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Michael Thorbjornsen talks finishing 4th at the Travelers as an amateur and how he would’ve spent the 400k in prize money

Subpar

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Golf, Sports

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode of GOLF's Subpar, Stanford standout Michael Thorbjornsen joins former PGA Tour pro Colt Knost and jicky jack legend Drew Stoltz for an exclusive interview. The 'Thunder Cub' talks his nerves finishing 4th at the 2022 Travelers Championship, what he would have done with the $400K in prize money and making the cut at the U.S. Open at just 17 years old.   -- Thanks to our official sponsor Dewar's. Make sure to check out their Reserve Bar listings today: https://www.reservebar.com/collections/house-of-dewars    As we always say, Rokform is the #1 speaker in the game today.   Visit http://rokform.com and use promo code SUBROK25 at checkout for 25% off your entire order.

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0:00.0

Hello world, welcome back to golf subpar, Colt Nost and Drew Stoltz coming at you.

0:15.3

And we got another dominating victory on the PGA tour.

0:18.8

So he's Russell Henley down at my, Kobe, your old stomping grounds, he may be proud.

0:23.0

He may be proud down there.

0:24.4

It's fun watching him.

0:25.4

I was like, that's what I would have done with the right clubs.

0:27.4

That's what I would have done.

0:28.4

For those who don't know, your one PGA tour, man, was my Acoba.

0:35.1

You decided to take $5,000 from a club company to switch, just driver, driver three wood

0:40.2

hybrid, just say anything with graphite, all the shit you need to hit really straight

0:43.3

out there.

0:44.3

I was like, five grand, might as well be a million.

0:46.2

You got it.

0:47.2

I didn't even play, I played my practice round with you.

0:48.9

I believe I played my practice round with you and Dre that week and then the club company

0:52.6

came afterwards and I wasn't playing the next day or maybe it was Wednesday already.

0:56.6

I only hit the thing on the range.

0:58.0

I was like, I am.

0:59.0

That's pretty good.

1:00.0

I mean, I'm talking no track man, no nothing.

1:01.7

It was the dumbest.

1:02.7

I mean, I'm an idiot.

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