Why no Bryson in LIV creator event, PGA Tour declines LIV request, & Golf Advice | The Shotgun Start

It’s a true whiparound Friday as this episode covers many topics, spanning from a listener’s Juuso Valimaki scouting report to a promotion for our Masters preview show going LIVE on YouTube next Tuesday night. Andy and Brendan are in high spirits and excited for Augusta, starting this show by choosing a player they’d like to see play himself into the field for next week. There’s some more discussion about the Masters having range data for all players throughout the week, prompting Andy to ask PJ how to use these numbers for a gambling edge. Elsewhere in golf, the stars are out and speaking to media at LIV Doral, where Brooks Koepka was critical of the league’s standing in year four despite its new CEO spending three months on changing a marketing phrase. Brendan shares some rumors about Bryson’s non-participation in this week’s “Duel” with YouTube creators and whether he actually owns his own YouTube channel he’s been running for the last few years. As promised, PJ has a comprehensive preview of this weekend’s James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational, where Darren Clarke and Boo Weekley will play two rounds with Warren Sapp and Dwight Freeney. This episode wraps with a new golf advice question focusing on a legendary upset in golf history.

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greetings and welcome to a Friday edition of the Shotgun Start It is April 4th Andy how are we doing Brendan i’m doing great I’m just uh I’m getting in the mood I got I dusted off my everyday vest An everyday vest today Wanted to get Why would an everyday vest need dusting off it’s on every day I’m going to I’m going to I’m going to get you on your language there Can’t imagine Haven’t worn it worn it in a while anticipate heavy heavy wearing of the everyday vest next week as is a is a new tradition I you know maybe maybe the good guy Jerry award winner next week should get an everyday vest Maybe that should be the award I mean what if it’s like you know Kantlay or something are we just going to send him a vet what if it’s like you know Xander Schoffley or or or those guys aren’t going to win the good guy cherry award All right Lvig We’re gonna try to class him up It could be a patron It could be a patron We could see a patron do something It has to be Okay All right It’s anybody on the grounds proper So it could be a player Could be a patron We Are we doing the Everyday Vest challenge is that a thing we’re going to This is a little tease Maybe this is a This should be Daddy Corner for next week but we’ve been talking about it Who knows we’ll see when the when the week goes We might get ourselves in you know inextricably committed to a everyday vest challenge next week So uh we’re we’re pumped It’s coming The Masters is coming But right now it’s Friday It’s Friday We got to get through Friday or diet Friday Th you know Thursday’s now known But um the Valero is is off and running The Texas Open is off and running Cashmere Keith maybe he should get an everyday vest I don’t know what his sponsor but no wouldn’t work for Cashmir Keith You know it doesn’t doesn’t zip low enough Doesn’t have enough buttons Uh he leads eight under 64 at the Valero Texas Open Hot on his heels is an everyday vest uh uh purveyor Ryan Harmon he shot a 66 He’s six under He’s got familiarity with that everyday vest And Tommy Fleetwood Aldridge Poter and Steven Fisk are all T3 So this is probably exactly how it’ll end on Sunday This this five I’m sure as we talk early in the round Uh how about him whailing away whailing away I think you’re burying the lead here What’s up golf course that rewards precision Real play Real players Look who’s T6 Matteo Manisera The great one He needs it He needs it He’s not been acclimating all that great to PJ got to play I’ve monitored He’s played played enough Not well not great Uh but yeah he’s got to get on his horse because they need him at Beth Page You know his game suits well for there Just a total hammer Just speed demon Matteo Manisero They need him on that wall at Beth Page But yes uh three under We need him in the We need him in the fight this week Could he get into the Masters return that’s what I I Well I what I wanted to ask both of you PJ and Brendan who’s your ideal you know this is this is weekend is rampant about oh could somebody play their way into the Masters can somebody do it who your ideal ideal player in this field that you’d like to say see play their way into the Masters could be for any reason You think he could play well there You think he’s uh he’s a good personality You want to see him intermixing with uh with us Augustine national traditions I mean it’s obvious it’s the manoser the great manosero I think this is the very site where Frank Nabau newly appointed 16th tower chair entitle titled him the great manosero when he was 16 Uh this story might be 50% there’s 50% chance this story is not true but that’s how I recall it in my head was at the masters where Nabalo called him the great manero and his beautiful New Zealand accent Uh but yeah we got to get him back That’s really really where he first popped on the scene became the great one Uh he would be ideal playing his way into the Masters A triumphant return PJ do you have somebody you’re itching i what what if Sammy Valmachi keeps up his hot streak here and rumbles rumbles into Augusta oh you know I I forgot about this until you brought this up I got some Sam Sammyo Cho luck down his lucko I got a a text with great intel about Juo Val Maki Okay All right I’m going to read this This is from a from an astute astute golf listener in in Arizona Plugged in man in Arizona Okay You Valmaki is doing just fine Okay All right without without knowing how the IR and salary cap and waiverwire work in the NHL Your young lad update makes it sound much worse than it is You’re young lad PJ’s a young lad now Yeah I love that He was the 16th overall pick in the 2017 entry draft At only 26 years old he found himself with a lower body injury Cannot recall if it was a broken leg or knee his being uh but in waiverss was purely an exercise and shuffling him to their minor league team until he recovers as at the same time he can be he became injured their team had three top defenseman return to the lineup they were forced to shuffle him downward to remain compliant with the salary cap oh Utah’s just just messing with the cap trying to get extra deadline space I don’t know I might have had the I might have had the timelight off but I it seemed like he got set down and then tore his ACL after he got sent down Well that’s that’s what it seems like This astute listener would like you to know he’s