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The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

Justin Ray Uses Numbers to Tell the Story of the PGA Tour Season So Far

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) has an unrivaled ability to present statistics and historical facts in a way that gives golf fans a better understanding of players and their performances. He and Garrett Morrison chat about Justin’s methods and his background in media before diving into the key storylines of the 2021-22 PGA Tour season so far. They explore some numbers and notes related to Scottie Scheffler’s rise, Collin Morikawa’s incredible early-career performance in majors, and Rory McIlroy’s [fire emoji] final round at the 2022 Masters. They also discuss some of the big questions they hope to see answered as the year unfolds. More of Justin's work can be found at Twenty First Group, where he is Head of Content, as well as on The Athletic and PGATour.com.

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0:00.0

I'm Mr. Green, for example. I'm already upset. When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset.

0:05.0

And when I find my ball in a bright egg.

0:07.0

Bright egg.

0:08.0

The dreaded bright egg.

0:09.0

Bright egg.

0:10.0

Bright egg.

0:11.0

Bright egg.

0:12.0

Bright egg lie. I'm about ready to run off the golf course.

0:30.0

Hello and welcome to the bright egg podcast. My name is Garrett Morrison and my guest today is the great Justin Ray.

0:42.0

Justin is the head of content at 21st Group and you can find his writing on the athletic and pga2r.com.

0:50.0

He also has a very popular Twitter account at Justin Ray golf.

0:54.0

And what Justin offers both on Twitter and in his writing is a unique ability, I think, to use numbers to tell stories.

1:02.0

Obviously there are a lot of people out there who can scrounge up statistics.

1:06.0

But Justin is just so skilled at finding the kinds of stats that no one else thinks to look for.

1:12.0

And then presenting them in a way that's illuminating and fun.

1:16.0

So I thought he would be a great person to talk to, not only about the recent masters, but also about the major story lines on the pga2r so far this year.

1:25.0

And the big questions we should be asking about the rest of the season.

1:29.0

Alright, let's get to it.

1:30.0

Here is Justin Ray.

1:32.0

So Justin, as anyone who follows you on Twitter knows you have this unique ability to track down really interesting facts and numbers that no one else has.

1:48.0

So without giving away any secrets, what is your basic process? How do you find what you find?

1:54.0

I'm sure there's a spreadsheet involved that's under lock and key, but you know, how do you go about finding the stuff that you find?

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