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Contested each May, the PGA Championship is the second major championship in golf’s annual rotation, and perennially features the strongest field in the men’s game based on the Official World Golf Rankings. Known for dramatic finishes and notable champions, the Wanamaker Trophy—which has been awarded to the winner since 1916—is inscribed with names such as Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player.

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Good afternoon and welcome to T-Mobile Champ Connections. We are live from the T5G range here at the Quail Hollow Club and the guys are warming up for the PM wave of round two of the 107th PGA Championship. I’m host Keith Stewart, PGA professional, alongside Ryan Adams, a PGA coach. And we are going to take you through everyone’s warm-up for this PM wave. We’ve got some superstars highlighted, of course, by that mega group, that threesome at 147 PM of Rory Maroy, number one player in the world, Scotty Sheoffller, and defending champion of the 2024 PGA Championship, Xander Schoffley. First thing we’re going to do though, every time you get to the range, I think it’s really important that you figure out exactly what it is you’re going to grab the golf balls and then take them out to the practice area. So, we’re going to head on over to the golf ball facility and see what the guys go through and then straight to Luke Donald, our European, and head directly to European captain Ruth Donald here warming up for his afternoon tea time. He’s going off the 10th hole. He rider cup in a round of the PGA championship to shoot in the 60s. Just one of five guys. The last guy do that was Jim Furk in 2018. And it takes me back a couple years to think about that, Ryan. When you look at Luke, Donald swing in the 67 that he shot yesterday. Remember back when he was number one on the money list on the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour? What is it about Luke’s swing that really really absolutely fits this golf course today and the and the impeccable conditions that we have? Sure. Yeah. Um the thing about Luke Donald’s swing is he’s never We talked about this a lot yesterday, Keith, where the guys out here don’t really swing uh outside of themselves. And Luke has been one of those guys since that time you talked about that he’s just had that repeatability with his irons. We were watching him um a little bit with he had a couple alignment sticks down and just trying to get in the groove a little bit. But I think the thing to think about Luke Donald and what’s made his career is his iron and his irons and his ball striking and just being able to be consistent with those things. And that’s a huge thing out here is hitting greens, making sure you got birdie opportunities every single hole. And that’s why Luke is uh one of the best players out here on the range and probably why you shot so well yesterday, too. Well, there’s no doubt about it. He’s heading out with a blockbuster group of past PGA champions. He’s got Patrick Harrington and he’s got Martin Kimer. Now Luke, he’s 47 years old. We know that the Safar 71 scorecard going 7,600 yards, right? He’s not obviously the longest player in the field. How would you looking at Luke’s game right now and where he’s warming up? How would you approach such a long contest if you are Luke Donald? Yeah, I think, you know, it’s a it’s a common theme that we talked about yesterday, but it’s just not trying to uh go outside your comfort zone and stick to your strengths, right? Like Luke has always been someone who relies on great ball striking, great iron play, good short game, good putting, and that’s how he got uh probably near the top of the leaderboard yesterday, and I would assume he’s going to do something of that uh kind today. So, it’s it’s interesting that we we talk about, you know, distance and and Luke and I think he’s probably thinking about I’m not trying to overpower this golf course. That’s not my game, right? Like, there might be guys to the left and right of me out here on this range that are driving it way past me. Don’t really care. And I think that’s a good tip for golfers back home is when you’re playing with other people and they’re and they might be hitting the ball farther than you or have a better part of their game, don’t worry about it and just stick to what you do best. And that’s uh that’s how you shoot lower scores. Well, he’s pulling the driver out right now. And you know, Luke, when you take a a nice casual glance here at what he’s doing, um, I love that high finish that he has, right? The the the full follow through and the high finish. It’s very characteristic of the way that he has swung the golf club his entire career and he’s had tons of success. You know, I mentioned that earlier, right? How can the people at home when they’re watching this, what are the keys that allow him to get up to that finishing position? because so many amateurs that would be watching this at home, you know, on the T5G range here, how do they get how do they get to that spot? No, for sure. Definitely. And I I think what you’re seeing here too on the on the range um is that he has a couple of alignment sticks lined up. And I think that the most important thing to think about when you’re um you know, with that finish you were talking about, Keith, is you don’t want to decelerate into impact, right? Like a lot of the times when we run into trouble out on the golf course, we tend to go really fast off of the ball and then slow down and try to fix things at impact. What Luke does really nicely is he’s very always been solid with the tempo, like very slow back and then kind of speeds up all the way through impact and then it’s almost like his arms are just being carried through the finish and that’s what allows that soft soft uh follow through. And I think that’s what also helps him hit the ball. like close to the close to pins on greens. He’s always got opportunities for birdies. So, well, right here, we’re going to see this driver swing right now. And as he takes the club away, that coil, you know, we mentioned this yesterday, no matter what age you are, if you need to try to hit the ball is as far as you can, then you have to be able to turn your shoulders. And even at age 47, it looks like he’s very pliable. There’s a lot of mobility there, and he’s really getting his back to the target with this long swing, right? Yeah, that’s that’s exactly right. And look, we’re going to probably move to Brooks Kepka here in a little bit. But if it’s Luke Donald or Brooks Kepka, the key for anyone to get a little bit more power is just to make sure you have that chin underneath that lead shoulder, that indicates that your back is facing the target and you’ve got about as far as you can go back. So once you have that down for your back swing, if you’re out playing this weekend or something like that, just think about getting your your chin underneath your lead shoulder and that should help with some power. Threetime PGA champion Brooks Keepa now in front of us. 2018, 2019, 2023. Yesterday, just five fairways and nine greens in regulation. When you look at his swing here, what is he trying to key on in order to hit more fairways and more greens today? Because, you know, finishing at plus four yesterday, that cut line, he’s got to have a low one today, right? Yeah. You know, I think Brooks Brooks has always been a type of guy who gets up for major championships and I’m sure he’s as frustrated as anyone coming off the course yesterday. So, you know, he’s got his coach here just trying to dial in probably something a little he’s a a fader of the golf ball, left to right motion. And I think he’s just probably trying to figure out how can I get a little less curve on this. So, you might see a little bit more of a a higher release to start that ball out a little further left so he’s not having a right miss and maybe aiming a little bit further left as two just to try and kind of compensate for maybe some of the inaccuracy of yesterday. So, but I I I have a feeling Brooks cuz Brook’s going to come out and play today. So, well, you know what? He’s in an inspiring group. They’re going off at 10:03 p.m. He’s with Ricky Fowler, who’s of course won here before. You’ve got Shane Lowry is also in that group. They’re all over par. They’ve all got to make a run at that cut line. It looks right now as if the top 70 in ties to make the weekend is going to be right around plus two. Now, irons were always a key when Brooks was running through these PGA championships and US Opens when he was winning them back in the late teens. Right? when you watch him here, right, and you think of Brooks Kepka’s golf swing, you’re like, what is one of the keys that someone that is watching from home from the T5G range here, you know, brought to us by T-Mobile? What is what is exactly something that catches your PGA coaching eyes that you could say, “All right, well, if if you were giving a quick tip of the day in the professional shop at home, what would you mention about Brooks Kept his iron game?” Because he’s got to hit more greens in regulation today. Yeah. Well, I want we’ll get to the iron game, but I want everyone to kind of watch what we’re seeing here. So, the last shot that Brooks hit, he kind of looked like he had a little bit of a scowl and was upset with where the ball went. He’s taking a break now. He’s having a sip of water. It’s pretty hot and humid out here today at Quail Hollow. And that’s something you have to think about when you’re out on the range is if you’re hitting the ball left and right and not sure really where it’s going, just go back to your bag and just take a couple deep breaths. I mean, you’re seeing it right here with Brooks. He’s just trying to figure out a way to just reset and I got to make the cut today. So, what am I going to do to make that work? Well, if there’s somebody who has a championship mindset, it’s definitely Brooks Kepka. And, you know, when I think about him and winning there at Oakhill, you know, he definitely could could handle the challenge of those demands, hitting fairways amongst that long rough up there in Rochester, New York. Obviously, hitting a ton of greens in regulation. This is going to be a tough test this afternoon. You know, these guys going out there, they’ve got to get through that green mile. We’ve already seen it this morning. The 18th hole, the scoring average is higher than all three of the par fives in the AM wave. And And there’s no doubt that he knows that and he knows he’s got to put up a good number there. Only 11 players yesterday in round one finished under par at the green mile. So, you know, Brooks, he’s got to get dialed in. And now we’re about to head over to Justin Hicks, PGA professional, one of the Corbridge Financial team of 20. Uh what do you love here about Justin Hicks’s game? Yeah. No, I think you know, just we’re just getting to him right now. He’s just about to hit a maybe a couple uh couple woods here before he goes out and plays. But take a look at what he’s got on the ground, folks. That’s something common that we’ve seen across the range today is an alignment stick. And you may be thinking, why does he have an alignment stick down? Well, look where the alignment stick is aimed. It’s aimed straight at his target. So, if you’re looking to maybe find something um at at home that you help you with your alignment, an alignment stick is a great way to do that. You set it down, aim it at your target. Is it good? Is it good? Then you go up and hit the ball. And you can kind of get dialed in that way with your alignment. So, no surprise Justin’s a PJ of America golf professional. He’s got the tools that he needs to to hit uh hit it pretty straight here. So, this is his first appearance in the PGA Professional Championship Club Professional down in Boca Raton, Florida. If this was your first appearance or you were coaching, Justin, right? How would you approach, you know, getting out on the range amongst these guys that are major champions? Um, do you stick to your routine? Do you are you looking around? Um, you know, what do you admire about the fact that, you know, he’s out here contending with the best in the world? what could you pick up? Yeah, I think you know when it comes to uncomfortable situations, which you know, for a first time person at the major at a major championship, you want to make sure that you’re have you have everything dialed in. You want to have the right clothes on, the right you got your sunscreen on, you got plenty of water, you got the people around you that you need to succeed. And I think he’s, you know, he’s talking with his caddy or some family and friends here just trying to stay relaxed, you know? I mean, he’s he’s on the range next to a bunch of the world’s best golfers. So, I think the more you can feel relaxed and comfortable and if if that means, you know, just if whether it’s a routine for you or if it’s I’m going to get to the range this this far in advance, maybe it’s it’s going to the putting green first or chipping. But whatever you do, don’t try something new before a big round, right? If you’re doing that, then you’re start starting to get a little bit out of your routine. And it’s great to see uh Justin out here uh on the range. Being a PGA professional from Florida, from Boca Raton, he will be used to the conditions today. All of that rain that we’ve seen earlier in the week, it’s coming out of the ground now. It is Carolina warm this afternoon. It’s going to get really warm at the end of the day as these guys approach the cut line. But as he’s about to hit a golf shop now, you know, I I guarantee as a PGA professional, his fundamentals are going to match that of the guys that we saw yesterday and more of whom we’re going to see today. Even we just saw Brooks Kepka and Luke Donald. You look at his stance over the ball and now his takeaway, right? Is there anything about his takeaway and his back swing that anyone at home could pick up that you see