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Andalusia is one of the true gems in the Spanish crowd took between the Mediterranean Sea and Portugal it’s famous for food festivals and one of golf’s most revered courses real Club valder welcomes the best field in golf once again led by Spain’s favorite golfing Sons John RAM and Sergio Garcia it’s Liv golf Andalucia and it starts right now [Music] [Music] [Applause] he is a golf champion [Music] a man in tremendous [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] form John R getting it done T to G [Music] oh my goodness what a touch how good is this oh yes [Music] [Music] [Music] John Ram is back on home soil still seeking his first live golf league win could a legion of Spanish fans help him over the line Taylor G was Champion here last year holding off Bryson to Shambo Brooks kka and cam Smith and you should never count out another home hero Sergio Garcia his Fireballs won’t lack support in their home event as shotgun start is moments away hello everybody from Aro white alongside of course David ferty here at beautiful valderama David only four regular season events remaining including this one and this is why that’s significant because third place in the season long standings Terell Hatton has that place after victory in Nashville last time out that’s worth $4 million John Ram who’s yet to win but hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in an event that he’s completed that’s worth 8 million wo NE has led from the front that’s worth 18 million at the end of the regular season if any of these other players want to Gate Crash the top three they’ve got to make a move fairly soon yeah that’s for sure and you know they’re two pink flashing lights here RAM and Hatton both Legion 13 if either of them were to win and of course Rah being the favorite maybe this week um you know they could Vault over Neeman but he’s got a commanding lead well trell haton won his first li Golf League title in Nashville he was magnificent 65 on the opening day a 64 on Super Saturday and that was part of his 65 to seal victory in Tennessee John Ram one of his better performances was in Miami that was one of the big moments as well he tied for fourth there one withdrawal this season but is this the place that he wins for the first time he said the week would be perfect if so wo nean is Led from the front though that was his winning puck in the playoff in the opening event against Sergio Garcia he backed that up with victory in jeda a couple of events EV later as well so he is the man to catch but in the team competition David and this is why this is significant Chris’s lead the way against Legion 13 that you mentioned torque in third if it stays like that those three get a buy through to the semifinals of the season ending Team Championship in Dallas so again if you want to Gate Crash the top three and get that by through the first round got to make a move yeah and a much tighter race than the individual and again that flashing pink light you know Hatton and RAM in such great form you know maybe they can leap over The Crushers yeah well it’s all to play for on another Sunny weekend in valderama it is Picture Perfect here in Andel Lucia we’ll bring in the rest of the live broadcast team in a few moments time at Liv golf andal Lucia stay with us it’s always a different energy when you go and play in your home country Sergio’s Fireballs GC has been red hot Abraham an jakara David H that is simply magnificent we can finish the year strong just less than 10 minutes ago until our shotgun start here a second event at valderama this iconic golf course in Andalucia Jerry folz has joined us as well Jerry you’ve been part of the the pre-round show Club 54 with Christian Crosby and Rachel Drummond and it’s just wonderful to be back here on this property and in this part of the world yeah such a revered Golf Course worldwide by elite players and certainly here in Spain and all of Europe for that matter and it uh it’s there’s not a blade of grass out of place out there it’s absolutely everything you would think it’s going to be and with the wind picking up a little bit today David it is going to be a beast yeah it’s going to play exactly the way you would want valderama to play it’s going to be firm and fast with a lot of cross winds you know these players are going to have to hit Fairways and not just the Fairway but you know a certain part of the Fairway in order we got a look at these flag sticks well the fans have flocked in from the moment the gates opened earlier on we were looking at the the range behind us in the commentary box here and it was full of golf mad fans watching their Heroes maybe they will cheer John Ram to Victory maybe Sergio Garcia Eugenio chakara the Spanish player as is David pu as well and here is John Ram he said this would be the week to do it to win his first live golf league event it would be absolutely perfect and for these Spanish players this is their Augusta this is their St Andrews this is the place that they want to play he didn’t actually play here because it’s a private members Club until he turned professional John Ram he’s got a mix record here that he’s determined to get his first live golf league win here on home turf welcome back to valorama 7 and a half minutes to go until our shotgun start look at that scene it is absolutely perfect this iconic Golf Course is going to present a huge challenge to our 54 man field Jerry folz David FY myself Arlo white here in the booth just in front of the range which is cleared now with players they’ve got into their mini buses and they they’re going be taken to their various T boxes for the shotgun star John Ram we have to talk about him he’s on home turf he’s seeking a first live golf league Victory he’s been incredibly consistent top 10 finishes in every event that he’s completed could this be his wiek David oh I mean I think it could be but I mean there’s a tremendous amount of pressure on John Ram don’t underestimate just how much he expects of himself and how much is expected of him um he has been in terrific form but hasn’t been able to just get it over that last hurdle in time um you know I mean he he’s definitely I think you know the crowd favorite for sure and maybe the favorite this week yeah it’s statistically he’s one of the definite favorites as well but he’s only had as you mentioned he didn’t play here as a child at all he has only played here three times professionally uh this is his first live event which is why so many people are out here but uh three times professionally he’s missed the cut twice and then the other time he finished second yeah so like uh like Gonzalo Fernandez castano said in our in our pre-round show um as there of course it doesn’t fit John R G yeah well what are speaking of the golf course what are the specific challenges presented to the players out there well I mean hitting Fairway is going to be number one and the the Rough Around The Greens is kind of it’s patchy underneath the Oaks it’s grown a little bit in the shade it’s FC rough you know and these greens are going to firm up as the day goes on the fairways are firm uh and as I said you know it’s not just about hitting Fairways here it’s about hitting the right part of the Fairway they are going to be Furniture in your way if you uh if you head it into the wrong spot it’s got the least value of distance of any course live golf play value of distance meaning that power doesn’t matter here uh it matters here the least of the entire year keep it in the Fairway and also avoiding three putts as a strange key stat jry somebody’s been raiding your wardrobe oh my goodness um you talk about Fairway positioning let’s hear more on that from our OnCourse reporters and analysts Don bule and suan he one of the things that make valderama such a great test is not only do you have to hit the fairways on some of the holes out here you have to hit precise sections of the Fairway the par 4 13th is a great example of that I’ve just hit a perfectly placed drive and I have a fairly straightforward second shot about 125 great opportunity for a birdie but I can’t say the same for Dom I’m only 15 yard away from San’s position on The Fairway still but I don’t don’t have a simple wedge shot I can’t hit a normal wedge trajectory cuz it’s going to clatter into this tree right here so I’ve got to manufacture something I’ve got to hit a low punch and I must land it short of the green and let it run up because these are the smallest greens we see all year if you land it on a low trajectory on the green it’s going to run over the back into the rough valer arm is going to test your patience this week thank you Don thank you suan lots more to come from them throughout the weekend of course we talk about big play big hitters Superstars Bryson Des Shambo is certainly one of those he was running on fumes wasn’t he towards the end in Nashville having just won the US Open the week before he gave it a good nudge here last year and pushed Taylor G all the way finishing in second place could he repeat that sort of performance yeah I mean he sure did and it’s going to be really interesting Jerry I think to watch Brian Des Shambo this week with the cross wins you know there isn’t a lot of opportunity to hit driver out here you know which is you know he can really make the golf course look short but uh you know we’re going to see him hitting a lot of irons off the tea I suspect trying to put it in the right spot well you know we thought that at Hong Kong too and he hit driver a lot more than we thought I know he’s planning on hitting it Dom told us he’s planning on hitting it every day on number eight which is almost pretty much drivable for him but it was here last year where he turned around what he thought was one of the lowest points in his entire career and it started here obviously culminating with the US Open Victory just a few weeks ago yeah he’s got great memories here Sergio two playoffs this year two defeats but he is firmly a scon in the top 10 yeah what a time for Sergio to win his first gol leag he has a terrific record here at valderama and the Volvo European or uh the team the CH their uhour Champion TOUR Championship you know um and has you know got a great history of playing very well here around valorama Fireball green today on the opening day Sergio Sergio 15 events he’s played here and he’s had 14 top 10 that is absolutely astonishing amazing yeah Greg Norman uh with some final words of encouragement for John Ram listen we’ve got to mention it it would be remissive as not to just when we thought we’d reach Peak bandemonium yeah Dicky B goes to the US Open seniors and wins his second senior major out of two a remarkable Renaissance of that man’s career it really is and really unfortunate that he’s not able to go for the Bland slam but he’s going to be playing here we’ll have the benefit of him instead so uh well he wouldn’t be allowed to play it anyways uh because it’s part owned by the European tour but that’s his brother Heath that’s his inspiration right now Heath is in the battle for his life and he’s and he’s a warrior in the way he’s approaching it and we wish him nothing but the best he’s been getting good news which is a relief to Richard but that is that’s where Richard’s thoughts go on the golf course almost at all times yeah full playoff hole for Richard Bland congratulations to him Brooks K finished third here last year what are we expecting out of Brooks this weekend yeah you know I mean he drives the ball so well um and he can put it in the right spots in the Fairway I mean I think it all comes down to the putter with Brooks you know he’s been kind of patchy with that uh this year some good some bad he clicks a few of the boxes on the key metrics this week uh one of them is bogey avoidance believe it or not it’s almost two Bogies around for a top five finisher here versus the average of the rest of the field I know that sounds like one of those stats is like duh but it actually it’s a huge huge stat this week cuz if you miss the Fairway you are making Bogies he is the only man in our field with four individual victories yeah my favorite stat is Three Pot avoidance yeah that’s key this week huge that’s like two pot acceptance well we’re seconds away from our shotgun start here at live golf Andalucia this could be a very very special weekend it’s a big weekend for Spanish sport as well isn’t it Carlos alar in the semifinals of the men’s singles of Wimbledon Spain will play England in the Euro football Final on Sunday will John R or Sergio Garcia pull out Victory to Spain on Sunday as well we will start on the first scene with the captain of Legion 13 the great Spanish H John R [Applause] [Music] car 71 Bama only 7,000 yd again it’s about Precision not power starts off with a h kind of a moderate hole here try to play a big big Fade Out over the crowd’s head he loves it [Music] next to the te at 18 victorious in Las Vegas earlier in the season it’s Dustin Johnson who really need to return to form as do the four aces remarkably down in 10th place in the team competition so far just tearing apart the dog leg [Music] there back to the first Richard Bland of clicks GC I just love his story more and more each week he really has been [Music] extraordinary and remember the top 24 plays in the individual standings at the end of the season are guaranteed a spot in the LI Golf League for next year Dicky B is currently 25th so work to be done Bryson on te of the short third so there right oh that’s a bad spot to leave it and back to Sergio [Music] [Music] that’s one of the great drivers of the golf ball in history of the game beautiful shape there well the crowds have flocked to valderama John Rah and Sergio Garcia have plenty of support out there live golf Andalucia for 2024 is underway [Applause] Brooks off the T at 18 with the Fairway Woods a hard dog leg to the left trying to hit it across the corner it looks like there and that one might well have caught those cork Oaks here’s the man in form on the fourth T Terell Hatton stunning win in Nashville boy across the board statistically this year he does everything everything well this is the weakest part of his game accuracy Strokes gained off the tea and this course is unforgiving in that regard and he just Stripes it up the left side you can hear that ball land these Fairways are so firm Dean burm knocked out of the top three of the season long individual standings after tal Hon’s victory in Nashville he’s in fourth place currently and he tees it off at six now cam Smith can he find the Fairway this week off the T at two there’s a big tree in the middle right of the Fairway here and that one is safely short left of [Music] it you have to be brave to challenge valderama says Louie usas The Matador for the weekend looks good in those tight pants we are back at valderama real clubba an iconic venue not just in Spanish golf but World Golf hosted the Ridder Cup in 1997 an interesting story about John Ram a couple of his dad’s friends were in the area on vacation didn’t know the first thing about golf at all but decided to buy tickets and come to the event they were hooked on the sport yeah they started playing it and they persuaded John’s D to start playing it so that event subsequently led to John taking up golf because he dad encouraged him to and look where he is now sliding doors basically where he is because of two idiots that wanted to have a few beers and watch the Ridder cup aren’t we all yeah well Brooks has found a little trouble at 18 one of those big cork trees very frustrating Jerry you know when you hit a cork tree you can’t hear it yeah come this way I mean anything right out even that right bunker all right yeah I think you’re going away from right even ends up in the right he is in a spot above impeded back swing [Music] he’s got a huge lump of mud on his ball too not that it’s going to affect this too much it’s one of those shots that you can easily hit it fat because of the shorter back swing oh and he’s clattered into trees yeah not the start Brooks for actually caught that thin with that abbreviated back swing Richard Bland at one in a little spot other two yeah David that wind really took his drive toward the right side he’s gonna try and punch one [Applause] out he done that well very well over at the third Bryson with an incredibly awkward shot just I mean his short game has been fantastic that’s a wonderful shot from a very difficult spot Sergio this his second here in his opening hole how about his record here 15 events he’s had three wins three runner up 14 total top 10s he loves this place he suits his game so well he takes all the boxes one of the greatest drivers of the golf ball back R hole location today takes a big first bounce but comes out just in the Fringe not bad I love that y it’s plenty John R next to go nine iron has a very different win from the entire week straight into off the first it’s a Westerly wind it’s coming off the terrain so it’s fairly warm has two headed left going left boy that is an ugly shot well J was in his press conference this week to rate his season so far out of 10 and he said six or seven it can’t be any more than that because I haven’t won yet but he said there’s still plenty of time to get that up to a nine or a 10 out of 10 Ron Grace oh oh oh there’s a good start boy he needs one too Brandon Grace of all people is in the dreaded relegation Zone The Drop Zone on the points table that is astonishing tayl G Victorious here last year an excellent Birdie on the 18th to see off the challenge of brys and to Shambo and that’s a beautiful shot by Taylor our reigning individual Champion currently 13th in the season long standings Jason KRA or no it’s Mark Lehman excuse me well this is his third shot at the bar 4 16th so probably find some trouble up the tea oh stuns it beautifully back to the first and Richard Bland most of the captains are playing together today and that means that the the other three members of each team are grouped together three scores count out of the four towards the team totals both today and tomorrow and then on Sunday all to play for with all four scores counting I caught it with Blandy yesterday and he expressed a little uh exhaustion which I guess is understandable he had a long month he’s got some rest spoke to him on the Range this morning he’s feeling pretty good nicely played moment ago Lee Westwood his second shot at five had a fantastic few days in Nashville tied for third comfortably his best performance of the season so far and that form it seems is continuing here in Andalucia well there’s Lee with gr seor saan Bas of course and Lee in much earlier days very clean shaven and well looks like a teenager there he was 23 years old I believe in that picture not r on the left side of of this first green this year’s Rough Around The Greens it’s a little thicker especially when you’re in the shade and it was last year well he’s got a lot of green to work with this is a fairly new green so the first hop is going to be decently F firm almost counterintuitive to say it’s thicker in the shade than the Sun but that’s the way this Fescue grows that’s amazing isn’t it suan it is [Music] is rolling at 131 at the start of play and they may well get faster than [Applause] that Harold Varner II his second shot at eight Harold Varner too one of those players Arlo that’s really far down the points list points table as you m and also the Four Aces shockingly mediocre This Year wo for birdie at 18 Dom yeah yeah welcome to vder armor hit a 340 yard drive it was an inch off the Fairway had to manufacture one under the trees you can see how these trees they overhang really close to the edges of the greens the reason that you have to hit the right part of the [Music] Fairway a fairly challenging first Hall I guess in terms of judging the wind I both Sergio and Rah probably was hoping that the wind would hit it like it would on their drives but this green is pretty covered by trees Sergio going well it looks not too lofted here suan no I think he’s going to go with the bump and run back in his stands there’s a bit of rough right behind his golf ball so I think he’s going to try and just clip [Music] one wait forward hands [Applause] forward middle Perera over at 14 for birdie St for [Applause] Meo John this is for a par a bogey avoidant is Big here in valderama not a lot of birdies up for grabs pars are your best friend he caught up with him yesterday and he said you just got to get off to a better start on Friday especially with the 54 hole format Yeah you mentioned bogy avoidance to and 2.75 Bogies per round for the players in the top five here throughout history four and a quarter Bogies for the rest of the field that is a shot and a half difference per round huge stat this week Taylor G made his short birdie putt at 10 here’s the Nashville winner Terell Hatton with his third shot at the fourth and it’s an indication of just how beautiful these fairies how how tight they are that these guys can generate spin even as firm as the golf course is Bubba his third out at 17 usually a very reachable par five David playing into the wind today yeah well you can’t judge it by that flag stick beautiful shot back to the green at one and Richard Bland for par switch back to his old lab putter after I believe it was Houston on the US Senior Open with this one it’s part of his game that has let him down so far here in our league tight 3 six in putting boy he made a ton from this length up at Newport in the US Open at the US Senior Open and those were not nearly as smooth as these being primarily poano up there L usas an out of two that was birdie in his first hole of the day well the Spanish fans out in full force here in Borama and this man won’t lack for support over the next 3 days Sergio this for his par at the first ging this looks like outside the left and just some gust of wind there down around ankle height that’ll really affect the golf ball on these really quick greens and just take his time it’s a course David that is so revered from all the players worldwide the reputation of the course is incredible I think a big part of that in my opinion is cuz it’s tough but it is extremely Fair solid start for [Applause] Sergio let’s take you to the T at six three Majestics Planes together Sam horfield yeah another who thoroughly enjoyed his three days in Nashville he finished second his best finish as a live golfer and both he and Lee Westwood almost got the Majestics onto the podium For The First Time in Forever yes 2022 Boston we’ll reflect on that a little later in the show but they weren’t happy with how they blew up at the end with this course being the great equalizer for distance that we play all year long you got to give the Majestics a bit of a nod here to have a higher finish as well Sam also qualified for the Open Championship recently KB Saran has made his birdie of four and trell Hatton follows him in both one under this is Anthony Kim on the par five 17th green and Anthony knocks one in [Applause] Sergio Garcia here on the T 2 first to go I’ve got our CEO and commissioner Greg Darman next to me we’re uh seeking the shade Greg um hey we’re here in valorama uh different win today what do you think is key to success on this golf course keep it in play I mean he you saw even John had a magnificent drive down one but you miscalculation with his second shot puts him in a bad place it’s all making sure you’re you’re putting the ball in the right place on The Fairway as well as on the [Music] green this is the tea out two Sergio Garcia and Arlo yes I do have our commissioner here with me Greg uh Greg we’re watching John Sergio and Blandy here on this group Ram’s the player that other than the withdrawal uh for an injury he’s coming top 10 in every every single event what do you think is missing in his game uh to clinch that first win look it’s a fine line at this highest level right first of all he’s competing against another 51 52 other players that of high high quality right number one number two he’s come out here with expectation probably heavy on his shoulder um it’s not that easy um to win anywhere in the world and you has he found his stride I don’t think he has yet um has he found his comfort zone out here yes definitely so it’s just marrying all that up there and you know like this week here for for example I know he’s motivated because of where he is right here so I’d expect a good performance and look guys are going to make boogies around here the guys who make the least amount of boies and most birdies are going to be okay so expect you’re going to make them you talk about how important uh it is to have this as a global game we’re here in Spain look at the wonderful crowds what do you think the the impact of live coming to this region does for the game of golf uh significant actually because we like to invest into the community we like to partner with the communi as I say where no matter where I go in the world uh one thing that I’m proud of the fact that uh we as live as a league we want to invest in the community going forward we want to help to grow the game of golf that’s you know what is the definition growing the game of golf it’s multifaceted right um but if we if we don’t take it on our shoulders to do it then we’re failing one of our missions uh to what we do with the game and and internationally uh people love what we’re doing uh so that’s where we try and share the the live Vance as many places as we possibly Clan around the world but it’s you know there’s fomo going on now and there’s a lot of countries and a lot of people want us and um yeah I’m just love being in the position we’re in right now fantastic stuff we love being here Greg have a great day yeah thanks man oh look at Danny Lee his second shot at par 312 [Music] jakara boogy his first second shot at [Applause] 13 there’s Brooks of one [Applause] Brooks CED a double bogey six at his first hole the 18th that’s two for two Fairways for DJ but made a bogey from very short distance on the 18th in auspicious start for this Superstar grouping 456 on that 18th hole not an easy hole must admit so what if you H it there you heard what what if you hit it you hit your wrist because if there’s lining there L de burm his second out at number seven Stingers off to a pretty good start there Arlo two under through just basically a hole and a half first uh visit with Phil mikkelson third shot into the par five fourth he was