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Episode 74 - Paragliding Studs Up
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The lads finally get to talk Rorys historic win after Cal returns from his North Island golf trip. They discuss their feelings during and post the final round, predict Rorys final major tally and who is most likely to be the next to complete the career grand slam. Enjoy re-living one of the great days in golf!
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Introduction and Welcome
00:00:00
Speaker
Send them home. Time to go home there, Bob. Why didn't you just go home? That's your home! Are you too
00:00:17
Speaker
Hello and a very warm welcome back to the Off The Tips podcast.
Golf Trip Highlights
00:00:21
Speaker
It's a while between drinks between the podcasts again, but I welcome in AC from across in London.
00:00:28
Speaker
Thanks for joining me after I've been brushing the podcast because I've been gallivanting around the North Island playing a heap of golf. So appreciate you jumping back on, mate. Hey, Cal. Great to be on.
00:00:40
Speaker
I've obviously been in the air about getting a Masters one together. It's sort of pretty It's been pretty strange that you know one of our favorite majors, our play the player that I've ranted on about on this pod has made a career achievement and we haven't even talked about it yet. So keen to do that for sure.
00:01:00
Speaker
But first off, I just want to just sort of check how your trip was. What was your favorite sort of experience? Maybe we won't do a full pod on it anyway, but just, yeah, what was your favorite golf course highlight of your trip?
Luxury Adventures Tour Experience
00:01:14
Speaker
Well, yeah, those that that don't know, i I was away with Luxury Adventures, which was unbelievable experience, are writing about the the tours they provide for their clients. So if you are in the market for ah for a luxury tour, I would definitely check them out. It was amazing.
00:01:32
Speaker
But yeah, I i went to ah started my trip at TRI, played the north course there, which i was phenomenal. um It was just such a It was a visual overload. that The greens there were so quirky and and extreme, and but so much fun to play ah before moving like to Coldy Cliffs and then into Cape Kidnappers and finishing off at Kinloch and Wairake and Taupo. So, yeah like if yeah if I had to pick a favourite out of those ones, it would be –
00:02:09
Speaker
I think Tiara and Kinloch would be neck and neck. eye I thoroughly enjoyed but i enjoyed them all, but in terms of just enjoyment and and and the golf course, ah don' they work they were pretty hard to split. I enjoyed them a lot. The other three, amazing, as as always. Got dealt a pretty tough hand at Cape Kidnappers, playing in 70 games.
00:02:34
Speaker
Kilometer an hour winds and horizontal rain, but ah still found a way to and enjoy my 18 holes. it was It was good fun. So yeah, look very lucky. And and yeah, we will dissect this trip and these courses and in coming weeks.
00:02:49
Speaker
Great to hear, mate. was actually very jealous. um played Played all of them, but no, all of them, but TRI. But I'm going to look to lock that in December when I'm back for Christmas. I really want to get my eyes on that.
00:03:04
Speaker
that property it just looks like an amazing experience you got the two courses they both look like they don't beat you up off the tee too which i know well i can't speak for the south course but when you're back up we'll try try get get on both of them uh but yeah like plenty of margin off the tee uh But yeah, it's just around the greens. It's just like, it's like nothing you ever seen before. It's, it's so, it's so much fun. Uh, what they did, what I did do, I say, is I got stung in the pro shop. Uh, they conveniently they leave the price off a few items in there. So I, uh, I went and picked up a head cover and took it up to the, up to the pro shop counter. And I was like, oh, and then I just got ready to pay for it. And that,
00:03:55
Speaker
that head cover and a marker came to $251. And I was like, oh fuck, yeah how much is the head cover? She's like, oh, $230. two thirty I was like, ah well, just just wave the card. But it's a cool one. It's got it's got the New Zealand flag on it. And I appreciate my purchase, but I thought that was good business because there'll be a lot of there'd be a lot of punters like me that just take stuff up to the counter and then just have no interest in putting them back even after they they get the price tag. But yeah, it was, that's another place that you could just drop a whole heap of coin is the pro shop at TRI. Well, actually the pro shops at all of them.
00:04:34
Speaker
Far out, there's some awesome stuff in there.
