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SVP on Masters Chaos, A-Rod's Timberwolves, and WikiFeet Fetishes
Hideki Matsuyama is your 2021 Masters champion, and while the Sunday finish lacked a bit of the usual back-nine fireworks, the historical significance of the first Japanese man to wear the Green Jacket cannot be overstated. Big Cat and PFT break down the weekend at Augusta, from Matsuyama's relatable opening tee shot into the woods to the absolute dominance he showed before things got briefly sweaty on the 16th hole. PFT was particularly impressed by the grit shown by our guy Brooks Koepka, who decided that playing a major on one leg was a perfectly reasonable thing to do.
PFT CommenterBrooks Koepka is a hero for playing the Masters on one leg
We should also say the real winner of this Masters is Brooks Koepka. Competing on one leg like a warrior. Walking paralyzed man. Exactly. So the fact he was even able to get out there and play two rounds of golf. That's impressive.
PFT also noted that while Matsuyama was the one making history, the tournament was missing its gravitational center. Even though he wasn't in the field, the ghost of Tiger Woods hung over the entire weekend.
PFT CommenterTiger Woods would have won the 2021 Masters if he had been able to play
I think Tiger [Woods] would have won this Masters, I'll be honest with you. I agree.
Speaking of vibes, the guys officially have a new obsession: Will Zalatoris. The man looks like he weighs 120 pounds soaking wet and has the frame of a TikTok star, but he hits the ball like a seasoned vet. Big Cat is already clearing out space for him alongside Brooks and Max Homa.
Big CatWill Zalatoris is ready to join the PMT 'stable' of golfers
Will Zalatoris was my guy. I was riding him like a horse. I was hoping that he was going to come through. He is – he's the one to watch. I think we need to get him on the show. I think we need to add him to our stable of Brooks [Koepka], Max Homa, and I think Will Zalatoris is – I think he's ready.
Scott Van Pelt Joins the Show
As is a tradition unlike any other, Scott Van Pelt called in while walking the grounds of Augusta National to give us the real boots-on-the-ground perspective. SVP explained why Bryson DeChambeau might have struggled more than others at this specific course, noting that Augusta's refusal to provide the hyper-detailed yardage books found at other Tour stops can seriously jam up a "scientist's" internal hardware.
Scott Van PeltBryson DeChambeau struggled at the Masters because he lacked specific yardage books
Augusta National, they don't provide [yardage books]... I almost wonder if it kind of jams up [Bryson DeChambeau's] airspace, so to speak, because you've got to sort it out completely on your own, and I think that's why you hear people talk so much about local knowledge and about playing here for years.
SVP also broke down the sheer magnitude of what this win means for Matsuyama. While the prize money is nice, the long-term earning potential in Japan for a Masters champion is basically infinite. According to Andy North and David Duval, the "billion dollar" valuation for this win might actually be on the conservative side.
Scott Van PeltWinning the Masters will eventually be worth over $1 billion to Hideki Matsuyama
Andy North kept saying to me, you cannot comprehend the amount of pressure that's on this young man's shoulders... He's like, this is worth a billion dollars to him... This guy's 29 years old. He's got to have, you know, give him 40 years of being able to be, I'm the Masters champion in Japan. He's like, you could be a nine figure a year guy... David Duval... told me this morning, he goes, look, that's not, that's not crazy at all. He said, it might be conservative.
Before letting him go, Big Cat couldn't help but needle SVP about the state of Maryland basketball. With the Terps hitting the transfer portal hard, Big Cat is already setting the bar at an impossible height to ensure that any Maryland success next year feels like a hollow victory.
Big CatMaryland basketball has to win the national title by at least 20 points for their transfer-heavy success to be valid.
They [Maryland] have to win the national title by 20 points plus.
Who's Back and Monday Reading
Who's Back featured a heavy dose of MLB with Ronald Acuña Jr. lighting the world on fire and the guys debating the "Five Tools" of baseball. In the NBA world, the big news was Alex Rodriguez joining a group to buy the Minnesota Timberwolves. PFT is convinced this is a Trojan Horse move to get a team back to the Pacific Northwest.
PFT CommenterAlex Rodriguez is buying the Timberwolves specifically to move them to Seattle
It's definitely a move, though, for A-Rod. He is buying that team to move it. To Seattle.
The episode wrapped up with a legendary Monday Reading titled "An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet." Jake took on the role of "Robert," a 60-year-old foot fetishist who has been meticulously archiving a political writer's feet online. The interview revealed a lot of specific preferences regarding "rounded big toes" and the importance of arches, leading to a deep philosophical discussion between Big Cat and PFT about whether being a WikiFeet uploader is actually better or worse than being a regular person on Twitter.
We're still waiting on the photo of SVP's Big Texas cinnamon roll, but we hope it provided the girth he needed for his flight home.
