April 14, 2025 • 60 mins
Recorded April 13th, 2025
Redemption tastes sweet in a green jacket. After 13 years of heartbreak at Augusta National, Rory McIlroy finally captured the elusive Masters title in dramatic fashion, defeating Justin Rose in a playoff to complete the career Grand Slam.
The final round was pure theater. McIlroy and DeChambeau struggled early, with Rory making double on the first hole and Bryson snap-hooking his tee shot into the trees. As the day unfolded, the leaderboard transformed into a revolving door of contenders. At one point, McIlroy built a four-shot lead—eerily reminiscent of his 2011 collapse—before hitting his approach shot into the water on 13. Meanwhile, Justin Rose made an astonishing ten birdies, Zach Johnson turned back the clock at 49 years old, and Ludvig Åberg remained in contention until a disastrous triple bogey on 17.
The most poignant moment came after the victory when McIlroy revealed that Angel Cabrera—his playing partner during that infamous 2011 meltdown—had left him a note in his locker before the final round. Full circle doesn't begin to describe it. With a gleam in his eye at the press conference, Rory posed a question to the assembled media: "What are all y'all going to talk about next year? What are you going to ask me?"
With this victory, McIlroy joins Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods in golf's most exclusive club. The question now becomes not if he belongs among the greats, but how high he might climb on that illustrious list. Subscribe now to hear our complete breakdown of one of the most memorable Masters in recent history.
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Announcer (00:07):
Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the
Bench podcast, with your hostsGraham Cohen and Scott Wasco.
Graham (00:21):
Hello friends, welcome to another edition of the Bald
Guys on the Bench.
What a week for the Masters.
What a day, scott, how was yourSunday?
Tell me all about it, brother.
Scott (00:32):
Hello friends, my name is Scott Wasco.
My hero is Jim Nance, and atthe end of the Masters
tournament he proved once againwhy he's the best in the
business.
As Rory makes the birdie putton the first playoff hole to
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become the sixth player to winthe career Grand Slam, jim Nance
did not say a word and ithappened.
We got to see the emotion fromRory Finally putting on the
green jacket.
Oh my gosh, I'm so pissed.
(01:18):
You had to work today and missthe action.
Oh my gosh, but you know,before we even get into it, this
show could go on and on.
The action, oh my gosh.
But you know, before we evenget into it, this show could go
on and on and on.
You know how many notes we havegoing into this show Not me.
So, folks, I'm sorry if we jumpall around.
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It was a Sunday at Augusta thatI'll never forget, from ups
downs, all the rounds, your boyrooting for Patrick Reed.
Yeah, I said it.
Graham (01:53):
Grab it, crack it, let's go, I mean wow, can that just
be a slap yourself moment?
Scott (02:04):
Dude the funny thing is, you know, and the reason I'm
pulling for patrick reed isbecause of this pool.
I'm in with a 90 people and hewas in my, on my team, and I
text tp and I'm like, oh my god,patrick reed is the mvp of my
team this week and he goes.
Wow, and this was word for wordfrom TP.
(02:27):
You're treading the fine lineof integrity there.
Pretty soon you might bewanting Rogers to replace
Herbert, or even Evander Kane onthe Knights.
And as soon as he got that textout, patrick Reed three putted
from like a foot and a half onthe 15th hole and I'm like, till
he missed that putt and thatone.
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Anyhow, the deuce, deuce, my boymade on the 17th hole.
Put your boy tied for second inthe pool, me Maros and my old
assistant Ryan tied for secondin the pool, me miros and my old
assistant ryan tied for second.
Let's go.
Fun masters week, fun sunday.
But before we even dive anydeeper, graham, how was your
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weekend?
I know you worked and I knowyou were bitter, betty, you
didn't get to watch a little bitof this?
I mean, how was it you?
Graham (03:27):
know, you know, I mean it was good.
I had a Friday off, spent withthe family, went out to some
lunch and then after that justdid some stuff on the computer
(03:48):
and then later that evening um,I hashtag ws what catched up on
some shows, watched uh, 19, yeah, 1923 on paramount plus.
Which have you?
Have you been watching that?
I?
Announcer (03:56):
haven't.
Did you watch 18?
Graham (03:57):
okay, anyway, phenomenal , but uh yeah, just kind of
low-key.
Um, you know, work's been goodbut it's just, you know, because
I had thursday off, I was ableto watch a lot of a lot of the
masters on thursday, so I wasglad I was able to watch that.
Um, I watched a decent amountof it on friday.
But I mean, everyone knows thetwo best days are saturday and
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sunday moving day and thensunday and it's just.
You know all the action thathappened on Sunday.
You know a lot of it.
I had to catch watching thereplay, um, or at least even the
highlights.
But, folks, I can honestly sayI don't think I've ever done
this.
But I'm gonna re-watch thebroadcast after this is over and
and re-watch the entire matchbecause, like I missed it, you
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know what I mean.
Like it's it's that compellinglike I could tell just from like
, because we I missed it.
You know what I mean.
Like it's it's that compellinglike I could tell just from like
, because we were playing it atwork, obviously, and we had the
volume coming through thespeakers, so it's like I'm
hearing something dude.
I mean all the p, all thepatrons that were um and, but
the patrons of where I work, notat the, you know, not, of
(05:01):
course.
Um, you know they're allcheering for all the stuff
that's going on.
So it's just like I don't havea feel of what's really going on
.
I just am hearing all thesecheers and claps and like, oh,
so I'm really looking forward to, either later tonight or
tomorrow, going online or theGolf Channel or wherever I need
to, and just hit and play andsay, hey, hey, start me from
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position one, from rory, and uh,let's see what happens.
So I was speechless.
The worst part is I'm seeingyour text to me and you're like,
are you seeing this shit?
And I'm like no, so then youhave the crying emoji.
I was like I wish it was insane.
Scott (05:42):
I mean, I was down in Wilmington.
You know we're college huntingnow.
(06:08):
It was an awesome weekend, uh,with family, and sad, obviously
for my uncle, but uh, you know,it was a celebration of life and
just to see the people at hismemorial that he touched their
lives was insane, Absolutelyinsane.
But Kellen and I are gettingready to leave this morning
(06:28):
we're having breakfast at thehotel and I randomly pull up on
my MapQuest.
I'm like we're almost in SouthCarolina, in Wilmington, and I'm
like, how long is it to Augustafrom here?
And I'm like, dude, I'm halfwaythere, it's four hours.
And I'm like, dude, I'm halfwaythere, it's four hours.
(06:48):
And I'm like, hey, kellen, youwant to sit in the car and watch
YouTube for six hours whileyour dad goes in and, you know,
watch the final round.
Jokingly, obviously, if Ithought about this last night, I
would have made a couple texts.
Yeah, maybe gotten a ticketfrom somebody that finished, I
think, in the top 10, yeah, butuh, anyhow, drove home early
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this morning, literally pulledin the driveway, 225, missed the
opening t-shot.
Didn't get to watch a lot ofgolf yesterday, but what I did
see was Bryson's finish.
We made the bomb on 18 to puthimself in the last group with
Rory.
We're not even going to getinto the first three rounds
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because if we did, we could sithere and talk about it until
tomorrow.
What we will say about the firstround is Rory's start.
Homeboy had the pep in his step, shoots four under on the front
, you know.
He starts the back nine or Idon't know, maybe it wasn't four
under, but he started the backnine, 3-3-3.
(07:56):
Yeah, okay.
And hits a laser beam on 15.
Was it 15?
Yeah, on 15.
And then chips it in the water,makes dub Okay and then dub 17
and finishes the day.
Even par and all the golf fansout there know how Rory walks
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when everything's going his way.
He's got that little pep in hisstep.
He's got the little leprechaunbump bopping the head.
Don't eat my lucky choms.
He's rolling, shoots him in thecar.
It's like oh dude, does thisguy really have to do this shit
again?
Whatever Follows it up, nextday solid round and Justin Rose
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amazing veteran, you know wonthe U S open and now, with his
loss in the playoff to Rory okayAt the masters Justin Rose
becomes the second person tolose at Augusta in a playoff
other than Ben Hogan.
Graham (09:08):
Is this after having a lead or just in general?
Scott (09:10):
No, he's the second player to lose twice in a
playoff at Augusta.
Announcer (09:16):
Oh, okay, I got you Wow.
Scott (09:17):
Him and Ben Hogan are the only ones.
Wow.
And my boy, rosie, made 10birdies today.
Is that any good?
10.
Okay, shoots 75.
Yesterday he had to leadthrough 36 holes.
Shoots three over yesterday.
(09:37):
Thumbs out today.
Graham (09:39):
I know I, just I'm looking at the scorecard right
now.
I'm like what?
Announcer (09:45):
Yeah dude.
Scott (09:47):
But the way the day started, dude, it's what
everybody wanted, right?
You know, bryson beat Rory atPioneers last year.
They weren't in the same group,bryson was a group ahead of
them, but we got it, dude.
We got what we wanted.
I had friends, I had studentsthat I teach.
(10:11):
They're like who are youpulling for today?
And I'm like I don't care, whatwe have today is good for golf.
Yeah, we've got the face.
I mean, you've got two of thethree faces of the sport in the
last group at augusta and thenumber one player in the world,
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scotty.
A couple groups in front ofthem that if my guy could have
made a goddamn putt, they mightstill be playing a playoff right
.
But dude, but dude, rory has tofight the demons.
And you know, when we weredriving into the neighborhood we
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got to listen to Tariqo callingtheir tee shots on the first
hole and Tariqo says you know,let's see after the starter
announces each player, which waythe fans are.
Know sighting.
Yeah, you couldn't tell.
Yeah, you know, rory, rory hitsit, hits it in the bunker on
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one.
I'm telling kellen I'm like, ohboy, here we go.
I'm like bryson's about to hita seed.
Bryson snaps, snap hooks itinto the trees left.
Graham (11:25):
Oh, bro, that's the only thing I did see.
Scott (11:28):
And I'm like, oh man, then Rory makes dub, bryson
makes par.
We're even after the first holeand you know what Everybody
starts doing.
We've talked about it.
We talked about it in greatlength Last week.
You know How's Rory gonnahandle it.
We've talked about it.
We talked about it in greatlength last week.
You know I was worried going tohandle it.
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Then second hole Rory hits itin the fairway bunker, easily
reachable par five, especiallywhen you're hitting your driver.
Three, 70.
I'm sorry what Like like dudethe distance him and Bryson were
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hitting their drivers.
You've been there like Rory hita pitching wedge into number 11
yeah, that's insane, insanenumber 9, the downhill dogleg
left.
Graham (12:27):
He hit it over the downslope when you got a baby
wedge in and you're like wait,what dude?
Anyhow I need to hit my driverand an eight iron to get it to
where rory hit it dude.
Scott (12:42):
But I'm just gonna say, you know, bryson makes birdie on
two, rory makes par after twoholes, boom, bryson's got a
one-shot lead.
And oh man, here comes thetweets, here comes the holy shit
.
It's beginning.
I texted you the same thingafter the first hole.
(13:03):
Yeah, and it begins, orsomething like that Yep, dude.
And then luck happens.
Amazing shots happen,disgusting shots happen.
I couldn't even believe what Iwas watching.
Bryson had absolutely zero feelwith his irons all day because
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he was in spots and justcouldn't get it done.
But the craziest thing you know, I saw it this morning and I
was like dumbfounded and I'mliterally going to like read you
word for word from thisInstagram post Okay, literally
going to like.
Read you word for word fromthis Instagram post Okay,
imagine chilling with your palsand Augusta on Saturday of the
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masters, and then the U S openchamp turns up to do some
putting practice with you aheadof an Epic final round battle.
What a legend.
Folk notes reports on thebroadcast that Bryson went for a
walk around where his rentalhouse is last night and found
some guys putting in theirbackyard having beers.
