No Laying Up - Golf Podcast - NLU Podcast, Episode 140: PLAYERS Recap

Episode Date: May 14, 2018

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I'm going to be the right club today. Yeah. That's better than most. How about him? That is better than most. Better than most. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the No Laying Up Podcast. Players, championship, recap, 2018. But first, I think we have some congratulations are in store. We've got some content to present.

Mr. Tron Carter, first ever, Hall and One. Why don't you walk us through it. Oh man, I've been getting roasted all day. It was from 140 yards and I hit an eight-eye. Was it worth it? Of course it was worth it. You know, I mean, my stock eight-eye probably goes 148, 149.

I was kind of thinking Tiger should have hit eight-eye on on 17 today. That was sandwich. That was way too specific. I'm a process. It's, I'm an artist iron on 17 today. That was Sand wedge. That was way too specific. I'm a process. It's, I'm an artist, guys. Sure. Nope.

So, yeah, I kind of sauteed an 8 iron in there. Eighthole, Timoclonic, Country Club. Yeah, and the ball doesn't carry out there. Like, we're at sea level. Except for you. But, yeah, and, you know, I haven't upgraded to the new irons yet. Either I play some kind of weaker lofted irons So I didn't have any problem hitting those irons

No, you just but the comments to the tweet were honestly fantastic people were just so the guy that's commented So I'm guessing there was a tailwind might have been my favorite tweet of the day But all right, we're gonna we're gonna bring this program to you, commercial free, because you're gonna walk us through. First of all, I do want some props that I knew it was a whole and one. I see some of them. I'll have to face, he said get in. Yes.

Get in. Like obnoxiously early. And we'll play a Wolf Hammer with Job. His first time playing Wolf Hammer, our European tour correspondent, Job Fickett. And like, first time he's ever gone alone. And Wolf Hammer. He hits it to six feet on a seven on a eight. Goes alone.

Goes alone. Tron steps up next. You're in your follow through and y'all go in. Like the ball wasn't even close to apexing yet. Just go in. And it takes a couple of bounces and kind of disappears. Obviously, but we couldn't fully tell if it was in. I think it dripped in.

And it could have gone up. And I start running up towards the green and DJs. Like, oh, actually, man, I think it just went over the green. Like, dude, that was joke. I thought it was joke. Yeah, I said it was it. So yeah, congratulations, first hole in one. Thank you.

It's pretty cool to ace a par three. We all had one. I wouldn't imagine. I wouldn't know. You all had one at Dunwoody Country Club growing up in like the sixth grade. He had a six iron from like 162 yards. Like a thin six iron and just rattle it at home. So he's always held that above me even though it was not a good golf shot.

So years was pure. It was good that it happened. It wouldn't have been more pure. A tough pin to get to even so congrats. But we're going to bring the program to you commercial free and we're going to try our first ever real live read. It's not even a read, but I want you to walk us through the equipment you use for the ACE and what's going in the bag this week in Greenville. I mean the main I'd like to just thank the Chromesoft X, the new 2018 Graphene,

infused Chromesoft X. The the proud partners yeah bringing to you You know limited commercial interruptions. Thanks go forward. Thanks to Joe forward in the proud partner But yeah, and actually you know day got off to a really really good start because I I've been working with my partners in the tour truck Namely Johnny Thompson. We've been concepting out some new new gapping for my woods This is inspired by our round with Jane park on the LPGA tour at the Kia Classic and we've been concepting out some new gapping for my woods. This is inspired by our round with Jane Park on the LPGA Tour at the Kia Classic. Yeah, they were, yeah, I'm kind of like, I adopted the bucket hat, I'm adopting lots of woods

in the bag and stuff. I wanna become like a champion's tour player at like 31, you know, very good. Tron Colbert. So we developed a sex wood. Why do you call it the sex wood?bert so we developed a sex wood Why do you call it the sex wood between a six and a seven wood? Okay, and that was the gapping you felt like you were missing Yeah, I can't yeah, like I don't know just something that I can hit between 180 yards and like 225 Yeah, I think that's awesome

You know so so the people that I think the cool thing a lot of people try to figure out gapping kind of like distance between You know distance between clubs. I think the cool thing a lot of people try to figure out gapping kind of like distance between You know distance between clubs. I think tron has Four or five clubs in his bag that all go potentially the same distance. Yeah, and it's just kind of whatever you're feeling like at the Options you need that option is that fair to say no it's completely fair to say and that's the same it goes back to the eight iron You know, I'm in that mindset Today thinking all right like I can I can jump on a nine and put it back in the stance I can hood up pitching wedge if I need to but I kind of probably could have scraped a seven wood in there

But like I'm you know the eight iron was the was was the play Yeah, you know, and I've been the result speak for the best. I've been taking an extra club. Yeah, and uh Let that be a lesson every room. So I can soft and do in the anti J day kind of thing, you know. I also, there was a disappointment though I didn't get to use my new XO Indie putter because I didn't get the putt on that hole. You're putting from 10 feet in and is gotten to a dangerous level. So I'm scared about this coming week. I'm not going to lie. Try and getting six shots on me. And we're going to talk a bit about Greenville near the end here. But yeah, I'm a little worried.

I'm a little worried about the handicap situation. And I was putting for Eagle on 12 today to go 400. You shot 77. Yeah, it was actually pretty special class. All right, I put that Eagle put off the green. Did you go driver sex wood on the hoe? That was a three-way. All right, that put that eagle put off the green. Did you go driver sex wood on the hole? Oh, that was a three-way. Okay, yeah, that's it.

All right, that's enough on that. We're gonna get to the... You're gonna hear about my fantasy football. What was the golf ball? Crimes of Dex. Yeah. Cowboy one. That's what we made sure we made it.

It was an official ad. And you didn't take it out of play on the next hole, which was it? I smoked the drive on the next hole, and then you're like, you can take the ball out of play, and DJ had a was I smoke the drive of the next hole and then you're like you can take the ball to play and DJ Had a hole in one. I was gonna say very quick story if you don't want to hear you can skip forward like 30 seconds I made a hole in one playing with Andy Johnson and forgot to take it. Yeah, it's not to brag Forgot to take it out of play next hole

Medium-length par four Andy is shooting a distance for me. He's like, yeah, it's two of five I'm like man really, really like 205, that really seems shorter than that. He's like, now it's 205. Here I'll shoot it again, 205. I'm like, all right. So I even took like intentionally too little club. I hit like a six iron and just home run ball

over the fence into the woods. He's like, oh yeah, I think I'll shoot in those trees back there. Like two holes later, like, oh, okay, that was my only hole in one ball. There you go. That's why we're field players. That's it, oh yeah, I think I'll shoot those trees back there like two holes later Like oh, okay, that was my that was my only hole in one ball. There you go. He got that's why we're field players That's it exactly if you just information you just sauteed a little six and a half Alright, web Simpson is your players champion We I mean just the eruptions in the kill house today when he made that charge coming down the back nine day you guys are stoked as I am You know what good for web Simpson, whatever.

I know it's kind of trendy to rip on him. He's not the most exciting guy, but if you're gonna not be exciting, you gotta be a really good person. It's a good take. And he's a good person. He's a good person. He's a good person.

