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Ryder Cup Special: Insights with PGA Pro Keith Stewart | ‘The Early Line’ on SportsGrid
In this episode of ‘The Early Line’ on the SportsGrid network, Donnie, Joe, and special guest Keith Stewart, a PGA Tour professional, discuss the Procore Championship and its role as a preparatory event for the Ryder Cup. Keith provides detailed insights into the Silverado Resort North Course in Napa, California, and its relevance for PGA pros gearing up for Bethpage. The discussion also covers the importance of team dynamics, strategic preparation, and the fan experience at the Ryder Cup. Tune in to get expert analysis and hear why the upcoming Ryder Cup at Beth Page is set to be an explosive event!
00:00 Introduction and Show Kickoff
00:12 Special Guest: Keith Stewart on PGA Tour
00:25 Procore Championship Overview
01:05 Course Insights and Ryder Cup Preparation
03:32 Ryder Cup Excitement and Team USA
05:38 European Team and Ryder Cup Strategy
07:10 Conclusion and Sign-Off
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Bringing the fire in our number two. It’s what we do on the early line. It’s how we get down on the sports Grid network. We’re experts at everything. And even if we’re not, I’ll pretend to be. But when we need to call in the big guns, we absolutely need to do it. Donny. Right side. It’s Joe Ranieri. Our biggest gun right now is Keith Stewart, our resident PGA tour professional right here in the building with us. Yes. To talk off big events. Keith. Excitement. Yes. Donny. Joe. Good morning. On the early line. Oh, man. I tell you what. The Pro Corps Championship used to be a little bit of a sleepy event out there in Napa in wine country, but guess what? Captain Keegan Bradley has the boys fired up for Bethpage. He’s got ten of the 12 Ryder Cup participants for the US side out playing and competing this week on the PGA tour. Yeah, we’re going to take a look at the Ryder Cup in just a few moments here. But there we are in the scramble. You need that you know anchor leg that’s there. That’s Keith Stewart for us this morning talking about the PGA tour and the Ryder Cup. Let’s get started is the pro corps. It’s a long way from Bethpage. The boys get away from it here to practice up Silverado Resort North Course in Napa California. We’ll start there first. How does this course line up? And also why are these guys playing in this tournament here? Keith. Well, Donny, first things first. You know, the Silverado course, the North Course specifically. They have 36 holes out there. We’ve seen this event many times on the PGA tour. We just haven’t seen some of these names out there. These Ryder Cup guys the elite usually take the fall off. But you know what. Captain Keegan has them out there. And if they’re going to play this place then you know what. It’s not a bad preview for Bethpage. You got to drive the ball in the fairway here. So if you want to go through a couple quick keys you got to keep the ball in play. There’s no doubt about that. And you got to be a wedge wizard on attack. All right. So you’re hitting a lot of approach shots from that 125 to 150 range. Now I know that doesn’t sound a lot like Bethpage Black, but I’ve already seen the scorecard for the Ryder Cup from the PGA of America. And we’re going to focus on our guys attacking with some scoring irons and not doing again, what we know. We’re not going to run back roam where every shot was with with a three iron in hand. So that’s another thing. The other thing is that you got to get the putter warmed up. And uniquely enough, you’re right, we’re thousands of miles away. But the mix on the greens, this poa annua bentgrass is the same sort of grass that you’re going to see at Bethpage Black. I know it sounds crazy, but you know what? The temperate zones are about the same. The conditions are, the growing conditions are about the same. And I guess what, this is going to be a perfect preview for those ten guys to get ready for this big match coming up. It this was named something else, wasn’t it? Wasn’t this like a what was the name of this tournament before it was here, the Bob Hope classic. Was it the. No. The Frys.com. It was the Safeway. It was the it was the Rainier Open. It was the doctors scramble. Yeah. I mean, there’s a bunch of places. Hey guys, it was the Fry’s open. The fact of the matter is this you talk about a guy like Scottie Scheffler, who started his year hurting himself with a wine glass is now out in wine country. I mean, the symmetry’s unbelievable. You convince Captain Keegan, convinces these guys, all ten of them, to get out there. Now Bryson can’t play and Xander just had a baby, but the other ten guys are there. We’ve seen pictures already. Keegan’s walking in USA gear with