He spent an hour with them.
Graham (14:10):
Trying to not cuss very much, but are you flipping,
kidding me right now?
Like Dude, you can't knock theguy.
Like I don't care what anyonesays.
Like this dude, I mean I don'twant to say he's like he's
carrying the shield, like Idon't care, it's him and rory.
(14:32):
That's what we all wanted andyou know, I look we already
mentioned that I didn't get tosee as much as I would have
liked.
But the thing is, is theexpectation uh well, I won't say
expectation, but how I thoughtbefore the final round started,
what I thought was going tohappen kind of didn't really go
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how I thought it was going to go.
Like I really thought the bothof them were going to be pushing
each other.
Yeah, I don't want to say likein a good way, but you know the
battle that they're going to bepushing each other.
Um, yeah, I don't say like in agood way, but you know the
battle that they're gonna haveexactly off each other.
And and the thing is, for mepersonally, it's just the
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consistency in which bryson hasbeen playing, especially in this
past year, year and a half, butjust how well he's been playing
, even the first three days.
Yeah, he had to battle a littlebit on Saturday, you know
Thursday.
Friday it wasn't as bad.
But to your point, some of thehighlights that I saw from
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Bryson today I'm just like dude.
I saw his tee shot on one.
I'm like what.
Scott (15:44):
Dude Bryson.
Graham (15:45):
What was that?
Scott (15:45):
Bryson for the first three rounds was literally
vintage.
Seve my guy's short game whenhe got up and down on number 10,
I think it was.
Was it the first round?
It might've been the firstround From long and left over
the green out of pine straw andhe hits this little nipper up
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there yeah, you're like what,what, all right bro, but you
know, like you said, though, itdidn't go how we thought it was
going to go.
You know, like we thought wethought it was going to be a
battle.
(16:27):
You know, I mean going intotoday.
Rory had a two shot lead.
I'm sitting there, yeah,telling my dad I'm like Rory
goes out and shoot 69.
It's going to be tough forBryson Right To win.
Yeah, he's going to have toshoot 66, 67 in the playoffs,
but then he goes out.
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Rory goes out and shoots 73.
And Bryson shoots 75.
Graham (16:57):
Now let me ask you a question, as you're
contemplating this if I wouldhave told you before this round
started, like literally beforethis round started, like
literally before this roundstarted, if Rory shoots 73, what
do you think Bryson's chancesare to win 100?
He gone 100.
That's, that's my point.
Scott (17:14):
Do not pass, go, don't collect 100 bucks, just drop
everything right, I didn't see75 out of him today.
Graham (17:24):
I'm more surprised than anything.
And look, I know it's augusta.
Yeah, anything can happen.
The bounces, you know, the lies, everything.
I mean you could have theunluckiest bounces or the most
unfortunate bounces, like whatyou were showing me with rory
earlier off.
What 11?
where you thought it was, yeah,where you thought it was behind
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the tree, but it wasn't that wasfive, yeah yeah, I'm fine, like
so, but I mean it is what it is, but like wow, I mean just the
fluctuation of how theleaderboard went through the
middle part of the day and justguys that you're just like,
where did you come from, like,where did you come from Shoffley
(18:06):
?
Where did you come from ZachJohnson?
Scott (18:08):
What, dude?
Zach Johnson at 49 years old?
Are you kidding me?
He ate, I know, right.
I mean he starts off.
He starts, he barely makes thecut on the number and then goes
out and shoot 66, 71 on theweekend and Eagle's number two
today.
I mean that ain't bad.
(18:29):
I mean, can we talk about MaxHoma?
Graham (18:33):
Yeah, I guess he's figuring out those irons, huh.
Scott (18:37):
My guy hadn't made a cut dude since the Open Championship
last July.
That's insane.
And goes out, opens thetournament with a 74, two over,
then shoots two under the secondround, then goes 69-71 on the
weekend T12, guess where he'splaying next year?
Augusta dude, bubba Watson,didn't he get booted off the
(19:07):
live tour for his shitty play?
Yeah, he's a two time winner ofAugusta.
Graham (19:15):
I mean one of my favorite Masters.
When's the last time you?
Scott (19:19):
heard his name in golf.
Yeah, besides talking about thegreatest hook gap wedge of all
times on number 10 in theplayoff.
Graham (19:27):
Yeah, right, I mean, I think also what was surprising.
Which A?
I called it last week on theepisode.
I thought for sure it was goingto happen, but that son of a, b
had to make that putt on thelast hole for day two.
John Rahm, dude, dude, Ithought John Rahm was missing.
(19:47):
The cut, dude, it was right inthe weight making for me.
I'm like, ooh, baby.
Scott (19:52):
Dude.
He made a six-footer on 18 tomake the cut and then t14.
Yeah, I'm like what?
What dude?
Uh, in my pool I'm sweatingspeath to make the cut.
He makes the cut on the numbertwo over and then goes out 69-70
, t14.
(20:13):
Yeah, and the story of allstories you know Bernhard,
playing in his last Masters,misses the cut-up by one Dude.
He's inside the cut line withthree holes left.
Yeah, same with Freddie.
Freddie missed by two.
He was inside the cut line.
But I heard something on PGAtour radio today.
(20:37):
You know the honorary starters.
They're probably our next wave,right, bernhard freddy?
Oh, yeah, without a doubt, theyhave to be.
Graham (20:48):
Yeah, I have to yeah, I mean because, like I was just
thinking about it, this is the89th Masters, next year is the
90th.
The 100th running of theMasters is going to be 2036.
Who's going to be the starters?
You know what I mean?
It's crazy to think that it'sgoing to be 100 years already
(21:10):
soon enough.
Scott (21:11):
Speaking of, though we mentioned it earlier, rory,
sixth player ever to win thecareer at Grand Slam Gene
Sheridan, ben Hogan, gary Player, jack Nicklaus, tiger, now Rory
what comes to your mind when Isay that?
Graham (21:32):
As I think about it.
I'm glad today happened forRory he can get the monkey
office back, but the thing it'sjust like I almost feel like
people kind of it expected it tohappen and the fact that it
just it's like almost a runningjoke that he hasn't been able to
(21:53):
get the career glance slam.
I guess what I'm trying to sayis, when you're ranking players
all time, you know, making thatlist of the career glance slam,
I mean that hoists you way upthere and the thing is would we
have thought any different?
(22:14):
Like does him winning this majornow does?
Does that make us change ouropinion of him?
Scott (22:19):
No, I mean like— we talked about it last week.
Graham (22:22):
Yeah, and that's my point.
It's just like he's—besidesTiger Woods, who's been the most
dominant player on the tour inthe last 15 years.
Well, you know—.
Scott (22:31):
Consistently, consistently.
If Phil would have hit a damnthree word off, the 72nd hole in
the U S open yeah.
Announcer (22:39):
He would have had a career grand slam.
Graham (22:41):
Yeah, wing, foot that's too many crickets.
Scott (22:48):
And what happened?
Do you don't, without looking,show me your hands.
This is going to be the bestpart of when we actually go live
on YouTube.
Is everybody's going to holdyou accountable?
Who?
Graham (22:58):
won.
I don't cheat.
Scott (23:00):
Who won that?
Graham (23:01):
Oh fuck, oh shit.
Scott (23:06):
Oh, you know it went to a playoff.
I don't know why Schwartzel'scoming to mind.
No, he was Augusta.
Graham (23:12):
No, it's the same kind of guy though Same.
Scott (23:15):
No, he was Augusta.
It's the same kind of guy,though they look alike.
If Paul Montgomery makes par onthe last hole, Monty wins his
first major.
Graham (23:25):
Yeah, I knew that it was .
It just hit me with it.
You know the golf course I knowI was there, not at the event,
but I was.
I was right before.
What year was that 2000?
Scott (23:43):
I was in French Valley, I know that, so that was before
2011.
Graham (23:49):
No, so that's what I'm saying.
Like I was at the golf courseno, not the golf course.
Yeah, I was at the when I wasworking, I was caddying in New
York.
So I'm saying I was at the golfcourse no, not the golf course.
Yeah, I was at the golf coursewhen I was working, I was
caddying in New York.
Scott (23:57):
So I'm like oh, it was 2006.
Oh, so therefore then, Yep NotRatif.
Nope, oh my God.
And Phil hits the shot and he'slike I'm an idiot.
Graham (24:12):
Oh man, the initials or something I don't know, just hit
me with it.
Scott (24:16):
Jeff Ogilvie, I'm gonna be so pissed oh does he not look
just like Charles Wurzel?
Graham (24:23):
wait, yeah, did Ogilvie win a Masters too?
No, okay, so he only had theone major yeah no, because I
remember him.
Scott (24:30):
I think he won a match play or something like that yeah
, he.
Graham (24:34):
I mean, I don't want to call Ogilvy a flash in the pan.
He had a good few years, butother than that he was like Jeff
.
Oh, dude, as soon as you saidthat I was like, yeah, you could
have said J-O and I would havebeen like who, jeff Ogilvy?
Yeah, especially with thathairline that looked like ours.
Yeah, yeah.
Scott (24:55):
Especially with that hairline that looked like ours.
Yeah, but anyhow, I today wasinsane, dude.
It was a roller coaster ofemotions, you know, not only
because of the pool I was in,but just you know you're up down
the whole.
Rory's got a.
He's making the turn, bro.
(25:17):
Four shot lead.
Same exact thing where he blewit.
He snap, hooked it off thehouse and ends up shooting 80.
Okay, and yeah, he goes out.
I'm pretty sure that he birdied.
Yeah, he birdied 10.
Talk about slaying demons.
Last time you had a four-shotlead.
(25:38):
You, you made seven.
Today you make birdie right andbt's like game over.
I was hoping the back nine wasgonna be fun and exciting, not
anymore.
I'm like simmer down there, bt.
I'm like do you remember shaw?
Remember softly the year Adekewon it when he hit it over the
(25:58):
green on 15 and went in thewater?
What?
Graham (26:02):
Dude.
He came out of nowhere thisweek, kind of he was making some
putts.
He had some good shots.
I'm looking at the scoreboardtoday.
Harris English started plus oneand finished minus four.
What?
Scott (26:18):
Yeah, no, he started, even If you shoot four under on
your last round and you finishthe tournament four under.
Then you're probably going tobe four under.
Oh well, it said one to one.
Can I get two slaps and a RicFlair?
Graham (26:33):
No, I'm looking at these .
Oh it's not my fault, come on.
Tp this one's for you.
It says one, so he's plus one.
Open your eyes.
It says one and then a red four.
Isn't that plus one to minusfour?
No, am I wrong?
No, am I reading thisincorrectly?
Scott (26:52):
Yeah, you're 100% reading it incorrectly.
So can we get two slaps and aRic Flair?
All right, woo.
Announcer (27:04):
Thank you, Graham.
Scott (27:06):
I can't wait till I earn my first two slaps and a Ric
Flair.
Graham (27:10):
I'm like, ooh, matsuyama had a day today, dude.
Scott (27:13):
I mean, how about this?
And this just takes the cake.
Okay, yeah, something we'vebeen talking about and I don't
know.
It's pretty amazing.
Rory, we all know, had afour-shot lead.
Right that one year Snap hooksit off the house.
(27:38):
Okay, right, a four-shot lead,right that one year snap hooks
it off the house.
Okay, right, when rory opens uphis press conference after he
wins the green jacket, heliterally says, quote for quote
I'd like to start the pressconference with a question
myself what are all y'all goingto talk about next year?
What are you going to ask me?
Announcer (27:57):
Oh you know, what bro ?
Scott (28:03):
And then this will give you goosebumps.
Okay, you ready Because I justgot it.
I just got them thinking aboutreading this to you.
He then also said Angel Cabreraleft him a note in his locker
this morning and that was hisplaying partner in the final
round in 2011.
