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What’s good everybody welcome into dtl golf first and foremost we apologize for the weight we apologize for the tech but when you got three of the greatest Minds in golf today I tell you what they’re going to make up for the fact that we can’t figure this out but we’re going to
Make lemon Aid out of lemons just like my man Robert Dam said so let’s not waste any more time the biggest event on the PGA tour schedule we call it the players 144 players are going to be teeing it up this week let’s bring in the stars of the show because they’re
Here all day long and look we have Steve Scott my man Rd who I was with all last week at the API and of course Fetti Fernandez also live from Orlando Gentlemen let’s go around first and foremost this is the biggest week of the year and so Rd let me start with you
When you think of the players what do you think you know I don’t I hate to say fifth major I really do because it’s its own tournament it’s the biggest Fielding golf it’s the hardest field in golf is that debatable now maybe because Liv snatched so many great players but
Typically over the years it’s been uh the best and biggest field in golf and and a course that I absolutely love I know there’s a little bit of mixed feelings if you ask person a or person B whatever I think it is brilliant I think
Pete Dy knocked it out of the course or out of the park on this golf course it’s a course that if you think about each hole each hole location there’s a way to make 18 birdies it’s there’s if you hit the Fairway there’s always banks on the
Greens it’s not just stuff it you know kind of play smart and there’s a way to have 18 birdie putts but if you just miss those edges and you miss those hillsides that try to bank it towards the hole oh boy you got your hands cut
Or your work cut out for you and that’s kind of over the years Steve Scott while we’ve seen so many different kinds of players win at this particular course and for everybody that thinks oh this is automatically going to be Scotty shefford R’s point you can see guys here
That maybe we’re not thinking about that could be around come Sunday well there’s going to be a lot of parody here coach I mean this is such a golf course where number one there’s so much risk reward think about the architect Pete Dy and
Alice Dy she had her hands in it too if not only for the island green there at 17 but throughout this golf course there’s so much risk reward so many holes where you have to shape it right to left off the tea and left to right into the green so many little pot
Bunkers so many little spots you can get in and this golf course has really been polished and softened over the years as well when they opened this golf course in 1982 it was rugged it was it was really cool it had this Sandy sort of Swampy feature to it uh but this golf
Course now this this is the Crown Jewel of the PGA Tour this is the players and there are a lot of players who can win and we’re going to dive into it in our picks this week and we’ll see who gets it done this week but lots of parody on
This golf course this is not exactly that uh that week where you think this guy could win or that guy could win uh there are so many players that can win because the golf course is not long and there’s so much variety there’s so much danger out there too that the Scotty
Shefflers of the world can get into and really ruin their chances now Eddie you are most known you’re a great golfer first and foremost but you’re also known as a world long driver if you’re one of these longer hitters out there how do you dial it back a little bit because
There are to what the guys are talking about so many different holes that you gotta play here and you got to land it at 270 or dial it back even a little bit more from a long drive uh player perspective how do you attack this course yeah I think especially number 16
Right if I was if if I was playing Saw Grass I would I try to bend a little three-wood around the corner uh driver is too much for me there so I I think it’s basically position a position B it’s almost like position for me when I
Play there so I can’t hit a lot of drivers uh I would love to but I just can’t I’ll hit I’ll hit trap draw three Woods I’ll hit two irons I’ll hit some four irons but it’s it’s all about putting yourself in position hitting Fairways at Saw Grass and it’s I mean
Look it’s it’s the greatest most entertaining and exciting finish in golf 16 17 18 if you have a one two three four shot lead it’s you know make you pucker up a little bit coming down the last few holes and uh you know it doesn’t really matter how big your lead
Is you still have to pull the trigger and hit great shots coming home well speaking of puckering up our defending champion this week he doesn’t ever seem to pucker up and RD Scotty Sheffer you and I were on the call last week he had one of the greatest rounds that you will
Ever see on any golf course any where with a six under 66 on a day when everybody else was going backwards now he comes into this week as our defending Champion 20 top threes in the last three years and the number one player in the world how dominant from what you’re
Seeing is Scotty Sheffer right now well how dominant is it going to be if the putter remains even close to what it was later in the week so we followed him right off the the jump on Thursday coach and I was out there with him with my own
Two eyes and he hit some garbage putts the first few holes he really did it wasn’t good you know all the eyes were on this new putter the new mallet style putter the spider putter but guess what he slowly got into it and he slowly gained confidence in it and he never
Hits it bad I know Steve Scott’s a historian far more than I I know he loves the history of the sport if he could he would jump through the computer when I say this right now there’s a chance Sheffer hits it better than Ben Hogan it’s insane how good he is he does
Not miss a shot he does not miss Fairways he does not have trouble with distance control he hits shots like this I play with prime tiger Prime tiger was the best iron player maybe of all time just like Hogan he wasn’t as sexy as sheffler with an iron because tiger was much more
Economical much more center of the greens much more positioning whereas sheer just goes right by the hole on you so often it is just all inspiring and if again if he putt the way he putted last week this is going to be a long season for everybody else I think when you look
