point. Yeah, because he, yeah, of course, I sent the Roy to come and tweet after he went birdie, birdie, birdie on, on five, six, seven. It was true at the time. Yeah, he was. He was coming. What else, uh, what else to get to? I feel like we're pretty, we're pretty covered down, Emiliano Grill, we mentioned 67 round of the day, had some good quotes about not wanting to even talk about 2018 and how hard it was. There was good stuff going around with that. Keith Mitchell, don't look now. Got a no hitter going. 70, 70, 70. Perfect game. Perfect game, possibly. He gets a chance to live out that. Would you take even right now? Right now before the tournament starts,

would you take it? And not only even, but just like the most exciting even, even even you could have, I think. You know, it's like electric stuff. Sam Burns showing up in top six. You mentioned that briefly, slowly, but after kind of letting Oakmont get away last year, he has turned into a bona fide US Open player seemingly. Zander? We're going to talk about Zander a little bit?

So I think this was the disappointing day for Zander, right, where we talk about you go look at his Wikipedia and the results look great, right? This could be his 10th consecutive top 15 at a U.S. Open, which is bonkers. And the day he had today kind of takes him a little bit out of contention, right? He had a chance to shoot 70 and put some more heat on Wyndham and really be in it. So, yeah, I was disappointed in Zander. I was expecting a little bit more. He just, he was searching for it a little bit.

You know how bleak it is when you start rooting for Xander and even like Xander doesn't play well? It's where I'm like, man, I'm a lot of options here. I don't know. I just don't have a lot of cards to play right now. And I started to feel. Yeah, when Doug Tom Kim starts making bogeys, you're like, oh, no, we need you to run down. Yeah, maybe Tom Kim wins.

Yeah, I don't know. So thank God for Scotty's late run. Can this be the part? Can this be the hamster. far in of like we're gonna do i don't know how to comment on a lot of these guys around today because it felt like NBC just completely abandoned a bunch of guys probably can't win because of wind them but like could sam birds might finish outright second tomorrow for all we know saw hath i feel like i'd watched 10 of his shots i'm sure there were actually more but there was just no effort to

cover any groups that they didn't have a lead reporter with live in any way i mean i it it's just like we saw a carson daily internet interview today. We had Corey Pavin interview. We had Julie Elion while the leaders were on the back nine of on Saturday of a major and like we can't get around to show like Sam Burns's golf shots and saw his golf shots and like build around and build a story around any of these guys in there. It was just like, ah, Tommy was completely abandoned. Tommy had a great round today shot even par. It was what the third best round of the day along with Wyndham, Sawhith, Keith, Tommy and Michael Kim. We saw a lot of Michael Kim early because he was in an earlier wave. But,

I don't get the sense that they think they're presenting a live sporting event sometimes. It's like a highlight show of what's going on on the golf course versus showing any urgency to get around with as many commercial breaks as you have. There's still just so much fluff and just not good storytelling, man. I was frustrated. I'm not going to lie. And it's hard because like you don't, every, you don't get many nights like these, you know. that's like the whole thing. Like we don't get many of these major championships.

That's where you get on nights like these. Yeah. God, that commercial sucks. I couldn't make it work. I was trying. That was pretty good. Massive positives for NBC. John Wood and Bones continue to like,

they're on course guys continue to elevate moments. learned a ton about Wyndham's round through Bones. Bones continues to set standard, I feel like, and make it very, very watchable. Torrico, I also mentioned this to you guys. Tariko's interview with Scotty, I think I glaze over so often during the let's go cutaway to talk to the guy who just came off the golf course

because it's just like, how big would a win be? Do you want to win tomorrow? What do you think? And Toreko always asks like actual questions. He always draws stuff out of people. He got some good stuff out of Scotty. Why is it playing so hard? Like really good specific stuff, which I like. On the other side, it's just so easy to start looking at your phone and check out. And the commercials, which sometimes are and sometimes aren't their fault. The interviews were weird, man. And I feel like you said storytelling. And I almost felt them kind of like pressing trying to tell the story of Wyndham Clark.

and I could maybe sympathize or empathize if they're trying to be like, man, this guy's out to a million-stroke lead. We got to make people care about this guy. So they're maybe trying to talk to anybody who is available to shed some light. But I was aghast that we're talking to Julie during like the back line of a major is like pretty flabbergasting stuff. Yeah. So it just kind of all netted out to feeling similar to how you're feeling. I mean, it was a net L, I thought, with some reliable peaks, but overall was tough. It's like, if you can't make a fast.

And I continue to, Fieric was in the booth as well. I said that last night, but I don't know why we're not doing that. If you can't make a fast and firm Shinnacock feel like a big event, then what can you? I mean, this is golf. This is supreme, supreme golf. And I get that it's not close. And the crowd didn't really help you. But man, it just avoid, it just doesn't.