It's the stories are good people. You know, it's cool to see Paul and his family live here. He's played there a million times and you kind of see those guys around town all the time. We have a couple of close connections. Michelle Tassori runs a foundation to manage players' foundations. She works with Leechman and Jason Day and all those guys. You've never heard a bad word about any of the people involved with earning a shitload

of cash today. You know what? Good for that. I feel like we're building to one giant. However! No, no, no, I think, I mean, once it became a four-gum, that he was gonna win, it's like, all right, good for him.

I think, you know, Web's vanilla ice cream, but he's like the hog and the sea. He's like the good vanilla ice cream. The vanilla bean, you know? There was something kind of cool about the fact that he is prone to the S word and That could have popped out at any minute so that I think was different than if it was like a Justin Rose type player Like I probably would have fell as a sleeper turned it off

But I think legitimately there was a little unpredictability with web that like just this golf swing looks weird He's he's prone to shank of ball every now and again It's like oh this could still maybe get interesting But I don't know props of him any Twitter was he was nails was going off about his club head speed Just going to war first club head speed. I'm not debating his club head speed I just his swing makes me physically uncomfortable. Yeah, I said this on Twitter But I was hoping on 17 he would just hit the mega shank on purpose just to like like that guy that was on how I How to what's the call? We want to be a millionaire and called his dad with his lifeline just to like, like that guy that was on how I, uh, how to, uh, what's the call?

Who wants to be a millionaire and called his dad with his lifeline just to brag about that he's going to win. So question. If somebody shanked it into the little island, like the tree and that's a flower. Yeah. Like what's the ruling there? How do you mean? It's within the hazard.

That's within the hazard. I would assume I doubt they go out there and stake that. We still play it. Like, you could still play it. Oh, you're saying how did you get out there? That's the question, right? Could you play it or not? Well, you can't take it on playable.

No, it's within the hazard. Oh, it's within the hazard. The question we had was, would you, if your life depended on it, and you knew the yardage to the green but didn't know the yardage to that little island, and you had to hit it onto it and have it stop with your life depending on it, which would you rather do? It's much shorter to the tree island. I think you go for the green. There's absolutely no way.

You can hit 10 balls at that island. The only tree island's got to go in front of it and thin it and it's because they're new flowers, so you know, it's gonna be pretty soft. Yes, exactly. Especially new soil swapping out on the flower. Exactly. Webb lost strokes approaching the green this week in shot.

What? 18 under and like just by the boy double 18 or what? So approaching the green. 18. What's the distinction? It's like you're shot getting the ball close to the hole, like from the fairway or from whatever. It's basically, yeah, you're your approach. He gained five strokes around the green and he gained 9.3 strokes on the green. So all those putts he made for I.D. like from off the green didn't even count as strokes gain putting and he led the field and he gained 9.3 strokes on the green. So all those putts he made Friday, like from off the green, didn't even count as strokes game putting,

and he led the field in strokes game putting. He lost the field, lost strokes to the field today putting, and still led the field in strokes game putting. But that's how ridiculous he was those first couple of rounds. I mean, at no point did I feel like he was, he got shaky or... No, exactly.

It's made a long time to play with the leaves. The tour the four. Like, it was nails all week and nothing but respect for that. And to sorry, I mean, I think he's by all accounts, like, he's just... People rave about that. That's good, isn't it? It's good as it gets out there and he walks the lock, so.

I think coming off of Cading for VJ for an extended period, I think you deserve every goodding for VJ for an extended period, I think you deserve. You deserve every good thing. A lifetime of happiness. Exactly. Every good thing that comes your way. I think he's definitely put in his time. But what I do want to say, I think there was a lot of people kind of chirping about like,

oh, there's so many low scores and everybody, you know, they're taking it so deep and how is the tour going to react or what like basically the the winning score the average winning score since like 2009 was 13 under. There were three guys at 14 under and Webb was just an outlier that didn't miss a shot basically and it's like guys it was like pretty similar to all the rest of the year. How good would this tournament have been if Webb wasn't there. I know. And I don't mean that as a slight to Web. It's a credit to him for playing so well,

but just all the names that were in it and all the good players. And for sure. But I do give the tour a lot of credit for setting it up the way they did today and kind of leaning into the excitement and not ensuing. You know, hey, we're going to set it up for guys to chase instead of just protecting part I'll call. For sure.

I mean, the whole golf course is not, I mean, it's built to promote just kind of like manufactured excitement, basically, which is fine. I don't, that sounds condescending, but it's, yeah, I mean, lean into it and make people, you know, give people a chance to make birdies and eagles. I mean, the whole thing's like a case study in risk. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. And I think, kind of in the same, we're going to make some, we're going to talk about some

of these comparisons to Augusta. But in the same way, the bunch, the whole bunch together where you can make runs, and then you have your holes kind of consecutively that are really challenging. And so like at the masters, when a guy is getting, you know, through his certain stretch of, you know, 13 and 15, he gets up closer to the lead, yet the leader hasn't gotten through those holes. You just have that natural built in excitement that I think they're kind of going for.

For the most part, it works. I mean, it kind of sucks they didn't get two years in a row, didn't come down to the end. I love when they come to 17, somebody's got a one-shot lead and there's two million bucks riding on. Can you hit the biggest green on the course? I think it is somebody said that once.

Well, that was like KVV had that take earlier. He's like, you know, say what you want about Ricky, but in fact, I didn't put it exactly four times in his fan of two or three hours to, not only that, but also to seven feet. We're all out of my mind. Yeah. He got 16, birdie on 80.

Just looking back at that. Man, that'll never, ever, ever be done again., it was the best so it's all you were out there today What was I mean it's trying to watch on TV today after we we kind of took it took it pretty deep Way underbar for this week. I was not planning on going out today I went out the first six days of the week. Was there some pop in the in the crowd dude It was I could so tiger and speed getting paired is what kind of put me over the Edge to go to go out there and it does sound like something I'd be interested in and man it was I don't know I've I followed tiger on Friday I've followed tiger Bay Hill and I've you know I've been around crowds

Following tiger for a while but man there it was loud on the front nine today. It for speed and for tigers. It like missed putts for speed. I my ears were reverberating with people screaming of like upset with how close he had missed. And when Tiger want to be excited when he's what started walking in putts, man, I mean, it was again, fanboy here, like seeing him in the red up close, like walking in putts and making a charge while not feeling like he ever really had a chance was so fun.

Like it was just so cool to watch him just, you know, in Hale golfers one by one. And the fact that he made the cut on the number and this weekend was almost not possible. Shout out JT for bogey 18 on Sunday that put Tiger into the weekend. Yeah, for real. Man, it was, it was fun. It really was. I mean, it was, it was just kind of cool to see him in his element. It was just was different. Again, I never got to follow him that much on Sundays in his

in prior times, but there were just like a stretch of holes where he walked in the birdie on five. And that was all right. It's like, all right, something cool is happening on the seventh hole. And some he walks up to the tee in this woman in the front row, like right near where his bag yells, like, glad you're back tiger. We missed you. And he walks up to the tee and this woman in the front row, right near where his bag yells, like, glad you're back, Tiger, we missed you. And he tried not to laugh, but couldn't hold it back. And then the whole crowd kind of did the, yeah. Whatever.

