3 Cups at the 19th Hole - Patty Maroon - Chasin' Birdies

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>> Speaker A (00:02):
Hey guys, this is Patty Maroon and you're listening to Chasing
Birdies.

>> Jonathan (00:15):
Chasing. You guys tuning in today.
We appreciate it very much and I hope you
guys had a blessed Thanksgiving. We're one
week past that now and we're tuning in today here
for a new episode. My man.

>> RB (00:28):
Yeah, new episode. I'm really excited for
it. As as always,
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(01:22):
you know, dude, it's funny because you mentioned Christmas three weeks
away. I remember June 25th being here and I
go, six months from now it'll be Christmas.
And that seems like yesterday.

>> RB (01:33):
Mhm.

I mean when you, when you throw in summer
vacation, summer golf, broken member
guests, all that shit that goes on. And
then next thing you know, it's like we've arrived and here we are
and it's great. And bowl season's kicking off,
um, which by the way, for you people out there tuning
into sports this past weekend, Thanksgiving Day,
obviously, I mean the debacle that

(01:55):
took place in Detroit with the, with the
Chicago Bears mismanaging the clock, obviously the man
lost his job over that. Um, but
the Bears still covered the spread in that game. And then
the night game with the packers playing the Dolphins.
Dolphins cannot win in cold weather, period.
And the NFL race is shaping up, dude. I

(02:16):
mean, you know the
nfc, you got the Lions
that are just ripping people apart. And
the Eagles are starting to get hot, bud. The Eagles starting to get hot.
AFC is wide open.

>> RB (02:29):
I really like the Lions, I really
do. Problem is, whenever you get into,
um,
playoffs, you know, it gets a little
tight, gets a little tense. You know, people change a Little bit.
It's like playing golf with a lead. Right. Uh, you start doing
some things that you wouldn't normally do.

Yeah.

>> RB (02:49):
And they bite you in the butt, and you end up losing. And there you go.
And then the person that's always there just kind of made it into the
playoffs. Chips away at it.
That is the Chiefs, um,
run away with it. Oh, yeah, because they've been there.

And that Black Friday game, I mean, another game they should
have lost, clearly. I mean, granted, the guy had to
kick a field goal to win, but the point being is they didn't get a chance to kick
the field goal because of the bad snap. And it's. That's
like three times this year where these Chiefs. And
do you feel like the refs.

>> RB (03:18):
Are kind of holding out a little bit?

I don't know. But it's. It's. It's interesting. You know, it's
kind of interesting how it all shapes up.

>> RB (03:24):
Well, um, the Steelers,
they came, they bounced back after the
Browns debacle. Um, they put
on a show against the Bengals, but it was a little
tighter than expected when you scored 44
points. Um, maybe the defense wants to show up every once in
a while.

Yeah, defense, you know, I don't like the
fact, but the point is, too, Cincinnati has a pretty good
offense, but, yeah, it's given up 38 still. Thank God we
had that defensive touchdown. But no, Russ was cooking,
baby.

>> RB (03:54):
He was cooking. And so it's a big one on Sunday against
the Browns again.

Again.

>> RB (03:59):
So, um, you know, the Browns have a short week.
This is where the Steelers have to take advantage of this and put them away,
boys.

And then Saturday, two days from now, you know, a lot of
the conference games in college, you know, you
know, Big 12, the ACC, the
SEC, Oregon to.

>> RB (04:14):
Absolutely. Boat race.

Penn State, Big 10. Oh, yeah.

>> RB (04:19):
I want that to be a debacle.

Well, you know, if you recall, earlier in the season, Penn State
snuck by usc, headed to the West Coast.
They were losing that game for a while, and then they came back and
won. And they're moving out back west now, or
I don't know where they're playing this, the championship game, but I gotta
imagine it's somewhere at a neutral site.
But regardless, they're playing that team on the west

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Coast, Oregon Ducks. And I feel like Oregon. Oregon
is just there. People don't realize how good their defense actually is to,
you know.

>> RB (04:48):
Yeah. And how about Oregon's Bo Nix? He's having a hell of a
year for rookie year. Um,
you know, is he Going to be Rookie of the Year for the NFL.
He's proven himself, and I know it started off
a little rough for him, and,
um, what's his
name?

Sean Payton.

>> RB (05:07):
Sean Payton, Yeah. I mean, how could I forget?

I mean, how could you, um, forget that?

>> RB (05:11):
But, you know, I think that Sean Payton
kind of corralled the troops a little bit, and he's
pretty good at doing that, so.

And then the Mountaineers fired Neil Brown, which,
obviously, Neil was a great guy, um, served
the Morgantown community here for the last six years.
But he gone, and I wish him the best, and
hopefully this new coach that we get, you
know, takes the reins a little bit and gets us back into contention. What I heard,
funny, I heard on the McAfee show, he. Bill
Belichick said something about. Hey, let me talk to you about

(05:41):
that. Let me talk to you about that.

>> RB (05:42):
Well, another question for you, Another name that, um, I'm going to throw out there
is Nick, uh,
Saban. You know, I don't think that
he is going to be a coach, but, hey, who's to say that he doesn't get
involved in some solacity.

Yeah.

>> RB (05:56):
Consulting, uh, with the team or something for West Virginia.
He said that he wants to get them back on the map, so.
I don't know. Jimbo, uh, Fisher. I know that's a name that's
being thrown around. Jimbo Fisher would have to give up his contract
of $70 million that he's being paid. He's not going to do that for
two years to help you out. Sorry, bud. Like, he's
enjoying feeding the cows. It's fine.

That's right. Yep. Angus. Black Angus.
So all kind of good things happening right now into this weekend,
guys, and.

>> RB (06:23):
For, uh, you know, for us
personally, we are one month away from our.

First golf trip, 20,
25.

>> RB (06:32):
So, yeah, um, we come out slinging right
out of the gates the first week in January, so we're really excited
for that one. Um, and, yeah,
man, we got a cool guest today. Yeah, fun
guest.

Three times Stanley cup champ, Big rig.
Joining us here on Chasing Birdies, Patty Maroon take
some time out of his schedule playing for the Chicago Blackhawks
now, but has had a hell
of a career on the ice, and,
uh, obviously loves to chase
birdies, bogeys, pars, all the above.
So the episode was fun, and I think it's

(07:07):
just time that we, uh, we quit talking, bud,
and we start talking with a guest. What do you say?

>> RB (07:13):
I love it.

You smoke?

>> Speaker A (07:14):
Sorry.

>> RB (07:15):
I'm smoking.

Morning cigar.

>> Speaker A (07:16):
All right.

>> RB (07:17):
Morning cigar. Buddy, roll it on over to the big
rig.

