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Speaker 1: Our guy, our golf expert, our guy low fifty nine, Will Grimmer, the greatest golfer not named Jack Nicholas in Ohio state history, and a guy who the last time the US Open was at Shinnacock played in the event, and so he can speak firsthand as to the course, the US Open being played there and maybe help us pick some winning golfers this weekend. What's up, my friend?
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Speaker 2: How are you? I'm doing great? How are you?
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Speaker 1: I'm well? What memories come to mind when you think of the twenty eighteen US Open at the same course it's being played at this weekend.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that was super fun week. Just a hard, hard golf course. You know, it's often regarded as one of the toughest courses in America. And I can certainly say firsthand it. It ate my lunch at times, and it's a lot of fun. It's just a spectacular property. You're up in New York, You're in the hamp Dames, you got views of the water in the Atlantic Ocean. It's just it's spectacular and just what a cool place. All right?
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Speaker 1: So what kind of golfer does this course favor?
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Speaker 2: You know, I'm leaning towards a lot of the British players this week, and there's a lot of people that are really high on some of these guys because they're expect it's always windy, but they're expecting kind of some record wins up there. I think I've heard north of forty miles an hour maybe on Friday, Thursday, Friday. So it's going to get If you're in, you're the fan of watching a lot of bogies and watching professional golfer struggle, then this is going to be a fun week for a lot of golfers.
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Speaker 1: I like to watch golfers look like me on the course, So sign me up for that steermaner direction. I'm gonna start with this, So I you know, I read that Scottie Shufflers having a down year, which I think has has maybe, I don't know, put a little bit more value on him. I'm looking at him right now at plus six hundred and so I feel like this is almost too obvious, too easy. Should I take Scotty or should I take the field?
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Speaker 2: Probably take the field, But I don't hate Scotty. Scotty still right now is still one of my favorites. And we'll get into why here in a second. But I still like Scotty.
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Speaker 1: If not Scotty, who do we like?
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Speaker 2: So here kind of my top few picks. I think Matt Fitzpatrick has won three times this year. He's an unbelievable win player. You know that that's going to be crucial this week. Guys that can really flight their shots, like I said, one three times, and he is a US Open champion from twenty twenty two, So I do love I think he's He's my kind of favorite pick to win right now. Him and Tommy Fleetwood, you know, And that's what makes these picks and stuff so fun, right because a couple of months ago I told you not to pick Tommy at the Masters, and now I love Tommy because again, conditions change, you're playing different courses, and that's kind of the fun of picking golf events compared to other sports, Is I really you know? Tommy shout sixty three in the final round at chinder Kok in twenty eighteen, finished runner up. He's had a bunch of great finishes this year, but I like his odds of winning an Open, probably more than any other major championship, and so love him. Love Cameron Young again just because of his consistent see he's back in his home state playing some great golf. And then Sam Burns is another guy who's been been hitting it great. I had a lot of top finishes this year, was close to winning last week and the week before at the Memorial and again probably the best hands down potter on the PGA Tour. And with greens this crazy, this fastest slope and with wind, the guys that can put the ball the best are gonna give himselves a great chance on Sunday.
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Speaker 1: I gotta I got a top five Sam Burns wager that I like now even more. Is there a long shot that makes sense?
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Speaker 2: Oh, there's definitely some good, some good dark horse picks for sure. Russell Henley is interesting because I've seen a lot of people are actually kind of putting him, you know, on top ten odds. And here's the thing about Russells. Russell's kind of a you know, golf nerds, kind of favorite kind of guy. He's been around for a long time. But I think you're kind of golf casuals aren't necessarily gonna you know, Russell Henley's not going to jump off the page. But he plays us opens really really well. He just won a Colonial this year, and he is back to back top hens at both the US Open and British Open. And again with a course like Shinnecock more of a link style golf course, this is going to feel more like a British Open than maybe, say, you know, a US Open, like an oakmand or a pebble Leech or some of those venues. So again, with all the crazy wins, not a lot of trees, this is gonna favor kind of those kinds of windy players a lot. Alex Fitzpatrick is kind of a really ascending player, actually, the younger brother of Matt Fitzpatrick, who's obviously been a star. Three top tens in the last five starts. And again another great win player and that kind of my real dark horse that I love is Jackson Super. And again a lot of people are going to go, who the heck is Jackson Super? But two top four finishes in his last three starts. He did play well in the twenty twenty four US Open, So again a true no name that if you really just like a great underdog story, I think Jackson Super, relative to the odds and the attention that he gets, could be someone that jumps up on Thursday or Friday and the lead.
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Speaker 1: If folks want to learn from one of the best, you have worked on my swing, and so once you've worked on my swing, you can pretty much make anybody better. How can folks come learn from you?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, check me out on Instagram Willie g underscored Lap fifty nine. Also check me out on YouTube at my YouTube page, you know, will Grimmer Lop fifty nine and you know, post a decent amount of good teaching content there and trying to keep up with that while I'm on the road playing a lot of golf. But yes, I would love to see you reach out to me. And you know, it's been a good busy stretch of a lot of students coming in lately and happy to take more clients as I get back in town.
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Speaker 1: Am I the best student you have?
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Speaker 2: Oh? Hands down that's what I.
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Speaker 1: Needed to hear. Hands down, that's what I needed to hear. I appreciate the time as always, my man, Thanks so much, Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Appreciate mo
Speaker 1: Our guy, our golf expert, our guy low fifty nine, Will Grimmer, the greatest golfer not named Jack Nicholas in Ohio state history, and a guy who the last time the US Open was at Shinnacock played in the event, and so he can speak firsthand as to the course, the US Open being played there and maybe help us pick some winning golfers this weekend. What's up, my friend?