Thrills Beyond Golf
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Speaker
But one thing I did do AC is in Taupo. It was part of the the luxury tour is, and it was kind of kept a little bit of a secret from me.
00:04:46
Speaker
i just noticed it in the itinerary before I went that, that me, Steve and Luke, the guys that I was at, playing golf with on this tour was we're doing a bungee jump and I'm not a big heights guy at the best of times, but, um, man, that, that was pretty, uh, pretty intense. And, and I was, uh, I was an absolute wreck beforehand, to be honest. i was, I was such a pussy.
00:05:18
Speaker
lot to react to there, Cal. Um, I've definitely seen some expensive head covers in my time. ah that That's not uncommon to see it that expensive. How much did you think it was going to be?
00:05:31
Speaker
No, be fair, I wasn't expecting much cheaper than that. i was expecting maybe like $180. like one eighty they can yeah But you just hope that they look cool but also last, don't you, when you're paying that much?
00:05:44
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But yeah, on the bungee jump, Cal, um that video you sent me gave me some great entertainment. I don't know. I've never seen someone to a bungee like that where they go feet first and they're like running.
00:06:00
Speaker
Yeah, because because of my history of leg and knee issues, I wasn't allowed to have – I couldn't have the brace around my legs. So everyone else did it traditionally.
00:06:14
Speaker
But I – i yeah I had to ah get it around my back, which I think was even worse because it felt like you weren't strapped in. Yeah. yeah Yeah, I can imagine. And the running the running and jumping off, we'll get the video on the socials after this pod comes out. We'll think about it because it's pretty embarrassing. incriminating.
00:06:38
Speaker
ah But yeah, I i didn't want to go look over the edge. So i just... I just ran and jumped off. Yeah.
00:06:49
Speaker
and And beforehand someone was telling me, oh it's only 50 meters. Like, and there's water beneath you. Like you'll be actually sweet if the rope breaks.
00:06:59
Speaker
And as I was falling, I was thinking that is simply not true. This is so high. can't imagine that water feels too soft from 50 meters. Nah, nah, I can't either. it But it was, look, it,
00:07:14
Speaker
i was I wouldn't say I'd do one again, ah but um like I'm pretty glad I've done one, but it probably will be one and done. Have you ever done bungee or a skydive?
00:07:28
Speaker
No, Cal. I'm like you, not a thrill seeker. Nah. Pretty risk averse. I don't seek out that stuff. um I do think I could do a bungee. I think it would take a little bit of a push, but I'd do that before I skydive.
00:07:43
Speaker
Oh, for sure. I found that once I was behind the the fence, like there was no way I was not going jump. Like I wasn't going to turn around and unharness.
00:07:56
Speaker
I was going say to the guy, i was like, right, i don't jump if I don't jump, you're pushing me off. But yeah, it was like, I was, I was petrified.
00:08:08
Speaker
but and it didn't help that I was just watching these kind of like, 13 and 14-year-old kids just do it with at will for me, just with no fear.
00:08:20
Speaker
But I also think I probably would have been the same at that age. I would have jumped off with but noa no issues. i Actually, that leads me to another story. Have I told you the yarn about when I paragloughed into rugby training one day?
00:08:36
Speaker
You did. but ah Well, you pointed out the park when we were in Queenstown. Yeah. Yeah. so I was playing for the Wakatippe Rugby Club once upon a time. I think it was under 11s.
00:08:51
Speaker
And they had they had two paraglides up for ah for grabs for player of the year forward of the year and back of the year. And this would have been the only time in my entire life that I'd i'd won an award that wasn't most improved in rugby.
00:09:07
Speaker
Yeah.
00:09:10
Speaker
And I won the paraglide and it was to to happen at the start of the next season or, yeah, I think it was the start of the next season. So a couple of trainings in, me and the other bloke that was forward of the year got whisked up the skyline and strapped into a paraglide and jumpstarted, flew around Queenstown and then just landed all my teammates were hitting tackle bags and then doing some and doing passing waves and just unstrapped, got my boots on and got into my work like nothing had happened.
00:09:45
Speaker
that's That's probably the only other time I've done anything that's thrill-seeking. That's so funny. I was going to ask if you had your boots on. That would have been all time if you just went straight into some tackling drills.
