David Finn is a massive golf fan, and the Truist Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club will be his 72nd PGA Tour Event.
ON THE RIGHT IS RICKY STRIKING RESEMBLANCE. SO, WITH THAT, LET’S GO LIVE TO THE PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB, WHERE WE’RE NOW JOINED WITH PAT GALLEN, AT LEAST WE THINK IT IS PG. GOOD AFTERNOON, PAT? Pat: GOOD AFTERNOON MY FRIEND, YES, WE ARE HERE AT THE CRICKET CLUB. DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK THAT WE RICKY AND I? Don: JUST A LITTLE BIT. DID ANYONE ASK YOU FOR AN AUTOGRAPH? Pat: I’VE HEARDS YOU LOOK LIKE RICKY, YOU KNOW, THE DOPER GANG ERR, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU COULD BE RICKY’S BROTHER. YOU LOOK LIKE RICKY COULD BE LIKE A AI GRAPHIC. SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES IS WHAT I’VE GOTTEN HERE THIS WEEK. BUT IT IS PRETTY CLOSE. MY HAIR IS LITTLE SHORT NERVE THAT PHOTO BUT RICKY FOUL IS HER HERE AT THE PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB FOR THE TRUIST CHAMPIONSHIP, ONE OF SEVERAL OF THE WORLD’S BEST GOLF THAT’S ARE FINISHING UP OR HAD FINISHED UP THEIR FIRST ROUND HERE TODAY. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE, AND EVEN THE GOLFERS HERE, SOME OF THE GREATS IN THE WORLD, THEY DO NOT LOVE GOLF AS MUCH AS THIS GUY RIGHT HERE. YOU’VE BEEN MAKING GOLF Pat: IF YOU THINK YOU’RE GOLF FAN YOU HAVEN’T MET DAVID FIN WHO BELIEVES HE’S GOLF’S GREATEST FAN. THIS IS 72ND PROFESSIONAL EVENT, 51ST PGA TOUR EVENT, HE HAS TEN MENS MAJORS, TWO WOMEN’S MAJORS. TWO PRESIDENT’S CUPS AND ONE RIDER CUP. Pat: DAVID HAS MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDER CALLED LEE’S DISEASE SIMILAR TO MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. BUT HE DOESN’T LET THAT STOP HIM FROM ENJOYING HIS FAVORITE SPORT. OVER THE YEARS BEFRIENDED COUNTLESS STARS ON TOUR BUT HIS MOST SPECIAL ENCOUNTER IS WITH JUSTIN ROSE. ROSE HAS BEEN ONE OF HIS VERY FAVORITES FOR A LONG TIME, WHEN JUSTIN WON AT MERION IN 2013, HE WAS THERE, SHARED THE TROPHY WITH HIM, AND JUSTIN’S WIFE KATE PUT THE USGA CHAMPIONSHIP METAL AROUND HIS NECK. Pat: THE TWO MET UP AGAIN AT THE TRUIST CHAMPIONSHIP. ROSE PRIOR TO HIS PRACTICE ROUND, AND HE GAVE THE FORMER US OPEN CHAMPION A SPECIAL BALL WITH HIS NAME AND PICTURE ON IT, AND DAVID WAS COOL ENOUGH TO GIVE ME ONE, AS WELL. YO, PRETTY AMAZING STORY. DAVID IS NON-VERBAL, USES COMPUTER TO COMMUNICATE. BUT AS SOON AS WE STARTED TALKING GOLF, HIS FACE LIT UP. HE HAD A BIG SMILE, AND HE’S JUST LOVING IT HERE AT THE TRUIST CHAMPIONSHIP AS HE HAS THE PREVIOUS 70 PLUS TOURNAMENTS THAT HE’S GOTTEN AN CHANCE TO TRAVEL TO. SO AMAZING STORY RIGHT THERE. JUST LOVES BEING AROUND THE GAME. WHY NOT? LOOK AT THIS PLACE. AS I MENTIONED, THE WEATHER FANTASTIC, DB, GREAT DAY TO BE OUT HERE. I KNOW IT MIGHT NOT BE TOMORROW, BECAUSE THE WEATHER MAY CHANGE, BUT FOR THE FIRST ROUND CAN’T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. BACK TO YOU.