Wow, insane, wow Insane.
(28:28):
Not only that, dude, he's inthe playoff against one of his
best friends, ryder Cupteammates, and they're battling.
Dude, the putt Rose made on the72nd hole.
I was getting ready to say itand you took the words right out
of my mouth.
Whose putt was that?
Graham (28:49):
Marco Mira 1998.
Or 1997, sorry oh dude.
Scott (28:56):
Two slaps in a Ric Flair 97.
How can you forget 98, bro?
Two slaps in a Ric Flair Tigerwon in 97, when he won by 37.
Graham (29:08):
Come on.
Scott (29:08):
I said 98 first, Then you were like no 97, Two slaps.
Graham (29:12):
No, I was like 98, let's go, come on, love it.
No 97.
Scott (29:14):
Two slaps no, I was like 98.
90.
Let's go.
Announcer (29:17):
Come on, woo, love it , love it Good for you too.
Graham (29:23):
I'm sorry, you don't know Speaking of a player that
needs to two-slap in Ric Flairhimself.
Bro Shane Lowry Ooh.
Scott (29:33):
What Like we were talking before we came on.
You didn't see the interviewyesterday and I just caught the
highlight of it.
Lowry finishes bogey-bogeyyesterday, walks off the course.
First question they ask him isabout Rory, and everybody knows
Shane and Rory are like bestfriends, so he's like I'm not
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here to answer questions aboutRory.
I just finished bogey bogey.
I'm pissed.
He's in the middle of thetournament.
He goes I'm going to walk offbefore I say something stupid.
He's like I've probably alreadysaid something stupid and then
goes to the to the range to hitballs.
Shane, lowry, you might want tocalm down before you tee it up
(30:16):
on Sunday at Augusta, becausethat 81 and dude golf is hard.
I know I'm not all these peoplein our San Diego league that
are going oh, rory's chokingagain.
Dude, go play golf.
(30:36):
Okay, the putt in the playoff.
I'm sitting here watching itwith Kellen.
It's a foot and a half andKellen I'm like he may or may
not make this and Kellen's likeI could make that and I'm like
you know what you probably could, because you don't know the
importance of it.
You know what I mean.
Graham (31:00):
Yeah, if you ain't feeling the pressure, it ain't
no thing but a chicken wing.
Scott (31:03):
On a string from Burger King.
Dude, it was amazing, dude, itwas such a wild.
Back nine.
I mean Rory hits a seed off the13th hole.
I mean going going into 12,you're like this is his last big
(31:26):
, you know shot.
He has to get right.
He can not right, he can notpull Molinari a Jordan Spieth on
12 with the lead.
You gotta hit green.
At worst, make four, you know,make bogey, makes par.
Bryson makes bogey.
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Rory hits a seed on 13.
Dude, bryson hits driver on 13,.
And I'm going, he's just done.
He can't hit driver on 13.
It's not long enough.
Bryson just rips it overeverything.
Thanks for playing.
I think he had like pitchingwedge or something in.
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Whatever Rory decides to lay upat a perfect angle, perfect
everything.
So I'm sitting in the water.
Graham (32:17):
What?
And on a side note, bryson'spitching wedge is like 195, by
the way, dude.
Scott (32:27):
But chunks it in the water.
As he's chunking it in thewater rows a couple groups ahead
and this is weird.
We all know where thetraditional Sunday pin on 16,
the par 3 is right Back left.
They didn't have it there.
No, they had it back right.
That's normally where they putit on Friday you know why they
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put it back right, and I don'tgive a shit what anybody says.
I'll argue this forever.
Okay, and we talked about itlast week.
What does rory hit a draw?
What does bryson hit a draw?
What's the hardest side of thegreen to attack a pin?
At the right side?
The right side, graham.
I think it was the first timejerry sent me a text about the
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pin placement.
I think it was the first timeit was there on a Sunday since
Nicholas won way back when.
I'm going to tell you exactly1975.
Sunday's hole location on 16matches, that of the final round
on 75, to honor the 50thanniversary of Jack Nicholas
winning his fifth green jacket.
(33:33):
Whatever they put it over there, that wasn't even a spot, bro,
until those two players.
Graham (33:42):
I didn't even realize that, because normally that's a.
Is that a Friday or a Saturday?
I think it's a Friday.
I've seen both.
Scott (33:50):
The hardest pin on that green is front right on that
little plateau.
Dude, I remember sitting thereall day.
Was it Friday?
Maybe Friday, yeah, it mighthave been Saturday, I don't know
.
And two or three birdies,that's it.
Announcer (34:07):
Yeah, but.
Scott (34:08):
Justin knows, just as soon as Rory chunks his wedge in
the water, rose hits it tightand we're like, oh shit, oh yeah
, but dude, I I don't even know.
Graham (34:26):
I mean, like I said, there weren't a lot of notes and
we're going off real emotionhey, speaking of real emotion,
something that, uh, you know, Idon't want to call it
low-hanging fruit, but there wassome news that came out was it
day one or day two from theamateur about the uh, the kid
(34:49):
from when he'd go to aaron's instate, the kid that uh, kid that
won the us amateur and playingwith scotty.
Scott (34:54):
And uh, I think jt no, the kid that, yeah, the kid that
won the US Amateur.
Graham (34:56):
And playing with Scotty and I think JT no, the kid that
pissed in race three yeah.
I know he was playing with.
Scott (35:00):
Scotty, the first two rounds.
Dude Bro, dude TP.
We were talking about it.
You can't like.
Is my guy ever going to beinvited back?
Graham (35:16):
No chance He'd have to qualify yeah.
Scott (35:23):
He's got to qualify for it.
But, dude, I remember Fowler'sfirst time playing at Augusta.
He's sitting in the pressconference room and he's got his
hat backwards and they askedhim to turn his hat around.
Yeah, now you got homeboy inand race creek I'm just gonna go
(35:45):
out, I'm just gonna go out realquick.
I don't even remember his name,but homeboy from arizona state
you owe the world who slaps in arick flair, so I'm just gonna
go out and do it for you.
Graham (36:00):
You're an idiot the craziest part is like he's
getting interviewed after it andbecause everyone's like bro,
are you for real?
You know he's like.
He's like bro, it's like Ireally had to go and I couldn't
find anywhere.
He's like I didn't think itwould be that big of a deal.
And then they said to him andthey said, well, if the
(36:21):
situation happened again, wouldyou still do it?
And he's like yeah, yeah, bro,the first time.
All right, if you didn't know,you might be they'll reprimand
you, but you could probably getaway with it.
The response of saying you'lldo it again.
Scott (36:36):
Bye-bye, dude you just, you just got to stay in the
crow's nest.
You know where all the amateursthat play in the masters stay,
yeah, even though they only stayfor like one or two nights
because it's like super small.
But whatever, you just stayedin the crow's nest and now
you're whipping out the oldlizard pissing in Rays Creek.
(37:00):
I mean, we always say it onthis show, but make it make
sense just I can't like.
Graham (37:14):
Could you imagine the best part is like when he's
being interviewed zero fucksDude Given Zero Dude what.
Scott (37:25):
How.
This is the thing that sucks.
Okay, we're at Augusta and cellphones aren't allowed.
You know, if cell phones arethere, we just see in the stream
.
Announcer (37:37):
Oh.
Graham (37:39):
Hey, maybe we'll get leaked on, maybe some official
or someone I don't know,security guard, something, I
don't know.
It's just I can't evencomprehend what he was thinking.
I mean, look, we know what hewas thinking.
I gotta pee, I need to go now,let's find the you know closest
(38:01):
place and hide in the bushes.
But even still, I just I mean,as they say's always one and he
is that one man.
That's crazy.
You know the craziness of roundfour today.
You know there was fireworkseverywhere.
(38:21):
There was people jumping up,jumping down.
I mean, look, when we startedthe last episode.
No, I should say when westarted, look, when we started
the last episode.
No, I should say when westarted, when we talked about
what we were looking forward towith this Masters on our last
episode, we said all we want isgood play.
(38:41):
We want it to be.
You know, we want it to haveexcitement, we wanted it to come
down to the weekend, but wewanted Sunday to be action.
You know we didn't want it tohave a go-away winner.
You know, obviously we wererooting for bryson, we were
rooting for rory to get thecareer grand slam.
But you know, it's when golf isexciting, when golf's at it
(39:03):
best, especially at the masters.
It's when you have five, six,seven guys that all are within
two strokes and they got achance Because that back nine
absolutely and I'll say it againabsolutely anything can happen,
anything, dude.
Scott (39:23):
Patrick Reed, you know, finished his solo third.
Like I said earlier, hethree-putted on 15 from a foot
and a half to make bogey.
Yeah, okay, scheffler, ludwig,I mean after ludwig, before
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ludwig hit his t-shot, numberfour, the long-ass par three,
and all this shit's happeningbehind him.
Billy texts me like F it.
I just took Ludwig plus 850live and I'm like, okay, ludwig
sticks it on number four,230-yard par three, so like 10
(40:08):
feet and I instantly go Ludwiglive plus 700.
Right, dude, corey Connors wasright there At one point.
I mean I bet Corey Connors live.
He's two shots out of the lead.
He's plus 3,000.
Announcer (40:26):
Yeah right.
Graham (40:29):
I just it was right there.
I know it was I.
I know it was, I don't know Imean the worst part is I'm
looking at Ludvig's score rightnow.
He was at 10 under on 16.
Yeah, and then went bogeytriple, yeah.
Like I don't know what to sayafter that.
Scott (40:52):
I mean, and he shoots two under on the front, Birdie's 10
.
You know he's at three under.
Graham (40:59):
And you're like I mean, you saw he hit in the bunker on
18.
He catches the lip.
I was surprised he caught thelip.
The fairway bunker, so hecatches the lip.
Yeah, in the fairway bunker onthe left, so he catches the lip.
The fairway, so he catches thelip.
Yeah, I'm the fairway bunker onthe left, so he catches the lip
.
Has to re, has to re-hit goesto the right side, green bunker,
yeah.
And I'm like, uh, but that'snot a difficult, it's not that
(41:22):
difficult to chip and I'mfloating right now you know, but
still yeah, but like.
But then he chips it over thegreen again and I'm like bro,
especially because I have him inmy pool, my master's pool that
I'm in I'm like it's almost likehe knew he was out of it.
(41:44):
He's like all right, I'm justtrying to finish, but here's and
I'm just like.
Scott (41:48):
Here's a, a dude that's played in two Masters
tournaments, this being hissecond.
Last year finishes second, thisyear finishes seventh, I mean
played two times, both times tomake the top ten.
Graham (42:08):
It's not bad.
Scott (42:21):
Not bad.
It was insane.
It was just a wild day and myphone was going nuts.
You know, couldn't believe it.
Nobody knew what was gonnahappen.
You know, I mean rory what'sgoing to happen.
You know, I mean Rory stuffs iton 15.
He's got like 9, 10 feet forEagle Doesn't make it.
But then he's got like a wedgein his hands on 18.
Barr wins it and he hits it inthe bunker and misses a short
(42:46):
par putt.
I mean, hey, the shot he hit inthe playoff hole on 18 and dude
rose rose hit a seed too.
If that ball lands four inchesshorter than where it landed, oh
(43:08):
yeah, we're going to the secondplayoff hole.
They're both going oh for sure.
Graham (43:13):
Oh, for a second with rory's.
I knew, obviously knew it wascoming back, but it's just like
that momentum that it had goingup the hill and I was like hey,
hey, hey, school year old,everybody, come home back, come
on back.
And you know, I was listeningon the drive home to PTA tour
radio on XM and you know theyJack Nicholson called in and
(43:35):
they were talking to him aboutit and he said it's who?
Scott (43:39):
called in.
Who called in?