Patty Maroon, it's not too
often you're joined by a three time cup winner here on
Chasing Birdies, but today we are. Patty Maroon just
walked off the ice. He's sitting down with me and Pep right now.
We're having a little one on one discussion with the man.
Thanks for coming on the show today.

>> Speaker A (07:37):
Yeah, thanks for having me, boys. Really looking forward to it.

>> RB (07:40):
It's a long time coming, I'm telling you. I was in this group chat with you and
Flurry trying to hammer this down. You're a busy guy
and I understand that. I respect it.

>> Speaker A (07:47):
Yeah, I nice. I'm like flir. Sometimes
my cell phone, I don't get back to people.

>> RB (07:52):
He's terrible.

>> Speaker A (07:53):
He's awful. Uh, he's one of the worst.

>> RB (07:56):
The worst. But when he needs something, he picks it up real
quick.

>> Speaker A (08:00):
As I've gotten older, I've gotten worse in that situation of
like, you. You read it and then you
forget the text. You know, you read a
text, you're like, all right, I gotta respond. And then you think about it and then you
just like, forget about it. And then.
Yeah. Um, usually I'm not bad with getting back to people, but
I've been. I don't know, maybe I'm getting older. Old age.

No.

>> RB (08:20):
Chicago will do that to you too sometimes, right?

>> Speaker A (08:22):
Yeah, that's true.

I think we're all guilty of that, though. I mean,
because especially if you're in multiple group chats
and then you get some. One off text from just some
randos and you got to get back to them, but then it's like,
you know, whatever.

>> Speaker A (08:38):
No, for sure, but I don't think. No,
that was. That was on me. I. We
had this plan since last
year probably.

>> RB (08:48):
That's all right.

It's all good, though.

>> Speaker A (08:50):
We finally got it done.

>> RB (08:51):
We got it done.

So what's going on, man, in Chicago,
the big chi town? I mean, that's got to be a fun
vibe.

>> Speaker A (09:00):
Yeah, it is. It's been great. We. We love the city of
Chicago. I'm from St. Louis originally, so it's nice to be close
to home families in town. You know, family gets
to come up a lot. Her family gets to come up a lot.
Um, it's just been one of those, uh, you
know, it's a great city. Uh, we live in Lincoln park
there, so it's been.

>> RB (09:17):
That's awesome.

>> Speaker A (09:18):
Been excellent. Um, you know, we get to walk everywhere. I mean,
it's a little cold right now. So cold.
Um, but no, it's good. Obviously,
hockey part. I wish we were winning more, but, you know, hopefully
we can get on a roll here and get buzz in here. But,
um, everything's been great about the organization,
the city, you know, the players on the team. It's been great

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vibe. It's just the winning aspect of it. We gotta get.
We gotta get our. Our in gear here and get
some. Get some wins here, so. But it's. The vibe's been
great. Um, I love everything about it. I love the
city and the organization. The setup's great.

>> RB (09:53):
Two of the most underrated things about Chicago. Well, one,
not so underrated, but the food scene's incredible.

>> Speaker A (09:59):
Yeah.

>> RB (10:00):
In Chicago. It's amazing.

>> Speaker A (10:01):
It's amazing golf.

>> RB (10:04):
There is so much good golf in Chicago that I don't think people
realize.

>> Speaker A (10:08):
Yeah, there's a lot of golf. You know what's crazy, but you have
to drive about an hour in
traffic, so the time, you
know, that's true. So,
um. But, yeah, there's a ton of good golf courses
here. Um, I got the
opportunity to play a couple courses here, so it's been.
It's been good. You know, we. We tend to try to, you

(10:30):
know, play right before season starts a lot. Right. Right
before camp opens up. Um, and
then now, you know, it just.

>> RB (10:37):
It's over.

>> Speaker A (10:38):
Yeah, Over.

>> RB (10:39):
So that's why playing in Tampa was the
ideal situation for you. You know, obviously,
you're winning cups. Life was great. But also,
you know, how many organizations can you play for that you
go to the rink and then go play nine holes if you
want, in the afternoon or whatever?

>> Speaker A (10:56):
No, for sure. I think that was great for us because you
had an opportunity to do both. Um, and there's a lot
of good golf courses in Tampa. You're kind
of. You're kind of right in the middle, too. So you can get to anywhere fast.
Right?

>> RB (11:09):
Everything's 30 minutes in Tampa. I don't care what anybody says. It doesn't
matter how close or how far. It's 30 minutes.

>> Speaker A (11:14):
Yeah, everything's about 30 minutes. So it's been
good. Like, you know, that when. When I played there, we
had an opportunity. I was a member
of two courses. Um, any
day off, I got an opportunity to go play.
Um, you know, it's just. It's a different vibe.
Uh, you know, you can get kind of reset, get away from the game
a little bit. Go play. Go hit the skinnies and

(11:36):
just kind of just chill.

>> RB (11:38):
So are you still a Pelican?

>> Speaker A (11:41):
Yeah.

>> RB (11:41):
Okay.
So we just had a buddy Join. Like, a couple months
ago, um, Ryan almost got us
kicked out of there a couple, couple months ago,
um, for changing his shoes in the parking lot.

I mean, give me a break. Like, I just
put the shoes on in the parking lot, but I didn't see the sign there that
said, uh, right next to me, don't change shoes in the parking lot.
But then I asked the dude, I'm like, yo, can I, Am I
allowed to change shoes in a parking lot? I already did it though, by the way. I, uh,
was already done. And he's like, we prefer you do it in a locker room. And I was like,
well, I already did it, so whatever. And then they're busting my

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balls. I'm like, listen, we.

>> RB (12:19):
That place is awesome.

>> Speaker A (12:20):
You guys like it?

>> RB (12:21):
I love the place. The layout,
everything is good. I love the caddies were.
Everything was great. The food, everything.

>> Speaker A (12:30):
Yeah, it's a great course. I love the
staff there. Uh, Mr. Doyle did a great
job of, you know, going in there and reamping
that course and bringing the right people.
And, um, you know, when he asked, it was
kind of a no brainer for me to go and join. And
his family takes good care of me. Um, you
know, the staff there is great. The caddies are awesome. And

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that course is so well kept.
It's crazy.

>> RB (12:57):
It's like Augusta national mini.

>> Speaker A (12:59):
Like, you guys saw the hurricanes come
through, obviously, Florida,
this, this, uh, this
summer. Well, I guess,
yeah, September, whatever. But dude,
that course was flooded and they had it meant two
days later. Yeah, I was like, how is that even possible?

(13:19):
Like, they, uh, do a really good job. I
know that for a fact. Um, and
they, those greens are some of the best greens.

Oh, yeah.