00:09:58
Speaker
No, I don't believe I had my boots on, ah but i can't I actually can't confirm that. it It was a long, long time ago. That's Greg Norman-like, Cal.
00:10:09
Speaker
That is Norman-like, yeah. but well Enough about my travels and escapades on bungee ropes.
Rory McIlroy's Masters Journey
00:10:21
Speaker
o ah We'll talk about Rory. like we obviously It's obviously a little bit far gone. We've had enough time to let the dust settle on on what was an incredible performance from Rory McIlroy at Augusta National, but AC, I just want to know what were your initial thoughts and how did you feel after that being a lifelong Rory fanatic? It's actually quite hard to put into words, but it was just such an emotional rollercoaster of a day.
00:10:56
Speaker
But ultimately, with him winning, ended up... like That's probably one of the most memorable sports watches of I can think of. It would be...
00:11:06
Speaker
That and probably 2019 World Cup cricket, those are probably the kind of similar in a way in that they ebbed and flowed. Obviously, we're on the right ah well who I wanted to win was on the right end of that.
00:11:20
Speaker
um But yeah, it sort of a similar feeling to that. It was just yeah so stressful. You couldn't have scripted any of the stuff that happened, um just doubling the first...
00:11:33
Speaker
dumping that one in Ray's Creek on 13. As soon as you start to feel a bit more comfortable, everything just, the walls started caving in. And I'm sure he felt like that too.
00:11:44
Speaker
And it was just a fascinating watch. I didn't actually watch his last putt. I was around the corner. like I just couldn't, I couldn't handle it. And as soon as I heard the roar, I just came running in, hugged my mate Liam, who I'd been watching with.
00:11:58
Speaker
It was just scenes. I love how that stuff can just make grown men just become absolute softies too. Oh, for sure. It was that back nine. Well, actually that entire round almost was like, there periods where it's like you're in a plane and you're cruising, but then you look out the window and the engine was on fire.
00:12:19
Speaker
it was just like, what is he doing? But yeah, it, it did. It ebbed and flowed. I, I actually live blogged the entire final two rounds for golf Australia magazine.
00:12:31
Speaker
And, ah it was, it was so hard to be like fixated to the TV and writing about it when I was so, my I was so emotionally invested. it was, oh, I was, um i felt sick. Like,
00:12:49
Speaker
Not so much with the double on one. I was like, oh, like, here we go. But that when he dumped the water, the the ball in the water on 13 and then bogeyed 14, I was like, oh, no, this is not good.
00:13:02
Speaker
um But, like, obviously, by the skin of his teeth, got it done in that playoff. But I've just never seen someone play so many, like, bad golf shots but complement them with so many, like,
00:13:18
Speaker
once in a lifetime kind of shots on top of it. It was just an absolute mixed bag of, and you didn't know what you were going to get. He was quite clearly shitting himself the entire time. And yeah, it was, it was good. Well, it was good in the end, but he just, he won it like an idiot and I loved it.
00:13:40
Speaker
Yeah, he did. And it was just such a quintessential Rory round golf. What were you thinking after two? Because i actually, I thought on one he had pretty decent tee shot. He didn't clear the lip by about a yard. I don't think he actually hit that many terrible golf shots on that hole.
00:14:00
Speaker
Obviously, the the first putt was a shocker. um And he talked about how nervous he was and even just getting that first hole out of the way, even though it was a double, settled him down, which was quite an interesting sort of nugget afterwards.
00:14:14
Speaker
And then two, same, had a decent drive, just caught that bunker. He's carried it most of the time. He carries that bunker more often than not. um So wasn't, at that point, I wasn't too worried, but I think the way he bounced back on three and four was so crucial.
00:14:33
Speaker
I think he said that the shot on three was the most crucial one of the tournament. And um i I was watching... coverage before that the third hole and i saw three people have it roll back to their feet on that shot and i was shitting bricks i was i was nervous when he was over that one um but then yeah like you say just a oh just a roller coaster there was the shots he hit 15 16 17 when he needed them were incredible yeah i all
00:15:09
Speaker
Sorry to cut in, but I um i almost think that, like, that tee shot on four was one of the most, um like, it was arguably, like, the most important or the best shot he hit almost. Like, a 230-yard par three just, like, launching, I think it was a six iron up into the air.