Okay, I was just wondering whocalled in.
Graham (43:50):
I can't.
I watched the departed last in.
Scott (43:53):
I can't I watched it, departed last night All right, I
think the guy you just named.
Graham (43:56):
Yeah, I meant.
Scott (43:57):
Quartzside at the Lakers or something.
Yeah, okay, not the golden Jack.
Nicklaus, not the golden bear.
Yeah, okay, yeah, wow.
Graham (44:09):
Wow, three slaps in the day.
I mean whatever Course.
Wow, three slaps in the day, Imean whatever.
Um course, knowledge isparamount there.
You know the more times youplay.
But jack basically said he'slike when he saw his putt and by
he he means rose he's likeyou're gonna get fooled.
He's like you think it's gonnacome back left, but he's like
(44:30):
that putt straight.
He's like you think it's goingto come back left, but he's like
that putt's straight.
He's like it's not breaking.
And it did exactly what Jacksaid it was going to do.
And I'm just like, wow, youknow.
It's just like with putting,especially when you're putting
on greens that are, you know,like putting on glass, the
(44:59):
smallest thing can make adifference.
And just to have that knowledgeof how these putts go late, I
mean it's.
I mean if you hit it pure, yeah, you know it.
Just, it is what it is, but Imean.
So let me ask you this question.
And the reason why I'm askingthis is because in the interview
with the golden bear he said hewas talking to his wife and
rory had the put on 18, not inthe playoff, the first 18.
He told his wife that he wasgoing to miss it, like he even
said, that Jack told Barbara hiswife that he yeah, he thinks
(45:22):
he's going to miss it and hemissed it.
So, that being said, obviouslythe put they had in the playoff
I mean that was.
I mean, when you're hitting itthat tight it's not going to
happen.
But like the storyline of Imean, look, we all saw what
happened at Pinehurst last yearfor the US Open, it's just like
(45:47):
and then him missing again.
Obviously he got the redemptionin the playoff, but and I hate
to say if, because if, if, andsand buts, I get it.
All those cliches, but, dude,if rose pulls that out like this
is a completely differentepisode today.
Scott (46:07):
Oh man if rose pulled that out, jerry texted me he
goes.
Graham (46:13):
If rory blows this, his wife is definitely divorcing him
that's fucked up, like I meannot suicide watch, but like how
do you?
I mean, he'll just continue on,he'll play what he'll play
great, he'll win sometournaments.
He might not win another major,but the thing is, folks, we
(46:37):
keep on forgetting.
Granted, the FedEx Cup hasn'tbeen around for that long, but
it's just like, dude, the amountof FedEx Cups that he's won On
top of all the other majors,it's not like it's about majors.
I mean, I know that, speakingof it's all about majors.
(46:57):
I know I sent it to you in themiddle of the night, my time,
and it's kind of early in yourtime.
Did you see?
What I sent you in text theother night about Steve Williams
was on a podcast.
I think it must have been backin his hometown or something.
But basically, the clip that Isaid.
The clip basically said andthis is from Stevie, right, he's
(47:21):
like look, when it's all saidand done, you know, years from
now, yeah, jack will have allthe majors, he'll be the major
champion.
But everyone knows what tigerdid in his era one building game
, but then also with the peoplethat he played against and to
(47:42):
dominate how he did.
He's just like it's tiger.
There was not even a hesitationin his voice, like he was just
that specific on it.
When I saw that, when, when Isaw him say that, I was just
like I mean, I agree with you,but to see it from his lens,
(48:02):
yeah, and just some of the otherclips that I saw from the
interview with him.
Scott (48:05):
The subpar podcast with colt nosed and drew.
They had a mirror.
Yeah, they had a mirror onthere and we all know a mirror
and tiger were boys.
Yeah, and a mirror is way olderand got to play it with oh yeah
.
And they asked a mirror and hegoes.
Without a doubt, tiger, he goes.
(48:29):
We would play that I'll worse,or whatever in Orlando when
Tiger first moved there yeah,and he goes.
I quit playing after eightholes one time and Tiger's like
where are you going?
He goes, f you, I'm out of here.
You're like.
Graham (48:47):
Oh, you mean when he shot 59, they go back the next
day and go win birdie eagle yeahyou're 19 under par through 27
holes.
I'm out how demoralizing isthat if you're a playing partner
and the next year Tiger putsthe green jacket on him.
Scott (49:07):
Yeah, and then O'Meara goes on to win the British.
Graham (49:13):
So sneaky guys, you forget how good he was yeah,
something.
Scott (49:18):
Uh, we talked about a couple episodes ago when I was
talking about rory will win morethan one and a half majors.
Right, finally found thebetting line before this week
over one and a half 26 to one.
Ooh, there you go, which, likeyou said earlier, does not seem
(49:38):
high enough.
Graham (49:40):
Dude, to win one major is hard enough, and I know you
were favored in this one.
Like I get that?
No, I wasn't even favored inthis one.
Scott (49:48):
I'm favoring the PGA at Quail Hollow, where he's won a
hundred times, yeah, and thenthe Open Championship in his
home country yeah, port Rush.
I wonder what the line on himto win at Quail Hollow, the PGA
Championship next month, is.
Oh, and here's another fun set.
That's Rory's first win in themonth of April ever.
(50:12):
What Dude, I'm just going to goout there, man, and just say
last week.
Graham (50:24):
Well, okay, Texas, so it's the Valero, the Masters,
RBC Heritage, and then what'sthe one after that?
So I mean I get it Still yeah.
Scott (50:40):
Yeah, we said it on the podcast last week.
We went into great detail aboutit.
Yeah, what my guy did mentallytoday after the start double and
then a four-shot lead and thenhits a 70-yard little pitch shot
(51:00):
in the water.
Graham (51:09):
Then a playoff and sacks up and hits it gram-dick tight.
What did he have?
So another little storylinethat just popped in my head.
Scott (51:19):
So the PGA Championship in May, rory's 5-1, scotty's 5-1
.
Graham (51:25):
Wow, it's not very often people are getting close to
Scotty's odds Quill Hollow, Imean.
But what I was about to bringup was I was watching some clips
and they were basically sayingthat so obviously Rory and his
wife didn't get divorced,they're back together.
(51:46):
But what I was watching is thisreporter was talking about how
even their time at the masters,like during the practice round,
even on the part, the par threechallenge on when on Wednesday
there was no like him holdinghands with his wife, there was
no like him showing any type ofemotion, like no kissing her,
(52:09):
like none of that.
But I noticed when he came upoff 18, he kissed his daughter
and then he gave his wife a kiss.
You know, at the end I'm justlike Then, you know what
happened?
Scott (52:20):
Because Billy noticed it and texted me what happened.
What a piece of trash.
You pull your wife under therope, then just leave her.
No wonder she wanted a divorce.
Billy shut the no dude.
You walk to the scoring areawith your family.
Graham (52:39):
Yeah, is that not a normal thing?
Does that happen?
Do they do that, though I?
Scott (52:46):
don't know, you don't leave her.
Graham (52:49):
No, but I'm just trying to think of past champions.
I'm pretty sure that they.
I don't think they're.
Don't leave her.
No, but I'm just trying tothink of past champions.
I'm pretty sure that they are.
I don't think they're allowedback.
I mean, I get your point.
Scott (52:56):
One of the funniest things that Billy texted today,
and I have to say I agree.
Oh God, A playoff in a majorshould not be one hole.
Okay, what do you want?
Three or a full day?
I don't want a full day, youknow.
That's why the US Open movedaway from that.
Graham (53:16):
So what do you want?
A three-hole aggregate.
Three-hole aggregate?
Yeah, give them three holes.
Scott (53:21):
So Billy says one-hole playoffs in major are stupid.
As we speak, the Buffalo Billsare petitioning for a change.
Graham (53:30):
That's tough.
All right, I knew there was areason why you brought that up,
dude.
How good is that?
Scott (53:44):
Am I wrong?
Announcer (53:45):
And something I forgot to mention earlier.
Scott (53:48):
Vegas Golden Knights specific division champions once
again.
And if you give me a who,you're giving me a?
Two slaps and a Ric Flair Wooand, ladies and gentlemen,
that's the fourth one.
Oh man, just a bit, it's okay,it's all right.
(54:10):
I mean, you did call the goldenbear Jack Nicholson, so hey
they're both iconic, they'reboth top of their field
respective fields.
I mean, okay, whatever I'mtrying to sound all I can say is
this dude, amazing masters.
(54:32):
It lived up to the hype todayfor golf.
We got what we wanted.
We didn't see the golf wewanted, but it was still
exciting.
You're still on the edge ofyour seat and agreed, and that's
what Augusta does to you.
And that's why I disagree 100%with Gary Player when he says
(54:58):
the Masters Tournament is thefourth-ranked major out there.
I used to think it was numbertwo until I went there.
The history, dude, the historywe all know the golf course, we
know it, we remember things.
You can go there year afteryear.
Go see where Bubba hit thatshot in the playoff.
(55:22):
You can see the house Rory snaphooked it into on number 10
with the four-shot lead.
It doesn't disappoint.
Graham (55:37):
Dude, I remember texting you almost 20 years ago but
like hey, what's your?
I was like us opener masters,what's your number one?
And you're, and you, as yousaid, you're like us open first,
that's your second, and I was.
And I, and I was the opposite.
I was like a master.
I mean like pick your poison.
I mean they're both great, just, but they're both completely
(56:00):
different, completely different.
Scott (56:03):
And so I mean and something that's so weird my dad
and I were talking about theother day because I was saying
we were talking about me and youat Augusta together and he's
like, he's like, did y'all goout there together?
I'm like, no, I was talkingabout your boy and this.
And that, yeah, how ironic itwas that we ran into each other
on the last round and he waslike so y'all couldn't even plan
(56:40):
where to meet.
I'm like graham didn't knowwhen he was going to get a
ticket or if he even got aticket.
Yeah, and then it happened wefound each other.
Graham (56:44):
And then it was like, after it's over, meet me right
here, don't leave until you seeme.
Yeah, I was like, if I do get aticket at this time of the day,
meet me at this scoreboard atthis time and we'll meet up,
type of thing.
Scott (56:56):
That didn't even happen, though.
That was 10 years ago.
10 years ago today, bro, wewere having pimento cheese,
burps and shit.
Graham (57:09):
We were also Remember nothingness.
Scott (57:11):
Oh shit, but we were also .
Yeah, remember nothingness.
Graham (57:16):
Oh like, ah man, anyhow, hopefully next year we're there
doing a show at Mike Ivy'shouse yeah if not, we'll be
right here, but hopefully we'rethere, hopefully our boy
fowler's there, yeah r squaredand we're we're partying right
(57:39):
now oh yeah, hey, I'll take babysteps, but if that fucking
happened, there ain't no podcaston sunday night.
I'm telling you that right now.
Scott (57:50):
Well I would probably go out on a limb and you're gonna
be pissed at what I'm about tosay.
There would probably.
There would probably be apodcast, but you would probably
be missing me.
Graham (58:04):
Then there wouldn't be a podcast.
I ain't doing it solo.
Scott (58:08):
Well, you might have to if Fowler wins, cause I know
who's got a ticket.
I got a ticket.
I would try, but you know, herewe go.
Here we go.
One dog, one bone.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Are you going to be like, hey,fowler, I'm not coming to your
party unless my boy Graham can?
Nope, you're going to be likegiving me the Heisman Trophy
Award.
Peace out law.
Graham (58:28):
No, honestly, you know what I would do.
I wouldn't even look at you.
Yeah, okay, first of all, let'sjust throw that decision out
the bag.
No, I'd look at you.
And then I'd look at my otherboy, romano, and say I know some
things, bro, you owe me, let'sgo.
Scott (58:50):
That's all I would say.
And on that, on that note,folks, it's time to end the
night scott, what a hell of anepisode today was.
