Rory aiming for Players repeat, PGA Tour announces new media deal (3/9)

The First Cut Golf

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4.4 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The First Cut boys are back and they’re ready to bring you all the storylines you want to know as the Florida Swing heads to TPC Sawgrass for the ‘5th Major’. Speaking of the course, is TPC Sawgrass actually underrated (1:00)? This week all eyes will be on Rory McIlroy as he searches for his second victory of the season. His recent form is great but the Players has never produced a back-to-back champion. Could 2020 be the year where that changes (10:30)? The new, 'Young(er) Guns' should be out in full force this week, what are our expectations for Matthew Wolff, Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa and Sungjae Im at the Players (20:45). The PGA Tour has a new media rights deal in place for the next decade. Kyle and Mark go into what this means for the game and how it impacts both current and future fans (30:20). Finally the guys wrap with One and Done leans for the Players Championship, is this the week Mark finally grabs a podium finish (39:00)? ————————— 'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFD For more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the first cut podcast.
0:14.8	My name is Kyle Porter.
0:16.6	It's Players' Championship Week.
0:17.9	I'm here with Mark Ellen.
0:18.9	Mark, how fired up are you?
0:21.1	Woo, boy, I'll tell you, we have got every shot covered. I fly down to Pontavidre first thing tomorrow
0:28.1	morning. I am jacked. You know what? To be honest, I'll be very honest, and I've worked for the
0:32.7	tour for a long time. When I first went down there, I was like, really? But the more I go to that golf course,
0:38.5	the more it appeals to me, the more I love this event. I mean, it honestly has become one of my
0:45.1	favorites. And the field is great. The course is great. The venue is awesome. I think the golf
0:52.5	course is better now in March, although summertime was always more fun because it was warmer and there were a few more libations on offer in the galleries over there.
1:00.6	But it's just a good event all around and I'm excited.
1:04.0	You've opened the door to so many takes that I have here.
1:07.3	I'm going to start with this one.
1:10.0	I know, you do. You know the buttons to press. I'm going to start with this one. I know, you do. You know, you know the buttons to press. I'm
1:13.6	going to start with this one. I think that, so I always, I'm big on overrated, underrated, because I don't
1:19.8	think anybody properly rates anything. How about this one? I think, I think TPC Sawgrass is,
1:25.5	is way underrated.
1:34.7	I would agree with that because when people, well, the first time I played it, I've played it one time.
1:40.5	All I saw was disaster because you stand on the tea and there's peril everywhere. There are these bulkheads and water and papyrus, or not papyrus, and
1:46.7	palmetto bushes everywhere, and it just looks dangerous. But then when you look back and you
1:51.8	really appreciate the design of the place and you see how, if you're prepared to take on the
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