doing just fine Okay but he has a tort ACL Young lad he’s doing just f just fine Well I hope his cousin plays in the I hope his cousin plays in the Masters Hold on We We’re getting to the end here What What people are waiting for is is his scouting report A solid stay-at-home defender shows glimpses of offensive brilliant brilliance when playing up uh in the lineup Very solid in year one of a two-year $2 million a year contract I’d be shocked if he signed for less than five five years at 6 million per season next year There you go Wow There we go Big hope for you Big that’s big money for an NHL defenseman So is this Arizona person still locked in on the Utah team since they abandoned him in Phoenix sounds like it Clearly Is that a Ryan Smith team yes Utah Now it is Yeah Yeah You know friend of golf Ryan Smith Genuine friend of golf Friend of golf Yeah Yeah Friend Yeah He’s got that BYU program huh too the the Demanta the whole deal That’s That’s an interesting idea He denied any any involvement in the Demant I think I saw that Yeah Okay Okay Sure Yeah Ryan Smith’s doing big things in the Utah sports scene Also doing big things in the golf scene too That uso guy is not quite the unit People push back on you saying he’s a unit cuz he’s like 6’2 205 Sammy Sammmy 62 233 in the program as someone who’s been in and around that range Uso is is is more of more of a a physical specimen than than Sammy Sammy Sammy off the bus intimidation Yeah absolutely He would be awesome I’d love to get him at uh Augusta Good pick PJ Who do you want playing their way in i mean I think we have to acknowledge Toasty Um complying with with the rules of the Masters would be would be great I mean you know out of the box’s a strong word for it I mean I’d like to see Pater play his way in Pater’s Redemption right he’s played it as an am right yeah Pock Eater’s redemption for his heartbreak in uh in Mexico where he should have won six times The field is a burly field already They there’s 96 biggest since like 15 or something Pushing it to 97 Uh there that would get you know those the the Green Jackets get a little anxious when it starts to get towards triple digits I mean Steven Fisk would be cool story because he’s from he played at Georgia Southern He’s from Georgia Georgia boy He’s you know he was extraordinary college player Um yeah Yeah he he for playing at Georgia Southern and you know just would be a cool story I think he did he win on the corn ferryy tour like last week i’m not sure He was making a run He was in some he was he was I think he won last week but he’s been factor for sure in the headlines Stephen is he does he have status on both tours is that what it is you know they almost got down to 144 We were joking about it in the Wednesday They got to go 156 to 144 I think they did get to 144 on the number with Sned’s WDing with the back injury Now does that trigger does that count as one of his career money uses his career money like how does that work so he WDDed and I think it did get to 144 So um he he definitely I don’t think he won on the on the on the I thought he played well wherever he was last week So uh while we’re talking Masters ideal entry into the Master we’re I’m going to be honest with you We came to this Friday episode with minimal prep We are scrambling We are just winning it today He played He played the Houston Open last week so we’re way off We’re not even He was Did he do okay in the Houston Open missed the cut I’ve watched him play in the last month or so I was even fifth I saw his name on something I will same We can’t tell you what and when or where But right now I’m gonna get to the bottom of this while while you talk We’re coming in really cold scrambling to get ready for next week So just you know an old school apology Has not has not played on the Cornferryy Tour all year Cough PJ this is not good We’re all over the place We’re going to go to Masters Fact of the Day I’m jump I’m jumping to book Freddy and Me by Trip uh Bowden about the uh legendary Augusta National uh Caddyy Master Freddy Bennett It’s a it’s a it’s a book I came highly recommended I wouldn’t I wouldn’t necessarily pass that along Um it’s good though some insights uh just for writing Just that’s just what Why are you doing that to Trip it’s a good I mean it’s a good out there trying to trying to make books and I you know the writing wasn’t different strokes for different folks that’s all it’s nothing you know some people like different things but it’s just it’s our master’s fact of the day go buy it you’ll get more facts Freddy and me uh and so Freddy takes them all around all 18 holes talking it’s just this awesome this is a good chapter this is the one I flagged as you can see the one ah so where where do you get those little flags is Is that how you mark up a book yeah I don’t want to I don’t want to get myself in trouble When I was a parallegal when I was 20 This is now 20 years ago Boy we’re 20 years later I still got a lot of these from the office supplies Where where do you keep them do you keep them like on your bedside table when you’re reading do you keep them at your desk do you have them everywhere are they just stashed throughout the house by your couch on the couch I got enough I got enough for the last 20 years to put them in everything If you want to mark something do you stand up and go get it no No No What do you do then it will be pre-arranged This is how I’m going to mark my reading endeavor this evening or afternoon whatever it may be I might have a highlighter a pen but I usually I like to operate with the tape flags It gets around that thing you’re talking about where you’re not marking it up right that’s what I want I want those I’ve got a bunch of them I’ll bring them for you I I was in the supply office 25 years ago and I got tape flags for days still I’m worried you’re going to run out I’m not I don’t want you to run those I want you to never buy tape tape flags whatever those are called the rest of your life Well you know nothing’s paper anymore so I don’t even know if they make them because everything’s digital nowadays Um so digital books suck I agree Can we just like I don’t understand how people look at their little Kindles Every time I see a Kindle I’m like little Kindle It’s like what have you know soul you’re reading on that little screen I think it’s terrible I think audio is I’m not about audio Somebody’s trying audio get me to read something for next week and they sent me the audio book and they want me to find a specific spot I’m like what do I I can’t flip through this What am I supposed to do i’m just like hitting fast forward just until I find it It’s ridiculous It’s It’s I need hard copy Um so this is Freddy and Me a book Hole number nine Carolina Cherry