asked to reflect on his duel with Henrik Stenson uh on the Sunday at Royal TR the last time was it the last time the Open Championship was held at Royal TR yeah I was lucky enough to be on the ground with Henrik GFI for the last two rounds and two of the greatest days of golf I ever saw I know Phil carded a 65 he said it’s the only time in career when he played his absolute best and it wasn’t good enough Stenson c a 63 and won by three shots setting a new SC scoring record in the process at 20 under now Neeman Dom widest t-shot I’ve ever seen wae hit he’s a good 70 yards from the center on The Fairway in wood chips sitting down slightly tree shouldn’t be a problem he can get it up but there’s some wood chips behind the ball yeah the winds effects are out here today oh it sure is l t over the third for [Applause] birdie now Richard Bland there’s a big tree right in front of him there that sits in the kind of middle right of this Fairway either leave it short or hit it past or keep it left of it has he got trouble here suan yeah David this is one of those holes where you can hit a perfect drive and if you’re not in the right section of the Fairway it’s going to be very difficult all right Greg I’m going to get you to take off your commissioner CEO hat and put on your player hat how you going to hit the shot look he’s got he’s got a couple of options there knowing what the wind is doing at the apex of the ball I’d be hitting it through the V the there’s a pork in the tree up there it’s perfect launch angle I’d be using the wind using as my favorite with the LOF of the if you want to try and go low and around it’s a little bit more complicated controlling the Flight of the golf ball but I think he’s going to go low and around so what do I know that’s why that’s why I’m sitting here who’s out there oh you’ve got a a record yourself Greg yeah this is certainly the windiest day we’ve had out here wind is blowing straight from the [Music] left keeps it underneath the branches in front of them and over the trees further down that’s a terrific effort D Shambo just a moment ago out at number four his third shot to the par five yeah good shot now live this for birdie perfect I would think David Bryson would expect to play three part fives three rounds nine seven or eight under here yeah you would hope so there’s plenty of trouble on them though here at four the water on the right is kind of a three tier green just lacking in Pace now John ROM second shot suan yeah I’m much better position than Blandy just some construction happening behind us in the fan Village I think game thing sorry I like closer to that 105 number buddy I think it’s absolutely perfect for you yeah he’s in a much better position than Blandy this is a great Drive took the tree out of the way it’s got gap wedge working really hard on this part of his [Music] game there’s that spin to have especially into the breeze they’re going to have to be wary of [Music] that well we saw one close I bet it was this one yeah Beau little draw in behind the hole you saw Carlos Ortiz his t- shot while we were talking to Greg at the par three 15th that’s beautiful too he gets it to one under well you could win a cool 100 ,000 thanks to livol X if a player makes a hole in one at the party hall at livol UK in a couple of weeks time just scan the QR code to sign up to be a Liv X member today and watch out for information remember to win you must be a live xmember [Applause] and back with Bryson one more look at it green at one Waco Neeman for par yeah and he was literally 2 feet off the green on that tight bent grass Fringe and he chose to use his most lofted wedge I didn’t think I’d see that and it got away from him didn’t check on the second bouns as he expected so he’s got this left for par and if he misses this this entire group’s going to be over par of their rounds after two holes yikes well the iron heads need a good week don’t they they are coming off consecutive last place finishes in Houston and Nashville they’re 13th in the standings they’ve started promisingly here though that was a birdie put for yiro Kazuma at 11 Kevin Nar is the captain playing with Bryson and Phil that was his third shot at four he made birdie there beautifully done by Kevin Nar so the iron heads three under in the early going that’s a lead of a shot over t k now Blandy this for birdie putt from the back of this second green it’s going to be pretty quick down this hill they breaking as well the late breaker oh he left it short in the [Applause] Jaws his brother out fishing with the boys in watching his brother on the cell phone good luck out there Heath oh Terell Hutton has this for the outright lead and uh a birdie birdie [Music] start just hung it a little too far to the right B by six shots in Nashville Terell Hatton Rambo this for birdie much more getable makeable putt from below the hole uphill left to right and the one time he played well here in valorama was in July where he tied second the other two times where he missed a cut was in October so he obviously likes playing in Spain when it’s hot MRE [Applause] there Arlo the country of Spain setting up for a very big sporting Sunday it appears right now well we’ll have to to uh see how Carlos alcaras goes in the Wimbledon semi-finals you got a figure that he he’ll be coming up against Novak jovic perhaps on Center Court Majestics GC from Idol to rival look at little John Ram there with Henrik Stenson how about that both major winners now of [Music] course but then Spain and we know that Sergio and John Ram are both soccer Fanatics aren’t they they take on England in Berlin on Sunday evening in the final of the European championships football I know you’ve been following that event very closely Jerry is very close to your heart is it so compelling Sergio felt like he hit a pretty good putt right there and it doesn’t didn’t take the break well no one is more excited to tear it up at valderama of course than John Ram the Spaniard took time early this week to hang out with [Applause] Su now I’m super excited because we’ve got our two-time major Champion he’s the captain of Legion 13 it’s John ROM let’s go see what he’s all about this is one of my favorite places to come back to uh on our calendar any favorite memory here in valderama for you well personally I haven’t had the best record here but as a pro I haven’t had the chance to come back and play in Spain a lot yeah so there’s been a few times where I come later on the year and you know the crowd really shows it so there’s been a lot of times where there’s like you know youth schools and and kids that come and one year when I missed the cut and there was a group of 30 of them that just came and gave me a hug and that’s one of their best moments I’ve ever had yeah I I saw a fantastic photo of you as a kid I think you’re in your early teens yeah that was young getting autograph from I believe it was Henrik Stenson it is Henrik yeah so well no we we’ve talked about it cuz that was my first ever Pro event I ever got to witness first shot I ever saw alive was Thomas Bjorn who ended up being My rer Cup captain Justin Rose was the winner who ended up being my first rer cup partner Paul Casey utter resigned that shirt so four people I ended up sharing the stage with him my first ever ride up were part of that day right which is crazy to think about him you should you should frame it take a picture with him and then do like a side by side you know I think we should repeat a few of those pictures you should always interesting when John Ram speaks and reflects on his life in golf John Rah obtaining Henri sten’s autograph on his Polo show at valer Armor in 2007 I’m sure that’s in a frame somewhere in the man cave at the ram residence well debuting our new dart board graphic and that’s the uh we’ll see the putting stats for the players from those various ranges two and a half to 5 5 to 10 and 10 to 20 and you see Sergio although 91.2% is his highest percentage he is in the bottom 10% from 2 and 1 half to 5T but then you get David between 10 and 20 ft and he’s an exceptional putter yeah that is such a telling stat it really is you know and it’s almost like you don’t want to hit it too close yeah now while we wait for Sergio this is Anthony Kim this is for par though it 18 nicely done he hangs on to that one under at 13 Danny Lee his second shot at 13 nine heads have started very well indeed Danny Lee not counting at the moment on one under Park Kuma Kevin Nar Scott Vincent also under par yeah and firing up yeah just one in there Serge you now on the tea at 3 and yeah that dart board technology that we have is is certainly very interesting all these guys now have their own stats and uh they now can identify areas of their game very very specific areas of their game that they need to work on they’re extremely sophisticated stats too and categories that uh that are almost proprietary to the guys who came up with them here at Liv and they’re really telling playing 191 today the wind here on the third is swirling which is why he’s taking some extra time back ride hole location go little oh man I just misjudged the wind more huh I think you know there’s obviously some hurt up there it’s just a it’s really a fuel shot I me I think the number for trying to fly at 60 you know hit it to 69 I think it’s you know pretty close to a 180 shot yeah plenty of room there right I mean you know that once it gets out here and it’s exposed it’s going to push to the right so give yourself just a little bit room dart board Elite short range 98% long range yeah and then middle of the pack between 35 and 65% of the field um at in the average category well the advantage of going second on a t box like the third is you get a pretty good read of the wind toward the Green from Sergio’s ball you heard Adam Hayes as caddy said bit of wind up there obviously so he’s clubbed up to six and this is just fading toward the right Phil Mickelson at the fifth stay there stay there [Applause] a solid Star by Phil he’s one under par our individual leader in the early going is Danny Lee on to [Music] under ly on the T 3 he’s got five iron I love what one of the commentators said when he was playing the US Senior Open he’s an old school player but contemporary at the same time uses technology really well he headed toward the middle the big difference between the commentary when he played in and won those two senior majors and out here is they were all referring to how extremely long he was in comparison to the other guys and out here he’s not especially compared to this guy Bryson just a little punch oh takes a big first [Applause] top well Eugenio Takara is from Madrid Spain’s capital city this for birdie at 13 He has plenty of friends and family roaring him on here in valder arm this weekend Scott Vince of the iron heads who have an early three shot lead that was for his birdie at 13 the Zimbabwean iron heads are four under par Terell Hatton on the 6t right lovely stuff good [ __ ] off okay [Music] this is a sweeping view of the third green and whilst we wait for this group we can head to the second D watching DJ yeah with a 79 and it’s it’s blowing it’s harder harder boy this looks pretty [Music] good yeah it is it is really picking up out there and probably not easy to read through the rolling terrain of this course that’s swirling around in these trees changing directions and it’s a solid 20 mph right now yeah you’re right David and Jerry you know at the T cuz it felt almost down and off the right now I’m next to this whole location and it’s straight off the left that oh what a touch superb that a great sound to it just sliding through the [Music] sand well the short power for four fifth and Phil for birdie four uh five par fours under 400 yards here Jerry as you say it’s just it’s not a long golf [Music] course I think it’s like 50 years old now wasn’t short when it was built but it’s one of those Classics that stands the test of time yeah and uh you know it’s like thank God it’s not long the tiny greens God bless it are you kidding me this is Louie us taser with his third shot at four up the hill needs to spin and it will come back down the slope L will kick that one in for birdie back to Sergio at three suan yeah just from the front edge of the screen opting to go for flat stick pure Fairways and Fringe out here at [Music] vama a beautiful touch just a little extra emphasis in the Applause when it’s involving John RAM and Sergio here here’s Bryson for birdie at [Music] [Applause] five oh soccer skills Bryson in the uh proam with Gareth Bale that’s not bad Bryson wow beat that formerly of Real Madrid Gareth Bale one of the best players of his generation and Dom said he he went up close to Gareth the other day who is a very good golfer and he is a real physical specimen as well Gareth Bale was Harold Vana just a moment ago for birdie at the 10th back to the third it’s Blandy to go next got a decent readed from Sergio’s putt just a little left of it though he is we had a great chat with him Jerry and myself are doing our podcast right after he won the US Senior Open he gave some really great insights surprisingly he said he wasn’t nervous yeah I know it’s just amazing to me suan and David that you you get to this stage in your career and you’re usually you know planning on uh on your your summer home or your winter home somewhere and his confidence is the highest it’s ever been winning that first event on the DP World Tour European tour at the age of 48 gave him a chance to join live golf league don’t think he would have been considered otherwise and he is making the most of it as we check in on Hatton there can’t be many sporting careers let alone golf that have accelerated from the Agee of 48 yeah yeah sailing maybe snooker snooker darts darts yes arguably a sport Phil for a two putt [Music] par yes nicely done by Phil to stay at one under Danny Lee Louie usas and leading the way on two under par Kieran Vincent Legion 13 he was made his way to live golf league and Legion 13 through our promotions event in Abu Dhabi last winter and uh he he has not made the best of this opportunity thus far but he’s been instrumental in the three wins for Legion 13 as well yeah he has come up big on Sunday a couple of times next to the 18th green a member of Ripper G C the Aussies who memorably secured victory in that playoff on home soil against Stinger GC in [Music] Adelaide they went backto back with victory in Singapore the following week thinking another team playoff here with fireballs and Legion it’ll take us right up to game time for the Euro Cup Final hang on I think John and Sergio would shake hands on a tie oh and that’s a wild one from DJ off the third T that one got blown [Music] away all right I’m in between wed n the sixth [Music] T Phil melson captain of the High [Music] Flyers okay okay one of 17 live golfers who will head to Scotland and Royal trun for the Open Championship feel very good on Long par threes with his approach shot and not great at this distance 159 today that’ll catch the slope and come back on that’s an excellent shot and that’s a common thing common thing to see isn’t it David guys playing for the center of the green here because they’re so small Charles schwartzel is a couple over playing the ninth with a decent chance to get one back Iron Head iron heads Captain Kevin n now on the te [Music] and this wind is very confusing swirling around Kenny harm steps in but he is happy with the club that Kevin has it’s so hard to judge cuz a lot of times on the T boxes you’re protected but you know that wind’s going to be be above the tree line yeah but you can’t feel [Music] it it’s a good club it’s going to trickle off the seventh T in Terell Hatton tough Par Four 490 yards that’s a beautiful t- shot back with Bryson over at six it’s gotten better it’s long well our last Li event was in Nashville and it saw a double win for John Rams franchise Legion 13 got the team win and trell hatson took home the individual title it’s a funny memory cuz so far this season on a golf course that in theory would be a bit of a birdie Fest we hadn’t done our best I was thinking ah this is not going to be maybe the week for Legion [Music] 13 oh I mean it was amazing I look up and there was just so many people around me that were just cheering going crazy and I remember just walking down that Fairway thinking about how cool it was is seizing some control he’s the solo leader yeah I just saw one p go in and and that was me off and running then chip and check with a sand wedge here play it beautifully the goal is to win when that’s the essence of the team it’s infectious right could it be John R’s day buddy he’s made very clear from the get-go that we want on this team just to be here winning is the key part in all right like you know I’m going to give you everything I got it’s a legion 13 dominated pylon in both the individual and team of it that’s what makes us good because you have two guys that are already unbelievably great and then you have two guys that are Hunger than anybody out here that’s another birdie for Legion 13 watching away into the distance he’s just not taking his foot off the neck did we get a smile nope you know I thought it was funny like when he hit his 50 footer on 18 for Eagle he like missed it by this much and he still like grabs Putter and starts talking to it it’s like it’s the last hole you just won like relax Terell has tamed The Grove in Tennessee Legion 13 win by [Applause] five yeah they’re led by five going into Championship Sunday that was the winning margin Over The Crushers Kon Vincent 70 Ram 6 68 trell 65 and satat 69 on the final day 40 underpar was their total this is today trell underpar John Ram is one over so far and Legion 13 in the early going in a tie for fifth place their second overall and they’ve won three times in this their inaugural season as an expansion team a team that was hastily but very skillfully put together just before the start of the season over at 11 hban leiri this is his fourth shot par five up the hill Lou our joint leader individually is Louis usas in his second shot at five [Music] do that ball hit that rain and they’re not going to get softer with this hot wind well here’s DJ who missed the Green Oh at the third almost makes two anyway to the green at six Dom you’ve hotfooted it to join this group I have I have well not hot footed I was in a cart ride but uh I tell you guys I’m saying this now two underpar will be leading this tournament at the end of today oh a bold statement yeah would take it yeah oh I think anyone would take it right now [Applause] yeah to the fourth this is John ROM’s second shot in the par five he’s got them 260 to the front yeah it’s a very dangerous one to take on that that was a four iron David yeah just a layup that’s a perfect spot you can throw it in behind the hole here in the slope will send it back down towards the hole here’s Hatton at seven [Music] we’ll miss the slope that’ll be a real quick one Sergio with a second at four he’s got ball a little bit back in his stance yep it’s a good layup you see how narrow that crane is in the front how shallow it is also and then obviously the Steep rock wall down into the water to the GRE of three and DJ papapa still 11th in points for the season most of that done with the victory in Las Vegas in our second Tournament of the Year tied 51st in National last time out after a final round 75 stunning honor Bon leiri at 12 207 it’s weighing in out today and he hits it 208 beautiful shot well elsewhere across This Magnificent Golf Course here in Andalucia valderama and it looks beautiful it’s playing tough that was Cameron tringali his uh third inter the par five 17th he’s back to level par after that birdie Paul Casey of The Crushers who are the season long uh League leaders that was for birdie at 11 also to get back to level par the green at six fell with a quick one here for birdie that one just kind of faints off the butter face have we seen cam so far today no he’s got got a birdie putt I say he makes it Friday night down under and I’m sure golf fans are glued to the action cheering on C Smith and Ripper GC on the seven Network we saw Phil leave it fairly short from a similar spot it’s not as quick as they think from there away well the live Golf Plus app is the best golf app in the world fact you can watch every shot of your favorite seam player thanks to the any shot anytime feature download the live Golf Plus app now it’s free for most of the world Vicky B is third a little bit longer than the other two guys toan yeah Jerry he drove in to the left rough and uh have to lay up SL down a i for Bland eight front hole location today you got to really make sure you carry that false front otherwise the ball’s going to go all the way back down to where Rah and Sergio’s ball is wind just straight into our faces here that’s not going to hurt him third shot at 11 for Harold Varner he should make bir four chance for back to- back bird is for hv3 back to the fourth it’s Sergio to go first both Sergio and John walking all the way up the green see where they want to land this and it’s quite interesting cuz Sergio is looking to land this about 8 10 ft below the hole okay at like 47 yeah yeah go a little bit F give your something put up okay come on Neil Wallace that was the voice of Sergio catty and Rah was actually looking to kind of land this right at the back stop and use that back stop to spin it that Sergio is looking to lend this right about 10 ft below the hole it’s a little short to be relying on a bunch of spin isn’t it we got him at 45 yards yeah yeah he can run it up behind oh it doesn’t need it doesn’t need the slope beautiful shot L was tasing at the fifth for [Music] birdie [Music] back back to the fourth and John Rob that’s his third got a much flatter line than Sergio which might explain maybe why he was looking sort of using that back stop he wanted to go up there he he wanted to get up by the green to watch how Sergio’s ball reacted too I kind of got it in between [Music] Patrick Reed for birdie at 11 and you you would think this golf course Jerry would suit pantri gred like a glove quick greens and you know small greens at [Music] 12 Paul Casey at 12 trying to save far from about 12 ft oh wow oh careful oh yeah that hurt oh dear dead sensor [Music] Pereira at the par five 17th [Applause] nice Meo two on par alongside Danny Lee and Louie usen here’s [Music] haton for par [Music] [Applause] nice look at the fourth green [Music] well it’s a Simply Stunning view of the fourth green here at real Club of valderama and John RAM for birdie I’m standing next to an LPGA Legend Suzanne Patterson one two-time major uh Suzanne I know this is your very first live golf event what are some of your thoughts you know I think this is quite incredible uh have you been to this one I don’t think you want to go back to like the boring traditional like setup uh I mean I’m all for like rock and roll more music more entertainment uh we talking about growing the game of golf I mean you got to get the the crowds and kind of everyone on board so I mean stand just standing on the Range kind of those vibes and even I mean I don’t the course here it’s game game on for sure but um I love it my first impression is very good well you’ve had a lot of experience playing in conditions like these it’s hot it’s really windy it’s swirling what are some of your secrets to success well this course in particular gets super tricky with the swirling wind and the tight Fairways like all the trees uh it’s all about controlling the ball spin isn’t it m so um I’m glad it’s not me out here today thanks for the chat enjoy your day thanks Suzanne Pon with maybe the greatest mic drop retirement in history thinking the winning putt at the solheim cup yeah and then announcing her retirement moments after Sergio one on the P let the crowd go yeah we just let the crowd go g to run got to in my broadcast career can’t count the number of rounds I got to watch walk walk around and cover her group and she was always entertaining so talented Suzanne pon she says hi by what’s that she says hi oh Tor said hi this is the 14th and Jason crack’s approach smash GC captained by Brooks kka have had a horrid start they’re down in 13th four over par all four players gu McDow kka and Co over par of their round so [Music] far again just misjudging that wind [Music] probably more left really yes well the short Par Four fifth it’s a little dog leg left slopes from left to right the Fairway that and the wind isn’t helping yeah it is tricky out here to read what the wind is doing and to be able to actually trust it it is swirling but right now it’s straight off the left intimidating t-shot here on the fifth awkward angle and everything slopes left to right once the ball hits the Fairway and this wind isn’t helping either there should just be an iron can’t quite seey I am yeah that was just a probably a long Gish IR pretty much dead center of the dog leg left Fairway and Rambo with iron as well yeah smart plate it’s a not a long par for but it’s a tricky one Speaking of Suzanne Pon I remember watching her play as I was trying to play professionally myself and uh looked up to her a lot she just had so much swag course Swagger same thing isn’t it yeah pretty much I thought swag was free merch so did I [Music] Landy next to go here on the fifth hole got two good reads t- shots with the wind tell you what he is not driving the ball as solid as we’re used to seeing Blandy perhaps a little fatigue I’m not too sure I wouldn’t blame boat to win major championship takes a lot out of you I wouldn’t know never done it [Music] before it takes a hard kick right DJ his third shot up the hill at four oh catches the slope [Applause] nice Anthony Kim has made a couple of this length already today but this is for par you stay one under and another nice one we had his best round of the season in Hong Kong of course not all that dissimilar to this hey guys 490 yd power for Bryson’s got 82 to the front edge he’s double double hatting it hats blown all over the place there’s another one I’m going try to get this up in the air just a little bit yeah just so it doesn’t like knock it down or anything yeah like it I walked by his boy and he looked at me CU how about that go I said I’m trying to work it out right now he enjoyed it but with wind helping with a front pin he’s got to be so precise where he lands this ball D just remind people that might have been in commercial break