Thank you all for coming out. Welcome to golf subpar. My man, the sleaze, obviously, is not here. I know you are extremely, extremely disappointed, but I found some replacements.

Got two-time PGA tour winner Matt Every in the house. We got an Olympian Graham Delette in the house. I thought you were going to say zero time PGA tour winner.

Well, we're combined we have zero between us, but hey, I cannot believe that there's only two up here. I can't. I thought you won, dude. No. Wow. You know, you're in TV now. You're starting to get into TV. I know. I just got an email the other day.

Okay. Well, the good news is, like I said, the sleaze is not here. He's playing in the USGA four ball down in Birmingham, Alabama, and they're in the quarter finals.

And they currently, as we speak at the moment, are one up through 13. So this is a big moment for the sleaze. He has a hoist today to trophies in a while, or ever. So this could be a big, big moment for him. It's for the podcast. It is credibility.

It could be our fourth USGA title. That's true. What do you get if you win? What do you get if you win the four ball? You get a 10 year exemption into the four ball. Wow. If you win. So we'll see. We're rooting him on hard. Wish you was here. But hey, we're here at the PGA championship. And you know, one of the four majors, the second major of the year, the field is absolutely loaded. The golf course is incredible. I've been around all 18 whole so far. It's going to be very, very hard. A lot of storylines coming into the week. One about a guy that is

playing. One about a guy that's not playing. Let's start with the guy that actually is playing Tiger Woods. Last saw him at the Masters in April. I saw him out there today. Looking pretty good. If I must say so myself, look like the legs a little healthier. What's your thoughts on Tiger and playing this week at Southern Hills? It comes down to his health, obviously, but he says he's stronger. I think this is an easier walk than Augustus. So things are kind of, I guess, looking up on that end, but you think that.

I mean, I just got to take his what his word is. I mean, he knows how he feels. I saw how he walked in the parking lot yesterday. I mean, look like he was hurting. You thought he was hurting? It looks, I mean, it's a help, but look, how can his walk not be different than it was before? I mean, it's not. It's not even really his body anymore. I mean, it's still still his hands though in his brain. And I just, I don't know. It's polarizing. I'm excited to watch how this

week goes. I will never, ever, ever write that guy out. Do you think you would have two PJ tour wins if he would have been in the field of Bayheli cheer? No. No. No, he's not right around there. Yeah, no chance.

I saw about there hitting balls today, talking to some of the guys, I mean, even Joe LeCovid saying the leg is stronger than it was at Augusta. You know, I thought one of the things that really hurt him at Augusta, he got off to the nice start. And then the cold front blew in.

And obviously that body is pretty beat up. You know, he's going through all the ice baths every night. The cold kind of hurt him. You know, here we expected it to be pretty hot and humid all week, but once again, a cold front supposed to blow in on the weekend, which gives me a little concern. Yeah, I mean, I don't think anyone doubts his skill. No, skill set, right? Obviously, it's like we were kind of talking earlier. It's like, especially with the wind. I mean, nobody flights the ball and works the ball. His approach game is like, I mean, it's 10 out of 10. I mean, he's the best maybe of all time. If he puts the ball in the fairway, he's going to have a chance as long as he can.

And I mean, he's one here before. He won in 2007. So he knows the golf course. Obviously, it's a different golf course. They took a lot of trees out, made some changes, made some very interesting changes, which we'll get to hearing a little bit. But all I know is it's great for golf. And it's great for the tournament when Tiger Woods is team it up. I mean, there's just a different buzz in the air when he's there. I got there today to get ready to do our serious XM show. And I walked over towards the range and I kind of parked on the side and I was like, damn, there's a lot more people here today than there was yesterday. I mean, it was wrapped all the way around the side.

And all of a sudden, over in the corner, it's Tiger Woods. It's awesome. Monday at the Masters, it was insane. You get a car. Of course, I get a car. I work for a major Helix. I've been talking about. Wow. You're a first time. I get a car one day. Wow. Michael Collins has your car. Jesus. So man, it's it's it's going to be awesome to see Tiger. Obviously, an incredible grouping. Roy McRoy Jordan speed. You think that'll be any fun to watch? Yeah. That's must watch. I'm bummed. I don't get to watch it.