The T-shot here is pretty straight This is Freddy like legendary caddy master taking him around The only flat spot on the fairway is Robert’s Ridge Are you aware of this you know about this right the Robert He got him to build it Yes This is pretty well known Unless your man can boom it to the bottom left Mr Roberts had it built because that’s where his drive always ended up and he couldn’t hit off a hanging lie True story Doesn’t affect the character of the hole because no pro ever hits it there This is Freddy So yes this is pretty well known The flat spot listener may not know it but Roberts went out and you know created a little flat spot for him at nine One of the great holes at Augusta National without a lot of flat spots on it But let’s bump ahead to 11 This is maybe the the the new new bit of information Hole number 11 White Dogwood Good hole to earn your keep on When your man putts out on 10 hand them the driver and send him downhill You keep walking to that fairway They won’t be able to see you from down there So if you want to give your man’s drive a little boost you can do it here That’s a That’s a man after a long time Catty’s heart right there How about this but I wouldn’t kick it more than 20 yards or so 20 that’s like That’s the outer limit 20 That’s That’s That’s a lot That’s pretty noticeable Anyways that’s master’s fact of the day That maybe an old trick I don’t know that that’s a current trick but that’s 11th hole is apparently where the old caddies would try to get a little foot wedge going I’ve gotten uh some angry emails in the past about that I’ve I’ve admitted that I’ve used the foot wedge on numerous occasions as a caddy Yeah And people are are I raid about it Like people are mad that I question your character questioning my character and it’s like you know what when you’re just out there watching somebody hacking around for 95 I mean this this is the you got to just you got to help them out sometimes It’s a sad Do you ever wonder or Yeah it doesn’t It’s not the club championship It’s a guy that’s going to shoot 95 or 95 whether you kick it or not Well I also want I always wonder like as someone who cattied do you ever wonder like when you have a caddy why like you have such great lies all day does a thought ever go in through your head like how this happens let me ask you this Did you ever kick one 20 yards oh yeah Yeah that’s a big boot I picked one up and chucked it once God cuz I knew they couldn’t see It was like a Monday outing I mean yeah Yeah sure Those those are those are total wild west out there Monday scrambles I was running around I was chasing I was just running around and I was just throwing balls left and right just trying to survive I’m just working on my off day trying to get by those Monday outings man That was like those players one round of the year usually right a lot of times or you have a cart bag A lot of those people in those outings though One time I got h I got hit by a ball Uhhuh standing directly behind the player at a Monday outing I’ll never forget it What happened they did it burrow in and pop back shot It was a driver and she missed she missed the ball hit the opposite like the the interior side of like the feral of where the driver head connected So like imagine like the inside of the shaft Yes Yes and show and just went straight back and hit me in the ankle I’m gonna need Bryson the physicist to explain how this is mindboggling I did I was standing somewhere where I never conceived possible getting hit by a ball and I got hit by a ball Yeah Monday outings tough Those could be tough Um that’s your master fact of the day always the prayer of the Monday outing was it’s always about who sends the Monday outing off and making sure that they handled communication about tipping correctly that yeah they had to emphasize that there was that the tip was expected that the base rate was covered but you need to tip because that’s what made Monday outings the four four some cart chase worth getting in there on a Monday And then of course there was sort of a a a cast system of outings right like you kind of knew you’d get players and guys with some loot Then you know like I mean the charity ones there were some like the so and so foundation I don’t know it might not be but the Morgan Stanley Monday outing maybe you’d be in good shape for that one Uh yeah then there’s all sorts of different different ordering of the Monday out I always worked the the bag room on Monday outings during the setup and then I would go out during the outing Chase every time Four on a card Daddy Yeah it’s awful Occasionally there’d be the the the carry situation Very rarely though Yeah we I don’t think they would even like they would strongly discourage that on Mondays But what I always do I talk with the caddy master be like I need to be able to be moved around on the on the sheet And I would just scope out good bags Yeah Like is this a good golf bag in 10 years Yeah And that’s where I’m going Yeah Yeah Cuz the golf bags that come in on those Monday outings are wild Wild wild Crazy stuff Some crazy stuff Falling apart Why do you even bring this bag why Why are you even bringing this set of clubs it’s like they got out of a casket 20 years that’s just been sitting in the basement for like It’s just ridiculous some of those Um Yeah All right Uh that’s your master’s fact of the day Little little boot on 11 That does make sense You can kind of get up and over the hill I just want people to be aware You have to be aware when you have a caddy when you appear at a ball that they were foretting on Just just realize sometimes that the life’s really good and it just didn’t happen Like have awareness Don’t you’re just shattering people’s dreams and I mean realities here hopes and beliefs This is talk about the Easter Bunny next What come on just let it be I mean I was playing this year I can’t remember where I was playing but I remember I hit one into the junk I watched it hop in I like saw it go into the darkness And I got up there and it’s just like sitting 4 feet outside of it And I looked at my caddy and he and I looked at him I go “Huh that’s where it ended up did it?” He like gave me this ry smile I was like “Well you did you did your you did your job here.” Uh I think that’s risky at Augusta but maybe not I don’t know I guess on 11 Yeah you got guys 11 Nobody can see anything Yeah you’re right You’re right Anyways that’s the old trick apparently per per the best when you recommend somebody’s like I can’t believe how far this one went Don’t think you can do that The masters might might be under the watchful eye of I love that they’re they’re you know they’re tracking every range shot now a lot of lot of hubbhub about this PJ how how do you use how