Tiger Woods skipping Bay Hill, The Open returns to Royal Troon (2/28)

The First Cut Golf

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4.4 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The big news of Friday was the announcement that Tiger Woods would skip the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Should we be concerned about Big Cat or is this just ‘Tiger being Tiger’(1:00)? Royal Troon has been announced to host the 2023 Open Championship, why does this course set-up for American success in Scotland (10:30)? After the break, we break down the action from Palm Beach Gardens as Brendan Steele leads at the Honda Classic (15:45). Brooks Koepka and Rickie Fowler miss the cut after posting less than stellar results on Thursday and Friday. Does recent form indicate we should stop trusting these two as we head into the heart of the golf season (29:30)? 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 to the First Cup podcast.
0:12.2	I'm Greg Dusharm, joined today by Mark Immelman.
0:15.9	And the news today is we're halfway through the Honda Classic,
0:18.3	but the big news today is also in Florida.
0:21.6	And at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, eight-time winner at Bay Hill, the man who last won there
0:26.8	in 2013, the defending champion of the Masters Tournament, Tiger Woods, is going to be missing
0:33.3	the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Mark, what are your thoughts on that? First of all, good evening. And it's nice to talk to you. Nice to have you here.. What are your thoughts on that?
0:37.7	First of all, good evening.
0:38.5	It's nice to talk to you.
0:39.4	Nice to have you here.
0:40.2	But what are your thoughts on Tiger missing out at Bay Hill?
0:44.0	Hey, nothing like a Friday afternoon Tiger Woods News dump on the PGA tour.
0:50.4	I mean, this is, Tiger normally has all the folks in the media center celebrating for about 5 p.m. to see if he's going to play or if he isn't going to play.
0:58.2	And I'm driving down the road, to be honest with you, coming down to Bay Hill to have a little side visit for the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
1:05.9	Lo and behold, they get a call from the guys at CBS HQ saying, hey, can you get on because Tiger Woods is withdrawn?
1:12.2	And I'm like, withdrawn.
1:14.0	And they're like, sure.
1:15.2	So all of a sudden I pull over to red stuff, Reagan, I'm reading all the news and such.
1:20.3	And, you know, it's, I'm somewhat surprised, but given how he looked at theesis in the final day there, I can see that
1:30.5	transpiring.
1:32.1	But that being said also, you know, the weather on the West Coast is different.
1:35.7	It's damp.
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