just how far Bryson drove the seventh the math on at Dom is 395 yeah that’s about right yeah second shot could have used another 10 yards Cameron Smith with a curly one at number six for birdie little softer that had a much better chance of going well since it’s in ception music has been a core component of the live golf league an events that helps set the tone and create a memorable experience for fans the league is Now featuring both the pre-round and during competition playlists on Spotify download the app and share sounds with your friends family and those with whom you play golf it’s not a guarantee like a money back guarantee but if you listen to the same music as these guys You’ll Play like them and hit at 395 like Bryson Louie on the green at six has this for the outright lead tof at the second with a birdie three hard the third birdie four at the fourth firm enough to hold its line beautiful p and Lou takes the lead and he is in fifth place overall and a good performance here could catapult him into the top three in the individual standings that’s Phil with his third shot at seven trying to fly it fast and spin it back it looks like that’s a smart play he’s still got about 18 ft for par but he could have run back down the Fairway you be been a bit too cute Sergio at 5 in the Fairway yep that was a solid drive for Sergio tricky whole location today all the way back left everything slopes left to right in that section of the green left a little left big [Applause] fun Blandy just from the first cut eyes is pretty good but a slightly better angle than Sergio coming from the right side into this left hole location as you can see after Ser you hit a shot just caught that Ridge want to be on the left side of that Ridge just such tiny targets aren’t they so I mean PE Pebble Beach is the smallest in professional golf visits 3500 Square ft these are only 39 compar it to like Piner number two 5500 sare ft so they are tiny targets yeah like Suzanne said she’s glad she’s not playing I’m glad I’m not playing tough conditions today [Applause] DJ for birdie at four well Bryson who drove it so far up the seventh managed to leave it short of the Grain and have that one for par like the 56 is just going to get up in the air and you know it’s going to have spin on it that’s what I like yeah that’s the right one follow man let’s see it well anything that has landed flag High here has taken a big bunch and anything short has backed up so this is a a tough short shot just 117 yards and he’s got a gap wedge really difficult to judge the wind because this green too is surrounded by trees so that flag isn’t really moving that much but where he’s standing you can certainly feel the wind he’s going a little left oh there’s a nice little kick check him when you got [Applause] him Pereira not from the thicker stuff at 18 that’s well played that was a few moments ago Marty ker has headed over the back of the 11th green and two the par five this his third shot Phil for par at seven this was also a moment AG go [Music] now live at seven Dom Kevin n for 30 ver is a great Golf Course for Kevin Nar he plots around the go course as well as anyone and he can putt who would have thought in that group and Kevin now would have the only birdie P there well Pat Perez had a good week in Nashville it lifted him out of the dreaded Drop Zone yes you can be relegated from the Liv Golf League this year that was his Eagle put 11 he made his birdie Hudson Swafford one of two wild cards in in our field seeking a first point of the Season he started with a calamitous eight on his first hole the par 5 17 that was his second and two a welcome birdie for Hudson but he’s four over now Bryson trying to say par you know I’ve noticed a couple of times when I was with the earlier group uh Brooks and DJ’s group that couple of the chips they had from around the green the ball just doesn’t seem to check on the second can bounce as much as they expect Bryson’s had a little bit of it but it still ran by you know a dangerous distance past the hole he’s enjoying his golf right now you can tell playing with a smile on his face well he won’t be smiling right now that looked like just a push he had the ball lined up left Center that would have gone in had he started there this is five Richard Bland see if he can get it to the hole we’ve seen a couple uh Phil Mickelson and cam Smith both came up quite short from this distance on this line he got it [Applause] there haton for par number [Music] eight best putter on Legion 13 in the nine little events played thus far Sergio this for birdie I was walking up the Fairway with him after he hit his second shot he was trying to take a look at where he hit it and he just said ah I just hit it a little too far right out of everybody in this field I think this guy has got the most coarse knowledge here at Borama and a lot of success as well C that suits his [Music] [Applause] eye just a couple of seconds ago Dean burm at 10 for the South African has it one [Applause] under Pal Gasol is here two-time NBA champion with the LA Lakers and he towered above pretty much everybody here during the proam he played with John RAM on Thursday and now John RAM for birdie at five had the privilege of meeting him and uh took a picture with him and let’s just say uh me on my tippy toes didn’t really help were you in the picture I I was hiding now left to ride for John he’s pretty solid from this length got to make birdies when you can and when you get the opportunities to especially in a day like [Music] today takes advantage of a lovely kick with his second shot which we’ve got to do well perhaps Ram is rolling consecutive birdies for the Spaniard at four and five and he is one underpath well his caddy Greg Bodin told me Bryson’s going to hit drive here every day I don’t think even he could get it even to the bunker with this wind it’s blowing pretty much straight into them yeah 351 yards there’s not much room up there by the green no there isn’t oh this is deep in trees oh maybe over them yeah that sounded like it may have connected with one of the golf carts there and has taken a huge bunch to the right I would think that that’ll be an interesting one this is the sixth T John Ram has started to show some very good form here on home soil what we think I think I’m with I I think you got to play it straight down oh yeah 100% and uh I think it’s a 30 low 30 shot I don’t think I need to hit this very hard I don’t think so either I think it’s like I said low 30s so you got the room behind as long as obviously keep it left of it like being real aggressive like the left edge of the tower that six and it comes right back to the flag all right B soani said if there’s a place to get my first win this will be the perfect week he says he’s quite emotional and he feels great playing at valderama and in Spain very special to him and he’s got so many great memories here of some of his idols growing up that he’s inspired to be and become now this is a pitching wedge front right hole location down when as you heard Adam Hayes just left of this pin would be a good leave there’s a slope there it doesn’t quite get it back on there’s our Skittles we got three Bogies two birdies that’s the green ones no I mean yeah an idea of how claustrophobic it is here at Fama from this shot he’s got a wedge as well had a really nice conversation with John ROM yesterday and he was very much complimentary of this guy Sergio Garcia he said till today John Ron thinks that Sergio is the top five best ball striker in the world he said there is nothing like it the sound that he makes the divot that he makes the patterns that he makes shot shaving abilities he said it’s still one of the best and he’s been doing it for decades go go this needs to go big BNS off The Fringe well Lou us at his seeking a first live golf league title he started brilliantly he leads by one got around 4ish ly last to go you’re on the te at 6th any soccer banter between this group suan I know Sergio and John are huge soccer fans they’ll be supporting Spain Dicky B Southampton fan the Premier League team oh no not yet but I might try and Stir It Up in a second year yeah get in there get in there yeah not hard which team you fall for which team team you pulling for man I’m you know I’m I’m going to apologize to all the Spanish fans but I’m going to go for the english team wow look singap surpris me you’re going to get booed out there well listen I you know Singapore’s was a British colony and a lot of influence from the English people you follow the British education system seems like a Natural Choice Jerry all right what about you faly I don’t have a choice my better half is English so that’s true despite you of you Arlo i’ have to go for themez here’s Pat Perez with his second shot of 13 Beauty at the seventh uh the first spot of bother for Louie usas but no longer trouble he drove it into the uh trees but looks likely to escape with a par DJ second five DJ with his second shot at the fifth oh yeah judges it beautifully the big manle of that to get into the underpar [Applause] figures this is the eighth and the US Open Champion Bryson Des Shambo who got an incredible break sure is Tom yeah I mean he’s got an Avenue between the trees to the middle of the green L left of the pin but he can go for the pin just got to be careful the high branches of the tree just in front of him he’s going low going to bump it through the broth all in all I’d say that’s pretty good shot to get it on the putting surface ter hat out at 9 L wedge that’s not even in the ballp park miles off it what’s the number all up it’s 124 all up I like rip down one of these and it will that will cut getting enough on [Music] trying to get I told you the lie was so bad trying to [Music] get he didn’t like the light he didn’t like the shot you want to come in Ser yeah I can come up oh Sergio yeah that’s not good is it no it’s not it’s as we mentioned at the top of the show the Rough Around the greens are a little thicker than they were last year and this is probably a fairly good example of that and it looks slippery once it gets on the green yeah everything on this green slopes back to front and going to need some really really good touch although Arlo you know talking about football a lot of people are uh favoring the Spanish team apparently they’re playing some really good football very fluid I’m trying to stir things up with you going to leave the players alone Arlo well the Spanish have been clearly the best team in the competition so far but maybe England have a little bit of momentum going into the final be a quick right to laughter you just keep convincing yourself of that all game time 900 p.m. local time the penalty kick tiebreaker will be about 11:30 I don’t think it’s going to go that far will be delighted if he goes that far a lovely shot from Dean burm there [Music] and over at eight Bryson taking a look at this one yeah did well to keep it on the green with that second shot I thought he actually might go a bit higher and just left of the PIN to the middle of the green but he wanted to hit it as close as possible it’s fascinating the way how this man approaches his game and he’s going to do make a lot of adjustments these greens 13.1 here this week you know next week at Royal Tru they will be nowhere near the speed no they’ll be 10 and a half Max I would think David yeah [Applause] my bad C sya the fin on the green 12 this for [Music] par this runs out of steam for birdie John Ron this is for birdie he got a good read from Bland’s putt it didn’t move to the left as much as Blandy thought but it certainly is pretty darn fast from where they are by the way Arlo watching you watch that England match on Wednesday I don’t think I’ve ever seen you so stressed in my life it it is it is the most stressful experience that that I go through we we needed earplugs John’s got his family out here his dad and his brother playing in the proam on Wednesday with Caleb Sarat that was a fun little experience look at how quick this is yeah hits the slope there about 10 ft in and just takes off moment ago Dustin Johnson for biry at five gets him to one and the Par Four races are one and the par and a tie for third in fact they’ve just dropped a shot now they go back to level par and a tie for fifth still his turn yep for rmo it is and uh we have a pre and post guest this week Gonzo he said uh this wind it’s coming from the mountains the terrain so it’s a lot drier it’s a lot hotter and if you think the greens are fast now they’re only going to get quicker as the afternoon goes by that is Gonzalo Fernandez castano she’s referring to who’s one had a very nice career on the European tour DP World Tour nice guy too I know he doesn’t fit in with the rest of us speak for yourself Jerry good [Applause] guy David that was three put avoidance right there that was three put avoidance yes that’s that’s what it’s about now blend this for part up this hill three putt avoidance and bogey avoidance all very important on this golf course on a day like today it’s going to be very difficult to get any birdie opportunities these are the putts that you want to make [Applause] yeah I [Music] know well this man has a lot of confidence up the right yeah yeah pretty much straight down in this club many PL here this far as far as he does would hit as many drivers as he’s hitting here at balderama I believe John Ram say he’s only going to hit it driver four [Music] times there good reason that’s right up the left side of the Fairway SM that Dom does he look a little more rested get back to that in a second but he had such a busy couple of weeks after the US Open of course Sam horfield coming up for second place finish in Nashville that catapulted him up 22 places into the lock Zone he started well here that was his second shot into the 10th Adrien [ __ ] he will head to Royal trun for the open next week that’s his third shot into the power 51 he would make a birdie there playing for clinks G c m Pereira just a moment ago at the first for birdie and that ties the [Applause] lead and Terell Hatton being assaulted by foliage as uh does this for power at the [Music] ninth and another huge gust almost strong enough to where it gets underneath the the bill of your cap and wants to move your head around that’s really blowing up there on now he’s saying his ball moved and his oh yeah definitely mov goes when they get to 13-1 um and we can go to our rules bunker our official it locked up inside a cell with a bunch of TV cameras David Blake David what’s the rule here yeah so he’s uh already marked and lifted his ball uh so then he’s placed it and then it’s been moved by natural forces the wind so he just has to replace it no penalty there no matter where it’s gone yeah good concentration there so David they say I guess the easiest way to remember if it’s if I’m not mistaken is once you’ve marked the ball you own that spot on the putting greens yeah absolutely once you’ve marked and uh lifted and then replaced your ball you own that spot that is a very welcome rules change too guys who have competed at this level 7 oh my look at that go and Dustin Johnson has it one under just a couple back this is him on the sixth W well done back to Sergio suan yeah this is the second hardest hole the seventh according to last year’s stats only eight birdies we saw all three days last year here at balderama mind you different win today oh than you tough green to hit so you got to hit the Fairway this guy knows how to find a fair we yeah he’ll like that it’s going to be a ways behind Romo maybe well fans are watching across the globe whether it’s morning noon or evening with you we’re delighted to have your company # live broadcast let us know where you’re watching from what time of day what are you up to # Li broadcasts at liol andalia [Music] and if you include a picture of Arlo in your Tweet it’s sure to make the air it’s in the uh it’s in the contract yeah Pat perz a 13 P’s one of those players that that knows he’s playing for his LIF goal future yes yeah that’ll catch the slope and get a little better good shot that tied 14th in Nashville earned him enough points to get out of the Drop Zone he currently resides in the open Zone which is no guarantee of a spot on the roster next year anab started enough left me that wind just whipping across from the left yeah 15 is the toughest of the par threes don’t win today from the [Music] [Music] left Kevin n the ninth Dom yeah coming out of the right rough Li’s okay but you got a front pin once again on a downhill hole like seven you just got to be a little careful and put it past the pin look at that first bounce yeah took a big one it grabbed [Music] though Phil will be next I like the fact Phil melson’s using his old putter back to the blade that he won so many tournaments with and it looks like he’s using it nicely yeah he always looks better with that cter absolutely David good shot there I keep waiting for him to switch back to a traditional grip and then the big forward press that we got so used to seeing for 20 odd years and just drained everything now Bryon well he’s only got 65 yds approximately to the front edge and even from this distance from the Fairway he’s got some branches he’s got to be careful of if he PES slightly he’s going to clatter into [Music] them couldn’t get anthon on it and that one just wanders away some 30 [Music] ft number six just off the back of the green for birdie Waco nean toor K team captain and individual season long League leader yeah I like him for next week probably because of death but I don’t think he’ll enjoy Royal TR as a player David I know you played in many of them you’re at this time when you’re looking forward to a major all you’re really hoping for is not to be on the bad end of the weather draw yeah yeah it’s so important oh there’s there’s the long and the short of it P Gasol the former LA Laker and our very own suan hang and the photographer I would imagine would have had to have stood about 20 yards back to get uh to get them both in upper uppercase and lowercase is what we nickname those two out with Dicky b as David parody nicknamed him number seven how tall is he suan do we know I think he’s nearly 7 ft just just a little short of s the right and that was me on my Tippy Toes by the way I mean you’re 67 and he makes you look really small yeah I tell you what you know his clubs are so long and he’s only got a normal golf bag so all his clubs are sticking out so much compared to what we’re all normally see on a proam day such a nice guy though can he play suan yeah he’s pretty good yeah pretty good he plays a lot of golf spends half his time here in Spain and half the time in Northern California loves loves golf can’t get in the golf car without H his head though the ground’s got to feel so far away from him all right Landy likely just trying to put this somewhere on the center of the green yeah it’s going to be difficult for him to stop this straight down wind even from the Fairway especially with the greens firming up he’s almost going to have to land this short of the green and hope for a nice bounce yeah a good shot well that was all going on this was DJ with a curly one for birdie at six back to Sergio at sting a little bit across right now I mean it definitely I mean there’s definitely help it has to be i’ like with the flag go with the flag no the wind just switched I think we just got to pitch it at the hall yeah that’s F come on 2125 2125 yep big gust just came through the seventh Fairway SL down a light for [Music] Sergio the West Northwest winds that are gusting to 25 right now now luckily they call the ponente winds oh that’ll catch the false front and all the way down to the [Music] flat joint leader is Louie usas and his third shot at eight the only member of the all South African Stinger GC not to win an individual title would you believe perhaps this could be Louis week well a few moments ago Bryson Des Shambo who came second here to Taylor G last year has rolled this pun into the hole he’s back to level PA that was for birdie at nine Ram at seven what a drive you put a new shaft in that driver it’s working out really well this is a lob wedge this is the slope well Libs return this week to one of the most spectacular regions in the world Andalucia Spain is something about which every player in our field is [Music] excited I am extremely excited to to bring every single team uh in live golf back to Andalusia and for all of them to get a taste of of my country it’s quite incredible I’m really looking forward to it it’s going to be a special week we’re we’re really happy to be here I’m excited to get back here some of the most beautiful architecture and amazing food is here and the culture is [Music] spectacular it’s unbelievable the general atmosphere the vibe of the place is pretty cool when I’m back it’s always it’s always a treat all the views all the little things that you can see the different things that andalia has to offer uh for me as a as a spaner is uh is always always made me make me feel very [Music] proud it’s one of my favorite ones we play all year so you I’m excited to be here for this week this place is uh is so [Music] special it is a truly special place Andalucia in the south of Spain not far away from Gibralter are we which in itself is only about 9 miles from northern Morocco you’ve taken a shining Jerry to Puerto Banus just down the road just outside of M Bay up I’m checking out real estate there actually Arlo absolutely love it what type of real estate Jerry that was a good [Laughter] one walking up with Sergio after watching him react to John ROM’s second shot he wind is really making it very difficult for the [Applause] players did its best to come out several times the bottom of the hole oh no I thought you tipped it perfect well I think it’s worth another look at that Bo that one was moving as well yeah he in on the second half and swirled it home that avoids the embarrassment of putting yes my father used to say JP going straight in no I can see it well it’s wonderful to see Sergio two under par one off the lead John Ram one under with a chance to join Sergio at two under part that was a nice little moment between all three players everyone had a nice laugh gave Sergio a high five never seen that before spinning around the cup like that oh ROM a long range here for birdie disappointed with just a lob wedge in his hand it’s going to be a big breaking left to right putt from the back of the screen got to get the right Apex here [Applause] Sam horsefield moving up the pylon with another birdie this was fora at the second forito Pereira so he drops a shot and that leaves Louie with the outright lead on three under well Sam horfield has moved up to two under this is off the green at 11 the par five that’s an eagle yeah now Richard gland at seven oh he was the farest away but had the best result in terms of second shot result pinh high is controlling his iron so well Blandy oh well [Applause] done Dicky B back to level have off you a half when we walked up to the green do you enjoy watching the best players in the world you’ve come to the right place can’t hop this let’s go oh yes well everybody have you signed up to be a Liv xmember yet it’s easy just scan the QR code on your screens and off you go you might just win $100,000 at live golf UK in a couple of weeks time if a player makes a hole in one at the party hole again sign up to be a member then be on the lookout for all the information coming your way is that the property you’re looking at there is that the real estate that you’re you’re putting an offer in for Jerry something a little younger enough left guys get him what’s uh 26 2502 today this is a drivable par 4 number eight playing with the helping win 2/3 of the field have laid up one/ third have gone for it 12 and six no I know but it’s to it’s 2 65 to run to run through there we can’t I mean we can’t even hit it we can’t even hit a 10 yard sh of that because then we have that three in the way okay so 252 you’re saying 252 is the max we’re going to hit [Music] it yeah mhm yeah I mean according to this map and and and and these this here it’s still like this you know no no oh it’s straight cross Breeze at this point could change any moment left to right it’s 311 to the end of the Fairway here but as you heard there 250 is the max you can hit it everything slips left to right it’s not an easy t- shot sure this is not too much feel hit the at your say you do I rather you be committed to the shot you hit a full solid shot if you want to I don’t want like in between [Music] thoughts that think Sergio was worried about hitting it too far it sounded like he had out the three iron initially I’m pretty sure this is now the four I was probably looking to start this just on the edge of the first cut of the rough on the left and just let the wind and the slope do its thing [Music] two Landing zones there from the Drone Tracer one is the ideal spot for the layups and the other the front bunker is pretty much the ideal spot for those who go the reverse reverse drone treasure I like that havn’t seen that before coming off the 30 for Blandy that was a nice one especially in a tough hole like the seventh is that a hybrid guys looks like it yeah ah we got a new one he’s going for the Blanding Zone oh you’re killing me oh my goodness comes to us from Barret our spotting and scoring producer [Applause] blastic [Music] nice 200 there I mean it’s fine this was like I put that line that it’s kind of like what I felt was the max CU past that starts rolling down over here and this where you’re blocked so you know just it’s really what and I feel like good that one that one if you hit it and you hit a I feel like it could get too far um you feel like you’re having to hold it into the wind feel like the four you can hit be aggressive with it well that one if it comes a little bit Knuck correct it definitely carries more on top yeah listen even if this thing say this thing were to you know be 15 or 20 short of Sergio’s ball you know it gets drilled by the wind you’re still fine right the other one if it comes out knuckly it get down there too far good stuff from Adam Haze as you can tell from conversations between all the caddies in this group that’s the test of valderama is off the tea here you got to be so precise you can’t just hit the fairways you got to hit it in the right sections give yourself good angles into the whole location small greens they’re