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Gary Woodland winning the Masters would be the best emotional story in golf following his brain surgery.

Number three I got Gary Woodland winning. Obviously I think this is the one that would be the most emotional. I'm sure you guys followed the whole journey... with the brain surgery and PTSD. He's second on the PGA tour in driving distance this year at the age of 41... I feel good story in my list.

My 12th place finish last year was more impressive than my 3rd place finish because I was playing terribly coming in

My third was awesome but last year I was playing like dog nuts coming into it and I played awful here. But I like definitely to answer your question, think I like learned where to leave it and learned certain golf shots. Last year's 12th was significantly more shocking than the year before's third.

Rory McIlroy's Masters Champions Dinner menu is worse than Scottie Scheffler's

I thought that Scotty's was way better... I feel like on, that's a normal thing to talk about. What was on Rory's? He had like a bunch of fish. He had a, a tiny filet... desserts were nowhere near as like the, the warm skillet cookie that Scotty had... Rory's... looks like it's trying too hard.

Getting your wife pregnant is the secret to winning golf tournaments

If you want to win a golf tournament, you have to get your wife pregnant. And then sure enough, either right after you give birth or right after you conceive, you will get an interview right after you win something and you'll announce it.

LeBron James is officially obsessed with golf

He is checked out. He's got the bug. He's officially obsessed with golf. I would like to see his YouTube stats... I think he's deep into the Pop Does Sports Universe. He probably watched the Internet Invitational.

Keegan Bradley not picking himself for the Ryder Cup is better for the team

Keegan wanted to pick himself, but he's taking, it's, it's, it was the right move, I guess to not pick himself for the team. It's better for the team and everyone can kind of rally around... you gotta win one for the captain.

Europe will win the Ryder Cup back in 2025

Of course I'm gonna stand by my boys and my team and say that, you know, I'm gonna go in with full faith in our team and say Europe are gonna bring the Ryder Cup back.

Tiger Woods stands alone as the best golfer the world will ever see

Tiger stands alone in the game of golf... He was by far the best player that I think we'll ever see in our lifetimes.

Scottie Scheffler's son Bennett might be a 'Boss Baby' mastermind giving him golf tips

Is there a chance Bennett is a boss baby and he's actually giving you all the tips of the golf game? ... I saw the one where he was like, what? This is impressive. We do this every Sunday. He might be boss baby.

The rain delay at Oakmont was the only reason I was able to reset and win the US Open

When that horn blew my caddy and I looked at each other, we, we kind of just said, you know, this is exactly what we need. Kind of a little break to, to go back inside, you know, reset, collect our thoughts and, and kind of get a fresh start... I 100% [win the tournament because of it].

The best way to lower your golf score is to get good from 100 yards and in

If you wanna get good at golf, number one I'd say is get good from a hundred yards and in. 'cause then all your bad [shots] drop... get in the hole in three shots, you know, like you're gonna, your scores are gonna get lower so much quicker.

Rory McIlroy's Masters win was primarily 100% relief

It was almost all relief. And the thing that Andy North described to me... you feel so much more relief than joy... it was so obvious that sure there's joy in there... but clearly it was like, just thank God I did it.

Wearing an upside-down hat at Augusta is disgusting and beneath the tournament

I kind of agree with people who are like the upside down hat at the, at Augusta's bullshit. It's beneath Augusta. Yeah. And his defense, he was probably hammered... I saw the hat and I was like, this is disgusting. You can't do this to Augusta.

The road to being a good golfer is to eliminate big mistakes by not overswinging

I respect that you've come to that, that that is how I would say the, that's the road to good is to eliminate the, the big mistakes by not over swinging.

Brooks Koepka is my pick to win the Masters this year

I gotta pick for you guys... I'm thinking Brooks [Koepka]. I like that he's won there before. I bet Brooks every single year. I'm a loyal guy.

To beat top golfers like Scottie Scheffler, you cannot take shortcuts; you have to work as hard or harder than them or you'll fall behind.