>> Speaker A (13:28):
I can roll on ever. And, um,
um, yeah, I mean, I love it. It's
just nice because it's obviously walking
only. Um, it's nice to kind of just
walk and kind of chill. Like sometimes when you get in a golf
cart, you're rushing everywhere, you're driving your partner
everywhere, or, yeah, he's driving you everywhere if you're not
having a good day. So it's just like, it's nice to walk and kind of

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just chill, have a drink and,
um, you know, and you can't really lose a ball there.
No, that's kind of nice too.

>> RB (13:58):
And the squirrels, they're huge.

>> Speaker A (14:00):
Yeah, they're massive.

>> RB (14:01):
I mean, the one almost attacked. Beat cats.

Beat cats. Our buddy was running in circles.

>> RB (14:06):
Yeah.

Now he's the member. But
how about that one? Now he's the member. Dude, but the
sand, right? It's like the same sand as Augusta.

>> Speaker A (14:14):
Yeah.

And when I was told that, I was like, well, shit, I'm gonna try to hit in a
bunker. Like, I'm just gonna try to fill with this hands, like, for.

>> RB (14:20):
You know.

>> Speaker A (14:21):
I mean, it's awesome. Like, it's a course you
can score on for sure, but it's also a course that can get you
in trouble. Um.

Oh, yeah.

>> RB (14:30):
Well, you ask Flurry, though, he says it's easy. Like, everything's easy for
him, but he never breaks 80.

Yeah.

>> Speaker A (14:37):
God, that guy.

Yeah.

>> RB (14:39):
Own worst enemy on the golf course, Flurry.

>> Speaker A (14:43):
I mean, he, uh. I watched him ring off back
to back. 68,
69.
Um. Pretty impressive stuff. I mean, he can.
He can just hit the ball so far.

>> RB (14:55):
Oh, it's insane.

>> Speaker A (14:56):
Yeah, this iron game's great.

>> RB (14:59):
Uh, we were in, uh, We. We went to Ireland with him
and. Are you telling the three wood story?

Well, no, you can tell him the three wood story, but I would just thought about
that. Go ahead.

>> RB (15:08):
The other story, we were in Ireland with him and Vince, uh,
Trocheck, and we played, uh,
Royal county down this one par five
12 straight into the win or
no, straight downwind. And I thought I hit a pretty good one, and
he hit this low three wood. It was like 50 yards
by me. Ah,

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he absolutely smoked this thing.
And so with his little shitty grin that he had.

>> Speaker A (15:34):
Oh, yeah.

>> RB (15:35):
So giddy about everything.

Flurries was.

>> Speaker A (15:38):
Then he puts a chew in.

Yeah.

>> RB (15:40):
And he drinks three beers and pukes.

But, um, Fleurs was getting hit on, though, in the
lobby bar.
We were. We were popping some Guinness, and he was getting
hit on by this dude.

>> Speaker A (15:50):
No way.

And it was so uncomfortable. I actually will send
you the picture. It's so, uh, you guys, the picture of him just
sitting there feeling totally, like,
attacked by this cat. And basically, the guy
wanted to know if he was a boxer. He wanted to know if he
boxed flurries like the. Are
you talking about? And then he started asking more

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questions, and we're like, all right, we gotta get out.

>> Speaker A (16:13):
We gotta get out of here.

>> RB (16:14):
Um, well, you play with, um. Our buddy just
played with Connor Cruz. He said he was a great
dude.

>> Speaker A (16:21):
Talking awesome. He's the best. He's one of
the best. I get an opportunity to play with him quite a bit out
there. Um, went to some
concerts with them. He's the man. Dude. That guy's
awesome. We played in our. Because me and
Fls were just a funny story.
Main FL were playing in the one, uh, day member

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Guest. It was right after the season. I invited him, and Connor
was in our crew, in our group,
and another guy. And
so I'm like, hey, do you know who we're playing with? He's like, yeah. I was like,
that's Tom Cruise's kid. Yada, yada, yada. The
drinks, the drinks start flowing and
not even hole three into it, he's

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like, hey, so your dad's Tom Cruise?
I'm like, flirts. Come on, man. That guy probably doesn't want
to talk. He just wants to come out here and he just wants to be normal.
Like play golf. No, but he opened
up to us pretty well. It was a good day. Like, that's, that's
when we hit it off. Because he knew we liked to drink
a little bit. He was drinking a little bit. We were having fun.

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None of us had a good day that day. But, you know, we had fun on the
course, uh, with each other and just
crushing. So we, uh. That was just so
funny to me. He just right into it. He had no care in the
world. He just went right into it.

Yeah.

>> RB (17:37):
So I understand. I understand you've played Muirfield Village
and something, uh, with the caddy there.

>> Speaker A (17:43):
Yeah, it was pretty bad.

You almost snap him.

>> Speaker A (17:47):
Well, listen, the course was great.
It was in great condition. Uh, they just kind of treat us
like, Listen, I know we have a bunch of hockey
guys coming in. Um, my thing
is, don't tell guys you can come on and then treat, treat them
like right.

>> RB (18:02):
That's.

>> Speaker A (18:02):
That's fair, that's fair, that's fair. So, like, if you
really don't want us out there and you feel like the numbers don't want us out there, then
don't, don't have us come. Uh, we were lucky
enough. Um,
Rossovic, that plays in Carolina now, and, uh, Jared
Bull, oh, Bowlsy
Bullseye, uh, Play is a member there.
So Corey Perry knew him, so he, they,

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Those guys helped us out a little bit. And
Fuller and Roswell said we can use their clubs.
So, um, we get there
and we're teed off at
4:00.
Um, we grab lunch. We get there pretty early. Then we
start hitting balls with their rental clubs. They only give us one
rental clubs for, um,

(18:47):
I think three, four sums.

What?

>> Speaker A (18:50):
Um, so one, One bag of cart.
A group. Um,
we were kind of asking, hey, can we get more? Is there any
way they're. Yeah, yeah, whatever. So
after we kind of hit, we go down to
where we pick up the golf carts and
we go to the guy who's like, hey, Roswick

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and Bowler so we can use their clubs. Like,
no, no, they didn't. They just shut it down. I'm
like, all right, whatever. And par's like, no,
they did. So we're like. And I went over there. I was like, hey. They did like.
Like, you're not using them. And par. Like, here's the text
here. Here it is right here. Get my
clubs. And they're like, no.
So whatever.

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It's like 3:15. And we're kind of just sitting there.
We're teeing off at 4 and nothing.
There's no one in front of us. There's not one
person has teed off in, like, 15 minutes. Now 15
minutes goes by, we're like, hey, we. I go into the.
In the clubhouse, and I was like, hey, can we tee off like, your tea times
at 4? I was like, there's no one coming.

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Like, there's. We haven't seen one person in
literally 25 minutes. Like,
you're telling me your tea times are probably spread out by Every, what,
12 minutes?

>> RB (20:04):
Yeah.