Graham (59:01):
Who needs notes when you had an unbelievable day at the
masters like this, hey?
Scott (59:07):
the old saying, it's a tradition unlike any other.
Graham (59:12):
It was it was everything he wanted it to be.
I'm happy with the outcome, I'mhappy with how everything went
and I'm happy to rewatch theentire fourth round later
tonight or tomorrow.
So I'm excited for that.
Scott, it's always a pleasuredoing the podcast with you and,
as the best homie always says,booba.
Scott (59:32):
Good night friends, good night Rory.
Graham (59:39):
Have fun with your lucky charms, booba.
Oh, his lucky charms aregetting played with tonight,
that's for sure, booba.
Announcer (59:51):
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Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the
Bench podcast, with your hostsGraham Cohen and Scott Wasco.
Graham (00:21):
Hello friends, welcome to another edition of the Bald
Guys on the Bench.
What a week for the Masters.
What a day, scott, how was yourSunday?
Tell me all about it, brother.
Scott (00:32):
Hello friends, my name is Scott Wasco.
My hero is Jim Nance, and atthe end of the Masters
tournament he proved once againwhy he's the best in the
business.
As Rory makes the birdie putton the first playoff hole to
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become the sixth player to winthe career Grand Slam, jim Nance
did not say a word and ithappened.
We got to see the emotion fromRory Finally putting on the
green jacket.
Oh my gosh, I'm so pissed.
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You had to work today and missthe action.
Oh my gosh, but you know,before we even get into it, this
show could go on and on.
The action, oh my gosh.
But you know, before we evenget into it, this show could go
on and on and on.
You know how many notes we havegoing into this show Not me.
So, folks, I'm sorry if we jumpall around.
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It was a Sunday at Augusta thatI'll never forget, from ups
downs, all the rounds, your boyrooting for Patrick Reed.
Yeah, I said it.
Graham (01:53):
Grab it, crack it, let's go, I mean wow, can that just
be a slap yourself moment?
Scott (02:04):
Dude the funny thing is, you know, and the reason I'm
pulling for patrick reed isbecause of this pool.
I'm in with a 90 people and hewas in my, on my team, and I
text tp and I'm like, oh my god,patrick reed is the mvp of my
team this week and he goes.
Wow, and this was word for wordfrom TP.
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You're treading the fine lineof integrity there.
Pretty soon you might bewanting Rogers to replace
Herbert, or even Evander Kane onthe Knights.
And as soon as he got that textout, patrick Reed three putted
from like a foot and a half onthe 15th hole and I'm like, till
he missed that putt and thatone.
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Anyhow, the deuce, deuce, my boymade on the 17th hole.
Put your boy tied for second inthe pool, me Maros and my old
assistant Ryan tied for secondin the pool, me miros and my old
assistant ryan tied for second.
Let's go.
Fun masters week, fun sunday.
But before we even dive anydeeper, graham, how was your
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weekend?
I know you worked and I knowyou were bitter, betty, you
didn't get to watch a little bitof this?
I mean, how was it you?
Graham (03:27):
know, you know, I mean it was good.
I had a Friday off, spent withthe family, went out to some
lunch and then after that justdid some stuff on the computer
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and then later that evening um,I hashtag ws what catched up on
some shows, watched uh, 19, yeah, 1923 on paramount plus.
Which have you?
Have you been watching that?
I?
Announcer (03:56):
haven't.
Did you watch 18?
Graham (03:57):
okay, anyway, phenomenal , but uh yeah, just kind of
low-key.
Um, you know, work's been goodbut it's just, you know, because
I had thursday off, I was ableto watch a lot of a lot of the
masters on thursday, so I wasglad I was able to watch that.
Um, I watched a decent amountof it on friday.
But I mean, everyone knows thetwo best days are saturday and
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sunday moving day and thensunday and it's just.
You know all the action thathappened on Sunday.
You know a lot of it.
I had to catch watching thereplay, um, or at least even the
highlights.
But, folks, I can honestly sayI don't think I've ever done
this.
But I'm gonna re-watch thebroadcast after this is over and
and re-watch the entire matchbecause, like I missed it, you
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know what I mean.
Like it's it's that compellinglike I could tell just from like
, because we I missed it.
You know what I mean.
Like it's it's that compellinglike I could tell just from like
, because we were playing it atwork, obviously, and we had the
volume coming through thespeakers, so it's like I'm
hearing something dude.
I mean all the p, all thepatrons that were um and, but
the patrons of where I work, notat the, you know, not, of
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course.
Um, you know they're allcheering for all the stuff
that's going on.
So it's just like I don't havea feel of what's really going on
.
I just am hearing all thesecheers and claps and like, oh,
so I'm really looking forward to, either later tonight or
tomorrow, going online or theGolf Channel or wherever I need
to, and just hit and play andsay, hey, hey, start me from
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position one, from rory, and uh,let's see what happens.
So I was speechless.
The worst part is I'm seeingyour text to me and you're like,
are you seeing this shit?
And I'm like no, so then youhave the crying emoji.
I was like I wish it was insane.
Scott (05:42):
I mean, I was down in Wilmington.
You know we're college huntingnow.
(06:08):
It was an awesome weekend, uh,with family, and sad, obviously
for my uncle, but uh, you know,it was a celebration of life and
just to see the people at hismemorial that he touched their
lives was insane, Absolutelyinsane.
But Kellen and I are gettingready to leave this morning
(06:28):
we're having breakfast at thehotel and I randomly pull up on
my MapQuest.
I'm like we're almost in SouthCarolina, in Wilmington, and I'm
like, how long is it to Augustafrom here?
And I'm like, dude, I'm halfwaythere, it's four hours.
And I'm like, dude, I'm halfwaythere, it's four hours.
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And I'm like, hey, kellen, youwant to sit in the car and watch
YouTube for six hours whileyour dad goes in and, you know,
watch the final round.
Jokingly, obviously, if Ithought about this last night, I
would have made a couple texts.
Yeah, maybe gotten a ticketfrom somebody that finished, I
think, in the top 10, yeah, butuh, anyhow, drove home early
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this morning, literally pulledin the driveway, 225, missed the
opening t-shot.
Didn't get to watch a lot ofgolf yesterday, but what I did
see was Bryson's finish.
We made the bomb on 18 to puthimself in the last group with
Rory.
We're not even going to getinto the first three rounds
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because if we did, we could sithere and talk about it until
tomorrow.
What we will say about the firstround is Rory's start.
Homeboy had the pep in his step, shoots four under on the front
, you know.
He starts the back nine or Idon't know, maybe it wasn't four
under, but he started the backnine, 3-3-3.
(07:56):
Yeah, okay.
And hits a laser beam on 15.
Was it 15?
Yeah, on 15.
And then chips it in the water,makes dub Okay and then dub 17
and finishes the day.
Even par and all the golf fansout there know how Rory walks
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when everything's going his way.
He's got that little pep in hisstep.
He's got the little leprechaunbump bopping the head.
Don't eat my lucky choms.
He's rolling, shoots him in thecar.
It's like oh dude, does thisguy really have to do this shit
again?
Whatever Follows it up, nextday solid round and Justin Rose
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amazing veteran, you know wonthe U S open and now, with his
loss in the playoff to Rory okayAt the masters Justin Rose
becomes the second person tolose at Augusta in a playoff
other than Ben Hogan.
Graham (09:08):
Is this after having a lead or just in general?
Scott (09:10):
No, he's the second player to lose twice in a
playoff at Augusta.
Announcer (09:16):
Oh, okay, I got you Wow.
Scott (09:17):
Him and Ben Hogan are the only ones.
Wow.
And my boy, rosie, made 10birdies today.
Is that any good?
10.
Okay, shoots 75.
Yesterday he had to leadthrough 36 holes.
Shoots three over yesterday.
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Thumbs out today.
Graham (09:39):
I know I, just I'm looking at the scorecard right
now.
I'm like what?
Announcer (09:45):
Yeah dude.
Scott (09:47):
But the way the day started, dude, it's what
everybody wanted, right?
You know, bryson beat Rory atPioneers last year.
They weren't in the same group,bryson was a group ahead of
them, but we got it, dude.
We got what we wanted.
I had friends, I had studentsthat I teach.
(10:11):
They're like who are youpulling for today?
And I'm like I don't care, whatwe have today is good for golf.
Yeah, we've got the face.
I mean, you've got two of thethree faces of the sport in the
last group at augusta and thenumber one player in the world,
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scotty.
A couple groups in front ofthem that if my guy could have
made a goddamn putt, they mightstill be playing a playoff right
.
But dude, but dude, rory has tofight the demons.
And you know, when we weredriving into the neighborhood we
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got to listen to Tariqo callingtheir tee shots on the first
hole and Tariqo says you know,let's see after the starter
announces each player, which waythe fans are.
Know sighting.
Yeah, you couldn't tell.
Yeah, you know, rory, rory hitsit, hits it in the bunker on
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one.
I'm telling kellen I'm like, ohboy, here we go.
I'm like bryson's about to hita seed.
Bryson snaps, snap hooks itinto the trees left.
Graham (11:25):
Oh, bro, that's the only thing I did see.
Scott (11:28):
And I'm like, oh man, then Rory makes dub, bryson
makes par.
We're even after the first holeand you know what Everybody
starts doing.
We've talked about it.
We talked about it in greatlength Last week.
You know How's Rory gonnahandle it.
We've talked about it.
We talked about it in greatlength last week.
You know I was worried going tohandle it.
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Then second hole Rory hits itin the fairway bunker, easily
reachable par five, especiallywhen you're hitting your driver.
Three, 70.
I'm sorry what Like like dudethe distance him and Bryson were
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hitting their drivers.
You've been there like Rory hita pitching wedge into number 11
yeah, that's insane, insanenumber 9, the downhill dogleg
left.
Graham (12:27):
He hit it over the downslope when you got a baby
wedge in and you're like wait,what dude?
Anyhow I need to hit my driverand an eight iron to get it to
where rory hit it dude.
Scott (12:42):
But I'm just gonna say, you know, bryson makes birdie on
two, rory makes par after twoholes, boom, bryson's got a
one-shot lead.
And oh man, here comes thetweets, here comes the holy shit
.
It's beginning.
I texted you the same thingafter the first hole.
(13:03):
Yeah, and it begins, orsomething like that Yep, dude.
And then luck happens.
Amazing shots happen,disgusting shots happen.
I couldn't even believe what Iwas watching.
Bryson had absolutely zero feelwith his irons all day because
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he was in spots and justcouldn't get it done.
But the craziest thing you know, I saw it this morning and I
was like dumbfounded and I'mliterally going to like read you
word for word from thisInstagram post Okay, literally
going to like.
Read you word for word fromthis Instagram post Okay,
imagine chilling with your palsand Augusta on Saturday of the
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masters, and then the U S openchamp turns up to do some
putting practice with you aheadof an Epic final round battle.
What a legend.
Folk notes reports on thebroadcast that Bryson went for a
walk around where his rentalhouse is last night and found
some guys putting in theirbackyard having beers.
He spent an hour with them.
Graham (14:10):
Trying to not cuss very much, but are you flipping,
kidding me right now?
Like Dude, you can't knock theguy.
Like I don't care what anyonesays.
Like this dude, I mean I don'twant to say he's like he's
carrying the shield, like Idon't care, it's him and rory.
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That's what we all wanted andyou know, I look we already
mentioned that I didn't get tosee as much as I would have
liked.
But the thing is, is theexpectation uh well, I won't say
expectation, but how I thoughtbefore the final round started,
what I thought was going tohappen kind of didn't really go
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how I thought it was going to go.
Like I really thought the bothof them were going to be pushing
each other.
Yeah, I don't want to say likein a good way, but you know the
battle that they're going to bepushing each other.