Right now I can say that I work hard and I don't feel like I leave too much out there... You're gonna fall behind if you don't [practice hard]. If you wanna beat Scotty [Scheffler], you gotta work hard. You gotta play good and practice hard to beat all these top players.

I will break 85 in golf by July

Break 85. That's my goal by... By July.

The Olympics place a unique emphasis on finishing top-three that is not found in other golf tournaments

In the Olympics everyone's fighting to finish in the top three more so than any tournament. You know, you podium versus if you don't do well and you come in second or third. I think the emphasis on second and third is a lot more than a normal tournament.

The Open Championship is essentially a 'Snow Game' in football terms

The open is a snow game. There's just so much unpredictability involved in a snow game. Maybe you can throw the ball, maybe you gotta run it. You don't know if you can depend on your kicker at all. That's what I look at here.

Josh Allen will finish in the 30s at the American Century Championship

I think I gave you [Josh Allen] in the thirties. [Josh: That means I'm probably shooting anywhere from 75 to 80 all three days.]

I have zero chance of winning the American Century Championship this year

I have zero chance of winning. Okay. In this... I've come this year with zero expectations. You know, I had a shoulder replacement in December, so I'm just getting that back... it's not pretty.

The winners of the John Deere Classic always stay in the same rental home in Illinois

For the last three years, each winner of the John Deere Classic has stayed in the same rental home in Illinois. Whoa. It's officially the trophy house. Davis Thompson, SEP Straka, JT Poston.

Three beers is the perfect amount for playing a round of golf

Drank three beers and then the round ended and he ended up in a playoff and won the playoff... he was like, three beers are gonna make me play perfect. Like yes. It's the perfect amount. It is... for the people that say like, I need, you know, you hit a bad shot or you have a couple bad holes. You're like, I need to drink three beers.

I average 330 yards on my drives on the golf course.

I hit about three 30. [Big Cat: Jesus.] And again, like that's always been my strength.

The winner of the US Open will shoot between minus five and minus one

No, I would like minus five to minus one. [to win]

Scotty Scheffler is essentially unbeatable right now regardless of the course

There is no course that doesn't favor Scotty Scheffler. That dude... I mean, you name the type of golf course as the ball striker that he is, he has the ability to just, he figures it out... I don't know how you pick against Scotty.

Valhalla is a golf course that heavily favors players who hit it far and high

I'm looking at players to pick or favorites to kind of focus on, I'm looking at guys that hit it far and hit it high. Guys like Rory McIlroy and Brooks [Koepka]... but you gotta beat it forever and you gotta hit it relatively straight because the rough is gnarly.

Will Zalatoris is a 'playoff' type player who finds another gear in major championships regardless of his recent form

I like [Will] Zalatoris as well this week... the harder the golf course the better it is for his game because he hits it so well... It's almost like guys that step up in the playoffs, right? Maybe they're not great during the regular season, but they find another gear or they're game translates in the playoffs. He's one of those playoff type of players.

I am betting on a one-two finish for Scotty Scheffler and Rory McIlroy at the PGA Championship

One two Scheffler McElroy and then one two McElroy [then] Scotty. I, that might be the move.

Verne Lundquist should do a 'ManningCast' style broadcast for the Masters starting next year

Verne needs to do like a ManningCast thing next year at the Masters where it's just Verne sitting in his living room... with that big smile on his face.

Scottie Scheffler's dominance is sustainable because he has no vices and a strong perspective on life

The genius of Scottie is he's like, 'I'm real good with whatever this is and I'm not trying to change any of it.' ... Presuming he stays healthy, I think he'll just keep just obliterating people... he just doesn't seem to have vices or things that that could get in the way of any of it.

The 2024 Masters feels like it is Scotty Scheffler's destiny to win

Scotty Scheffler does just look like it's a destiny. It looks like he is locked in on all accounts.

Walking nine holes is the best way to experience golf

If you find a course and you find like a, a slot of time where You can walk, it's amazing. I sound kinda like the old like romanticism of golf guy... recently, within the last couple years I would walk nine holes, never 18. I'm gonna die out there if I walk. But if I walk nine holes, it's fucking beautiful. Yeah. Because in a cart you almost aren't looking at the scenery around you.