firming up it’s windy out [Music] here and this is just hugging the right side get a light started right John Ram is handily placed on one under PA fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia one off the lead uh was DJ’s third shot at seven the long Par Four here’s Phil at 10 and you have to play a lower trajectory shot here straight into the wind even though the flag is on 23 yards if you get this ballooning and it only lands 2/3 of the way up you’re going to spin it off the green 50 60 yards oh he’s getting it right to the back stop stop [Music] stop there’s that slope that Dom was talking about takes that away from the hole it’s a good example what happens I don’t fight it a little bit you know wo Neeman his third shot at seven it’s not been the chalain day so far three over par oh man how does that Miss Nice cam Smith has left it short of the ninth green he’s got this dawi cam also three over likewise Brooks kepka touch there just runs out fraction too much for [Applause] [Music] him this is the eighth here at raal Club valderama such an iconic venue in and Lucia Spain Sergio I’m 133 oh he just looks so comfortable out here why does IR feel like it’s too much this one feel like it’s well I mean as long as you play that I mean the right trajectory and and if you’re going at the left edge of that TV Tower with this wind you know yeah okay left edge of that TV tower according to Neil Wallace his caddy is about 20 ft left of this whole location pitching wedge for Sergio balls slightly below his feet wind off the left sit sit sit those greens are firming up and for a two- shot lead Louis oasen that’s a bit of a head cruncher there back to the line you want David that ball is uh sitting down and everything is down Green going to be very difficult to control the spin here especially with the wind and the firmness of the greens you can see that’s where all the water runs off the Fairway there that is the thick [Music] stuff well Brooks kka has made a birdie at seven so he’s back to two over his round but Smasher having a very very difficult opening round so far they are seven overp par as a team that’s 11 shots off the lead Dicky B now yeah he got a couple of good reads in terms of the wind it’s going to be an advantage today last to go get a pretty good idea if what it’s doing towards the whole location saw Sergio’s ball it didn’t move that much so it doesn’t need to go that far left of this pin looks [Music] good Bryson at 10 big Bender here for birdie Dom it is and it’s up pill so reasonably slow on these quick greens yeah you don’t want to run it by that hole [Music] no Drew party Smith watching from Western Michigan beautiful beautiful area of the US beautiful three putt avoidance there from Lou Lou holds firm three under power lead of wall Caleb serat his second at number 11 one over on the car today oh what a shot right at the flag stick at the par five didn’t look like a lot of club either there 163 the front I [Music] want well the international series is well underway for 2024 many of our players were in Morocco last week Caleb Sarat that was her birdi in 12 he finished eventually in third place John Catlin who’s in our Field playing for the Crushers in the absence of Charles how the third he lost in a playoff that was his second at 15 because Ben Campbell the New Zealander who’s a reserve here in Andalucia finished Eagle birdie to get it to a playoff and then birded the first playoff hole to pit John Catlin to Victory this is the winning putt at the first playoff hall for Ben Campbell the international Series champion in Mar Rocco so these are the standings and John Catlin and Ben Campbell whoever wins the international series it’s a 10 events long will be guaranteed a spot in the live golf league next year so at the moment Catlin with that narrow advantage over Ben Campbell oh Sergio from some thick stuff just off the edge of the eth yeah he’s got that club wide open oh was almost too good David [Music] and it just shows you you miss the green by a foot and uh it’s often more difficult than if you miss it by five yards John RS Li yeah it’s not great either sitting down and he’s taking a couple of practice swings looks like he’s going to try and just pop it out get the club there just is he popping this side onto an up slope sowh it’s fairly flat David yeah [Music] yeah it just came out so hot off the face tiny mistakes so little Mar for error [Music] here Adrian on the 15th the long par IM I like this sure it’s going to be so high going to get hit what you trying to achieve we’re just trying to achieve like one 185 eh I a normal one of this m i just smashed that straight on the the screen okay [Music] [Music] that’ll be an interesting Journey from there well elsewhere Lee West would return to form in Nashville he tied for third there he was a member of the European team here at the Rider Cup in 1997 that was his third shot at the 11th he made birdie there well it’s been some week for Charles schwarzel he birded 13 there he’s a qualified pilot this is Richard Bland a second ago for birdie at eight and uh Char took it upon himself to fly from South Africa excellent from Dicky B to Palm Beach in Florida so he took off in joerg uh fuel stops in Mala Dar Salam and E Ethiopia then in Egypt then flew to Switzerland then landed in Ireland quick refuel there then Iceland then to Canada then to Florida was he in a Cano now Ron this for par big swinging left to right put [Music] good save [Applause] there Sergio next certainly don’t want to give one back after that lovely chip in on the 7th very similar line to rah’s putt so a little firm on that line that’s not done yet not done yeah good four feet here [Music] well done [Applause] you’re cooking they’ll go to the ninth T and they’ve arrived there and let’s take a look at the whole D yeah the ninth is another beautiful par 4 here at balderama coming out of narrow shoot of trees it’s pretty much straight away towards the clubhouse and it Narrows down in here and up the slope to the green and a little false front on the front edge of this one [Music] landed to go first just going with a three-wood probably looking to land this in the wider section of the Fairway David you mention it Narrows bottlenecks a little bit as the Fairway goes farther up it’s about 16 17 yds wide downwind left Center head a little right just leaking a bit yeah no chance head bouncing uphill pretty good line straight down fortunately there have a tick off the right but I think he’s going to do a whole lot to it [Music] R next Fairway Wood yeah that should be his fivewood I believe yeah it looks pretty short yeah generally plays as left to ride except that time he tried drawing it he was aimed pretty much right down the middle which for him is closed that’ll work whilst that was happening Terell hatson on the tier [Music] 12 likes it not sure why someone said good swing I think he said it but was a hint SAR sasm involved yeah now Sergio also going with a fairway wood no room to start at left or right hit a swing in hook or a cut shot here you just got to started like a dart that’s a dart David yeah it’s a beauty just a moment ago Phil mikkelson at the PA 5 11th and you can see how much uphill this second shot is up and over the slope oh that’s a glorious shot from Phil excellent opportunity for Eagle for Phil now it’s been bandemonium over on the live golf podcast Fairway to Heaven as Richard Bland came on to discuss his second consecutive senior major win congratulations uh what a fantastic fantastic finish yeah it was pretty special yeah it was pretty special so uh you know you you know you’re GNA if you play you know anywhere near like I know I can play that I would be you know roundabout come Sunday but you know for to go for it to go your way both times is uh yeah I guess there’s someone up there maybe looking down pretty favorably at me at the minute so uh I don’t believe in anything that goes on up there but uh if there is somebody um I think I owe them a beer would you have had that same car that make that kind of statement four years ago uh probably not no probably not um you said you know I think uh getting that first win um on DP world was was was huge for me it’s not that you kind of act any differently or you you do anything differently I think it’s just that that sort of inner belief then that you have great mancave there Jerry by the way P table in the background you can catch the entire conversation on the golf YouTube page or wherever you consume your podcast content were you were you cultivating a bit of a beard there as well between events R sem you know kind of we weren’t playing anyone okay teams are playing good but we weren’t playing like a what you’d call a top top side Danny Lee the second shot into the first he’s got it one under nice a good chance to get to [Applause] two here’s happen for this second shot of the par [Music] 312 that one just trundles to The Fringe on the far side [Music] terl spent a day at Wimbledon this week with some pretty recognizable faces Fitzpatrick Captain Luke Donald the Ridder cup Europe family well it’s kind of nice to see isn’t it it really is and really refreshing for the newly named American captain Keegan Bradley to say I want the 12 best players I don’t care where they play which is the attitude I think all of American fans want this go around you got to go to Wimbledon once you know it’s one of those places like the cathedral tennis do you have to wear a coat and tie no you don’t no I went once never saw a tennis shot hit really yeah I got stuck in the champagne and strawberries tent I definitely got to go to Wimbleton now I think you have to wear a colar and tie if you’re in the Royal box yeah ah yeah big chance of that Richard Bland at nine in second and coming out of the right rough speaking of Wimbledon it was uh bit of an emotional uh I guess last Wimbledon for Andy Murray touching little interview yeah they gave him a nice end off when he lost the doubles match yeah it’s nice that Novak was there some of the Legends were there oh that was a great shot from BL wonderful shot yeah especially coming off the rough in the top 10% of all live golf league players from that distance 51-year-old Landy and what Andy Murray managed to achieve in the world of tennis against joov and a was remarkable really three grand slam titles two one at the US Open I think safely say that he is in the pound should take one hop and check British Sportsman this has to be this 566 I think more 105 a major ER is just that much hard 105 shot right on it yeah I mean Rory five in the tiger and Phil era actually which and hasn’t won one in what 10 11 years it’s pretty amazing what he’s done and gone through some pretty severe injuries as well lob wedge for ROM that was Blandy saying hello everyone no stay oh that kicked so hard right it did GRE are getting rubbery now for par at 12 Terell hat back to the ninth Sergio with a second caught a conversation between between him and his caddy down this Fairway I think that ball went a little bit farther than he thought it was going to another big [Music] b a moment ago Dom Bryson for Eagle 11 I tell you if it wasn’t the fact that he was putting into the wind I could see this one going past the pin and down and off the green that’s a pretty good lag from there [Applause] [Music] Phil made his Eagle at 11 so he will move any second now there you go to two under par on the pylon just one back of Louie us [Music] [Applause] haaser oh with a tricky little tap in here maybe a little more than a tap in down the hill well how’s this for a stat David I walked past the uh spotter on the 11th Fairway she told me Bryson’s ball was the only one that found the Fairway so far today yeah that’s cuz he was the only one who could fly it past the steepest part of that slope on and everyone just runs down into the right rough but uh that’s an incredible St now well [Applause] done so he’ll go to one under just two [Music] back it’ll be Sergio from the back edge of the ninth Green Oh that took a massive hop really hasn’t done done anything too poorly today at all and uh just conditions are tough whil we wait for Sergio here’s our leader Lou usas on the ti 11 bogy free through his opening nine holes having teed off at two big slope from left to right there at 11 difficult to keep it out of the right rough [Music] [Music] and this is another one you can see the front left portion of the green there is kind of dried out a little right where the hole is cut unfortunately this is Into The Breeze this would be uh considerably more [Music] difficult yeah he’s getting blustered around and David huge gust just came through that’s a good try Philip on the 12T oh don’t pull it straighten [Music] up oh that hit something hard and we’ll see a nichelson special here perhaps a short-sided bunker shot see what so what is it the flag 2005 we’re trying to pitch it 195 fo back at 12 and Bryson [Music] my that’s a bit better that’s impressive yeah yeah stop like that stop and after a really a terrific second shot from the right Ru Richard Bland for birdie [Music] [Music] that’s a good nine holes this was a moment ago anaban leiri this is for birdie at the power five 17th and he moves to two [Applause] [Music] under back to the ninth and John R whose Legion 13 team have climbed into to a tie for third place with Tor on one under the Majestics and Stinger tied for the outright lead on three underpath [Music] R stays at one under par and the individual pylon huge Roar from the crowd we have nine holes to play on day one of live golf and Lucia [Music] [Music] [Music] real Club valder armor is bearing its teeth here on Friday of Liv Golf and Luci blustery conditions but a picture perfect golf course here your announced team on the live golf broadcast myself Arlo white Jerry folks David F in the booth Don Boule and suan hang our on course analysts it’s a hot one today it’s going to call off slightly over the weekend 99 fah feels like 100 out there tough conditions hello everybody from the lip broadcast studio Arlo white with you we could have a great story here Lou usen hasn’t won an individual title in the Liv Golf League he is three under par he teed off at two uh he’s bogey free so far three birdies for him but there’s a bit of a log Jam behind him including Phil Michelson just a shot back and look at John RAM and uh Sergio Garcia one under par the home Heroes here in Spain let’s head out onto the course and speak to our analysts and you’re following the Spanish Duo suan hang what are your observations so far yeah Arlo it’s great to see both of the home favorites playing well that Sergio Garcia and John Ram both of them obviously have very different experiences out here Sergio having a lot of great memories a lot of success versus John Ram who’s openly you know really has struggled on this golf course so haven’t really seen that today both of them are playing some solid golf especially with conditions like today this Pon wind is creating Havoc out here back on the 10th Bryson had 162 yards into the wind he hit an eight iron he usually hits that club over 200 yards and the fact that he and Phil Mickelson they’re the two highest ball hitters here on the Liv League Apex with a driver about 140 150 ft well if you’re going to use that club you either got your start line perfectly on the crosswind hes or you going to start lowering your trajectory in fact Phil has put in a shorter driver this week so he hits a little bit lower partly in preparation for next week’s Open championship well some highlights from the group that Sue an hang is following starting with John ROM for birdie out at five made a few of those that length thus far through nine holes and John uh Richard Bland rather on the second toughest hole in the golf course the seven a rare birdie there and then Sergio Garcia with this second hop and swirl at seven easy birdie now SW I know you’re following two of I guess we could even call them national heroes here in Spain but I want to ask you about the odd man out Richard Bland is in an unfamiliar territory teeing off in our Premier group as a sign of respect for his accomplishments of late in Senior Golf and he’s obviously not Spanish is he feeling any love out there oh yeah everybody is yelling his name I think a lot of people are showing him a lot of love and respect for what he has done especially uh the age that he’s at but also being able to contend and and compete with these guys out here that he’s admitted has improved his game so much it’s made him a much better player uh a bit of a shaky start for Blandy though and then manag to kind of come back and steady his game as the day goes by he’s looking really solid man so and we’re seeing the players back off a little more often in the last hour or so that wind is really whipping around and it it must be going at ankle height as well the way the ball is moving on the greens yeah absolutely David it it’s just swirling today and and there’s just gust that comes through uh these tree lines and it’s just making it really difficult for players to judge uh what it’s going to do to the bounce the wedge whether is it going to move the ball that’s why players are taking extra time and it’s just really making it difficult to judge a spin of the ball well the group that Don Boule is following includes Phil Michelson this how about this yeah beautiful shot at four [Music] just [Applause] perfect Bryson at number nine putting done into the dry section of this green reads this beautifully runs it right in the middle if you’re coming from the right and then Phil at 11 how about this second shot yeah this really was uh pretty special just judged it perfectly coming darwind up the hill across that beautiful action of apron magnificent and Don Boule this course isn’t one that you would think suits Phil’s game I know you referenced it a little bit there in your in your chat but he’s also got a big event coming up next week and in Phil Mickelson’s mind he still has a chance to win another major is this in any way good preparation for him oh absolutely Jerry I think the fact that it’s blowing 25 30 mil an hour and it’s a heavy wind here much like it is at a Seaside lyns course in in the British aisle so it is great preparation great to see back using that trusty old putter too it’s uh it’s it’s a wind you say it’s a heavy wind at there Dom you know and it’s not even coming off the ocean here but uh it it really makes them uh think about you know the the difference between birdie and bogy out here is so fine the margins are so thin David we’ve been saying all day isn’t it this course you have to be so precise finding the right sections of the Fairway but how can you be precise when it’s 25 30 mph it’s almost impossible you just got to you just to take what you get so our leader is Lou us Hazen he teed off at two in our shotgun start and probably made a birdie that was to get to one under par his third shot at the fourth here would lead to another birdie for Louie the only member of stinger GC the all South African team not to win an individual title in the live golf league he’s bogey free so far this is his t- shot at six which would lead to his third birdie of the day so far and Louie holds a on shot advantage over a group of five players on two under and nine players are tied at one under including Rah Garcia and dambo well Phil couldn’t get it close enough to get it up and down from the bunker at 12 de bur 15 down the slope this for birdie a moment ago and [Applause] bucket Terell hton is just off the back Edge at 13 and that’s for birdie and Louie our leader his third shot at 11 from an awkward angle oh and he played that [Applause] beautifully Dustin Johnson this at nine for birdie this is not slow he’s dropped a couple now back to one over [Music] back into the breeze actually did affect the speed on [Music] that now at the 11th hole the downwind par five k Smith with his third shot than on T not having the best today a three over should pick one up here bad day for the mullet Jerry be whipping around there I’m still unconvinced there’s a good day for it but it works for him do you ever have one the mullet no I’m not sure that I ever did but I am suffering from a fairly traumatic haircut at this moment yeah yes looked tremendous with it by the way where’d you get it done and a Turkish barber in Bal Gowan Northern Ireland should have been two red flags well that was going on Patrick Reed had this one at 17 for [Applause] birdie nice [Applause] yeah and a 10 second shots Sergio will be [Music] first go go trying to knock that one down as much as possible didn’t just she that CL front there but it’ll hang [Applause] up Chef Jose Andres Sergio playing with him in the practice round one of the greatest chefs in the entire [Music] world yes yes it is left tou R next [Music] Landy 96% of the time counting to his team obviously those are higher this year as we’re counting all four scores in round three [Music] [Applause] and the par 51th Louis oasen for birdie and he is just keeping an eye on that ball see if it’s going to move without him heading it this will be for a two- shot lead no never comfortable over it that’ll feel like a drop shot John Ram second shot here at 10 [Music] [Applause] now then have you got your live Golf League merchandise yet just go to shop. livg gool.net get to any Liv golf events and hit the merchandise 10 13 teams 54 players hats and hoodies polos t-shirt shirts head covers if you want it they have got it scan the QR code on your screen anaban leiri for birdie at [Applause] 18 to number five and our first look in with Matthew wolf prob well Charles how III is still out injured and that has provided another opportunity for John Catlin not quite quite going his way today so far he’s three over par but if things can improve for him over the weekend he’s got an opportunity to accumulate points and even in these limited opportunities he’s getting to start in the live golf league he may yet accumulate enough points to get into the lock Zone and guarantee his spot for next year but he’s fighting on two fronts because also he has the opportunity via the international series and if those two fail he could go to the promotion or relegation event at the end of the year so and like ogal tree last year he’s going to play himself if he plays well he’s at least into the open Zone Sergio Sergio long range here for a birdie on the 10th this is going to be a very slow putt up this hill oh pretty good that’s good wait ROM next to go similar line a Little Closer Than Sergio speaking of the international series I know earlier you mentioned Caleb areat playing well John shared a story with me apparently Caleb was blind as a bat right up to about a month ago when they finally convinced him to go and check his eyes and uh it’s 2040 on one side and 2050 on the other side so I don’t think it’s any coincidence that uh he started playing well in Morocco can finally read some putts perhaps well John Ram is Seeking a first live golf league title he would dearly love to do it right here here in [Music] valderama well I have perfect eyesight too I just think my arms aren’t long enough yeah I know the feeling here’s Phil at 13 oh that’s a pretty good shot it may not look like a good shot but that’s pretty good on this tiny green downwind Richard Bland over at tan that’s for birdie apparently John John Ram has perfect eyesight too oh just needed a couple more [Applause] rolls taks a soft pop and goes 20t short I still think 95 this thing 1030 is 90 so I’m just going to go just under 1030 I like it I know it’s interesting when he says 10 90 y shot 89 y shot yeah 10:00 is when his fourarms reach shoulder height so a little just short the 10:30 means his arms just a bit past shoulder height oh my gosh dude one just kind of died I was right at the flag B of A Miss Q There Dean burer for birdie at 16 to tie the lead with his captain Louie usas it’s been a solid start for the South Africans here still a bit of work to do for Dean there who was knocked out of the top three by Terell Hatton in the season long standings after hatton’s victory in Nashville but Stinger lead by two look at kis muya out at number 17 having a rough go Cal also made his way to live golf league via the promotions event and he’s staring down the barrel of having to try it again this year here’s oy at 12 acting like that one might have hurt a little [Music] bit you do some walking up and down Hills out here oh here’s a interesting little shot from Kevin Na little fairway wood or hybrid just going to bump and throw the rougher stuff in front of him hey John will you read this one over at 14 Terell hatman second shot sounded like it went straight up into the branches yeah that go par 511 Richard Bland playing downwind today heading towards the ocean lovely view from the 11th T big slope in the Fairway here from left to right yeah R next to go really interesting in his press conference this week he talked about how he isn’t won and he Compares it a little bit to a season back in 2021 played really well but didn’t win anything right up to the US Open says it feels a little bit similar the season has a lovely Drive well he was forced to withdraw wasn’t he in Houston with a a problem with his foot which led to him missing the US Open Championship a week later but in all of the competitions that he has completed in the LI Golf League he’s finished in the top 10 all eight times Kevin now with that little bun much on it how did it online all that too Sergio final guy to go on this tea box I was talking to Neil Wallace his caddy earlier and I’m not sure if he’s just doing this this week but apparently he didn’t hit any other clubs other than his wedges on the driving range this morning while warming up [Applause] luio Tason second shot at number 12 you saw him have a bit of a Flinch off the tea that is a beautiful touch Terell adman who plattered into the trees with his second shot at [Music] 14 wow what a shot next to the green of 13 Dom you’re watching Phil yes I am indeed and fairly quick one well the once again putting back into the wind it’s got effect to that in get it get it hit a lot of good putts that just slid by but a little shy on that one is that okay I don’t have a problem it’s Bryson next on uh should be yeah I was surprised actually he was six Paces off the green and these fringes are superb they’re almost as good as some greens we we see around now it’s going to be Kevin Nar first anyway Bryson used a putter used