At the footwork which is atrocious you have to put him in the alltime category because somehow he always seems to match the face with the ball but the feet are going everywhere and Steve Scott this sound bite from CBS not We’re not gonna play it but it’s been making the rounds
The last couple days all over social media when Rory sat down out in LA and he said listen I would love to see Scotty Sheffer with a Malo put but if he does then we might not basically have a chance he put a malet putter in the bag
Last week at the API and he wins by multiple shots is this gonna turn into a Scotty Sheffer from a couple of years ago when he won four times over the course of like six weeks what is Rory doing right that’s a big question I mean
Why why would you do that Rory no uh I mean look uh I think that what’s where Scotty Sheffer is with his putting right now putting is so so much confidence driven when you start to see that ball go in the hole and you got a putter that
Seems to fit what you’re doing and now you have the confidence uh it’s just going to be a very dangerous week for him and the rest of the season for sure because he doesn’t stray from the short stuff he’s always right where he needs to be I mean it was a very clinical
Final round uh last week at Bay Hill and when he played smart he played it 30 feet short of the hole let’s say on the 15th hole of that final round he just buried almost 40-footer on him so he has got so much confidence riding and he can
Hit it super high and land it soft in these small tiny quadrants that are are at the TPC Saw Grass but here’s a stat for you on Scotty sheffler that that’s mind-blowing when I looked at it he is one full shot ahead of second place Tony feno and strokes gain TAA green right
Now this season and if you want to take another shot I mean from Tony fow all the way a full shot down uh down the rankings on The Strokes gain T to Green you have to go all the way to 43rd Place so there is this Canyon right now
Between Scotty sheffler and Tony fan on the ball striking and when his putting gets going that hole looks like a peach basket it is it’s going to be really really tough for everybody and there’s very few players out there fast Eddie that when they win sometimes you see a
Lot of players they’ll win and they’ll disappear for a month or two months because either a the motivation or B they just had had a really good week Scotty’s one of those rare cats that when he wins he wants to win again the stories are famous of all the money
Games he has back home and he just wants to get in your pocket and he wants to continue to get in your pocket well this is a $4 million pocket he won last week and again this week an elevated field elevated money he’s rare do you see the
Same thing absolutely he he’s special he uh I I was fortunate enough to to I’m fortunate enough to be friends with Teddy Scott we hung out last week and he said Eddie look he there’s not a day that goes by where he just absolutely flushes it he it is a stripe show every
Single day and he said we were on track man at the indoor place I’m a member at we were we were hitting balls and he said Eddie we were just talking about Scotty and Randy Smith and he said Randy Smith loses a lot of money to Scotty
Because Randy will throw out a number call it 178 and Scotty has a two-yard variance on either side of that so 176 to 180 and he basically hits it every single time no matter what the number is he’s like he’s just an absolute ball striking machine and you know if he’s
Somewhere around zero Strokes gain putting it’s it’s gonna be it’s going to be a long day for everyone else like Robert and Steve said I think I’ve seen a video where he actually did that and he nailed is that right he nailed disg it’s disgusting very very it’s special
It really really is all right well all three of you are here so we’ve got to get right into it and we can discuss uh different players that are playing as we go through the picks and kind of weave it in and weave it out by the way I
Encourage you to hit that like button for me it really helps the show grow as we continue to grow only two months in it feels like we’ve been here for a really really long time but only a couple of months we continue to grow and
Really get into the meat of the PGA tour in the major season which I cannot wait for all right topic number one section number one this is right out of the gate you don’t have to waste any time it’s 18 holes and then you can catch but it’s
Very difficult to do we call this the first round leaders and Eddie Eddie I’m going to come to you because you have a guy that last week a lot of people thought he may have had a rules infraction by pressing that grass down he didn’t get a penalty but I still
Wonder if maybe some of that’s G to be sitting with wiam Clark this week yeah in my opinion he should have gotten a penalty we all know as professionals as as golfers as tournament Players you can’t you can’t push down the grass you can only use the weight of the the
Wedge or the seven iron whatever iron it is or and it should have been a penalty the ball did oscillate can’t really tell if it moved or not but but I in my opinion it should have been a penalty I think it was a wrong call uh but anyways
He got away with it so uh but I do like him this week he’s playing well outside of that little hiccup uh you know tied for second last week Tough Golf Course won the AT&T he’s riding good play and putter to the players I mean he putted
Great last week at beill made some bombs and uh you know he’s about a shot and a half Strokes gain putting uh at the tournament last week and Min W Le I keep you know he he’s about to just kind of break this my feeling is he’s about to break through plus
5,000 and he tied for six last year he had the I believe he had the leader was close to the lead after the first or second round and uh he played pretty solid uh one he almost won the cognizant Palm Beach two wins and three other top
Six finishes worldwide the last four and a half months so he’s got a few wins under his belt the last uh you know the last quarter pretty much a little more than a quarter of a year so he’s uh he’s right there he’s playing well he’s
Putting well I was watching him hit some balls last week on the Range and he looks good you know he’s he’s going to be tough so that’s a great start and last week as we were calling the and I’m going to come over to you Steve we were