as a PGA coach? Yeah, I think you know if when I see Justin swing and this is one of the first times I’m seeing it. I think what I see is a lot of repeat repeatability um consistency. He knows um you know we talked about this yesterday with Adam Scott is like just good proper fundamentals. You can see he’s got very well balanced at at address. Takes a couple waggles trying to really get that takeaway feel. And then you can see at the top here, pretty good turn and a really nice finish. See how um I want to, you know, show that that finish there. He had the club head or the uh the shaft all the way around his neck and that indicates a full finish. So for those of you at home struggling with your finish, just remember to to do that. Speaking of a championship finish, last week, Sea, who we’re looking at right now, you can look at his rotation through the golf ball. He was absolutely striking the heck out of that golf ball in that classic golf course, the whisticking up at Philadelphia Cricket Club up there in Pennsylvania and now he takes that down here to Quail Hollow Club. You know, when I think of Seb Straa, I think of somebody who absolutely is just hits lasers with his irons and as he’s hitting some shots here from the face on or the caddy view, right? Is there anything about the motion of his body? Oh, we’re going down the line now. Is there anything about the motion of his body? You know, Se’s a big player, right? You know, some of the people that are watching this are probably wondering how he’s able to move so well. Is there anything that you see that he does that allows him to move through so well? Yeah, I think when it comes to to Sept swing, it’s a lot of simple movements, right? It’s it’s, you know, I’m taking the club back on a nice line. We talked about this yesterday too with some of the the takeaways where you keep that club at outside of your hands and not whipping it inside. And you can see he’s here what he’s doing is just trying to get those feels back. Taking probably a little bit of a 3/4 swing. Um a little bit of wraparound finish there, but maybe he didn’t like that one. So, but it just it goes to show that all these guys out here have great fundamentals, and I can’t stress that enough as a PGA coach. When you get your fundamentals dialed in, that’s the key to good golf. And you can see here, Se, I’ve always appreciated Se’s balance in his swing. There’s no rush to his swing. He’s a big guy, so he doesn’t really need to, you know, swing too hard at it. He he has the distance to do it. But, um, I’ve always loved and you can see the grip here and then down the line. Yeah. So, everything that you have is is great fundamentals and I think that’s why you saw Seth in the winner circle last week and you might see him contend here this week. Well, you know, he’s got two wins already this year on tour. He was there Rome. He was a 2023 Ryder Cuper for the European side. Of course, you and I like the US side, but you got to admire his consistency since being put on Luke Donald swing, our team who we saw him earlier right now. Again, folks, if you’re not down here with us in Carolina, well, one, you should get down to the 107th PGA Championship because the atmosphere here is electric. But it is warm. It is humid. It has been raining all week and now it’s beautiful out for these competitive rounds. And these guys, you can see SE continues to clean himself off because, you know, these guys are sweating. it. It’s warm out here on the range and he’s pacing himself through each step in order to hit the ball. Now, we’ve got Se hitting just one one or two more drivers. Oh, we’ve moved. You know what? I got to bring up an interesting point about this whole show that we’re doing today here, Ryan. It’s unbelievable how quickly we can move from golfer to golfer. And that is all provided by our friends at T-Mobile with the T5G range. You know, I these are all wireless cameras. These guys are moving from player to player. Um, they’re even quicker than you and I are. It’s amazing. So, they’re jumping from guy to guy to show you as many people warming up as we can. The technology is unbelievable. I mean, just the technology out in the range with the picker Karach that is working on the same T5G network. And you see him out there in magenta from time to time. It’s almost like he’s cleaning the carpet out there like, you know, like one of those mechanical um vacuums at home. It’s unbelievable. So, now we’re going to go over to our friend Ricky Fowler. Ricky Fowler, who’s going out with Brooks and Shane Lowry in that 103 PM tea time. Fowler, he is he is definitely somebody who’s experienced at this golf course. You know, he won here in 2012. He’s got five top 10s at this golf course and all the times that he’s played it. And in 2017 specifically in the PGA, he was T5. Yesterday though, lost a couple strokes with the irons. As we watch him hit a couple of shots right now, um what would you be keying on in order to hit better shots with your approach game today? Yeah. Right. So, I think here at the T5G range, you can see we have a lot of technology and Ricky’s using a little bit of that right now with a launch monitor next to him and he’s just probably trying to dial in his wedge distances today. How far are my wedges going and what uh what distances do I need um when I go out on the golf course. So, just this is a good way to start your your practice uh your practice routine on the range. I think honestly is just trying to hit a little couple three/ quarter shots. You know, where’s this ball going? How did that feel? Do I need to maybe start uh a little bit longer of a back swing, maybe a little bit longer of a finish? And then just trying to look at the number and say, “Okay, that went this amount of yards. What is that going to do for me on the golf course? Am I going to be able to use this on the third hole or the sixth hole or whatever?” Right? He probably has. I imagine he’s done the prep work as all these guys have. And he knows, well, that shot just went that far and that’s the shot I’m going to use on this hole when I’m in this situation. I mean, that these guys are that dialed in, people. And I mean, I think anything you can do to learn at home and copy that, that’s what you can do. What’s interesting about what we’re seeing right now here with Ricky is that, and this is, you know, kind of a broader concept that I want to touch on with you, Ryan, as a PGA coach, is that I mentioned it in the opening on Ricky, right? He’s got a lot of positive experience here. It looks to me like he’s almost deliberately hitting shots that he would have coming up this afternoon out on the golf course, right? Is that something that you try to tell your students, you know, back at your home club in order that, you know, when you are practicing, practice situational shots. Don’t just swing and hit balls on the range. Yeah. And that is especially true when you’re about to go out for a round, right? And you know, you see Ricky here, he’s been kind of working on uh tempo with his wedges. And I think, you know, when it comes down to it and you’re about to go play around, whether that’s this weekend, next week, or whenever you’re out on the range right before the round, having a good tempo is probably one of the most important things because if you’re starting to rush a little bit or you’re going too slow or you’re getting a little bit out of sorts, that’s when things can get into a little bit of you can get a little bit of a little bit of trouble out on the golf course and you don’t want to have that. So, I think what we’re seeing now with Ricky is he’s just trying to work his way up the bag, a little bit longer swings, but always keeping that nice smooth tempo, which is critical for good shots. Well, he’s going to need that if he wants to match that finish from 2017 in the PGA Championship where he finished fifth because the conditions are going to head in that direction. And you’ve got to be very dialed in with where your low point is in your golf swing. And what I mean by that is that you can see as he makes each strike here with his iron, right? He’s really compressing the golf ball and he’s got a little bit of shaft lean as he comes into the ball and then obviously goes through to a a full finish, right? So many players and amateurs that we see aren’t able to get that handle ahead of the head. It’s just as as we see here with Ricky right now. Is there something specific that you see in the down swing that he’s doing in order to actually get the handle ahead of the ball at impact and then make a strike where he hits the white ball before he hits the big green ball, meaning the earth, right? Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. to avoid those mish hits. One thing that you can see in Ricky’s swing, um, is that when he comes down through the ball, he actually tries to get all the way through the ball, and you can see, or watch here, his left front left heel, he’s all his weight, or maybe 75% of his weight is on that front left heel. He’s not up on his toes. He’s not, you know, leaning back. He’s just trying to make sure that he always is getting that weight through so that he can, like you said, Keith, drag the handle through and be and be square at at impact versus hanging back and you might, you know, like you said, hit the the big green earth before the the little white ball or uh come up a little bit out of it and and thin it. So, I think if you’re if you’re at home and watching this, take a look at Ricky’s swing here and look at that left heel and try to mimic that when you head to the range, too. All right, he’s sitting at plus two right now. I’m going to put you on the spot, Ryan. He Ricky this afternoon, do you think he makes the cut uh based upon what you’re seeing right here? He looks very comfortable. Uh he looks smooth out here in the warm Carolina weather. Or do you think maybe he shoots a little overpar and and he doesn’t see the weekend? What do you think? Yeah. Yeah. No, for sure. I mean, I’m I’m a fan of Ricky Fowlers. I think a lot of people are. He’s a PGA Junior League ambassador, so we love that. I think he makes the cut, Keith. I think, you know, I don’t think the key the cut’s going to move too much today. Um, and I think Ricky loves this golf course. So, we were talking about Brooks earlier, how he gets up for the major championships. I think Ricky uh is in that same ilk and he’s he’s looking to play the weekend. So, count me in for a maid Cup for Ricky Fowler. So, now we’re heading over to another past champion of the PGA Championship and that is Phil Mickelson. And you know, it’s interesting. You talk about longevity in the game of golf. Phil Mickelson won his first PGA championship back in 2005 and his second one in 2021, right? More than 15 years apart, you know, and for somebody who has absolutely I mean he was top 25, top 50 in the world for like three decades, you know, when you look at Phil’s swing, what makes him so consistent to have played that well for that long? Right. Again, I’m going to go back to the fundamentals here and I’m going to go back to making things easy for yourself to get better. We just saw there that Phil has not only one alignment stick down, but two alignment sticks. And so I’ll explain that a little bit. The first alignment stick closer to his feet is more for alignment. The second one closer to the ball is to help him hit the ball more square. So you see him roll the ball up right next to um next that second alignment stick. And I think what that does is it helps you try to center yourself a little bit and find the find the club face a little bit more square at impact versus and he’s got, you know, the his back swing and the routes that he takes. Um he knows those very well, but he today he’s just trying to find out how can I get the ball going straight off the club face versus with a lot of curves. So that second alignment stick, I love that. You know, if you’re not comfortable with that, maybe just start with one. But if you’re starting to get a little more dialed in, I think that second alignment stick could really help you with uh with club face control. You know, one of the things I’ve always admired about Phil’s swing, and I think why it has stood the test of time, is that he’s always had a little length to his swing. a lot of these younger players and for those of you watching at home um provided by T-Mobile, our Champ Connections here on the T5G range, you know, you’re probably thinking to yourself, you see a lot of these young bucks out there on the range always with a very short swing and when they do go after the golf ball, their back swing is, you know, very abbreviated and Phil has been one of those guys like a Luke Donald who’s still out here playing well, who has a much longer swing. How do you feel about the length of a back swing? You know, we we talk a lot about swing your swing, but how when you see the length of Phil’s back swing, um what do you think about that? Do you think that adds to his longevity? Yeah, I think, you know, we talk a lot about, you know, swinging your swing out here and not trying to do anything too fancy or too different before a big major championship like the PBA championship. Um for for you that might be, you know, a member guest or a tournament you’re playing in or even just a local Saturday game with your buddies. And I think, you know, when it comes to the length of back swing, it doesn’t matter so much as is do I normally take this long of a back swing or am I just trying to take it longer because I’ve heard that Phil Mickelson takes it longer on his back swing and I can get more distance and do it for a longer period of time. Just like Phil, I think, you know, it’s it’s a it’s a good it’s a balance that I love to talk about here is when we’re watching the best players in the world, there are things that we can copy and there are things that we should just watch and admire. And I think his back swing length could maybe help you a little bit as far as, you know, hitting the ball further. But