Um, yeah, I don't say like in agood way, but you know the
battle that they're gonna haveexactly off each other.
And and the thing is, for mepersonally, it's just the
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consistency in which bryson hasbeen playing, especially in this
past year, year and a half, butjust how well he's been playing
, even the first three days.
Yeah, he had to battle a littlebit on Saturday, you know
Thursday.
Friday it wasn't as bad.
But to your point, some of thehighlights that I saw from
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Bryson today I'm just like dude.
I saw his tee shot on one.
I'm like what.
Scott (15:44):
Dude Bryson.
Graham (15:45):
What was that?
Scott (15:45):
Bryson for the first three rounds was literally
vintage.
Seve my guy's short game whenhe got up and down on number 10,
I think it was.
Was it the first round?
It might've been the firstround From long and left over
the green out of pine straw andhe hits this little nipper up
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there yeah, you're like what,what, all right bro, but you
know, like you said, though, itdidn't go how we thought it was
going to go.
You know, like we thought wethought it was going to be a
battle.
(16:27):
You know, I mean going intotoday.
Rory had a two shot lead.
I'm sitting there, yeah,telling my dad I'm like Rory
goes out and shoot 69.
It's going to be tough forBryson Right To win.
Yeah, he's going to have toshoot 66, 67 in the playoffs,
but then he goes out.
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Rory goes out and shoots 73.
And Bryson shoots 75.
Graham (16:57):
Now let me ask you a question, as you're
contemplating this if I wouldhave told you before this round
started, like literally beforethis round started, like
literally before this roundstarted, if Rory shoots 73, what
do you think Bryson's chancesare to win 100?
He gone 100.
That's, that's my point.
Scott (17:14):
Do not pass, go, don't collect 100 bucks, just drop
everything right, I didn't see75 out of him today.
Graham (17:24):
I'm more surprised than anything.
And look, I know it's augusta.
Yeah, anything can happen.
The bounces, you know, the lies, everything.
I mean you could have theunluckiest bounces or the most
unfortunate bounces, like whatyou were showing me with rory
earlier off.
What 11?
where you thought it was, yeah,where you thought it was behind
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the tree, but it wasn't that wasfive, yeah yeah, I'm fine, like
so, but I mean it is what it is, but like wow, I mean just the
fluctuation of how theleaderboard went through the
middle part of the day and justguys that you're just like,
where did you come from, like,where did you come from Shoffley
(18:06):
?
Where did you come from ZachJohnson?
Scott (18:08):
What, dude?
Zach Johnson at 49 years old?
Are you kidding me?
He ate, I know, right.
I mean he starts off.
He starts, he barely makes thecut on the number and then goes
out and shoot 66, 71 on theweekend and Eagle's number two
today.
I mean that ain't bad.
(18:29):
I mean, can we talk about MaxHoma?
Graham (18:33):
Yeah, I guess he's figuring out those irons, huh.
Scott (18:37):
My guy hadn't made a cut dude since the Open Championship
last July.
That's insane.
And goes out, opens thetournament with a 74, two over,
then shoots two under the secondround, then goes 69-71 on the
weekend T12, guess where he'splaying next year?
Augusta dude, bubba Watson,didn't he get booted off the
(19:07):
live tour for his shitty play?
Yeah, he's a two time winner ofAugusta.
Graham (19:15):
I mean one of my favorite Masters.
When's the last time you?
Scott (19:19):
heard his name in golf.
Yeah, besides talking about thegreatest hook gap wedge of all
times on number 10 in theplayoff.
Graham (19:27):
Yeah, right, I mean, I think also what was surprising.
Which A?
I called it last week on theepisode.
I thought for sure it was goingto happen, but that son of a, b
had to make that putt on thelast hole for day two.
John Rahm, dude, dude, Ithought John Rahm was missing.
(19:47):
The cut, dude, it was right inthe weight making for me.
I'm like, ooh, baby.
Scott (19:52):
Dude.
He made a six-footer on 18 tomake the cut and then t14.
Yeah, I'm like what?
What dude?
Uh, in my pool I'm sweatingspeath to make the cut.
He makes the cut on the numbertwo over and then goes out 69-70
, t14.
(20:13):
Yeah, and the story of allstories you know Bernhard,
playing in his last Masters,misses the cut-up by one Dude.
He's inside the cut line withthree holes left.
Yeah, same with Freddie.
Freddie missed by two.
He was inside the cut line.
But I heard something on PGAtour radio today.
(20:37):
You know the honorary starters.
They're probably our next wave,right, bernhard freddy?
Oh, yeah, without a doubt, theyhave to be.
Graham (20:48):
Yeah, I have to yeah, I mean because, like I was just
thinking about it, this is the89th Masters, next year is the
90th.
The 100th running of theMasters is going to be 2036.
Who's going to be the starters?
You know what I mean?
It's crazy to think that it'sgoing to be 100 years already
(21:10):
soon enough.
Scott (21:11):
Speaking of, though we mentioned it earlier, rory,
sixth player ever to win thecareer at Grand Slam Gene
Sheridan, ben Hogan, gary Player, jack Nicklaus, tiger, now Rory
what comes to your mind when Isay that?
Graham (21:32):
As I think about it.
I'm glad today happened forRory he can get the monkey
office back, but the thing it'sjust like I almost feel like
people kind of it expected it tohappen and the fact that it
just it's like almost a runningjoke that he hasn't been able to
(21:53):
get the career glance slam.
I guess what I'm trying to sayis, when you're ranking players
all time, you know, making thatlist of the career glance slam,
I mean that hoists you way upthere and the thing is would we
have thought any different?
(22:14):
Like does him winning this majornow does?
Does that make us change ouropinion of him?
Scott (22:19):
No, I mean like— we talked about it last week.
Graham (22:22):
Yeah, and that's my point.
It's just like he's—besidesTiger Woods, who's been the most
dominant player on the tour inthe last 15 years.
Well, you know—.
Scott (22:31):
Consistently, consistently.
If Phil would have hit a damnthree word off, the 72nd hole in
the U S open yeah.
Announcer (22:39):
He would have had a career grand slam.
Graham (22:41):
Yeah, wing, foot that's too many crickets.
Scott (22:48):
And what happened?
Do you don't, without looking,show me your hands.
This is going to be the bestpart of when we actually go live
on YouTube.
Is everybody's going to holdyou accountable?
Who?
Graham (22:58):
won.
I don't cheat.
Scott (23:00):
Who won that?
Graham (23:01):
Oh fuck, oh shit.
Scott (23:06):
Oh, you know it went to a playoff.
I don't know why Schwartzel'scoming to mind.
No, he was Augusta.
Graham (23:12):
No, it's the same kind of guy though Same.
Scott (23:15):
No, he was Augusta.
It's the same kind of guy,though they look alike.
If Paul Montgomery makes par onthe last hole, Monty wins his
first major.
Graham (23:25):
Yeah, I knew that it was .
It just hit me with it.
You know the golf course I knowI was there, not at the event,
but I was.
I was right before.
What year was that 2000?
Scott (23:43):
I was in French Valley, I know that, so that was before
2011.
Graham (23:49):
No, so that's what I'm saying.
Like I was at the golf courseno, not the golf course.
Yeah, I was at the when I wasworking, I was caddying in New
York.
So I'm saying I was at the golfcourse no, not the golf course.
Yeah, I was at the golf coursewhen I was working, I was
caddying in New York.
Scott (23:57):
So I'm like oh, it was 2006.
Oh, so therefore then, Yep NotRatif.
Nope, oh my God.
And Phil hits the shot and he'slike I'm an idiot.
Graham (24:12):
Oh man, the initials or something I don't know, just hit
me with it.
Scott (24:16):
Jeff Ogilvie, I'm gonna be so pissed oh does he not look
just like Charles Wurzel?
Graham (24:23):
wait, yeah, did Ogilvie win a Masters too?
No, okay, so he only had theone major yeah no, because I
remember him.
Scott (24:30):
I think he won a match play or something like that yeah
, he.
Graham (24:34):
I mean, I don't want to call Ogilvy a flash in the pan.
He had a good few years, butother than that he was like Jeff
.
Oh, dude, as soon as you saidthat I was like, yeah, you could
have said J-O and I would havebeen like who, jeff Ogilvy?
Yeah, especially with thathairline that looked like ours.
Yeah, yeah.
Scott (24:55):
Especially with that hairline that looked like ours.
Yeah, but anyhow, I today wasinsane, dude.
It was a roller coaster ofemotions, you know, not only
because of the pool I was in,but just you know you're up down
the whole.
Rory's got a.
He's making the turn, bro.
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Four shot lead.
Same exact thing where he blewit.
He snap, hooked it off thehouse and ends up shooting 80.
Okay, and yeah, he goes out.
I'm pretty sure that he birdied.
Yeah, he birdied 10.
Talk about slaying demons.
Last time you had a four-shotlead.
(25:38):
You, you made seven.
Today you make birdie right andbt's like game over.
I was hoping the back nine wasgonna be fun and exciting, not
anymore.
I'm like simmer down there, bt.
I'm like do you remember shaw?
Remember softly the year Adekewon it when he hit it over the
(25:58):
green on 15 and went in thewater?
What?
Graham (26:02):
Dude.
He came out of nowhere thisweek, kind of he was making some
putts.
He had some good shots.
I'm looking at the scoreboardtoday.
Harris English started plus oneand finished minus four.
What?
Scott (26:18):
Yeah, no, he started, even If you shoot four under on
your last round and you finishthe tournament four under.
Then you're probably going tobe four under.
Oh well, it said one to one.
Can I get two slaps and a RicFlair?
Graham (26:33):
No, I'm looking at these .
Oh it's not my fault, come on.
Tp this one's for you.
It says one, so he's plus one.
Open your eyes.
It says one and then a red four.
Isn't that plus one to minusfour?
No, am I wrong?
No, am I reading thisincorrectly?
Scott (26:52):
Yeah, you're 100% reading it incorrectly.
So can we get two slaps and aRic Flair?
All right, woo.
Announcer (27:04):
Thank you, Graham.
Scott (27:06):
I can't wait till I earn my first two slaps and a Ric
Flair.
Graham (27:10):
I'm like, ooh, matsuyama had a day today, dude.
Scott (27:13):
I mean, how about this?
And this just takes the cake.
Okay, yeah, something we'vebeen talking about and I don't
know.
It's pretty amazing.
Rory, we all know, had afour-shot lead.
Right that one year Snap hooksit off the house.
(27:38):
Okay, right, a four-shot lead,right that one year snap hooks
it off the house.
Okay, right, when rory opens uphis press conference after he
wins the green jacket, heliterally says, quote for quote
I'd like to start the pressconference with a question
myself what are all y'all goingto talk about next year?
What are you going to ask me?
Announcer (27:57):
Oh you know, what bro ?
Scott (28:03):
And then this will give you goosebumps.
Okay, you ready Because I justgot it.
I just got them thinking aboutreading this to you.
He then also said Angel Cabreraleft him a note in his locker
this morning and that was hisplaying partner in the final
round in 2011.
Wow, insane, wow Insane.
(28:28):
Not only that, dude, he's inthe playoff against one of his
best friends, ryder Cupteammates, and they're battling.
Dude, the putt Rose made on the72nd hole.
I was getting ready to say itand you took the words right out
of my mouth.
Whose putt was that?
Graham (28:49):
Marco Mira 1998.
Or 1997, sorry oh dude.
Scott (28:56):
Two slaps in a Ric Flair 97.
How can you forget 98, bro?
Two slaps in a Ric Flair Tigerwon in 97, when he won by 37.
Graham (29:08):
Come on.
Scott (29:08):
I said 98 first, Then you were like no 97, Two slaps.
Graham (29:12):
No, I was like 98, let's go, come on, love it.
No 97.