Calling the API and two of your guys one is notoriously that when he wins he gets off the really hot starts and then CZ uh he’s been playing really well and I love the two numbers talk to me why you like these two guys right at sew Kim at plus 6,000 I
Mean you got to look at him as a he’s a pass Champ here number one so he’s got great Vibes around this golf course both of these guys that I’ve picked for first round leaders they’re playing in the morning I love the morning times uh all the time as much as possible uh
Plus 6,000 really good number on sew Kim you know he’s he’s really strong in in Strokes gain T to Green fourth uh last week and uh Strokes gain T green fifth in Strokes gain approach and he was 11th in Strokes gain in the final round so
He’s got some uh it’s on the putting green so he’s got some really good vibes going on with the putting that can really be lackluster at times maybe to say the least but I think first round for SEIU doesn’t provide as much pressure a final round so I I like him
There Christian bazen ho really solid South African really swinging the club really well he’s such a smooth swinger uh plus 9,000 I feel is pretty high for him he was second place at Nick Dunlap back at the AMX a few weeks ago well actually more than that now it was in
January and he took home the first place money that week because Nick Dunlap was an amateur but he took home second place FedEx Cup points so he’s been playing very solid uh he’s a steady a steady performer again in the morning I I feel like it’s going to be real good for CZ
Yeah and you really bring up a good point if you’re watching us for the first time in a lot of golf tournaments especially when you’re playing on these services in Florida they can get bumpy over the course of a day so on a first round leader you really like to look
First and foremost at the morning tea times because more times than not that’s who’s going to be at the top of the leaderboard then you kind of have that flip onto Friday so Rd let me come to you because hii last week he got off to
A red hot start and then was just kind of in the mix over the course of the weekend but he’s in tremendous form start with him yeah kind of had a rough Sunday but lots of people did Bay Hill was brutal so uh um I I’m kind of
Putting a lot of a lot of stock into what I saw last week and in spurts and then a lot of players fell back off but I’m going to have some definite recency biased on a couple of my picks first off Dey 62 at Genesis to finish off and win
That tournament JT Poston said the best round he has ever seen with his own two eyeballs and then also if you remember back I know we don’t want to remember back to 2019 when the tour uh shut down for because of covid for months and months uh and it happened after the
First round of this event and who was leading at that point Hideki matama he’s got some great rounds some great Vibes around TBC Saw Grass so I I like this pick plus 5,000 also plus 5,000 a guy that I did watch with my own two eyes
Last week and man Samy can putut is Sam Burns he’s a guy that’s only shot over par one round all season long it’s in the span of 20 22 23 rounds something like that and the only uh overpower round was Sunday at Bay Hill which again was brutal the wind turned around it
Just blew in the exact opposite direction and it didn’t take much to go off there and I can’t think that he is just loving the way way his game feels right now so again plus 5,000 Sammy Burns and a lot of those long putts were
Made in the first round at the API by the way you really want to forget you you forgot the entire year that the Dey had a 63 it was 2020 not 2019 oh I’m going with covid-19 toight see it’s in my head it all gets jumbled up in there a lot just
Yeah of what I say yeah throw bits I see some new names in the chat today and here at driving the line GT all golf we like to call this next one our bread and butter head-to-head match ups because we got to go one on-one you’re always asking us how much do you
Put you do a full unit size let say you’re a $100 bet well this is where you would put your full $100 bet because it’s just one guy beating another guy my guys have been hot in this category this season so fast any let me come over to
You and let’s start because I’m staring down the barrel of two different guys one played well last week finish in the top five the other one wasn’t even there talk to me yeah well not to toot my own heart but I had had my second win of the
Year with Mr Sheffer and my long shot almost went with Shane laow he finished second so uh look Shane L can I plug that when we get to that section of the show you can all right so so sorry coach uh look Shane Lowry he he’s been hot I
Like to go with the hot player plus 100 over morawa did not play well last week you know if you have it going a little crooked at Bay Hill it’s it’s it’s a long week but uh you know Shane two top fours finished second last week uh he’s
Riding solid player all the way to this week he plays Tough Golf Course as well I I followed him and Hideki uh on Friday and uh you know he’s he’s hitting it well he’s he’s rolling it well so I like I love that pick Lowry plus
100 over morawa one guy’s hot one guy’s not so um and then Doug gim plus 100 over Brendan Todd uh Doug gim last four starts four top 16 finishes playing solid he missed a few Cuts in a row uh tied for sixth at the 2022 players shots gained a total
One plus 1.16 at TPC which is nothing to sneeze at and then um you know he’s definitely trending up so I love I love Doug gim uh over Brendan Todd plus 100 TJ says Eddie gets two diamonds already coach for picking a winner but guys I
Think we need to vote as a team here at dtl golf do you really get to brag when you pick the number one player in the world the lowest odds on the board are you are you allowed to brag about that no not I’ll pick Scotty every week he’s my pick every
Week I’ll brag four times a season four times season steo let’s come on over to you because a lot of guys in the chat are agreeing with a lot of the head-to-heads that you guys already have and I want you to start with this young cat do you
Think that a year ago ludvic o Berg and it’s O Berg it was pounded into our heads last week do you think a year ago when he was chopping it up in loveing Texas hitting on the Range that he could have ever imagined that 12 months later
He’d be playing at TPC saw grass in the Players Championship right I mean this is uh this is really some amazing stuff that that lud VI oberg has done over the course of his very short time and my three head-to-head matchups and I’ll start with that orberg one over Patrick