>> Speaker A (20:04):
My guess is. So I was like, we haven't seen anyone. Like,
no, no, there's another guy coming right now. He's supposed to
tee off. Nothing. The
caddy's like, the one cad. He goes, he's not even here.
He's not even showing up today. So we go to the clubhouse. He's like, the
caddy's like, you're not. They're not coming today.
Like, he still might come. I'm like, just let

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us go. Like, we're not bad golfers. All these guys can hit.
Like, yeah, if. If they want to play in front of us when they get out
there, by all means, go.

>> RB (20:33):
You could have had four holes done by now.

>> Speaker A (20:35):
Well, we could have had. We. There was no one in front of us the
entire. Yeah, like, we could have had,
I mean, at least four.

>> RB (20:42):
Yeah.

>> Speaker A (20:43):
Um, and then we have our caddy, we get our beers,
and then our caddies second
hole grabs, just goes
right behind her, cart grabs a beer, opens, and starts
drinking. I'm like, what the fuck is going on?
Like, this can't be real life. Like,
I was like, there's no way this is real life right now. Like,

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I'm looking at everyone. I'm like, are you guys seeing this?
And then, like, he kept doing it. I'm like, what is
going on? Like, I get
it. Like, he's like, I love Bowler. Like, he's my guy. And I'm
like, all right, whatever. Maybe they do it together. But like,
yeah, but we're not even.

>> RB (21:20):
Allowed to use his clubs now. You're drinking our beers.

>> Speaker A (21:22):
Yeah, no, no. Yeah, that too. And then
randomly. Was it the second hole or the
third hole? I might. I think it might have been the second hole,
too. He grabs my. He grabs someone's driver
rental club and just tees off, hits a ball,
and I'm like, what is going on?
Like, this is like, uh, this. Like,

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I've never seen this done before.

That's so weird. That, like.

>> Speaker A (21:46):
And he was like, so, like, listen, he was a
great guy. He was like. But he was, like, cocky. He's like, oh,
you trying to fit in with you guys, you gotta do that. You got, like,
telling us what to do. And, like. And everyone's like,
like, all right. Like, shut up. Like, we just want to come, um, golf. Give.
If you want to give us a read, give us a read. Whatever.
Like, no one really cares. Like, guys
were asking for a read. And then we're on

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that downhill par
three over the water. Um,
12. 12. Is that 12?

>> RB (22:18):
Um, yeah, there's 12 yet. 12 and 16 are the ones
with water.

>> Speaker A (22:22):
The one that's downhill. And he's like, uh,
oh, you guys stink. He's just kept chirping us. And
I'm like, all right, good. I want to see you hit the ball again.
Now I'm pissed. Now I'm like, screw you, dude.
Like, get up and hit it. He shanks one so
far, right? Doesn't barely make it. 60
yards, goes in the water. He's like, give me another
ball. Same thing. I'm like, stop chirping

(22:44):
us. Like, you're just as bad. Like, yeah,
we're just. Literally, it's our day off. We're just trying to hang
out and play some golf.

>> RB (22:51):
And so far, it's been miserable.

>> Speaker A (22:53):
It was the worst experience. The food was
great.

>> RB (22:56):
Milkshake.

>> Speaker A (22:57):
Milkshake. Yeah. Uh, they were great. The food was great. But, like,
the service and they kind of, like, you could tell, like, they didn't
want us there. They put us at the last tea time possible.
And, um, you can just tell, like, the
caddies probably didn't want to go because they had. Probably had to do another,
right? So, like, it was just kind of
shitty in that part. But I'm

(23:18):
sure that's a one off for us. That's probably, like, a one off.
That's one thing.

>> RB (23:23):
I think that, too. You. You go. You can flip the script
on that one, right? I'm sure you've been over to Grove 23
being in Tampa, that's
the opposite. There, they make you feel like you're a member,
and whatever you need, they do. What. I mean, it's
just. It's such a cool vibe. And, you know, you
got. You can wear gym shorts and a T shirt there,

(23:43):
and you want to tee off whenever, go.
Uh, it's just. I think that's the way golf's going is just
like, let us do what we want.

>> Speaker A (23:51):
No, I agree.

>> RB (23:52):
Within reason.

But I mean, to their point, like, it's not like they
were teeing off on a Saturday at 11 in the
morning. I mean, we're talking. They had a 4 o'clock tee time and no one was
around. Like, come on, you got to give some
leniency.

>> RB (24:06):
But like he said, if you don't want us there, then that's fine.

Just tell us that or just say.

>> RB (24:09):
Don'T waste our time.

Yeah, they love Whiz. They love Wiz Newski.

>> Speaker A (24:14):
Yeah, they do, huh? Uh.

Oh, yeah.

>> Speaker A (24:16):
But we. And Flourish and Headman played double Eagle
the next day, um, after
practice. That was.

>> RB (24:23):
That's a good one. I heard that's a really.

>> Speaker A (24:25):
Caddy. Uh,
he was everything. He was a caddy. Like, maintenance guy.
Like, he's been there for years. He was like. I think
he was 80 years old. And, like,
this guy was awesome. Like, we.
He was the best. Like, we. The first
hole or second hole, we're

(24:45):
on the greens and, like,
without even hesitation, he's like, it's
uphill
110% left to right. Was.
Didn't even look, and it was like, bang on.
Like, he knew. Like, it was, like, instant.
And I was just like, this is unreal. Like, Flourish is like,
dude, he's even looked. And I was like, well, that's

(25:08):
a guy that's probably been there for 40 plus
years. Like, I don't think he needs to. He could
probably walk and feel where it's. Where he is, where it's
at. And, like. And like, he was doing that all day, and
his reads were just unreal. So I was just like, this is
unbelievable.

>> RB (25:23):
Like, yeah, Completely different experience for you.

>> Speaker A (25:25):
Completely different. People are so friendly. So
nice. Take your time. Play as many holes you want.
We are the only people out there.

>> RB (25:34):
Pine Valley, which you got on your hat right now, that. That experience
is out of this world now. Ryan's never. Ryan's been there, but he's been
rained out twice.
Um, I've gotten to experience it, and
that is awesome.

>> Speaker A (25:46):
Yeah, that's a great spot. Um, we.
Yeah, my. A friend of mine,
my trainer at my gym in St. Louis.
Um. Uh, these people
I met, they're an older couple. And,
um, the gentleman John that took
us, um, he's a member there, and

(26:06):
he always asks. He's like, you should. You should. I
play golf with him in the summer. And he's like, if you had the
time, like, come to Pine Valley. And I kind of just
brush it off. Like, you don't really want to call people and be, okay, take me
to Pine Valley.
Um, so Stammer had his
500,000 game, and I just shot
him a text. He's like, hey, is there any way you can help me out?