a wedge instead of a putter which I thought was probably the correct Club even though I don’t like seeing players chip uh putting from too far off the green but he’s left himself a lengthy one like Kevin n has here oh he and Kenny harms they’ve been together a long long time when he gets hot with this club I mean the hole must look like a bucket yeah yeah he could be frightening with this one different style of pting poter than what we’ve seen in the past okay no Bry far you know I’m just interested Bryson is so scientific has so many numbers he has to work out before a shot but how how precise can you be in these conditions yeah I mean you think it’s got to be just field much like the way Sergio plays but Bryson is going to figure out an equation that makes everything make sense to him and it doesn’t make any sense to any of us no [Applause] smart Landy second shot here on the 11th hole par five certainly getable today with the wind straight down Breeze he’s got about 255 to the front from where he is just caught the first cut Li is good I agree no it’s on 64 left 64 yeah it’s front pin the previous so you’re just picking out the camera Tower as a reference point aren’t you suan yeah definitely and again just a gust of wind coming through it’s picked up again I’m looking to land this just short of the green slight uphill Li as well I love the efficiency of this golf swing music is the ground really well yeah no idea when you’re down there unless there’s a there is nothing to know where that ball up this one that one two the third one yeah no that’s um 150 huh 150 carry it okay now Sergio yeah the RO all hanging I heard Neil Wallace saying 170 is the yardage for Sergio yeah that’s uh just a long for the breeze and it’s 2011 actual look at this wow that a fabulous shot just run out a little too far but good swing well let’s get you caught up with some of the action elsewhere here in valderama Lucas Herbert the Aussie plays for Ripper GC he teed off at 16 earlier this is his second shot into the power 47 that bird he got him back to level party and Pulsa furious with himself after a double bogy at his penultimate hole in Nashville and that cost the Majestics dearly in terms of finishing on the podium but they’re doing well today they’re one under in second place that was his birdie at 11 John Ron from the right rough here on the 11th lies good he’s got a pitching wedge oh pitching wedge it’s 557 yards it’s a lot of wind decent day to be a springb Lou at B and Stinger lead the way here’s Bubba on the ninth green uh this one is for par unfortunately not really Bubba’s kind of golf course he likes to start it well left or well right off the tea there just isn’t room to do that around here goats are plus 70 I’m not sure he was uh overly pleased with that when he hit it not at [Music] all the goats having a tough day at seven over not counting Thomas peters’s score who’s eight over on the round it’s tough out there not as tough a day as smash GC do 10 over par Brooks kept can not counting on five over good t- shot there from Louie Kieran Vincent on the par 3T number 15 229 yds today but with some help in the win that’s just the land a little softer and would have taken some contour and worked a lot closer to the hole not a bad sight from up top the hills here the 11th hole here at ra Club valderama is a part five and John Ram has his third shot yeah I think with his second he was probably playing for a flyer and watching Sergio’s balls pretty firm that front portion of the screen flopping it [Applause] [Music] just set to Serio trying to be like you nice laugh with each other uh Blandy caught the green typ bunker here on the 11th not a lot of green to work with at all and uh it’s going to be pretty quick lot of break as well left to right this 11th Green’s very open it’s not protected by any trees so this Green’s probably the most dried out well the leading Spaniard here in valderama isn’t RAM and it isn’t Sergio it’s Eugenio chakara he’s two under par that was for his birdi in four he’s birdied three of his last six the man from Madrid victorious in Bangkok in 2022 and Chada one off the league Fairway to Heaven podcast blessing he’s our latest guest chicag it’s the opposite to to the curse isn’t it you go on to the and you perform heroic in the next tour 14 end of the wind 7 or eight so just under 10:30 right here nice do you like that yes y like a little right to left sloping side slope that’s a pretty good line Bryson not too much grass around the ball it’s a pretty firm green though and he’s not going to get much spin a lot of wind oh this has got oh boy the wind got this one I mean what am I supposed to do there I just got absolutely smoked it’s not a terrible spot though to be honest look at that look I mean Sergio and stereo at 11 great timing Jerry yeah he was just about to putt and a gust of wind came through here to back off can certainly feel it as David’s at ankle high that wind’s certainly going to slow this pot down yeah this is a moment ago uh the the tier three gray mcdal of Smash GC three over for his round so [Music] far a shot our leader is Louie usas here he is at 13 that’ll work nicely one hop and stop pole High about 10 ft away now Blandy this is for birdie after that lovely bunker shot it’s right to left although this wind’s probably going to straighten out this pot a little bit Terell hat on the T of 15 be a tough two there well just off the 11th green the Fireballs are hosting friends family clients potential sponsors in their uh Hospitality tent and here is their Captain Sergio Garcia for birding I hope those people that are at the uh Fireballs Hospitality tent have their lip bomb and sunscreen on because uh it is windy here on the 11th hole yeah we just got a gust up here at the booth almost uh almost messed up my hair what hair all right now Sergio to avoid a three putt I want to make birdies here on the par fives oh boy that’s frustrating after such a beautiful second shot much as I hate to ad minute Jerry actually you have pretty nice hair now I got it over seated oh you did yeah it’s cost him enough yeah I don’t have enough hair on the side of my head thank you everyone to give me anyway Phil he was a little out of position off the te back to 11 and Ron for birdie John R is within one of Lou usas well have you signed up to be a Liv X member yet it’s easy just scan the QR code and off you go you might just win $100,000 at livol UK in a couple of weeks time if a player makes a hole in one at the party hall again sign up to be a member then be on the lookout for all the information coming your way ping from miles away at 15 for birdie a little left there why are they so slow like every that I have is so Bryson’s third at 14 [Applause] Power Rankings new another new statistical ranking system we’ve come out with live golf John ROM dropped one after performance in Nashville Richard Bland up four spots to 13th and Sergio Garcia down one to 10th that takes in their play on live golf only over the last seven events and on a SL slighting scale of [Music] weight quite a b more love and on the te John R I think anything above 65 shot I think you’re going to love it’s going to get up in the wind it’s going to be perfect middle of the green one more needs to be a p yeah yeah don’t even worry about the pin here middle of the green finish that 12 mean this I can name more straight and have a fall left yep I love it oh this play the hardest hole last year only 29% of the field hit the screen not sure even the downwind is making this hole any easier P 207 heard Adam Hayes you don’t want to look at this pin at all middle of the green it’s a good result that’s where this is headed huge B the same thing second got out come back to the middle of the bunker okay Michelson for par this at [Music] 14 and back to the tea at 12 Landy two time major champion this year senior major that is saw ROM’s Vault that wind is pretty strong above these trees going to try and keep this below the whole location this is W another one finds that back bunker I mean he flew it in the middle of the green almost all high that was John’s back of solid obiously enough up there yeah yeah Serge you’re next to go got two good looks at 9 play more than 60 65 all right just shot two good looks at the effects of the wind and the firmness of this grain can hear by the way the ball lands it’s so firm [Music] oh not like [Music] that not like that Serio two South Africans lead the way in Lou and Dean burm to two Spaniards just a shot back in Ram and [Music] jakara suddenly Stinger have a six shot lead in the team competition and the only team under par oh haton for par and 15 just glances out of the left Edge Bryson on the live line for par at 14 in there get in there so you saw Dean bur tie the lead at the top of the pylon with his captain the Stinger GC Lou uses and this is his fourth shot at 17 a bit late curl and that’s in for a birdie so Dean burmister three underpar and a tie for the [Music] lead 13 green and cam Smith with his third shot tricky little chip oh that’s beautiful just beautiful Jerry you mentioned Stinger the only team under par collectively three scores of the four counting today they’re five under Brandon Grace not counting and we mentioned him earlier he is seven over par for his round yeah if you not in control of your golf ball this course will expose you in this wind and even if you are in control you’re giving up a little bit of it because of this blustery wind it is humming out there L at 13 for birie oh he doesn’t believe that doesn’t turn we’re back on the green of 12 uh Landy from the back of this green had a nice uh interesting chat between Ramen Blandy walking up the screen and they both said can you go up there and see if the greens made of concrete both had an eight iron and took the biggest hop but I think Serge is going to go first he tried to smash a nine iron and then quite catch it but this bunker shot nowan is still downwind is it not yeah yeah it is that’s not easy and you can tell the screen is very very firm so he certainly is going to play for that not bad for a lengthy bucker shot but that is not the comfort zone for Sergio that [Music] distance well to the green at five in Eugenio chicara from Madrid with a chance to tie the lead on three under David puj will be the teammate of John RAM for Spain during the Olympic Games in Paris in a few weeks time but he’s having a nightmare on the first day here in B N9 over so far but here’s Jak to get to three under jakara all the way down in 41st in the standings it’s uh that’s no guarantee moving forward but when we talked to him the other day for our live golf podcast he was showing signs of optimism knowing that his now he’s injuryf free had a hip issue for a that just nagged him for a long time but and after a little tough love with some of his teammates earlier in the year to try and get his head in the right spot he really feels like he’s got a chance to play some some good golf now third last week in the international Series in [Applause] Morocco jio jakara full of confidence and he’s finding his form he’s three under par it’s a three-way tie for the lead now and John ROM the back of the 12th green and both players Rah and Blandy were saying usually they’re hitting a full iron into this green trying to hold it against the wi in and off the left and today it’s straight down wind and it actually makes this whole so much tougher light downhill light for [Music] [Music] R honor leiri just a moment ago this for birdie at number two and he gets the two under [Applause] par Jesus Christ go go trap yep prayer is not answered you know on a day like this on a golf course like this the overriding thought the Y where do I leave myself to the easiest up and down for par and to be honest with you that right bunker if you’re near the pin is the easiest spot if you’re in the front third of this screen that is a scary treacherous pot certainly two putt we’ve just seen haton three potted from there oh this is left side oh my gosh Jibo oh yeah he knows it Sergio for par 12 he’s going to give John Ram a good look at the line here yeah beautifully done keeps the Fireballs at level par they’re in second place three Spaniards in the team five behind the South Africans of stinger GC I think it’s an advantage being a Leander here with the wind down and off the left if Phil can hit one to the left side of this green lowish kind of ride the wind a little bit he can land it where Bryson’s boys as long as he’s got a decent trajectory it will bounce up pin High towards the right section of the hole obviously easier set than done that’s flow out to the left wants to miss that bunker little test him off the D slope [Music] back to 12 and John ROM after getting the perfect read from Sergio this for par and he’s fairly solid from this range Jerry yes stepped in pretty quickly after Sergio hit his putt get a good look at [Music] it this would be a very good up and down on a tough Hall like the 12th especially with the conditions [Music] today about a ball higher line than Sergio had it and didn’t have a chance to recover from that length so Ram at Al will make their way to the 13th T David 418 yds it’s another one of these holes here at valderama that’s almost straight you’ve just got ahead in the right portion of the Fairway again up the slope to a tiny little green that’s crowned almost all the way around flag in the front left today Sergio first on a t here on the 13th would think it’s far driver other but but it’s going to be a St you know even even if I have 9 I mean it’s going to be like the ninth hole right I’ll okay good [Music] oh this Fairway takes a fairly bigot picture good shot it’s left to right mainly huh it’s mainly left to right uh there should be some touch help but I mean more left to right just by that [Music] yeah and this cross Breeze left to right isn’t going to help but he’s going to go with the driver which I quite like this plate takes a narrow part little out of it just pass all those trees yeah it’s one of the few holes out here that actually widens the the farther you hit it usually the other way around but there’s a wider portion of the Fairway out there and I think with the wind as well today David it’s helping a little looks good if it stops turning clattered into one of the trees there and Danny Lee second shot at five SE some big bounes on this grain oh and he struck that so [Applause] beautifully R go Rambo pardon me going with a different strategy here mainly left to right up top okay gets up the on the Apex he’s got his driving iron in the bag this week took out his five wood of course in preparation for True next week as well as a few more options off the tapa out here in badama your shot he’s got to start this Left Right edge of the left rough [Music] [Applause] basically well John Ram is Two Shots back of a Trio of leaders burm Chic and usas in the South African Stinger GC lead by five ly lost to go on a 13th T he’s going with the driver he’s 11th in Fairway accuracy 47th in distance so obviously not the longest but he is very accurate with this [Music] club is our shadow of the left Center of this Fair we that would be his line is moving a little right as [Music] well well it’ll swear here at Val and it is a blustery day here in andelo the range goats and smash they are both struggling on day one Matthew wolf of the goats that’s his t-shot at six where he would make birdie he is two overpar the goats are nine overpar Jason CRA his second at the par three third so that got him back to three over but smash on nine over par as a team as well new an up the hill at 14 with his second shot what so wild bounes on some of these greens that was just rejected from the center of the Green Into the Bunker [Music] [Music] done there from quaco nean Bubba Watson playing the par 51th range go a 14 shots back of the leader Stinger GC how you good and to take the outright lead Dean [Music] Buras oh he had it right online this is the green at 17 and Sam horfield of the Majestics for birdie oh he stays at level par so at live golf Nashville the Majestics had an excellent chance to earn their first Podium finish since 2022 then disaster struck as painful as it is for them and their fans let’s look back at that heartbreak could be the Majestics day maybe they get a first podium in 24 events is this their day at last yeah just get that knife and just start twisting it again there we [Music] go that’s the story I know I know I can I can handle the story it sucks right you know we’ve been through quite a lot this year as as a team you know we’ve been all bit struggled with our game so the Majestics leap over crushes into third place oh we knew we were up there yeah and myself and Sam were making good few birdies there at the end the Majestics are tied for second how about this Lee and Sam finished incredibly strong right Henrik and I did pretty much the opposite H Stenson no oh my goodness and I finished bogey double bogey P dead simple I up it looks like the Majestics are going to miss out in heartbreaking fashion I think one word describes it am I allowed to swear yeah I might avoid Poulter on the flight home it’s golf we go again right you fall off the horse you go again there’s still still time and we keep on working away it’s just exciting to see the team kind of heading in the right direction next time we will finish on the podium and you know it’ll just make it a little bit sweeter they were sitting pretty weren’t they until that rain delay and they came back out after the delay the Majestics and you’ve heard the story and they finish there all right pick the ball Up’s ball is in the basket of the rules car we’re going to go to our rules bunker and David Blake as we watch Brad F give him the ruling um this doesn’t happen often David yeah go for no no not too often uh how many golf courts are out on the golf course but it’s a moveable obstruction and Brad’s just taken uh Richard through the rolling there that he gets to place the ball I’ve got a good one for you David if the cart had been moving at the the time and had kept on going towards the green could he have slipped Brad Fable like $100 and asked him to drop it up there uh absolutely not it’s uh where it came to rest I didn’t think so in the car uh yeah and then you work out the point underneath that directly below so David telling us 100’s not enough we’ll go right at it yeah yeah that one soft unbelievable I mean how is this good shot Ty y this is at 13 with a long bunker Shot 14 [Applause] rather back to 13 then which Your Land a down just mark it and you got one you want to go he told me to place it but now it’s a drop okay so so you I mean I can go if you guys are quite well you Ser you go cuz if me dropping it I don’t want to well while we wait Lou for par and that one well he drop at least one there that still isn’t dead Serge is going to go ahead and hit here while gleny get his rolling caught that right rough it’s sitting down a little bit but that tree isn’t really in his way especially with today’s whole location what a shot yeah that’s superb well David um there’s still talking here what’s uh what’s going on yeah yeah bab sort of put me off there a little bit it’s a drop so it’s actually cuz it came to rest on the moveable obstruction and there’s it’s not touching any part of the course it’s actually you work out the spot directly below where the ball has come to rest and then it’s a drop uh within a clubing from there so it’s not a place because it n touching any part of the course but if the ball were to BN forwards twice yeah so now it’s just uh dropping within the relief area it’s come outside and uh f is just getting to the we got it right first hit the ground on the second drop thank you David well Louie raced to three underp early in his round he’s pared the last seven holes this to avoid a double bogey at [Music] 14 that’s what you got to avoid you know everyone is going to make Bogies and they’re going to make a lot of them run this golf course you just have to avoid that big number and a lot could still go wrong with this shot for Bland couldn’t it suan sorry what did you say s well I said a lot can still go wrong here but he got that through nicely oh my an amazing shot he threaded the needle there oh and unlucky comes up right against the same double Watson for birdie out at number 11 one over on the round and his team’s struggles can continue and this is the most exposed part of the golf course where the wind really will affect the ball when it’s moving slowly on these putting surfaces you almost have to allow for the wind on this one I’m not sure what that was well the live go Plus app is the best golf app in the world get great instruction thanks to the live lessons series watch the critic acclaimed Fairway to Heaven podcast and catch up on episodes of both what the fairy and another round with FY who are the critics critically acclaimed yeah yeah this was just a second to go Danny Lee for birdie at six great Danny back at the green here on 13 do you know who these critics were suan sorry did you know who the critics were who have acclaimed Fairway to uh to Heaven critically acclaimed Fairway to Heaven yeah it’s faulty and Su an I think I believe so yeah we got on to the the Wikipedia and critically acclaimed it we should ask your little new app what it thinks about it J the AI app you’re right you had some good fun chap GPT haven’t you he’s just discovered it it’s a nightmare what did it say about Arlo by the way oh it he’s a widely respected and very very popular sports broadcaster I wrote that too yes critically claimed great shot here looking good yeah here’s K Smith on the 15th T he was three over not so long ago okay that won’t help he’s got it back to one now John Ram after being disappointed that that green was so receptive yeah he was just telling me it was really for him yesterday when he played in the proam seems a little bit softer today and it was looking really good in the air thought he was going to haul it it’s going to be decently slow wow not that slow I got away from him yeah well Carlos Ortiz one his first live golf league title in Houston a couple of events ago and he’s having a tidy round here in bder arm to start things off that was his second shot of the eighth he made birdie there to get it back to even par Lucas Herbert hanging in there for Ripper GC the Aussie this for birdie at 10 RI GC as a team of six over par down in Ninth Place see if Louie can Master the 15th we’ve seen very few shots anywhere near the flag stick here it’s going to be one of the better ones we’ve seen yeah that’s going to come around the slope and that’s excellent that’s one of the larger greens but effectively today downwind a tiny Landing Zone whilst that was happening Sergio for birdie at 13 spoiler alert on the pilot he is to under the par within one of our leaders burm and chard now Rambo this far part saw the line the moment went the ball went past the hole doesn’t move very much Insight left by the way Bland’s ball hit Toby our security guy on the jaw before it ended up in the cart and Toby’s totally fine that guy’s made of metal well that that’s a horrendous three pod frustration for John Ram he’s back to level par to Carter and buris Lead the Way Garcia won off the lead you okay we’re coming for you Bryson sends them s Hatton taking control this is the future of golf check it out [Music] [Applause] [Music] Terell hatman over the water at 17 oh that needs to stay there anything coming back coming off the screen will find that water all right to get past that 232 huh 232 to get past that corner over here where it opens up to the Fairway should be this way like this should be little at the right solid um yeah on more huh we don’t need no okay I like it Sergio Garcia coming off a birdi at 13 to close to within a shot of our leaders burm in Chic and he’s reached the te at 14 to go with an iron here for Sergio and it’s about 304 to the end of this Fairway I think he’s just trying to play to a flatter spot on this Fairway and a comfortable distance for his wedge went into an enough the [Music] right yeah down the [Applause] [Music] middle Bryson with his second shot at 16 D got to keep it under the trees just clipped them oh go that’s a good shot from [Applause] there Blandy on a te at 14 opting for a Fairway [Music] Wood Wind just died down for the moment I’m sure it’s not going to last very long at all going to pick up again [Music] [Music] [Music] right now Ram after that three putt on the 13th yeah I hit two good shots into 13 and uh was just the most awful three put see if he can settle himself down after that yeah he’s been so solid All Seasons with bogey avoidance he’s actually fifth in avoiding Bogies beautiful low penetrating flight well ra Clum valder armor is widely considered as one of the most challenging courses on the European continent because of that every player on the live golf league loves [Music] it man it it’s so great to come back it’s not long at all but golf courses don’t have to be long to be challenging it’s just the beauty of the trees the the the way that the the course is built and it’s just it’s just a beautiful place it’s always special coming back to Val it feels like the the kind of the Pinnacle of Mainland Europe the auster of Europe this golf course it you know it forces you to hit quality golf shots certain distance and if you don’t you know you’re you’re struggling to make far it’s always refreshing to come to a golf course that is not extremely long yet it’s it’s extremely challenging all about wedges short game and putting and uh you know that’s one of my strengths in my game it’s really a thinking man’s game around this golf course and you know that’s what’s fun there’s going to be adversity that comes about your way and you got to just fight it you got to figure out how to get it done you’re the yeah there it is it’s something I look forward to and it’s such a special venue that you would be such a joy to be able to join the this the history of Spanish players to win here well Dean burm is taming valder armor as very few are today this is for the outright lead for birdie at one there’s off after that one quickly now this would be a heck of a birdie for Lou oasen I would also tie him for the lead [Music] SL Bryson for birdie at 60 Dom’s prediction earlier today that two under par would be the individual’s lead at the end of the day won’t be far off no only one man is better Dean B yeah okay sorry go so 40 46 