I think if you’re trying to take it too far, then that’s when you can run into issues on the down swing. So just do what you do best. And we talked about this a little bit earlier with the le uh chin under the lead shoulder. If you get that done, that’s all you really need for the back swing. But love I’ve always loved Phil’s Phil’s swing and and it’s done him a lot of good through his career. Phil, this afternoon at 1:14 p.m. his threesome. Listen to this one. Right. You got Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, and Jason Day. Also a PGA champion back in 2015. He was plus two yesterday. We’re overlooking at Jason Day. He’s also won on the property here um on the PGA Tour. Great experience here. The last time he was on the property back in 2024 when he played here on the PGA Tour Signature event. He finishes T4. Jason Day is a great fit for this golf course. I expect Jason to be very good today. Yesterday he was middle of the pack. What do you see in his warm-up here that you think he’s going to have to accentuate in order to try and hit more than half of his greens like he did yesterday? Right. Yeah. So, you can see here he’s just working on his takeaway a little bit and trying to get the the club head set in a good position at the top. Very slow, very rhythmic. He’s still probably a little bit into in the beginnings of his range session. I’m just trying to figure out like what do I need to do today to not only play the weekend but rise up the leaderboard a little bit because I do like this place. It’s a familiar venue for me. I played here a little bit and trying to just figure out, you know, what can I do with my golf swing out here on the range to get it in a good position so that it thrives under pressure out on the course because if you’re on the cut line, you’re probably feeling a little bit of pressure today. So, it’s just trying to, you know, what can I do right now in this moment? And that’s a good tip for those at home is what can I do right now in this moment to make sure that I play my best out on the golf course? And he’s doing that uh doing that very well. Well, you know, we’ve all watched Jason Day for a couple decades um since he stormed onto the scene back in the early 2000s. And as you see there in his pre-shot routine, um when you’re familiar with Jason, you know that he closes his eyes, he visualizes the shot, right? And then he goes through it. um that process that standing behind and looking uh when it’s when you play golf, right? How do you go through a pre-shot routine and then kind of visualize the shot? What are the positive thoughts that you try to bring to mind? Do you do something like what Jason does? Do you something different? Um walk me through how you do that. Yeah, of course. Yeah. And Jason’s always I I admire Jason for his pre-shot routine. You know, he’s maybe gotten some flak for it, but you know what? He’s out here on the range at the PGA Championship and we’re watching um from the sidelines. So, he must be doing something right. But, you know, when it comes to practice routine, I think it’s unique to each golfer, right? For me, I take a few practice swings right next to the golf ball. I go behind the golf ball. I visualize the golf shot and then hopefully I’m hitting that shot that I just visualized. So, I think when it comes to um you know, mental game and pre-shot routine, you can really combine those two things. And that’s what Jason Day does really well. He slows down. And he’s he’s he doesn’t like speed into the shot either. He kind of saunters over to the ball and it’s like, “Okay, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. And now I’m going to hit the shot. I just visualize for the last 5 10 seconds.” And I I really appreciate that about Jason. Well, as we jump from golfer to golfer thanks to all this wonderful technology from T-Mobile in here on the T5G range, the next guy up is Bud Collie. And as we make our way over there, you know, one of the things that uh I want to bring up about Bud is that his instructor, his PGA coach is the 2025 PGA Coach of the Year, Jason Bale, down there at Jupiter Hills Club, the director of instruction there. And you know, taught by a absolutely legendary guy there in Jason. There’s obviously some fundamentals that Bud that makes Bud such a good ball striker and now recovering from those years of injury, right? Bud has burst back on the scene. He’s had a bunch of top 10s, top five finishes this year. What makes Bud such a good ball striker for the folks at home when they’re watching his swing? Yeah. Going from from one good Jason to another good Jason here and Jason Bale and the PGA teacher and coach of the year. But I think you know when it comes to Bud Collie and you know maybe some people some golfers at home have kind of gone through something similar as Bud with some injuries or if you’re battling something that you know has affected your golf swing. I think you know it’s just important not to rush the process. You don’t want to go back out on the range too early and get hurt and try something different. So, I think what you’ve seen from Bud is taking this meticulous process to get back to where he probably thought he should be a couple years ago, you know, just and I feel like Jason has probably been a huge part of that uh down in South Florida. And so, I think for Bud, I think this week it’s just, you know, here I am. I’m finally injury-free. I got no problems with with any ailments and I’m just going to go swing my swing. And I think Jason probably approaches that really nicely with Bud and and you know knows his past and knows you know not maybe not to push it too hard with him on the range but trying to just uh focus on you know we’re here now and and we got through maybe the the low point and we’re going to try to do our best here at the PGA Championship. So it’s so important and and you know I’m so happy he’s got the driver out here because we haven’t seen uh very many driver swings yet here this afternoon at T-Mobile Champ Connections on the on the T5G range. You know all covered in magenta. You got to love this thing. Even Karach running around out there scooping up all the golf balls, working off of all of this technology is really cool. Um, as he Oh, you know, I I love the width of this stance. I love how he takes the golf club away. I think this is a big part of what makes Bud such a great solid ball striker. I mean, the full finish, you see it all there. But just his setup alone with the driver, what what catches your eye? Yeah, the the stance isn’t too wide and it’s not too narrow. So, I think when you’re thinking about um driver and and how far do I stand, you know, is it is it a wider stance? Yes, but it’s not too wide of a stance. It’s kind of maybe a little bit past shoulder shoulder length or your left and right shoulder. So, think about that. But also, we go back to this a lot. You know, swing your swing. This this setup, you can see uh bud a little bit wider than shoulder shoulder width. And I think it’s important to remember that that’s what works for him. And I think that’s a fundamental that’ll work for a lot of people, too. So, thinking about it with a driver, a little bit past shoulder width for your uh for your for your setup there. Everybody out here watching wants more power, Ryan, right? There’s no doubt about it. They come to the lesson T for one of two reasons. Keith, I want to hit it further or Keith, I want to hit it more solid. Well, those are kind of interconnected, right? As we watch Bud here with Jason Bale, you know what? You know, Jason Bale, he’s this guy’s having a moment. He’s not only the coach of the year for the PGA of America nationally, but he also is coaching Ryan Gerard, which was one of our guys that was the, you know, North Carolina native that climbed up the leaderboard yesterday, shot five under 66 on this golf course and was almost one of the first round leaders. But to get back to Bud and talking about that stance, how do you see him use the ground to gain power? Because he’s no he’s not as tall as a Brooks Kepka, right? You know, he’s not as big as a Septraka, but yet he’s moving the ball out there on this T5G range, right? What do you see in the lower body that’s going on that people can learn from to hit the ball just a little further? Yeah, for sure. No, I love bringing anytime he can give more distance and power to golfers. I’m always about that. So the thing that I love about Bud’s swing is that he, like you said, he uses the ground. He does a nice full turn. He doesn’t try to get up on his toes to get too much distance. But what he also does is he kind of rips that lower body through once he reaches the top of the back swing. So, a feeling that you have at home, folks, is maybe when you’re working on this is try to feel like someone is yanking the left side of your belt and try to feel that motion where your left hip is kind of now opening up and you’re squaring the ball up with your upper body. Right? If you’re trying to if your hips are going at the ball, that’s probably actually where your ball is going to go out to the right. So, feel once you hit the top of your back swing, feel like I’m ripping my lower body through. I’m ripping my hips to the left or to the right, I guess, if you’re a lefty. And then that’s how you can square the ball up nicely like Bud Collie does out here on the T5G range. You bring a good point up there about lower body, right? So many times people they leave the ball out to the right or if you’re a lefty out to the left because they haven’t really completed their swing and has a big part to do with the middle of their body. You know, not everybody wears a belt and a belt buckle, but everybody has a belly button, right? Are you getting that to point to your target and even beyond it um as you rotate through the ball? And you can see that he does that beautifully there. And that’s a big part. You know, you cannot ever underestimate how important it is to finish off the golf swing because if you’re coming into the ball and you’re slowing down your turn, then it and all you do is you get to, you know, you get that belly button just barely past the ball at impact, then you were slowing down coming into impact, right? We would love to accelerate that feeling through the impact zone. And as you watch Bud here down the line, you can really really see as he how he does that. He pushes off that back foot. You know, a bunch of times on the range, I would say to somebody, if you were going to throw something, right? You’d push off the back foot. Watch how Bud loads that back foot and then pushes off and then gets it off the ground. So many times people hit the driver flat foot. Do you have any good drills, Ryan, that you know of or that you’ve heard from other PGA coaches in order to use your feet better, especially when you’re hitting the driver? Yeah, I think actually it might seem counterintuitive, but actually if you stand with your feet together and narrow your stance, that actually is helpful to understand how you use the ground to generate more power. Right? If your feet are together, you don’t really have much width. So, you can’t really move too far out and left or out and right, you really have to use that ground to try and get uh get through the ball and and turn through it. So, try that at home. You know, if you’re out on the range practicing a few things, take five or six golf balls. Put your feet together. Maybe it’s not with a driver. Maybe it’s like with a a seven iron or an eight iron. Just feel that motion of using the ground. Your back right foot is is is when on the back swing, and then when you come through front left foot. Um, and you can see that with Bud Collie. We saw that with Ricky Fowler. They use the ground extremely well to generate power. So, you know, Ryan Ryan Adams, PGA coach. I’m your host, Keith Stewart, also PGA professional. When we were looking at the pairing sheet for this afternoon, you and I before we s came live here, thanks to T-Mobile and Champ Connections on the T5G range, one of the names that I hoped we would get to see warm up today was no doubt Tommy Fleetwood because the things that he does, it’s almost like a drill that people could learn so much from. The abbreviated finish is the first thing that sticks out in everyone’s mind. Ryan, as a PGA coach, how can people learn from that and this Fleetwood move right here that we see down the line? Yeah. So, I’ve Tommy’s swing is, you know, it it just oozes with repeatability, right? So, you see, you know, him out on the on the practice range or out on the course, he always does the same thing. He chokes down on the club a little bit. And for those that maybe don’t know what choke choking down on the club does, it adds a little bit of control to your golf swing. So, if you’re kind of seeking something, um you’re kind of maybe hitting some weward misses or you’re trying to hit the ball a little straighter, just choke down a little bit on the grip and that’ll help uh help with some control. But, you know, you can see here that Tommy’s got an alignment stick set up straight on and he’s Yeah, he’s moving it a little bit right now. And that’s, you know, that’s a more advanced way of using an alignment tool. I’d say if you’re a little if you’re someone who has never used an alignment tool or an alignment aid, maybe maybe you don’t do this one, but it it can really help with your back swing, right? Like he’s trying to focus on taking the club outside of that outside of that uh alignment on the on the back swing and then down through it underneath it on the on the on the follow through just so he can try and feel what impact look feels like and and what that square face feels like too. Well, you know what? There’s two things, very important things that I want to unpack with what you just talked about there. Number one, as a PSA, that alignment rod, the way that Fleetwood is using it there, folks, don’t try this at home, unless you’re under the guise of of a PGA professional, right? Like, don’t just pull one of those