(26:29):
Um, it's obviously a long shot for you,
but if you can
donate around a golf with
Steven Stamko. She's like, without hesitation.
He's like, absolutely. And it was just like,
all right. And then he comes back with, I got another guy, so
now we can bring up to six guest. So I was
like, oh, damn.

>> RB (26:49):
So now the planes. And now. Now that you're taking
a plane.

>> Speaker A (26:53):
Now we're. Yeah, now the planes, and now the wheels are
moving. Now everyone's heads are moving. And I looked at
Stammer. I was like, listen, like, you don't have to
take me, because I'm doing this.
Like, pick your guys that, like, have been
with you for, you know, the majority
of the time. And,
uh. And then I got a text. He's like, you're

(27:15):
coming, right? And I was like, I don't know yet.
Um, because I. John, text me that. Because I
was like, I don't know yet, because Stammer's kind of picking the thing. He's
like, well, I'd love for you to come. So I was like, all right.
So I'm, like, banking on Stammer to invite me, and
obviously, he ended up inviting me because. But
it was a good time. Like, that experience was great.

(27:36):
Um, we had some good stories, man.
We. We were pretty. The first day was awesome.
Played and then got, uh, a little drunk,
smoking, had dinner. Then we set out back,
smoked some cigars. And Brad Faxon was there.

>> RB (27:51):
Yes. And, um, he's got
some stories.

>> Speaker A (27:55):
We. Yeah, we, uh. John
wasn't too happy the next morning because he left,
but m. Once he
found out we were with Brad, he was like, all right, maybe that's fine.
But it was, like, pitch black. And we go to
18, and we bring that. He makes all the
workers bring the golf carts and to shine them on
18. And we're all doing a putt off for, like, 100 bucks, me

(28:18):
and him. I would. I have a sweet video of me.

>> RB (28:20):
And him at Pine Valley. Yeah, that's
pretty sick. I don't think.

>> Speaker A (28:24):
Too many people lessons, and,
uh, obviously, we weren't being obnoxious. We were just having
fun, playing. Playing a little putt off, and then he
was giving us all lessons, and then, uh, me and him
had a. A putt off, and,
um, I made it. Then he came back and made it. But
it was great. Uh, we had a good time. I mean, the

(28:44):
course is great. Hard walk, though, walking through
sand like that.

>> RB (28:48):
Dude, it's so hard.

>> Speaker A (28:49):
It's tough.

>> RB (28:51):
And, I mean, I'm not trained at
all, so, um, that's really a hard walk
there.

I just remember. The only thing I remember vividly is the pro shop.
Being small, it's tight,
relatively speaking, to what you would think,
right?

>> RB (29:07):
It's very small.

But I can't comment on the course.

>> RB (29:10):
Yeah, it is. It's awesome.
Like, the showers, the locker room. It's so cool there.
Uh, yeah.

>> Speaker A (29:17):
Yeah. I just. It's just. I feel like they haven't changed things
since it's been built, so maybe one.

>> RB (29:22):
Day we'll get you out there, Bash.

Hey, you know what? Uh, third time's a charm. Fourth time's a
charm, whatever it is. You know? But you just set it up.
I'll be right there. Just holler.

>> Speaker A (29:31):
Yeah. I mean, I've. So all that in one year. I
played Augusta and Pine Valley.

You got Augusta?

>> Speaker A (29:38):
Yeah.

What was that like? Did m. You take
photos, like, every hole?

>> Speaker A (29:45):
Ah, so. You're not supposed to. It's like, Pine Valley.
You can't have your phone.

But.

>> Speaker A (29:52):
So once you do.

Sometimes the.

>> Speaker A (29:55):
When we, uh, we were lucky enough. That's actually a pretty
funny story, Mr.
Um. Doyle, the owner of Pelican,
which is a big sponsor for the Lightning,
he's a member there. And we were playing
one day with, um. It was me, Alex,
Corn, his son Danny, and

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him, and
I was drinking a couple High Noons, and I was like,
at once. I was like, Mr. Doyle, uh, how's
Augusta? He's like, oh, it's beautiful. Like, it's great.
And kind of just like, randomly just go,
when are you gonna take me? He goes, whatever you
want. And then we're on our way home, and

(30:37):
Killer's like, man, do you think he'll really take us? I'm like,
I have no idea. But I just. He's like,
why'd you just ask him that? I was like, uh, who cares? What's he gonna say
no, right?

>> RB (30:47):
You're in the same position.

>> Speaker A (30:48):
We're in the same position. Like, what? He's. If
he's obviously playing golf with us, he likes us. Like,
we're athletes. Like, he doesn't have to talk business. Like,
we're just kind of hanging out. Like, he's like, man, that would
be cool. So we're in Philly,
and we were kind of all texting, a group chat before, but
we didn't think it was going to fall off because he's like, give us some.

(31:09):
He goes, give us some dates.
And we gave him the dates of our
long All Star break. And I was like, oh, uh, whatever.
Maybe it's not going to work. It is. Whatever. And,
uh. But we were so, like, grateful at that time anyways,
of this. Him acknowledging it. Yeah, we didn't think he
would acknowledge it. Um,

(31:29):
but that's the kind of person he is. He's just so nice, and the family's
just so nice. And I get a
call in Philly,
and, um, I go,
hey, Mr. Doyzak. Everything's, uh,
booked for Augusta. I was like, really?
Yeah. I was like, so we're. He's like, we'll

(31:49):
leave Sunday morning. We'll go play
18, wake up Monday. Play 18, play par three,
fly home. I was like, all right. I was like, how do I fly there? Like,
how. What. What.

>> RB (31:59):
Like, what airline?

>> Speaker A (32:01):
What airline? Like, where do I fly into? He's like, I guess you don't
like flying private. I said, yep. All right. Got
it.

>> RB (32:07):
Got it.

>> Speaker A (32:08):
And then, like, he sent us, like, a
itinerary sheet of, like, what
you can and can't do, what to wear and all this stuff, and
it was just. It was beautiful. Like,
very, um, grateful of him and what he's done for me,
you know, and the opportunity for him
to take me. It was like, you know, that's like one in the

(32:29):
Stanley cup to me. Like that.

>> RB (32:30):
Yeah, that's definitely
both, uh, in one year.

>> Speaker A (32:35):
Yeah.

But what's one thing about
Augusta that you thought differently going into
it? That after playing it, you know, is it a hole?
Is it, like. What's one thing that you realized when you were there
playing it that might be different than what spectators see on TV?

>> Speaker A (32:50):
16. It's not a
downhill shot, really?

Level.

>> Speaker A (32:58):
Level.

>> RB (32:59):
Wow.

>> Speaker A (33:00):
A lot of wind.
I mean, we played in February,
and it was perfect.

>> RB (33:07):
Probably there, too.

