Welcome back to the first cut podcast. Today we have a special guest, Mark Emelman. Mark, there's

so many places where your talents are being used. I don't even know where to start. You've got a

podcast. You're a teacher. You're broadcasting. What is the thing that dominates most of your time

these days? Well, just trying to keep up with you, Carl, I guess, is the first thing that's dominating

my time. Come on, man. Love to read your stuff. Love to watch your work on HQ.

And for me, I guess right now, between, you know, college coaching, which is on a hiatus now with

the summertime, the main thing is the broadcast stuff for CBS Sports, which is lots of fun. And then, of course,

the HQ hits. So I'm loving being on this side of the thing where I don't have to answer to some player if he's not playing that well.

That's a big deal that.

Yeah, and it's been fun.

You know, I think that, you know, it's fun to give people kind of a glimpse of behind the scenes a little bit.

Before we get into the tournament this week, the Rocket Mortgage

Classic, I want to hear from you a little bit just in terms of your preparation, because

you know, you and I are kind of going back and forth on topics today, but just in terms of

an event in general, whether you're doing PJHR Live or CBS Sports or whatever the things that

you're doing, how do you prep for an event?

What are you looking at?

What are the things you're looking for going into a tournament?

Well, there's a number of things I'm looking for.

I guess the first thing I will look at is the golf course because it's the canvas where

the guys get to show off their skills.

And oftentimes the golf course and the setup will define like who's going to play well so

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