00:15:30
Speaker
Yeah. And then rolling in a putt that was but not easy. Like, what 15 feet. I just thought that was and that was a huge swing in the momentum. me He cancelled out that that double head mate on one. He was back level par and then just kind of marched on from there. and And from there until kind of 13, it looked relatively smooth sailing.
00:15:55
Speaker
It was. lucky he yeah He made a great birdie on nine and 10. 10's always a great steal if you can pick one up there. And then on 11, he had that lucky break. very And after that, I thought, oh.
00:16:07
Speaker
And then, i you know, we saw Spieth, we saw Brooks hit one in Ray's Creek, Molinari did. ah There's been so many people come undone by that. And I thought, if he hits in the middle of green on 12, this tournament's over. And he did.
00:16:23
Speaker
Hit the proper shot. And i was like, oh, yeah, sweet. It's sorted. But, um yeah, then the inexplicable miss on 13. It's... ah Yeah, it's just – I actually – it's easy to say in hindsight. At the time, was like, that's a good play. But then I thought about it. I was like, maybe should have just tried to hit him two.
00:16:44
Speaker
And if he hits in Ray's Creek, you're still there. You're hitting your fourth. Yeah. um But it's easy say in hindsight. i don't know. Oh, like that was just – That it was just like one of the worst golf shots I've seen from someone that looked so in control of a major championship.
00:17:04
Speaker
Like maybe apart from Spieth when he dumped those ones in the piss in 2016. But like I think, yeah, i was I was shocked when that went in the water.
00:17:18
Speaker
Same. um Actually, I listened to this pod and it was a guy who got drawn and the journalist ballot And he went to where Rory hit that wedge shot from, and it's like a little like a little drain.
00:17:32
Speaker
Where his ball was is sort of awkward. i Obviously not an excuse, but I do think that was a factor. And he talked about how it was a sort of funny sort of feeling lie. But, yeah, God, it was – He just still had so much room. Exactly.
00:17:46
Speaker
Even if it was. that's Yeah. And then the bogey on 14, oh. the bogegie on fourteen ah I was, I was pretty nervous at that point.
00:18:00
Speaker
Oh, very much. So that shot he had on 15. I, I just, I don't how many times you've watched it, Cal. I've watched that at least 30 times on the way he's walked after her and it's just landed probably two meters on, but he knew it was good.
00:18:19
Speaker
He had the strut on, um Honestly, I don't know if there's outside of Tiger and him, there's anyone that could hit that shot. um No. Maybe Patrick Reid. With a big slingy draw.
00:18:33
Speaker
Big slingy draw, yeah. Yeah. um And I don't know about you, still lost track of Rose. He sort of just crept up on me. Wow, like, yeah, we haven't even discussed Rose, like, let alone, like,
00:18:48
Speaker
I think we we don't really need to talk about Bryson. That guy just didn't have it on on Sunday. He completely capitulated. But the two guys I have written down here are obviously Justin Rose who fell short in his second playoff at Augusta, which is pretty He's only the second person for that to happen, think.
00:19:08
Speaker
But like on that back nine, he made one par. So yeah if you'll humor me, listeners, it's... He went par on 10, birdie, birdie, birdie, bogey, birdie, birdie, bogey, birdie.
00:19:22
Speaker
if That is just, high it's just absurd. He like, and he looked right up for the occasion, but not, he didn't look as emotionally.
00:19:34
Speaker
Like he wasn't really emotional when he hold that putt on 18, which I thought he was going to be. He, yeah he looked kind of like steely eyed and focused and, which did surprise me. And yeah, look you like if you were a betting man, you'd say this was probably his best, well, his last chance probably ah around
Justin Rose and Future Potential
00:19:58
Speaker
Augusta. I i don't see him getting this close again.
00:20:01
Speaker
ah i see him contending in a couple of British Opens or Open Championships. But yeah, it was tough to see Justin Rose fall short, you know, such a great servant and that would have pretty much cemented him in the Hall Fame. But, man, what a what a run at it that he had. Oh, yeah. he's I admire him so much. He's one that could have easily gone to live, and he just works his tail off.
00:20:30
Speaker
um It would be great if he could win another major somewhere. He also was, I think people forget how close he went at the Open to Xander. Exactly.