>> Speaker A (33:08):
And the first day was. It rained on us
heavily until about we got to 10,
it kind of stopped. Uh, it was
windy, but it just
seems like if there's like a divot or
like an acorn. The green in the fairway,
you see, it's like someone like comes out of the woods and grabs it
fixes like, perfect. And

(33:30):
like, um, it
was great. Like, we were the only.
There's another group out there from New Zealand. The prime
minister and his three
buddies. They came over. I think they were trying to play like
300 plus holes before they went home.
And they were going out there. I think they were

(33:51):
going out there to play, finish the rest,
and then they were leaving. So it was just us out there. It was
awesome. Like, no worries. Like,
just had fun. But go back to your
pictures. We couldn't leave. Our phone had to be in
the. In the room.
Only the member can use his phone.

>> RB (34:12):
And that's interesting.

That is kind of cool, though.

>> Speaker A (34:14):
That is cool. So he's the one that took pictures.

>> RB (34:17):
That's awesome.

>> Speaker A (34:18):
He took a ton of videos, a ton of pictures. It
was awesome.

>> RB (34:22):
Like, because they're probably like, listen, these members are, uh, the guests are going to
hold up, play. If there is a lot of play.

Yeah, they're going to be taking pictures.

>> RB (34:27):
Keep it rolling. The members going to be here again.
Let him do it.

>> Speaker A (34:31):
And the grandstands were going up when we were there because it was
February, so it was pretty
cool.

I got to imagine, uh, teeing off on the first tee. Like, the
bubble guts start going a little bit. Like you're sitting there and you're
feeling something. You know, it's like
not quite game seven feeling maybe, but something
similar to that where you're just like your teen off. First
hole.

>> Speaker A (34:52):
No, it was bubble guts for sure. I was like, don't this up.
Uh, like, don't shank this. Because the club
pro was out there, his son or a
college kid that was playing with him that day or
something, or he just finished, but it was
raining and everyone's just kind of sitting around.
You're like, the nerves hit.
Thank God I put one right down the middle. Because

(35:15):
we go up to the first tee and like, only one
shot, and I'm like, oh,
man. We don't get. We don't get two shots if I
mess this up.

>> RB (35:24):
No breakfast bowl, huh?

>> Speaker A (35:25):
No, uh, but it was great. Like, we.
We loved it. Like, I mean, it was just beautiful
out there. Like, everything about it, the.
The people, like, we like
legit. We were. There's probably.
There's another gentleman, old gentleman that was just having dinner. He doesn't
play golf anymore. He had like his whole family there just at

(35:46):
dinner. We saw them and then the prime minister, then us, and,
like, we were the only ones. Kind of walk around
the dining room and, like, you go to
the bar area, there's like a worker that pops out of nowhere. I'm
like, you guys have like a ton of workers for maybe
15 people here. So, like, it was just nuts to me.
Like, we're going everywhere, but he got that. We got
the opportunity to go have a drink up in the Crow's Nest. That was

(36:08):
sweet.

Damn.

>> RB (36:11):
I hear their wine selection there is like,
all world.

>> Speaker A (36:14):
Yeah, it is all world. They took us down there. It was
sweet, like, everything. Like,
the bottles to, you
know, the whiskey to, you
know, they got literally everything.

>> RB (36:28):
Well, we're, we're, um, we're going down the pelican
January 3rd to the 5th for a little trip. And,
uh, there's, I think, six of us going.
And, um, four of the guys never ate a burns before.
So we're were indulging in that Friday night, which.
I love that place. Yeah, their wine
selections. Out of this world.

>> Speaker A (36:46):
It is out of this world. Where you get you guys staying in the Villas at
Pelican.

>> RB (36:51):
Um, BCATS Villas.
The BCATS condo over in Clearwater.
But I might talk it into, uh, letting us get
us a place over there.

Well, the issue is we're all, like, close
to 40 years old, you know, and we
have routines. Like, me, I gotta have my routine in the
morning. You know, I have my coffee, run
to the bathroom, whatever I do, whatever.
You know, take a shower, scrub it up a little bit, and get
moving. But, uh, some people might not be like that, and so

(37:21):
we're a little concerned about that. So BCATS is definitely listening
right now, and he's definitely gonna say something to Pep and I about
this, and it's a conversation that we'll have next week. Bk
but, um, going back to the Augusta
thing real quick, we always have that discussion, like, hey,
what would you pay?

>> RB (37:37):
Yeah.

If you got a call today that said, hey, you can go
play Augusta, and you know, you've
already played it, so it me, I'm saying
25k. I'm in right now.

>> Speaker A (37:49):
Pep.

>> RB (37:51):
Yeah. Yeah. I like that number.

I mean, it's. It's a. Listen to the stories that he just said.
It's. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity for
gophers.

>> RB (38:00):
I got the opportunity to play Sage Valley, which, if you
haven't done. Have you done Sage Valley?

>> Speaker A (38:04):
No.

>> RB (38:06):
We can make that happen in end
of April, early May. We can plan something. You bring
some Guys down. We'll make it happen. But,
um, got to do it. And the caddies
there do Augusta and
Sage, and, um, it was awesome. Just hearing some of
the stories that I'm telling about Augusta and how similar

(38:26):
Sage is to Augusta. Um.
But, man, what a vibe down there. It's incredible.
And that's the best thing about it. It's just golf, dude. It's all
golf. And you're drinking good drinks and
good food, and it's like, the ultimate experience for a
golfer. Either one. I'm assuming Augusta is the same
way.

>> Speaker A (38:44):
Yeah, I mean, it was just. The experience was great. Everyone's just so
friendly, so nice. I think, too, like, you
just. You go to a place like that, and everyone's kind of.
And all. A little bit. You're just kind of staring. So I just, you know,
I just caught myself, uh, staring in the space
someday. Like, I was just like. I'm really doing
that even in the dining room. I'm just, like, looking around. Like,

(39:04):
you know, people are talking. I'm probably not listening, because I'm just,
like, looking so, like,
you get a place like that, and it's
just, you know, it's remarkable
because, you know, it's like I said, it's like a Stanley cup for me, going
to a place like that and fortunate to be able
to do it.

>> RB (39:22):
Well, fortunately, you have three of those.

>> Speaker A (39:25):
Yeah, I know.

>> RB (39:26):
Which, I mean, talk about that. I mean,
you played for your hometown team, St. Louis Blues, win a Stanley
cup, which they were struggling there for a little bit. Uh, they
win a Cup, and then you get.
Did you get traded or did you sign and.

>> Speaker A (39:40):
I signed as a free agent.

>> RB (39:41):
And then you win two Cups, and then you almost had a chance at the fourth in a
row. That's insane.

>> Speaker A (39:46):
It was insane. Yeah.

>> RB (39:47):
Uh, tiring, too, huh?