groups that are paired up for guys that are possibly going to play there. Harris English and Collin Morikawa together yesterday. What a foursomes partner. That would be an alternate shot. I mean these guys are committed. This is not Rome Redux. This is definitely a new age. And I love what Captain Keegan’s doing here. I love the Ryder Cup Keith. And the reason is like like we take a look at like the Masters, which I think is a phenomenal tournament. The history behind it, the same golf course. It’s just like right to spring here. But every two years the Ryder Cup, like the guys aren’t playing like the tour competition. Hey, you know it’s nice to win that. We put an extra 10 to 20 million in our pocket. It’s not about the money, it’s about the pride and the team, you know, the teammates that you have and going out which Europe does a fantastic, fantastic job of. But also understand this some of the times like yes, you’re in Europe or you’re like Whistling Straits or Kiawah Island, the fact that they’re back at Bethpage, which means you get the most vocal gallery that you can possibly get with national pride on the line. It’s the perfect cocktail of exactly what we love with golf and also the fan pageantry. Talk to me about the expectations. Not for the team itself right now, Keith, but what are we expecting from Bethpage this year? Well, Donnie, it’s funny you use the word cocktail. I would use Molotov cocktail. The roof is going to come off of this place. And here’s why. We all love the masters. We absolutely love the masters. But Joe might root for a guy. I might root for a guy, and you might root for a different guy. All three of us are rooting for team USA, and there’s a whole nother continent that’s rooting for their side. They’re going to come together in the center of the universe, at a place that we already know is a little bit on edge almost every single day. And I tell you what, everyone’s talking about the ticket prices. You’re not going to get the everyday man in there. Everybody’s going to show up for this thing. I mean, cue the PSA for the PGA of America and what like noon on Friday? Like everybody’s got to calm down. I mean, it is going to be completely out of control. I’ve been on site a couple times already this summer. People are lining up two, three days in advance to try to play this golf course. I mean, everybody I mean, it is a powder keg ready to blow. Love it. So it’s interesting too, because I know when they lost in Rome a couple of years ago, the the feeling was that the Europe squad was in much better form. They, you know, they had continued to continue to play afterwards or ready to go, whereas the America, a lot of the guys took off. Is that a big reason as to why a lot of these guys are playing in this tournament now? And what are the European guys doing right now? Well, the European guys are overplaying. In the DP World Tours flagship event, the BMW Championship. They did that before Rome. They’ve got 11 of their 12 playing Sepp Straka who you know who. He skipped a playoff event at the BMW. He’s not playing this week but the other 11 are. We’ve got our ten out at the Pro Core. You know, it’s been three weeks since I’ve seen you guys. You know, this break is not good for where the Ryder Cup lines up on the calendar. Now, it’s a perfect time of year to have this event because it’s featured and even on a football weekend. I know Donny, it sounds sacrilegious, but even on a football weekend, we’re going to get some action here in golf. And I tell you what, like people are learning, you know, you watch all these old Ryder Cup, you know, films and everything, and these guys are like, oh, I was too nervous to play on the first tee, an alternate shot. So I let my partner do it. We’re not doing that anymore. We have analytics that says, Donnie, you’re on the odd holes, Keith. You’re on the even. And that’s what we’re doing. We are learning addition by addition. Now, you got to remember it only happens every two years. So it’s not like every week you get to learn. But the US side is learning. And I know I’ve talked to their camp intimately, and the way we’re set up the golf course, we are going to be much better prepared than we were in Rome. And even though it might be a buddies trip to Bethpage, right, we are bringing back the Cup. I love it here. Team USA is a -132 to lift that trophy, but some of my favorite things from Bethpage are hit the ball Sergio. And every time, like a guy like Colin Montgomerie would miss a putt, the place would explode. It is such. It’s such different golf. It’s golf for the fans that you can have that national pride. There’s nothing like the Ryder Cup. We have Keith here for the next couple of weeks helping us cover it here. Keith Stewart joining us in the
