We are joined by Nicolai Højgaard for a very special golf edition of Out of the Box featuring a guest appearance from his brother Rasmus! Nicolai touches on items that mean so much to him and his brother, from some Ryder Cup mementos to the merchandise the twins bought when they saw their favourite band Oasis earlier this year.
Directed by Oliver Warren
Produced by Little Dot Studios
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All right. What’s next in the box? It’s a bit of a surprise. I got no idea what it is. And I still got no idea what it is. All right. Let’s see what’s in the box now. Hi, I’m Nikolai Hygo and this is my out of the box. I got a coin here. My granddad has been collecting coins for many, many years. He gave me this coin and it says King of Denmark. Yeah, it’s a special coin to me. I use it every time I play golf and it reminds me just of family. It reminds me of my granddad who I’ve spent a lot of time with. So family is a lot. It’s it means a lot and it’s probably the most important thing um there is. It’s way bigger than golf. You were just saying how important family is and obviously something that is really important to you can’t fit in the box um which is Raasmus. So Raasmus if you want to come join us. How often do you guys see each other? Is this like every day? At the moment it is. Obviously you’re close but is there a competition between you or there is a competition going on but I think we’ve matured quite a lot the last five 6 7 years whenever one of us are doing well uh the other one is the first one to uh to be there. So that’s uh that’s special to have that support from uh from both. So how is it kind of passing on that RDER Cup baton now to your brother? It’s pretty cool that we uh the name stays in the rider cup this year and something we would like to keep uh going in the future as well and I’m super happy for Raz to get in the team. He was in Rome watching me play and get a getting a little taste for what it’s all about and I think he was very um determined to get in the team and he did it the hard way of qualifying. Um and it was pretty cool to see. I mean, I walked off the green at Belelfrey trying to win the golf tournament and missed a pan 18 to potentially force a playoff. And the first thing I thought was I saw Rash in the distance and I kind of ignored everyone else uh walking up to him and asked him, “So, what’s the news?” And he qualified, gave him a hug and I said that was pretty cool. So, super happy for him, excited for him to to to get to New York and uh I’m looking forward to watch it. We practice a lot together at home and I probably see it as a team at times where we’re actually trying to get the best out of each other. We’re trying to play tennis a few times when we’re not playing golf. I think that’s our second favorite sport and it gets super tense there as well. But as part of it, I wouldn’t we wouldn’t enjoy it if it was just for fun. The good thing is that we don’t live in the same house anymore. So, we won’t run run into the guy and start punching each other. We had we’ve had times where the guys were playing with our friends are like, “Oh, calm down.” And we’re like, “But that’s that’s the way we speak to each other.” It sounds pretty hard for people who not who’s not used to it. Uh but we got our own little language kind of. Let’s see what we got in here. Oh, another coin. So, this is a uh Radicup coin from 2023 in Rome. Yeah, it’s a special coin. I think Ryder is for me the most special thing that I’ve been a part of. And I always get goosebumps talking about the Radic Cup and and to have these little things to remind you what it’s all about um is super special. I’m really looking forward to it. Um it’s going to be a special week. I was very happy that I went went there in Rome and and watched it. Uh yeah, it it probably makes me feel slightly more prepared for it this time. It’s hard to explain why it’s so special. Like the only thing you can think of is the history and all your all your idols in that team. you get really close with them and you you you play for something way bigger than just yourself. Everyone in that team room is willing to uh it sounds crazy but it’s willing to die for you in that right and that makes it so special. So you you both started playing at age four. Is that correct? It was probably when we were about teenagers when we really got into golf. It was we would stand on the putting green at a home club and say this is to win a major or whatever. That’s the small games we would have all the time. And uh yeah, it’s hopefully that something, you know, is going to happen. Let’s see what we have here. Ah, this is this is good. This is the most important piece. Most important piece in the box. So, we are obviously two massive Oasis fans. Uh we went to the concert at Wembley. That concert holds a special place uh for us. So that was um yeah, that was so cool. Do you think you associate a bit with Oasis cuz they’re brothers as well? We can relate to the fights they have. I think deep down they always even though you probably wouldn’t see it publicly, they would have a you know a love for for each other. That’s the cool story about it is that they they found a way back and then you see the joy. We saw it at Wembley. the joy of them just uh sharing the stage there. It was that was special and and I think yeah, we can probably relate a little bit to that. All right, so with that, I’m going to leave you. I’m going to head out on practice. Then we need to wrap the cameras up quick because I can’t have him getting too far ahead of me. All right. All right. What’s next in the box? It’s a glass of cola. something I’ve we’ve we’ve had I think I related with when we were younger and we on the golf course and it was like a thing when we were done practicing or done playing golf when we were really young we always had a a glass of cola. So um I just when I when I look at it I look back and when I was younger and with with our dad on the golf course and um I do really enjoy it. It’s one of my favorite things uh when I’m off a golf course or whatever it is I’ve done a cold glass of cola is uh is always nice. All right, I’m excited to see what’s next in the box now. It is my favorite watch. I’ve been using it for little bit over two years. I bring it everywhere with me. I always bring a couple watches and and this is the one that I always wear and um it’s important to be on time as well. It comes from our dad. He’s a pilot. He said being on time is late and being early is is on time. So, he’s always he was always early every time we we did stuff. of the discipline that he’s got and the commitment and how he’s on time and what he does with perfection when he’s flying is is cool to see. And I feel like we’ve gotten that a little bit from from him and and also that you want to show that you’re a professional. You want people to get inspired by seeing you at work and mastering your craft. So that’s what I’m striving towards is is really trying to be a true um disciplined professional. All right. What’s next in the books? And we got a little football jersey. It is my favorite team. It is Manchester United. It’s fun when people ask me about who’s your team and I say Manchester United and how did you get into it and I can say I don’t know. I just remember when I was a young kid I was wearing that stuff all the time. It brings good memories watching it and I remember actually in school we I did a lot of stuff with the the logo uh burn it into tree and and also trying to make our own shirt with the logo. So uh it brings back a lot of great memories. I can’t wait to see them back back on top again. That was a special one. And um go United. All right, what’s next in the box and um yeah, I love it. Uh special one. Um you can almost figure it out by watching this. What is this? It’s my dog back home. And uh it’s got the name on the back caver. I always bring it every round. I got it in my left pocket. It’s funny how you get a relationship with a dog and how special it is. Always a lot to look forward to when you go back home. And this is one of the best things of seeing little ca and uh her tail wiggle when you when you see her when you get up in the airport. So um she’s uh she’s pretty cool. Oh and and she would have fit in the box, right? Almost. Yeah, I could definitely place her in the box. I don’t know if I could shut it, but she could definitely sit in the box. And that was my out of the box.
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