>> Speaker A (39:50):
Uh, yeah, it was great. Um, obviously,
St. Louis was fun. I got to go back home, play,
kind, um, of be a part of my son, you know, because,
you know, I've gone during the year. He lives in St. Louis, and
he's playing hockey on a school, so it was an opportunity for
me to go home and be a part with him.
And didn't start off great.

(40:10):
Um, you know, dead last in
January, and then somehow get
out of the funk and win
11 straight games. And we're kind of buzzing. We're flowing. And
then, you know, it just kind of took the turns, you
know, and, uh, we just. We felt
it. We. We felt great. Going to the playoffs, we were the hottest

(40:31):
team. Going to the playoffs, we Feel like we can beat anyone. Um,
we got the third seed playing Winnipeg.
Um, you know, beat those
guys, and we go into Dallas, you
know, win game seven. Um, we were
down three, two, going to their place for game
six. Um, you know, win a
barn burner in game seven. Two. One hockey game. But

(40:53):
we just had that swagger, that confidence that we knew,
like, if we make a mistake, the next man's
going to pick you up.

>> RB (41:00):
That's all. Yeah, that's.

>> Speaker A (41:01):
And it's just like, you knew if, like, a defenseman made a
mistake, Bennington was going to pick you up. And
we just had that vibe, that swagger that, you
know, we didn't have in the beginning of the year. We weren't, you know,
we didn't have any All Stars. I mean, Ryan O'Reilly had a
great year. Shannon Teresenko, I
mean, we had some good players, but we didn't have, like, the

(41:21):
elites. The best of the best, right, that you would call, like,
a cooch or McKinnon or McDavid or dry
seidel or, you know, Patrick Kane taste.
Guys that can, like, take over games. Like, we had guys that just play the
simple way, played the right way. Um,
you know, they cared for the team. And we just
got. We just got rolling. We are big and heavy. We're
strong in your face type of team.

(41:44):
Um, and we just steamrolled kind of, you know,
we. Conference finals.
The Blues have been there a lot of times, so it was
like, is this the Blues year? Are they going to get over the
hump? Like, are they going to just lose another conference finals in the
San Jose Sharks or, you know,
and, you know, that hand pass goal.

(42:04):
Now San Jose is up 2:1 in the series.
And I still remember Berubi came in and goes,
boys, don't even comment in the media. It. Who
cares? I mean, everyone makes mistakes. They made a mistake.
We know it. Nothing we can do. Tomorrow's a new day. Wake
up and we'll get them. Game four. And we
won three straight. And it was just,

(42:25):
uh. Now we're off to the finals and we're playing an elite
team, Boston. Good team. And,
uh, it was a back and forth, you know,
win one, win one, win one, win one, win one, win one. And
then we finally took that one. We were on the ropes
in game seven, by all means, the first 12 minutes.
But, um, it was.
Bennington was great.

>> RB (42:46):
What a. What a.
You know, you growing up as a hockey player and
it's. Bash and I were obviously
golf fans and all that, but and
we'll never have a major championship. But what's that
relief for you whenever you get the hoist that
trophy and finally, just like, is it just. You
just excel and just enjoy it?

>> Speaker A (43:07):
Huh?

>> RB (43:07):
Huh?

>> Speaker A (43:07):
Yeah, you do. I think the coolest part is,
like, watching the older guys that
never won before, just like Jay
Bomeester and Alex Steen, like, guys that played,
you know, 20 years in the league that's grinded that this
is, you know, this is what they wanted.
Um, and to watch them lift that
cup over their head was just like, Jesus Christ. Like,

(43:30):
this is why you play the game right here, to watch these
guys. And, you know, I. I wish everyone can have
that feeling in the NHL, and unfortunately, not everyone has that
feeling, but I think it's one of the best feelings
in the world when you get an opportunity, someone passes that cup to
you, and you just lift it up and you skate around, you're
like. You just kind of. Like you said, you kind of take a

(43:50):
deep breath, you take it all in. You're like, this is why
we play the game right here.

Yeah.

>> RB (43:55):
Uh, Brett hall celebrated like he was on the team, too. So.
Yeah, but
then you. I mean, again, you go, what a run. Then you go to
Tampa. You win two in a row. There had an opportunity for
three in a row with Tampa, and it's just,
um. Again, you look back on your career, and it's just.
You won three Stanley Cups in a row. Like, what in the hell?

Yeah.

>> Speaker A (44:16):
Yeah, it was crazy. Like, you know, when we won the
one in the bubble, I was like, two in a
row didn't really sink in, but I was,
like, happy. I was like, this is
awesome. Like, these guys, for me, it was
like, again, it goes back to
watching these guys, like, in 2019,

(44:36):
a team that had the most wins
before Boston, or they tied for the most
wins before Boston just broke it. But they get swept by
a Columbus team, they're deflated. Are
they blowing up the team? What are they going to do? Media is
all over them. And then, you know, we
go into the year, we get, you know,

(44:58):
myself. And then we traded for Barkley,
Goodreau, Coleman, all these guys that
just. Yeah, they needed to kind of
get over the hump and to watch them
win it, like, had been in stammer that been
there for so long. Yeah, it was like, a sign of relief for
these guys because they've been so close. You know, they
Stanley cup appearance, you know, they've been to multiple conference

(45:20):
finals. They were there. And again, it
goes back to like, why we play the game, to see guys like
that, that been with one organization to get an opportunity
to do that. And, um, I think
it was cool because we. We won that year.
And we go back and it's. Coop
had a cool little saying

(45:41):
when we started training camp. This is our last day of school
together. So he brought that model into us.
He's like, this is our last day of school. Like, no one's gonna be
a lot of guys. A lot of you guys aren't gonna be here next year. Free
agents, like, guys are gonna sign. He's like, this is
our last day of school. And I thought that was cool. He's like, we
have another opportunity to do what Pittsburgh did. People

(46:01):
are going to take us out of this. You guys won because it
was in the bubble.
Bubble. He's like, this is our time, whatever.
Obviously, the short season, but still we. We came.
We won in end of October,
and we. No, we won in September,
and we were already playing Camp
Christmas. So, like, it was a quick

(46:21):
turnaround. Was, uh.

>> RB (46:23):
What was the first, uh, thing you did with the
cup when you first won it? What was. When you got that? Your
cup with the day? What'd you do?

>> Speaker A (46:31):
Oh, man. What didn't I do? Uh,
I mean, I did everything.

>> RB (46:37):
Drank a million beers out of it.

>> Speaker A (46:39):
Drink a million beers. By the end of it, though, like, it's
with anything, um,
you kind of want to just get rid of it because, like, you're holding
it. People want to take pictures with you. It's like,
it can kind of get exhausting.

Yeah.

