The Tao of Scottie Scheffler and Rank-and-File Rumblings at the 2023 Players

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

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🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Our Tuesday show covers a variety of topics related to the past week's Players Championship. First, Garrett talks with Brendan Porath (@BrendanPorath) about whether Scottie Scheffler's win should count as 0.5 of a major (0:35). Then Garrett brings in the PGA Tour's Sean Martin (@PGATOURSMartin) to discuss Scheffler's mindset and approach to the game (8:05). Garrett and Sean touch on, among other things, the relationship between scrambling and faith. After that, Brendan rejoins the pod to chat with Garrett about the discontent that some rank-and-file players feel about the PGA Tour's new designated event model (33:21), and they close with two golf storylines to track in the coming week (56:55). NOTE: We recorded this podcast on Monday morning, before the USGA and R&A announced their plan to limit distance at the elite levels of the game by rolling back the golf ball. We will cover that subject in depth on our Thursday episode this week.

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0:00.0	I'm Mr. Green, for example. I'm already upset. When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset.
0:05.0	And when I find my ball in a fried egg.
0:07.0	Fried egg. The dreaded fried egg.
0:09.0	Fried egg. Fried egg.
0:10.0	Fried egg. Fried egg.
0:11.0	Fried egg. Fried egg.
0:12.0	I'm about ready to run off the golf course.
0:30.0	Brendan, should the players' championship count on the winner's resume as half a major?
0:42.0	That's my question for you.
0:43.0	I think so, yes. Maybe even three-quarters of a major.
0:47.0	Then you start to get into more arithmetic that feels like we're inundated with too much arithmetic
0:54.0	and points waiting and points designation these days.
0:57.0	But I do think it should count as something.
1:00.0	This has been the great sort of mystery of the players.
1:03.0	Not mystery, but sort of chasing the car for the players' championship is done.
1:09.0	The dog chasing the car for as long as it's been around.
1:12.0	It's like, want this major status. It's not a major, but it's something else.
1:16.0	It's certainly more than your regular PJ Tour event.
1:20.0	It's more than a FedEx Cup playoffs event.
1:22.0	I think half a major would be a fine and suitable arrangement.
1:26.0	Yeah, I mean, it feels different.
1:29.0	We had the Genesis Invitational recently, which a lot of people name as the best regular PJ Tour event.
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