Ep. 125 - Rick Reilly

The Clubhouse with Shane Bacon

The 8 Side

Golf, Sports

4.8 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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New York Times best selling author, Rick Reilly, finally steps into the Clubhouse with Shane Bacon to discuss his new book Commander and Cheat, a book about Donald Trump's life in golf - full of funny and interesting stories about the current US president (4:26). Rick and Shane switch gears to talk about Rick's relationship with the game of golf featuring covering golf, the 1986 Masters, his favorite event and much more! (30:06)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the clubhouse with Shane Bacon.
0:06.9	I am your host, Shane Bacon, and got a great one this week.
0:10.4	I think you're really going to enjoy it.
0:11.6	Rick Riley is on the podcast for the first time.
0:14.7	You guys all know Rick from Sports Illustrated Days and his jobs at ESPN
0:18.2	and basically his contributions to the games of golf with all of his
0:21.8	books. He's got a new one that comes out on Tuesday, on April 2nd, a commander and cheat
0:26.6	how golf explains Trump. And when you hear that, I think politics creep in your mind, of course.
0:32.6	It's really more of a fun read about all of these wacky stories about Donald Trump and golf.
0:38.9	And sure, there's some stuff in there that maybe doesn't make Donald Trump look great.
0:42.9	There's also some stuff there that makes you laugh at it.
0:45.0	So no matter where you sit on the football field, if you're way to the left or way to the right,
0:49.6	I think you'll enjoy it.
0:50.6	I read the book in probably four days.
0:53.0	Couldn't put it down.
0:54.1	And I recommend it to people, and you'll hear it. I read the book in probably four days. Couldn't put it down. And I recommend it to
0:56.5	people. And you'll hear us mention a few of the stories throughout the podcast. Rick was great.
1:01.3	But if you don't want to listen to political talk, and again, it's not political talk, but sure,
1:06.6	there are some undertones there. Just skip past the part about the book and just get into Rick.
1:13.7	We talked about his covering the 1986 Masters as his first gig for Sports Illustrated.
1:18.3	We talked about the current landscape of golf.
1:20.6	We talked about his up and down relationship with the internet and how it's always been a little tumultuous there.
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