S1E17 - Aaron RAIses the Wanamaker, Black Golf Balls, Who Should Be Honored

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Do you know how many consecutive tournaments Byron Nelson won?
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And in addition, how many tournaments he won in the year 1945?
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I mean, I feel like some of those stats, even for Tiger, are actually pretty small.
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Since you asked it, I'm gonna go like five, which sounds ridiculous.
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I I mean five would be insane.
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Um and five is insane.
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Oh, go keep going.
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Yeah.
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And then I'll go, I don't know, I'll go 12 tournaments in in that year.
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I think those are pretty good guesses, but this is gonna blow your mind.
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Although he won several tournaments in his short career, 1945, he won 11 consecutive tournaments and 18 total tournaments in the year 1945, which is just absolutely incredible and is a stat that I have never really heard of before, but makes it makes him one of the more incredible golfers.
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I can't even imagine what second is, which is crazy.
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I think actually Ben Hogan might be second.
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I could be wrong about that.
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Wow, that's unbelievable.
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I just think that's an amazing stat.
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Yeah, I mean, and also I I wonder what the total amount of tournaments was.
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I mean, that has to be almost every every third tournament.
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Wow.
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Yeah, crazy, crazy.
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I mean, obviously, maybe you could argue the competition got stronger, and and but I mean, and even compared to years, you know, like you know, 2001 Tiger, I I he didn't sniff that, so that's crazy.
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A local municipal golf course says it's been overrun by what some are calling quote hack golfers.
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Has the game grown too much?
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Do we need more scratch golfers?
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I'm telling you, hack slow the game down.
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You can't grow golf if people are chunking it into the weeds all day.
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Scratch player?
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Hey everybody, it's Des and welcome back to the Hack and Scratch podcast, episode number 17.
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Excited to be back.
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We just finished off a major major.
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How are you doing, Casey?
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I'm doing great.
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Thought it was a very entertaining PGA championship.
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It's it's really nice to not really see one person run away with it.
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Instead, we didn't know till the last couple holes who was going to take it away.
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So really fun tournament to watch.
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Were you surprised how much flack the players were giving about the bunched leaderboard?
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I was surprised because in my mind, I think that is what makes a really high-quality tournament when the conditions are so difficult that everyone needs to be on their A game just to hang in there.
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I thought it was strange that it was getting so much negative attention and having too many people there.
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What do you think?
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Yeah, I would say, you know, the one I really like, Scotty's comments about the pin placements are just being so difficult.
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I don't mind that.
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It was probably true.
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Forey's comment probably bothered me the most of like uh a good test or a good setup requires someone to or a couple people to pull away with it.
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And I'm just like, you know what?
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If if everyone was scoring very similarly, like if everyone was in a tight range of like, you know, plus three to minus three every day, then yeah, I would agree that that there's something wrong with this setup there in the fact that it doesn't allow for players to go after things they have to play conservatively, that kind of style.
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But the fact that people were shooting 63, 64, 65s, and then you had people blowing up with plus, I mean, there's a big enough range there where you could have separated yourself.
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It's just no one played consistent golf.
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And so I don't know.
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I found that very odd.
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And you know, I don't know, Rory upsets probably everyone at some point, but yeah, I don't know.
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I was I was surprised.
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Yeah, and now is your turn to be upset by him.
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Um, because I don't think we are too often.
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Uh I'm a big fan of Rory, but at the same time, like, yeah, I think this is what makes the tournament great.
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Course is really difficult, and that's why there were so many people kind of in the same range.
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But overall, I thought it was a great tournament to watch.
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I love when it's that close because then you could you really get to see hole by hole how things change.
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Uh, fortunately for Alex Smalley, it was, I think, on like 14 or something like that, where he just scrolled a chip over the green, then ended up double bogeying.
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I'm like, dang, it's gonna be hard to climb back from.
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But overall, seeing Aaron Rye take it away with that incredibly long putt, it was like 70 or 80 feet, that was incredible.
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And I'm so stoked for him.
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He's been one of my favorite golfers for years now.
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And I just think you heard all the commentary.
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Everybody loves this guy, and they all know how hard he works, and it paid off.
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He just won the PGA.
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So really cool stuff.
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Yeah, he's a true professional.
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A lot of the stories that were coming out were great.
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I wish we even got more of them.
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It's funny.
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I put a sizable bet on Scotty at the beginning of the week.
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So after day one, I am feeling wonderful.
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And then Rom got to such a high number with his bad start that I was like, you know what?
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I thought he'd do well this tournament.
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I'll put something on him for like a ridiculous number.
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And of course, Scotty starts breaking down, that never becomes live again.
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And then Rom gets in the mix and just misses on Sunday.
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So despite that, which was very disheartening for me on a wallet standpoint, I found myself rooting for Rai just as much as anyone.
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I just thought it was so cool how he rose to the occasion.
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I mean, you talked to me and you t you texted me, who the hell's hitting an M8364?
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I mean, he must have been juiced.
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I mean, he it must have been, even though he seems cool, calm, and collected, it he must have been juiced out there to just stripe it.
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And he was infallible.
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I mean, there was not a single week part of his game on Sunday.
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It was it was unbelievable to watch.
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One of the more dominant Sundays, I think I've I've seen in a long time.
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Yeah, and especially that back nine.
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I mean, he was just lights out.
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The driver goes to show that you don't need new clubs, you know?
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And our future sponsors don't want you saying that, but yeah.
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I know you you absolutely need new clubs, but you mean like 2019?
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Yeah, that that's a 2019 club.
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That's unendable.
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Rory does it.
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It's amazing, and you got it.
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Exactly.