is it 38 isn’t it FL yes it is yeah you got it we you got that wind right OBS in just at what angle m in yeah mainly in here where’s the flag on it’s 644 from the right Landy started the week 25th in the open zone out of the lock Zone he’s got 33.0 five points currently seventh place he’s in which would get him 13 points and Rocket up that so uh roughly the top 20 and he is a DI hard click as you told us Jerry well I’m standing at the very top of this 14th green up here you can certainly feel the wind that’s into and off the right can’t quite feel it in a bit of that Valley that they’re in on that Fairway whole location tucked on the right side saddle another one up against the seam that is Cam for the par putt at 15 Ser next to go second shot here on the 14th hle downhill light not a very strong Breeze at all at the moment that could very much change in seconds here badama [Music] trying to F over those trees oh not sure if that didn’t make contact with the flag maybe a little [Applause] [Music] unlucky here’s Louis for power at 15 well done [Applause] Sergio’s ball coming down oh no it just misses the flag had some spin on [Music] it to your shot my man John ROM L to go here see how he can bounce back after that bogey just a wedge P John looking for a similar result to [Music] Sergio well he is enjoying himself out there on home soil John R boy it’s tough going in the team competition for some of these quartets the range goats 12 over smash 11 over the Aces and the High Flyers are eight overpar which puts into perspective Stinger gc’s four underpar total at the moment to lead the way Mark Lehman for birdie at 11 oh ouchie they are having real difficulty on this Green With the Wind well Danny Lee has tied the lead individually this is the bird at seven for the iron heads and he is level with Dean burer now at the top of the pine on on three under our winner in Tucson via a playoff last year [Music] [Music] Richard Bland first to go here on the 14th just right up that collar he going to go with his [Music] putter where he’s standing is right about where the ridge is after that everything’s going to be fairly quick [Music] get some idea of the slope there and the wind also coming from the left [Music] oh big hop [Music] too wow that had some airtime I mean that’s being that that high when we’re done with the opening round you can stay tuned for Club 54 the golf post round show and you can have your golf swings or those of your friends or family uh checked form check it’s called at live goore League we’ll get our experts to run the rule over your golf [Music] swings Sergio after that lovely second shot nearly slam dunked it [Music] I should move to his right [Music] slightly gust of Breeze again [Music] brilliant absolutely brilliant in these conditions by Sergio Garcia and he is three on the par it’s a three-way tie for the lead now here at valderama can John Ram keep Pace slightly straighter putt than Sergio got to really taking the opportunity when you get them here at valderama especially with the next whole 15th tough par three [Music] oh we hadit a good CL too [Music] [Applause] this is The Greener 10 Meo Pereira of Tor [Music] GC just curling right out the hole and decided to take a right turn without signaling Blandy this for part this two should move to his right it’s been pretty solid from this length today it’s been pretty solid for a few years from this length hasn’t he another clutch effort by Richard Bland he stays level par three back of the leaders this is AK his second out of 13 two overpar had it underpar early 119 here with a very lofted wedge wow not the first person surprised by how that green is so receptive up front yeah that’s going C G ra mod as well down yeah this should be fun our our scoring graphic we call it the Skittles look at all the red squares those are bogey somebody there’s a few of them that look like they were laying up that doesn’t even show the ones beyond the green good safe two birdies all day long 16 Bo oh Jerry this was the third hardest green to hit last year only just about 33% hit it 204 carry the corner with the this corner only Dean B and cared itday I saw the guys hitting when I was when you were playing that hole I saw them head and they headed to the front left and the ball stopped pretty good so it did it didn’t like bounce 21 20 um yeah we’re trying to pitch it to two 203 it’s 220 to the hole while we wait L was tasing at 16 keep coming oh nice shot that was terrific shot had to play a little hook around the trees there I think you’re going to go and hit that solid you know yeah right good solid Serge ready to go on the T 15th and I think the challenge today obviously with the conditions it’s trying to figure out what the first bounce is going to do when it hits the green was a factor in elevation here as well in the 15th T box play a little down help wind down and off the left has to start this left of that TV tower right about 30 ft left of the whole location oh wind’s trying to hit it might take the Contour a very good shot than that was an excellent shot just see the Contours of the Green in the middle everything feeds to the whole location playing 229 today although I’m sure it’s significantly less with the wind and the elevation if you had the nerve to play start it off left and play a high fade you could get this really close but you really just don’t want to make a huge air left Bunker’s tough as can be right Bunker’s no Bargain Center of the green would be good line maybe just a little left of two on a pretty good line if he’s got the right distance that’s a shot I was talking about yeah that’s one of the best we’ve seen it’s a little too soft of a landing yeah I think 85 I think you’re okay you know even going a little bit more H it you it’s okay to get it back there you know it’s me applies to both those I know they released outfit like it’s fairly receptive back there so you flew just a little further four short as I left that be straight one yeah exactly straight just be real aggressive finishing that Gap somewhere that you like feed right to it John R to over over his last three holes having birded 11 well he got pretty good indication of softness of a green first two shots I got six ey in here this is starting a little too far left well he’s hanging in there John Ram but it’s bur Lee and Garcia who lead the way on three under pass Stinger with a three- shot lead in the team competition Sergio’s Fireballs tied for second on one under with the iron heads let’s head up a couple of holes to 17 Dom you’re watching Phil yeah got a good break with Tio relief given himself a much easier second [Music] shot a lot of rulings here on 17 boys this a tough hold today tough t- shot well this this green used to be just about unhitable when the course first opened it’s been uh the green has been heavily modified to be a little more receptive [Music] yep you going this side of it you want me to go over here this is interesting well he had nothing to start with he he also got TI relief otherwise it was just a chip sideways leave himself over 200 yards for his third but uh he’s can advance it now as he says towards where you were like 50 and imagine there’s another 10 yard you got another 50 to run out okay yeah be the left drop or right drop this he could get a drop here if he wanted but he obviously likes the lie so he’s going to play it even though he’s standing on c yeah if he took a drop further away from the C David then some trees will come into play he’s got a clearer shot from here it’s not as low remember the second shot he hit just s there this deja vu all over again yeah well it’s not quite the same position and he’s not going for the green I can assure you ryson second shot at 17 W down on The [Applause] Fairway Bryson was down there last year in the final round and knocked it over the green much to everybody’s surprise [Music] Dean bur to save par and to stay in that three-way tie for the lead this is at the second oh yeah very little doubt about that [Applause] one not with Phil even though this pin is 21 yds on the green they’re still thinking water [Applause] Brooks ke on the green to 14 this for birdie he is not having a particularly good day at all however if he can stay at you know around that four over is certainly not out of it with two rounds to play as we watch Louie oh up one you like that back to Mr Box Office Bry to shamb is it right 62 how much into the wind I mean a lot right now we’re going 62 15 the win 20 15 I mean I also don’t mind being aggressive with the number here because that back Fringe even like okay so 62 end of the wind 15 to 18 almost 20 yards 82 yep 182 like coming out spin or Dead come out hot okay 82 it’s off the right still yeah I I like it 1030 8 iron so that’s what 19 190 yep yeah just under that just under that it’s good he will take he will take it where Phil mles and the ball is right now it’s got to sit oh boy does this have to sit fluid all the way into the back track that is brutal didn’t get [Applause] hit imagine the raw here suan if this was to be rattled in for the outright lead left to right for Sergio and he’s actually relative to the field he is stronger from this distance than he is inside 5 ft well any3 is a good three at 15 before that it was John [Music] ROM just trying to coax it down there for a stressfree par and he’s done that oh that’s a superb [Applause] effort well over at four Patrick Reed has got I mean he just got to get this to the edge of the precipice here and Don she goes oh you can’t make that one wow wow Blandy for a birdie this is going to break left to right I think he’s looking right about 2 ft [Music] left what a good try so Sergio is three under par Eugenio chak is two under par John Ram is level par and In Contention Carlos alcaraz leads his Wimbledon men’s semi-final by two sets to one and Spain of favorites to beat England in the Euros finals it could be a decent day for the Spanish on Sunday o all right Bryson’s bunker shot here well below the green very much short Ed and and green sloping away is that correct s it’s me on this whole joury sorry Dom it’s okay my bad H yeah you’re absolutely correct although he could land into a little up slope if he judges it perfectly oh my oh that’s got to sit oh that’s got to sit oh it does have to sit [Applause] oh oh he’s nothing is not entertaining and he will have to go all the way around to the other side of the water that’s a yellow penalty area it was red last year would have been a lot more routine two Club LS from were last cross but now other side replay it from where he was which is not an option no for other side soan this with Sergio at 16 it’s okay it’s easy to get D and I confused mhm mhm uh it’s 279 to that tree on the right which is right about where he’s probably thinking about starting this everything slopes right to left on this Fair weight [Music] he’s been so good with this club All Season he’s fourth in driving accuracy that’s headed a little left right mainly off the right or [Music] no pretty much 50/50 back to Bryson now playing his sixth shot just limit the damage to six very [Music] doable well no he’s hitting his [Music] six no he’s that was his fourth going into the water yeah so it’s fifth no you guys are okay oh of course it’s is sick yeah we having one of those moments limit it to seven then it’s very [Applause] [Music] doable back one to the tier 16 and John R yeah he’s hitting the driver a lot more today than I think he intended to because of the wind conditions he’s got a new shaft in this driver put it in the week of Houston and believe it or not he has not changed a shf since College wow till then yeah this is a stiffer shaft of course he’s gotten a lot stronger and faster as his body is growing something a little stiffer he’s able to the candle go at it a little bit more confidently that’s a very nice drive he’s hit now 10 of 12 Fairways out here that is astonishing around this golf course Phil for birdie up on the green it will be a thrill type A Phil type of Birdie Phil the thrill he’s thrilled us with a couple of spectacular shots today well he eagled 11 Dom didn’t he then three overpass since then now last year at Valar we witnessed a thrilling day three battle between Bryson to Shambo and Taylor G they were tied at 11 under heading into the final holes before a dramatic finish on 18 well who’s going to take this out here in fder obviously he was playing well that week and and that final round he he didn’t hit it that great but man he was scrambling so well right they clip trees [Music] heavily I play it off the tree perfectly it was an incredible shot Shambo and level with the 18th to play and even like on 18 he hit a two ball into the trees is in trouble on the wood chips he HS an incredible save shot that would be an unbelievably good shot yeah that’s a great effort well Advantage Taylor huge just kind of how the day was going I I knew that I was going to have to make that last putt to you know finally get the job done he can put this one away he is the live Golf League champion I think 2017 was the last time had a putt on the last hole to win sends it on his way good it’s a little bit more of a validation to the player you are cuz we all know to win in those situations you got to step up and get it done and guys like Bryson aren’t just going to hand you a win t the live golf League’s Road Warrior for me not to do it it it it stung but for Jibo and I it was a learning process of going okay we can do it let’s go get it done somehow he’s right on the cusp of playing fabulous golf yeah Taylor used that as a launch pad to be crowned individual Champion for the LIF golf league and Bryson found his form with that second place finish that could be significant for him it’s a double bogey but it could have been worse Dean Buras second shot at the third and a moment to go from just off the green at 11 Carlos Ortiz for Eagle yeah [Applause] Sergio got pretty lucky with his drive I’m pretty sure it caught one of those cork trees otherwise it would be by the hospitality long way back though needs to go oh P Reed this is just a moment to go his second shot at number five coming out of the bunker that’ll spin wow what a [Applause] beauty Ticky B at 16 suan yeah he said to us that he was working on he’s been working on this part of his game for a long time he stresses a lot of importance inside 150 and that was his advice to a lot of young players it’s one thing to hit the ball long well you’re not like a long player this is where you can really make up a lot of shots and he’s done really well good we’re going to have to talk to talk to him about the white belt though thinks he’s young guy now my theory David if your age or your waist is over 32 you cannot wear a white belt yes that’s fair enough yeah what’s your policy on white linen trousers they’re Timeless obviously Dicky be can pull it off Jerry the white belt now WR what a fantastic drive there from John really need to take full advantage of it stay stay there drives it away again BM made his par of three to stay in a tie for the lead now if you got your Liv Golf League merchandise yet just go to shop. livg golf.com and browse the online store better yet get to any live golf event and hit the merchandise tent 13 teams 54 players hats and hoodies polos t-shirts head covers you name it they’ve got it and white belts okay it’s also the AK wildcard hat for sale those usually sell out quite quickly here he is playing his second at 14 come [Music] on that could end up very nicely he easy easy wow yet to win any points you have to finish in the top 24 to earn points yet to win any points and this is comeback after a dozen year layoff he’s in position now 19th currently as the field stands with a lot of golf [Music] remaining third shots incoming at the par 5 177 first to play Ian pter Patrick Reed made his birdie at five so backto back birdies for p Reed to get back to level par [Applause] Majestics may be collectively three overpar but it’s good for a tie for fourth place with the Crushers Sergio after pulling his second shot the back of the screen it’s going to be really quick and the wind isn’t helping either straight downhill once his ball hits the green it’s going to be firm as [Applause] well up at 17 Louie taking a look at the green go through he’s not overly sure about the golf club here is enough no see to look let’s just take your time don’t hit a club you don’t want to hit yeah but I mean I’d rather take quite a bit off this and just see the floaty one the got as we’ve seen you don’t want to be short here you rather be [Music] long the proper [Music] fly fly 29 whilst that was happening John RAM for birdie at 16 out of m c Miss third at 17 like David was hinting at earlier one over par but only four [Music] back yeah if we did similar days tomorrow and Sunday one over part actually might look pretty good latest forecast is for the winds to be coming off the water tomorrow but not as strong as they once thought oh moment to go Richard BL that man is in a sweet spot of his career Richard Bland one for part very [Applause] solid so this group will head to the par five 17th um does it put into perspective gentlemen how well the likes of Sergio and Dean are playing with some of the other scoring that we’ve seen out there in these tricky conditions oh no question uh you know any of these guys that are around even par one or two over are still way in this tournament there’s no question about it I mean I think it’s going to look like a major championship in that you may see three or four under par leading at the end of the day but it might also win at the end of the week that that’s a really good point but it isn’t a big surprise at all to see Sergio up there I mean I keep hearkening back to this one stat and it’s mindboggling to me 15 starts here and all most of those were much bigger fields and four round events except for last year but you know full field European tour events their Tour Championship their best players 15 starts 14 top 10 yeah and he’s really good to see the other Spaniards playing well as well John Rams hanging in there Eugenio charda to on the par as well that’s going to Delight the home fans and the Fireballs fans over the weekend I’m sure oh absolutely Yeah question he we we had him on a couple days ago we recorded our podcast and he really feels like that uh that his mind and his game are in the right place yeah yeah you spoke to him there’s no questioning it his talent nobody ever has up to the highest ranked amateur in the world when he joined live golf league well the US Open senior champion and the US PGA senior Champion Richard Bland teas off at 17 he’s won under par just two back of the [Music] leaders Sergio next Fireballs in third place one under par Stinger have held the lead for the most part of the day it’s 281 to carry the bunker on the left but with today’s wind and these players are going to take a very different [Music] line like to be a layup from there mainly in r a little right to left okay yeah that did feel like a little bit it’s like a 1:00 1 1:30 yeah Rich is one little left yes you got it heard Adam Hayes one 130 wind a wind to and off the right prob looking to just start this this right lip of the Fairway Bunker play his little cut with this shaft can certainly swing it harder a bit more [Music] confident is most Dependable club today [Music] [Music] but chaps going back to your careers you played enough golf to know tough course really difficult conditions making it even tougher what are the keys to success in a situation that these players are facing today well you just got to keep you know control of your golf ball to the point and you can see them they’re trying to leave themselves the right yardage as opposed to trying to get it as close to the green as possible you know it’s it’s a thinker golf course you really got to use your head around here yeah you know the cliche the worn out cliche it’s one shot at a time you got to stay in the moment it sounds cliche but this course forces you to do it because you have to keep your mind about you on every single shot and not get ahead of yourself because there’s danger on every single shot out there and and it’s a relatable golf course for the average player I mean the the average player can actually reach some of these par fours in two you know so it’s nice to see a golf course like this where the public can come and uh you know as difficult as it is they can still play it moment ago Bryson his second shot at [Applause] 18 just a moment ago Anthony Kim for birdie at [Music] 14 AK stays to over par Lou fourth at the par 5 17th Lou T off at two he birded three of his opening five holes no birdies since [Music] then Dom yeah Phil mgon just on his second shot clipped a branch and it came up well shortening he just hit a the fat third from about 40 yards just chunked it which don’t see very often from the phield but we have seen it a couple of times recently choosing to go with the putter now unusual to see fil with a putter from so far off the graen he’s so sharp with the sand wedges not bad the lowest winning team total in live golf league history outside of a team championship was here last year torqua combined 16 underpar that got the job done and you go back to Nashville a couple of weeks ago and the winning total for Legion 13 was 40 under yeah yeah be no 40 unders here no no maybe a scramble rising from just off the edge the moment three under leads the way Stinger GC so he landed his second shot as you saw 35 yards short of the green and lovely one just to the front edge and he’s left it in the right spot as we’ve been saying this is what you need to do around here uphill P for a birdie he said to me just now as he walk by me he was so unlucky on the last to and he was a little bit having a downhill lie on on that bunker shot little softer that one drops just a touch of break from the left DIY b 17 yeah just from that first cut lies good really strong Breeze here on the 17th I believe he’s just going to lay up here Hazard at about 40 45 yards short of this this grade went into and off the right he’s not even that comfortable with the layup right now stepping off it because of that breeze yeah and then it’s an intimidating one too cuz that Hazard comes on the left side of this layup obviously Fairway bunker on the right protecting it as well okay looks pretty good to me I mean if if you got to go if you got to go over that bun just a moment ago s horsefield for birdie at the third Sam has it one under just two back Sergio second here on the par five 17th found a fairway bunker on the left side of this Fairway hanging light definitely looking to just lay this one up to a comfortable yardage oh caught the sand in front of him didn’t clear the little shoulder up the corner of the bunker it’s going to be fine though but back well back would have been otherwise that thing was so high I was trying to hit it around Eugenio chard for birdie at 10 this is to tie the lead Fireballs stay in a tie for second place in fact solo second now the iron heads have just dropped a shot so the Fireballs just two back of stinger GC R got a little unlucky with that bounce with this drive took a hard kick to the left found this bunker All Above his feet could have just make sure he carries that lip good [Applause] shot yeah because he had to get it over that lip into the wind get it up in the air quickly just couldn’t get much out of it well this this see that from there to there is downhill yeah how can Henrik Stenson with Gareth Lord It’s a par putt for Henrik at the third happy memories of Royal tro as he heads back for the Open Championship next weekend that Sensational final round of 63 to see off the challenge of Phil Mickelson and become open champion in 2016 just to stay at five over today though oh and still work to do oh wow you don’t see that very open now that’s burm his third out of number four here we go settle oh boy that might come all the way back down to him if he’s not [Music] careful that was close is it fair to say the players will thoroughly enjoy the challenge of the golf course but not necess really the windy conditions today yeah yeah this is uh one of those rounds that you enjoy after it’s over Adam in the bunker I think he’s asking Sergio to go ahead they’re going first Serge is going to go ahead and go first I believe yeah John’s directing for us too pointing our camera over there Adam Hayes is caddy had to rake the bunker he’s uh taking a light jog down this Fairway 132 to the hole 17 it’s four on top there it’s four on top so 28 to pitch on top 28 32 so we got to pitch it I mean end of the wind we just got to we got we got to think it’s going to stop you know and you got to pitch it pretty much close to the hole you think nine is enough yeah I can’t see you hitting eight I know I just like too much yeah just got to keep it down a little I mean I think you just got to play a field shot you know take it off yeah why don’t let’s let’s wait till him H he hits and then we can at least get a little bit of read on the Wind you know I mean we better to see what his ball does at least on the Green as well you know so we we wait we’re going to wait going wait yeah okay uh 129 [Music] Turtle well sounds like Ron’s going to go ahead and go first yeah I think uh that’s pretty much up to Ser he would like to see John’s shot just in case it might end at least between okay see your flight man see the window you want that thing coming out [Music] of I’m trying to get a good read of the wind and reception of this green it’s got eight iron for John ROM back right ho location everything slopes right to left wow that wind just picked up and caught that ball oh man and that is why Sergio waited just a fierce gust of wind hit that good de bur has grabbed the solo lead this is just a few moments ago the South African with a birdie at the par 54 he is four under par what a performance by berm today by is uh I mean it’s a pretty good effort not to hit it over the back after seeing John RS I think he’s going to go with an eight punch eight here this needs to go as well oh yeah like that that’s on the up slope it may not be too difficult Danny Lee will end his first round at the 10th this this is his second shot one behind our leader Dean burmister awesome great needs a good all the way down in 45th on the team on the individual standings to get into the top 24 he’d need a tie for second or better you safe [Music] sit down not sure what the Spanish