do you deploy this as a as a as a an gambling ace what are you going to be doing with the every shot on the range Well I’m most I I I I’m I’m most excited for our game within the game between Bernie and Brian Campbell Who can push it out there we’re going to get this is going to get aggregated God this is PJ We’re giving too many ideas away All the all the fiends No no no We’ve been on that since we’ve been on that since Mexican all these bigger shops will go and just rip the idea and they’ll have a you won’t believe post by Monday afternoon I’m telling you I wanted to sit on this range data I shouldn’t even brought it up but everybody was already over it All right Um you know what I’m excited about with the rage data what I mean I personally a lot of times I I hit the ball like complete junk on the range and I go out on the golf course and just hit it perfect It’s usually the opposite for me But yeah Okay I can’t wait Like the thing that’s neat about this range data there are going to be guys that do this Totally Like there are range players and not ranged players There are gonna be guys that people like back off bets like because of how they hit it on the range and they’re going to get completely jammed Well from from the gambling perspective maybe maybe you’re looking who’s out there just late Wednesday night just like trying to find it You’re we’re we are going to have a lot Are they doing it Wednesday are they doing practice rounds practice days oh I don’t know Might just maybe it is I I thought I I was under the assumption that it was whole week Maybe you’re seeing who’s lost on Wednesday night Final final cuffs from your from your bets And if you are lost and you need some data to drive your decision-making on what clubs to have hit and hold you could go to club champion.com and use that promo code Friday Clubchampion.com/fridaygg The promo code is Friday You get a free driver or iron fitting with a club purchase Now none not all of us have access to the 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was that expression that I think it was Will Hardy used about the Guinness uh at Crown at the Crown Bar or whatever you got uh you got when we got the bad mugged off Mugged off Yeah Bad poor Mugged off Great great UK expression Mugged off You got ripped off Yeah Can I just submit another one that’s just just better or that’s a great great expression from from across the pond Sure Blue on the board This was news of the day This was not blue on the board Uh you know Euro RDER Cup account did not break this Good stuff though Max and Joe uh Grryer uh have split This is the split round heard around the world Everybody’s reporting on it Um but uh he said he his comment was brutal to bin your caddy I love that expression Brutal to bin your caddy the week before Augusta Bin is a good one I like that Need more use of bin I see that on the soccer Twitter every now and then The EPL talking about the guy getting binned Um uh binned his boots because they were sli he was slipping on the tur the pitch Um I like sacked Someone said sacked about a a college basketball coach last week after the tournament I was like sacked are we bringing that to American sports journalism i’d be into that So all right Maxr I’m sorry Binned Joe Grinder Are you worried about this are you shocked about this uh I just No comment Obviously with Max uh and Joe’s longtime friendship I imagine this was a hard thing for Max to h to do He must have gotten to a place where he felt like he had to do it Um just seems to be a lot of change going on there Clubs peril caddy Yeah this this sort of can be the cycles of a pro golfer right um so they are split going into the Masters It’s a big one Second year is this a second was this JT and Bones last year might have been the year before where they they parted ways last year right PJ yeah So I don’t know Maybe this is a time then when guys just let’s go Fresh voice on the bag going to the Masters Masters Masters range data will start on Monday So if you’re looking for the searches on Wednesday fire bring out the hammer Love that Could that inform your part three bets are you going to bet on PJ by the way no I’m not betting on the part three No PJ’s on Masters.com as a fantasy gambling whatever their fantasy game is I don’t want to say gambling And they may not be into that term but their fantasy game PJ is an authority picking on the masters.com We’ve made it At least one of us has Thank you It’s nice It’s nice that the Masters has acknowledged one of our one of our team as a as a gambling sharp Feels like a big win for us Truly truly an honor Truly an honor Uh something that I do not take lightly I do not understand how we arrived here but everybody’s been very very nice about it So I appreciate the support Our internal Slack was really questioning some of your selections It seemed like you went you went uh you went your your allegiances over really you know the analytics I don’t think any of my picks are analytically terrible I do think I have a high variance I think I could either win the tournament or uh you know Brooks Keep and Cameron Young could be playing only two rounds Uh I think that’s certainly on the table Uh Pendy you know we spent a lot of time here talking about Pendy Pendy played well last week in Houston Everybody want everybody kept on saying Houston’s the best prep for Augusta Pendy was up there for a while What category is it 12 with Pendy i I I I did say in Slack that I worried about the amount of the amount of water on par threes with Pendy That is a concern I did take that under consideration And there’s only two I mean how many you know God not good Okay I don’t think I’ll ever forget that shot he had on at the present We’re in Montreal 17th hole Uh well speaking of Brooks he is down at the uh Dell enthusiastically down there Seems to be you know there’s an ESPN article saying he wishes Liv was quote further along as the new CEO jumps in I did enjoy the new CEO Scott O’Neal It’s from Mark Schlay article I believe on uh April 2nd is what it’s dated I thought it was earlier than that but I love this paragraph O’Neal replaced Norman uh on January 15th He is overseeing the league’s strategic vision business operations and global growth One of his first tasks in his first three months three months top priority was changing live golf’s slogan from golf but louder to long live golf Three months top task This is why we got the head honcho on This is the hard-hitting stuff he’s he’s doing I get it He went in he changed this I’m not suggesting this is all he’s been doing but like what that that’s comical Jay Monahan not I mean I know he’s got the live under par folly on his his resume forever but I don’t think he is like making that his his