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Like it makes me want to go back to my sim or my sim two, which I'm actually strongly considering after this week because I'm like, yeah, it really they haven't made those great strides in technology in the past six years.
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Like there's those clubs are still doing well.
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So I don't know.
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Really cool.
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I loved all the attention that his gloves and his iron covers got.
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I think it was PJ Superstore today posted like nice before and after.
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And it like the glove, the black gloves were in stock and they were cleared out or something.
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Like, that's so good.
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And you know, like I remember when he first came onto the scene and people were like, iron covers and gloves.
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And I'm like, Are we really gonna do this again?
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Because I was the same way growing up.
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My parents were like, hey, we're not just buying you a thousand dollar set of clubs just for you to knock around.
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You have to take care of them.
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So I had a set of iron covers as well.
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So did most of my high school golf team.
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So I was I'm glad that it's getting finally the positive publicity that it should.
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Because you, I mean, you saw his interviews, he's just such a good dude.
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Yeah.
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Um, I saw a bunch of interviews from like the past years, and I'm like, this guy is just an incredible stand-up golfer.
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And yeah, I I'm really happy to see him win.
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Yeah.
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No, it was amazing.
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Silences all the haters when you go, well, you know, we couldn't really afford nice things growing up, so I thought I would take care of him.
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And everyone's like, okay, maybe I'll maybe I'll not talk about the iron covers.
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I will still give him flack.
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Tommy two gloves is insane.
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I in what world?
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In what world do you need that?
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Um he is he has two of the biggest cardinal sins of all golfing, iron covers and and two gloves, and yet we still love him.
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So that's that's a testament to his person.
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But yeah, it was it was a fantastic tournament, great champion.
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Kind of I always get kind of excited when a slightly random golfer, I mean, not even random, the longest shot to ever, I think, win the PGA championship, which is crazy.
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Um, so good on him.
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Um, it gets him into all the majors for like the next five years.
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It's just a crazy you look at the list that he now gets to play in the venues, it's unbelievable.
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I kind of lose sight of that when you look at the big price tag of you know 3.6 million, but what you get to establish for your career for the next five years is remarkable.
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Kurt Kitiyama, I'll just throw that out there.
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Unbelievable Sunday.
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I I placed a top 10 bet on Kurt Kudiyama going into the week.
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The best backdoor ever made it by one stroke, uh, had to shoot a seven under uh on the final day to do it, and he did it for me.
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So shout out to Kurt Kitiyama.
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That's awesome, huge comeback there.
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Uh but honestly, Aranamink was great.
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I hope they return, you know, in the next sometime in the next 10 years.
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And uh, I think it was a great course, despite some of the flack it got.
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Yeah, I honestly, when I was watching it all this weekend, I'm like, I want to play there.
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Something about it, like I just want to play it, me personally.
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It seems interesting.
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It has a low-key great scene right now, and I think it's being highlighted the past couple years.
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And I've never said this, I never thought I would say this, but Philly golf trip sounds pretty good.
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Let's do it.
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I'm down.
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I know.
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All right.
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Any last thoughts on uh PGA championship before we move on?
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No, other than Aaron Rye, this is not the last we're gonna see of him.
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I could see him continuing to do very well because he has a very similar, I would say even better, mindset and headspace than Scotty Scheffler.
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Wow.
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Hot that is, I know, but that is the reason Scotty is so good, is because he has an incredible mental game as well.
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I think Aaron Rise is even better.
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You don't see him get super worked up, super pissed off and angry in the way that maybe Scotty does sometimes.
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He's extremely humble.
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And I think he's it's the same as Scotty, where like life comes first, golf is second.
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But I think that mindset helps you win tournaments.
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Yeah.
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Well, I mean, we we talk about all the time the hangover after you win.
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This is a guy who I don't think you'll see any hangover.
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I think he very much could win this week, which is crazy.
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Yep.
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Him and his wife were, I think we're gonna go to Chipotle for dinner after, is what he said.
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She's also a professional golfer golfer, which is really cool.
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So yeah, I don't know.
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It's it seems crazy, but yeah, this could just be the start of something pretty amazing.
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I mean, you saw what it's done for Rory in just the last 18 months, getting that first master's win.
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Sky's the limit.
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There's no reason you can't tell yourself if you're Aaron Rye, you can't win the big tournaments anymore.
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It's it could be really, really good for him.
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Yeah, a lot to a lot to come.
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YouTube golf took a little bit of a hiatus this week.
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I think it's smart that they do kind of down weeks during the the major um weeks and uh big professional golfing weeks.
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So there wasn't too much to talk about.
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We did get another hater series with Joey.
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Uh, I know you watched it today.
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All around thoughts.
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Uh terrible golf by both gentlemen.
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I would say Joey played better than I kind of thought he would, maybe.
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But what was the guy's name?
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AJ?
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Yeah.
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He he was punching way above his, I don't know what the term is, but he was trying way too hard and he just did not have the game to back it up.
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Do you think that we are getting people that lie about their handicap, or there is just that dramatic of an effect of uh a person who doesn't play in front of cameras every week, doesn't play in front of an audience, all of a sudden getting out there knowing that if they play horribly, it's gonna be all over the internet, all their friends are gonna raz them about it.
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What's happening here?
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Because clearly, I mean, he's I can't remember what he said he was, but he I mean he's playing like a plus 25 handicap, or not plus but 25 handicap.
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I thought I heard Perez say something like 10 to 15 range, and I was like, no.
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And I I do think he's lying about his handicap, because a lot of people do, but he never said things like I just don't have my game today or whatever.
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It just seemed like every shot was like, yeah, I expected that.
