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Today's episode is with, you know, he became a social media sensation. He was the, he made the cut at the PGA as a club pro, Brad Merrick.

Brad and I have known each other for a long time. We played one round of junior golf together and then we were, you know, we played a lot of golf about six years together.

And it was really cool to see him resurface on the golf scene after numerous years of mini tour trip was really neat. So we talk about that PGA.

We will have a recap podcast on the US open with Shane Bacon early next week. It'll probably be out on Monday of next week.

So you'll have that, but to keep everything going, keep things moving. We got Brad. Today he's got some incredible stories. This is really a riot of a podcast record and everybody can find Brad on social media, Brad Merrick golf and his website there.

So without further ado, here is Brad Merrick.

I'm Mr. Green, for example. I'm already upset when I find my ball in the bunker. I'm really upset when I find my ball in a Friday.

Friday, the dreaded Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday, I'm about ready to run off the golf course.

We call, we call him Pepe Peter.

That is the nicest human on the planet. Like that dude, I've never seen someone as happy in my life as he was when I made a cut on Friday, like genuinely happy.

It seemed like he was like really rooting for you.

Like as much as some of the people that were a bucket hats outside the ropes, it was insane.

Yeah, you know, was it weird being really the only two guys wearing bucket hats and being in the same group? Do you think the the PGA was trying to get cheeky with you?

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