Kentley Patrick kentley just hasn’t quite gotten it done over time he’s definitely better on the west coast than he is out east and he hasn’t had a whole lot of success uh up to his standards around here oberg he could be that one where he fire again I I love those guys
Who hit it super high who can just land it on a on a dime and oberg is that guy he can shape it both ways although he likes to just hit it dead straight but uh I I definitely like him there uh Keegan Bradley also another guy all my
Picks are at plus 100 this week as well because it’s it’s just really a challenging place to really pick that guy who’s GNA get it done but uh Keegan Bradley I really like it more so because Eric Van royan it’s really his fourth vent in a row Keegan a lot more fresh
And this is a place you have to have all your mental faculties ready to go uh Keegan’s only he played last week but he didn’t play before that since the Genesis in February so he skipped both Mexico and the cognizant and I feel like he’s another one of those guys hits it
Nice and high can land it soft in little spots where you need to put it out here at uh TPC Saw Grass and then finally Matthew Pavone over Bo Hustler Pavone so solid with his ball striking his putting in the top 10 as well B hostler he can
Get a little Wayward likes to hit it more right to left than left to right you have to be able to shape it both ways around this golf course and uh bo can he could just get a little loose with his iron I’m actually kind of surprised that this number honestly I
Thought Pavone would be more of a favorite here but uh and Pavone is fourth in proximity to the hole as well which is so crucial around here give yourself lots of opportunities for birdies and uh get it done Hustler can roll the ball really well but Pavone I I
Think is uh is definitely step up and he’s got one more Tour event win than Hustler as well so uh he’s got that confidence Factor riding pretty high yeah that happened at the Farmers Insurance and here on dtl Gulf Steve we we prefer to use our French accents when saying certain
Name there you go see is chaing a French word way my man Rick says yeah Steve keeg Bradley over Eric vanoy and I’m tayor got it rick you got it bring it Rick I love it rick there you go now um Rd let me come over to you because I had
Some good news and bad news last week and different books do the different way you and I were on the on the rain show on the golf chip because we can tout our own horns too just like Fast EDD can drop I can drop networks right and my
Pick of the week was Justin Rose plus 400 the best Englishman and he only had three dudes so he only had to beat Matthew Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood and as you and I were doing the broadcast I’m looking down I see Tommy Fleetwood plus 12 well he hit like 8,000
Balls in the water on the sixth hole so I was good there but then Justin Rose shoots a 77 to tie Matthew Fitzpatrick on Friday what and some books will pay it or push it I mean in some books books that’s a loss either way I didn’t feel good about
It I didn’t feel good about it but this week I feel really good about you fading Tommy Fleetwood let’s start there that I think and I saw fast Ed he had the same one that’s the that’s my kind of lock of the week Shane Lowry obviously playing
Great you know the top finishes at at cognizant and API morawa we got to watch that coach you know the 80 on Friday 80 oh it wasn’t like one hole where he made a 15 he was an empty saddle just wanding around that golf course he played like
Garbage nothing was good the driver out of bounds dve the get-go the irons weren’t good uh the putter leted him down and and and he was down coach his whole demeanor his whole attitude was a a a beaten fella and I know what that’s like all golfers know what that’s like
But to me this is the easiest pick of the week um I’ve also got another pick that I thought was pretty darn easy Sam Burns over Tommy Fleetwood they old C like Fleetwood um also with an 80 on Friday this season coach that Tommy’s always been in his career a great driver
The ball but he’s he’s 129 off the T at 178 approach this week this his Fairway Jesus he’s supposed to hit all these Fairways and again greens and that’s why I picked him this week because he finished top 10 at Genesis I thought he was turning around I picked him at Bay
Hill and he let me down I’m afraid and burns like I said just played his butt off made every putt and he’s got he was on on a streak of four straight top 10 going into that week also I’m going back to the well with you Justin Rose over
Aaron Ry um he’s not been playing well and he doesn’t have the greatest record here at this golf course but last season tie for six 19 tie for eight Aaron rise only played this tournament once this is a golf course of subtleties this is a golf course that you will never stop
Learning and and I think that just that edge of a guy of Justin Rose it’s played so many different times and so many rounds there as opposed to a guy that has played very few I just kind of had to look that direction and then the Jagger bomb Steph joerger over Kashmir
Keith Mitchell he had a rough weekend last weekend but he’s really been playing well I think he’s a new man this is a guy I think I’m just gonna ride a lot this year I’ve got nothing against Keith Mitchell he strikes it great but Stephen joerger is just a new Reborn
Player and and I think that we’re going to see a lot of good stuff from him already two third places this season sometimes I feel like you like picking him just because that’s your favorite cocktail of choice no I’ve got a m that was College I got a much more sophisticated palette
Now I’ve gone to to Jagermeister now no that was gold schogger gold schogger now oh shut my 21st birthday I kid you not at the local bar in Kansas you know was like 10 years ago and I remember the thing that took me down because they had
Drinks just lined up one after another for me and I didn’t even start drinking till I was almost 21 years old and it was a black widow and I don’t know if you guys have ever had a black widow but whoever invented the Black Widow should
Be taken out back it was the nastiest black licorice tasting drink I’ve ever had I still shutter to this day that’s what that makes me think about way add to your uh Steve low picked he’s been in the final group two weeks in a row on