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I'm like, okay, man, well, yeah, I don't think uh I don't think you're as competitive here.
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But I think the funniest thing about the episode for me was that Perez and Bob looked just very uninterested in the whole thing.
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Well, just because I think they saw the writing of the walls, completely on Bob because he does the vetting.
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The fact that he wasn't able to detect that this guy wouldn't, that was another annoying thing.
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He wasn't a hater.
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There was not a single bone in his body that hated Joey.
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No, and and you could tell he was not he brought them like jerseys and stuff, and I mean, it just really nice guy.
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So it's just bad on Bob for for the vetting process.
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I know he takes pride in that and it takes him a long time, but he did not sniff that out properly.
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Um and so they they gotta get a little bit better and tighter at this.
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But I'm not surprised that people that are keyboard warriors and try to like position themselves to be on these sure series are doing probably a pretty good job at lying just so that they can get on.
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So it's like like I that's a hard job for Bob to actually know who's gonna be good.
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Yeah, you know, because this is him now as creative director, not uh not golfer.
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For sure.
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I um I saw a lot of the comments were actually, hey, like this is run its course, let's flip it and start golfing with a couple fans every once in a while.
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And I was like, you know what?
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Maybe that is kind of what we need, a good little balance.
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Yeah.
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But I don't know.
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It's just it's a tough watch.
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I think the funniest thing with Joey's golf is like obviously these are like pillow fight rounds, and you know, the guy will be 2 OB already on the hole, and all Joey really needs to, I mean, no pressure at all on Joey, just needs to lay it up there three and he'll just shank one, cold shank one heart out of nowhere, get a decent drive, have all pressure gone, you know, AJ's in the woods, just cold shanks one.
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Just I it's so interesting.
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I I don't know.
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I'm gonna talking all this crap, and I'm gonna go play golf tomorrow and I'm probably gonna blow up myself and look like Joey, but it just doesn't make sense.
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Well, only one way to find out is if you and I go and join on their next one.
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So yeah, when when they start doing fans, we'll we'll apply.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Exactly.
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I did start the Brian Bros and D'Angelo Russell, uh, the D Lo video.
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I think I think it's fantastic.
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I've said this before on the podcast, but there is just a different level of mindset, training, whatever you want to call mental state of professional athletes and how they view things.
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And D'Angelo Russell being uh an all-star in the NBA and and just what he's seen and who he's played with.
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I mean, he's played with some remarkable players and he's a great player himself, but it's just a mindset thing.
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It's just I know if I was given like the craziest gifts in this world, I don't think I could really achieve that level of um of athletic performance because the mental state is just a different thing.
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And it's phenomenal to hear stories about and talk about.
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And it really kind of converted me on like this uh my guest playing kind of interview style golf, where they do have these people.
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And honestly, Bryson's channel was really good for that as well, when he would bring on some high profile people and talk to them during the round.
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But I yeah, I I think it's great, and I think the back nine is gonna be posted later this week, but I'm looking forward to it.
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He's he seems like a really great guy.
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They got LeBron on the phone um midway through the round, and Brian Bros were kind of awestruck, and I think that was the first time they talked to Braun uh on the phone, and you know, he's inviting them out and they want to play, and it's just it's funny watching those kind of two worlds collide.
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Um, but really cool stuff.
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Is a universal game, people pick it up at different parts of their lives, and we're just gonna see more of those athletes jumping on and getting to play.
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I mean, yeah, it's just super cool.
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I love it.
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Grow that's growing the game, in my opinion.
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Absolutely, absolutely.
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All right, well, that does wraps it up for a quick uh YouTube rundown.
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We do have some professional golf to talk about.
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We are rallying to TPC Craig Ranch for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
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This has been an interesting course over the years.
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The comparable courses are are kind of the Danta Vallarta, which is that one played down in in Mexico that usually gets kind of interesting winner.
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It was like, I think it was what Pot Geter and Brian Campbell or someone uh a couple years ago dueling it out.
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So that TPC Scottsdale.
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Um, so again, uh kind of different with waste management, but all around good course, playing probably at around 7,300 yards this week, par 71.
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Uh, there is water, I think on 13 holes, a decent amount of trouble.
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Yeah, overall, nothing really pops as far as you know, stat correlation.
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Got to hit it well off the T.
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Distance isn't that uh significant here.
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Um, it's uh really about the approach angles in.
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Um, and so yeah, it's uh it's gonna be an interesting uh dog fight.
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You know, there is some class talent.
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Obviously, Scotty Scheffler's here, Aaron Rye coming off his big win.
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Jordan decided to sign up for this and then Brooks as well.
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Um, but then you have a whole cast of characters that are dying for a good win.
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And, you know, despite Scotty winning it last year, I don't know.
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We'll see.
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I feel like the winner's probably gonna come from outside maybe the top 10 favorites.
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So what do you what do you see this week?
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Okay.
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Yeah, I mean, I I agree with you on kind of the approach is gonna be very important, but I also think distance is is really important here as well.
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There's one par five that I was looking at today.
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It's like 640 yards, and it that that's not reachable by a lot of people, obviously.
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And so those guys that on those type of holes that can get the advantage of maybe getting their third shot closer, they're gonna have the upper hand having these lower approach distances.
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So I've picked a lot of guys that are gonna be good off the tee.
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So one of those is Brooks Kepka.
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I think we've seen him trending in the right direction.
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He did have a missed cut or two here and there, but if it's good to see my putter around, I mean, he his game is pretty solid outside the putter.
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Well, and that leads me to my next person, Jordan Speeth.
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Like, if he can get the putter going too, you know, he's he's unstoppable.