Scott (29:14):
Two slaps no, I was like 98.
90.
Let's go.
Announcer (29:17):
Come on, woo, love it , love it Good for you too.
Graham (29:23):
I'm sorry, you don't know Speaking of a player that
needs to two-slap in Ric Flairhimself.
Bro Shane Lowry Ooh.
Scott (29:33):
What Like we were talking before we came on.
You didn't see the interviewyesterday and I just caught the
highlight of it.
Lowry finishes bogey-bogeyyesterday, walks off the course.
First question they ask him isabout Rory, and everybody knows
Shane and Rory are like bestfriends, so he's like I'm not
(29:54):
here to answer questions aboutRory.
I just finished bogey bogey.
I'm pissed.
He's in the middle of thetournament.
He goes I'm going to walk offbefore I say something stupid.
He's like I've probably alreadysaid something stupid and then
goes to the to the range to hitballs.
Shane, lowry, you might want tocalm down before you tee it up
(30:16):
on Sunday at Augusta, becausethat 81 and dude golf is hard.
I know I'm not all these peoplein our San Diego league that
are going oh, rory's chokingagain.
Dude, go play golf.
(30:36):
Okay, the putt in the playoff.
I'm sitting here watching itwith Kellen.
It's a foot and a half andKellen I'm like he may or may
not make this and Kellen's likeI could make that and I'm like
you know what you probably could, because you don't know the
importance of it.
You know what I mean.
Graham (31:00):
Yeah, if you ain't feeling the pressure, it ain't
no thing but a chicken wing.
Scott (31:03):
On a string from Burger King.
Dude, it was amazing, dude, itwas such a wild.
Back nine.
I mean Rory hits a seed off the13th hole.
I mean going going into 12,you're like this is his last big
(31:26):
, you know shot.
He has to get right.
He can not right, he can notpull Molinari a Jordan Spieth on
12 with the lead.
You gotta hit green.
At worst, make four, you know,make bogey, makes par.
Bryson makes bogey.
(31:46):
Rory hits a seed on 13.
Dude, bryson hits driver on 13,.
And I'm going, he's just done.
He can't hit driver on 13.
It's not long enough.
Bryson just rips it overeverything.
Thanks for playing.
I think he had like pitchingwedge or something in.
(32:06):
Whatever Rory decides to lay upat a perfect angle, perfect
everything.
So I'm sitting in the water.
Graham (32:17):
What?
And on a side note, bryson'spitching wedge is like 195, by
the way, dude.
Scott (32:27):
But chunks it in the water.
As he's chunking it in thewater rows a couple groups ahead
and this is weird.
We all know where thetraditional Sunday pin on 16,
the par 3 is right Back left.
They didn't have it there.
No, they had it back right.
That's normally where they putit on Friday you know why they
(32:50):
put it back right, and I don'tgive a shit what anybody says.
I'll argue this forever.
Okay, and we talked about itlast week.
What does rory hit a draw?
What does bryson hit a draw?
What's the hardest side of thegreen to attack a pin?
At the right side?
The right side, graham.
I think it was the first timejerry sent me a text about the
(33:12):
pin placement.
I think it was the first timeit was there on a Sunday since
Nicholas won way back when.
I'm going to tell you exactly1975.
Sunday's hole location on 16matches, that of the final round
on 75, to honor the 50thanniversary of Jack Nicholas
winning his fifth green jacket.
(33:33):
Whatever they put it over there, that wasn't even a spot, bro,
until those two players.
Graham (33:42):
I didn't even realize that, because normally that's a.
Is that a Friday or a Saturday?
I think it's a Friday.
I've seen both.
Scott (33:50):
The hardest pin on that green is front right on that
little plateau.
Dude, I remember sitting thereall day.
Was it Friday?
Maybe Friday, yeah, it mighthave been Saturday, I don't know
.
And two or three birdies,that's it.
Announcer (34:07):
Yeah, but.
Scott (34:08):
Justin knows, just as soon as Rory chunks his wedge in
the water, rose hits it tightand we're like, oh shit, oh yeah
, but dude, I I don't even know.
Graham (34:26):
I mean, like I said, there weren't a lot of notes and
we're going off real emotionhey, speaking of real emotion,
something that, uh, you know, Idon't want to call it
low-hanging fruit, but there wassome news that came out was it
day one or day two from theamateur about the uh, the kid
(34:49):
from when he'd go to aaron's instate, the kid that uh, kid that
won the us amateur and playingwith scotty.
Scott (34:54):
And uh, I think jt no, the kid that, yeah, the kid that
won the US Amateur.
Graham (34:56):
And playing with Scotty and I think JT no, the kid that
pissed in race three yeah.
I know he was playing with.
Scott (35:00):
Scotty, the first two rounds.
Dude Bro, dude TP.
We were talking about it.
You can't like.
Is my guy ever going to beinvited back?
Graham (35:16):
No chance He'd have to qualify yeah.
Scott (35:23):
He's got to qualify for it.
But, dude, I remember Fowler'sfirst time playing at Augusta.
He's sitting in the pressconference room and he's got his
hat backwards and they askedhim to turn his hat around.
Yeah, now you got homeboy inand race creek I'm just gonna go
(35:45):
out, I'm just gonna go out realquick.
I don't even remember his name,but homeboy from arizona state
you owe the world who slaps in arick flair, so I'm just gonna
go out and do it for you.
Graham (36:00):
You're an idiot the craziest part is like he's
getting interviewed after it andbecause everyone's like bro,
are you for real?
You know he's like.
He's like bro, it's like Ireally had to go and I couldn't
find anywhere.
He's like I didn't think itwould be that big of a deal.
And then they said to him andthey said, well, if the
(36:21):
situation happened again, wouldyou still do it?
And he's like yeah, yeah, bro,the first time.
All right, if you didn't know,you might be they'll reprimand
you, but you could probably getaway with it.
The response of saying you'lldo it again.
Scott (36:36):
Bye-bye, dude you just, you just got to stay in the
crow's nest.
You know where all the amateursthat play in the masters stay,
yeah, even though they only stayfor like one or two nights
because it's like super small.
But whatever, you just stayedin the crow's nest and now
you're whipping out the oldlizard pissing in Rays Creek.
(37:00):
I mean, we always say it onthis show, but make it make
sense just I can't like.
Graham (37:14):
Could you imagine the best part is like when he's
being interviewed zero fucksDude Given Zero Dude what.
Scott (37:25):
How.
This is the thing that sucks.
Okay, we're at Augusta and cellphones aren't allowed.
You know, if cell phones arethere, we just see in the stream
.
Announcer (37:37):
Oh.
Graham (37:39):
Hey, maybe we'll get leaked on, maybe some official
or someone I don't know,security guard, something, I
don't know.
It's just I can't evencomprehend what he was thinking.
I mean, look, we know what hewas thinking.
I gotta pee, I need to go now,let's find the you know closest
(38:01):
place and hide in the bushes.
But even still, I just I mean,as they say's always one and he
is that one man.
That's crazy.
You know the craziness of roundfour today.
You know there was fireworkseverywhere.
(38:21):
There was people jumping up,jumping down.
I mean, look, when we startedthe last episode.
No, I should say when westarted, look, when we started
the last episode.
No, I should say when westarted, when we talked about
what we were looking forward towith this Masters on our last
episode, we said all we want isgood play.
(38:41):
We want it to be.
You know, we want it to haveexcitement, we wanted it to come
down to the weekend, but wewanted Sunday to be action.
You know we didn't want it tohave a go-away winner.
You know, obviously we wererooting for bryson, we were
rooting for rory to get thecareer grand slam.
But you know, it's when golf isexciting, when golf's at it
(39:03):
best, especially at the masters.
It's when you have five, six,seven guys that all are within
two strokes and they got achance Because that back nine
absolutely and I'll say it againabsolutely anything can happen,
anything, dude.
Scott (39:23):
Patrick Reed, you know, finished his solo third.
Like I said earlier, hethree-putted on 15 from a foot
and a half to make bogey.
Yeah, okay, scheffler, ludwig,I mean after ludwig, before
(39:47):
ludwig hit his t-shot, numberfour, the long-ass par three,
and all this shit's happeningbehind him.
Billy texts me like F it.
I just took Ludwig plus 850live and I'm like, okay, ludwig
sticks it on number four,230-yard par three, so like 10
(40:08):
feet and I instantly go Ludwiglive plus 700.
Right, dude, corey Connors wasright there At one point.
I mean I bet Corey Connors live.
He's two shots out of the lead.
He's plus 3,000.
Announcer (40:26):
Yeah right.
Graham (40:29):
I just it was right there.
I know it was I.
I know it was, I don't know Imean the worst part is I'm
looking at Ludvig's score rightnow.
He was at 10 under on 16.
Yeah, and then went bogeytriple, yeah.
Like I don't know what to sayafter that.
Scott (40:52):
I mean, and he shoots two under on the front, Birdie's 10
.
You know he's at three under.
Graham (40:59):
And you're like I mean, you saw he hit in the bunker on
18.
He catches the lip.
I was surprised he caught thelip.
The fairway bunker, so hecatches the lip.
Yeah, in the fairway bunker onthe left, so he catches the lip.
The fairway, so he catches thelip.
Yeah, I'm the fairway bunker onthe left, so he catches the lip
.
Has to re, has to re-hit goesto the right side, green bunker,
yeah.
And I'm like, uh, but that'snot a difficult, it's not that
(41:22):
difficult to chip and I'mfloating right now you know, but
still yeah, but like.
But then he chips it over thegreen again and I'm like bro,
especially because I have him inmy pool, my master's pool that
I'm in I'm like it's almost likehe knew he was out of it.
(41:44):
He's like all right, I'm justtrying to finish, but here's and
I'm just like.
Scott (41:48):
Here's a, a dude that's played in two Masters
tournaments, this being hissecond.
Last year finishes second, thisyear finishes seventh, I mean
played two times, both times tomake the top ten.
Graham (42:08):
It's not bad.
Scott (42:21):
Not bad.
It was insane.
It was just a wild day and myphone was going nuts.
You know, couldn't believe it.
Nobody knew what was gonnahappen.
You know, I mean rory what'sgoing to happen.
You know, I mean Rory stuffs iton 15.
He's got like 9, 10 feet forEagle Doesn't make it.
But then he's got like a wedgein his hands on 18.
Barr wins it and he hits it inthe bunker and misses a short
(42:46):
par putt.
I mean, hey, the shot he hit inthe playoff hole on 18 and dude
rose rose hit a seed too.
If that ball lands four inchesshorter than where it landed, oh
(43:08):
yeah, we're going to the secondplayoff hole.
They're both going oh for sure.
Graham (43:13):
Oh, for a second with rory's.
I knew, obviously knew it wascoming back, but it's just like
that momentum that it had goingup the hill and I was like hey,
hey, hey, school year old,everybody, come home back, come
on back.
And you know, I was listeningon the drive home to PTA tour
radio on XM and you know theyJack Nicholson called in and
(43:35):
they were talking to him aboutit and he said it's who?
Scott (43:39):
called in.
Who called in?
Okay, I was just wondering whocalled in.
Graham (43:50):
I can't.
I watched the departed last in.
Scott (43:53):
I can't I watched it, departed last night All right, I
think the guy you just named.
Graham (43:56):
Yeah, I meant.
Scott (43:57):
Quartzside at the Lakers or something.
Yeah, okay, not the golden Jack.
Nicklaus, not the golden bear.
Yeah, okay, yeah, wow.
Graham (44:09):
Wow, three slaps in the day.
I mean whatever Course.
Wow, three slaps in the day, Imean whatever.
Um course, knowledge isparamount there.
You know the more times youplay.
But jack basically said he'slike when he saw his putt and by
he he means rose he's likeyou're gonna get fooled.