And then he hits his shot and he's getting ready to walk down the fairway. And some of the girls, like, hits his 30th birthday. And he's already walking down, he turns. And just like he says, happy birthday. And the girl just erupts. Like, oh my god, you did it. So he's just kind of smiling.

He walks down the fairway. And another girl yells out, you're hot. And he just like turns and smiled at her. And she like, it was funny. She's like, all right, it's a date. Like immediately. And this whole little stretch, he was just like having fun out there. And that was, I mean, he made like four birdies in a row,

which helped maybe his three, which also helped. But he was chatting with the honorary observer like near the 10th hole. And I don't know, it just felt like a casual, like he's so comfortable with where he is. I thought, you know, no, I didn't go follow the web sentence today. I followed the cat and I was, I'm so glad I did.

That was a lot of fun I haven't felt as alive as I felt when he hit that drive 14 oh dude if I was like I mean we've played there a fair amount and I played a bunch of different teas and stuff and I said something on Twitter But they would play the white teas before and scramble events and stuff and if you not one from the white teas That's basically where you're at. And he just, I mean, it was, I've never seen a ball like that.

And I'm sure other people have hit it down there, but I mean, that was like, there was a foreshot lead at that point. If Webb would have seen, that was ignorant. If Webb would have seen that twirl that he let loose after that shot, if his sphincter wasn't already tightening up,

that thing would have just, I mean, that was one of his kind of be like, okay, this actually, I started doing the math I think this could happen. He's got 110 in here, he can birdie this hole. Honestly, and then he pulls up what a lob wedge and tries to, you know, nuke one in there. So Tiger, like I'm available, man.

There were some weird wedge issues. I don't know if you saw this up close But what was it wrote down number one he missed the green from 107 in the middle of the fairway I think same kind of thing I think I think I need to hit the green and sucked it back off the front hanging out with J. Day two He had 111 yards on 14 missed the green tried to hit sandwich on 17 which I mean I've granted I'm sure tiger you know as a better feel for the situation than I do, watching on TV. But as soon as I said, he's gonna try to hit a big sandwich.

I'm like, oh my God, what? So you weren't there, dude, let me tell you about it. Yeah, oh please tell me. Honestly, the wind was swirling. And I watched early in the week of watching on Friday, stand on 13T, and he could not figure out the wind. I'm not kidding, there was not a breath of it. I couldn't understand what he was doing.

He was trying to find a wind that wasn't there. And out there today, so I think what would happen is off that tee shot, the wind was down. It was helping off that tee, and that's what helped him hit it 350 or whatever it was. And I think by the time he got up there, it got to his ball and it was down. By the time he hit it, I think it had shifted just enough.

And there's different parts in between those trees where it feels like it's down by the time he hit it, I think it had shifted just enough. And there's different parts in between those trees where it feels like it's down at you and it's into you at the green. I think the 17th, what they do a great job on the 17th hole was they show the wind at the player and at the green. Just show that difference. And it's only 135 yards or whatever it is and you can see that difference.

Who was saying it's like a mountain range in New Zealand where the air comes off over the mountain. It's like the same effect, where as a sailor, you have to know what the wind is doing at a certain level up, because you know it's coming down over those mountains, and you know it's up there, but you can't necessarily feel it down where you are.

And with all the corporate boxes, that's kind of how it works on 17. I can see that's why they're all looking up at the flags too to see what they're all doing. But that's what we haven't been to tournament in at least a month for me personally. But going out and just being reminded of the elements and seeing the elements, seeing the ball apex and kind of getting that perspective versus watching shots on TV. You kind of need that reminder just for how great the really good shots are

and to see some of the windows that Tigers hit in balls through, just watching that they're trash coming off the tee. Like honestly, it's going through different windows. His and Speed's balls, like the tee shots on 14, were just his look like shot out of a can and Speed kind of let a little high loose one to the right. But just seeing where the ball left the tee at

was a completely different location. We followed a spieth on Thursday. Spieth and JT and Rory were playing together. And the fact that that guy we were watching on Thursday was kind of pseudo-in-contention. Today is mind-blowing. Yeah. Because some of the shots he had on Thursday were shocking.

He, I honestly thought he- Yeah, three balls in the water. What are you starting out? We hit it to like six feet on the first hole had on Thursday were. He was out shocking. I honestly thought he'd- Yeah, three balls in the water. What do you start it out? We hit it to like six feet on the first hole and three put it. Oh, it was terrible. I thought I was wondering if Krellar was going to go in for more balls at the turn.

Sometimes those guys carry six balls or so. When he dunked three in the water, you start scuffing up a few of them. You may need more golf balls in the bag, but it didn't make a stop. Dude, it's great. I'm sure Tron can chime in here, but when you have an alpha on the bag, they just got them back into it. Well, it's credit. I'm sure Tron can chime in here, but when you have an alpha on the bag,

they just got them back into it. Well, I was just like, all right, two takes here. First of all, you kind of glossed over, and I forgot that it even happened. But I just put two and two together as well. Taking the whole JT missing that putt. So JT and West Bryant missed putt's just for good measure. They're both clients of Steinberg.

Oh, geez. So it's cat, got cat to the weekend. Like this was an inside job. That's a nice car racing out here. You know, keep pulling the thread. So that's so first and foremost there. So let's just get that out of it. Yeah. Second, let's I'm going to take you guys to 13 today. Okay. 13 T. Oh, how good was that? So that's one of the craziest hard holes like on the planet.

It's like 14 at Harvard town. How good was that? So that's one of the craziest hard holes on the planet. It's like 14th to Harvard town, kind of the opposite of it. And yeah, Greller just pulled the most alpha move, maybe ever, standing there with the club that he thought Jordan should hit. And Jordan kind of stuffs off. He's like, all right, give me that club. And he didn't, he was so steadfast in what he thought,

everything. I was standing there. That's not the way I saw it. But, no? I thought he was just kind of confused by the wind by's not the way I saw it, but. No? I think he was just kind of confused by the wind. By the time he got up to hit the shot, he was kind of embarrassed to switch clubs again, because he had called Grelor in for the call. And by the time he got up there, the wind had got stronger.

And he's like, all right, give me that one. The Grelor did really step back. He was state pretty close, but yeah, because we both felt the wind kind of come in a little bit. But 99 of 100 other guys would have just walked back to the bag and that's it. Like he. Well, funny story on 12. So Speed hits kind of a drive to the right and he's behind this tree. He's got an okay shot, but he's got to come real close to this tree.

He's, but his ball's on the upslope. It's 40, 45 yard pitch, maybe. And he's underneath the tree and he gets up to hit this shot. And he's like, am I gonna hit this branch, talk about the top branch. And girl, there's like, no, and I'm right behind him and I'm looking at this like, dude, you are not gonna hit this branch.

It gets up to the ball, looks at it again, he's like, dude, are you sure? And girl, there's like, you're not hitting the branch. And I'm like, dude, hit the ball, you're not gonna hit it. Takes a big was like, you're not hitting the branch. And I'm like, dude, hit the ball. You're not gonna hit it. Takes a big huge swing. It went like through the leaves. It actually, he couldn't have been more spot on.

I thought this thing was way out of play. It was so high and it almost, it was inches away from getting. Yeah, I was like, yeah, talk about my guy, a griller like that. I was with griller. I'm with, I stand with griller, griller's my dude. So let me throw this one at you.