00:00:21
Speaker 2: How are you? I'm doing great? How are you?
00:00:24
Speaker 1: I'm well? What memories come to mind when you think of the twenty eighteen US Open at the same course it's being played at this weekend.
00:00:32
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was super fun week. Just a hard, hard golf course. You know, it's often regarded as one of the toughest courses in America. And I can certainly say firsthand it. It ate my lunch at times, and it's a lot of fun. It's just a spectacular property. You're up in New York, You're in the hamp Dames, you got views of the water in the Atlantic Ocean. It's just it's spectacular and just what a cool place. All right?
00:00:57
Speaker 1: So what kind of golfer does this course favor?
00:01:00
Speaker 2: You know, I'm leaning towards a lot of the British players this week, and there's a lot of people that are really high on some of these guys because they're expect it's always windy, but they're expecting kind of some record wins up there. I think I've heard north of forty miles an hour maybe on Friday, Thursday, Friday. So it's going to get If you're in, you're the fan of watching a lot of bogies and watching professional golfer struggle, then this is going to be a fun week for a lot of golfers.
00:01:27
Speaker 1: I like to watch golfers look like me on the course, So sign me up for that steermaner direction. I'm gonna start with this, So I you know, I read that Scottie Shufflers having a down year, which I think has has maybe, I don't know, put a little bit more value on him. I'm looking at him right now at plus six hundred and so I feel like this is almost too obvious, too easy. Should I take Scotty or should I take the field?
00:01:51
Speaker 2: Probably take the field, But I don't hate Scotty. Scotty still right now is still one of my favorites. And we'll get into why here in a second. But I still like Scotty.
00:02:01
Speaker 1: If not Scotty, who do we like?
00:02:03
Speaker 2: So here kind of my top few picks. I think Matt Fitzpatrick has won three times this year. He's an unbelievable win player. You know that that's going to be crucial this week. Guys that can really flight their shots, like I said, one three times, and he is a US Open champion from twenty twenty two, So I do love I think he's He's my kind of favorite pick to win right now. Him and Tommy Fleetwood, you know, And that's what makes these picks and stuff so fun, right because a couple of months ago I told you not to pick Tommy at the Masters, and now I love Tommy because again, conditions change, you're playing different courses, and that's kind of the fun of picking golf events compared to other sports, Is I really you know? Tommy shout sixty three in the final round at chinder Kok in twenty eighteen, finished runner up. He's had a bunch of great finishes this year, but I like his odds of winning an Open, probably more than any other major championship, and so love him. Love Cameron Young again just because of his consistent see he's back in his home state playing some great golf. And then Sam Burns is another guy who's been been hitting it great. I had a lot of top finishes this year, was close to winning last week and the week before at the Memorial and again probably the best hands down potter on the PGA Tour. And with greens this crazy, this fastest slope and with wind, the guys that can put the ball the best are gonna give himselves a great chance on Sunday.
00:03:24
Speaker 1: I gotta I got a top five Sam Burns wager that I like now even more. Is there a long shot that makes sense?
00:03:31
Speaker 2: Oh, there's definitely some good, some good dark horse picks for sure. Russell Henley is interesting because I've seen a lot of people are actually kind of putting him, you know, on top ten odds. And here's the thing about Russells. Russell's kind of a you know, golf nerds, kind of favorite kind of guy. He's been around for a long time. But I think you're kind of golf casuals aren't necessarily gonna you know, Russell Henley's not going to jump off the page. But he plays us opens really really well. He just won a Colonial this year, and he is back to back top hens at both the US Open and British Open. And again with a course like Shinnecock more of a link style golf course, this is going to feel more like a British Open than maybe, say, you know, a US Open, like an oakmand or a pebble Leech or some of those venues. So again, with all the crazy wins, not a lot of trees, this is gonna favor kind of those kinds of windy players a lot. Alex Fitzpatrick is kind of a really ascending player, actually, the younger brother of Matt Fitzpatrick, who's obviously been a star. Three top tens in the last five starts. And again another great win player and that kind of my real dark horse that I love is Jackson Super. And again a lot of people are going to go, who the heck is Jackson Super? But two top four finishes in his last three starts. He did play well in the twenty twenty four US Open, So again a true no name that if you really just like a great underdog story, I think Jackson Super, relative to the odds and the attention that he gets, could be someone that jumps up on Thursday or Friday and the lead.
00:05:00
Speaker 1: If folks want to learn from one of the best, you have worked on my swing, and so once you've worked on my swing, you can pretty much make anybody better. How can folks come learn from you?
00:05:09
Speaker 2: Yeah, check me out on Instagram Willie g underscored Lap fifty nine. Also check me out on YouTube at my YouTube page, you know, will Grimmer Lop fifty nine and you know, post a decent amount of good teaching content there and trying to keep up with that while I'm on the road playing a lot of golf. But yes, I would love to see you reach out to me. And you know, it's been a good busy stretch of a lot of students coming in lately and happy to take more clients as I get back in town.
00:05:38
Speaker 1: Am I the best student you have?
00:05:40
Speaker 2: Oh? Hands down that's what I.
00:05:42
Speaker 1: Needed to hear. Hands down, that's what I needed to hear. I appreciate the time as always, my man, Thanks so much, Thank you.
00:05:48
Speaker 2: Appreciate mo
