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FOCUSING ON THE PICTURE OF THE PUTT. >> GO TO DOUG. >> SCOTTIE, IF YOU THROW TIGER — I’M SORRY, WAY BACK HERE. THROW TIGER OUT FOR A MINUTE, IN YOUR TIME ON PAYING ATTENTION TO GOLF, WHO’S BEEN THE LAST DOMINANT FIGURE DO YOU THINK ON

THE PGA TOUR? >> WELL, DOUG, YOU KIND OF PUT ME IN A LITTLE CORNER HERE BY TAKING TIGER AWAY. I MEAN, TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST I THINK AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED, AND IN MY LIFETIME, TIGER’S REALLY BEEN THE GUY THAT’S DOMINATED BASICALLY FOR THE

LAST — SINCE 1997, UP UNTIL ABOUT 2020 WHENEVER HE REALLY GOT HURT. I DON’T KNOW IF WE’LL EVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN IN THE GAME OF GOLF. AS FAR AS WHO ELSE HAS BEEN DOMINANT, I THINK YOU’VE HAD A LOT OF GUYS THAT GO THROUGH

STRETCHES WHERE THEY ARE, YOU HAD JORDAN GO THROUGH HIS STRETCH, THE YEAR WHERE J.T. WON FIVE TIMES, RORY WAS WINNING MAJORS BY A BUNCH OF SHOTS. NOBODY’S REALLY BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE LONGEVITY THAT TIGER HAD. BUT, YEAH, THERE’S ALWAYS CERTAIN GUYS THAT KIND OF POP UP

ON THE RADAR AND WIN A BUNCH OF TOURNAMENTS AT ONCE, LIKE JASON DAY IS ANOTHER GUY WHO DID IT. I MEAN, SURE IF YOU GIVE ME A FEW MORE MINUTES I CAN THINK OF SOME MORE. NOBODY HAD THAT KIND OF SUSTAINED —

>> TRYING TO BRING BABY OUT OF THE CORNER HERE, BUT YOURSELF OF LATE, D.J. A COUPLE YEARS AGO. >> D.J. AS WELL. >> JOHN DURING HIS STRETCH. HOW HARD WOULD IT BE TO DO NOW AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT HELP OR HURT GOLF WHEN IT EVER HAPPENED,

NOT TO TIGER’S LEVEL, BUT TO A SUSTAINED, MAYBE TWO OF THREE TO FOUR YEARS LEVEL. >> I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE GAME. ANYTIME YOU HAVE A FIGURE THAT KIND OF DOMINATES LIKE I THINK OF THE NBA, YOU LOOK AT STEPH

CURRY FOR THOSE YEARS WHERE THE WARRIORS WERE WINNING A BUNCH. PEOPLE GOT TIRED OF IT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY PEOPLE WERE SHOWING UP AND WATCHING BECAUSE HE WAS INCREDIBLE TO WATCH AND YOU WANT TO WATCH GREETNESS WHEN YOU’RE OUT THERE.

I DON’T — I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE GAME OF GOLF, AND, YOU KNOW, WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE — IN THE SPORT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IT’S A PRETTY CHALLENGING GAME, WE’VE GOT A LOT OF TALENT OUT HERE.

SO BEING THAT DOMINANT FIGURE IS A TALL TASK TO ASK OF ANYBODY BUT WE’VE GOT SOME GUYS OUT HERE THAT CAN PULL IT OFF. >> ALEX. >> YEAH, SCOTTIE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD RANKINGS, AND IF THEY’RE ACCURATE, NOT ACCURATE, SO FORTH

AND SO ON. DURING YOUR TENURE OF BEING WORLD NUMBER ONE DID YOU FEEL ALWAYS THAT YOU WERE PLAYING OR YOU WERE WORLD NUMBER ONE. >> DID I FEEL LIKE THAT? I WOULDN’T SAY SO. I MEAN, I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS WORLD NUMBER ONE.

I WOULDN’T WANT TO COMPARE MYSELF TOO MUCH TO OTHER PEOPLE. AS FAR AS THE ACCURACY OF THE WORLD RANKINGS GO, AT THE TOP I THINK THEY’RE FAIRLY ACCURATE, AND THEN WHEN YOU GET MORE INTO, YOU KNOW, THE LOWER RANKS IT’S BECOME PRETTY SKEWED BECAUSE

THERE’S CERTAIN GROUPS OF GUYS THAT AREN’T GETTING RANKING POINTS. IT WAS THE THING YOU SAW WHEN GUYS WENT TO LIVE, THEIR GOLF GAMES TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A HIT. JUST BASICALLY FROM A STROKES GAINED PERSPECTIVE AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER RANKING SYSTEM YOU CAN

LOOK AT FOR THE STROKES GAINED. AND I WOULD SAY, ARGUABLY, THAT WOULD BE A MORE ACCURATE RANKING SYSTEM NOW, THE WORLD RANKINGS, I STILL THINK, IS A GOOD RANKING SYSTEM, BUT IT’S MISSING A FEW PLAYERS, FOR SURE. >> DO YOU THINK, ALSO, JUST TO

GO ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, DO YOU THINK ALSO THESE FIELDS NOW, WITH THOSE GUYS THAT PLAYED ON OTHER TOURS, DO YOU THINK THESE FIELDS LACK TO SOME EXTENT BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT HERE? >> I DON’T REALLY SPEND MUCH TIME IN MY DAY THINKING ABOUT THEM.

YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF ONE OF THE OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND THINGS AND PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE ON THIS TOUR ARE STILL HERE AND THE GUYS THAT WANT TO COMPETE OUT HERE ARE STILL HERE AND SO, WE’VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT

COMPETITION, I’M EXCITED WITH THE NEW TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE, GETTING THE BEST PLAYERS ON OUR TOUR ALL TOGETHER AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE’RE IN A GREAT SPOT. >> OKAY, ALLEN. >> SCOTTIE, JAY EARLIER WAS TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAYBE

FANS FEELING LIKE THEY HAVEN’T HAD THEIR VOICE FELT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I’M WONDERING, AMONG THE PLAYERS, HOW MUCH OF A CONCERN IS IT THAT FANS ARE FEELING DISILLUSIONED OR DISENCHANTED BY THE DEVELOPMENTS LAST COUPLE YEARS, SPLINTERING OF THE STARS

ACROSS TWO TOURS, ALL THIS TALK ABOUT MONEY, HOW MUCH OF A CONCERN IS THAT AMONG THE PLAYERS? >> WELL, I GUESS IT’S A PRETTY BROAD QUESTION, WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A FAN PERSPECTIVE, YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. THERE’S ALWAYS A LOT OF

PERSPECTIVES IN THAT GROUP, JUST DEPENDS ON WHO HAS THE LOUDEST VOICE. AND, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE’RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO CREATE THE BEST PRODUCT FOR THE FANS, BUT WE CAN’T CONTROL WHETHER OR NOT GUYS WANT THE LEAVE.

IF THEY WANT TO TAKE THE MONEY AND LEAVE, THAT’S THEIR DECISION. I’M NOT GOING TO TELL GUYS NOT TO TAKE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IF THAT’S WHAT THEY THINK IS BEST FOR THEIR LIFE, GO DO IT. NOT GOING TO FORCE GUYS TO STAY ON OUR TOUR.

AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO BE, WE’RE CONTINUING TO GROW WHAT WE’RE DOING AND WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS NOT REALLY A CONCERN TO ME. AND, IF THEY WANT — IF THE FANS ARE UPSET, THEN LOOK AT THE GUYS THAT LEFT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A TOUR WHERE WE WERE ALL TOGETHER AND THE PEOPLE THAT LEFT ARE NO LONGER HERE. AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT’S WHERE THE SPLINTERING COMES FROM. AS FAR AS OUR TOUR GOES WE’RE DOING OUR BEST TO CREATE THE

BEST PRODUCT FOR THE FANS AND THAT’S WHERE WE’RE AT. >> SCOTTIE, YOU’VE MAINTAINED A PRETTY HISTORIC BALL STRIKING, BY STROKES GAINED, THROUGH TO THIS SEASON. I’M JUST WONDERING, ARE YOU TWEAKING THINGS CONSTANTLY WITH YOUR SWING? WHEN WE SEE YOU IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S BEEN AUTOMATIC.

ARE YOU CONSTANTLY MAKING TWEAKS TO WHAT THE SWING LOOKS LIKE? >> FOR SURE. GOLF IS A CHALLENGING GAME. I’M CONSTANTLY PUTTING IN THE WORK TO MAINTAIN WHERE I’M AT, ALWAYS WORKING ON MY GRIP, ALWAYS WORKING ON THE FUNDAMENTALS, WHEN MY SWING GETS OUT OF WHACK IT’S SOMETHING

FUNDAMENTAL THAT’S GOING WRONG, AND IT’S GOING TO CAUSE SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, THING TO HAPPEN TO MY SWING AND IT COMES DOWN TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SETUP AND WHATNOT. >> IT’S BEEN PRETTY SUSTAINABLE AND IN TERMS OF PUTTING IS THAT

SOMETHING SO FICKLE YOU NEVER FEEL LIKE THAT COULD BE SUSTAINED FOR LONG STRETCHES OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT’S ACHIEVABLE? >> LIKE WHAT’S ACHIEVABLE? >> LIKE SUSTAINED SUCCESS WITH THE PUTTING, BASED ON HOW FICKLE IT IS, MISSES, YOU KNOW. >> YEAH, I THINK IN CERTAIN

RANGES YOU SEE GUYS THAT ARE REALLY GOOD PUTTERS, LIKE IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE DATA OF A DENNY McCARTHY, I’M SURE STATISTICALLY INSIDE OF 20 FEET HE’S ALWAYS ONE OF THE BEST BUT ONCE YOU GET OUTSIDE OF THAT RANGE, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY

BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE OF LUCK INVOLVED, LIKE THE GUY YOU SEE LEADING FROM 40 FEET EVERY YEAR IS NOT THE SAME BUT THE GUYS YOU SEE LEADING FROM, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO 15 FEET ARE PROBABLY PRETTY SIMILAR EACH YEAR.