for hatrick is but Carlos alarz is into the final of the wimbl and men’s singles so that could be one leg of the sporting hatrick for Spain on Sunday another good shot from Richard lant well everyone want to be a better golfer right will live Golf Plus is here to help check out our original series Live lessons where the biggest names in golf reveal their secrets hi I’m Bryson Shambo captain of Crushers GC and welcome to my live lessons Bryson the Shambo electrifies the ground so the three lessons that we’re going to be teaching you guys about today is going to be power and distance precision and accuracy and how to hit an iron off the te make sure you hit that fair way just staggering from Bryson the most important thing when learning how to accumulate power that’s what psycho mode comes in try to get a little psycho with it you got to swing as hard as you can you still have to be able to hit it in the center of the face like it’s not easy to swing it that hard and to be able to hit it in the center of the face all the time you know you got the saying drive for show P for dough but if you’re not hitting in the Fairway you’re not giving yourself any opportunity to Puff for dough if I’m straight at you if that that’s where the Target is keep the face open that’s going to make the ball go right you really want to be focused on the target at hand to make it go exactly where I want to those are some simple tips for you guys these tips will improve your game and take you to the next [Music] level all that exclusively on the Liv Golf Plus app download it now in addition to live less you can enjoy tournament action the live film series as well as the exclusive new show The Journey Back Anthony Kim with David faery download the app Now scan the QR code on your screen John RS P shot at [Music] 17 it’s our first yellow steak from the live golf league here on the 17th [Music] well that wind just picked up significantly as his ball was in the air this third sometimes you just get a little [Music] unlucky I mean [Applause] [Music] like you said David bit of an uphill lie at least but this is still a tough bunker shot from back of this green it’s going to be so fast these conditions are really testing the patient of our players just didn’t quite get as much of that as he wanted [Music] [Music] I think bland is going to go first is to get him to two on the par he played this whole textbook style right to left put for Blandy 21 shot swing in the team competition the range goats are 17 [Music] overpar yeah Blandy was the only one hitting it on grass off the te was able to get that layup down there much farther than the other two guys and made his approach shot a whole lot easier than RS and Garcia’s [Music] [Music] [Applause] you can see on the pylon Danny Lee climbing to a tie for the lead with Dean bur day he ended his day with a birdie at 10 so a very creditable and impressive opening round of 67 for Danny Lee four underpar oh John this is for a bogey on the par five 17th and it’s still long range Putt and a quick one as well [Music] [Music] [Music] was there’s the John Rams of tomorrow [Music] maybe de B will end his opening round at the fifth it’s a PA four this is his second shot oh a nice one to finish good chance there Sergio big p here this is stay one back should move a little to his left [Music] [Music] [Applause] up at 18 green Louis Hazen the left to [Music] rer that was just a moment ago our cam Smith live thank someone who’s not smart who shoots 150 at belar well the 18th is a heck of a whole 463 yds and a sharp dog leg to the left players can choose to hit it over those trees and into the wider part of the Fairway but more likely than not they’ll try and take it down the middle and again up the hill to this green and another crowned green it’ll slip off the sides really easily [Music] Blandy first to go helping to go with a driver here with today’s wind which is off the right can’t quite take as aggressive of a line probably looking to just hug that tree line on the left Dom and I paced the Fairway yesterday from a diagonal angle it’s about 20 yards very difficult drive here [Music] just sneaks out into the first cut he had to like that too in the air wasn’t far off being ideal why I love was happening Louie has dropped on the pylon that was for par still one of only eight players under par in round one Sergio on the te going with a three-wood trying to just hit it to the W is part of this fail [Music] weight just anxiously watching that one like half and half R also a little left but it’s the closing stages of the opening day of Liv golf andalusa the conditions have been brutal out there eight players under par one of them is Sergio Garcia who Trails the leaders Dean burmister and Danny Lee by Two Shots John RAM on the tea final Hall 18th going with a three it as well seeing if he can set his Spade in the right to left here yeah that’s a wonderful t- shot anything on The Fairway here is good Bryson for birdie at [Music] [Applause] one jakara now on the windy 11th for birdie we’ seen very few hold there that’s a great effort three in pass 68 for the Spaniard Dean burm to end his opening round with a birdie this is at the fifth a half four and this is for the outright lead and likely the overnight lead and it’s a magnificent effort by Dean berm today in the context of these conditions and the tough nature of this golf course to go around is 66 is mightily impressive he leads by [Music] one this is the first and Dustin Johnson 17 excuse me and it’s his fourth shot two over pass so far he opted to take his penalty drop on the down slope really close to the water just to make it closer shot and one he could predict with less spin second shot at eight here for anaban leiri his final hole one of the very few select group of players under par here on the opening day there’s a chance to end the day two [Applause] [Music] [Music] underpath wild card player Hudson Swafford having a nightmare of a day 11 over a nightmare of a season yeah it started with a an eight you know a fat lady to start off with not good oh choke [Music] L 18 and it looks like Sergio has found a gap here in the trees yeah David he can certainly go 51 front I could throw it out low and left I had a decent I throw it out sorry I was TCH me one to the front he’s looking up yeah it’s not going to climb and I think if I hit wed it’s not going to get it jumps too much grust behind it all right um 51 a high shot is so much easier than trying to hook anything or punch it in low but even if you can’t get it all all the way back to the hole he’s going low now he’s looking low now yeah Shadow move not a lot of L in that club I mean I like this play guys I just feel like going up too risky try and Chase one up the middle still please anything center right of this scen here Pleasant result here on the 18th that ball sitting down as well which might be why he’s not going with the higher option shot yeah that’s a perfect shot yeah that is a tremendous shot to be able to judge you know just how fast that was going to be keep it online keep it low enough just a great effort Anthony Kim finish with a birdie John after that perfect t- shot on this 18th hole he’s got a pitching wedge Primo position here let’s see if you can end his day on a good note wind up the right te time just a gust of Breeze again coming through 18 Fairway he’s having one of those days where he feels like the golf gods are just out to get him definitely tests all the players today these conditions got to be so patient he’s really been hitting some good shots today though just not great break and this is looking pretty [Music] [Applause] [Music] good blendy little further down first cut of this rough that tree on the left is in his way a little bit but I don’t think it’s an issue it’s just a wedge slightly awkward angle [Music] yeah yeah needed to land that short of the green for just a softer hop and flew it about two or three yards too far clicksor GC on Instagram Richard Bland celebrating his senior US Open victory there’s the rest of the team Martin kimer two-time major winner as well looking [Applause] [Music] on please welcome to the 18 the captain of Legion 13 John R from CLE GC Richard l fabulous and the captain Fireballs GC gron at two [Music] yeah that’s an interesting spot to be going at the second from it’s got to get it up and over those cork trees little kick oh doesn’t quite come out yeah he knows it didn’t get on the green he doesn’t know how bad it is just nestl out in that gnarly rough on a downhill slope yeah out over here Richard Bland long hit shot here at 18 yeah ball sitting up decent [Music] it’s a lovely atmosphere here on the 18th green has that Ridge right about 30 ft on the green just looking to land this right before that now get the contact at all cam Smith ending his opening round at the first this is his second [Music] shot DJ signing some autographs two over par 73 for DJ today thank you thank you Sergio at the last this is going to be a big swinging putt right to left than you you and know blendy long range for a part as you said David contact wasn’t great as soon as it hit the club face it’s almost like he was trying to be too careful yeah he’s played a really good run of golf today very measured be ashamed to drop one of the last but 71 is no uh mean feet in these conditions how on Earth has Dean berm done what he has done today the m round to golf 66 anybody under par today really has played really very well eight players are under par one is level par 45 players are overp par and by the way Dean had a bit of an injury early on this week while he was working out so beware of the injured golfer I guess that’ll teach him parity has said it for years can’t injure yourself on the couch although my favorite was you prefer to work in from just off the back Edge Louie L we birded three of his opening five holes having teed off at the second nothing since and he’s likely to end with a one and are 70 though this to finish off with a birdie for John [Music] ROM got a decent read from Sergio’s putt right to [Music] left he has hit a few of those today [Applause] [Applause] 73 for John R well Bron did not h a particularly good chip here that number two has left himself this one for [Music] par back at 18 and Dicky B will finish ahead of Sergio yeah he had to back off his Putt and gust of wind came [Music] [Applause] through seven teams Arlo do not have a counting score that’s part or better I’ve never seen that before no including last year it’s been really cool to watch the crowd show love for Blandy especially in this grouping of Sergio and rob a lot of people giving him high fives and calling his name now Sergio just a tiny one for par Sergio in the mix heading into the weekend two under par after an opening round of 69 for the [Applause] [Music] Spaniard fire balls containing three players from Spain are in second place two back of stinger GC solid effort by Louie today at one under pass 70 one of only seven players now under on the opening day so an it’s down to you Sergio solid round today especially with the super tough conditions how satisfied are you with your performance yeah I’m I’m happy I mean obviously um you know very very difficult conditions on a on a very tough golf course that as for so much precise uh you know hidden I guess um you know I just show show you for example 17 John and I were pretty much on the same spot we hit the same Club obviously he got a gust came upshore in the water and I thought well just make sure you keep it down with a nine Aon and I just bounced it over the green and you know we made B and double so it’s uh It’s Tricky but you know that’s the beauty of this course uh speaking of which you’ve had a lot of success on this golf course what about it suits your game so much well I mean it’s my favorite course so in the world so obviously that that already help helps when you when you feel comfortable uh what you’re doing you obviously always have some doubts here and there but on this course I seem to be able to to get around them better uh even on on tough conditions like today so um you know I’m I’m obviously very happy about the way it went and finally played in front of your home crowd today I know your father Victor was out here watching you he doesn’t get to watch you that often anymore in person how awesome was it for you uh to play in front of your home crowd yeah no it was it was great obviously to to play in front of all the all the Spanish people and uh my friends and family it’s it’s amazing like you said uh you know I don’t get to see my dad or he doesn’t he doesn’t get to come around as as much anymore you know they’re they’re out there uh they’re getting a little bit older and tougher for them to trouble but uh it’s nice to have them around and uh with also with Angela and the kids and everyone we’re we’re having a great week at the house that we that we staying well well played today enjoy your evening thank you so man Grace of suan with Sergio Garcia who will be in contention it appears going into the weekend so this is how it looks after the first day of live golf at De Lucia seven players under par two level par 45 overpar Dean bur at quite incredible 66 in the context of these conditions one shot clear of Danny Lee Eugenio chard three under and the Fireballs are in a tie excuse me they are in second place Two Shots back of stinger GC for those around the world leaving us now it’s time to switch over to Club 54 the live golf post round show which could be found globally on live Golf Plus and the live golf YouTube channel join us tomorrow for second round coverage from Andalucia at 1: p.m. local time we will see you then goodbye for now [Music] [Music] we’re back again live from Spain in the beautiful southern region of Andalucia right here at the iconic real club valderama for the second consecutive year the fans showed up and showed out all here to see Spaniard Superstars Sergio Garcia and John Ram but Dean burer ended the day tied on the top of the individual leaderboard and Stinger GC finished at the top of the team leaderboard it’s a takeover ladies and gentlemen we’re here to talk about that and more welcome to Club 54 post round show I’m your host Christian Crosby and joining me is your favorite live golf analyst Dom Boule what’s up Dom not much Christian just love your enthusiasm oh you got to love it do and The champ is here ladies and gentlemen International series Morocco champ amongst many other things Ben Campbell thanks so much for joining us on the show man you got a big smile on your face right now you got to be feeling good huh yeah no it was great uh after last week and uh yeah no took a lot away from it so now thanks for having me on now we’re going to talk more about that in a second first dime you had an incredible day today uh you’ve been on your feet for quite some time you followed Phil Michelson uh you also followed Bryson Des Shambo take us through the day today the wind is doing what it does best today you know what this is such a difficult Golf Course without the wind but today was blowing 30 40 mph gusting up to you have to be so exact on this gol of course off the T and on to your second shots your approach shots how can you be exact in these conditions and then the greens are drying out really quickly so everyone’s missing a lot of greens it was so hard to get it up and down it was so fast around the edges I mean Ben you played a practice round here but it was calm then it’s a hard golf course but you can’t imagine how hard it is out there can you yeah and I think you know as you say as soon as you missed the green some of those lies you were getting around the rough at you know the grass that really thick blade you can’t get any spin on it and um yeah it uh it looked very tricky out there that was for sure just watching guys how they were trying to judge the wind and you get that wrong and you miss the green and it’s so easy to make it bogey yeah well Dom let’s start with Phil Mickelson first you followed him today as we said let’s put some highlights on the screen take us through what happened today Dom here’s Phil mikkelson in day one hey yeah well I didn’t join him to the sixth hole but uh this was Phil on the fourth and he made a lot of of good shots today got a lot of nice up and downs he’s got this old putter back the old blade putter the trusty one he won so many tournaments with and he looks really good over it and this was a highlight second shot on 11 the par five playing downwind plated out of the off to run it through the Fringe and pretty much Stone dead for an eagle they hit a couple of f the th there’s a Swagger from Phil nichelson himself uh thoughts on Phil from you Ben I would love to hear your Take On The One and Only Phil Mickelson yeah you know I think the one thing that surprised me being out here this year is still just how hard he works he you can see why he’s been such a great player and still is such a great player and uh you know even today I saw Phil uh struggling hinging you know Phil struggling around the greens you know it’s tough and um there was a few times you know him taking putter off those uh Just Around The Fringe here they’ve cut it so fine it’s so tough to chip off and you you saw a lot of guys taking putter just off the green today and um yeah it wasn’t easy now Dom you also follow Bryson D Shambo man of the people seemed to have his energy back today uh maybe wasn’t the day he was looking for obviously but tell us what you saw well he was going well really until the 17th ho he got a little unlucky flew his third shot into the back bunker he was in a downhill lie on that tough par five and then he knocked it into the water but you know Bryson hits it so high probably the highest Apex of any player on the on the league but he hit a lot of knockdowns today lower than I’ve ever seen him hit it so it’s great to see that’s great preparation for next week because you know the wind’s going to pick up uh be up a few days at roll true but the greens are so fast especially downwind I mean they must be running 156 downhill downwind it is scary you need to have so much touch around these greens here on that uh 17th hole with Bryson what what what happened there well he drove it into the left trees he punched it out and then he caught a little bit of a fly with his third into the back bunker problem was he was on a downhill line and then he just didn’t he just carried it too far and that’s what happens on 17th we’ve seen it hundreds of times on TV on this 17th hole here at valderama boom wet got a drop on the other side made a good seven to be honest with you as you’re getting ready uh to prepare for your next day both of you are professionals what do you do to plan for this wind better ask this guy yeah I think you know they’ll be at here on the on the driving range especially tomorrow morning if they’re not out here this evening just just working on really controlling that ball flight um you know I I watched some of Richard Bland today and you watch him and he can really flight the ball well he hit some really good iron shots out there but I think you know there’s going to be guys spending some time around that chipping green just trying to get a bit more used to how that rough’s reacting um but I think the one thing you don’t see on TV is just how slopy some of these greens are and you miss it in the wrong spot out here un un fortunately there’s not much you can do you know a good chip might be 10 ft all right well let’s take a look at the individual standings from day one here in valderama take us through it Dom as you look at this Dean burster at number one today finishing five under par Danny Lee having a great day and Eugenio chakara finishing at three D when you look at this leaderboard what do you think 5 under how on Earth did he shoot that I mean I said earlier in the round when the win was this strong on the second third hole I said I think 69 might lead at the end of the day I mean five under par is incredible and Danny Lee great to see Danny playing well again fantastic gotta love that all right let’s talk a little bit about this International series we have the champ standing with us the main man that did his thing in Morocco first and foremost congratulations to you uh why don’t you just take us back to that and take us through your your final round in Morocco yeah no it was um I I sort of didn’t have my best game that day and um you know I didn’t have the dream start I went the first three rounds without making a bogey and then uh birdie uh sorry bogied my first and second hole and uh yeah I knew it wasn’t sort of going to be easy we had a little bit of a breeze nothing quite like this and it’s a it’s a tough golf course and uh yeah I just really stuck in stuck in there and uh cutter running hot near the end and uh yeah these are some of your highlights from that day just talk us through it as you see them here I think that’s the PA three ninth right that was a great did you hit it right on the pin I don’t think many shots would have been right on the pin that day Ben might have not quite been aing there but uh no that was a good birdie they got me back on track after a couple of Bogies and uh yeah there was the eagle on 1 which which yeah got me right into it you played against guys like John Catlin you had that incredible playoff uh just talk about the competition K also another live guy who was there he against how was it competed against those two yeah no it’s it’s been amazing especially this year having a lot of the LI guys out um playing the international series and um yeah John catlin’s been on an amazing run so um yeah he I I knew he wasn’t going to sort of go anywhere on that Sunday and uh and I knew I’d have to go out and play well so to sort of have that finish I did hole in the p on 17 and uh and then birding 18 um yeah was was amazing all right well let’s take a look at the individual standings of the international series here Dom I would love to hear your thoughts on this but as we pull this up uh Ben just tell me how motivated you are to bump yourself up to that number one spot as you look at this leaderboard right now yeah I think you know it’s been amazing being out here and and spending time uh at all these love events and it’s uh yeah definitely gr the fire to to want to be out here full time and and and yeah I think it’s amazing opportunity um you know we we’ve got I think six events left on the international series and uh you know there’s so much to play for so really looking forward to the end of the year I’m wishing you the best of L Don what do you think when you look at this well actually I think we still got seven left Morocco is the third right so I mean do you feel if you can get one more win in the next seven up out of the next seven you could secure this Ben yeah I think you know how how well John’s playing you know I think you you know I always thought if I could win twice more um that’s sort of the goal you know differently and um it’s yeah there’s there’s a lot to play for and I think the the good thing for me there’s there’s a lot of the courses that I like still to to play um you know guitars like this where it’s really windy I grew up playing in the wind a lot um obviously really like Hong Kong um you know and I think England should really suit my game as well so um yeah the these weeks you know when you when you’re reserve for this has haven’t always been the worst you spend a lot of time some great practice facilities and just being around the guys is I think you know given me a lot of confidence and I’ve definitely learned some things but also I feel like you know it just gives you that confidence to to sort of push on and and you know that you’re not far away from from playing the top level well keep doing what you do man and thank you so much for joining us on the show hope to have you back no awesome thank you very much thanks thank you Ben all right we’re going to keep the action going here on Club 54 post round show more to come in just a second awesome thanks [Music] buddy live has returned to one of the most spectacular regions in the world Andalucia Spain and every player in the field is excited about being [Music] here I am extremely excited to to bring every single team uh in live golf back to andalia and for all of them to get a taste of of my [Music] country it’s quite incredible I’m really looking forward to it is going to be a special week yeah we’re really happy to be here I’m excited to get back here some of the most beautiful architecture and amazing food is here and the culture is [Music] spectacular it’s unbelievable the general atmosphere the vibe of the place is pretty [Music] cool when I’m back it’s always it’s always a treat all the views all the little things that you can see the different things that andalia has to offer uh for me as a as a spaner is uh it’s always always made me make me feel very [Music] proud it’s one of my favorite ones we play all year so you I’m excited to be here for this week this place is uh is so special [Music] com [Music] [Music] and Stinger GC joining us after his absolutely phenomenal day congrats on that by the way Dean ber is in the house ladies and gentlemen and joining us your favorite live golf analyst F your favorite my favorite I think Jerry and I share a couple beers yes once in a while what the heck course were you playing today uh I don’t know it’s brutal out there it is brutal I don’t know it was I just made everything I looked at Jerry you have those days I suppose this was one of those days for me so Rel sh you know I really enjoyed it there had to be a whole lot more than that though I mean you every shot out there requires Precision oh yeah oh yeah it’s um I mean this is a tough goal course and with the rough the way they’ve kind of brushed the rough back away from the greens chipping is tough so you’ve got to hit a ton of greens I managed to do that and then on top of that just make about a whole lot of putts I mean that’s a good recipe for success is it the type of course where at the end of the day you might be a little more emotionally tired than another course because of the stress level I was telling my wife when I walked off the course I said I’m so tired that felt like honestly that felt like a major championship R and golf that’s how tough it was it was prep the green some of the greens I mean they better go and water them now otherwise they could possibly lose some of them yeah Dean I know you’re