Welcome back to another edition of the Friday podcast today's episode. I am joined by ESPN's Kevin Van Valkenberg

Kevin is

Back on the golf beat, but you know, I wanted to talk about the Olympics and I figured I should talk to somebody that's got

You know some experience and clout and other sports

Kevin wrote one of one of my favorite pieces and any any sports piece this year about Simone Biles

Earlier this year and taking his daughter to Olympic trials highly recommend that read if you have not read it yet

We talk about Olympics and golf

State in the Olympics, and you know, I think I think both of us really enjoy golf in the Olympics

So seeing where it can go and the you know, we only have to wait three years for the next Olympics

where it can go in the next three years and hopefully get a little bit more creative with the formatting and

Hopefully more top players play

As a quick reminder, if you haven't been to a Friday event, I highly recommend them

Obviously, I'm a little biased, but super fun days. I think anybody that's been to one will testify that we

It's a really fun day out at some world-class golf courses

So we have we have three left on the calendar for the rest of the year

We are sold out in Lancaster. We have a few spots in Prairie Dunes on October 4th and some spots

at Whiteberry Yacht Club on September 13th

So two magnificent golf courses with Prairie Dunes and Whiteberry Yacht Club

I would highly recommend seeing both of them

Really fun different golf courses and world-class courses in their own right

So without further ado, here is Kevin Van Valkenberg. I'm Mr. Green for example

I'm already upset when I find my ball in the bunker

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