out in your backyard and start swinging because you don’t want to snap that stick. Um, you definitely want to take a lesson and understand why Fleetwood’s using it. Probably the most important thing that everyone could learn from him as he’s warming up here is that there’s no extra motion in Tommy’s swing, especially in the follow through. That golf club, that grip is always under his control because it’s connected in his swing in its sequence with his body, right? And there’s so many people at home, am that when they swing the golf club, they come to their finish and the club’s moving wildly, right? They can’t stop it like Tommy does there. This would be a good drill for everyone to do at home to hit like little half three/arter shots where when you come through, can you actually stop the club from swinging? Now, Tommy, Tommy’s not stopping. He’s accelerating through the ball. But because his chest and his back and his shoulders and his body and his pelvis are all moving with the shaft, he’s able to do that. It’s just an absolutely fantastic move we can all learn from. And when you think about Tommy Fleetwood, and you mentioned this earlier, right, and tell me about it more, Ryan, but like Tommy Fleetwood, he’s not called Fairway Jesus for nothing, right? I mean, he is one of those guys that finds the fairway without a doubt. That’s right. Yeah. And as we we see him warming up here on the T5G range. Um, yeah, he’s always been someone that I think is has has had more accuracy or a focus on accuracy. He doesn’t hit it like short, but he hits it he hits it fairly long. accuracy and finding the greens. You know, you think about his fellow Rder Cup Europe and his probably his eventual captain Luke Donald. They kind of have a little bit of a similar style to their game where it’s more focused on, you know, they find the fairway and then, okay, all systems go. We’re trying to get close to the flag and I got the right tools in my swing to do that. And, you know, you can see as we move here a little bit over to to Matthew Fitzpatrick, another Ryder Cup Europe player um here at the PGA Championship. um feels like, you know, the two of them have pretty repeatable swings and they’re actually pretty similar as well. You know, Fitzpatrick is really into the data and so he’s probably got a launch monitor there to see what his numbers are today. But yeah, Fitzpatrick, Keith, I think, you know, he’s probably looking at this isn’t he’s played well decently yesterday. He’s probably looking at trying to climb the leaderboard a little bit today. And when it comes to trying to climb the leaderboard and shoot a lower score, he needs to focus on how can I hit the center of the club face each time. And if I can do that, probably going to put together another good round. Fitzpatrick is one of those guys. You go back to when he won at the country club in the US Open, but he’s gained some length over the last few years in order to try to compete with these other modern players, a lot of whom we’ve seen today already, like a Brooks Kepka who’s extremely long. Um Matt has gotten longer and longer throughout his career, and he’s not got significantly taller andor bigger. I’m sure he’s stronger than he was when he first came out, but when you look at Matt’s swing, right, the languid nature of it, right, how does he produce power? What are you keying on with your eyes when you see that or you hear or you read throughout the, you know, the golf pundits and they’re saying, “Well, Matt’s getting along or Matt’s getting along.” He’s saying it in the press room, right? But what do you see as a PGA coach that he does that we can repeat at home? Yeah. Well, I know that Matt’s come by a lot of his distance for through a little bit of speed training and and trying to work on just swinging the golf club faster, but for for the majority of people at home, I think I I mentioned this a little bit earlier about about Fleetwood and then about Fitzpatrick is you can swing however you want to swing. And if you find the center of the club face, that’s how you get the most distance and that’s how you take advantage of your speed and that’s how you take advantage of your power. Right? If you’re hitting the ball off the toe or off the heel or or trying to figure out a way to to work uh you know an inside move and then come back down on the outside, you got to make sure that you’re centered and you’re hitting the club face right square in the middle and that’s what gets the most distance, right? So I think you see here with Fitzpatrick, a lot of the guys here start out with shorter clubs with 3/4 swings or half swings like we saw with Tommy Flewood and they’re just trying to dial in that feeling of what does it feel like to hit the center of the club face and I’m going to work my way up through the driver and then that’s when I can start adding the speed that I have with that club. Now there’s been a common theme. Obviously all these guys are world class players. They’re here in the 107th PGA Championship and I’m Keith Stewart your host today. PJ professional alongside PGA coach Ryan Adams on the T5G range brought to us by T-Mobile. And you know, when I think about all of these guys, I look at their arm hang there, right? When we get that that face on caddy view, I know we’re looking down the line right now, but as we bump back and forth from camera to camera, their arms form a V. And we’ve saw it with Fleetwood, we’ve seen it with Brooks, we’ve saw it with Phil, we’ve saw it with Luke Donald, right? How do you try to teach people to get their arms to work together so they can give us this Fitzpatrick look? Yeah, and he’s there with his his coach, uh, PJ America Golf Professional PJ Coach Mark Blackburn. And they probably tried to um, you know, with that arm hang, it’s all a matter of preference. It looks like he’s a little bit closer with the handle to his legs than than I am, but um, he’s on the range and I’m on the sidelines with you, Keith, so you probably doing something right. But I think, you know, when you stand to the ball and you think about, you know, what’s a comfortable uh distance away from my my lower body and my arm hanging, if that feels right to you, then that’s the right one. You don’t want to go too far away from the ball or too close to it, too. So, well, this 125 p.m. group this afternoon is a blockbuster group. I know it’s not Rory and Scotty and everything, but when you’re rolling out John Rom, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Patrick Hanley, boy, I tell you that they’re not second to many groups right there. So now we’re looking at Patrick Hanley who is also taught by a PGA of America coach of the year in Jamie Mulligan out there in Southern California at Virginia Country Club. But when you think of Patrick Hanley, I think of I think of Xander Schoffley. I think of guys that are like some of the most well-rounded players in the world. Not just on the tour, but in the world, right? And as Patrick is starting to make some swings here, some full swings with what looks like to be one of his wedges, right? What what strikes you about his move? I mean, he has what seems to me like effortless power. Yeah. No, I would say the same thing. And we got a little bit of a a closer up look here um of his grip, which I really appreciate. And I think, you know, you can see it’s a little bit stronger there. And I think, you know, that’s not something that’s necessarily a bad thing if you’re thinking about that at home or or if maybe you have a little bit of a weaker grip. That’s just Patrick’s grip, right? And he’s worked with with Jamie who’s a, you know, world-class teacher, also teaches Nelly Corda. You know, Jamie probably looked at that grip and said, “Is that what you want to use for the rest of your career, Patrick?” And if he said yes, then they just go forward with it, right? And it’s a little bit stronger. So, that’s actually going to, you know, help him hit a little bit more of a draw um at times. And you can see he’s maybe trying to work on a little bit of a different grip there, but a little bit more neutral, which is okay. Um just maybe trying to get some feels down with the with the wedge. And maybe he tries to use that grip to do a little bit more of an open face shot with some of those wedges. Um, but anytime you’re thinking about grip, it’s the most important thing because it’s the only thing connected to the golf club. Right? So, make sure it’s natural to you and and nobody else. Now, all of this is brought to us by T-Mobile Wireless. Right. So, let’s talk to our friends here with the cameras. Let’s see if we can get that face on view again and the picture of his grip cuz you you’ve unpacked you’ve unpacked a lot of information there, right? Um, you talked about a neutral grip, you talked about a strong grip. When we look right here at when Patrick puts his hands on the golf club, I see a lot of the glove kind of sticks out in my mind and the logo of the glove. Um, you know, what do you mean by strong? What do you mean by neutral? You know, kind of break that down for the people watching at home. Yeah. So, so you can see a little bit of the glove logo there. Strong necessarily means that you actually you’re turning your hand a little bit more um left when you have showing more knuckles. So, that actually helps you take the club back a little bit more on the inside. If you’re trying to hit maybe a draw, if you struggle with a slice, a stronger grip can help you um up top at the top of your back swing with a little bit more um of an open face. And, you know, try to figure out like, is this working for me um for a draw and, you know, I wouldn’t necessarily say, you know, if you’re going out to play tomorrow to change to change your grip, but you know, these guys are so good that they can adjust a little bit here and there, but strong grip usually means more of a draw. weak grip, usually more of a fade. Neutral is kind of you can go back and forth. So, a lot of the guys out here, you’ll see they have pretty neutral grips. Some have stronger grips if they’re trying to uh do more of get a little bit more power. But, um yeah, I think Patrick, you know, like we said, it’s his it’s his grip and it’s unique to him and I think it’s worked pretty well. So, well, you know, what I love about Patrick’s golf swing is that he’s one of these broadback players that really really winds himself up and it it that’s what that’s to me where the effortless power comes from. So, as we’re watching this um either down the line or from the caddy view, I want you to watch his lead shoulder, his left shoulder, get tucked under his chin and get his spine to the target. You know, at this point, he’s starting to really warm up in his routine in order to get ready to go out and play with John Rahm and Matt Fitzpatrick. And, you know, I don’t think enough people at home when they are warming up are really trying to stretch themselves and turn themselves. And you look at Patrick here and that really sticks out in my mind that, you know, Patrick’s not a small guy. He’s got broad shoulders. He’s got a lot of musculature in that back and he is he’s turning it and he’s winding it up so that he can unload it. And that’s where that effortless power comes from. Yeah. No, that’s exactly right. And I I think, you know, you’re seeing again a a common theme here on the range, which I love because that means that the best players in the world are all doing it. He has when he turns through the ball, he’s got that weight again. Where is it? It’s on the front left heel. And I think that that’s important. But what you’re saying, Keith, is is great, too, where you’re you’re talking about how do I get more power out of the ball? And you can see here as we move over to uh to Davis Thompson. Um he’s got the same sort of feels, right? Is is we’re trying to um you know, feel when I get my back to the ball, what does this feel like? And is it too is it too far? Is it not long enough? And and that’s where a PJ coach, everyone can help you a little bit. Try to determine what’s best for you. But, uh, yeah. So, uh, yeah, it’s it’s it’s everyone’s got a different swing and and we’ll see if Patrick can, uh, get going today. Ryan, um, you know, the camera angle, it it a very similar body type, but there’s a lot of Davises out here. Starts with North Carolina. Davis loved the third, but um, it’s not Davis Thompson, we’ve got Cam Davis there, right? And Cam Davis was one of those guys that, you know, yesterday had had a spectacular round. And you know, a as he sits here and he talks things over with his coach, you know, I I I can’t wait to see what it is that that he looks to prepare in order to do. You know, when I think of Cam Davis, I think of an ultimate ball striker, right? This is the perfect place to watch Cam Davis work, right? You know, if he if he ever doesn’t reach his potential, it’s usually on the putting green. So, we’re not at the practice putting green right now. We are out here on the T5G range brought to us by T-Mobile Wireless. And as we watch him hit a couple of shots here, he he he seems like they’re they’re deep in conversation here for a second. But, you know, just as he’s standing there swinging the club, you know, I watch his his his left hand there, right? You see the motion of his left hand there and the rolling over of the wrist, right? So many players hold on to that golf club for dear life and they don’t ever let the golf club rotate and go. Now, the Cam today, he has 74 earlier this morning. So, this is a postround uh session with his coach and I think that’s why they’re doing a lot of deliberation here. But, you know, when you think about it and you watch what his hand was doing there before he goes to hit some shots, right? When you saw what his hand was doing, do you have some drills that you try to use with your students as a PGA coach in order to get them to get that lead arm in order to kind of roll over and rotate? Yeah. Well, first off, apologies to Cam Davis over here. Um hopefully no one shows him the stream, but uh yeah, no, I