00:20:41
Speaker
Xander played the round of his life. And Rose had a few putts that lipped out. and Yeah, he... I think he's going to put himself in the mix of another time, somewhere.
00:20:52
Speaker
I don't know where it will be, but I don't know. It's hard to... Yeah, it's hard to speculate. He still puts them all well, you know? But he is just he is just getting himself up for those big ones now, isn't he? Yeah.
00:21:06
Speaker
You know, he's hanging his head on playing well in these majors. ah did you see his wellness bus that he travels around with? No. Oh, you've got to go see it. He's got like this kitted out RV that's like a wellness trailer. It's got like cold plunges, saunas, like red light, so hard like tanning bed things, an exocycle with like oxygen mask.
00:21:33
Speaker
He's just, he's all out on his like recovery and his health. And I thought that was It was pretty interesting like going through that. pretty on brand too. It is very on brand. It was was pretty intense. It was like a ah lot going on in there. But I suppose like what you can't really argue with it. like The last couple of years, he's been playing phenomenal golf and getting up for big tournaments. So if he continues to do that, ah who's to say he can't keep contending really late into his 40s and maybe pinch another another big big major?
00:22:09
Speaker
Yeah, like I could see him doing something a bit like what Ernie did when he peeled one off late. um You know, he's still he still got the game for it. Who did you think was going to win that playoff?
00:22:23
Speaker
Oh, I was pretty confident Rory was going win. Even though you don't normally see the guy that that blows it in regulation win them, I just thought i just thought enough had...
00:22:36
Speaker
enough had gone on his way this week that I just thought it was going to happen. and And in hindsight, like thinking about it, knew he was like, I didn't think about it at the time, but he was always going to have a shorter club into 18.
00:22:49
Speaker
ah yeah The advantage was probably always going to be his on, on face value. But yeah. What about you? yeah I was the same. You know what it's like when Rose had all the momentum, um,
00:23:04
Speaker
um And i saw I thought that was, especially how he had the honor too, and he hit that one down the field. I thought, shit, this is this is getting scary. But Rory basically hit the same tee shot he did in regulation um and then just made amends with that wedge shot.
00:23:23
Speaker
So, oh, just inject that in my veins, Cal. Oh, yeah. comedy many How many times have you watched that? And just the just pure relief.
00:23:35
Speaker
When he fell to his knees, like, man, I can't imagine, like, the weight on his shoulders that had just been lifted.
00:23:47
Speaker
Yeah. um And another thing on that is, like, Harry, who is a bit maligned, and I've sometimes maybe questioned whether he might need a more senior guy on his bag, but what he said to him after the round, just saying, hey, we would have taken a playoff on um Monday,
00:24:05
Speaker
um I thought was just such a like good thing to say. Like, just prime it frame it that way. You know, I've got one guy to beat. um Yeah, that was... He talked about it his interview, but that was pretty crucial.
00:24:22
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. And I think... You can go to like, you can, you can look at a caddy a couple of ways. Like, do you want a guy like Billy Foster or Stevie Williams on the bag that, ah you know, are probably gonna pick you up a couple of shots here and there with their nowson, their green reading and et cetera, and just being a like long-term caddy at that level or or do you want someone that you know is close to you and and can make you feel comfortable around the golf course and then in situations like they had just essentially be able to put an arm around you and and and be a be a friend because like that's what they are like best best men at each other's weddings
00:25:06
Speaker
just yeah obviously best mates. and And Harry, like saying that he's not a good caddy is just as probably harsh. Like they've won so many times on the bag. and Oh, for sure.
00:25:19
Speaker
And he was a very good player himself. you remember the Very good player, yeah. like So he does get some pretty unfair criticism, but um yeah, I think the proof was there that he played a huge part in and winning that winning that playoff just with, you know, a one line of words.
00:25:41
Speaker
Yeah, and you're right in that, like, you know, a Bones or a Stevie Williams might save you a couple of shots, but you can't really... It's intangible what Harry does for Rory. Like, it could be...
00:25:53
Speaker
you know, like just making him feel comfortable saves him those shots. Like it's just one of those things that you can't really put a measure on, but i I'm sure the player knows better than us sort of what what they feel that they need.
