Tuesday morning, April 9th, 2024.

It is the beating the book podcast, the 88th Masters tradition, unlike any other, from Augusta.

First major of the year, as always.

Gil Alexander, joined by the esteemed panel of golf experts for the second straight year. Kelly, you might have been on for three years, experts for the second straight year.

Kelly, you might have been on for three years, but for the second straight year, the duo here.

That's a great question.

Yeah.

We were going through like the history of beating the book Masters Ponds.

I think this is only my second year on.

Okay.

So you and Wes both.

So two thirds of the long shots.

By long shots, I mean, there is a podcast, a dedicated golf podcast that Veson has called Long Shots, a colloquially called, it's called Long Shots, because that's how Matt Brown used to do the promo. Matt Brown, too much of a diva to be on the show. It's not true. He's going to Augusta, so we give him an excuse. But the other two members,

for a second straight year, the great Wes Reynolds, everybody, co-host of Vison tonight. How you

doing, Wes? Thanks for doing this again. I'm well, Gil. Thanks for having me. And congratulations

on the future Yeager 50 to 1 two weeks ago. Were you on Batia? I was not just for a placement market, but, uh, he was very well tipped in the market and I was able to get at home in that playoff. Uh, now, now when he heard his shoulder, though, in the playoff, oh, I was like, man, this is like very tennis. This is, uh, near, near her, Gil. It was like, man, this is like Rafa Nadal going to the trainer and like, man, this is like very tennis. This is a near-near-heard, Gil.

It was like, man, this is like Rafa Nadal going to the trainer and like the fourth set at Roland Garros or something.

But nevertheless, he got at home after he got that shoulder taped.

What Wes is referring to for those who don't know, Akshay Batia, who won the Valero Open this past week, had a six-shot lead

going into the back nine, and then Denny McCarthy went ballistic, birdied 10, part 11, and then

birdied 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. And it required Akshay Batia to have a tournament tying putt on 18.

It looked like he was going to lose it in regulation, if you will.

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