OverDrive - Weeks on McIlroy’s opening round performance, McIlroy being the biggest attraction in golf and the vibe from the Canadians in the field

Episode Date: June 5, 2025

TSN golf analyst Bob Weeks joins OverDrive to discuss Rory McIlroy’s opening round and the idea of playing the course blind. Weeks explains why McIlroy is the biggest attraction in golf and the vibe from the Canadians in the field.

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Some restrictions and exclusions may apply. See participating stores for details. Bob Weeks is coming through, there he is. Weeks, you're on the marquee with those guys. Yup. I don't know about that, but it's the one week a year where you feel big. Absolutely. That's about it.

I heard from through the Grapevine someone saying that you must have signed 30 plus hats and golf balls for kids and fans yesterday. Confirmer than I. I just signed James Duffy on the mall. We don't talk about him on the show. Bobby I saw you talking with McElroy and he got the jersey from Keith Pelley and he looked somewhat happy but man he looked he had kind of a tired look to him today like it just I don't know I don't know if he's just bombing all over the planet or what he's doing flying around but he

just he had a tired kind of fatigue look to him I don't know if he went out last night or something or what he did but he did look tired he didn't really look like he was focused. He had no zip. There was a little bit on the back nine I thought he got a little better don't forget he played that front nine blind he hadn't seen it yet and you know your caddy can tell you the lines and stuff but if you don't know what you're aiming at really how much do you trust it right Bobby I'm sorry I'm not crazy man I don't care how good you are what do you really expect when you wheel up to a golf you've never seen it you're in a tour

event yeah that's that's that's a little bit of bad planning but he's gotten he's getting paid for the for doing a whole bunch of stuff this week right so he's at the RBC event on Tuesday at our course he's flew up here on Monday I think Monday actually he was playing a practice run at Oakmont. He was telling me about that the other day. How deep the rough was. That's going to be scary next week. By the way, nothing flies around more than club selection stories from your own golf course.

Me and Bobby are members of the same place and Rory went and played our golf courses. What he hit in certain places, like number two is a drivable par four, that I get on the green only if I absolutely hit my Sunday best Mash it gotta be a draw and it might fight he had a five-wood and it's from a back tee and it's like The the club selection stories are legendary man. I can picture that did he hit the green with a five wood He did and pitching wedge on three by the way is what I heard pitching wedge on three Which is an uphill par five so he had driver pitching wedge Yeah, is it weird for for guys to not scout the course or going blind or is this maybe an outlier for him? Well, it's listen if it's if it's the US Open he's not doing it right

But for this is this is a an event that he likes it's not a Make or break event for him, and he's gonna go in here He's he's he's obviously here, but as a guest of RBC. So they have an event for their clients on Tuesday. That's how they get around paying appearance fees. He's not the only one. There's probably I think 20 of them or so. So he goes out and plays with them. And I mean some of the guys came here afterwards late at night but it was, I think it was raining, it was Monday night. I don't know anyway. I lost track of what day it is. So it is a little unusual but not

It's not an exception by any means I don't think there's a bunch of guys who played that back nine today on without that without haven't seen it Well, and again McElroy was was won over at one point He had three birdies in row was one under missed a couple of close birdie putts to get to two three under and at that Point I'm thinking all right. He's gonna get it get it together and take off You know now with these scores going low We might have a cut line of three four under tomorrow like this is the question for him Does he get up and feel like playing and go out there and torch this place which he can or? Where's his mind at because he's admitted. I don't love going on the range as much as I did before I won the Masters

He's got a lot going on to get the u.s. Open next week And as you know Bob it's a it's a massive draw when he's into the weekend. Like it's huge when McElroy's around on Saturday and Sunday. Like even with respect to Scottie Scheffler, Rory McElroy is the number one guy in golf. He's the biggest attraction in the game. There's absolutely no doubt about it. Like Bob Scheffler? Bob Scheffler. Scheffler's a great guy. He's a great golfer. But his personality is not what Rory's is. It could change. It could change, but he's a quiet guy, right? And he's a nice guy, but he doesn't go out there and fist pump.

It's all you can do to get him to take his hat off and wave it or something. I guess he threw it on the ground when he won the PGA. That's about the most emotional we've ever seen. Rory's just a big icon and everywhere you go, it's the same thing. Yeah, and he plays to the crowd like they love him here. They love him everywhere he goes. Yeah, and he plays to the crowd like they love him here. They love him everywhere he goes Hey, so you were talking earlier before we came on you think there's an element of him that might just be out of gas Trying to chase down that Augusta green jacket, and it just might be like Yeah, I really do think that there's a fork in the road and there's a chance. We're seeing that. He's not chosen Which road he's gonna go down, but maybe subconsciously his foot's just not going

to be on the pedal as much and it doesn't mean it won't get back there but i think his his best friend shane larry kind of outed him we talked about that the monday after august a larry said on the record right afterwards this is all he ever talks about all he ever thinks about all he ever wants is the masters that's it we saw his. The guys cradled up crying on the 18th green. Once you've accomplished your... Once you got there... Top of the mountain. You have to reset on what else you want to do.