It doesn't work. It's not good. And it's just such a far cry from like a Johnny Miller U.S. Open back night. I know it's not Sunday, but like it just would not have felt. It feels very different than the golf I grew up watching. It's just I said it earlier, but that 16, the shot on 16 was so weird that that should have been, assuming Wyndham goes on to win, maybe will, maybe won't. But like, that should have been the defining shot of the championship.

The guy was fucking 275 yards out. and he essentially hit it to four feet to like ice the day. And it just felt like it snuck up on everybody. Everyone was just kind of like, oh, man, huh, look at that. He's, you know, it's like, so weird. The lead analyst at while, and this is a problem across NBC's men's and women's coverage. They don't do a good job meeting the moment.

And I can't understand why they're the person in the boot. Like, I understand he's probably a fun hang. I've never met the guy. like just not bring in a lot to to elevate the viewing experience in my opinion it's like you said like why is it purec at least in there i don't know what we're doing like kizz has got a massive great fun personality great behind the scenes dude great in his role with barstool like that he's born for that like he's he's just and that that kind of vibe just doesn't fit with like the again he's nobody's been able to fill johnny's shoes but like the elevating a major

championship moment is this very very different calling and it's just not i feel like yeah he feels so guarded like you got to let it fly you know like johnny wasn't afraid to say what he thought and even like the brief times you get mickleson in the booth right where he was like holy shit this guy is like just peppering us with knowledge and takes and like i never feel that way with gisner It's like always just telling us what is what we've all just watched happen. It's like, dude, come on. Yeah, I got a question for you guys because I think there's going back to probably the last time we're at Pinehurst, I think is when they announced this larger booth team.

And that's where we saw, you know, I think they only had three on course reporters. You have six or eight people rotating in and out of the booth. You think it's a rhythm thing. Like it's hard to get into the flow of it. because some of them are on odd holes, some of them are on evens, and they're just having us, you know, struggling to keep up with it all. Probably. I mean, it is a, it's got to be a ton of spinning plates to try to, yeah, keep going.

Yeah, I don't know. It's just a, Randy, I'm with you. It feels a little, a little stuck. Like, I feel like you have that many voices. You're trying to almost like, let's create kind of like a hangout sort of vibe, but you can't hang out when you're moving that fast. And it's just, yeah, you know, like when you're moving that quick, it seems like you'd almost rather have fewer voices so that everybody can have more context rather than trying to get little shreds of thoughts in. But I don't know.

Because then it, well, then it scrunches the on course guys because then they're, you know, they're not able to probably get in as much. And so it's just a tough combo that feels in between release patterns right now. That's what I think sticks out to me a lot. Of course, I cutting grass on listening to a lot of serious XM radio. It should be great. I did the same thing yesterday. It was awesome. They do an awesome job of balancing the booth.

And then, like, you know, they have like four guys that are out on course. So they're, the guys on course are able to describe shots and everything that radio needs to do. You need to describe it a lot more than TV does. But it feels like when I'm watching coverage, the on course guys are getting pinched out and like, you know, choked out because the booth is trying to do their job kind of forward. them at times yeah they just saw the comments somebody mentioned arlo and ferdy but i do want to say like arlo white brings like more enthusiasm to a random live thursday than a lot of these guys do it's crazy like i mean that's all fake juice but like at least they're they're faking it then what i will say NBC's when they get a moment NBC is great at like like the scottie chippin was the like was the highlight of the day

until windham kind of slain the door but like it was eight different angles replays with all the noise pops and like the environment and the fist bumps and the slow moat like they do a great job when when a moment does happen they're the best at that at getting you all the all the replays super quickly uh which is hard work and you know it it didn't work in their favor of like having a lot of big moments like that to go to and run but like yeah they didn't really deliver that on the windham thing um at all uh or laying out of things i remember I can't remember if it was Tuesday or Wednesday. They made a big thing about how they were in the caddy bibs.

They had wired microphones. And I'm like, we haven't heard any of that yet. Like, is that just not any good audio or are we missing it? Like, I think if it would have happened, they would have called it out because they do a pretty good job of calling things out. Yeah. I don't know. It just stinks. But guys, I am running a giveaway tonight.

It was hashtag NBC. I'm actually going to give two gift certificates away to the NLU Pro Shop. Of course, appreciate everybody coming through here. And hopefully that they have a little bit better date tomorrow. We'll see. Winner J.B. FP9TZ, the password. Email Cody at no laying up.com for your prize there. We'll run another one here.

