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SAM BURNS AND TOMMY FLEETWOOD. >> XANDER, JAY WAS IN HERE EARLIER TODAY. HE SAID HE BELIEVES HE HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD, AND I AM THE RIGHT PERSON TO LEAD US FORWARD. I BELIEVE THAT IN MY HEART. GIVEN THE RECENT AGREEMENT WITH

THE STRATEGIC SPORTS GROUP, DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN JAY GOING FORWARD? >> I GUESS WE’LL START WITH THE EASY ONES. YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT I’VE SAID IN THE PAST ON HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. TRUST IS SOMETHING THAT’S PRETTY TENDER, SO WORDS ARE WORDS.

I SAY IN MY BOOK HE’S GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. HE COULD BE THE GUY, BUT IN MY BOOK HE HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO TRUST THE TRUST OF THE MEMBERSHIP. I’M SURE HE HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD SINCE THEY WERE WITH

HIM MAKING SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS. BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, HE’S GOT QUITE A WAYS TO GO. >> DOWN THE LINE HERE. GO AHEAD. >> WHEN YOU FIRST STOPPED HERE TIED FOR SECOND FIVE YEARS AGO, WHAT DO YOU FEEL IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE ON THIS COURSE?

IT’S BEEN A ROCKY ROAD SINCE THEN FOR YOU. >> YEAH, THEY MOVED THE TOURNAMENT TO A DIFFERENT TIME OF YEAR. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROPERTY, TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST. BACK IN MAY, I BELIEVE, IS WHEN IT WAS. IT WAS FIRM, FAST. THE GREENS WEREN’T OVERSEEDED. JUST BERMUDA.

THE PLACE GOT BROWN, IT GOT SKETCHY. BALLS WERE ROLLING ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO, NOW IT’S GREEN, IT’S LUSH, SOFTER, SLOWER, SUPER THICK ROUGH, NOT BERMUDA, RYE O OVERSEED, WHICHEVER YOU CALL IT. I COULD BE WRONG. IT’S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROPERTY.

JUST NEED TO ADJUST TO THE PLAY STYLE AND I KNOW I CAN DO IT, I JUST NEED TO DO IT. >> QUESTION. DAN RIGHT HERE FIRST. RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT ROW. AND THEN RIGHT BEHIND HIM. THANK YOU. >> WITH THE STATE OF GOLF AND PLAYERS PLAYING ON DIFFERENT

TOURS, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE’S ADDED EMPHASIS ON THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS? >> CONSIDERING IT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER, YEAH. MAYBE FOR A VIEWER. FOR ME, IT’S PRETTY SICK. A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP IS A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP. AND I DON’T SEE MYSELF PREPARING OR THINKING ABOUT IT ANY

DIFFERENT THAN I DID PRIOR TO THE SPLITTING OF TOURS. >> I GUESS THE BETTER WAY TO ASK IT, DO THE TOUR EVENTS FEEL A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW? >> I MEAN, I JUST SEE LESS OF THE GUYS I’M USETO SEEING WHEN I FIRST CAME OUT ON TOUR. THAT ASPECT’S DIFFERENT.

BUT MY DAY-TO-DAY IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. STILL TRYING TO PREPARE AND WIN THESE EVENTS LIKE I WAS PRIOR. >> YOU’VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE WORK WITH CHRIS COMO RECENTLY. JUST WONDERING HOW THAT CAME ABOUT AND WHAT YOU’RE WORKING THROUGH. >> I’VE KNOWN CHRIS FOR QUITE

SOME TIME. ONE OF MY BUDDIES BACK HOME IN SAN DIEGO, HE SOUGHT OUT CHRIS’ HELP 2010 MAYBE, 20 — IN 2009, 2010. SO HE WOULD GO SEE CHRIS IN DALLAS AND I’D FACETIME MY BUDDY. YOU KNOW, CHRIS WOULD BE THERE. SO, IT BECAME KIND OF — I’VE

KNOWN OF HIM FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I’VE ALWAYS LIKED CHRIS. YOU KNOW, HE’S IN WEST PALM. I JUST MOVED OVER THERE. SO, IT WAS PRETTY EASY MEETUP. AND I THINK THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING PRETTY WELL. >> IS THERE ANYTHING — ANYTHING YOU’RE KEYING IN ON YOUR SWING

OR WHAT ADVICE ARE YOU GETTING FROM HIM? >> IT’S A TRICKLE. I THINK HE’S LEARNING — I WOULDN’T CALL MYSELF A HEAD CASE BUT A LITTLE TOO TECHNICAL AT TIMES. THAT’S A GREAT SONG. A BIT OF TRICKLE IN TERMS OF INFORMATION, BUT WE’RE SORT OF

STILL WORKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOW HE WANTS TO FEED ME INFORMATION. FOR THE MOST PART, KIND OF LOOKED AT MY SWING SINCE I’VE BEEN ON TOUR, YOU KNOW, FROM ’17 UP UNTIL NOW AND NOW IT’S CHANGED AND WHAT HE LIKED THEN

AND WHAT HE LIKED NOW AND VICE VERSA. I THINK HE SORT OF UNDERSTANDS MY RELEASE PATTERN AND WANTS TO UNLOCK THAT POTENTIAL. >> CAN WE GET THAT MICROPHONE BACK TO KATHY. >> XANDER, YOU’VE WON A TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU’VE WON THE OLYMPICS. THOSE ARE BIG EVENTS.

