Akshay Bhatia captures his second PGA TOUR victory after winning the 2024 Valero Texas Open in a dramatic playoff. Jason Kennedy visits Rickie Fowler at home in Jupiter, Florida. A look ahead to the 2024 Masters Tournament. Jordan Spieth reminisces about his Masters debut ten years ago, and Rory McIlroy attempts to name past Masters Champions.
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Charlie Hoffman start number 500 in his
career this week 500 starts is something
that I never thought I’d get to 18th
time he’s deeded up here I honestly
picked this week to have it done just
because it’s so near and dear to my
heart theyve been playing this
tournament in San Antonio for more than
a hundred years I’m excited to te up
alongside a number of the top players in
the world so good to see the two-time
major Champion colum morawa making his
debut here at the Bolero Texas open
those guys will see what a special place
this is as well more and more guys are
realizing that they like to play the
week before going into a major
championship if you win like I did in 19
you you know you punch a ticket to
Augusta I think everyone’s going to be
fighting hard this week I got to take
care of
business welcome to PGA Tour the cut
presented by serve
proo 22-year-old H batia tries to become
just the third wio wire winner in a
tournament that has been played for more
than a 100 years this guy has been in
warp speed OE batia is playing a game of
Catch Me If You
Can and it goes down and McCarthy makes
ptia think about it just a little bit
more he is doing everything he can to
put the pressure
on birdie these eight out of the last
nine holes epic stuff from
McCarthy and batia knows what he has to
do now make and send it to a playoff D
he just played unbelievable was like
this guy is just not human and when you
see that you know you’re like crap like
I’m not doing anything that bad and yet
my lead is going from 5 to four to three
to two to one
unbelievable ache matches it just when
you think maybe he might Flinch than
again it’s just crazy like 18 you kind
of knew he was going to make it so I
knew I had to do the same
thing of all the times that this could
happen after what he’s done to just come
up that disappointingly
short on a wild Sunday at TPC San
Antonio what a closeout Sunday by AA
batia
I was just happy to have the opportunity
to win the golf tournament just never
thought that Denny would would let go
and you know I thought I had to do some
pretty spectacular to kind of close it
off AE baia’s second career win places
him two spots outside the Comcast
business tour top 10 and AIDS in his
quest to finish the season inside the
top 10 I just had that feeling that you
know I can do it it’s a good feeling to
have because you know some people can
kind of shy away from the moment and I
feel like I’m starting to get better at
embracing
it
my brother Ricky fer I’ve known you 10
years and we’ve never done an interview
together how is that possible I just
tried to avoid it as best I could well I
I kind of felt it what do you think it
is it’s just a nerves
thing yeah I get a little intimidated
being around you we have so many
memories I’m a California guy now we’re
down here in Jupiter and your beautiful
home has uh basically created some very
special moments some thing called the
5th of July MH uh for the viewers
watching Rick what is the fifth of July
so everyone knows about the 4th of July
and that’s you know pretty expected that
you know Everyone likes to celebrate and
enjoy but started at the old house and
as you know everyone was there hanging
for the 4th of July and then we just
carried it on over and turned the fth of
July into kind of our holiday it was a
beautiful celebration that was great did
anybody ever wear a manini there were
multiple multiple yes those were the
days man yeah that was before any of us
were married kids I was married but well
things have
definitely evolved since then we’re
we’re more mature no no we’re I was just
saying that for camera yeah we have a
few other responsibilities now the
responsibilities are pretty special got
to spend some time today with Maya and
seeing you as a dad father to father is
is one of the coolest things ever how do
you feel like fatherhood’s changed
you uh I mean obviously helps continue
to put things into perspective you know
friends and family have always been a
priority of mine and then you start
throwing kids into the mix and helps you
realize that there’s a lot bigger things
in life than just the day-to-day grind
or or golf or or whatever it may be when
your family’s doing well and healthy and
your friends are good I mean that’s kind
of that’s really all you need seeing
Maya’s reaction and and how she you know
lights up whenever she either sees you
know Allison or me it really kind of
makes it feel like nothing else
matters let’s go talk about
golf I appreciate you having me here
there’s so much specialty to being in
your life uh during your
offseason what a beautiful setup you got
here man I’m thinking about all the
memories the things that you’ve allowed
me to come to I I think about going to
Grove club and casually just playing
golf and a group in front of us happens
to be Michael Jordan and all these guys
love you so much and they feel so safe
with you but do you still sometimes go
holy cow is this is this really my life
or are you just used to it by now uh I
mean it it is crazy to kind of step back
and think like what we get to do and
where we get to hang and the people that
we’ve been able to
get to know over the years yeah if you
were to take me from you know say high