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And that's I think what kind of destroyed him this past weekend.
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35 feet of putt on the first day.
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It's crazy.
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That's crazy.
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That's crazy.
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Yeah, yeah.
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That but we have been seeing little glimpses of old Jordan Speeth.
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So if he can figure it out, then he can he can figure it out.
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So I'm hoping for that.
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Yeah.
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Has some last one, what's that?
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He has some good history here for sure.
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That's true, yeah.
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Um, and then my last one is gonna be an advantage of strokes gained off the tee, is Michael Brennan, which I know sounds kind of an outside pick, but um I think he's kind of a value pick as well, playing some generally good golf.
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But if he can get that advantage on distance and keep things pretty accurate, he'd be in a good spot too.
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So yeah, those are my picks.
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Nice.
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We have a couple of common themes.
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I also like Jordan Speed this week.
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I think his putter just needs to pop and he'll be right in contention, honestly.
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And he feels comfortable here.
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I think he goes aggressively at it.
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It's a weaker field.
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I'd like to see him take advantage of it.
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I'm gonna go down the board for the next two picks.
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Blades Brown, who I've talked about a million times, comes to this.
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You know, I realistically, I don't think he'll win it, but I'll probably put a top five bet on him.
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I think he does have the game to kind of show out here, and uh he's been playing really well.
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So again, another person that just needs to find the putt of the week.
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And then my last one rounds it out, Tom Kim.
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Seemingly out of nowhere pick, but his game has been trending really great.
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T Degreen.
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Um, and if he just can put together a positive putting strokes gain performance this week, he'll be right in that mix as well.
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So yeah, I'm going with uh Speed Blades and and Kim, and we'll see how it goes.
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Perfect.
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I like it.
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All right.
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Uh, we got actually a couple new releases this week.
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They weren't really PGA themed, but a lot of companies are kind of taking, and they always do, right as golf is about to peak around around the US in in May, June, and July, they're taking the opportunity to release some of their things.
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So we're gonna do a longer Pro Shop drop today.
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Uh first one.
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So obviously, Zero Torque has been incredibly hot as a trend, but now TaylorMade has made it completely personalized and customizable.
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Uh so the so TaylorMade launched their My Spider ZT, which is their kind of custom online platform where you can customize every single thing about that club from the colors and you know, they don't have just stock normal colors, they have bright, vibrant pops, and you know, that might not be for some, but I do think it's an interesting market to play to, and you can customize literally everything on that club.
00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:57.279
What what are your just general thoughts about something like this?
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Yeah, I mean, I I love it.
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I've always loved the spider line of putters as well.
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The only zero torque putter that I've tried is like the lab.
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I didn't like it.
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And so I want to be able to try something else because I still do like the idea of it and think if with some practice it could get better.
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Secondly, I think Taylor Made is chasing lab a little bit because I think they have a similar kind of customization platform on their website, which is cool.
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Like a lot of different colors, and you can you know do engravings, have different face plates and things like that.
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I like it because for me, putter is all about like feel and vision, and you want it to look good.
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You want to feel comfortable with it.
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And sometimes just like the putters you get at Roger Dunn or whatever aren't exactly what you want.
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So if there's it like for me, I like just high contrast black and white, but I don't, I didn't really like the versas of Odyssey and things like that.
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So if I could build my own here, that seems kind of cool.
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Nice.
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And I I assume it's not really much more out of pocket if you were to it, might even just be the same price, but I like the idea.
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Of having a unique putter.
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I think that's cool.
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Yeah.
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You know, I compare it to back in the day, I think maybe 10 years ago, Nike transitioned to like the my Nike and kind of customizable footwear.
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You've seen a bunch of different footwear companies jump in on the same thing.
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This is cool.
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As long as quality doesn't dip, I think this is fantastic.
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I'm a person that probably tries to look better than they play.
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And so I like I like something like this.
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I could see myself wanting uh just really cool, different kind of customized club.
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And uh yeah, it looks great.
00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:39.599
So an M8 might have won the PGA championship this week, but there's an actual driver that is stealing all the headlines, and that is the GTS driver.
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And turns out the hype might actually be backed by numbers.
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So Tidalus' new GTS drivers are finally being fitted all around the world since I think May 14th.
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And there's three different models, but here's where the numbers break down.
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So at this week's PGA championship, of all the players who played, Tidalus was by far the most played driver at 40% of the entire field.
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Do you know how many of those players were playing this specific GTS model?
00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:09.599
Geez, so 40% of the entire field, say at least half?
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Yeah.
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So 32 were playing the GTS models, which is remarkable.
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I mean, not to not to forget that Tidalus is absolutely crushing it with 40% of the field playing their drivers, but 32 of them are playing this new GTS driver, which is interesting because a lot of players tend to not move on to the newer technologies right away because they want to use something that's reliable.
00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:37.519
I mean, goodness sakes, an M8 just won the the PGA championship.
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Well, it's very interesting when there is such a consensus to shift towards a single driver.
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And this GTS has been making headlines throughout this year.
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And now that they're fitting them for the public, I can't even imagine the numbers Tylis is going to put up this year.
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Yeah, and these drivers usually, I mean, I think they're gonna be running what 50 bucks.
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Yeah, 649 is kind of the par level that all the big manufacturers are coming out with.
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That's a lot of money, but there's a reason why there's so many guys playing it.
00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.920
Yeah, yeah.
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We'll see.
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If I'm uh if I'm cold shaking it tomorrow off the tee, who knows?
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I'll be getting a fitting next week.
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There you go.
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Alrighty.