mission in the first three months of his job Anyways I enjoyed that uh paragraph O’Neal is down there at Derell uh and they’re you know full steam ahead is what he’s saying It’s incredible What a what a high pressure environment Kepta said “I think we all hoped it would have been a little further along.” And that’s no secret No matter where you’re at you always hope everything is further along but they’re making progress and it seems to be going in the right direction So just the full quote there from Brookie I just Brooksie and Bryson not involved in the duels their little uh creator thing Um anything to make of that a lot a lot of a lot of rumors out there that Bryson’s in a little bit of a tip like NIL you know who’s you know obviously Bryson has his own strong YouTube presence right like his own there’s rumors Andy that it might you know who’s got the keys uh God that was he’s built this presence you know did did Liv when you signed it does Liv have your NIL and this is the given trade And of course like part of the the old complaint about the PJ tour was that you know they were essentially prisoners right and then un you know shackled from doing anything And and I get it They were paid exorbitant sums in the same way you might you know that that’s what the money’s for And so there’s a I don’t know I don’t know That’s why he’s not in the duels But we’ve been past rumors that you know he’s got it’s weird that it’s all going on Grant Horvat’s channel Not weird just a little peculiar But if you’re going to do this wouldn’t you have Bryson wouldn’t you have I Brooks I could say Brooks I could say go pound sand Uh when they asked him to do that Bryson though he’s a showman This is where he lives and operates as much as anywhere So it’s peculiar and and that would be I don’t think you know that I I’m not suggesting there’s there’s trouble in paradise but I do think there are some questions about getting those guys uh involved right I mean getting those guy I don’t know what the contract status is and getting them going I mean the Bryson thing is crazy why he’s not in the duels uh yeah that the fact that he’s not in the duels yeah yeah I mean like this is like literally what he did all last here and then Liv does it and he’s just not in it Now like one would point to why is it on Grant Horvath’s channel instead of his that would be qu one question And then this this rumor going around that Bryson’s you know in a dispute about about his NIL and who owns the channel you know God that would be so crushing though to h to create like a really popular YouTube channel all around yourself and then not even own it and that like and not necessarily be totally aware that you what you were Yeah Maybe it was in the in on page 37 addendum B Yeah That you know um so that he’s not in the duels They’re you know I this is I don’t want to say it’s live Super Bowl but it’s a giant week Trump’s going down there while the there’s other stuff going on but Trump’s on his way I think it was probably a good day for Patrick Hantlay When you’re into distressed debt you wake up you see red on the board CNBC had to be a good day for PC Uh PC PC’s pro tariff He’s like well let me find some distressed debt today Um but no the Dell is a big deal Trump’s going to be down there They’re on Fox uh 2:5 on Friday 12 to2 The earliest parts of the shotgun start are on uh the app And then you got 2 to 5 FS1 Saturday and 1 to five on the network on Fox Sunday 1 to five They put out their big guns on Friday like you know condense their top guys on Friday which they don’t always do I mean I think the expectation could be that it outrates Golf Channel Friday coverage of the Valero Texas Open It’s on a network It’s on Fox It’s on the network Keep pounding the desk and my camera’s jumping around here But yeah it could outrate Golf Channel on Friday That could be a thing that happens Um who do you like if you were um say you’re say you’re uh I don’t know Dick Bland or you’re Freddy Ketchup and like Bryson and Brooks are kind of done with Liv I’m not suggesting they are at all I’m just I’m creating hypotheticals You’ve this the these 35 to 40 of the guys are kind of tied to four or five right if a couple of them become disenchanted you’re kind of at their whims right does the does the does the gas come out of the balloon wouldn’t you be anxious about you know Romney sad about this or that um it’s interesting right well it’s a fascinating subplot of the whole year right is is Brooks and Bryson their deals are up and what are they going to do yeah Yeah Well I mean if if you’re Dick Bland do you have two major defenses to really lock in on you have other things to play for You you have do you have those exemptions from winning majors there there’s been talks you know the reunification and there’s been a lot of like we’re really only interested in like six guys Do you think Dick Bland with his senior tour potential is one of those six guys literally how could he not be um it’s a big on the senior tour Massive Yeah we gota we get to the Hardy thing in a minute The James Hardy the the aluminum siding whatever Not aluminum I don’t want to be disparaging to the Hardy products Whatever siding Um but I think like are the creators getting cash like is this the future where like I don’t know the the pros are kind of like I I’m it’s just a create it becomes a creator tour Maybe they maybe they have all the creators right i don’t I don’t know I’m not saying Liv becomes exclusively that but maybe it becomes really like that They’re they have significant audiences I’m not like it’s a bigger than FS2 apparently Yeah Yeah O’Neal did push back on the worldwide number for Riad He said it was 2.5 million Not Not your whatever it was 12 or whatever I swear they got they got 2.5 million they had 12 they had 12 in the biggest media market being broadcasted I believe being broadcasted at the at the prime time like the they they moved earth mountains they’ve lit the course to broadcast in the US for the US viewer and 12,000 people watched it but 2.3 Three million watch it worldwide [ __ ] I mean don’t underestimate that audience And you know you know so uh elsewhere on the live front as it’s a big week for them We have a a report from you and Murray good proper journalist I always love bantering with you and uh media center He is always up to something He’s always giving me giving you guff Uh but he had a he’s proper journalist had a report in the Guardian He says sources indicate that in correspondence sent to the PJ tour last week the PIFF sought assurances the Liv circuit could continue to operate and that its governor Yaser Aline could take place as co-chairman of the PGA Tour Enterprises So two things live stays and Yaser becomes co-chairman of