Sunday y he is trending in the right direction so if you don’t have him in your finishing positions or this guy is really trending and lastly he had a horrible record by the way speaking of that did you guys Steve and fasteddie did you see the hard-hitting journalistic ability of Robert Damron on
PJ Tour live when he was talking to minwu Lee and he proceeded to tell minwu Lee how bad he had been playing over his years in his career at the API did anybody see that by chance no I all I saw was the Coke can and the
Rough that went viral that went viral good but the word on the street is that menu Lee filed a complaint and that he’s no longer allowed to be interviewed by Robert dammer I know 500 yards 500 yards away staining order it was actually very very funny because you really aren’t
Very good oh my God you were so good last week you were so last all right let’s get into section number three we call this finishing positions and be very very careful when you’re talking about finishing positions it can be as easy we saw it just last week you could
Be sitting T12 have a t uh T20 ticket and all of a sudden you have a bogey bogey double to finish and all of a sudden it’s T25 and you just lost that ticket so be very very careful Eddie let me come back to you because I see two guys
One one I really I think you’d be surprised at which one that I think think you have correct which one do you think that I believe you have correct I think you think I have hogi correct that is correct sir tell me what yeah uh you know plus 240
DraftKings top 20 finished tied for third last year he’s made five straight cuts him and Justin Thomas are the only two guys out of this field who have made all the cuts the last five years uh his last seven starts seven made Cuts five top 20s he’s basically my lock of the
Week uh I I love that pick I was watching him last week he played fairly well it’s just you know beill just jump up and and get you if you hit a couple of bad shots but uh I love Tom hogi this week uh he he has Good Vibes at this
Place he he seems to play well here every year uh and JT what can I say he’s uh he’s resurrected his game you know top 10 plus 250 tied for 12 last week uh again he him and Tom hogi the only two guys to make the cut in the players last
Five years uh he’s his last JT’s last nine events on the PGA tour he’s got eight top 12 five top sixes and one miss cut at the Genesis I think from playing with his buddy Mr Woods it’s it’s got to be a little uh crazy mayhem out there
With uh thousands of people following you and kind of lose it a little bit but uh and you know he obviously won the Players again in 2021 so So Good Vibes I like both those picks but but I love the hogi pick you know you know JT he’s got
To stop playing with tiger in these events I think I know he likes to but he never plays well when he plays with tiger too much right he’s babysitting I think he T I think he tries too much now last week he had a chance he got it to
Seven underp and I thought maybe he’s gonna be the guy to challeng it wouldn’t have mattered because Sheffer got it to 15 but then he had a couple of bad swings couple of bogeys and went South and that’s how quickly on that golf course it can happen now Steve Scott let
Me come over to you because one of your names in the finishing position he was very quietly grinding it out at the API and he’s a guy that if you want to get behind an absolute killer when it comes to staring you in the eye I love Russell
Henley this week and so do you let’s start there well Russell Henley’s a great pick there at plus 180 but before I get into this I I got a little database I’m just want to share a couple nuggets with you about the players the players is is just that type of event
But if you’re just a little advice when you’re making your picks this week and I’ve I’ve studied some of the the Tea Green numbers Strokes gain approach numbers all the way back really in the shotlink era really from 2003 onward and the the highest correlation between the finishing positions and I mean the
Winners and these certain categories are The Strokes gain Tia green uh three of the last four winners have LED this category Scotty Sheffer last year Justin Thomas uh three years ago and Rory mroy back in 2019 uh and then and then Strokes gain approach is another key metric way more
Than any of the other ones way more than putting way more than greens hit and regulation uh uh The Strokes gained approach 14 of the last 19 were in the top 10 in this category so when you’re taking your picks this week no matter whatever they are uh and and hopefully
You pick ours but this is where you really want to focus your your game plan on TAA green Strokes gain approach those are the highest ones but uh back to the uh the top pick picks here uh Russell Henley top 20 plus 180 he’s made 16 of
The last 17 Cuts uh with five top 10 11 out of 17 top 20s this is a great type of golf course for him you don’t have to be a bomber here but you’re right he can kind of stare you down and he can really
Kind of take you uh take you to the cleaners if you’re not looking I I think Russell Henley is due for a great finish and a uh and you know he might even uh he might even surpris us with a better than the top 20 this week and then Tony
Fow at plus 130 uh his Strokes to gain T to green and approach numbers are great second in Tito Green Third in approach this season the only reason why I’m not picking him any higher this year or this this week is really is putting 166 in
Putting and uh he’s just not getting it done on the greens did take last week off didn’t play the API maybe just trying to refresh and not get totally Bamboozled by the four plus inch rough around there but uh he’s just not putting well enough to give me any
Higher look than than a top 20 sew Kim there at top 10 plus 400 pass Champion here does a lot of things really really well his putting’s gone back and forth between a long Putter and the shorter putter uh again just not quite getting it done on the greens did have a good
Final round last week uh in 11th and strokes gained on the greens we know how strong he is in the ball striking category he was top five in the two key categories last week so uh I I like player who’s who’s had some great experience here and those are my picks
For top 10 and top 20 I gotta be honest I I can I can see Rd in the in the squares when you’re not on the screen and you started throwing all those numbers out and like he you could almost tell he needs an Advil he’s like oh my