a humble guy but we’re going to show some highlights for today and I want you to talk your talk Dean all right take us through it ladies and gentlemen this is Dean burm day one valderama here we go all right let’s see we’re going to start at number 10 with a biry effort yeah this was quite a smiley P um a what quite a smiley P I had yeah two yards of break on this downhill I think if it missed the hole he probably 6 ft by easy and then yeah 11 great chip I mean went for the high flop because I didn’t know how it was going to come out and then yeah rolled out to a foot which those ones are nice I’ll take that very much so yeah 15 do you have another chance at birdie yeah 15 had a long one hit a great seven iron into you know 45 ft and like I said I hold the W so he has one of those one one of only two birdies on that hole today the five yeah 17 another one such a hot hole today in out the ride that’s a smelly putt too that smelly Putt and just perfect perfect speed um yeah and then five five was cool oh this is four a yeah four was I mean again another pop five into the ride so tough and then yeah this one to finish on the last was was such a great play just kind of crept in the front edge and boom boom thank you man you made they should have noce you really did make a none of them are about shots now it was it was a big day for The Stingers as well your teammate Louis us tasen had uh himself a great day as well um just talk about how it is being his teammate first and foremost being his teammate’s tough man it’s hard it’s hard to be around him I mean he’s infectious what can I say he’s a look at him he’s just look at this beautiful specimen of a human being right there he’s he’s our cat I’m just saying this because I need my contract up for Renewal but still the only only singer to have yet win yeah he’s going to win though he’s playing some great stuff that was his third and number four and then next shot you’ll see is the six t- shot oh nice that’s still one of the best swings in golf W look at the bounce on beautiful I have to give credit to Colin burn for that club could have been easy yeah no couldn’t have been you guys and it was a lot of guess work out there but you guys have the lead team-wise you had two players under par there were seven of the 13 teams who didn’t have a single player not shoot overpar that’s how tough it was today wow that is yeah it was tough today was today some of the toughest golf you’ll see anyway it didn’t matter you know B is tough when there’s no wind um anytime we get out here it’s I mean you stand on these tees you kind of get a little claustrophobia going and you know when you’ve got that kind of gusting all over the place it becomes you know it becomes a little bit of luck and and a lot of good puts well you got probably the best golf swing in all the world on your team in Louis and you got you got a team known for being ball Strikers you guys are gritty you’re a gritty team you get it done in all sorts of ways you have a lot of power but do you think this course favors your style of play as a team I think so um you know we we came here last year I think Louie Brandon and sha had never played here before and I’ve played here a ton um and yeah they they were all I think they got hit by a little bit of that claustrophobia last year but this year we came here and everyone seemed in a better frame of mind because they knew what to expect and um Lou is probably one of the straightest drivers of the golf ball you’ll ever see and when you’ve got that in your in Your Arsenal and Char’s iron play and ball striking and Brandon’s you know tenacity and grit like you said it’s you know I feel like we can we can get something done so hopefully we got two more good days ahead of us now Dean you know how it goes on the post round show we do this thing called form check where we have the fans submit their swing you’re great at it okay so we want you to be as brutally honest as possible fans submitted them here they are on the screen very Sho very straight arm interesting pre-shot okay little over the that is got left to right all over it that ball shape is left to right please aim left that’s all I can say my coach always says if I’m hitting it right aim left it’s very simple all right that’s pretty good that’s a good check right there I like that one here’s another oh man says roast away yeah that was kind of kind of small to see I don’t know if that’s my coach standing there at 4′ three or is I don’t wow Dean you’re on fire right now keep it coming it’s great all right let’s do another here here we go all right this is the last one Dean do your best here walk close it to the screen wow wow I like that who’s that anzo o nice this has got gas on it this kid’s got some oh yeah he’s got power that’s a Pinehurst too 12 years old yeah just keep hitting it bro just keep hitting it as hard as you can you’ll find it as long as it’s on dry land you can hit it again that’s my advice I just got to say man thank you so much for joining the show you’re a bad boy keep it up man good luck this week man thanks Christian I appreciate thanks for having me as always a pleasure and if you ever need somebody else to kind of take over my retirements coming soon no it’s not not any times you you’re number one draft choice than unbelievable thanks so much de all right more to come here as you can see we are in the absolutely stunning Andalucia if you haven’t visited this place I highly recommend it as you can see we are enjoying our time here Jerry’s loving it I’m loving it from the views to the waters to the Natural sites you can see it’s a lovely place to [Music] visit no one is more excited [Music] major Champion he’s the captain of Legion 13 it’s John ROM let’s go see what he’s all about this is one of my favorite places to come back to uh on our calendar any favorite memory here in valderama for you well personally I haven’t had the best record here but as a pro I haven’t had the chance to come back and play in Spain a lot yeah so there’s been a few times where I come later on the year and you know the crowd really shows it so there’s been a lot of times where there’s like you know youth schools and and kids that come and one year when I missed the cut and there was a group of 30 of them that just came and gave me a hug and that’s one of the best moments I’ve ever had yeah I I saw a fantastic photo of you as a kid I think you’re in your early team yeah that was a young getting autograph from I believe it was Henrik Stenson it is Henrik yeah so well know we we’ve talked about it cuz that was my first ever Pro event I ever got to witness first shot I ever saw alive was Thomas Bjorn who ended up being my R Cup captain Justin Rose was the winner who ended up being my first ride cup partner Paul Casey already resigned that shirt so four people I ended up sharing the stage with my first ever ride C were part of that day right which is crazy to think about you should you should frame it take a picture with it and then do like a side by side you know I think we should repeat a few of those pictures you should oh man that looked like a whole lot of fun and obviously we have suan here joining us we’re going to talk a little bit of John ROM and Sergio Garcia and just a few but you do such a wonderful job with the hangtime to oh aren’t you nice Christian good to see you too buddy yeah I know and you’re not like Cherry clearly joining us is suan hang Jerry fol is sticking around here you got to follow John ROM Sergio Garcia and what a day you had today suan oh yeah I mean anytime you get to spend time with John ROM is is phenomenal and the input that he gave me was fantastic but he you know he started off pretty good and then he then went four over in his last seven holes it wasn’t quite the finish that he wanted but set it out really well and looked really promising this is his bird on Fifth didn’t feel like he did very much wrong out there Jerry you know it just felt like he got a little unlucky got a couple breaks and you can tell from his reaction he wasn’t really all that frustrated with his actual game because he hit some great shots well he hit a lot of Fairways and the ones he missed were very very close he felt like I mean I don’t know if you can call it misjudgment because of the Blustery conditions but he certainly reacted like he felt like he left a lot out there because of some of those bad breaks I said it on the air to you he almost acted like he felt the golf cards were out to get him today that’s a horrible feeling when the conditions are this tough but uh what was the difference between what he did in your view in your expert analysis I love saying that uh and what Sergio did cuz Sergio got it in yeah well it’s interesting because Sergio actually said to me in the post round interview that they both had the same shot on the 17th and the difference was when Rah actually hit a shot a gust of wind absolutely killed his golf ball and there’s just nothing you can do about it and making a double and a par five is always something that will drive a professional absolutely insane especially if you didn’t really hit a bad shot at all no tell that he likes it yeah he said it down him because I actually hit that really good and it didn’t even come close I mean I was right there the gust of wind literally picked up at the Apex on this ball and there’s just nothing you can do about that yeah and it was funny because Sergio’s caddy talked him into waiting you could hear it too he talked him into waiting even though Sergio was going to play out of turn because Adam Hayes was back raking the Fairway bucker still and C said no you know what let’s just wait let’s just wait and it pay it paid off a little bit that you know Sergio still made bogy yeah it’s a tough call to make as well you know you kind of H do I Rush my playing partner do I not or do I go first especially as a fellow Spaniard but uh that’s that’s that’s a difficult call there what do you do it’s got to be fun out there watching Sergio like strategically plot his way around this course because he’s such an incredible and dynamic ball Striker Sergio Garcia you also got to follow around today let’s take a look at some of his highlights from today suan take us through it as we pull these clips up what a day for Sergio Garcia he said this is his favorite course to play on hands down in the world I mean Jerry we spoke about this he’s played this golf course in professional events 15 times and out of those 15 he come in what top 10 14 14 times he’s won three times obviously here’s the one that swirls home that was pretty awesome you were up in the green I was up on the green I could even hear it spinning around the cup yeah and this we were debating what he was going to do here what an amazing shot ah this was a phenomenal shot I mean it’s just a guy like Sergio and you talked about it in the podcast this week about how this golf course really suits his game even the analytics said that right yes all the data says I mean Sero was one of the top six players in every key data point every key statistical point we had except for putting and what is interesting we talked about it on the broadcast today is he doesn’t make more putts from from 10 to 20 feet than he does from 2 and 1 half to 5T but statistically he is Miles better compared to the field than he is from the shorter the the kick in range almost I know I mean we’ve seen throughout the season how many he’s missed inside that range so but a really really solid round I I mean to be on par what seven players today are on par two even par I mean that’s impressive that is very impressive did make some key six seven Footers today too A lot of them yeah it was pretty fun to watch another guy I want to bring up Danny Lee had a great day uh we’re going to pull some highlights up Jerry as you watched him today what did you see how did why was his day so good here with all this wind going on well you know a couple good PR breaks and a couple good putts you get you know something like this to to drop or get up there stress free he gets that one to drop at 12 the second then it’s second into the into number five you get a couple of good breaks which John R didn’t get today and then you make a few putts and it’s different it’s a difference of Night and Day when conditions are this difficult they talk about the the fine line between a birdie and a bogey on this course normally you talk about a game of VES meaning the difference of one shot here sometimes it can mean the difference of two just just how precise you have to be on that approach into the green and uh he’s also an extremely streaky player extremely streaky hadn’t had a good streak yet this year wow by the way he was on the Range just uh moments ago I think he only just left I know he was grinding out there a lot of guys over there right now by the way which I love to see but they’re hitting into a left to right wi right-handed golfer I mean the that almost is counterproductive sometimes yeah well we’re we’re going to talk a little bit about day two but first we got got to toss over to the one and only Rachel Drummond Rachel she’s got something special what’s going on Rachel how’s your strike Mark I don’t know what’s hello gonzala I’m too busy looking at your strike mark on your shrs and clubs I’m very excited today gonzalo’s joined me you’ve won seven times on the DP World Tour and you’re a member here at Valderas there’s no one better to talk to us about the course today how tough has it played well I as I said on the pre-show this morning I mean it’s this wind makes this course very tough I mean not only because of the gust which were I think at times up to maybe 40 K an hour but also because it firms up the green so much I mean it makes pting and and and just holding the ball of the green you are not on the fway makes it so hard and we can fill the win now now par is a good score and that’s not very common out here talk to us about that hey I’ll take I’ll take if if if conditions like this I’ll take level par uh any time of the any time of the day but yeah that’s that’s the feel every time you play balderama it’s it’s always it’s always um a US Open feel to it you know if parts are good the problem be it starts when you start with Bogies all of a sudden you want to make birdies you become too aggressive you start making a strategic mistakes and and that’s when you get the high numbers and we’ve seen a few of those as well I think that’s such a good point out here today PA’s a good score don’t try and Chase it now we’re here on the 17th which last year in this tournament was actually the easiest hole um yielded 57 birdies however today different wind we’re actually where Neeman hit his t- shot today talk us to about the strategy of the tea well strategy of the te as for me is very simple just try to squeeze it somewhere in between those bunkers these guys they play a different game they hit it way longer than me and they’re even considering going in two for this on this hole which for me it’s Unthinkable on on on conditions uh like today we saw as soon as we as we got here today we saw nean hitting a lovely shot uh we so some of green some other place trying to go Dustin Johnson put it in the water I would say if I was here 2 40 yards to the green I don’t know I don’t think I have the distance to get there I’m going to have to hit it so perfect anything has to go right but my advice would be to get as close to the green as possible and by that I mean try and and and do your layup after the bunker if you leave yourself a long second a long third sorry I mean with this wind and this gust anything can happen with your third and the water gets very much into play so I mean if you have the distance I would try and and get out the water out the way as soon as possible but unfortunately it’s not my case and and talk about why this hole is harder this year is it the wind is it a different direction it’s all about the wind I mean it’s all about the wind we have Westerly wind which is much Dred much stronger and it plays this hole into if the wind was blowing the other way around we might be seeing the players hitting probably nine or eight irons into the green but today is a different different totally different hold even the F we’ve seen players hitting the B I mean anything can happen today now we saw Ram was out of position in the bunker on The Fairway which meant he had to lay up let’s have a little walk down it’s it’s all about the t-shot as we said I mean John hit a lovely lovely driver which seemed to be good he just KN at the very last minute it grabbed the corner of the bunker and and then you can you can’t be too aggressive on your layup and and that’s what happened you had to lay up short of the bunkers uh and a difficult third coming up yes and talking about the layup which we’re going to get to in a second you know what sort of number did he have was it around the 140 140 I think it was 139 140 but of course on this conditions it’s probably playing more like I would say even 160 which even I mean the the the the the hardest part about John shot and we’ll see it in a minute is that the ball was sitting on an up slope yes so he didn’t have many chances if the ball is sitting is sitting on a flat L then you can maybe try and squeeze a low one a low Chaser to get to that back pin because the pin at least it was it was it’s on the on the easier part not such thing as easy here in balderama but today is probably the easiest position of all but the fact that the ball was sitting on an UPS slope just makes it super hard because the only way you can do is just try and hit it up and the wind’s going to get it we’ve made it cuz here we are we’re at where Ram had his approach shot today now you mentioned it’s on a slightly an up slope here so you’re actually going to play some and we’re going to look at the ram shot while you’re getting set up now the pin today was on 21 five from the right talk to about that pin location and why it was so tricky for Ram that he ended up in the water I’ll caddy we’re showing Ram now talk us through this shop as as you can I mean as you can see joh is sitting here in an up slope I mean 140 to the pin around 129 to make it to make it to the to the to the front edge but because there’s seven there’s seven Paces in the right that if you don’t reach the green and even if you bounce on the green and Spins back that ball is going to go in the water that’s what makes it so difficult so for me if I mean the the the the normal FL from here on a on a flat light would be a n iron and I’m going to show you what happens if you hit an N iron from from an open light yeah most surely the ball is going to go up in the air and there’s no way I’m going to reach I mean as soon as it gets above those trees you can see behind the grandstand uh he’s going to get it and and and and he’s going to be short and I think that’s let’s see you hit one I think that’s what we heard from Ram Stak CU he said I struck it great yeah the up slope the spin the wind it made it tricky go on hit one the see one what St he in a lovely shot let’s see how it goes let we do a practice [Music] first oh it’s a beautiful strike well I think going to be better than John no wonder you won seven times on the DP world that’s money that’s the club sweet it’s going no you’re done right now this W up to the green how good was that I that at all I was expecting that to go more confidence in yourself you need a bit more confidence in yourself right let’s finally let’s talk about the green as we walk up there you know it’s obviously going to be a different pin session the next two days you know the conditions are similar still windy what are they going to face with this approach well as I said before today the pin is long ride the water is kind of out of the way but I’m most surely that tomorrow or on Sunday the pin is going to be short left and that’s that’s that’s a beast if you have a look at this bu I mean this is the one you have to avoid by any means you want to leave yourself like 100 yard 100 yard shot into the wind water short I mean it’s like Bryson on steroids yes absolutely Bryson at the US opening steroid so if it was me I mean as you can see you have got a massive area here after the bunker um so I would try my layup I would always try to get it as close to the water as possible maybe it’s difficult to leave to to give yourself a birdie chance uh especially when the pin is short when it’s downwind but today with this win you can you can pitch it behind the flag and just spin it back I’m toughed about your shot I’m just seeing it now as we’re getting closer surpris as you are now valderama certainly showed its teeth today what do you expect G get your get your crystal ball out what you expect for the next two days I would say it’s going to be a bit of the shame I think I mean it’s still going to be windy um the course is going to get fmer I think I don’t think we’ll see 1200 winning like we did last year not like Taylor gu go on give us your score prediction for the people at home uh I’ll take seven under right now seven under I mean I’d take that shot we need to get you in the field thank you so much for joining me today I’m pretty chucked I didn’t have to play that one you’re an absolute Legend let’s see what happens the next few days let’s go get a SAA let’s do it we have to celebrate [Music] [Music] you could win a cool $100,000 thanks to Liv golf X if a player makes a hole in one at the party hole at Liv golf UK in a couple of weeks just scan the QR code to sign up to be a live X member today and watch for information remember to win you must be a live X member make sure you guys do that now [Music] [Music] be sure to scan that QR code there’s not too many days that come by where you can just win $100,000 watching awesome golf all day long right a cool 100K as as as is there a uncool 100K um no absolutely not nope not at all Jerry today was great um it was a great day you know today we have certifiable stars of the game some of the greatest players to ever play um obviously a lot of the greatest players currently playing the game and this golf course was a star of the show absolute star of the show now before we get out of here Jerry I always like to ask you for your predictions of the next day you said a lot about Sergio he did amazing today yeah as we go into day to what are your predictions is there any Dark Horse you said you might want to give me later well here we are any Dark Horse that you’re looking at after watching how these guys were in the win you know leiri stacked up pretty well in the analytics as well he played pretty solidly today but see we talked about Danny Lee and Dean berm made everything Danny Lee made a lot of putts a couple chip-ins Sergio had one little uh fortunate chip in that probably would have been stoned dead anyway uh other than that he didn’t get any lucky break so to speak and he’s right there so I am sticking with my guy Sergio Garcia to get it done for the first time in his Live Career this week let’s pull up that individual leaderboard there it is Jerry uh love your take as we look at this leaderboard here take us through it anything that stands out to you or excit you from this obvious one is right there the third name down he is our latest guest on Fairway to Heaven that world famous podcast suan hanging I host it’s a great one and that’s you J oara in shape in position to have his best start of the year you know obviously he won in our inaugural season 2020 in Bangkok but he really really needs it he’s all the way down the points table near the bottom of the list a a win here is about the only thing actually it is a win here was the only number he can get to get inside that lock Zone top 24 obviously uh two more three more individual points opportunities remaining but the 40 points for first would get him up there uh he there’s no doubting the kids’s heart there’s no doubting the kids’s game but his confidence hasn’t been there it’s there now all right let’s pull up that team leaderboard now as we know Fireballs GC are the home team we’ve seen how much that can affect a team with Ripper GC but Stinger GC dominated today is this a team you see following through throughout the entire week keeping this level of play oh yeah well of course they can yeah and you know the conditions that they play in in South Africa where all those guys grew up aren’t that dissimilar to this from a Terrain standpoint from the type of grass standpoint and certainly from a wind standpoint what what I I mean I like rooting for stories you know because journalists root for stories if I were ever to call myself a journalist if we could get the Majestics and the and the uh Fireballs in a team playoff the same day just hours before the Euro Cup finals of Spain and uh and England that would be well that’s too much to ask for but that’d be cool wow you just got me really excited about that I didn’t think about that that would be incredible alarz is in the finals of Wimbleton this could be a it could be a hattick as Arlo said for Spade only time will tell as you can see this pretty much sums up the windiness a uh double hat for the win when hat blew over to Bryson and Bryson does what Bryson does there entertains entertains box office Bryson right there all right as we get out of here any final words from you Jerry fultz no I know you got a workout scheduled for 10 o’clock tonight you do a a video workout with your trainer at home that’s impressive I don’t have that kind of commitment I’ll be working out downstairs well one floor up from you actually with the rest of our gang at the bar at well the restaurant okay the restaurant fair enough all right ladies and gentlemen thank you guys so much for for watching Club 54 post round show we will see you tomorrow day two balderama in the club 54 pre-round show until then peace [Music] hold
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Bryson!!
Does anybody else hear the producer queuing up the announcers?
Tough course
The course looks amazing! Also the wind is a huge factor.. ps. Go England!
Amazing what happens when you add trees to a golf course ( that are in play 😜 ) unlike these TPC courses the tour plays
Golf needs better commentary. Remember Peter Oosterhuis and Peter Alliss? Remember the exchanges between McCord and Feherty on long Saturday and Sunday telecasts?
why shout light the candle on a tee off ? wtf does that even mean
Correcting someone saying “swag” to “swagger” 🤣