He's like you think it's gonnacome back left, but he's like
(44:30):
that putt straight.
He's like you think it's goingto come back left, but he's like
that putt's straight.
He's like it's not breaking.
And it did exactly what Jacksaid it was going to do.
And I'm just like, wow, youknow.
It's just like with putting,especially when you're putting
on greens that are, you know,like putting on glass, the
(44:59):
smallest thing can make adifference.
And just to have that knowledgeof how these putts go late, I
mean it's.
I mean if you hit it pure, yeah, you know it.
Just, it is what it is, but Imean.
So let me ask you this question.
And the reason why I'm askingthis is because in the interview
with the golden bear he said hewas talking to his wife and
rory had the put on 18, not inthe playoff, the first 18.
He told his wife that he wasgoing to miss it, like he even
said, that Jack told Barbara hiswife that he yeah, he thinks
(45:22):
he's going to miss it and hemissed it.
So, that being said, obviouslythe put they had in the playoff
I mean that was.
I mean, when you're hitting itthat tight it's not going to
happen.
But like the storyline of Imean, look, we all saw what
happened at Pinehurst last yearfor the US Open, it's just like
(45:47):
and then him missing again.
Obviously he got the redemptionin the playoff, but and I hate
to say if, because if, if, andsand buts, I get it.
All those cliches, but, dude,if rose pulls that out like this
is a completely differentepisode today.
Scott (46:07):
Oh man if rose pulled that out, jerry texted me he
goes.
Graham (46:13):
If rory blows this, his wife is definitely divorcing him
that's fucked up, like I meannot suicide watch, but like how
do you?
I mean, he'll just continue on,he'll play what he'll play
great, he'll win sometournaments.
He might not win another major,but the thing is, folks, we
(46:37):
keep on forgetting.
Granted, the FedEx Cup hasn'tbeen around for that long, but
it's just like, dude, the amountof FedEx Cups that he's won On
top of all the other majors,it's not like it's about majors.
I mean, I know that, speakingof it's all about majors.
(46:57):
I know I sent it to you in themiddle of the night, my time,
and it's kind of early in yourtime.
Did you see?
What I sent you in text theother night about Steve Williams
was on a podcast.
I think it must have been backin his hometown or something.
But basically, the clip that Isaid.
The clip basically said andthis is from Stevie, right, he's
(47:21):
like look, when it's all saidand done, you know, years from
now, yeah, jack will have allthe majors, he'll be the major
champion.
But everyone knows what tigerdid in his era one building game
, but then also with the peoplethat he played against and to
(47:42):
dominate how he did.
He's just like it's tiger.
There was not even a hesitationin his voice, like he was just
that specific on it.
When I saw that, when, when Isaw him say that, I was just
like I mean, I agree with you,but to see it from his lens,
(48:02):
yeah, and just some of the otherclips that I saw from the
interview with him.
Scott (48:05):
The subpar podcast with colt nosed and drew.
They had a mirror.
Yeah, they had a mirror onthere and we all know a mirror
and tiger were boys.
Yeah, and a mirror is way olderand got to play it with oh yeah
.
And they asked a mirror and hegoes.
Without a doubt, tiger, he goes.
(48:29):
We would play that I'll worse,or whatever in Orlando when
Tiger first moved there yeah,and he goes.
I quit playing after eightholes one time and Tiger's like
where are you going?
He goes, f you, I'm out of here.
You're like.
Graham (48:47):
Oh, you mean when he shot 59, they go back the next
day and go win birdie eagle yeahyou're 19 under par through 27
holes.
I'm out how demoralizing isthat if you're a playing partner
and the next year Tiger putsthe green jacket on him.
Scott (49:07):
Yeah, and then O'Meara goes on to win the British.
Graham (49:13):
So sneaky guys, you forget how good he was yeah,
something.
Scott (49:18):
Uh, we talked about a couple episodes ago when I was
talking about rory will win morethan one and a half majors.
Right, finally found thebetting line before this week
over one and a half 26 to one.
Ooh, there you go, which, likeyou said earlier, does not seem
(49:38):
high enough.
Graham (49:40):
Dude, to win one major is hard enough, and I know you
were favored in this one.
Like I get that?
No, I wasn't even favored inthis one.
Scott (49:48):
I'm favoring the PGA at Quail Hollow, where he's won a
hundred times, yeah, and thenthe Open Championship in his
home country yeah, port Rush.
I wonder what the line on himto win at Quail Hollow, the PGA
Championship next month, is.
Oh, and here's another fun set.
That's Rory's first win in themonth of April ever.
(50:12):
What Dude, I'm just going to goout there, man, and just say
last week.
Graham (50:24):
Well, okay, Texas, so it's the Valero, the Masters,
RBC Heritage, and then what'sthe one after that?
So I mean I get it Still yeah.
Scott (50:40):
Yeah, we said it on the podcast last week.
We went into great detail aboutit.
Yeah, what my guy did mentallytoday after the start double and
then a four-shot lead and thenhits a 70-yard little pitch shot
(51:00):
in the water.
Graham (51:09):
Then a playoff and sacks up and hits it gram-dick tight.
What did he have?
So another little storylinethat just popped in my head.
Scott (51:19):
So the PGA Championship in May, rory's 5-1, scotty's 5-1
.
Graham (51:25):
Wow, it's not very often people are getting close to
Scotty's odds Quill Hollow, Imean.
But what I was about to bringup was I was watching some clips
and they were basically sayingthat so obviously Rory and his
wife didn't get divorced,they're back together.
(51:46):
But what I was watching is thisreporter was talking about how
even their time at the masters,like during the practice round,
even on the part, the par threechallenge on when on Wednesday
there was no like him holdinghands with his wife, there was
no like him showing any type ofemotion, like no kissing her,
(52:09):
like none of that.
But I noticed when he came upoff 18, he kissed his daughter
and then he gave his wife a kiss.
You know, at the end I'm justlike Then, you know what
happened?
Scott (52:20):
Because Billy noticed it and texted me what happened.
What a piece of trash.
You pull your wife under therope, then just leave her.
No wonder she wanted a divorce.
Billy shut the no dude.
You walk to the scoring areawith your family.
Graham (52:39):
Yeah, is that not a normal thing?
Does that happen?
Do they do that, though I?
Scott (52:46):
don't know, you don't leave her.
Graham (52:49):
No, but I'm just trying to think of past champions.
I'm pretty sure that they.
I don't think they're.
Don't leave her.
No, but I'm just trying tothink of past champions.
I'm pretty sure that they are.
I don't think they're allowedback.
I mean, I get your point.
Scott (52:56):
One of the funniest things that Billy texted today,
and I have to say I agree.
Oh God, A playoff in a majorshould not be one hole.
Okay, what do you want?
Three or a full day?
I don't want a full day, youknow.
That's why the US Open movedaway from that.
Graham (53:16):
So what do you want?
A three-hole aggregate.
Three-hole aggregate?
Yeah, give them three holes.
Scott (53:21):
So Billy says one-hole playoffs in major are stupid.
As we speak, the Buffalo Billsare petitioning for a change.
Graham (53:30):
That's tough.
All right, I knew there was areason why you brought that up,
dude.
How good is that?
Scott (53:44):
Am I wrong?
Announcer (53:45):
And something I forgot to mention earlier.
Scott (53:48):
Vegas Golden Knights specific division champions once
again.
And if you give me a who,you're giving me a?
Two slaps and a Ric Flair Wooand, ladies and gentlemen,
that's the fourth one.
Oh man, just a bit, it's okay,it's all right.
(54:10):
I mean, you did call the goldenbear Jack Nicholson, so hey
they're both iconic, they'reboth top of their field
respective fields.
I mean, okay, whatever I'mtrying to sound all I can say is
this dude, amazing masters.
(54:32):
It lived up to the hype todayfor golf.
We got what we wanted.
We didn't see the golf wewanted, but it was still
exciting.
You're still on the edge ofyour seat and agreed, and that's
what Augusta does to you.
And that's why I disagree 100%with Gary Player when he says
(54:58):
the Masters Tournament is thefourth-ranked major out there.
I used to think it was numbertwo until I went there.
The history, dude, the historywe all know the golf course, we
know it, we remember things.
You can go there year afteryear.
Go see where Bubba hit thatshot in the playoff.
(55:22):
You can see the house Rory snaphooked it into on number 10
with the four-shot lead.
It doesn't disappoint.
Graham (55:37):
Dude, I remember texting you almost 20 years ago but
like hey, what's your?
I was like us opener masters,what's your number one?
And you're, and you, as yousaid, you're like us open first,
that's your second, and I was.
And I, and I was the opposite.
I was like a master.
I mean like pick your poison.
I mean they're both great, just, but they're both completely
(56:00):
different, completely different.
Scott (56:03):
And so I mean and something that's so weird my dad
and I were talking about theother day because I was saying
we were talking about me and youat Augusta together and he's
like, he's like, did y'all goout there together?
I'm like, no, I was talkingabout your boy and this.
And that, yeah, how ironic itwas that we ran into each other
on the last round and he waslike so y'all couldn't even plan
(56:40):
where to meet.
I'm like graham didn't knowwhen he was going to get a
ticket or if he even got aticket.
Yeah, and then it happened wefound each other.
Graham (56:44):
And then it was like, after it's over, meet me right
here, don't leave until you seeme.
Yeah, I was like, if I do get aticket at this time of the day,
meet me at this scoreboard atthis time and we'll meet up,
type of thing.
Scott (56:56):
That didn't even happen, though.
That was 10 years ago.
10 years ago today, bro, wewere having pimento cheese,
burps and shit.
Graham (57:09):
We were also Remember nothingness.
Scott (57:11):
Oh shit, but we were also .
Yeah, remember nothingness.
Graham (57:16):
Oh like, ah man, anyhow, hopefully next year we're there
doing a show at Mike Ivy'shouse yeah if not, we'll be
right here, but hopefully we'rethere, hopefully our boy
fowler's there, yeah r squaredand we're we're partying right
(57:39):
now oh yeah, hey, I'll take babysteps, but if that fucking
happened, there ain't no podcaston sunday night.
I'm telling you that right now.
Scott (57:50):
Well I would probably go out on a limb and you're gonna
be pissed at what I'm about tosay.
There would probably.
There would probably be apodcast, but you would probably
be missing me.
Graham (58:04):
Then there wouldn't be a podcast.
I ain't doing it solo.
Scott (58:08):
Well, you might have to if Fowler wins, cause I know
who's got a ticket.
I got a ticket.
I would try, but you know, herewe go.
Here we go.
One dog, one bone.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Are you going to be like, hey,fowler, I'm not coming to your
party unless my boy Graham can?
Nope, you're going to be likegiving me the Heisman Trophy
Award.
Peace out law.
Graham (58:28):
No, honestly, you know what I would do.
I wouldn't even look at you.
Yeah, okay, first of all, let'sjust throw that decision out
the bag.
No, I'd look at you.
And then I'd look at my otherboy, romano, and say I know some
things, bro, you owe me, let'sgo.
Scott (58:50):
That's all I would say.
And on that, on that note,folks, it's time to end the
night scott, what a hell of anepisode today was.
Graham (59:01):
Who needs notes when you had an unbelievable day at the
masters like this, hey?
Scott (59:07):
the old saying, it's a tradition unlike any other.
Graham (59:12):
It was it was everything he wanted it to be.
I'm happy with the outcome, I'mhappy with how everything went
and I'm happy to rewatch theentire fourth round later
tonight or tomorrow.
So I'm excited for that.
Scott, it's always a pleasuredoing the podcast with you and,
as the best homie always says,booba.
Scott (59:32):
Good night friends, good night Rory.
Graham (59:39):
Have fun with your lucky charms, booba.
Oh, his lucky charms aregetting played with tonight,
that's for sure, booba.
Announcer (59:51):
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