school and throw me straight into where
I am now it’d be a bit of a shock to the
system but as things have just kind of
progressed naturally and and uh built
over the
years this is this is our normal life
but it is cool to think about like yeah
we we’ve got it pretty darn
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good what do we
do throw and real all all
right and what are we trying to catch
here uh probably snook or Jack okay is
it true that sometimes you and your wife
don’t want to talk about golf during the
tournament like if you’re leading on a
Saturday night in that car ride you
don’t want to be talking about the next
morning is that
accurate yes and no I think everyone’s
different I think some guys talk more
about it
but yeah everyone
deals with nerves or expectations
differently feel like I’m not getting
any
bites well it is called fishing not
catching so
okay it’s good it’s been fun watching
you this year it’s always fun watching
you man cuz you know all your homies are
always rooting you on but this year
specifically first win in four
years so yeah around there and Ricky
returns to the winner
circle rapid recovery presented by
surfpro the number one choice in cleanup
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restoration during the third round of
the 2023 Valero Texas open Cory Connors
made a rapid recovery on the 17th hole
Connor LED par 4 performance for the
tournament in route to his second
win Cory Conor’s coming off of bogey
trying to get one back here nice contact
that wind just got to help it out a yard
but it’s not going to do it headed at
that bunker and flies in there there’s
some some straightforward holes and some
very demanding holes another awkward one
here he even has the awkward stance on
top of it yeah that Ridge just either
catapults it to the left or you land on
the back side of it it makes it you know
you’re off the green there’s some unique
shaped greens some skinny greens big
greens uh you really got to be in
control your ball
boy that had a good sound to it well
this is the club that will be the
Difference Maker for Cory Connor overall
I just have to do everything really well
he’s made a plethora of birdies on this
back nine going and trying to bounce
back
here boy I like the routine no messing
around he was positive with that good
stroke and Ricky returns to the winner
circle was there a specific moment where
you said to yourself dad dad’s back in
the groove well I had a decent fall last
year so basically going a year back um I
had a couple good finishes that gave me
hope and and something to go work on and
get kind of ready and excited for the
season very cool shot there from Ricky
fower going to have a great look for
birdie here to extend the
lead and the fans excited to see Ricky
Fowler
contending I think a lot of it was just
saying the consistency and then some
weeks where I wasn’t necessarily playing
that well I was still able to you know
make Cuts have a decent weekend and and
Salvage a maybe a top 20 or a top 10
finish where in the the last few years
it felt like I was a shot or two here or
there and you missed the cut one of the
great Putters on the planet and it’s not
anything close to where we’re expected
it’s a pretty fine line from packing
your bags and flying home or playing the
weekend so that was one of the biggest
things that I was able to continue to
play weekends where that hadn’t been a
thing in the last few years and and just
kind of continue to build that
confidence and momentum and started to
get myself into you know contention and
in the mix and yeah it felt great to be
there I’ve won and I knew that I could
do it again it’s just it’s hard so to
finally get it done in in Detroit it all
worked out 10 months ago he was number
185 in the world and now back on
top did I tell you what I did after you
won recently no there was a guy who
commented about a year ago on a picture
must be nice being free on the
weekends and I took about 30 minutes of
time and I scrolled to find that photo Y
and I commented not anymore
buddy that make you feel good you’ve
been waiting for that one for a
while
I think I did it in all caps and let me
tell you it felt so good you just had to
get it off your chest no I had to how
come that stuff bothers me more than it
bothers
you uh I try not to look at it you okay
yeah you’re good you’re right
there when you were going through your
struggles how bad did it get mentally
because I feel like ever since I’ve
known you you’re a guy the wheels don’t
fall off the tracks
you seem always with it mentally ready
to go you seem cool calm and Collective
I never see you get like super emotional
but were there times years ago where
you’re like oh my gosh man this is
really hard or did you just keep that
stuff in no I mean there are definitely
doubts and second guessing or or having
worries um because it’s it’s not easy
and especially when you’re not seeing
really any any results it’s tough to
really kind of lean on something the
good thing was was everything away from
the golf course was great family life
friends getting married having a a
little one so golf was kind of the only
thing that wasn’t in a good spot so
luckily I had a lot of good things to
lean on and it was more just the mental
grind of just trying to keep
pushing I knew it was there it wasn’t
far off but when things last for you
know 2 3 years it’s it can be really
tough so I do keep a lot of things kind
of internal or to myself I don’t open up
a whole lot you know JT and I would talk
a little bit Jordan everyone’s dealt