This is kind of a fun always TBC sawgrass type of stat the whole you know, it doesn't favor anyone storyline of the 71 players who made the cut web Number 70 and driving distance this week. Wow. That's fun to see. Yeah, you know, I like that I see guys get it done different ways. It's the guys play from kind of the same general place on this course. There's very, there's very few corners that like DJ can get to, that web can't get to in that regard. I mean, so just it's funny.

I played out there two days in a row a month ago. Back plates as far back as possible. And was like, this course is going to be really high this year, guys. This course is really hard. I don't know. I don't know if this course is really hard. I don't know. I don't know if people know. And to watch those dudes just kind of pick it apart.

Again, we know how good they are, but just to actually see it was, that was, I don't know. That was pretty awesome. I'm so excited for him to move it to March. It just turned it below. Hey, for selfish reasons, cause it gets freaking hot out there. This is one of the first hot weekends of the year. And yeah, I just think it's gonna be a more interesting golf course to play in March. because it gets freaking hot out there. This is one of the first hot weekends of the year.

And B.I. just think it's gonna be a more interesting golf course to play in March. Wild ass wins. In March, you get like the weird North winds and stuff. You get high 70s, I think 17s will get it blown in. Yes. Which is typically an ass. Yeah.

Yeah. No, the tournament belongs in March. It's one week too late in the year. And this is the first really hot week of the year. Like you said, and it's, I mean, I went out and we went out and watched that Thursday morning group, and I was planning to go out with Tiger and Phil. And I was like, no, it's not going out in that heat again. For the fans, you don't even have a dress shirt on. I know. For the fail. This is true. Is that happened? Oh, I forgot. I forgot that happened this week.

He, uh, God feels the best feel is just messing with He's messing with this. He's gonna keep and they have short sleeve polos Misid in Maine has short sleeve polos, but could film be a more a better endorser of a product in general like no He just knows how to get people talking about it. Like here we are I just said the name of the brand gave a more free exposure Whatever he's getting paid by them is probably worth it because... Whatever you're getting paid by them is probably worth it. I don't know, man. I couldn't really rattle off the names of many other performance business shirts. I think they've cornered the market

on this. I think he cornered the market on the tweets. Yeah. Do you got a field day on Thursday? That was fun. I went a bit nuts and Tim. To fill wearing the shirt, you think help them from a brand exposure. I can't believe we're talking about that. I know. Do we think it helped or do we think it hurt because he played so shitty? That's a good point. I don't know how.

There's no watching him on Thursday. You can't sway. You can't do it. He looks so uncomfortable. I really did not look anywhere close and just like he was laboring out there, but I hope he doesn't show up the shinnococ with. Oh, I hope he does.

Yeah, I hope he does. Yeah, I hope he shows up like a brief case or something. What if he carried his clubs in a briefcase. All right, turn to page 23 of your slide decks here. How about this weather we're having, huh? What else? What else we got? What do you guys think of the 12th hole? I still think the layup is too easy.

You can hit a 180 yard shot out there and have a thoughtless 180 yard shot out there and have the proper angle and, you know and just a stock sand wedge in your hands. So what did they saw? They saw in the green, basically, right? So it used to be more right to left, is that right? It was, and the bank was more steeply shaved to the left and balls just rolled in. Ball still can roll in, but there's just not that much.

If that's the case, then I get the easy layup, right? So they should force you to take, and I sound like Andy here like God but like they should force you to take on like the closer you get to the bunker you know it should have to be a really narrow green and like the closer you get to the bunker on the left the better your angle is yeah it's just too you can sweep it out to the right and be totally 30 it's a 3035 yard walk fairway. Yeah, it's a really easy birdie even if you like lay up.

And like the group will move out there Thursday morning. JT went before it was not his honor, but the group is already on the green. He gets up there and just hits this like rope blade stinger. I was pretty pissed that he laid up, but it made for it the Stinger that he hit and he turned over He's just like sorry for laying up, but he made bird it should be yeah like short par four should be in an easy par hard bird Yeah, it's not it's I mean, I think it's still it's kind of exciting But over last year. Yeah, I think so I think more guys went for it But like I mean DJ you said like web went web but laid up all four days, right?

Yeah, but it's also the tour like made the changes because players kind of complained about it a lot And it's also like you read but I mean if it made the players mad last year It's probably really good. I mean it wasn't really good But it messing with the guys is a good thing getting them more and more comfortable isn't necessarily probably what Pete Dye intended when he designed this golf course, but. Yeah, I mean, having a risk reward par four with water that you're supposed to be taking on, having only four doubles for the week is like, kind of weak.

That's the thing. I don't think it's just a reward, Bob. Which I'm not, yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. I'm kind of in between, I guess. It's between release patterns. It's just not, it definitely doesn't strike me as all that interesting. It doesn't offend me. If it was really good, I feel like I release patterns. It's just not, it's not, it definitely doesn't strike me as all that interesting.

It doesn't offend me. If it was really good, I feel like I'd want to sit out there all week and watch and just get a walk pass that each time is out there. It's not like four. Four is a lot more interesting than in 12. Hold on my heart straight. So one more fill thing I forgot to, I forgot this story,

but it's more of a la Kava story than it is a fill story. But this was on Friday morning as they're making the turn. They're 18th hole on, they're 9th hole on 18. LaCava's got Tigers bag on his back and they're by the green and he backs up and he trips over Phil's bag. But like kind of in the way like a great cat he would do, like cares more about protecting Tiger's bag than he does himself. The most awkward longest fall ever.

I mean, I don't even know how he fell, but he's like trying to make sure the clubs don't slam into the ground. He just like stumbles, he takes like five steps trying to fall and finally falls near the green, just like in an awkward knee bent position. And Tiger is kind of just mortified. Just like covers his face and his laughing.

Skoveron is dying, Ricky's laughing. And Phil is getting ready to putt and he's just kind of giggling, gets up to like hit his putt and has to back off because he's laughing so hard. And then Tiger really starts going and Ricky really starts going, Phil gets up to hit again, backs off again

because he's just like near tears laughing. Then the crowd like he ruptured, and every gave him the applause, and he finally waved at the crowd and said, I just thought that was great. Like, it was just a dragged out moment of laughter. I can identify with Tiger being mortified after my experience. Shout out to the green bull out here. My dad was crying in my bag, and then he knocked over AJ Maconery's bag with like the crumbed out blades in an ass a cart, an asphalt cart path.

That's golf, man. It's gonna happen. Just throw up the green, you know. So you brought up Ricky, which interesting thing we were talking about before, beforehand here. Ricky's career versus Webb's career to date. Shockingly maybe in Webb's favor. Big Randy's been beaten in strom all day.

And he's not the most Buying yeah, exactly. He's called Ricky late-stage capitalism. He's basically an anti-Ricky super PAC He called him a false idol today But yeah, I mean Ricky so webs won all the same events Like you're pretty like same levels of events. Not the Euro Tour events, though. Correct. That's the difference, for Ricky, I think.

Ricky's got what the Scottish and the, and Abu Dhabi. Correct. Whereas, Webb has like Greensboro and Shriners. So, Greensboro Shriners went, Deutsche Bank, Greensboro's Wenda, and then players and, players and so forth.