think I think the most important thing, you know, when you come off the course and maybe didn’t have the best score today is that you don’t get too technical. Um so if I you know, his coach is probably talking talking through like, hey, you know, what did we do right today? Like or what did we do that was really good today? And and you don’t want to focus on the negatives because he’s still got two rounds left to play today, uh Saturday and Sunday. So he’s probably trying to get right back to where I was yesterday, right? And I think, you know, as far as drills go, maybe drills, you know, aren’t it’s not the time for drills today because the fields aren’t far away because he was he played so well yesterday. But, um, you know, his him and his coach are probably trying to just figure out like what did we do wrong? What can we do right and get better tomorrow? Social media superstar now for you, Ryan Adams. All right, Michael Kim is here. And you know, Michael Kim hit superstar status not back when he won the John Deere a couple years ago, but earlier this year from the time of the WM Phoenix Open to the Masters, he dropped his world ranking. Okay, well over 100 points in order to get in the top 50 in the official World Golf ranking and get to the Masters. And everybody was cheering for him because he’s everybody loves him out there on Twitter and in social media and the way he embraces every everyone. So here’s the thing. How does he do it? How did he go on that run? You know, he he’s known as an impeccable long iron player, which would be a good fit for this place. Three par threes over 200 yards. Like, h how what do you see in his golf swing? I mean, I look at that V. I look at the the the footwork and everything and the balance, but what sticks out in your mind when you start thinking about Michael Kim on the range? Yeah, I think, you know, this year, Michael has always been a solid player, but this year he’s really kind of put everything together, right? And so as we look look at here, look at his swing here from from a little bit down the line, you can see he’s working on the takeaway, right? And the takeaway for the golfers at home is what sets your swing in motion. And so we want we got to remember that the takeaway is maybe the most important part of the of the back swing, right? And if you can get set up on a good takeaway, like Michael Kim, you were saying, Keith, is a great impeccable long iron player. He doesn’t hit those long irons straight and true without a good takeaway. So, I think, you know, if you think about, you know, some drills or maybe some moves to work at home, just try a little bit of a of a takeaway motion and see make sure you got the right uh the right motion before going to the top of the back swing. Now, before we run away today from T-Mobile Champ Connections live from the T5G range again, I’m with Ryan Adams, PGA coach. I’m your host, PGA professional Keith Stewart. Um, I can’t get away from the fact that this is the second major championship of the year, right? The 107th PGA Championship. This morning the guys are out on the golf course. It’s starting to dry up. It’s starting to get firm. That cut line, the green mile, all of these things are waiting for these guys. The the flags right now, they don’t seem to be blowing like they were yesterday afternoon. Um, let’s talk a little bit about the cut. Let’s let’s talk about let’s talk about the cut line for a second. Right. One of the things that’s unique to the PJ Championship, you get the top 70 in ties. right now as you were warming up today here on the range. Are you thinking about the cut line like or are you thinking about, you know, how you’re just going to play shot after shot? Like when do you start looking at leaderboards? Are you asking your caddy where you stand? Because that’s a big part of the conversation here is getting to the weekend. You can let a little air out of the balloon and then maybe you can attack from there. It’s major championship and scoring has been difficult. Yeah. No, I think you know if you’re if you’re wherever you’re at on the leaderboard, I think you’re just trying to do what you were trying to do yesterday, right? and and play the best play to the best of your ability. And the most important thing, you know, if you’re near the top or if you’re on the cut line or wherever you’re at is just to do, like you said, keep one shot at a time. And you know, I can’t I can imagine golfers have heard that so many times, but it cannot be more more truthful because if you’re focusing on, well, the cut line has just moved to this number and I’m at this number. How am I going to make this many birdies to get back up under the cut line? Well, you do that by one shot at a time. First the drive, and then I’m in the fairway, then I’m hitting the green, and then I’m hitting the putt, and I’m hopefully making a birdie to get closer to the cut line or go up the leaderboard. So, you know, you probably don’t like that I say this, but folks, one shot at a time when you’re out there on the course this weekend. Well, you know what? We’re watching these guys one shot at a time, and we’ve seen both of his playing partners so far, and this is the 1:25 p.m. group this afternoon. That was Matt Fitzpatrick. It was Patrick Kantley and of course the other guy is John Rom and we are going to get to John Rom in just a second. He’s coming on the range and and our wireless cameras brought to us by T-Mobile. I mean it’s it’s unbelievable the technology here how we can just bounce from player to player here in unbelievable resolution. But we are looking at Rahm and when I saw Rahm playing yesterday Ryan I saw a guy right that is a top 10 machine over there on Live Golf. the type of John Rom that we didn’t see last year in major championships, but we want to see this year in major championships. John Rom, the first thing that sticks out in everyone’s mind when you watch him, right? It’s the abbreviated back swing, right? What is it about John Rom’s back swing that is a good fundamental key that we can translate out to our audience right now? Yeah, for sure. And I think, you know, one thing you just saw there a couple shots ago was John Ron cleaning cleaning his uh grooves out of on his wedge. Make sure you do that before you take any more swings. you don’t want to go with uh dirty grooves into into the ball. So, yeah, for his for his uh back swing, you know, again, we we go back to the fact that each of these guys has a unique swing and John’s might be a little bit shorter, but he produces so much power with that swing. So the most important part, you know, when you’re watching, we I said this before earlier when we were watching someone else is you can watch these guys and admire them from afar, but there’s also some things, you know, that you shouldn’t try and you should remember, well, John’s swing is a little bit shorter, but he’s also what is he doing? He’s taking a full turn, right? And so that’s what’s what you have to remember is I’m seeing this swing that’s a little bit shorter, but I but he’s also taking a full turn, and that’s what my coach says to do. So I’m going to do that. You know, there’s a unique thing, and this is another quick PSA from one PGA coach to another. So, for me to you, when you watch John Rom’s golf swing, okay, you look at his wrist angles and they’re bowed like we when we were talking yesterday about Dustin Johnson, right? You see that lead wrist kind of bowed at the top, meaning that, you know, if you’re wearing a watch or whatever past your watch, right? The hand kind of goes internal towards um towards the center of your body and it does not go external, right? So, and when it turns in like that and it bows, when you have a shorter back swing like that, if you struggle with a shorter back swing, try to copy John Rom’s wrist angles or try to copy Dustin Johnson’s wrist angles. It will supremely help you. And that’s why John Rom is such a good iron player. And that’s why he sits at minus one yesterday. He got around this golf course in a very efficient manner. And you know, as of right now, he’s eight shots behind the leader, Johnny Vegas. So, Johnny Vegas has increased his lead. He’s 200 under par today through 13 holes. And we’ve got John Rom who’s got to hunt him down. He’s eight shots behind, but he’s got three rounds to play. Johnny Vegas does not, right? As you look at John Rom and you start to think about what he’s doing and and how he’s preparing, right? Forget the one shot at a time thing, right? We need to go out and make some birdies, right? Right. What is it that you admire about John Rom’s game or what he does here physically that allows him to attack pins? Because, you know, Carrie Hagg is going to have this golf course set up for some fun this afternoon. Well, I think, you know, John is a longer hitter, so he’s probably going to have a few few more shorter clubs into greens than most players are. And you can see here, you know, with his during his warm-up is that he’s working on trying to make sure that the wedges are doing what they’re supposed to do, and that’s to go straight, and that’s to go very close to the hole. So, he’s got an alignment stick there just outside of his golf ball, and he’s using that to kind of guide his takeaway. Um, and and I think what’s most important about, you know, thinking about wedges and and trying to be a little bit more aggressive on the golf course is you want to make sure that again, you’re hitting the center of the club face because if you’re you’re finding your way back to to impact and you’re chunking it or you’re thinning it, you’re not going to be able to get the ball close to the hole. You’re get you get too inconsistent, right? And the key with wedges is to be a little bit more consistent. So that’s why I like that John is having has an alignment stick here is because he’s just trying to figure out, okay, I’m going to take the club back along this alignment stick and if I come through the right way, it’s going straight and it’s going near the flag. And that’s how I can make a lot of birdies today and climb up the leaderboard a little bit. You know, I like to compare him to somebody like a Septro, a very similar body type, right? And I love that both of them don’t take their mass for granted, right? And I mean that as a compliment is that they don’t just because they’re bigger guys, they just swing easy. Like they use it to their advantage. And one of the things that always struck me about Jon’s swing, as we see there from the Caddy view or from face on, is that you can really see him drive into that front side. John’s a big, strong guy. He doesn’t have to go after it that hard, but you know what? He does do it. And I think that that’s something that we should all try to replicate at home. I think it’s super important that as you watch John hit this shot, he loads up again the big shoulder turn and then from there, you could see a a decided move from the top of the back swing into that front foot and as a weight shift. Right? So, when you think about shifting your weight as you play golf, right, Ryan, as a coach, when you’re working with players on the range at home, right, how do you try to communicate that message? Because weight shift is so important because I mean, we’re seeing it in every single swing out here, right? So, if I was to talk to someone about weight shift, what I would have them do is pick up that alignment stick that John Rom has and I would have them put it across their shoulders and then when they take it take the turn back, that alignment stick should be pointed a little bit maybe past the ball or at the ball. And then when they come through, the other side of the alignment stick should be pointing at the ball, right? Because that indicates that I turn my back all the way there, I’m at the ball. That’s where I should be when I have the club in my hand. And then when I come through, I’m doing the exact opposite. And the and the alignment stick is pointed uh at the ball again. So that if that was, you know, something you wanted to do at home, I think it would be a great drill for for finding out how to how far you turn. And you might not be able to get all the way back to the ball or maybe you turn too far in your in your pass to the ball. But an alignment stick is has multitude of ways you can use it. And I think uh finding out how far you can turn is one of those things. Now Ryan, you and I have been PJ coaches for a while. You just got to love the setup of his range, right? You can see it right here in the shot. You you’ve got that big scoreboard out there where they’re using top tracer technology in order to to show the launch monitor. Gotchi racing pass there, the real MVP of the of the range. But you couldn’t do you couldn’t do all of this without the T-Mobile wireless technology right on this T5G range. I mean, this isn’t the Wi-Fi in your house or anything like that. This is T5G range technology. I mean, this stuff is above and beyond. These guys are walking back and forth from player to player, you know, just using these high resolution cameras and we get to see Rom and we get to see Brooks and we get to see Phil one after another after another. So, you know, it’s funny. I I see that in the picture there, the magenta, and it catches my eye and I think that how fortunate you and I are. I mean, growing up on a range, I mean, who who wouldn’t want all of this technology in front of now? Don’t get me wrong, John Ram’s a top five player in the world, so he probably deserves it more than you and I, and he’s showing us here right now. But boy, he he does look good right there on on this range. And, you know, I picked a lot of ranges in my day. I don’t know about you, Ryan, but um it sure would have been nice to have Karach back in the day to just send out there remotely to do it rather than, you know, getting in that picker myself. And, you know, obviously John Rom wouldn’t be hitting me, but yeah. You know, John Rom is one of those people that he tends to, you know, use his emotions to fuel his golf