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Beef at the U.S. Open: Inside the Koepka/DeChambeau Feud

ESPN Daily

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Sports

4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. Open tees off this week, with all eyes on the simmering feud between Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka. Michael Collins, ESPN analyst and host of “America’s Caddie” on ESPN+, joins the show from Torrey Pines to discuss the origins of this rivalry, why the bad blood between these two golf stars has continued, and whether or not all the drama is good for the sport. Plus, how Collins went from standup comedy stages to the links. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Michael Collins, America's caddy, where are you right now, man?

0:06.2

Well, I'm sure you probably hear the fighter jets that are flying by right now.

0:10.6

I do.

0:11.4

Yeah, so I'm at Torrey Pines for the U.S. Open, 121st plane.

0:17.5

And Tori Pines is literally in the flight path of fighter jet training i guess it's training stuff

0:26.3

they fly from san diego and go out into the pacific right michael collins is a senior golf

0:33.9

analyst for esPN the host of america's caddy on ESPN Plus, and he's at

0:39.2

Torrey Pines to cover the U.S. Open, which is teeing off tomorrow, amid this escalating

0:44.7

feud between two major stars. We called him up to talk about all of that. And we got a window

0:51.5

into a uniquely charmed life.

0:57.5

You're there.

1:03.3

You're dealing with military aircraft on potentially top secret missions.

1:05.2

I want to know about your mission.

1:07.7

How did you get to California from South Carolina?

1:14.1

Well, yeah, I played in the BMW charity proam last week in South Carolina.

1:23.5

And I was in the high handicap celebrity category, along with Canelo Alvarez, who ended up winning the tournament, which is crazy because he's only been playing golf for two years.

1:28.5

And I actually did an interview with them, which is going to be on America's caddy for the

1:32.7

BMW edition coming up later this year.

1:36.1

I never met him before, but we really hit it off.

1:39.9

He was asking, hey, where are you going next?

1:43.8

And I said, oh, I got to go out to San Diego because it's Tori Pines and his cat.

1:47.6

He's like, yeah, man, U.S. Open is that Tori?

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