PGA Tour Enterprises Then the PIFF would put their 1.5 billion into the PJ tour enterprises From Euan’s report the PJ tour replied to the PIFF’s demands on Monday with neither deemed acceptable All right I I wouldn’t say those are those are those are not inconsequential asks Liv stays and Yaser becomes co-chairman and they said no not acceptable So that kind of wherever we were at the White House where the the the the draft text of uh we’re going to hold each other’s arms up and say reunification and shouted from the rose garden or wherever it was going to be which seems like we’re a long ways away Not acceptable So I loved that the joke running around the internet yesterday when when the when the future started to tank was like “Somebody get Jay on CNBC tomorrow morning.” I loved that That was like where people’s heads were at It’s like this he’ll be in his helmet Just red numbers everywhere He’s He’s like what is he two for three on CNBC with that happening Something like that I I mean either way not his fault Just the people handling him have created a meme for all time every time the markets are in trouble So that wasn’t a great uh communication strategy I think that’s it for Liv Corner here on this Friday I I wouldn’t It might be interesting Liv Derell We’ll see how it goes I can’t wait for it The DS is Saturday morning I believe Post-produced on Grand I mean that makes sense Post production makes a lot of sense for this product Yep Um who do you think is going to take it down i honestly don’t know PJ I defer to you Who’s on the Who’s in this deal lukewan creator of there was he could become the first winner on the live and PGA tour Yeah that could be big You say the moon wouldn’t rom that Yeah Yeah Many Many There’s a discrepancy about the Brian brothers Didn’t you say one was in one release was with the one guy and then another in the original press release uh it it was Wes and DJ and Sergio and George but then in the hype videos they started making it was flipped So I I think we landed on Wes and DJ and Sergio and George but there was some miscommunication throughout the constant stream of content I I will give them a lot of credit There has been a ton of just pre What’s the latest creative content uh they made a hype video giving each of these people uh each of the creators like Madden ratings uh like an overall and then subcategory rating You think there was like a algorithm to do that there was a really advanced analytic analytical system that that created that or you would all you would have to imagine I mean just scouring chat GPT watching hours and hours of of videos on YouTube to try to come up with Fat Perez’s chipping rating Uh but they they figured it out All right that’s Liv Corner You know what if Liv ever goes away what one thing I’m going to miss is like the the often mistakes that come from their official communications whether it’s misspelled names or There have been a lot of good My favorite My favorite was when we got our hands on the on the on the deck that had the draft the draft the original London Yeah All right This is what’s going to happen in the draft Here’s with who’s with who Um uh All right Let’s get to senior champ minute PJ what do we need to know about the James Hardy Siding Invitational with the NFL guys so the the James Hardy Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational is taking place in Booker James Hardy So it’s like a house company Yeah I think I have not a football player No no no no no It’s like Benjamin Moore paints That’s so James Hardy that kind of that’s his name Yeah it’s like a house company So this is at the uh he’s a household name You could you could say that You could say that Uh so this is at the the old course at Broken Sound in Boca Raton Florida Famed old course The true old course So this is kind of kind of an interesting field As you mentioned on Wednesday Brendan uh Padre is is playing in San Antonio currently Uh Ernie out for personal reasons Birdie’s preparing for his final masters So kind of kind of a a lackluster field I would say Feels like Dick Green’s chance I was gonna say Dick Green also not in the field Oh wow Poor scheduling really on his agent’s part Really kind of kind of uh leaking oil here but there are plenty of players So Five Clubs has been down there all week doing live broadcast the mornings from there You got you got Gary is talking to Ronda Barber and John Daly in the same segment ahead of their proam round yesterday It’s like where are we getting this so there are a bunch of NFL Pro Football Hall of Famers down there ready to play the Champs Tour So Friday and Saturday will be a best ball where two Hall of Famers play alongside in competition with the Champ store guys So the champ guys are playing their 54hole event but then simultaneously the two professional football players are playing the best ball just in the same group as them So there are some forsomes of champion store guys Then there are some twosomes of champion store guys that will be paired with two Hall of Famers for the first two rounds of this event Got it Uh I I will say there was a lot of advertising about which players were going to be there which Hall of Famers were going to be there uh not on the list for the rounds I don’t know maybe he went to the prom or not Devin Hester was advertised as being a participant here Great However however no you would say this is a legendary Bear best punt returner in the history of the NFL Hall of Famer big deal that he got in after being just a special team for his career Chicago Bear legend right devin Hester was advertised too Uh but not really He played quarterback too but not really Uh the original Travis Hunter some have said flip that one by PJ So he’s advertised PJ was like four when when Devin Hester was Deon Hester Devin Hester in Madden as a rookie when I was like seven years old or whatever He was like a 58 overall wide receiver But if you knew who Devin Hester was Devin Hester was on your team when you were fantasy drafted for a franchise Let me tell you that much So legendary Chicago Bear Devin Hester was advertised by the James Hardy Invitational in a Seattle Seahawks uniform on the graphic Oh I love that Love that Jamming all the Bears fans out there but like like putting Joe Montana Chiefs jersey disrespectful That’s such a thing that the east side of Florida would do to a great Midwest city So true You have that just going in Uh I I’ll read you off some some duos So we got Steve Larett and Jerome Bettis playing with Ratif Goose and Jerry Kelly Have you seen The Boss lately he’s a big dude Big big big boy Speaking of big boys this is this is quite quite the group Warren Sapp and Demarcus Wear are playing with Boo Weekly and Darren Clark There’s