God that’s right I’m not for everybody I’m not for everybody just because he’s wearing the Charlie Brown shirt doesn’t mean he’s gonna let Lucy pull that football away from him this kid does not miss a beat he does his homework you guys know that I love doing this at least once every
Show and I believe it’s appr propo for this minute ladies and gentlemen after all of that information do you want to do the work think so Steve Scott you mentioned shot link and me and RD as we come to you for your finishing positions Rd I’ve gota kind of
It’s not like we hit the shot but we had the luxury of being there and you’ve probably seen more rounds at Bay Hill than any other person certainly that I’ve ever been around how great was the shot by Rory maroy off the T at 10 where
He went over the crowd and for the first time since 2003 and you said probably ever but that’s shot link started the first one ever to drive the green of 10 and we got the call it absolutely yeah the shotlink era no one had ever put the
Ball on the putting green on 10 and one shot and I I said that was started in 2003 and I said I am shot link around Bay Hill it’s never happened in the golf you did say that don’t worry about it uh now fast Eddie and a in just a day out
There may have done it uh Tim Burke another long drive champ plays out there quite a bit maybe he did it at one point uh in the golf tournament itself where you know the score mattered at that time just has never happened it was it was I
Was I was privileged and excited to be there to see to see it and I did not want him to three putt it either because he left that first about short he did that was like fouret please right that because you can’t tell the story then if you don’t
Tup put that you can’t you can’t tell this part fast Eddy I heard fast Eddy hit that green last week with a two iron I’ve heard rumors of that too littley cut Steve little a little all right Rd what do we got here you know my picks I picked them honestly
Because of their form and because of the numbers the odds uh top 10 for Sam Burns who’s got four out of the last five in the top 10 and and barring a a Bay Hill final round that got caught up to him he would have had five in a row top 10 at
Plus 400 and Windham Clark Mr 60 at Pebble Beach he’s already got a win who challenged at Bay Hill until Scotty Sheffer decided no one was going to challenge anymore and had enough of it he was right there too so look at the numbers I picked the same two players
Just look at the numbers and what do you feel best with uh top fives I could see this going no problem I like plus 800 and plus 850 on them if you want to back off that just a little bit I really love
The 4 to one four and a half to one for a top 10 on these two guys who there are very very few PJ tour players playing as steady and as good as those two guys now I asked Eddie about the Windham Clark uh penalty that probably should have been
He also and anybody can take this he got a lot of criticism because here’s a cat who waited till he was almost 30 to really make his name on the PGA tour did anybody see his audio on echoing what Rory mroy said and he says I wish there
Was a lot less tour card out here a lot less opportunity against the best Stevie I mean what’ you make of that I you know when you get a player like that who was just outside the top 100 not too long ago uh that that’s kind of tough to hear
I would think from most of those players out there you’re going to look at them a little sideways I think in the locker room but remember those bridges you burn on the way up you got to cross back over those bridges on the way down and he may
Have to uh he may have to jump over those those Rivers before he’s all said and done man anybody else have a take on that I I didn’t like it to be honest I agre agreed yeah agree with it’s it’s a bad look uh you’re not the commissioner
Of the tour you’re not the guy that makes the decision anyway and Steve’s right he wasn’t always in the top 100 you know you’re always sympathetic to your own cause hell I’d like to have a tournament where I’m the only guy in the field so I win every single week that’d be
Unbelievable but I’m not going to spew some like that’s supposed to Really Happen um that that what he said there is just it’s just way off base and it’s anti what the tour has been over all these years and let’s be honest you’re looking at Memorial you’re
Looking at Genesis you’re looking at Arn Palmer Invitational I didn’t hear anyone not one person on the course off the course fans say wow it’s good that we have a 69 man field and we’re cutting to 50s something everyone wanted to see a little more Golf out there I I don’t
Like the idea of cutting people out yeah I absolutely agree too by the way commissioner did speak today if you haven’t seen uh his press conference you can go to PJ tour.com and get the whole thing right there now gentlemen we have an issue and I hate I I hate I hate
Doing this I really do but Brent in the chat said in order to brag on a dub it’s got to be at least 15 to one and I was willing to give Fetti a pass until I look at this week and I look down at the
Winner’s position and who who do we see what do you want plus 500 are you serious right now you know what you’re asking me to pick a winner and if Scotty sheffler putts halfway decent he’s gonna be right there on Sunday I mean how can you not pick him
It’s almost like picking tiger in the field it’s like well man I think I better pick tiger when he was in his prime I mean Scotty uh is on Pace to break Tiger’s uh season long scoring average so I mean he’s just he he’s a level like I think Robert said it before
He’s a a full shot uh ahead of Strokes gained uh or was it uh stroke average for the year I mean he’s just he’s just that much better than everybody he’s uh when I saw him hit that driver on 11 on Sunday he abs and that’s a tough hole
And he absolutely pipes this driver right down the slot and I’m like he’s got absolutely zero fear and he is just in a in a different he’s in a different league right now and you know what I’m going to stick with him plus 500 uh you
Know what else do I have to say he’s a machine you know tiger-like numbers he’s comfortable uh just obviously coming off a huge win dominating win at the API uh he found his putter 76% of his starts the last two years are top 10 like really like that’s mindblow that’s tiger
Esque uh you know and it’s just uh he he’s super super impressive and then will will will zator plus 3,000 uh he’s found his game finally it’s it’s nice to see him playing well he’s a great guy obviously a great player uh Strokes gained 3.25 which is