swing, to fuel his golf game. You know, I mentioned Johnny Vegas right now. He’s the leader. John’s going to know when he tees off. Yeah. John is one of those guys that gets fired up and you know, at the end of the day, you don’t get to be like John was at one point, number one in the world, without being somebody who plays with a little bit of inspiration. Right now, speaking of somebody who inspires all of us, but plays with a little bit of inspiration himself, right, the Texas Longhorn is coming on the range. The world’s number one, Mr. Scotty Sheffller. He is now getting out here. He is about to go through his routine. He’s getting ready for that super group that’s coming out and they tee off at 1:47 p.m. Of course, that is Scotty Sheffler, number one in the world. We’ve got 2025 Masters Champion Rory Maroy, who’s also won here on the property at Quail Hollow Club four times. And then the third guy just you know as a matter of fact adding on the 2024 PGA champion Xander Schoffley. I mean in this afternoon these guys now Scotty Sheffler two under par sits at a great spot. You know he he was pretty good yesterday. Maybe the putter let him down a little bit. You know couple maybe loose swings. We know he’s going to tighten that up. But those other guys are going to be fighting that cut line. Right. This featured pairing this afternoon is going to be absolutely electric and it’s going to be led by this guy right here who sits seven back from the leader. Right. Yeah. No, totally. And I think one of the things that I’ve always appreciated about Scotty is first that he uses his longtime PGA coach Randy Smith, who’s a legend in in Northern Texas, um to the best of his abilities. And and the thing that that Randy and Scotty always start with, and and this is a great thing that you should start with, too, is how am I gripping the club? And Scotty, you’ll see it today on the range here at the T5G range and out on the golf course. He’s always checking his grip. He’s making sure that am I good? Am I good? Is this what Randy and I have worked on all week? Have I started to slide a little bit too strong? Have I started to slide a little bit too too o uh uh weak? You know, see, you can see here he’s got the interlock grip. Just is this the right thing? And he’s like, “Yep, here we go. I’m going to go ahead and hit this wedge.” And you you see him check in on that. And I think that’s a good thing for people to focus on at home is like if you start hitting it a little weward, check that grip, check that alignment, check those fundamentals because that can get you back on track more than anything. Number one player in the world. I’m so happy you talked about the grip. Real quick, I’m out on the tour covering it all the time. Signature events, major championships, and I’ve seen Scotty warm up a number of times. He carries a molded grip with him to practice with, right? This is the number one player in the world. He carries a training aid with him in order to practice just his grip. And you see how deliberate it is every time, whether he’s on the range or whether he’s on the golf course, making sure that those fingers, it’s big part of his pre-shot routine. You’ll notice that this afternoon when you’re watching the coverage, everyone, he he every single swing, he absolutely checks his grip, gets those fingers on there so methodically. You can see him doing it right now, you know, as he sets up for this shot down the line. He has got to get his hands on there properly. And, you know, it it’s been a theme today. I There are so many people that go to warm up on their range at home and they don’t ever use a training aid. We’ve seen that half the players out here that we’re looking at right now on this T5G range have either alignment rods out or something hanging around their neck between their arms or you know Scotty has that grip that’s in his bag that he used to train his grip for every single swing. Now the one thing that comes up with Scotty all the time is the back foot, right? Is this something that we’re supposed to copy as we watch him warm up here? You know that thing is foot loose all the time, right? like should we be should we be incorporating a little Kevin Bacon in our golf swing? What makes that work for him, Ryan? Um and should any of that translate to the people that are watching this live stream at home? Yeah, I think you know that’s one thing that people will pick up on, you know, here at Quail Hollow and here at the T5G range or whenever you watch Scotty Shuffler swing is that those feet slide a little bit. But one thing I always appreciate is that and here comes Randy Smith uh just to make sure everything’s okay, which I love. They those two have a great Go ahead. PGA professional of the year, Randy Smith, right? From Dallas, been with Scotty since he was a junior golfer, right? Could you imagine? Can you imagine if you had go up against somebody like Scotty and Randy in PJ Junior League, right? How much you just get killed all the time? I would just shake his hand on the first hole. You won. And I and I love that Randy is still with him almost more as a mentor than he is an instructor, a coach, a PGA coach, rather than someone that they’re looking at the the details and the bits and pieces, right? The fundamentals are laid out there. This is the number one player in the world, right? Randy Smith jumps in there and I I had to I I love Randy Smith. Just an incredible PGA instructor. I had to jump in there again. Yeah, of course. Yeah. You know, like PJ of America Golf Professionals like Randy Smith, they’re prepared for anything. So, you saw Randy had the umbrella there and I wouldn’t be surprised if he did a little alignment aid with the umbrella on Scotty’s shoulders here at some point. But, you know, I think going back to the feet, Keith, um you’re not really seeing the feet sliding around too much here with the wedges because he’s not really not at a lot of uh speed at this point in his warm-up routine. But again, you know, if think about a young Scotty Sheffller and if and if Randy Smith saw, you know, Scotty’s feet moving around a little bit, but he also saw that he’s hitting it straight and he’s also hitting it pretty far and it’s also working for him really well. I’m not going to touch this. I’m going to let Scotty swing Scotty’s swing. And I think, you know, for those at home, if you’re thinking about, well, you know, my feet don’t slide as much or maybe I got this. Well, stick with it. You know, if if it’s working for you, there’s not much you need to change. Maybe maybe working on the fundamentals a little bit, maybe the back swing, the takeaway, the turn as we talked about. But yeah, the feet for for Scotty have always been something that’s unique. And I think, you know, whether it’s a shuffle or or the shuffler shuffle, whatever you want to call it, you know, it’s worked for him because he’s won multiple times. He’s he’s won multiple majors. And I think that that’s the most important thing you can pick up from Scotty’s swing is swing your swing and not somebody else’s. All right, Brian. Now we’re having some fun out here on the T5G T-Mobile range, right? Because you got the shuffler shuffler going on. I that that bested my Kevin Bacon, you know, anecdote. So, let’s stick with Sheffler for a moment. You know, if you can’t have that back foot dance a little, right? And I’m not saying it needs to slide as much as Scotty’s does, but if it can’t, then you haven’t completed your weight shift. And I think that’s really the theme that people should take away from the number one player in the world is that when Scotty goes to swing, right, he 100% is into that front foot as soon as he transitions from the back swing to the down swing, right? And that’s one of the things as we key on this down the line look right here. Right? When he goes to the top of the swing and he goes forward, that foot is already dancing, right? It is it is starting to fly off the ground. And when they study these guys and they put them on force plates, they know that at impact that roughly 90% of their weight is on their lead foot when they’re striking the ball. Well, I got news for you. You know this, Ryan, as a PGA coach, but it just didn’t get there at that moment. It is there as early as possible. And I love watching Scotty swing it because he commits to every swing and he just hammers that front foot with all of his weight. And you know, Ry’s probably taught him that since he was a little kid. And I can remember seeing Scotty win junior tournaments, right? And he had he’s he had the the Sheffler shuffle back then, right? He was foot loose then and again he’s doing it here today and and he’s going to have to because seven strokes behind. I know there’s a bunch of rounds left, but he’s in a big group with, you know, the defending champion Xander Schoffley. He’s here with Roy Moy who could be going for a grand slam this year. Scotty for sure is somebody that we’re going to keep continuing to have our eye on. Now, okay, we’re getting into a little bit more of of a fuller iron swing. Randy just mentioned a couple words of encouragement to him, maybe a couple of keys, and let’s see with this swing here from the Caddy View from face on. Um, what Scotty gives us. Yeah. No, it’s it’s it’s a well balanced, rhythmic, good swing. It’s something I expect a lot of today from Scotty to be honest. He’s probably, you know, a little frustrated with how the round went yesterday and just trying to shoot a little bit lower score today. and he just, you know, Rory talked about this a little while ago from what I remember, just there’s a way that Scotty plays that just kind of you pick apart a golf course. And so I think he’s probably going to have that strategy today, but today right now at the range at the T5G range, he’s probably trying to dial in, you know, I can see the grip here, it’s it’s or from the down the line view here, you can see here, let’s watch him on the back swing. Yeah, full turn, back facing the target. And I think that that’s the most important thing that you can remember, folks, is that taking that same swing and making that same full turn and that same full finish, whether you’re on the range, whether you’re on the golf course, you got to do it every time if you want to hit it uh straight and far. Current Rider Cuper, Scotty Sheffler. Junior Rider Cuper, Scotty Sheffle. You probably learned from one of other one of Randy Smith’s other students, Justin Leonard. He was pretty good in the Ryder Cup. I don’t know, 99, pretty good putt one or two that I I can kind of recall, right? Um, Scotty Sheffler when I’m watching him hit balls here and he’s warming up. You know, we talked about this earlier. We talked a little bit about Luke Donald, the length of their swing, Phil Mickelson, the length of his swing. And we’ve seen some shorter swings, uh, back swings and followthroughs, the abbreviated version, like Tommy Fleetwood. When I watch Scotty’s back swing, right? He’s got great control of the golf club. It’s very stable. I think a lot of amateurs at home when they swing the golf club, they can’t control the golf club head. They see that mark in their glove down there in their palm where they rip a hole in it and everything. That’s that grip moving around. When you see Scotty’s takeaway like that, right? What do you key on with your students as a PGA coach in order to keep that club stable? Not just in the back swing. We could hold it there, but then when you transition, everyone seems to rip their glove and and how come And how come Scotty doesn’t do that? Yeah. Yeah. No, for sure. And as we watch uh Rory Mroy come onto the range here. One more thing on Scotty is that I think the most important thing is that he takes he has that takeaway and it’s always been the same. It’s a little bit club heads outside the hands are in and he’s trying to go up to the top and then on the down swing he’s using his lower body, not so much his hands and arms to move the club down. He’s clearing that lower body out of the way and he’s making sure that the hands and the arms are squared up at impact and they’re not uh somewhere else where they don’t need to be. So, all right. I expect a lot of entertainment this afternoon from the 2025 Masters Champion. Right. He loves this place. You know, I’ve heard him in podcast say that this is his favorite golf course in the world. Now, he may change his mind after last April, but as of right now, he absolutely loved this place. He’s won here four times, right? We’re talking about none other than Rory Moy. He is in that group at 147 with Xander Schoffley, with Scotty Sheffler. Rory sits at plus three from yesterday, right? We know that that cut line could be plus one, could be plus two. I don’t see a lot of wind on these flags. I I think it’s plus two at the most. Right. Rory’s got to shoot a nice underpar round today. Get himself back into this thing. So, as he’s warming up, right, his mindset today is I’ve got to be aggressive, right? Is that a good mindset to have when you’re warming up on the range? like talk to me real quickly as he’s getting set to go here about how important a game plan is to have before you go into any round whether it’s a weekend morning round with your friends or you’re playing in the club championship. Yeah. One thing I just want to say is that you know here at the T5G range we have the wireless cameras. We have loads of technology and you can see here that Rory’s doing the same thing. He’s relying on technology to to play his best golf. So um I think you know again we go back to like what works best for you. We saw it. We’ve seen that when Rory is Rory, he’s he’s aggressive, right? He’s trying to go for the green. He’s trying to make birdies. He’s trying to all gas no break sort of mentality, right? If he starts to kind of, you know, oh, I got to be conservative or I got to take take my foot off the gas a little bit, that’s when he starts to kind of, you know, play a little bit outside himself. And when you’re at a major championship or like you said, Keith, even for