What was that mega name? It didn't even fit on the screen. And winner number two, Matt AZ 54. Oh, a live fan is a Cody at no laying up.com for your gift card as well. Thank you, everyone, for being here live in the chat. What do we think we get tomorrow? Any chance of a comeback? Yeah, I think so.

I think there's a chance. I mean, I think obviously my money would be. on Windham for all the reasons stated, but I think we'll have some moments. I think we'll have some flickers of of energy tomorrow. I think I was very nervous about, no offense to anybody. I'm very nervous about Tom Kim or Sam Stevens or someone getting in at two and bumping, I know, Scottie out of that. Yeah, group would have been like, do we have to watch this tomorrow?

Scotty in the final group changes the dynamic more than I think anybody I can remember getting into a final group in recent memory, right? I mean, that's like, that's a massive change. Yeah. At least massive change for me watching on TV. And a part of me kind of wishes in the group ahead and, you know, there'd be nobody watch. I don't know.

I could see it both ways. Dude, I just got to go play well. I think that the people who are on site tomorrow, which maybe will or maybe won't be very many people, we'll see. I think that's going to be pretty part of it. I mean, it's going to be extremely partisan. You know, and I think... I think Wooda kind of lives off that, though,

at a certain way. I don't think that affects him. I don't. I mean, he seems to be handled that part of it, at least as well as, you know, you possibly can. He might also chuck a club at somebody tomorrow. We'll see. What number?

What number do you need for a playoff? What would you take right now? Yeah. If Scotty shoots 67, I think he's got a real, look at a playoff. That's a four was in my head. I think it's got to be at least four. It's a big ask man. It's a big ask for him to come down that much.

Wyndham hasn't shot an overpar around yet and the wind's not going to blow him. It's bad tomorrow. Yeah, he looks shaky a little with the ball striking. He's won one before. I know. You look at that that board from LACC too. He slayed everybody.

It's so weird to have somebody that has a horrible major track record overall has one one and is up by so many and you're like, I can't picture him blowing this right now. It's super weird. He's a very weird golfer. I know today was hard. I know that the wind was different.

There were like 50-ish of the 72 guys that shot three over or worse today. God. It's possible. And then that again, I mean Scotty has to choose. 67 but yeah so i think i'm just dude if guys a thousand shoots 70 tomorrow or like ultimate respect for wind them as on the golf course i mean that's that's big boy shit yeah is this clear in the bar

for you randy shinnock hills through 54 holes this u.s open uh no it's good it's very good i mean hey the pt i today was was two and a half we we had i think five rounds in the 80s two in 60s. I just would have liked to have gotten there sooner. Yeah. But again, as TC and I said Thursday, I understand why what happened to happen. That's not fun. I like to argue about it with you. I would have blown the horn Thursday evening. Get them off the course.

That's fair. Anything else we missed. We have a couple tea times. We might as well get the tea times for tomorrow. We and of course know who the last tea time is. 2.30 p.m. Scotty Sheffler, Wyndham Clark. Young Tom Kim and Sawth will be right in front of them. Grillo, Sam Stevens at 208, Sam Burns, Keith Mitchell, 157.

Tommy Xander at 146, Fitz and Moracawa at 135. Corey Connors, I mean, I don't know if I've seen Keegan hit a shot this week. Ryder Cowan, feel like they abandoned, I thought they would have got a little bit more excited about an amateur being in the top 10 for a lot of today. They didn't show him at all. It's the bloodletting, man. I think everybody's just... To my knowledge.

Everybody's just asleep. I had a good tweet ready for that one, and they just never fucking showed him. Is E.B. and Aaron Rye at 1235, that'll be a good one. Roy Akshay, 1213. What else? We got Cameron Young and Joaquin Neiman. Kind of a no-show from your boy this week, Cody. With dude status, it's been, you know, it's been a tough...

Is he coasting on his dude status? that's true speith and brinnon that's interesting the past in the future deep cut there but oh russell and coven are playing together again tomorrow

they said they actually hadn't spent that much time together before this week which i found kind of interesting well that would make sense they're like they're not that close in age yeah i don't know i think everybody well i just i thought it was interesting sorry i didn't I didn't do my fucking It was interesting. Yeah, I just thought it was interesting. I guess I would have thought that they were closer in age.

I thought maybe the listeners would feel the same way. But congratulations to you, man. Do we have a feature group? Apologies to anybody listening for wasting anybody's time by thinking that that was interesting. Well, I was just saying, like, that is a feature group. I would love to turn on tomorrow. And, of course, it's not one of the feature groups. Hell yeah.

Yeah. He's in the future groups tomorrow? You got Peter Euline and Henley. He got Hadecki and Neil Shipley, Ludwig and Keegan, Corey Connors listed again with Keegan Bradley. He must be playing twice. Who is it Henley and who?