YOU’VE BEEN ON RYDER CUPS. IS THE PLAYERS A BIGGER STEP THAN ANY OF THOSE? THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IT WOULD BE A LIFE-CHANGING EVENT FOR, BUT YOU’VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL ALREADY THAT I DON’T KNOW THAT IT WOULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

>> I MEAN, YES, IT WOULD BE A VERY BIG THING TO ME PERSONALLY. THERE’S SO MUCH I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE GAME. SO, ANY TIME I CAN CHECK OFF A REALLY BIG BOX OR ANY BOX FOR THAT MATTER IN THIS GAME IS

SPECIAL TO ME AND MY TEAM. IN TERMS OF IT CHANGING MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, I’M NOT SURE, TO BE HONEST. I FEEL LIKE I’M THE SAME GUY BEFORE I WON THE OLYMPICS — OR WON THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS. THE PLAYERS IS DEFINITELY

SOMETHING I WANT TO WIN. >> WE’LL COME RIGHT HERE. >> DID YOU THINK THE STATUS OF THIS EVENT IS COME MPROMISED INY EVENT BY THE STATUS, WHICH MEANS THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AND MASTERS? >> I DON’T THINK IT HELPS THE TOURNAMENT. YEAH, I THINK YOU LIKE TO HAVE

THOSE PLAYERS PLAYING IN AN IDEAL WORLD. I FEEL LIKE WE’RE SORT OF BEATING A DEAD HORSE IN THIS MEETING ROOM A LITTLE BIT. THE FEW TIMES I CLICK ON GOLF TO READ, DEFINITELY BEATING A DEAD HORSE IN MY OPINION. EVERYONE KIND OF KNEW WHAT WAS

GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY MADE A DECISION. AND THIS WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY CHANCES OF THE OUTCOME, WHICH IS TO HAVE PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT TOURS AT THE TIME. I KNOW THE GUYS ARE WORKING ON GETTING EVERYONE BACK TOGETHER, BUT IN THE MEANTIME I’M ON THE

PAGE OF, IT IS WHAT IT IS. >> WE’LL GO TO RYAN FIRST AND THEN COME BACK CENTER. >> JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTION ABOUT CHRIS, HOW DO YOU KEEP THAT NEW DYNAMIC FROM CHANGING, WHICH WAS A BIG RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR DAD BEING

YOUR SWING COACH AND LETTING THAT FILTER INTO THAT RELATIONSHIP? >> YEAH, CHRIS AND MY DAD SPOKE. THEY’VE ALSO KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A BIT OF TIME. FROM A SIMILAR APPROACH, I GUESS, OF JUST TRYING TO NOT DO ANYTHING THAT DOESN’T FEEL

NATURAL TO ME OR FORCE THE CLUB OR HAVE A FEEL THAT ISN’T SORT OF SOUND, IN MY — IN MY GAME, THEY’RE SORT OF SIMILAR IN THAT SENSE. SO, I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THAT MAY LEAD TO TOO MUCH INFORMATION AT TIMES.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, CHRIS IS JUST TRYING TO PUT ME ON A SLOW FEEDER AT THE MOMENT. [ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ] >> YOU KNOW, I STILL TALK TO MY DAD ALL THE TIME. IT’S NOT LIKE I DON’T. FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE MY DAD

TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, I’M HAPPY I CAN BE YOUR COACH, BUT THERE’S A TIME — THERE MIGHT BE A TIME WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, YOU MAY NEED TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE. SO, HE SAID THOSE WORDS TO ME

WHEN I WAS A KID AND HE STILL SAYS THEM NOW. HAVING HIS TRUST AND HIS LOYALTY THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE’S NOT MUCH OF A BURDEN ON MY PLATE, FORTUNATELY, FOR ME. >> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS AND HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CONCEPT?

>> I THINK IT’S GREAT. CAMILO IS SOMEONE I WATCHED PLAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I THINK IT’S NICE TO HAVE — WHEN YOU LOOK AT A BOARD OUR COUNCIL, YOU WANT A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN THERE. AND I THINK HE WILL BRING THAT

ELDERLY EXPERIENCE FACTOR THAT SOMEONE YOUNGER MIGHT MISS. >> GARY? >> XANDER, NO INTENTION ON JINXING YOU IN ANY WAY HERE, BUT — >> DON’T SAY IT. >> WHAT GOES INTO MAKING 41 CUTS IN A ROW OUT HERE AS COMPETITIVE AS IT CAN GET AND YOU’RE NOT

DUCKING THE BIG TOURNAMENTS, NOT CHERRY-PICKING A WHOLE LOT, SO WHAT IS IN SOMEBODY’S GAME TO MAKE THAT MANY CUTS IN A ROW? >> COMMENTATOR’S COURTESY AS IT IS, HUH? NO. JUST PLAYING. NOT THINKING ABOUT IT TOO MUCH, TO BE HONEST. I PLAY TO WIN.

AND I DON’T PLAY TO MAKE CUTS. IT MAKES IT EASIER TO MAKE THE CUT WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING TO WIN. WHEN YOU’RE UP NEAR THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD OFTEN. BUT I THINK MOST OF MY BIG GRINDS ON TOUR HAVE BEEN SOME EPIC CUTS I’VE MADE PULLING

SOMETHING OUT OF MY HAT AT THE LAST SECOND, WHETHER IT’S MAKING A PUTT OR HOLING A SHOTFROM 175 YARDS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. SO, JUST TRYING MY BEST EVERY TIME I TEE IT UP. >> ALEX? >> XANDER,ENNING THAT WE’RE A LITTLE FOCUS ON THE LIV THING,

AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAME IN RIGHT AFTER JAY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT, FIRST, DO YOU THINK THE BOARD IS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE PLAYERS ARE THINKING? >> WHICH — THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR PLAY DIRECTOR, INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS? >> YES. NOT THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

BUT THE PLAYER DIRECTORS. >> YEAH, I’D SAY — I WOULD IMAGINE THE PLAYER DIRECTORS HAVE