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Last one, I almost thought I had to check the date, make sure it wasn't April Fool's, but black golf balls are here, and yes, they do cost$100 a dozen.
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So Ridgestone is releasing limited edition black Tour BX and Tour B RX balls.
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More of probably a collectible, I hope, um, rather than an actual practical every game, everyday ball, but pretty incredible.
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They are using this new tech that they call a velocity surge or velo surge tech, and they are claiming that it's gonna add 2.3 miles per hour ball speed, which is pretty significant, yeah, to come from a golf ball.
00:24:55.599 --> 00:25:02.000
So they're launching it in complete style, yeah, black style, and this is a black golf ball.
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Is there an amount of dollars I could pay you to play with a black golf ball?
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I mean, it needs to be a very sunny day, and I need to keep it in the fair line.
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Yes, but so no, I don't think you could get me.
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Is it also claiming that it can add up to nine yards?
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Yeah, I think it's yeah, like right at that eight to nine yards.
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That's that's insane.
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That is an insane claim.
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Wow.
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No, I don't I don't think you're gonna see me using those.
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I would rather use like a black uh iron, like the ones we talked about a couple weeks ago.
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Yes, but this is a lot.
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I don't think I've ever seen somebody play with a black golf ball.
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I don't think we're gonna see it very often.
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Yeah.
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At eight dollars a pop, uh, they're gonna be easy to lose.
00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.960
Jeez, the eight dollars is a lot of money for one golf ball.
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For sure.
00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:51.359
Well, we'll see how it goes.
00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:55.119
Like I said, more of a novelty, less of practical, but who knows?
00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.960
You'll probably see some black golf balls out there.
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Too good.
00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:02.000
All right, so we've gotten to the part of the show where we do some games.
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This week we are doing a draft.
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And obviously, with the CJ Byron Nelson, we're talking about other players that should have a tournament in the future.
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All players of the past today.
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That's the rules.
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No current active players, at least on the the normal PGA tour.
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Who, in your mind, Casey, should have a tournament?
00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:27.839
So, yeah, so we, you know, we have Arnold Palmer, we have the Byron Nelson.
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Uh, do we have a Jack Nicholas one?
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We have like something at Jack's place.
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What tournament is that?
00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:36.480
That's the um the memorial, right?
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Yeah.
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So I would consider that Jack's place.
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Sure.
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Just curious, you consider the Genesis Opas in Tigers?
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No, I don't.
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That's actually a great question because that leads into my first person is Ben Hogan.
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Why Ben Hogan does not have a golf tournament, I do not know.
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I would assume that if he were to have one, it'd be at one of his home courses in Texas.
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But I really think it should be the Genesis.
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You got Hogan's Alley, got he's he's won there a few times, right?
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And it I think he said it's one of his favorite courses.
00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:15.039
I think the Genesis Ben Hogan invitational or the Ben Hogan Genesis invitational would be really cool.
00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.880
Yeah, yeah, that's true.
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Yes.
00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.960
Oh no, that's the hero world.
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What am I talking about?
00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:24.319
We we literally took a picture next to the Genesis.
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That's right.
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I'm sorry.
00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:28.160
Yeah, no, Genesis is the tall, skinny one, but Tiger does present it.
00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:31.920
Yes, so a lot of people do consider that Tiger's tournament.
00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:33.359
Yeah, I I would agree with that.
00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:35.599
I consider Tiger's tournament the hero world challenge.
00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:37.519
That is for sure what it is.
00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.720
Yes, absolutely.
00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.759
Yeah, okay, cool.
00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:44.319
Well, I'm gonna start us off with um a kind of interesting one.
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I'm gonna go be Trevino.
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Um, all around interesting character, just a great advocate for golf, kind of you know was counterculture on the anti-country club kind of uh need or um, you know, kind of came up through public courses and things like that.
00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:10.079
And so I would fancy him to have a tournament and I would put it as the Houston Open.
00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:17.920
So the current Houston Open, which is played at Memorial Park now, I would rename that to the Lee Trevino imitational.
00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.480
Nice.
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I love that.
00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:22.720
And what an entertaining tournament host he would be.
00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.200
Oh, yeah.
00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:24.400
I think that would be perfect.
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Absolutely.
00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:27.519
Uh so my next one would be Sam Sneed.
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Tied for most wins on the PGA tour.
00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:34.079
How this guy doesn't have his own tournament, I do not know.
00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.279
I was reading up on it.
00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.880
He did used to have one.
00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:42.319
Uh I forget exactly where it was, uh, but I'm like, let's keep that.
00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.599
We got to bring that back.
00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:54.000
But I was also reading uh when he was 85, he shot a round of 78 at the old white course of the Greenbrier in Sulfur Springs, West Virginia.
00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:56.559
At 85, he shot a 78.
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Like, that's incredible.
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Incredible.
00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:06.400
So I don't really have like a name for the tournament, but the like Samsene legacy invitational something like that.
00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:07.519
Something very simple.
00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:09.759
But I just I think he needs to be honored.
00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.400
For sure.
00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.960
I love it.
00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:15.759
We the problem is we have so many people like this to honor, and you can't honor them all.
00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.440
Um, but you're you're totally right.
00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:19.039
Sam Sneed should have one.
00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:25.759
I'm gonna go with a golfer who a lot of professionals talk about today as one of their inspirations, but I'm gonna go Raymond Floyd, Mr.
00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:31.839
Floyd, third-time major champion, Hall of Fame winner, um, two 22 wins, I think, on the PGA tour.
00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:33.599
So definitely a big enough name to have it.
00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:41.759
You know, now that it is back at Durral, I think that is a perfect tournament to co-name with Raymond Floyd.