for the golfers at home, when you’re trying to play your best with your buddies or or any sort of situation you’re in, you want to stick to the style of game that works best for you. I’m I’m a little bit more of a aggressive player. I try to go for it a little bit more, but that actually gets me in a lot of trouble sometimes, so I feel for Rory when he’s in trouble. Um, but you know, Rory’s at his best when he’s making a good repeatable swing and also playing a little bit more aggressive. And so I think if he wants to, you know, play the weekend, which I imagine he’s thinking about as well, he’s probably going to have to make a few birdies today. But the course and the conditions and the the situation lend itself to playing a little bit more aggressive. Well, before he before he gets to his next swing, you know what he’s watching right there on his iPad. He’s watching T-Mobile Champ Connections with your host Keith Stewart, PJ Professional, and PGA coach Ryan Adams. Yes, that’s the two of us. Ryan doesn’t know what he’s talking about. A little joke here, right? I And you know, it has to be said, right? He’s wearing Longhorn colors and he’s playing with Scotty today. You think you think he’s trying to play some head games with him? No. No. Let’s get away from that for a second. Now, one of the things that Rory does in his finish, we’ve talked a lot about following through. We’ve talked a lot about, you know, how to get to that high finish. Um Rory, like so many players on this range when they follow through that their thighs are together, right? His lower body is still is still in connection. And so many times amateurs on the range, when I see them at my home club or you see them at on the range where you teach, right, you see a lot of leg spread, right? And when the legs come together like that, folks, that means is that as you’re coming down, we see a wonderful shoulder turn with Rory. So, we’ve mentioned it time and time again how that left shoulder gets under the chin in the takeaway. But what you’re going to see with Rory is that the the trail shoulder, if you’re, you know, so if you’re lefty or righty, your trail shoulder has to get has to replace it back under that chin. And the more it goes under the chin, the more the knees come together. So if that shoulder, that trail shoulder comes out high, right? That’s going to spread your leg. So watch as Rory does this here. When we get either either look, right, you’re from this the face on caddy look, you want to watch the left shoulder go under the underneath the brim of his cap and then the right shoulder go under the brim of his cap and replace. And then if we get the down the line view like we get here, then you’re going to see the result of it. you’ll see that that right shoulder go under the trail shoulder go under right his neck and and his face and everything and his chin and you won’t see it come out and over and that brings that keeps him in balance and it keeps the legs together. That’s just something that I like to key on. Is there something that you like to key on as a PGA coach, Ryan, when you start to think about, you know, people that tend to come out and over more and what I’m talking about here where it looks like Royy’s like he’s tossing a horseshoe underhand. H yeah, I think you know the out and over move usually leads to a slice or or if you are going to pull your hands through, you might you might pull it to the left. Something that you can think about if you’re just maybe a quick fix here is like putting your right foot back a little bit and then thinking about that I’m hitting this shot out to right field or left field if you’re a lefty. The exact opposite. Your left foot would be back, but you’re trying to do a little bit more of a uh of an in outside excuse, excuse me, a little bit more of a of a draw motion, right? So, you want to make sure that you’re with that back foot a little bit more behind you that you’re going from outside to in. I’m sorry, inside. Yeah. Outside, inside out. And then you’re trying to do a little bit more of a of a draw motion and get and release those hands through. And and that is really kind of what Rory’s had his swing for most of his career, right? Is is he’s done that draw motion. And I think when we watch, you know, Roy warm up here, um, you’ll see that that motion that you were talking about, Keith, uh, trying to come from the inside out. You know what it it allows him to play aggressively, right? And and Rory has that beautiful inside out swing. He plays a big draw. It really fits this golf course. And as such, that gives him the confidence today that he needs, right? That to be full accelerator this afternoon. And I and I’m telling you, I I know the way these guys compete. Individual athletes are a different breed, right? He he knew from Nike, he could have worn a 100 different shirts. He has on that Texas Longhorn, burnt orange, because he’s coming into this thing today. He knows he’s at plus three. He knows he’s five behind Scotty, and that’s somebody he knows he needs to beat this week in order to win. He’s coming out here extremely focused on attacking, you know, the early parts of this golf course and in order to, you know, basically put himself in position, not he’s not thinking about making the cut at plus one, plus two. He’s thinking about coming out and doing what he did last year on Sunday in the 2024 Wells Fargo where he just went absolutely nuclear on Xander, who’s also one of his playing partners. He is here today and you can see how deliberate and you can see how deliberate he is in his motion, right? And he’s sitting there, you know, maybe he even chose, right? Maybe he even chose where he’s standing right now. We have a wide shot here where he’s right next to Scotty, right? And I’m sure there’s not a lot of small talk going on there, but Rory’s standing there and he’s saying, “You know what, Scotty? I bet you can hear the compression of my golf ball behind you.” Right? And Scotty’s thinking to himself, “You know what? You can hear the compression of my golf ball. You’re going to hear it all day.” I I love the fact that they they didn’t find separate parts of the range, right? And this is almost like a generational thing in golf. It’s a very cool thing. Like back in the day, if this was Tiger and Phil, they’d be on opposite ends of the range. They wouldn’t even be near one another. These guys are together. They’re going to be together all afternoon. They’re saying, “If if I’m going to spend four hours with you on the golf course, I’m going to spend an extra hour with you warming up.” You know, when you talk about a championship mentality, so many times people treat the important rounds, their tournaments, their member members at the club, the people that are viewing this live stream, thankfully brought to us by T-Mobile and of course this T5G range and all of their technology, their wireless technology here. We’re jumping from player to player with these cameras, high resolution, everything. When you talk to your players at home, right? But how do you try to translate that championship mentality, that focus, right? Because we’re not trying I’m not saying that Rory’s rude, but I’m also saying at the same time he doesn’t have to talk to Scotty all day. He can kind of set the tone for himself. Yeah. I think one of the things that I love about these guys is that they they’re only focused on themselves and and don’t feel like that’s a you’re being selfish by doing that when you’re out at the tournament or that big big moment that you’re trying to play well in. When it comes down to it, it’s your golf swing and it and it’s your round, right? you don’t need to really concern yourself like with uh well if Rory’s concerned about Scotty then Rory’s not really really worried about his himself, right? So he’s got to focus on what am I doing today to get up the leaderboard first of well first of all make the cut and then get up the leaderboard and try to uh and make some noise on the weekend. I’m not really too worried about what Scotty’s doing and I I bet you Scotty’s probably not really wor really worried about what Rory’s doing either. So, I think, you know, that angle that we have of the two of them warming up is just so awesome for for golf for golf nuts like Keith and I, but uh for the two of them, they’re they probably don’t even notice each other. So, are there some common themes there, folks, that you’re watching at home, right, when we see the face on view and we have a cut where we can see both Scotty and Rory, you see that full finish, you see that complete commitment through the shot. You know, one of the things um that we all remark about Rory’s golf swing is his balance. It’s very difficult to tell whether he’s hitting driver or he’s hitting seven iron or he’s hitting a pitching wedge, right? And much like Tommy Fleetwood, it’s all Tommy Fleetwood almost does it in a way it looks like a drill. Rory makes it look like it’s just part of his being, you know, and you know, the fabric of his swing and everything. So, when you are working with students at home, how do you get them what are some of the drills or what are some of the key features that you work on with them in order to basically copy someone like Roy Moy’s balance? Right. Yeah, I think, you know, balance is a huge part of of making a good swing and and trying to not sap your power. If you’re not if you’re unbalanced, it’s hard for you to make crisp contact and it’s hard for you to hit it far and straight. So, I think, you know, you saw a swing there from Rory just just insanely balanced. It’s just it’s like a a work of art, you know, every time you watch Rory’s swing. Um, and he’s, you know, he’s looking at the numbers there, like how far is that going? But I think, you know, when it comes down to his balance, the the most important thing people can take from him is just making sure their their weight is centered in the balls of their feet, right, right in the middle of your feet. You don’t want to be too much on your tips of your toes. You don’t want to hang back in your heels. You want to feel like you’re in a good athletic setup and you’re about to uh, you know, hit a good shot because if you’re, you know, too far up on your toes or or on your heels, it’s hard for you to make good contact. So, you can see Rory, his his weight is probably right where that Nike swooshes. And so I think uh if we can watch that today and see how he does, then that uh will be will be really cool to watch and watch him kind of climb up the leaderboard a little bit. Another quick key that you can also look for in Rory Maroy’s golf swing is that, you know, we all know that he hits it with a tremendous amount of power, but he doesn’t hit it with a lot of power by pulling down on the grip in transition. You know, when you watch him here again, whether we are down the line or we are from face on, what you’re going to see from Rory is that you’re going to see his left side, his lead side, that lead hip, that lead knee, that lead ankle. You’re going to see them all basically accelerate. And that’s where he’s pulling the club down and the shaft and the grip from. He’s pulling it from there. He’s not pulling it down with his hands and wrists. And that’s a really really important feeling and theme that people that people should try to try to mimic when it comes to Rory Macker. Oh, here we go. You know, the champ has arrived. We had Scotty, we had Rory, right? X going to give it to you, right? Xander Schoffley, defending champion. Valhalla last year. He is now on the range about to start his warm-up. And uh you know, uniquely enough, he’s about one stall away from Rory. So, we’ve got three of the best players in the world right here. Yeah, we plan that, folks. We we put in a kind word to say, “Hey, can you guys stand next to each other?” And then then just that’ll be great for this for this stream. Well, whether they’re standing next to another or not, right? We have T-Mobile wireless technology. We have high resolution cameras that can bump from player to player to player right here on the T5G range, which you know is unlike any other. And we saw clips of this before, but the big board that is out there using Top Tracer range. Not only do we see the launch monitor stripes, but we also see the information on the best players in the world. Right now, they have Rory Maroy up side by side with Scotty Sheffller. So, a shot tracer goes up in one color and you can see that the gold color relates to Scotty Sheffler and that blue color relates to Rory Mackoy. You can see the colors of their names and you can follow them here whether you’re whether you’re at home, but thanks to T-Mobile or you can follow it at home. thanks to T-Mobile and you can follow it here. It’s a full grandstand behind these guys as the three best players in the world get ready to get after it and I’m so happy that you know Xander’s here now too. Um Xander Schoffley, take me quickly through it. When you think of Xander Schoffley, he’s hitting the golf ball. Another aggressive player, right? What do you think are some of the keys about Xander Schoffley as he starts to go through his warm-up that people at home could learn from him and as we’re watching him today could focus on? Yeah. No, for sure. Xander has always been one of those guys that has a really solid golf swing and it’s very reliable too. And you saw there that he was checking his I would call it like the quarter way point of his golf swing at hip height. He’s making sure that that club face is not too far whipped inside of his hands and it’s right where it needs to be a little bit outside cuz he’s got a pretty neutral grip. He’s got a pretty neutral setup. He’s got a pretty neutral top of the back swing. So, if it starts kind of maybe leaning a little too far to the right or a little bit too far to the left, that’s when he um you know, might need to take a couple more practice swings and just make sure that before I head out on the golf course and climb up the leaderboard hopefully a little bit that my takeaway