Masters TV coverage is a joke because fans can't watch it all live

Best golf tournament of the year. And we cannot watch all of it live in 2024. It's a joke. Put it all on TV or online. I don't care. But I wanna watch it Thursday morning.

The rule that disqualified Jordan Spieth for an incorrect scorecard is the dumbest rule ever

That Jordan Spieth rule was the, it's the dumbest rule ever because it's not even his, it's his partner filling out the scorecard and he signs it. That's stupid.

Doubling the first hole of a major is the best time to do it

If you're going to make a double bogey right. Might as well be that the first hole of the tournament when you have 71 holes to make it up or like Scottie [Scheffler] did the year before, do it on the last hole when you already know you've won and you can afford to do it.

If you are going to pump up the crowd on the 16th at Phoenix, you have to hit a good shot

If you're going to boost the crowd up, you need to hit a good shot. ... That was a bad moment [getting booed after pumping up the crowd].

The Masters is the ultimate 'dad weekend' of all time

The Masters is the most dad weekend of all time.

I love golf courses that make pro golfers look as unathletic as regular people

I just love a course that makes everyone look at moments like they're us out there. Wyndham Clark had one of the most unathletic swings I've ever seen in my life... I bravo. Good job [Royal Liverpool].

The fix for bad golf coverage is simply showing every single shot live

The way to fix golf coverage, it's pretty easy. You just show every fucking shot... And it live. And then have like a sponsor have like a Rolex logo in the bottom right hand corner. Yeah. Boom.

Brooks Koepka at 18-to-1 is the best value to win the Open Championship

I like Brooks [Koepka] a lot this week. Whenever we go into these majors, he's right there with the top three or four guys... except he's whatever, 18 to one. And you've got Rory... at plus six 50. I'm taking Brooks Koepka, I watched his presser, he seemed incredibly confident.

The 'Open Championship' should be referred to as the 'British Open'

Fuck the Open Championship. The British Open.

Golf ball manufacturers should put tracking chips in balls to prevent loss

They need to make a fucking golf ball with a chip in it that you can locate on your phone when you lose it in the Woods or in a bush or in tall grass. ... Let's make a golf ball with a chip in it. We we're way overdue for that

My struggles in Majors are due to being too anxious and trying too hard

I can just tell I'm like more anxious, trying too hard... it's not a mental block. It's like I know what I'm doing but I just feel more like high strung, more wound up instead of just playing golf.

John Rahm and Scottie Scheffler have separated themselves from the rest of the golf world

I do think that those two have separated themselves, but I think it's also, I think Rahm is the clear number one right now. I think Rahm is clear number one, Scottie is clear number two, and then there's a big gap between everyone else.

A bomb disposal expert is the ideal person to be a golfer's mental coach

Having a bomb disposal [expert], that's probably the best person in the world to talk to about remaining calm. [Jon] Rahm wanted to fix his temper because he used to have these outbursts on the course.

It is always a golfer with an infant who wins the Masters

I would've liked to known the fact that [Jon Rahm] just had a kid. So he's got two kids now... one of which is less than a year old. Another thing I would've liked to known about before I decided who to bet on, because it's always a golfer with an infant that wins at the Masters.

Brooks Koepka is officially back as a top-tier golfer

Is Brooks officially back? Is he back? Yes. A hundred percent. It was good to talk to him Friday... he's healthy and if he's healthy he's rom strong. Brooks is strong too, man. Unequivocally Brooks Koepka back.

Expected rain at the Masters will lead to low scores and lots of birdies

I saw a lot of rain next week, so you guys might have a tough week there. I think it'll be soft, so might be a lot of birdies. Big hole. I think 13 always plays, they changed it a little bit this year, but that one always seems to be really important... I think there might be [low scores].

Professional golf needs to bring back visors

Visors are a good look. I think we need to bring back visors. ... Gulf Digest had a study and they say for the first time in like 40 years, nobody in professional golf that's in the top 20 is a visor guy. ... we need one guy.