00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.839
And so I I would love to see that one.
00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:49.119
It's kind of a golf course that matches his style of game, and I think that would be a great honor.
00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:55.200
It also may help with the publicity of the tournament and shifting it away from some things.
00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.720
So just an idea there.
00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.440
I like it.
00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.000
I like it.
00:29:58.079 --> 00:30:00.559
I'm not gonna comment anymore on that, but okay.
00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:12.160
So my last one, which this one I'm surprised that we don't have really anything else attributed to him, but Bobby Jones, one of one of the more the most decorated golfers um the past.
00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:16.559
And I also was reading that East Lake was one of his home courses.
00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.039
Yes.
00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:20.960
So why are we not calling it the Bobby Jones Tour Championship?
00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.240
Just saying.
00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:25.279
I know that that's pretty uh, you know, we don't need to put branding on it.
00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:28.640
The tour championship's the tour championship, but why not?
00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:36.799
You know, what's is there a way we can make it more interesting and make the tour championship really honor one of the greatest golfers of all time?
00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.160
I think that would be pretty cool.
00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.799
I love it.
00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.839
So uh yeah.
00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:50.079
I'm I'm glad we uh we pseudo-honour him and with the uh with the masters, uh just given his legacy and and what he contributed to that course with with Dr.
00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.359
Aleister McKenzie.
00:30:51.680 --> 00:31:02.880
But yeah, I do feel like he's so ingrained with like Georgia golf that that something else probably needs to be more stable and and named after after Bobby Jones directly.
00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.319
So I totally agree with that.
00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.359
I love that pick.
00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:16.720
For the last one, I'm gonna go with probably, I mean, okay, he phenomenal golfer and and rightfully so named a tournament after, but I just think the fit is too perfect.
00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:19.359
It's gotta be Payne Stewart at Payne's Valley.
00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:21.039
They gotta figure out something to do.
00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:25.920
I don't care if it's you know uh false swing or whatever it is, but it has to happen.
00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:31.759
Well, I guess it can't be false swing, the weather would be too bad, but it would maybe, maybe the the late summer swing.
00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:34.559
Um Payne Stewart, Payne's Valley.
00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.920
It's a match made in heaven.
00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:41.839
Obviously, Payne Valley, built by Tiger Um and his his foundation.
00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.839
So I I just think it's perfect.
00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.640
It should exist.
00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:46.160
We should figure out how to fit it in.
00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.880
I agree.
00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:49.119
That is a perfect combination there.
00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.799
And yeah, we gotta do that.
00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.920
Somebody's gotta do that.
00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.640
Sounds good.
00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.839
Well, a lot of good options.
00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:59.920
Yeah, if you want to call us for for suggestions, just go ahead and bright and do that Brian Roll app and we'll we'll answer.
00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:01.200
So perfect.
00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.680
Cool.
00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.160
All right.
00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:04.160
Next one we got a blind ranking.
00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.960
Yes.
00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:09.680
I, you know, I've been kind of going down nostalgia lane recently.
00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:14.000
I have my old putter that I got when I was 15 that I want to get restored.
00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:19.680
And it got me thinking about like all of the other old equipment that is out there in the golf world.
00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:28.559
So I thought we'd rank blind rank the most kind of ridiculous uh golf equipment from clubs to training aids to things like that.
00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.680
So there's eight of them.
00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.599
We're gonna go through and you're gonna rank them, all right?
00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.559
All right, sounds good.
00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:37.119
Okay, so the first one, I feel like everybody knows this, is the put a potty.
00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:40.400
It's basically a portable putting green for your bathroom.
00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:43.680
Looks ridiculous, probably like most white elephant gifts.
00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.640
Yeah, that's the first one.
00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:47.839
And we are ranking them as one is the most ridiculous.
00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.799
Yes, correct.
00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:56.880
Okay, I'm gonna go, it's not crazy because I've honestly wanted one, probably, but I need the man cave to do it.
00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:59.519
Um, I'm gonna go six.
00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.480
I'll go six.
00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.359
I think that's good.
00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:02.400
I like that.
00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.160
All right, the next one.
00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:06.079
This club gets a lot of hate.
00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:09.039
I weirdly had one in my garage, but never really used it.
00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:12.000
The chipper is the putter wedge combo.
00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:16.960
Texas wedge kind of like that the pseudo putter chip like wedge.
00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:21.119
Yeah, it's like a blade putter, but it's got the loft of a wedge.
00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.759
Yeah.
00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:26.559
And it just looks ridiculous, and I can't really think of any time to use it.
00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:35.440
I'll tell you when all the time when you just don't want to hit into the fringe as much and you want that all to pop up slightly.
00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:39.599
Obviously, people have been using woods and stuff like that for ages.
00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:43.440
Uh, I would love to have the chipper if we didn't have a 14 club limit.
00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.720
So I'm gonna put that at seven.
00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.200
Okay.
00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:50.319
Yeah, I feel like that's reserved for like a three-wood, and it's it's hard to give up another club for that.
00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.119
Yeah, exactly.
00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:58.799
Okay, this one I remember when I was in high school, was marketed to death and advertised to death.
00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:03.680
It's the Q-Link stress-reducing calming necklace.
00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:08.960
Uh, I believe the tour player sponsorship was from Charles Howe the Third.
00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:11.199
And I just remember there's so many commercials.
00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:20.480
I've been wearing this like necklace that had a little kind of medallion, and it's supposed to like calm you down and reduce electromagnetic waves or some crazy stuff.
00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:24.239
And I just remember like, oh wow, like why isn't everybody using this?
00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:27.760
And my dad was like, oh, because it's BS, you know.