United States Open, so, look, kind of real quietly, Web Simpson might be a hall of favor. Like he's eligible for the tactical jazz of dad. Yeah, he's got to be up to. This is in the hall of fame. This is a tournament that you really do want to win.

Yeah. Um, maybe so yeah, Web's career over over Ricky's Web does have three years so years on. I'm maybe fun to revisit like three years later in Ricky's career. He's turning the meat of his, you know, eternal Ricky Apologist here. How about this web or Martin Kimer? How many times Kimer won Worldwide?

I would like the BMW International and so on. I take Kimer. I take Kimer, I think. I think so. He's, well, this is Kimer winning the States though. He's got 23 professional wins. He has three PGA tour wins 11 European two. Oh shit. He won the PGA. Well, yeah, he was the US open to. Yeah, it's in the players players. Yeah, it's time. Yeah, covers that remarkable career. Like forgotten about dude when we talk about

definitely significant players. Speaking of the players, I think it's a lot of things that I think are going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to be going to

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they had moved it to mate to right that didn't really know what it was. But yeah, it's just in its own tier, its own class, and it's the best one in that tier, and it's the only one in that tier. Yeah, it's the best PJ Tour event. I think it stands out, you know, when you've got the majors, and then, you know, that next kind of tier below that is, you know, the players and the WGC, and those kinds of, like, it doesn't feel like a WGC, it feels much bigger than that. It feels way more important than I would put this two levels above WGC's and tour championships.

Yeah yeah I agree and it's I don't know I was never super into it as a fan and this is gonna sound biased and obvious but I mean honestly until I started working at the tour I always kind of was like yeah whatever it's kind of plastic and whatever and then started going to it and it's super I mean, honestly, until I started working at the tour, I always kind of was like, yeah, whatever, it's kind of plastic. Whatever, and then started going to it, and it's super, I mean, you guys have both been to it a couple times now. It's super fun as a fan. I mean, it is really, it's a great time, and it's exciting to watch. And the field's always awesome. The golf course is fun to watch. It's, I don't know, it's great. It's really a regional event. It is, and I think my biggest gripe with it,, I guess if I had a if I had a gripe is I kind of wish it would just kind of lean into its own

Identity or figure out what that identity is and just it almost seems like it's trying to it's just picking a lot from I think they're trying to copy anyone in particular. Well, there's this one golf tournament that I just I couldn't put my finger on You know and they did some renovations to the clubhouse clubhouse to open up the whole scene that you can really see number one. And you can see the whole thing. They were serving a certain kind of sandwich out there. They were serving. This year serving Pimento cheese sandwiches in the concession stand was like, we never

did get a price on those. That would be the sign. We didn't know what the price was. Probably twice the price. We didn't do some more intrepid reporting there. But that whole that, that whole thing, and then, I mean, this is all like inside, based on what he cares about, but not allowing media on the driving range or on the putting green. I mean, that, and just kind of like, I'm sure they do that to kind of cater to the players, you know, and kind of make them feel like it's a special week for them,

and all that stuff. But really, just the way it comes across, I think, and maybe it's a special week for them and all that stuff but really just the way it comes across I think and maybe it's around autographs only in a specific zone. Yeah and the whole thing just I don't know it it feels like such a really cool community event that's like a little more I don't want to say laid back because that makes it sound like small time or something I don't think it's that but it like poor athroat a really great piece for espionage and last year that really sums it up, that it's, it feels almost more like a music festival or something, but the golf is still really, really good. And that's an awesome identity to have, but when you start to do these little things that

you, I mean, you can just, it just reeks of trying to keep up with the master's. It's like being a social clamor. And we've heard, yeah, yeah, exactly. But at the same time, how often do we say, like, look, Augusta does this. Why they should do something like that. And they're trying their best, I'd say, to copy and taking some good things from Augusta.

You know what it almost feels like? Without some of the nuance, too. Yeah, it's true. You know what it feels like a little bit sometimes. I don't know, maybe you guys can give me a good player here, but like, so Michael Jordan comes out with you know his line of shoes And then who was like the next? Much less popular player that came out with their like stuff on Marbury. Yeah

Starberries like it kind of sometimes to be it kind of feels a little bit where it's like oh yeah like I Mean that's cool, but like it seems pretty obvious. These are like the penny hardware. I'm getting this shiny mirror thing. And I would just rather like, it's just cooler if you lean into your own kind of identity and kind of make your own legacy rather than just kind of trying to steal the bet. Like a lot of times to me, it just feels like it's stealing the best parts of other things.

Instead of smashing them together. Slame your swing, be your own. Yeah, and I don't have any great suggestions, and I know it's kind of a shitty thing to just shoot from the cheap seats here and kind of offer up a critique like that, but yeah, it just seems like it's kind of cherry picking from a lot of other things and jamming them in together and hoping that that makes the sum of the parts

that much better, and it feels a little awkward. Kind of focus, it's the tour focus grouping best practices. Basically, that's what it feels like a lot. A good best practices, but they're not organic. I would say the broadcast does a fantastic job of making it feel like a really important event. And that's one where they still have... However.

Well, and that's one that's like, you know, limited commercial interruptions. And it's like, well, you know, yeah, like where have we heard that phrase before but it's like that's something awesome it's awesome it's like everybody should take yeah exactly but it's it's just I don't know what I'm saying it's cool it's cool and I'm sounding more and more like I'm a tour employee defending this tournament but it's what we say what we love about Augusta is like they go to the same course

every year and it's the same holes. You have the memories from each hole. I think that works. That's awesome. So much in their favor here, I really do. I think the golf, I mean bottom line is the golf is really freaking good. And that's the key and everything else is kind of

ancillary beyond that, but also watching the golf is really freaking good. Like there's not a bad, you can wander out to any hole and even when there's a ton of people out there like the last few days of a tiger, you can still always find a place to actually watch from on any hole that you're on. Cause you know, I mean, it's truly a stadium.

Like there's truly mounding everywhere to allow you. This tournament is a lot of the reason why we are located in this area. I mean, you, Tron tell that story. I mean, you went two years ago and... Yeah, my wife and I were up in Boston and DJ and his wife, Justin, invited us down to stay with them. And we came down and had an awesome time

and asked ourselves why we didn't live here. And then... And then you did? And then we found out we were pregnant with our son and we're like, we gotta get the hell out of Boston. We should move to Jackson. And we we did and then I was coming back from Amsterdam and was like you guys kind of like it down in the Jackson like yeah you should come check it out went to the players last year was like huh I think

I kind of enjoy living here and here we are sitting here and before we get too far down that line there's a lot of negative things guys yeah nobody move don't come it's super expensive it's yeah the weather's terrible. Don't it's about to be super way too hot here And it's not even that warm in the winter. It's really crowded already. Please don't come price us out of this place It's it's it's not it's not perfect. Don't please don't come so but yeah, and then you know our our Experience this week was a little bit unique and versus previous years you know previous years we've been out. Like, I know you, you, you watched a lot kind of media center

and inside Roops this week, but I was a fan this week. Yeah. Whole week. Just. It's such a great event to be a fan of. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I had no desire to. You were, I don't know. You, you, Web was 18 under, but you, you might have, you were in contention there for a while for a while for a while. I was, I was actually challenging like the, the tour, like the, might have you were in contention there for a while for how far you were. I was actually challenging like the the tour like the you were like Greg Norman that year that fuzzy was like you know what like wipe it up down waving the white flag. I was like Tommy Armour the third at the Fairways agreement. San Antonio that one year when he shot like two sixty.

