Akshay Bhatia’s Win, Concern for Rory McIlroy, and the Players Preview

Fairway Rollin'

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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House and Nathan are joined by Justin Ray to recap Akshay Bhatia’s win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Then, they preview The Players and share the golfers they think can make some noise, including their sleeper picks. Finally, they discuss what Brian Rolapp may say at his press conference and share their winner picks.(0:00) Welcome to Fairway Rollin’ with Justin Ray!(1:45) Akshay Bhatia’s short game was phenomenal(6:40) Who else impressed at API?(29:20) Let’s preview The Players(49:15) What sleepers do we like?(57:45) On Brian Rolapp’s upcoming press conference(1:02:20) Players Championship winner picksThe Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available.Hosts: Joe House and Nathan HubbardGuest: Justin RayProducers: Tucker Tashjian, and Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, friends and welcome to this golf program, unlike any oh yes my friends we have done it this is
0:25.3	fairway roll oh lynn a golf program on the ringer Podcast Network and Netflix.
0:37.8	My birdie buddies, my par saving pals, my eagle enthusiasts.
0:42.3	What a golf time to be golf alive.
0:45.3	We just had an unbelievable outcome in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
0:51.3	It is Players Week coming up here. It's a major time in the golf. We don't
0:58.4	have to talk about what's major or not. It's just a great time to be together with my buddies.
1:03.9	And I say buddies because this is not just a show where you get the Nate Dog and House breaking
1:09.4	down our thoughts on this upcoming
1:11.6	Players Championship and giving you a little bit of our API insights.
1:15.3	We have none other than one of our very favorites on this program.
1:19.4	You know them, you love them.
1:20.3	Anytime something big is happening in the world of golf, we get the big guy.
1:24.3	Justin Ray is here for us, my friends.
1:26.9	It's a three ball. The pegs are in the
1:29.3	ground and off we go. Nate Dogg, how's your Castillo? Pretty good. At least we picked Puerto Rico.
1:39.3	We did okay, House. Last week we just drudge, but this week we did it. One guy we mentioned for the
1:46.2	Puerto Rican tournament and you nailed it. Great job by you. Castillo. That's it. Yeah,
1:53.2	we like that. And listen, we came off. I think we got to ask Jay Ray because he's already
1:58.8	tweeted out his sheet full of Intel, but it seems to me like we learned a few things here at the API.
2:06.2	We learned certainly that the course is nobody's favorite.
2:10.5	We learned that for the first time in a long time, we've got some Scotty and Rory humanness.
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