>> OKAY, WE’RE GOING TO GO TO LUKE AND THEN IN THE BACK AND THEN WRAP IT UP. >> LAST PUTTING QUESTION, I PROMISE. >> WELL, FROM YOU. >> FROM ME, YEAH, I THINK GENERALLY. BUT ANYWAY, YOU WENT FROM USING

THE LINE ON THE BALL TO NOT USING THE LINE, AND SWITCHING PUTTER BECAUSE THAT HELPS YOU LINE UP. I’M JUST WONDERING, WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS IN YOUR MIND OF EACH LIKE, WHAT DID EACH METHOD HELP YOU DO BETTER THAN OTHERS? >> YEAH, THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO I GUESS I’LL START HERE. LIKE WHEN YOU’RE NOT PERFORMING AS WELL AS YOU SHOULD AT SOMETHING, WHAT IS THE SOLUTION ALWAYS? IS TYPICALLY TO TRY HARDER. IF YOU’RE MISSING YOUR JUMP SHOT, PRACTICE YOUR JUMP SHOT MORE, IF I’M MISSING PUTTS, I

NEED TO PRACTICE MY PUTTING MORE. BUT I THINK IT GOES A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH THAN THAT. AT TIMES LAST YEAR I THINK I DEFINITELY TRIED TOO HARD ON MY PUTTING, AND THE IDEA OF NOT GOING TO THE LINE IS TO BECOME MORE FREE OVER THE BALL.

AND I FOUND A PUTTER NOW, WHERE WHEN I — OR I FOUND A PUTTER NOW THAT I LINE UP VERY WELL AND THE LINE ON THE BALL I WAS USING TO HELP MYSELF LINE UP. I WASN’T USING IT AS TRYING TO HIT IT PERFECT EACH TIME, OR

USING IT IN ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN TO TRY AND HELP MYSELF LINE UP AND AT TIMES I THINK IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE A BALL WOULD GO IN BUT IF THAT BALL DIDN’T ROLL END OVER END, BACK OF YOUR HEAD, YOU’RE LIKE, WAIT, DID I

HIT THAT PUTT REALLY GOOD? SOMETIMES I EXPECTED PERFECTION OUT OF MYSELF. I’M LIKE THAT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING, NOT USING THE LINE, TO BE MORE FREE, NOT TRYING AS HARD, EASIER SAID THAN DONE, I WORKED MY ENTIRE

LIFE TO GET HERE TO THE PGA TOUR TO HAVE CHANCES TO WIN MAJORS AND TOURNAMENTS OUT HERE. IT’S EASIER TO SAY IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU MISS OR MAKE IT. IT MATTERS A LOT TO ME. IT’S ABOUT STICKING TO MY PROCESS AND CONTROLLING WHAT I

CAN CONTROL, AND THAT’S HAVING A GOOD ATTITUDE AND HITTING A GOOD PUTT, AND NOT USING THE LINE, I THINK, IT’S HELPED A GOOD AMOUNT IN THAT. >> LAST QUESTION. >> SCOTTIE, NO ONE’S DEFENDED A TITLE HERE SO FAR EVER. WHAT MAKES IT SO TOUGH?

ALSO, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO GET THAT DONE? >> I THINK IT’S A GOLF COURSE WHERE YOU DON’T SEE A LOT OF REPEAT WINNERS IN GENERAL. THERE’S NOT A GUY THAT YOU’VE

SEEN WIN ON THIS GOLF COURSE A BUNCH, AND I THINK IT’S THE NATURE OF THE COURSE. DOESN’T SUIT ONE TYPE OF PLAYER. IT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, GENIUS DESIGN WHERE YOU HAVE TO HIT ALL KINDS OF SHOTS AND IT TESTS YOU IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS,

THAT’S WHY I THINK IT’S ONE OF THE BEST PLACES WE PLAY ON TOUR. IT DOESN’T SUIT ONE TYPE OF PLAYER, AND IF IT DOESN’T WORK OUT, PLOT YOUR WAY AROUND BUT DOESN’T HAVE THE SHORTER HITTERS THAT PLOTTED AROUND THAT CAN STRUGGLE HERE BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT

TO HIT IT EXACTLY WHERE YOU’RE LOOKING OR YOU’RE GOIN