a lot going on in that Warren Sap and Darren Clark Warren Sap Darren Clark and Demarcus where Boo Wow Some stories Okay Warren Sap I believe is still the defensive line coach at Colorado He’s got a mohawk I saw some pictures of him out there from from today Uh Paul Paul Goyos Fred Funk Ed Reed and Marshall Faulk as a forsome for the first two rounds You got Ed Reid playing with Paul Goyos What is going on here ed Reed Uh number one in the Schwab Cup standings Miguel Anal Jimenez draws John Randall and his his partner Tim Petravic got got Syracuse legend Dwight Freenini Uh so that’s that’s your forsome there Uh and then in in something that hits close to home for me uh you know two absolute units two I would say uh you know interesting personalities VJ Singh playing with Calvin Johnson Oh my god they kind of jammed Calvin there That’s some interesting He’s like their headliner and they put him with a canankerous fellow Isn’t he a cannabis like grower now or something he’s a big CBD guy huge CBD Calvin Johnson Uh but in in other related Bears news so I was kicking around I I have times for both sessions of the NFL uh and parries for both sessions of the NFL rounds one and two In more Bears news uh legendary Chiefs kicker Hall of Famer Jan Stenerude is on is on the T- sheet for round one He’s playing with Tim Brown as his partner Tim Tim Brown Heisman Trophy winner Robbed it from Dom McFerson but whatever We’ll go into that a different day Notre Dame legend Uh he he he’s his partner is Jon Center for round one Janetude not making it for Saturday Who did they replace this Hall of Fame kicker with what Bears legend robbie Gold Cody Parky No And a Browns legend The Browns Yeah absolutely That was the best was that Parky went to the Browns like recycled into the Browns Yeah the podcast that was like the first year of first year of the podcast when the Bears had him and then two years later the Browns had him washed ashore on Lake Erie I can’t believe Cody Parkies Yeah Prominent All right This is a great event Robbie Gold’s like all about golf He’s like an ambassador in Chicago district Yep Now he’s he’s I think he’s a coach in the Catholic League now They should have gotten him Yeah Uh anything else from the Hardy Board invitational no I’m just I’m keeping I’m keeping an eye on the NFL Uh I don’t know how I know Calvin’s a pretty good golfer but I I don’t know how good uh I expect the you know words sap to Dwight Freeny team to be but I I’m keeping an eye on the situation I’ll have updates for for for Sunday night for sure Well if any of these guys are looking for a little extra comfort as they plot around the old course 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go to golf Maneuver your way around All right Biome5 All right Uh I think we’ve hit a lot of the news Do we want to do a quick little golf advice here golf advice Andy I got one from an anonymous listener This came via text Is it about if you suspect your caddy’s kicking golf balls down there no there’s a lot of lot of response to chip back question and handicaps and things like that A lot of response just to my messages and texts Yes a lot of blowback on that Um here’s one around chipback Uh I recently participated in an industry gettogether that features an annual golf tournament consisting of nine-hole best matches played between two man teams You could either invite a plus one as your partner or get randomly paired I’m a nine handicap My 60-year-old partner was about the same But it’s a no strokes given tournament Is it scummy that our opponent a mid-30s plus two brought in a partner a plus six former KFT player or that they didn’t even offer to let us play from the middle TE’s i mean that is overcorrecting from your from from the whole situ right i mean you you have some complaints about it Like if you’re a 60s9 and you’re going against a plus two and a KFT player that sounds like that industry needs to get some guard rails and regulation up on it you know very much uh ridiculous So yes that that was a quick listener uh listener question Let me get one more This is pretty funny So friend of friend of the program uh in the heartland of America Oh that friend you know maybe sent you some bobbleheads recently I I’ve been associated with that Uh so you know I’ll tell you what great institutions in the heartland I was looking at my bobbleheads and four of the five are in the Masters Love that Should I bring them ask them to get signed i think that doesn’t sound like an optimal packing strategy when when room is tight and you got to pack a lot for a week But you can do whatever you want Someone associated with my extended family recently asked me to get like a very highprofile conference autograph for one of their children’s birthdays Autograph yeah I was like I can’t do that I have never I I would I was like I was like the relative making the ask was like you I I don’t even want to ask you but I’m going to do it because I can check the box that I asked you that I I think I would sooner just run off the golf course and away from the media center than ask anyone for an autograph at any event for even I think even like charity a charity outing or something I don’t know I even if the Even if the purpose was I I could imagine that I was like I’m not going to do that H no I’ll have to see or check about it It’s like I will not be doing that happening All right For the record married four kids and have not fought since I lost a split decision to my next door neighbor in fourth grade I’m a loyal listener and felt compelled to ask a question after hearing you talk about unusual golf course and names during your February 20th podcast When I heard Little Bit of Heaven Golf Club mentioned it triggered a lasting memory So go find this email This was great Guy sent us he’s got like an index of all the like interesting names Little bit of heaven golf I love that name Triggered a lasting memory and subsequent question I was uh I’ll leave the company out of it marketing manager when the company inked a deal in 1997 to build the new golf course and become the title sponsor of the former uh Quad Cities Open So I guess you do know the company When working with the designers of TPC Deer Run we came to realize the property had an amazing history an archaeological sites that dated back 5,000 years had been home to an internationally recognized Arabian horse farm and was owned by direct descendants of John Deere the man who famously invented the world’s first self-scouring plow We decided it would be great to name the holes and tell these stories on each tea box 18 stories are a lot so we decided it would be nice to weave in some of our local history As I’m sure you know one of the most amazing stories in golf is Jack Fleck beating