00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:32.400
But they sold them in like display cases at Roger Dunn, which I thought was so funny.
00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:34.960
So yeah, where would you put the Q-Link necklace?
00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:37.360
Mark Cuban would be so proud of me right now.
00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:41.599
I'm gonna put that very at the top, number one, most ridiculous thing.
00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.159
Yes.
00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:45.920
I have hated these things since like T-ball.
00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:53.519
Because for some reason, before they got to the golf scene, they were all over uh pitchers' mounds in in little league.
00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:58.079
Baseball really, really, for some reason glommed onto these things.
00:34:58.239 --> 00:35:03.360
And yeah, they're just a bunch of BS, they're placebo effects, and and sure, it works for some way, some people.
00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:06.880
I mean, that's the whole point of a placebo effect, is it does work mentally.
00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:10.400
But yeah, as far as the actual science behind it, no, sir.
00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:13.599
Yeah, it just seems a step beyond snake oil to me.
00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:15.280
It's very much there.
00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.000
All right, cool.
00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.119
We got our number one.
00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.599
All right.
00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:20.079
Well, this next one is the swing jacket.
00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:26.159
It's essentially a straight jacket that's supposed to help you from slicing the ball or coming over the top or something.
00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:27.199
It looks ridiculous.
00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:32.000
It kind of looks, if you're wearing this at the range, people might think you're wearing a bulletproof vest.
00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:40.400
Um there's a much more appropriate version which just locks the arms together, kind of at the elbow, and a little bit of resistance.
00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:45.519
It's just a small, kind of basically two arm sleeves connected with some fabric.
00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:48.559
This thing, I've seen it, does look like a straitjacket.
00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:51.519
There's no need to be wearing this thing.
00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:53.519
Um, so I'm gonna put that up high.
00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.400
I'll go three.
00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.519
All right, three.
00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.079
I like it.
00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:59.760
Okay, so this next one is called the Euro Club URO.
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:11.039
Essentially, it's it's a wedge or an iron that when you take it out of your bag, it's got a tube on the end of it, and you can pee into it so you don't have to go pee behind a tree.
00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:14.000
The marketing photo is absolutely hilarious.
00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:21.280
It's just the bottom half of a guy standing with the club out with a towel over it, and it's just hilarious.
00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.880
You know, I yeah.
00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:25.119
Probably should have been number one.
00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:28.000
I'll give it its respect and go number two.
00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:28.960
Okay.
00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:32.159
Okay, I see what I did there unintentionally.
00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.119
Oh, nice.
00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.400
Yes, it'll go.
00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.840
Yeah, we'll go with number two.
00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.320
Okay.
00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.440
Yeah, pretty ridiculous.
00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.159
Just go behind the tree.
00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.559
No one's gonna be able to do it.
00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.440
Just go behind the tree.
00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.000
What are you doing?
00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.480
What are you doing?
00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.519
Why are you kidding yourself?
00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.480
Yeah, yeah.
00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:50.079
All right, this next one, I think I remember my golf team having one that we like passed around, but it's the momentous putter.
00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:56.159
It's essentially like a weighted, heavily weighted putter that's supposed to help you make a smoother stroke.
00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:59.920
To me, after I used it, I was all out of whack.
00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:06.239
Because it's like, you know, when you lift up something heavy and then you pick up something light, you know, it's like, whoa, that was way too easy.
00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:12.159
I felt like I was just like my putter became like a spaghetti noodle after using this thing.
00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:18.880
But you you I don't think you could use it in tournaments, but the idea was that you would practice with it and be able to like feel a smoother swing.
00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:21.440
But I thought it just completely screwed me up.
00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.880
I'm conflicted here.
00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.840
I'll go, I'll go.
00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:25.039
That's pretty ridiculous.
00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:26.400
It just doesn't need to exist.
00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.920
I'll go, I'll give it a four.
00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.880
Yeah, I'll give it a four.
00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.519
Okay, four.
00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.880
All right, so you have five and eight left.
00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.679
We got two more.
00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:40.719
So this one, I actually saw a family member have this, and I can't name who that person was because I think they listened to this podcast.
00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:43.119
But it's the Polera golf ball.
00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:51.760
Essentially, it's a not USGA approved golf ball that is has a core for some way, makes it spin way less.
00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:57.440
It's got a horosphere in there, just something like Robbins that just stays painting.
00:37:57.760 --> 00:38:03.039
Yeah, like it it stays something they claim 75% straighter.
00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:12.320
Uh and it, you know, it goes like probably 60% of the distance, but you're not like slicing it into the trees.
00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:15.440
It's it's crazy, but you they sell them in like packs of 12.
00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:19.840
But if you were caught playing in a tournament with this something, you would be disqualified immediately.
00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.639
Fascinating.
00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:28.079
So that I mean, which is funny because that is the USGA's way of acknowledging that it does have some effect, clearly.
00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:31.280
Yeah, otherwise they wouldn't they wouldn't disallow it.
00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:36.719
Controversial, but I'll at least say it does what it says it does, and I'll give it, I'll give it an eight.
00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.199
Okay.
00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.559
Wow, put that at the bottom.
00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:41.280
So, Brian, does you use polar golf balls?
00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.800
You're okay with it.
00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.440
Yeah.
00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:45.440
Gonna plan on using them tomorrow.
00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:45.840
Yeah.
00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:48.639
Those are probably so$28 a ball.
00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:50.480
Yes, they are not cheap either.
00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:50.880
All right.
00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:54.559
So the last one that comes in at number five is the Cleveland Stubby Putter.
00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:57.599
There was another version of this, but this was the only one that I could find.