Twenty-a-d. Yeah. So there's this thing called the players club Yeah, which nothing like Augusta. Yeah, well, so we can't get if we didn't get an official number on what these tickets cost No, I did on the website really yeah, they're thousand bucks a day Is that good? Okay, like six or seven grand for the week. So it's the it's the TPC sawgrass version of It's like six or seven grand for the week. So it's the TPC Sawgrass version of Berkman's place. Let's just call it like Torquman's place. Torquman's place. We got some intel from some people on the ground that basically the tour had sent some of the managers,

some of the hospitality managers and stuff to Berkman's for a couple of years, basically to just work and gather intel and kind of make this as good as it possibly could it be. And it was good. It was fun. It was, it was good. It's not our vibe. And let's just be clear, we did not get these tickets from the tour.

Like we were probably, we were sitting in there like, we also didn't pay for these tickets. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. what was your first uh... yet tron is basically sitting there and that this was like the only comparison i could probably make was was this is kind of tron's attitude uh... yeah i mean i i i probably eight like I might have gout this week

because I ate so much shellfish over the last four days and just I just drank myself silly. It was a weird scene in there. Again, I wanna preface this with like this kind of experience is not designed for us. You know, 30 year old snarky, whatever this is that we do, kind of people. It was a very high-end experience and it was just, it was a little too much. It was a little much for me, but it was, like on Friday, I was sitting out on the porch talking to a guy that works for swisher sweets,

who knew their bass deer and jacks were networking and and and Maddie and leash walk five making the turn and he's like what are you doing come out and watch us and like no Alex and I are going to do a wine taste. Yeah it wasn't that it was a great place if you were just interested in kind of like things they could not watch it go correct and they had a lounge out with 17 check they also had a great they they had a TV network in there, which shows the NBC feed and a live 16th, 17th, and 18th hole. So that was the thing, like no commercials.

No commercials. Like on Saturday, we went out and watched, we just sat on four, like, our feet dangling over the railroad ties above the water on four next to the green for probably two to and a half hours. We're like, all right, we watched what you call. Let's go watch it on TV now, you know? Exactly. Um, and none of this is to, you know, this is not

interesting how we, how we spent our day. But it's more just like this is kind of the level that I think the tournament is looking to take these types of experiences. And the whole thing is just a little, I don't know, I don't, I don't really know how to resolve about it. It kind of part of it felt a thing is just a little, I don't know. I don't really know. How do you process it? It kind of, part of it felt a little bit like, I'm sure you guys have seen the Legend of Bag of Ants

every Thursday night when it's on golf channel. It's like the 13th, 11 PM or whatever. But when Charlie Starrans dad builds a crew island and then the depression hits, and there's that scene of like just a bunch of waiters walking around and like nobody in there and kind of like awkward elevator music there was a bit of that going on in there which is they were kind of looked over there's a couple couple elderly people of sleep on couch they had gotten some sun they were kind of they were pretty cached they

were catching some z's it was a little, again, not designed for us, but a little bit of a strange thing. Kind of a just sort of minor of band out there after the, like, so our big takeaway sitting there on Saturday evening when, you know, everything's kind of wrapping up was why, like, why isn't this, like, just starting now? Like why isn't this just starting now? Why isn't the place to hang out tonight? Well, they have a live band. Well, yeah, I'll refer to you to the people who are asleep on the couch.

That was the main part of the clientele. And I think that was, again, the only reason we're rigging up here is I think it's just kind of a good reminder of kind of who still starts the drinks in golf basically and who's really funding golf here. It's easy for us to kind of, again, lob shots. I'm like, why don't they do this or I don't like this or this, you know, I would watch this ball of law and it's like, well, we're still, there's a lot of us, but we're still

in the minority. Oh, big time. I mean, that. Well, it's like kind of 80-20, right? It's like 20% of their business comes from 20% of, you know, whatever partners they have that are spending all this money doing this. It's like 95. Yeah, it's maybe a little different.

But a couple of other notes before we slide on from the tournament, JT is now the number one player in the world. A little anticlimactic, but. About that. The DJ kind of spit the bit today. Yeah, that was, he was even, he was 10 under going to the day shot even par It was kind of inevitable a JT was gonna get him. I mean, they just so mathematically close and I know I know everyone's gonna be you shouldn't pass them both out even top 10 or whatever it is

But it's just formula. It's not that big a deal I think it's just the what if I think the ranking should be just a power rankings that get done every week. Yeah, well Sagan rankings Sagan rankings are close. They're like Sackron, you love the Sacks. BK, Brooks Capka shot, 63 with an Albatross today, here on Sunday. Oh, can we talk about him hurting his wrist with a cartridge? Oh, I'm sorry.

So, holy shit. I'm the driving range after they've outlawed everybody from being in the truck. Right, somebody's driving across the driving range, as the pros are hitting drives in front of them like to deliver golf balls. Somebody that obviously doesn't know what a driving range is. And he stops his swing and re-injures his wrist,

but it's apparently okay. But like, yeah, I think he claimed that he would the guy would have been dead if he'd hit a shot. Like he would have killed the guy. Not good. Speaking of injuries, did we get any intel or update on Jason Day,

whatever, like his bow-hocler shoulder injury from today on 16? I missed this, I didn't get to see it. Oh my gosh dude, it was great. Is Dan Hicks gonna get invited back for next year after his little love slip up? I think you might get it talking too. I think he had a little Freudian slip.

What did he say? So I'm preface this with, I don't think he meant this maliciously at all. think it just kind of slipped out but he was basically talking about Tiger and Jordan and see and tiger play well, and I'm definitely paraphrasing here And I don't remember the specific thing he said, but he was kind of like, you know, tiger You know, I just didn't whatever he kind of leaked oil down the stretch and you know With we got these majors coming up and you know, maybe we'll kind of see him show up, you know, for real, you know, when it matters. And it was like, you could tell just in his voice as it was coming out that he was like, oh, I should not have said that like that.

I'm not going to get coffee tomorrow. And I don't think that he meant, you know, I don't think he meant anything by it, but I think it's just kind of... The point being, like, you wouldn't make any slip like that if it was like a true major. Okay, we're not debating whether or not it's a true major, but that's kind of a, even if you didn't mean it like that, you wouldn't make accidentally make that kind of slip.

And going back, I do level with the total a little bit in that it's the only blockbuster property that they own. True. You know, masters, US Open, PGA, Ryder Cup, those are all owned and operated by other entities. Yeah, other competing entities basically. Yeah, and the pro, I talked to Roy Summerlo this week and he was like, this event has gotten improved

maybe the most of any event. From when you first started playing it to the now for players at least. Dude, before his email, or his preview, I totally forgot, like, Rory and Westwood, who I think might have been a little bit more of the time, skip the event in 2013. Like, that just blows my mind to look back on.