He's done it all now, McElroy. That's not to say he's not ever going to want to win or he doesn't want to win. It might be different once he gets to Port Rush. That's right around the corner from where he grew up didn't make the cut there last time. I think he'll be reinvigorated, but I think Subconsciously you just take your foot off the gas I think if today had gone if he'd started out of the gates with a hot hot streak I think it would have been different. I think now you're right now

There's not as much incentive because is he gonna make up 11 shots in three rounds or whatever the leads gonna be I? Think you're right, and I asked him the question you were just saying like and he asked in the press conference he was asked you know basically all the time now guys like him though Bobby he can do that I don't think he had a great first round of Hamilton last year he storms back and all of a sudden he's near the lead on Saturday but but I think the point that the Brian was making is you know does the guy have enough juice like he used to have and I don't know if he does that right now but I think he will I think these guys are just have it in them it's like Tiger the same kind of

deal right I just want to win I want to win more now he wants to win the second Grand Slam. You think Taylor Pendris kind of got the juice to take that next step it seems like week after week as you see his name popping up there it's awesome to see. He's he's the most laid-back guy you'll He is so chill, he's just, and yet he goes out there. I've known him since he was in university, and he's the same guy he was down there. He's got, you know, his coach told me down there at university, this is whatever it was, eight years ago,

that he said, this guy is going to be the superstar. He said, everyone's looking at all my other guys here, but this guy's gonna be the superstar. I think he just needs his putter to get a little warm. He won that first event last year I thought that would kick the door open a little bit and he struggled really in the last three or four months But he could win this tournament very easily I mean, he knows this course better than anybody had that good round this morning But I think I think another win to him could really open up the vault

Yeah, I mean he was 500 today today penner five hundred nick taylor four hundred mac use two hundred and they all play together they played a lot of wind actually the best line the best line was the taylor penders caddy match theoretical seventh round draft pick of the new york islanders yes he said that i i i i i alumni just like there you go he actually said this is like our tuesday game where all the canadians play together except that Mac Hughes showed up time

It's a shot at Mac was always late, but he said, you know, he said it was very relaxed out there They were having a lot of fun They didn't have a big crowd until they sort of got rolling and the people woke up and showed up here with their umbrellas But he's he's a very underrated player. Yeah, he bombs the ball around. They're all they're all looking pretty good We got Cory Connors out there Adam had one there, and there's three spots open for the Open Championship as well, right? Because like a lot of guys, the US Open field is set next week, but the Open Championship is not officially set yet. So I guess the top three who have not already made it, that's on the line here this week too.

That's it, right? Exactly. I think Mac Hughes got in last year through that and there's been a couple of Canadians, I remember David Hearn getting in on that the first year they put it in place. So there's still a little bit to play for here. I think there's four Canadians playing next week and I think there's four already qualified for the Open Championship. I'd love to get four, five, six, seven in there. That'd be great. Big time.

And I saw Adam Havlin last night. He has not punched his ticket yet. He's going for that. He obviously wants to win. Yeah. He's going for that. He obviously wants to win Yeah, he's trying to win the tournament which would clearly get you in but that also is in the back of his mind I wouldn't mind getting over there to Port Rush. He's got to clear a few things up He's I had a good conversation with him last week at the memorial He says, you know, sometimes I hit a great shot and I think it's terrible and sometimes I hit a terrible shot

I think that was the best swing I've had all day So he's he's kind of struggling to find an answer right now. We're at the rink hole right here. There's Bob McIntyre. He looks like he's got decent gear. What are you making the gear on Bob McIntyre right now? Best I've seen in two years. Usually it's the white blue flower shirt and a purple pair of pants. Yeah, the champ man, I mean listen he could repeat and become Mr. RBC Canadian open. Yeah, just what they'd want I think he's great. I mean, he's actually a fun guy Yeah, the best thing I did last year was I asked I asked him in front of everybody the closing ceremonies He was gonna give his dad the 10% tip, you know for for caddying for him

And his dad just sat over there and rubbed his hands together I don't know if he ever did or not, but well they were at Hamilton earlier this week That's right. Yeah, they pop back over there and like it's got to be so special when you win a tournament where whatever course that is you would just connect with it the rest of your career and with your dad on the bag absolutely how many beers did those two drink in the Hamilton clubhouse after that win of thousand even imagine they told Jack to take a lap remember he was yeah he was scheduled to go to the memorial and he told Nicholas actually that's not gonna happen. He goes I'm going to Scotland to get drunk with my

friends. That's a great line for Jack Nicholas. All right Bob so what do we make of the weekend here going forward I mean what are your big stories I guess for tomorrow's a McElroy can he get back in Canadians can they stay hot how does the course hold up? All three and I think a big one is gonna be that third one's gonna determine the first two if this thing dries out there's not supposed to be any more rain and we get some heat get this thing cooking a little bit more I don't know if you can get it it's pretty soggy out there I don't know if you guys walked around out there but it is pretty soggy so you got to get that tightened

up a little bit and if that happens then you know there's a lot of guys out here who's you know as an old an old golf writer by the name of Red Murray once said there's a lot of guys who've led a tournament after the first or second round factors more names in the phone book that there are you know guys who lead it so i don't know if these guys are gonna if these guys who are up there now can hold on for four rounds but uh... i think generally on a course like this that's long and the guys are talking about it being long that uh... that the cream is going to rise we'll

see yeah i think that'll be the case looking at the the leaderboard four born all listen camera champ denny will it christobal del so del soler i saw him put on for actually early this afternoon but then you got you got and review got laurie got mcintyre up their burns was for under today justin roses for under jake napple bombs of all he's out there is for under this there's some good players kinda hanging around here so uh... by pop have a great week is always good senior thanks guys i radio live

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