What is your tell us a little bit because you're just you're new into the TV. You're going to be with the SPN plus. Yeah. What's your role this week? On course reporter this week. I'm doing Thursday. I'm doing Fowler day and Barnars group. That's a good group, too. Yeah, it'll be good. I'm looking forward to it. And it's like I did it last week. I didn't do on course, but I did some work last week. And that's a lot of golf. I watched. I haven't watched that much like ever. Well, get ready. Because that's what this business is.

I know, but I've learned so much in one week. I was like, Oh, my God. These guys don't smile enough out here. Like there's just so many things that you pick up on on the other side. Listen, I'm not saying. I smile plenty. All right. Okay. Perfect. I'm just saying you can guys just look miserable out there sometimes. And it's like, I don't know. Just. And Graham, you're you're

with TSN now in Canada. Yeah. As an analyst. Correct. Correct. Are you the lead analyst? Are you the Nick Fowler of Canada? No, no. She's like the number two guy. They got a they got a guy who's been there for a long, long time. Bobby Weeks is a legend up there. He's in the Canadian golf Hall of Fame. So I'm I'm falling his footsteps. He's teaching me the ropes. I like it. I like it. Well, you both do a great job. I'm excited to watch this week. But let's talk a little about a man that is not here who made some news. Obviously in Phil Mickelson. Some very interesting comments that got him in some hot water. The defending champion.

Which I think in my personal opinion, it sucks that he's not here. I think it's tragic. Like this guy. He made history last year being the oldest major champion ever. I think it's a shame. He's not here. I know he made some comments that he probably regrets. But at the end of the day, we all make mistakes. Yeah. I think we can move on from these. But I think it's a big loss for this tournament that he's not here. Yeah, for sure. I mean, look at this guy. Other than Tiger cared the torch for this tour for a long time. You know, whether you like him or not.

The things that he said or not. Like you said, he regrets. I think the mistake that he made was in his initial comments and then by not just addressing them right away. Because I mean, everyone forgives and forgets. And I mean, if you would have just, you know, just face the music right out of the gates. He'd probably played the masters. He'd probably be here right now. And, you know, who knows who knows a full seat fill again on this tour. Like it's, it's, it's crazy to even think. But it's reality. Yeah. I mean, with the consequences of the J. Monahan and the PGA tour.

It's a way that come with going over and playing the live golf, which it sounds like he plans on playing in London in a few weeks. It's really sad that we might not ever see him play on the PGA tour again. And I don't know what's going to happen as far as the masters and other major championships and stuff like that. I know they're not a part of the PGA tour. But it's, it's crazy that we could possibly, it would just, it would be really, really bad if this is his legacy because he's done a lot for the game of golf. Yeah. Yeah. And there's a bad way to go out if he is going up this way. What do you think?

I mean, it's sad. I kind of echo what you say about addressing it. Like I'm, I'm a little bit shocked. He hasn't come out and at least found some dirt on the fire and been like, like, like, like, just look, everyone makes mistakes. Nobody's perfect. And nobody's here to just shit on you your whole life. Like, look, you made a mistake. It's, it's okay. Come on. Like, and that's why I thought, like, I don't know what to do.

I'm sure he did want to defend here. I mean, listen, the PGA of America came out and said, we welcome him back. He's more than welcome to come to defend. But you know, you're going to have to face the music when you do come. That's why I almost surprised. He didn't play last week at Byron Nelson. Like, let's just get it out of the way. I was going to happen at all honesty. I thought he was going to do it before the masters. I'm like, he's going to play a week or two before the masters.

Well, there was that video him playing too. It was like, okay, maybe he's like, yeah, just get it all over with so that he can focus here. But then I heard out that Shipnuck's book is coming out this week.

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