Only second to Mr sheffler so you know last three starts tied for 13th tied for second and tied for fourth the rust is officially off of Willie Z’s game he uh you know he’s putting well I got I gotta plug TPT shafts because they’re one of
My sponsors he’s using a lab putter with a TPT shaft in it so uh you know and I I think he’s I think he’s found the wand for him you know I think he’s found the right putter he looks good on 95% of his putts I saw one kind of Wiggle a little
Bit but uh other than that you know he’s he’s got his feet underneath him he seems like he’s healthy and he’s uh super super talented player so I like Scotty and will this week and the only thing he needs to start doing is actually finish the job because at the
Genesis he was had a great weekend won a car won his cadd a car but then I mean nobody could have stayed with AI and maybe he’s just a a victim of bad luck Steve because hii shoots a 62 the final round of Genesis and then zalot torus is
Right there on Sunday this past week and what do Scotty Sheffer do he puts the gas pedal down says come get me nobody was going to get him with a final round 66 but zotor had a couple of stumbling blocks on Saturday and on Sunday you
Clean those up he would have been right there on Sunday back up because you love the same one that Eddie loves well will Sal tourus he has not peaked yet and this would be a great week to find that Peak and all those things you know that
That course of Bay Hill last week and you all can attest to this because I know you were on the call it was just it was so it was so challenging you could hit a a a very good shot not a great shot but a very good shot that didn’t
Get rewarded you can make bogey or double bogey with a very good shot and uh I think the the golf course here at TPC Saw Grass is going to be just a fraction softer and just a little bit more playable around the greens will is just he’s ready to Peak I think this
Week his ball striking we know it’s there his putting you don’t have to be a fantastic putter to win here but I think uh he’s got the he’s got the goods to get it done at plus 3,000 and and Rick man Rick in the chat everybody in the chat loves zal tourus
Too so uh we gota we got to put some uh a little sprinkle on zotor this week for sure yeah I I don’t think that uh the ruff’s gonna be as gnarly as last week when Rd is still looking for his popc can out there he still can’t find it
Completely ate it up but Rd for some reason you’re making a statement this week not picking a winner at all explain yourself I don’t care how many people like will zator he’s not going to win Scotty Sheffer is going to win this golf tournament and I hate 5 to one odds so I
Think it’s best you don’t have to make every bet every week sometimes you could just find one that you like sometimes you could find some that you don’t like you don’t have to push this winners category sheffer’s gonna win this damn golf tournament and I don’t like five to
Ones against such a big field so yeah I just putting my foot down not going to bet on the on the winners this week I just don’t think it’s worth it it’s the odds are so low even though I know in my heart he’s got this thing locked up
We’re not taking direct shots at you fast Ed I mean they’re not direct shots at you but people know because I’ve been on record so this isn’t just today that when I do give out picks I never give out something less than plus 10,000 simply because and you’re right I mean
Eddie you’re picking a winner that’s what we’re supposed to do but when you’re when you’re talking value on winners that’s a completely different discussion and there’s 143 other dudes that can beat this guy and if he does then that five to one ticket you’re like
Why did I do that for just five to one odds but it’s so difficult to do so that’s kind of the you know how you break it down so we’re not teasing you Eddie no I know know you know it’s just to be honest with you if I don’t bet
Minus or excuse me plus 1500 I will not bet a win because it’s so many good guys out there that can win on the PJ tour I mean before last week when was the last time that Scotty Sheffer had actually tourament a year ago players there you go so you know even
Though he’s played well you go through streaks right you go through streaks there you go good job boys good job all right now I got a text earlier today and it was from fast edti and I’m gonna read it to he says coach if you don’t mind if
I can go first in the long shot category because I kind of own it what what can I can I finish reading this text message I me that’s enough why why don’t why don’t you show the next because I’d like to see it are you saying that I’m lying to the
Good people the dtl no not you coach no all right but we will start with you what do you like Here Eddie yeah I love uh Doug gim plus 9,000 Draft Kings uh he’s he’s figured something out last four starts four top 16 finishes he tied
For sixth again at the 2022 players uh you know he’s trending up he figured something out about a month ago last 30 days he been playing great plus uh plus 1.81 Strokes gain total which is 13th on the PGA tour the last 30 days Great Value uh you know a little little
Sprinkle a little love on Mr gim this week and also Mr English Harris English plus 9,000 uh he’s one of the only a handful of guys over plus two shots gained total the last 30 days I like to go 30 days just because uh these long shots if
They’re starting to play well usually a month if they’re to Trend up I like to pick them uh you know that’s a on tour plus 2.02 Strokes game total ath on tour in that stretch he’s made 11 straight cuts and just a great value bet at plus
9,000 if you throw you know 10 bucks 20 bucks on him could be could be good he grew up in the South he’s a Georgia guy lives in Sea Island not far from Pon aidra so this is kind of a somewhat of a home game for him but uh his all-around
Game and he is uh he’s playing really really solid I like him this week this is a complete misprice there’s no Universe he should be plus 9,000 the way he’s playing golf right now this is a great pick I would assume his top five and top 10 numbers reflect that so yep
We should probably sprinkle I mean this is a great pick by you all the way up yeah five 10 20 yep for sure and he should not be the same as Doug G no offense Doug G but Harris sish is playing great golf at the Genesis played
Really good and then last week he played really good tough golf courses all right I love when my man Steve Scott wakes up in the morning he says I want to educate the people I want to really educate tell them what the numbers are all the way