00:26:07
Speaker
Absolutely. Cal, there's been a lot of stuff about Rory opening the floodgates
Grand Slam Speculations
00:26:13
Speaker
up now. how What's your take on that? Do you see it that way? I think yes. I think, and and there's no probably better year for him to pinch a couple in a, in a season really. Like, I mean, we go to Quail Hollow next for the PGA where like, honestly, who's going to beat him there. And then Oakmont for the U S open, which is a like, it's a, it's a big boys golf course, like hit it far.
00:26:41
Speaker
You you're at a massive advantage. And then man, like then you go to Portrush in Northern Ireland where he broke the course record is what a 15 year old, like, Yeah, like I think to answer your question, yes.
00:26:56
Speaker
ah Do I think he's going to win all of those this year? Probably not. But i think why like I think he might pinch another one for sure. ah And then ah just think we're going to see a different Rory on Sundays at majors now.
00:27:11
Speaker
I think yeah you're going to see him more relaxed, playing with a bit of freedom. And like I wouldn't be surprised if the next one he wins because he's going to win another one.
00:27:22
Speaker
is by three, four, five shots.
00:27:28
Speaker
Yes, I do agree. I think before this week, I would have had like his major total at probably 6.5, but now I'm looking more like I think it's 7.5.
00:27:44
Speaker
I was thinking he might finish with six career majors. Now I think it could be somewhere near eight. I think would be ah good, like, I think that's realistic. But and' one thing I do, I do think is, I think there could be a little bit of a hangover from this this year.
00:28:03
Speaker
Like I'm not, I think he's never going to get a harder round golf than that in his life, which must be such a nice feeling to know that, Hey, yeah, I had two really bad holes, but other than that, he actually hit the ball.
00:28:17
Speaker
really well and that must be such a relieving feeling knowing that he'll never feel that pressure on a golf course again um and so i think yes that frees him up but i do i think he's gonna have to make sure that he but the people around him is going to have to make sure that he gets up for these events for the rest of the year, which I think he will.
00:28:40
Speaker
But we saw sort when Tiger won in 2019, obviously different circumstances to an extent, but Tiger sort of just went missing for the rest of the year. And i think there can be that sort of weight that's come off and then you've got to really sort of reset your goals.
00:28:57
Speaker
Do you know what mean? Yeah, I do what you mean, but I think like Rory's always going play more than Tiger did after he, Yeah. twenty nine a and And ah yeah, a hundred percent.
00:29:09
Speaker
That is a distinct possibility. And look, he's, he's come out and he's playing as we speak. And he has looked, you know, a little bit rusty as you would be after going, going, I'm sure. i tried still running read sound running But like in saying that they're both like he's playing at the Zurich. So take it with a grain of salt. It's a, yeah.
00:29:31
Speaker
It's team's event, but like they are, they're in contention now as we speak kind of thing. that They're probably not going to win, but like they've put on a pretty good effort. So I think the fact that he's come out and played two weeks later and, you know, we're but ramping into ah major and a course that like probably couldn't fit him better.
00:29:53
Speaker
ah Look, I think we're going to see a good showing, but it's interesting to think that that ah that could be a possibility and it's only natural. I mean, it's, that's that um subconscious bias that might just creep in yeah and i think i'll ask you what you're over it you think his career over and under is after this but i think um you know it took him 10 years to break through and then now that he's won one we're just going to give them out you know i like oh it's that call hollow he's gonna win
00:30:26
Speaker
Yeah, there's still... Scheffler's got to keep improving. He's been a little bit off, but I just feel like this is going drive him further. Xander's just slowly brewing away there. He's getting better.
00:30:36
Speaker
Like, the we've not... You can't just give these things out. Like, that's that's what I'm cautioning. It's... they're so hard to win as he's, he's shown us for our whole golfing life.
00:30:49
Speaker
Um, not when we first started watching golf, he won them regularly, but it's, you know, I just, I think we need to be careful. Yeah. Like, and Jason Dale, take him down to the wire at Quail Hollow. That's for sure.
00:31:04
Speaker
of no, but like, ah ah no, he, he just will, he'll win at Quail Hollow. Rory. Yeah. I love that. I do think he's going to win another one this year.