with struggles on the golf course that’s
if you play the game long enough uh
especially at this level like you’re
going to have tough times so um I think
a big part was like I said things away
from the golf course were great and then
having having good people around you
could see the light at the end of the
tunnel we just had to keep chasing it
well we
tried
I’ll give it one more over here one more
you feeling it okay were you the type of
kid that got up with your dad at the
crack iton and went fishing all the time
no my dad didn’t fish much my
grandpa uh he’d picked me up from
preschool or elementary school every
Wednesday and we go fish or
golf what was the biggest one you
caught oh back then it wasn’t anything
big I don’t know what the biggest fish
I’ve caught I think couple hundred lb
Marlin
jeez yeah I’m getting nothing what do
they call that just a slow
day yeah we needed to be here 20 minutes
ago well I was over there asking if you
were if you’ve ever cried before like I
was trying to get to a meaty part of the
interview now we can’t
eat well one thing hasn’t changed my
love for
fishing all I can think about is the
Masters it’s hard to put into words
really I think how special it is it’s
just got that that whole aura about it
it’s probably one event that transcends
golf the realization of another
childhood dream as a kid you kind of
whack it around all over the putting
green and and every putts for a chance
to win I mean those are the moments that
we’ve dreamed about being in Ni kid from
the south that’s the you grow up
idolizing the most you can’t really
visualize what it be you mess around
whenever you’re kid on the putting green
having putts to win PJ tour events and
win The Masters I was almost emotional
like close tearing up just cuz you never
really get that far in in your dreams
just always as a kid having a dream to
do what those guys are doing on TV I’ve
dreamed about you know holding the big
putt I’ve dreamed about having that walk
up Augusta where you have a big lead and
you don’t have to worry about making
birdie you don’t have to worry about
making par I think the master has
become what it is today with consistency
and
tradition it means so much to the
players because of the history and I
think that really resonates through Golf
and then out into the world and sets The
Benchmark for
us I think the first goal as a pro is
always to to be there to play the
Masters golf course that say the
majority of people who turn pro up never
played and the second goal is to
obviously go and win
it I remember coming in and thinking I
feel really good about this place I had
played capala earlier that year and it
it actually reminded me a bit of caloa
and I played capala
well and Jordan Speed with a birdie to
go along with world ranking points as he
continues to move up on that list from
89th last year to where he came into
this event 20 second in the world Jordan
spe just the beginning just the amount
of undulation the way you have to see
chips and putts around the greens where
you have to miss miss shots I thought
I’ve been playing well this year I kind
of looked at it as a chance to go out
there and try and win the golf
tournament I don’t specifically remember
driving in Magnolia I remember arriving
from Houston and my college team were
playing in the college event and I
remember hanging out with them Sunday
night that I arrived which is
interesting because then they came out
to the practice round of me playing in
it the next
day luckily I I had been there a few
times prior I got kind of the whole
drive out of the way and and got really
comfortable and played really
well full swing season one you said you
could name every Master’s Champion to
make it easier we’re going to start with
the year of your birth 89 oh okay um
falo 89 I’m blanking on 90 FDO was FDO
okay 8990 91 woozy Freddy Couples 92 was
Langer 93 94 was VJ no oh Jose Maria
Jose Maria Jose Maria was 94 Ben crw 95
uh Nick falo 96 tiger 97 Oma
98
uh VJ 99 no Jose Maria 99 2000 V J 01
tiger 02 tiger 03 Mike Weir 04 Phil 05
tiger 06 Phil
07 Cabrera 07 it was cold Trevor no 07
was Zach Johnson 08
Trevor
09 Cabrera 10 Phil 11 11 Charles
schwartzel 12 Bubba 13 Adam Scott 14
Bubba 15 Jordan
SP uh
16 Danny Willet
mhm
17
Sergio 18 Pat
greed 19 tiger 20 Dustin
Johnson 20
Hideki 22 Scotty schaffler
23 John Ram 24 Roy mroy perfect perfect
good got
it go hit some yeah it’s hit a
few the rules are if I win I get to call
anybody I want your phone if you win
vice
versa Michael
Jordan Softly
yeah good work okay here’s Fowler with a
60 up 30
yards
soft softly okay just off the back do we
need to go measure if I simply would
have clarified you have to be on the
green I would be calling someone in your
phone right now but since we didn’t
clarify that’s on me you clearly are
closer who you thinking is it someone we
both know or you just going to kind of
scroll yeah it could be somewhat Mutual
okay we’re on speaker we’re
good jany Jill Justin isn’t he in
Italy yeah but it’s fine
okay hey
man hey
man hey J we were doing a chipping
contest about 30 yards I got four
opportunities he got two who do you
think
won uh Rick yep just barely yep and he
had one phone a friend he could pick
anybody in my phone and he picked you
but if you’d be my second guest it’d be
my
honor oh my gosh I would love to anytime
I can follow Rick and anything it’s a
good good thing for me thank you man you
guys all right love you bro have fun
I’ll talk to you guys like for real
later okay get the house ready I’m
coming over love yall see you bro bye by
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