That's only five years ago. Brief Ryder Cup update here. There's some people that were saying, like Tiger costs himself a lot of Ryder Cup points here, jumping in 17, Tigers on the Ryder Cup team. Whether, if he wants to be, he's on it. We don't need him to qualify on points that that there's can he play with it your peace in doing I he's going to be maybe the first ever playing captain with it with the full earpiece in yeah, uh, web simpson I believe somebody tweeted that said he's

now ninth in the rider cup saying it's all which isn't that close or I would thought he'd be I wrote he's 23rd coming to this week and he got almost 2000 points because he won almost two million dollars this event But scary thought of a web Simpson book bubble lots and pairing again in France that what did Bryson do this weekend? He finished T37. Okay. Yeah, so this is essentially I mean the whole things were double points because it's just so much damn Almost double points essentially.'s just so much damn almost double points. Yeah, so European teams taking shape a little bit getting there. I think yeah, I would have sneaky T7 this week. Yeah, boom. Bit of a bit of a podcast bump.

Bit of a bump. Had a great time. Yeah. God, the microphone, Snephew, last week on the Fleetwood pod kind of ruined my last Sunday, but enjoyed chatting with Fleetwood. We did that on Saturday and then did Ramam Monday. I thought that was a great little power punch there with those two guys And for this week. So I had one of those moments like Kevin MacAllister's mom and Where she's not she's sitting on the plane. It's like come up. Yeah

It was horrifying. You open up to find that didn't press the right button. Hope I did that for this recording, but All right, so we maybe get to some questions or you got Favorite little memory of the week. What you got? Kira deck shooting what 60 66 today 67 with a quad That's pretty good Probably when Tiger made like his his Thursday birdie When he got into second place, at one point today, I was four back, that kind of excitement building

and stuff that's my favorite part. I'm gonna say, it's gonna sound stupid, but Simon I watched Alex Norton just chip for a while, and he was doing the weird mega-cover it, twist the upper body through his chip shots, and he was legitimately cutting, he was hitting cuts on little five like five-yard pitch-shot. It's one of the bigger regrets of my life

which was delighting. Yeah, that was very cool. It was creeping me out. You've incorporated the Noren-Lyne, a reshot routine and you hit the ball pretty good. Hit it pretty good. Ready for some questions. Mike Hennessy, the AK at the Oilman 12,

did Speed get Star star struck by Tiger? He was non-existent on the coverage. I thought Speed was a little rattled today. I thought he was extra little. I still don't think he has his stuff. I think after seeing him just like completely wiping balls into the water on Thursday, I just, I didn't think I could like click that fast for him.

I agree. Even when he was playing like out in front of the master, he wasn't, like, he was still, so there's a B minus K in my day, great. Yeah, yeah. Taylor Little says, was the Phil Mickelson bunker shade peak Johnny. So what, break it down for those of you watching

the broadcast today, what happened? So basically, bones is kind of running through the famous shot on 10 where he hits it through the gap. He's like, I didn't want to tell you about the gap I saw. Speed is in that bunker on set. Speed's right there. Basically has the same very similar shot. Bones is like, oh, the gap he had was the size of a car window.

Johnny said something like, yeah, he had to return that car to the rental counter. Friday, because he was going home that weekend. Which is awesome. Very unnecessary, but awesome. And yeah, it was just kind of an awkward style. Let's talk to that. How loud was the roar? This is Austin Weiss.

How loud was the roar from the kill house when Sanzy got dropped by Big Cat? It was good. It's a perfect cap to the week. Yeah. I had on TV in the media center when he dropped that. I was like, OK, I'm done. I'm going home.

I'm getting the car. This performance is hard. Don't need to see the list. center when he dropped that. I was like, okay, I'm done. I'm going home. I'm getting the car. This performance already. Don't need to see the highest level. I agree. It's my favorite. Tyler Champ says, are people afraid of Tiger like they used to be? I think if Tiger would have done something on 14 there,

like, what would have, things would have started moving a little bit quicker for him. I think it felt pretty similar to me, man. It felt like a normal charge from four or five years ago, or it was like, I don't know, it still feels pretty real. I don't know if I've phrased the right word. It's different. And I know this has been documented 20 years ago,

as far as what it's like to play with him and it being different. And it's not as much as it is playing with Tiger as it is dealing with everything that's been going on or everything goes on around them. Honestly, the noise and the yelling and just the people saying dumb things, it just gets multiplied by 10. And if you're not totally prepared to handle that, then you just can't. Oh, we didn't even talk about focus, baby.

You all right, guy? Was back. So those that don't know this story, Bay Hill, there's this dude that was out following Tiger and he just yells, like he tired just made a bogie or something, he just yells, focus baby you alright? And I just made the joke, like man he looked a little flustered but once he heard that,

he really turned, and he actually made like three birdies in a row after that. Who's that Instagram? That same guy was there today Just yelling stuff out. Just like par five here nice and easy nice and easy Eagle and then it was yelling out it breaks a little right finally like the 10th yell a tour guy They went up and like asked the guy like can you stop but focus? Baby you are right guys everywhere you could be in Florida

Who's the guy on Instagram or Twitter? Snapchat or whatever who's like he's like oh no, what is he doing baby? Who knows? Oh, that's like me. Oh no baby. Dancing, it's like his buddy. Yeah, it sounds like that guy. It's pretty much it.

I would actually argue that Tiger, it's probably, again, going back to your point, I don't think it's afraid the right word, but it's probably tougher than ever. If when Tiger truly does go on a run, that people are so much more captivated by it because they've gone without it for so long, it's even amped up even beyond the levels of 2008. Well, the thing that was weird, and this is very,

like, through our own personal lens here, but looking at the guys who were on the leaderboard starting today, for some weird reason, the only people that guys were really like talking about were basically Tiger and Speed who were at 8. Danny Lee started the day at what, 12? Four shots ahead and we're like, oh yeah, well he's done. That's the no chance, you know.

Whereas Tiger, I mean, he kind of, he was kind of the only guy that really put real pressure on it seemed like. So, I mean, Duffner was up there. of the only guy that really put real pressure on it seemed like. Yeah. Well, so, I mean, Duffner was up there. Hold on, can we talk about Duffner for a second? I missed it. What happened? Oh, gosh.

I know. I don't want to use the Y-word. The Y-word. Yeah. It's, it's, it's, it's really real. It was really. It cost him a lot of money. I mean, I don't even want to know.

I don't want to see it. But to that point, though, on Friday, I ducked in the media center to grab lunch really quick when they made the turn. I missed one and two. It's kind of a perfect loop. You can come right back to 3T. And when that group went to 3T, I kind of got back up there to that hill right behind it.

And I look over at the putting it. I made this point at Bay Hill after he finished his last hole. You got to walk from the ninth green through the back of the range to get back to the clubhouse and as he did that Crowe went nuts and every single player that was hitting balls like turned to watch Tiger walk by like you you couldn't avoid it So anyways, he's about to tee off on three and I look over at the putting green there the putting green kind of by one T where you can see and I'd say 80% of the players had stopped putting on the putting green and we're watching him tee off on the part three It's kind of like it may not be afraid, but that dude means it gets. Obviously he moves the needle for all of us, but it still means a ton to the guys out there.