00:31:16
Speaker
I just don't think there's any two ways about it. Like, I think he just he's just going to win and win well. No one plays that golf course better than him. that um yeah What's your over and under?
00:31:30
Speaker
My over and under...
00:31:34
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I'm going to say eight and a half. Okay. Yeah, so one more than me. Yeah, I think... I think he like i think your your line was definitely more realistic. I'm a bit more ambitious now. I i think like we're just going to see ah this killing machine over the next couple of years. But um like man, he's still just pretty clearly one of the two best players on the planet.
00:32:04
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And there's a little bit of but And I think and i also think He's been the best player for 10 years. Like it's, well, being the, sorry, the top two or three best player for 10 years. So, you know, I can't, I can't see the next five years being any different.
00:32:23
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Yeah. Like who's to say he can't get to 10? yeah Like this there's, there's no, like there's nothing to like, look at how Justin Rose competed in his forties. Like with all due respect, like not even really in the same league as, as Rory. Like,
00:32:38
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Rory prides himself on his fitness, like, and, and keeping in shape and, and developing and evolving. Like there's no reason why he can't compete well into his forties either.
00:32:49
Speaker
And at majors. So look, 10 is just definitely not out of the realm of possibility. Like how, like this is 12. Like who knows? Like, it's insane how much this one wins just changed the narrative.
00:33:06
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It was, yeah um, Do you... Okay, so we haven't even really mentioned that it was to win Grand to on the ground Slam, which obviously everyone knows, but who do you see is the next one to win it?
00:33:21
Speaker
If there is someone win it, another one. like ah Like, I actually don't... I don't know if we'll see it for a very, very long time. Like, I think... Okay, so Alex Heffler, Xander, Kepke...
00:33:38
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um Spieth, JT, and long of like I'm going to throw Ludwig in there. He doesn't even want to major. Yeah, um i well, I think the law of averages would say Jordan Spieth because he's only got one to one.
00:33:53
Speaker
But, like, do I see that guy winning a PGA anytime soon? Probably not. I'd say Xander. He'd be my game. Yeah. I don't think Brooks has got a Masters in him.
00:34:09
Speaker
I think he got close when Rahm won. And then ah just don't think he's a good enough putter anymore. But, like, he's proven us wrong time and time again. Yeah.
00:34:20
Speaker
Scheffler's performances at other majors haven't been good enough for me to say that he would do it first. I'm going to say Rahm.
00:34:32
Speaker
Oh, yeah. completely missed Rahm. That's... Yeah, sorry. That's a big fuck up from me. Yeah. reckon... like, not playing very well at the moment, but I think when, you know, we get to see the golf, the men's golf world come back together in some capacity and he can play more regularly and just maybe ease his mind a little bit, because he just looks angry at the moment. I think he'll be the one that'll win it. Like, he's got all the tools to win a British Open. Like,
00:35:08
Speaker
definitely and then PGA is normally just a bit of a juiced up PGA Tour setup so like I think anyone on their day can win a PGA but like yeah I'd say Ram for me like is the guy I just I would I would normally say I would say Schaeffler but hasn't shown me enough either at the other other other majors to, like, I think he'll probably win one this year.
00:35:38
Speaker
But, yeah, Rahm's the guy for me. I agree. ah I agree on the Scheffler thing. I think I'd put Xander slightly ahead of Rahm.
00:35:49
Speaker
ah But I think Rahm and Xander would be the leading ones. The other one's Colin, i suppose. But, yeah, I don't know about Colin. I just think he's a bit of a house cat.
Conclusion and Future Discussions
00:36:02
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Yeah. yeah
00:36:05
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Well, that's pretty much like that's pretty much it i say Look, oh we appreciate you guys tuning in. I'm going to get back and watch the final few holes of this Chevron Championship. It's it's starting to ramp up.
00:36:18
Speaker
I'm looking forward to having having a little bit of a chat about that next week. So are we going to see a new major winner um the on the LPGA Tour side? Maybe. But cheers, guys, for tuning Loved talking about Rory winning a major. It's It felt like we we weren't going to do it for for a long, long time. So that was very exciting. And and we'll we'll catch you guys next week. I appreciate you tuning in.
00:36:44
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Cheers.