Henley and Peter Euline at 555 Mountain Time. I will not be getting up for that one. He's pretty deranged of featured groups. group coverage there. Yeah, they have Kegan though and two of them, so that's going to be interesting. And then Colin and Fitz and Zander and Tommy are your featured groups.

Oh, yeah. I'm going to catch it later. I'm going to Big Day. I'll say if Wyndham does run away, you know, Big Day, I think we had some like Tommy versus plays from earlier in the week. I think we have a Tommy versus Sam Burns. I know I have a Tommy versus

Zander. I forget who else he was putting his boy up against Sali had one did you join me on Sam Burns yes that's what it was yeah okay so I mean those guys are they're back to back to back on the leaderboard right now that's good that's good odds

good market making there same within the game exactly our preview show this or that's where Scotty or Rory I don't remember what I picked for all these Xander or Rom Bryson versus the cut I think we both

I don't know. I feel like maybe I should do this for a living. Good markets here. H.E. versus Aaron Rye. Aaron Rye won that one. Fleetwood Burns. Fitzmorekawa. Pretty good. Underpar. Are they put, is that who's playing together? Fits and Morcah are tied right now. Are they playing together? Fits and more cow are. They are. Yeah. That's a great one. Tommy and Zander. Under par versus over par. That one's going to go under. Brooks first Goderup. got her up on that one dub versus read I'm afraid to go back

a list of that one it's speed first the top 20 coiving versus the top 20 so who do you guys got for low Fitzpatrick older is spotting younger one that's gonna be interesting

I'll take the I'll take the younger just for just for fun the older looked out of sorts today he did and I'll take Alex as well that'll be That would be some good,

uh, I'm just some good incentive for Alex. Fades and blades. I see it. Can we do pins? I don't have pins yet. Uh, I haven't seen them posted and they're not in the,

uh, the media hub yet. So apologies. Not, not handing out any sheets tomorrow. You guys go figure it out yourself. I'd be so sad. We said,

we said, we sent the text out last night. You, we're not doing that shit again. You guys figured out tonight. They better do something historic. Like, do the fill pin on 13.

or something. You got to have some kind of nod to it. The Pavan. You got a great one. They had Pavan. I've never seen anything. Was I out of line there? I've never seen anything like that.

That was amazing. Corey Pavan, great champion at Shinnock. Great, great, you know, Ryder Cup captain. Comes in the booth and Tariko builds up this moment. He says, hey, we got, look at this. This is going to be the cup that they're going to be playing with tomorrow. It says shot of his life, the great Johnny Miller call with this.

So whatever. of you Corey Pave in 1995 champion. It immediately just like, that's all. Can I, do you think, can I have that? Like, could I, I'd like to, can I, can I have that? Like, let me, will you send that to me? He's like, well, yeah, I mean, they're going to use it tomorrow. But that's like, yeah, okay, but you'll send that to me.

Yeah. Oh, that's amazing. Awesome. It was, uh, good stuff. It was good stuff. I want that. You said that, Chip. Napoleon dynamite.

Yeah. Oh, that's funny. God, we're just looking for inches out there today, man. Looking for anything, dude. Stay engaged. Hey, I got another one. I was going to say, it's been a dull U.S. open of just random stuff. Usually there's weird shit happening and nothing weird is happening.

It's too optimized. There's too many learnings. They've, they've got it all too dialed. What are you saying, Cody? Well, who's going to be a low birthday boy tomorrow? I think everybody wants I'm gonna take Scotty okay yeah I'll take Scotty in that

Who is it Scotty and Tom? Yeah yeah Yeah I'll take Scottie Tom Kim's turning 11 tomorrow You turn 24 tomorrow That's insane I feel like his career's already over

It's gonna have a birthday cake Sugar High before he goes out of course He's the guy I don't know if you guys ever shared birthdays with anybody but he's totally the guy that will make everybody sing happy birthday to Scotty and then it's got you're like but it's also his birthday

and it's just giving it. He'll be like, oh, oh, yeah. Michael, Michael Scott. Well, I thought we had the same birthday. Do we not? Yeah. Uh, man. I don't have any good, good shared birthdays on my,

on my date. Well, Neil just cucks me every year. He's one day before me. Pipsy by one day. It's bullshit. Yeah. No, I don't know of any on mine. Well, we get to save that for tomorrow night show.

Anyway, that's a lot more. Circle back on that one. That is going to do it for us tonight. We'll be back tomorrow night. Happy Father's Day to all of you. Rainy, happy First Father's Day to you. Everyone, enjoy the day tomorrow. Thank you to everyone here, be in here live with us.

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