And that is not insignificant, if you ask me. So on that note, Humphries wants to know how long before Tiger wins. I thought this was a. I don't know. We'll see what happens. Yeah. Hey, we don't know. But wait, it'll be really fun to watch. We'll see. I thought this was a I don't know we'll see what I mean. Yeah, hey, we don't know But wait, we really fun to watch and we'll see I thought this was a good

This was like kind of is not one of his best chances, but this was a good fit for him. I thought yeah This one I I had circled on my calendar Yeah, I'm gonna say it Memorial yeah, I think he's gonna. He's to that for a while I think he can hit a lot of two irons off these and just I think there is some worthy of noting that his three like best weeks were four best weeks were on flat Florida courses, which I think is great. Quail Hollow, I kind of expected him play well and he didn't, but that's a tougher walk.

Memorial is a tougher definitely a tougher walk. So I don't. Carnegie could be a good fit to. Carnegie could be a very good fit. If at least, man, wasn't going to win that. Matt Hottman, I'm assuming he's joking with this one, but would you rather have Webb or Capka on the Ryder Cup squad?

People that were chirping like is Capka going to be on the squad? I know he was injured and whatnot, but I'm assuming you're just trolling me at this point. Yes, he's going to be on the squad. The guy that I think gets kind of lost in all this and He's probably not gonna be on the rider come squad and he's had a really good run of it No, probably played really well the rest of this year is Brian Harman Yeah, like he's getting vaporized to the rankings go and just plummeting

He got some points from the US Open last year though. I mean, I mean, I mean, yeah, he's well That's the Rudy version of Brian Harman, Chez Reeves, he's blown past it. Harman's 10th on the in the standings going into this week. I don't know what he did this week, but that's not that's definitely not that far fetched that he would be on the team. So going back to Duffner, I mean, the guy shot, he shot 68 like every progressive hole that they that they showed him on, he was standing over two and three footers for progressively

longer and longer and longer. And it was really like I do. Like my heart was breaking, cause I know that's like, and like I really liked offener, you know, I don't know. Give me anxiety right now at this moment. So, uh, Stroke's game putting for the week, death was third.

What? Yeah. No way. So, Stroke's game putting for the week, Duff was third. What? Yeah. No way. Yeah. He lost 0.026 shots today, but he- That was really just that short when he missed on balls. 18 Saturday.

Good for the Duff Daddy. Oh, okay. Well, there we go. That makes me feel better. But it's like, I felt like we were watching his drama play out. Yeah. A couple sneaky top, like, first of all, Zander Schoffley. Yeah.

Schoffley Walker, Schwarzel, Finch T2, J.D. Duff, Duff, Dürr, Finch T5, Kiegen, Varner, Fleetwood, Daniel Lee, Finch T7. I think I saw. Varner was around all weekend, but not really making a run. Yeah. A couple guy, like Chesson and Charles Howell, they played really, really well at the first two days.

And then kind of, I'm very excited. I thought Charles Howell, they played really, really well the first two days. And then kind of, they made it. I thought Charles Howell was destined to finish second in this event. I think that's the missing leg of his career is a $1 million runner-up. Run-Rap finish. We were talking about it on a horse's day. Like, Jackie, I think if I could trade careers for it.

Yeah, that's the one. It's the Jenny Fuddy, the perfect level of career. It's famous, but nobody. P.J. to our history. That's the career, maybe ever. Yeah. On that famous, but nobody PGA Tour history. Best career. Best career, maybe ever. Yeah. On that note, we're going to wrap her up. Any other notes we forgot?

Me, there you. That's it for me. I'm good. Cooture missed that top, backdoor top 10. I'm good, but no backcooture here we are. All right. Thanks for tuning in. We should have another podcast drop.

And oh, we do have one more thing to talk about. BMW Charity Pro in this week in Greenville. Team Sally versus Team Tron. It is not too late to get involved. one more thing to talk about. BMW, charity pro and this week in Greenville. Team Solid versus Team Tron, it is not too late to get involved. I'm gonna let you make your case for why people should bet on your team. For those that don't know, you can bet, you can quote unquote, bet on one of our teams.

Who, it, Tron's partner. Those who don't know know at all what's going on. Web.com to our event in Greenville next week. Because the pro-AM, you two are both playing. Solid's playing with Ed Lour, Tron's going on. Web.com to our event in Greenville next week. Because the Pro Am, you two are both playing. Solid's playing with Ed Law, Trump's playing with Curtis Luck. So we're doing a little giveaway for the people raising some money for some charities.

So yeah, you can kind of make a charitable contribution to either solid team or Trump's team, get entered to win some prizes. If our team wins. If your team wins. We've got some BMW. You drive an experience, a bunch of Callaway rogues, and irons, all sorts of stuff.

And you gear. But yeah, there was some negative advertising floating around at the beginning of this past week. I know nothing about that. You know, absolutely what I'm talking about, because it said this message was approved by Solid. That's me. I cannot speak for my team.

You know, we have a big operation. I might have changed some of the campaign finance laws. You know, Curtis reached out to me on Saturday night after, not Friday night after, MCD up in Knoxville, he said, and I quote, he apologized, and then he said, you know, I promise this is an indicative of my form at all. I'm so close and like, we're going to just kick the shit out of them next week. And yeah, I'm trending. I think your ACE might be like when Tiger Shop 59 Hour before the 97 Master.

Exactly. It's just one of those little stories that people, the broadcasts can be all over. When I knew he was dialed, I saw that round. But you played last year too. Yeah, a resurrected Chess and his career. Yeah. I'm gonna say the pot odds in this contest right now are pretty remarkable.

You have fantastic, we have so many prizes entered in honestly in this year. Almost destined to win something if you enter it. And if you don't, the money's all going to charity. And also BMW is matching all donations of $50 or greater. So, hey, have some fun with this this week. Join a team. We're going to be updating you guys on the status of it. And all the money goes to a good cause like we said. So we have a goal in mind. We raised $8,100 so far. We want to raise a, we have a specific goal. We won't say it, but good. Yeah, go online. It's on our website, knowingup.com.

At the top is a little tab for the BMW Charity Pro Am. And we are pumped to get up there. Hope it doesn't rain on a cell week. Looks like it might. But. Rain gear. We see who's a mother. So the last thing, and then we were also

rolling out the NOU special ops. That's right. So we started. We're going to, we got a little more manpower that we're working with here. So we're trying to get one special project out of each of us per month the first one was a group effort We did a bunch of really big deep dives into all the different courses abandoned this first week is my week We're gonna do a big what's the status how we looking this week put me behind a little bit

But I'm gonna hit it hard tomorrow, but we're gonna have hopefully Tuesday love a big video on the Winter Park 9 in Orlando. Randy's deep in the lab. Randy's deep in the lab. Trons in the lab. Solid in the lab. Yeah, we're going on. Lock going on. So, and for those that are coming out to Greenville this week,

look to see you guys out there. We're gonna feel free to harass us a little bit and tackle us. So, mostly just try to get some non-goalvers on just on the chapter are this pod Patrick Peterson's in the field Aaron Rogers it's gonna be fun it's gonna be a great week so where the cable guy your boy Bill Engvaul is my boy sorry on that note we're gonna we're gonna check out here and we'll catch up you guys later this week. Cheers. Crackle, cheers. Give it a big blow. Be the right club today. That's better than most.

How about him? That is better than most. Better than most. Expect anything different? Better than most.