Shane Bacon and Patrick McDonald recap Rory McIlroy’s victory at the Players Championship and what it means for his chances at the Masters. Then, the guys are joined by stats guru Justin Ray, power rank the 2025 Masters and preview the Valspar Championship
0:00 Intro
0:30 Rory McIlroy wins the Players Championship in a Playoff
12:30 Does this change how you feel about Rory?
19:15 Lasting Image of the 2025 Players Championship
23:30 Five minutes with Justin Ray
33:20 2025 Masters Power Rankings
44:00 Valspar Championship Preview and Picks
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We love Patrick and we miss the first cut
What has happened to the First Cut ? Best golf show out there
Still Can’t believe first cut was taken from us
First cut or we don't watch
Whether American's like it or not the open will always and forever be the pinnacle of golf just facts 😂😂
Basically Justin Rays segment proved how lucky Rory was to win. 27 fairways in regulation all week is a poor performance. I think a lot of the media was embrassed cause Rory couldnt put it away in regulation. He should have when they came back from that 4 hour delay. JJ Spaun was the bigger winner in my opinion. What I mean was that he got validation he needed cause he didnt feel confident heading into Players week. I think Rory got lucky cause it came down to JJ ducking that shot on 17. Rory played the playoff +1 and JJ did +5. US team for the Ryder Cup got a shit ton of movement. I think Rorys chances are still sketchy heading into the Masters. It will be his 11th attempt at completing the grand slam.
Where has first cut gone
Enjoyed this format/content but still miss The First Cut. Happy to see Patrick. I am not interested in all the betting content on The Early Wedge.
can we start a petition or something to get CBS to get the first cut back. the personalities and content on the early wedge just aren't the same. happy to see Patrick appear in both spots but we need the whole gang back together to talk about these tourneys.
Just in case the message hasn’t been understood, no one enjoys the early wedge compared to the first cut!
Please cbs bring back the first cut.
Or at least bring back Greg
If you don’t bring back first cut we will boycott your show stop sucking