00:38:57.760 --> 00:39:04.400
It's basically just a square putter head, just completely square, like the width of a golf ball.
00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:13.199
The idea is that you can putt with it, yes, but it's supposed to be like you make better contact because you're focusing on hitting it in the square.
00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:16.719
So when you go back to your larger putter, you can focus more easily.
00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:23.119
Similar to the Mementus, thought it screwed me up because I was like hitting it way softer and trying way too hard to control it.
00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:25.039
So I thought it was kind of BS.
00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:26.400
Let's go with five on that.
00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:28.639
I I think that that's a decent spot.
00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.280
All right.
00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.880
I think I think those are great picks.
00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:36.400
Having Q Link at number one, I like how much money's got more personal aggression than anything.
00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:41.440
I think probably the Euro Club should have probably been number one, but it's a it's a good two.
00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.000
Yeah.
00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:45.920
But this is just a short list of some of the crazy stuff that's out there.
00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:49.119
So we'll have to do this again and see what else we can find out.
00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:50.639
Yeah, I'll create a list for you.
00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:54.639
This is uh all the the greatest infomercials of the golf world.
00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:57.679
This is, you know, golf channel at at 2 a.m.
00:39:58.719 --> 00:39:59.119
Exactly.
00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.679
Perfect.
00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.239
All right.
00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:04.960
Well, we have one more topic for tonight, and it's less of a game more than a question.
00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:17.039
But recently we've we've had a couple videos go out about, you know, would you keep playing if would you play golf full time if you got paid$100 a par or a thousand dollars a birdie?
00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:19.119
I just want to cut to the chase today.
00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:27.119
How much realistically would it take for you to quit your job and play golf full time if they paid you?
00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:28.719
Okay, I have a couple questions.
00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:31.920
What is this my salary, like an annual salary?
00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:33.440
This is an annual salary.
00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:34.719
You are not on the tour.
00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:38.320
You are just playing because some rich billionaire wants to see you play.
00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.039
Gotcha.
00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:42.159
And can I progress at all, or do I stay at this salary?
00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:43.039
How does that work?
00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:43.599
You know what?
00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:48.639
You let's say you, for the argument's sake, you progress at just a normal, steady career rate.
00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:49.119
Okay.
00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.519
Hmm.
00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:54.480
Feel like I'm gonna be undershooting here, but I I would do it for like 60k.
00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.199
Okay.
00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.599
Okay.
00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:57.679
Now, have you checked life on this?
00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.320
I know.
00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:00.719
I think that leaves a lot of room for improvement.
00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:04.320
And I would be a hard worker, so I would get promoted pretty quickly.
00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.119
That's good.
00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:18.079
I think part of the funny theatrics of it is you're just going to play, and it's hard to tell your wife and to tell your child, hey, sorry, I just I gotta go out and play, make some money today.
00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.719
Yeah.
00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:21.519
But a very modest, moderate salary.
00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:22.880
Yes, that's right.
00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:30.559
I don't think it would be the best time now that I just had a kid to like take a pay cut, but I don't love my job.
00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.960
Positives, think about the wonderful positives.
00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:35.199
I mean, uh, you know, maybe it's around a day.
00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:39.360
You'd be home by noon, spend more time with the family, more time with kids.
00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:44.320
Obviously, you'd be a little drained physically, but you'd be in a great mental state.
00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:48.960
You just played golf, you're happier, clearly less stressed, probably than your normal day job.
00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:52.079
There's a lot of great things that you're you're I get exercise.
00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:54.639
Yes, yeah, yeah, you're gonna be in shape.
00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.760
Exactly.
00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.559
So I don't know.
00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:57.760
That that's my number.
00:41:58.079 --> 00:42:01.360
Am I totally out of like what what would you do?
00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:04.400
Well, I do have one more kid than you, so I gotta think I gotta think of that.
00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.440
That's true.
00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:11.039
No, I think I think I could I think I could convince my wife realistically.
00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:16.000
I was like, hey, all the reasons I just said we're gonna we're gonna step it.
00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:19.679
We're gonna we're gonna focus in on eighty thousand dollars a year.
00:42:19.840 --> 00:42:22.159
How can we make this work for our family going forward?
00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:24.159
I think I could have that conversation.
00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:27.760
So I'm gonna go eighty thousand dollars.
00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.159
Okay.
00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:29.679
Those aren't wildly different.
00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:34.719
No, yeah, no, I think we're I think I think most people out there would say something similar.
00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:41.440
I think some people would be ecstatic to to get paid sixty, eighty thousand dollars a year.
00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:42.159
Um yeah.
00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:52.239
Curious about the you know, maybe the golfers' higher earnings probably on average than any other uh hobby or you know, career adjacent sport.
00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:55.199
So curious what what other people would say.
00:42:55.360 --> 00:43:00.320
I think sixteen eighty would probably be a a big step down for some some golfers.
00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.119
So we'll see.
00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:02.480
We'll see where it lands.
00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.679
But yeah, that's yeah.
00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:06.559
I also would be curious, like, can you get fired?
00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:09.280
Yes, if you don't play, Casey.
00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:11.199
If you don't play, that's the one condition.
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This rich billionaire says if you don't play, you're fired back on the side.
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And then easy enough for me, but I could I think you could sweeten the deal by saying if you don't, you know, shoot or maintain this handicap, like you get a pay cut.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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And if you and if you exceeded, maybe you get a pay raise.
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Who knows?
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Endless cycle of disappointment because eventually you're not gonna keep pace with your improvement.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Nice.
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Well, cool.
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That is gonna do it for us this week.
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Thank you for joining and see you next time.