is is all good because if it’s not, then we got some issues and I need to solve those quickly before heading to the first te. All right, as Xander steps in here, he does a very unique thing, and you’ll see this all afternoon in the unbelievable coverage of the 107th PGA Championship when this featured group goes out at 1:47 p.m. But when Xander sets up to it, he resets his grip. And I know we belabored this point, and at the risk of being redundant, I know we belabored this point. We were talking about Scotty, but this is your only connection to the golf club. On every single swing, Xander is methodical in the way that he grips the golf club, and he sets his posture, his pelvis, all the angles of his body, the way that he stands. So whether we’re looking down the line or we look face on, I want everyone to key on right before he goes to hit it. His pre-shot routine is so deliberate. Just like Scotty, the way he takes his grip, you know, Xander right here, we can see him behind Minu Lee and it you can absolutely just it it’s really cool how you know he does that and he is what ranked third in the world. Right. Right. Yeah. Yeah. No, and you you saw you see this little uh uh I would call like maybe a cross alignment behind him. You saw him kind of set up there in that last swing and we’ll see if he does it here. Now he’s just going to go right into it. But um he’s checking his his fundamentals and and we’ve talked all all range session long about the the fundamentals, right? Is making sure that my alignment’s good, that my hand my grip’s good, and you know, he checked his takeaway a little bit there. So I think it’s most important for people at home to realize that, hey, if the best golfers in the world are going right behind their golf ball and checking their alignment, maybe I should do that, too. and and really focus on make to make sure that you know you got those fundamentals down before stepping into the golf ball. Now, these guys are going in less than 20 minutes and I I think this is a key that we should touch upon and we haven’t hit this yet. We didn’t hit it yesterday um during our T-Mobile Champs Connections and and we haven’t gotten there yet today. Over an hour of live streaming coverage brought to you by T-Mobile here on the T5G range. And that is is that if you look at the time right now, it’s about 1:25. These guys are going like Xander just showed up, right? Ryan, just like I don’t need 90 minutes to warm up and hit balls. This is not a practice session. This is a warm-up session and you can see that these guys, you know, they’re hitting a certain number of shots and I would be surprised if tomorrow we had a camera on them again and they hit the same number of shots, right, for for each particular club. Um, does it surprise you at all that that they only take that short amount of time? Yeah, I think it doesn’t really surprise me too much. Um, I think at this point in the week, they are in focus practice mode. That’s what I like to call focus practice mode where if they were coming out here 90 minutes before their tea time in the hot, humid Charlotte conditions that we have today, they would be tired on the first te. So, what they’re trying to do is conserve energy. The most important time to be at peak energy is out on the golf course, not on the range next to next to Scotty and Rory. So, the most important thing you can do, you know, and I’m not I’m not encouraging you to get to the course 20 minutes before time. That wouldn’t be a good PG of America golf professional if I was saying that. Well, hang on, hang on. They Xander didn’t get here 20 minutes before his tea time, right? He he has been to the physio van. He has eaten. So, he, you know, he he’s That’s right. He’s he’s basically done his routine. So, and that’s what I was going to say next is do have your routine. If your routine maybe is a little bit longer of a rain session, that’s okay. But for these guys, you know, Xander might have only wanted to be at the range for 20 uh 15 20 minutes because he maybe didn’t have a lot to work on. So, he’s just trying to get in a flow state pretty much to to figure out what he needs to do on the golf course. And that that that means that, you know, it doesn’t mean necessarily that he’s, you know, trying to fix something or he’s trying to I don’t need to spend much time on the range, but he maybe doesn’t feel like he needs to to do much. So, it’s it’s to each player, you know, like Rory’s been here a little longer. Scotty’s been here a little bit longer than him. So again, swing your swing and do your own routine. Just to wrap up on Xander real quick, um our T-Mobile friends have let me know that he was over in the bunker working on things, which makes sense because yesterday te to green, he lost strokes, but that includes around the green, approach, and off the tea, right? So he was positive on approach, positive off the tea. It sounds to me like he needed some short game work. So he’s doing some situational stuff in order to go out there and make sure that he makes the cut and he can defend all weekend. Now, we’re getting back to Rory and Scotty, right? The one thing about the two of those guys. The one thing about those two guys is that when they follow through that I I want to talk about this cuz cuz Rory does it from this angle in such a pronounced way. His trail shoulder, not only does it come under his chin, but it finishes closer to the target than his lead shoulder in his follow through. And we’ll see it right here when he comes through. that right shoulder to the left side of your screen is going to power through this swing right under the brim of his hat. And look how much closer his lead his trail shoulder is than his lead shoulder twirl there. So we we love to see Roy Club twirls. Um yeah. No, and one of the things you that I love that you brought that up because that angle that you had is like we’ve been talking about this all day and we just saw the perfect ideal shoulder turn, right? you you want to have that lead that chin underneath that lead shoulder and that back facing that target, right? That’s the that’s ideal for for a nice turn. Now, Rory’s a little bit more uh of an athlete than than Keith and I, but so he might have a little more speed coming down as you saw there, but another thing you saw is the club shaft there was like pretty much right right up against the back of his hat. And I think that’s an indication, too. We’ve talked a lot today about the the back swing and the turn, but if you’re not finishing and getting that club shaft all the way through and maybe it’s touching your head a little bit, you’re in trouble. But you need to make sure that you you finish your swing as much as you started. All right, so we’re ramping up here with Mroy. It’s hot, it’s humid down here at Quail Hollow Club, 107th PGA Championship. We are live from the T5G range. This is T-Mobile Champion Connections. I’m your host, Keith Stewart, PJ Professional, alongside PGA coach Ryan Adams. Um, I look over at the screen right now. Um, Rory is, you know, Rory’s he’s he’s humming at about 180 ball speed. He’s got to be getting close to that tea time. Um, he’s carrying at 326 this afternoon. He’s coming for that leaderboard. It’s going to be full send all day. And another guy that, you know, I think about this too. One of the te yesterday, one of the tea times that really caught my attention was that of our Rder Cup captain Keegan Bradley. Okay. And he was playing alongside Maverick McNeely and Andrew Novak. Two guys that are possible rookies that could be on his RDER Cup team. So the PJ of America smartly, intuitively puts those guys together. Let’s Keegan check him out in a major championship pressure, right? And what does Keegan go out and do? Much like Luke Donald, he goes out and he bests him, right? Keegan Bradley’s first ever major championship 2011 down there at Atlanta Cub. He wins the PGA championship, right? And he’s played great to this day because he’s an unbelievable ball striker. Now, as we watch Keegan here, right, little bigger body frame than Rory, but we see a lot of the same things. What are you looking at as Keegan gets going? Yeah, you know, I think Keegan’s probably learned a lot of his fundamentals and a lot of his parts of his swing from his dad, who’s a PJ of American golf professional, Mark Bradley. And I think, you know, we haven’t really talked a lot about going to see a PGA coach or going to uh get lessons from PGA coaches, but they can really help your game. Really help your game. like whether it’s from if you need something quick quick tweak uh club fitting you know maybe more a little bit more of a swing overhaul they got your back. So back to Keegan is I think one of the things that I love about Keegan’s swing is that he takes a little bit of a of a higher back swing position but he comes through and he turns through with his lower body nicely to make sure he matches back up at impact. And that’s he’s done that move his his entire career and he’s got a very neutral grip as you can see there and he takes it back. He’s trying to maybe try to get a little bit of a tempo going here with some with some shorter clubs. But, uh, you’ll notice out on the golf course or here at the T5G range that, uh, that back swing position is just a little bit higher. But, you know what? As we’ve said, it’s a swing that works for him and that’s all that matters. Well, we can see it on the screen there, Ryan, is that Keegan’s just taller than Rory, right? So, taller people, they would benefit from matching their posture. Um whether we were talking about remember we were talking about Adam Scott’s posture yesterday here on the T5G range live stream, right? So it’s the same thing with Keegan. If Keegan were to wrap that club around him at the same height of Royy’s back swing, it kind of wouldn’t fit the structure of his body, right? So if you’re looking at this, something quickly you can learn in summary between these two guys that we see in the frame is that your back swing and the height of it should wrap around up by your trail shoulder. It should not be below your trail shoulder, right? Your lead arm as we look down the line should try to bisect that trail shoulder. It should not be very much above it and it certainly shouldn’t be below it. And then it will it will work much better rotating around your spine and then you won’t have to make other manipulations in your body in order to get that club in a position where you could strike it like a Keegan Bradley. Yeah, that’s correct. And and I think the thing that you can appreciate by watching this frame right here with Rory blasting out drivers and Keegan maybe just trying to get it into a little bit of a tempo is that uh all these different clubs are important in the bag, right? Like you might think, well, I need to practice with my driver the most cuz that’s what goes the furthest or I need to be a good offet. But you know, you see these guys hit all these different sorts of clubs and um it’s it makes it it’s it’s important for you to to work your way through a golf bag, right? You don’t want to just focus on hitting driver for 30 straight shots before you go out and play. You need to work on the wedges. You need to work on the irons. You need to make sure everything is clicking before you get out to the feet, you know. And there’s two here’s two guys right here that are in their mid30s. You know, we commented on this earlier with Luke Donald, right? Look how fluid they move, right? There’s a lot of work that goes into play when these guys train in order to become some of the best athletes in the world. And, you know, I’d love to sit down and interview them and say like, when did your day start today? How much of your warm-up included the physio trucks versus being out here on the range? Because as we spoke to with with Xander, he’s only going to be out here hitting full shots for maybe 20, 22, 23 minutes. You know, Keegan the same way. Keegan goes this afternoon at 2:09 p.m. You know, right now that’s that’s about 30 minutes from now. And he just got out here. He just got started. And Keegan fantastic day yesterday, right? Three under par. He gains four and a half strokes. Ta green. Um awesome with the driver. Awesome with the putter. um with his iron game. Uh he’s no stranger to this place either. He’s had seven starts here at the Quail Hollow Club. And you know, sometimes I I think about it seems like Carrie Hey has really found his stride when it comes to setting up a PJ championship, right? And what does it test? It tests the modern golfer for ball speed, for long iron acumen, and for short-range scoring, right? And those are things that Keegan can really do when you look at the way that he’s swinging it right right now. Right there next to Rory. It Here he goes. He’s going to step right in right now. We’ve got a good one down the line. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. No, I love these this view from of Keegan right here. And I think it’s important to see this. Let’s see. Yeah, you can see just a little bit of a higher back swing, but as Keith was saying, it’s just because he’s a little bit of a taller guy. He’s just trying to figure out what where is this ball going today and what do I need to do to kind of compensate for that. And Keegan’s always had a great great golf swing. He’s a little bit more of a of a kind of a quicker quicker to the trigger I would say. Um just gets right into it. Doesn’t visualize as much as as Jason Day would, but it’s important to um to make sure that you do what works best for you. So, well, you know what? Just as Rory Maro is heading off to the first tea, Ryan, you and I, we’re about to wrap for the day. T-Mobile Champ Connections. My name’s Keith Stewart. I’m your PGA host. And you know what? You and I, Ryan, PGA coach Ryan Adams, who’s joined me here all afternoon. Hey, just like everybody else, we want to leave the range and we want to go watch the best players in the world. So, let’s go see them. Thanks, T-Mobile, for everything. We’ll catch you tomorrow.