Down the board Steve talk to me about Andrew Novak Andrew Novak’s a guy that uh he has jumped on the leaderboards he been in the top 10 the last three weeks surprisingly out of nowhere and most people haven’t heard of this guy and neither have those books because he’s at
Plus 15,000 for the outright winner this week and uh but it just depends on what your flavor is where you want to you know kind of like you were just talking with Harris English there I I think wherever you’re comfortable in throwing a couple dollars this way for Andrew
Novak at any which way you want to go through it I won’t list all the numbers there but the the reason why really he’s fourth in Strokes gain approach this season sixth in Strokes gain total sixth in Strokes gain around the green eighth in scrambling which is huge around here
Because you need to have a great scrambling game around TPC Saw Grass as well a lot of those players who have won this have been scram have scrambled their way to Victory as well he’s 12th in proximity to the Hole uh and he doesn’t have this game that’s super
Flashy he just kind of gets it done gets it from point A to point B and uh you know he’s got these three top 10 he’s feeling really good about his game right now and uh he’s in good position to go ahead and and do something kind of
Special this week and it seems like every year there’s a name that you wouldn’t expect that would jump to the top of the board again this golf course lends itself to an Andrew Novak just kind of coming out of nowhere and having a great finish we’ve seen it time and
Time again around this venue so uh whatever your flavor is throw some uh throw some love on Andrew Novak this week man you rarely do you see a top 10 north of plus 10,000 to me it’s even worth that that’s a great love hear a
Dtl g to not get along so Brent says an attempt at peacemaking and problem solving if you boost Scotty to 800 and bet the 100 you could theoretically bet 800 on others with the Scotty Insurance yes you could Brent unless that doesn’t happen and then all of a sudden you’re
Out carry the one a lot a lot of math that’s a lot of math right now Robert’s like I don’t even know what he just said I understand what he’s trying to say it’s an automatic but there’s no automatics in golf unless your name’s Scotty Sheffer apparently all right thank you Brent for
There is Boost at different places so shop around all right Rd let me come to you because when you you always take take it really to heart and you really think through and when you give me two different guys that are north of plus 10,000 that’s truly long shotting at
Here on dtl golf what do you got it it’s definitely long shot material that’s what the headline is in this segment long shot and that’s what we’re going now I love the idea with Harris English and Andrew Novak if you don’t like the win that long shot keep sprinkling down you know
Maybe look at that like Novak five to one top 20 that is a beautiful odds I think right there for a guy playing that good do not do that with my picks these are true Long odds they can do something because they are proven winners they’re both Proven Winners Matt coocher is won
On this golf course but they can also kind of mess up bad the way they’ve been going so that is what the long odd the long shot odds are you look at Matt coocher plus 25,000 so this is a course of precision and at his best there were not many
Golfers more precise with driver with Fairway woods with hybrids with short irons than Matt coocher he knows how to win if he somehow can get thrown into the mix and his game kicks in and and he hangs around there Saturday maybe a little Sunday he knows how to close the
Show he’s won enough and the exact same thing with Billy horel he did tie for Ninth at cognizant which means hey that felt pretty good he’s he’s trending the right direction he plays in practices at TPC Saw Grass he lives in Jacksonville he knows this course like the back of
His hand and again another proven winner at at plus 11,000 I’m I went with long shots these are long odds that’s what this is I wouldn’t you know I might put a couple bucks five bucks just to think about that just for something fun if they are
In the mix on Sunday but yeah I wouldn’t bet them down the line Welly I tell you what it’s going to be a lot of fun as Mo says it will definitely be an enjoyable weekend watching golf quickly as we wrap things up I want a winning score from
Each one of you because I’m sure you all have different ideas of what this week could be the way that certain players are playing so Eddie let’s start with you what do you think the winning score will be this week 14 14 under four par fives uh I like 14
Under uh and I think Mr sheffler’s gonna finish at 14 under I mean how can you pick against him I mean just the way he’s playing way he played at API how comfortable he was I like 14 under uh I think 12 under is going to be a playoff
But I like 14 to be the to be the winner 20 top threes in the last three years the next closest player has 11 he has nine more top three that’s crazy when you think about it top threes Scotty talk to me well in the last 20 years
Looking at the numbers here 13 under par is the average winning score uh so I I I think the weather is not going to be a factor this week so we’re going to go north of the average for sure uh I’m going to guess I I think 16 under will
Be the number this week 16 Rd shaking your head Scotty shoots 68 four times in a row 16 under 16 y y as long as he just keeps it in play he’s gonna terrorize these par fives and it’s going to be a lot of fun to see
Who has the game who can figure it out this will be the uh third of three straight weeks for Rory maroy to be playing so there’s a lot of storylines to check out of course we’ll have round by round picks on Thursday and Friday on the morning show at driveing line
Gentlemen as always appreciate the time enjoy the week all right it great all right thank you producer man for my one shot there’s only one thing left to do and I believe you all know what that is you got your marching orders let’s take all these Players Championship tickets except Scotty
Sheffer for fast Ed St R to the paint window t St Scott f f my man Rd producer man always behind the scenes making the show look like a million bucks we grind for you so we can win with you it’s truly what we’re all about right here at dtl golf good Luck