Ben Hogan to play off the 1955 US Open Well Jack Fleck is one of our own He was born here and won that open while working as the golf pro for the city of Davenport one of the Quad cities We were told that Fleck never felt he got the recognition he deserved Okay May Yeah maybe he got he’s like a legendary name for like David Bee’s Goliath right i don’t know you know I don’t know We were told that that’s a preposter He’s like one of the most well-known golfer names for being one of the least accomplished golfers Yeah David beats Goliath the lump Yes Yes It’s kind of a thing Um we’re told Fleck never got the recognition he deserves so decided to preserve the story by forever naming a hole after him and retelling the amazing story We named the seventh hole quote Olympic hero and honor the seven foot putt he made to get in the playoff Olympic club But it seemed perfect Republican rolled out the whole names before the course opened and somehow Fleck got wind of our attempted tribute He sent us an angry letter saying we had no right to use his name What he knew he knew a lot about good golf course design because in fact he had designed his own course in Magazine Arkansas titled Little Bit of Heaven Golf Club So that’s your architect of in Magazine Arkansas He did not like TPC courses All right So maybe we’re back in brother in-arms He did not like TPC courses and he would never have his name associated with one Remove his name he said or there would be consequences We sadly complied He got so mad He wanted recognition but not with an association with TPC How about that i I think I’m in on on flag I’m out I’m in I’m back in Um the letter head carried this is great The letterhead demanding his name be taken off carried the little bit of heaven mast head along with his co-partner’s name So he has a little bit of heaven on his letter head The second name had been crossed out in black but you can still make it out You think it was a falling out it was Jerry Barber winner of the 1961 PGA Championship at Olympia Field A quick check confirmed that Jerry had passed away in 1994 So this is this is like five years later 1994 Three years Oh three years before we got the letter So they didn’t have new letterhead They’re just crossing it out Black Sharpie Three years It appeared that instead of getting new letter head Jack was okay just using a quick stroke and the inference to quote pay to pay no attention to the name behind the Sharpie So the question is this What should be the accepted amount of time you’re allowed to just cross through a dead partner’s name on your company letter head before investing in new stationery is three years too long yes I agree You figure it out sooner You figure it out soon Did Ed Fiori get a tribute uh he had to have right as the gripper the pool boy The grip had to have gotten one If he if he if he didn’t he should slide right into the seventh hole Um we’re we’ll have to check it out There’s There’s rumblings that we might do a uh PJ trip to the Quad Cities this summer We’re rumbling I’d love to go there I know To the John Deere We’re We’re talking about it I played I played a John Deere pre-qualifier years ago Maybe like 13 years ago You saying that pinnacle Country Club I think it was Three years is too many Uh footnote When pulling up the little bit of heaven website today it still has Jack Fleck as course designer No Jerry As well as head golf professional He passed He passed in 2014 Oh so he’s head golf professional He’s 11 years been gone with us for 11 years He’s still listed Maybe he’s the head pro in perpetuity Like a master situation but uh not keeping up to date on the stationary there That’s Jack Fle I think design disaster should look into a little bit of heaven I think we might have to Dakota Magazine Arkansas Check it out Uh any other uh I’ve got other golf advices but should we call it a Friday kind of a whip around Friday We are loading up for the Masters I mean we talked about Juo Valamaki the Hardy Invitational God knows what else Uh not the Masters preview you wanted We gave out We gave out some hot gambling tips that you could watch the Rage all week Hold on Oh boy We’re doing a live show on Tuesday night of the Masters We wanted to announce this We wanted to give people the chance the chance to possibly plan around something we’re doing rather than just popping up live Five minutes We’re going live We’re We’ll be live in five minutes So what what time are we saying i think seven Okay Could you say Do you like seven i think that’s too late 6:30 Let’s go 6:30 Go out get dinner do our deal 6 6:30 Does that work are people at dinner what do we think are people doing bed this right in the bedtime routine for young young parents this the start of it May you could catch the start of it I think so It’s going to be an hour and a half Well it’s going to be an hour hour to hour and a half right all right let’s go Tuesday 6 o’clock Are you sure you’re gonna be you’re You sure you’re never you’re always punting down the road We always started we’ve started Tuesday at like four or five We’re going to be in that media center We’re going to be getting quotes We’re going to have favorite tea times We’re going to have worst tea time We’re going to have lots of scuttlebutt from under the tree and around the golf course around town That will that’s always a fun preview show That’s when we the revelation of the gnome occurred So that will be Tuesday Next Tuesday That is what the 8th I want to say 6 p.m 6 o’clock Six o’clock Eastern Friday 3 PM Pacific time I want to be I want to curtail our times 5:00 p.m Central and 400 p.m Mountain for two and a half days at at a although Monday may not be a real productive day with the rain I know I was really banking on Monday Yeah Well rather Monday rain I’m going to be hobnobbing on Wednesday So you know me getting um so yeah we’ll we’ll be doing that Tuesday at 6:00 Uh can’t wait You know this is obviously the first event we ever did in person We’ve done many since then I think that was the 2019 Masters We’ve done you know Kio I was in the PJ roll at the 2019 Masters where I just sat for sat sat in the house all day Yeah got on the grounds for a couple last minute tickets for for practice rounds but just was sitting in the house Yeah we need him for PJ one of those days Uh all right Uh so Tuesday at 6:00 we’ll do our our preview show The intervening days we’ll have a Sunday maybe live probably live from Augusta recapping Valero and that whole deal So but Tuesday will be our big Masters preview show six o’clock All right Thank you guys for your support We’re really pumped for the Masters We’ll have pods all day you know every day almost and and fired up to get down there So thank you guys Talk to you next uh week