>> Speaker A (46:54):
Um. You know, I think the best part for
me is just being there with family and friends in the beginning
and.

>> RB (47:00):
Yeah.

>> Speaker A (47:01):
Getting to enjoy that and, like, drinking out of it and having, um, fun with
that part. Because once you get. Once it gets into a
big party, then it's just, like, it's over.
It's over because then it's like, cousins,
friends, more cousins, aunts, uncles.

>> RB (47:14):
You know, people you didn't know that know you.

>> Speaker A (47:17):
Yeah. And, uh, I think.
But I. I love the second time around. I kind of did
it right the first time. You don't really know. You know,
I took it to my uncle's roller hockey rink. I took it to her
family's restaurant, took it out to my
buddy's farm. Um, it was awesome. It was a great
time, but you learn and you learn.
And, uh, the second time was better. You just

(47:40):
went to the hotel. We rented this place in the hotels.
We did, like, a morning brunch, hung
out, uh, family Came close, friends
came. And then we took, kind of took the bus around to my
hometown. Took it to every bar. It
was great. Like, I got to see, you know, kids I went to
high school with.

Yeah. You know, like, look at me now.

>> Speaker A (48:00):
Yeah, yeah, it was fun. Um, you know, I
took it to my grandparents graves so
like, you get, you. You kind of learn your second time
around. And then I just drew like a. I had like a wedding venue at
us through like a huge party.

>> RB (48:13):
Yeah, that's awesome.

>> Speaker A (48:14):
It was perfect. We had a live band, you know, dance
floor, dj. So. And that's more.
It's. It's better that way because then you can put the cup
down and guys can, you know, go
over and touch it. And it was great though because the
blues guys were in town because I did in early
September, so everyone was back in town.

(48:34):
Um, Wayne Gretzky showed up, so that was cool.
Um, a couple of Tampa guys were there. McDonough
Bogosian John Cooper showed up.
But yeah, Kelly Chase, I mean,
Chaser.

>> RB (48:47):
Had a time, huh, huh? Yeah, he was at everyone's Stanley cup
party probably.

>> Speaker A (48:51):
It was funny because the cup has a curfew,
right? And
Phil was like, hey, Pat, you know, it's 12,
like it's got to go. I was like, hey, like
Wayne's showing up. He's like, really? I was like,
yeah. It's like, do you mind? He's like, absolutely. This thing can
stay as long as it wants. I was like,
perfect. But

(49:13):
at that time at 12, everyone was kind of dying down
a little bit.

>> RB (49:16):
So like people were getting out.

>> Speaker A (49:19):
People were getting out and uh, Wayne
shows up. It was fun. Like, that's awesome. Stay till about
2:30.

>> RB (49:25):
So freaking drink a couple with Wayno.

>> Speaker A (49:27):
And yeah, it was awesome. So like, I was lucky
enough. Even the night before, Phil texted me. He's like, hey,
I'm in town early. I know you're staying at the
Ritz. Um, doesn't have
the cup. He's like, yeah, let's just bring it down to
the lobby and have a couple drinks. Is it perfect? So I
got to see it that night before too and kind of just, just me,
my, myself and my wife just kind of hanging out.

Myself so sick.

>> Speaker A (49:51):
So that was um, it was cool.
I mean, like I said though, like when you win,
I think the best part is being with your teammates at that
time. You know, drinking out of it, having fun, you
know, partying with it in the cities, running around the
cities, taking everywhere because you want to see like the
fans faces when they see nothing. Like,
so it's. It was cool.

The third time winning it, uh, you probably were like, hey, bud, you know what?
I did this. I did it two years in a row. Why don't you
guys touch it a little bit? I did it before.
That's really impressive. The fact that it could have been four is
just.

>> RB (50:25):
Yeah. I don't think there's too many people. Three Stanley
Cups, Pine Valley and Augusta National.

I mean, Patty is just on a roll.

>> RB (50:31):
He's living boys.

>> Speaker A (50:33):
Yeah. I was living my best life there.

You get into the mix a little bit with some roller hockey.

>> Speaker A (50:38):
Yeah.

Is it like, beer league, or are you, like, legit, like, crushing
people?

>> Speaker A (50:45):
Um, I used.
Like, before I. We moved
to Tampa. Like, my uncle runs a roller hockey
rink. All Americans. My best
friend's dad owns the building, and I grew up with
them. Um, and I lived at that rink, and
I would go play men's league if I was living in St. Louis. Yeah,

(51:05):
that's more like beer league. Like, you're with your
buddies.

Yeah.

>> Speaker A (51:09):
Or you're with your old teammates that played before
Triple A. Guys that have their own team. Uh, but I
do play nationals. Like, it's called the
pro division. Uh, they put, like, 20
grand up for it. And, uh, it's
like, these guys that play roller hockey, for them, it's just
like, you know, it's like they're Stanley cup, like.

Yeah.

>> Speaker A (51:29):
Pride. Enjoy. Guys have jobs, you know.

Yeah, that's what I like.

>> Speaker A (51:34):
They, you know, but this is. This is how they keep their
competitiveness. Like, guys that used to play or, you
know, only played roller hockey or played ice before,
but, you know, been bounced around, but retired, but they want
to still compete and get that competitive edge.
So, um, the pro division is excellent. It's a
lot of guys that just play roller hockey that only know. And
it's. It's fast, it's skilled. These. These guys

(51:57):
are so good. Um, but I grew up
playing it. That's all I knew when I was young. I just loved
it. And I, uh, still love it. I think it's a
great sport. I think it's good for. For your
hands, your. Your vision, everything about it,
patience about the game. I
enjoy. That kind of translates over to ice hockey.
So, um, I really like the sport

(52:19):
a lot. I think, uh, you know, obviously,
sometimes it can get a bad rep from other people, but
I think it's so good for people.

Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, it
transcribed, like, everything you
do on the ice has some, in some
way is parallels to your Golf swing
shit.

>> Speaker A (52:40):
I agree. Your slap shot.

Just look at Hayden. Look how he slaps
it.

>> Speaker A (52:46):
Yeah, I know.

>> RB (52:47):
Putt work shit, though.

Uh, yeah, I wish.

>> Speaker A (52:51):
I need to figure out my game. My game sucks. But, you
know, there's one thing I do do. I
compete. I don't give up, man. I'm always in
it somehow, so I love it.

Right.

>> Speaker A (53:01):
That's a grinder out there, people. Hayden hates
it sometimes because he's like, I don't know how the hell you do it. Your swing
is terrible. You barely hit the ball
245 yards.
Um, but, yeah, it's just like, I
just grind. I just go out there and grind and, you know, I try
to make my pars or bogeys and kind of walk away from it,
like, make the odd birdie here and there.

>> RB (53:23):
Yeah.

>> Speaker A (53:23):
And, uh, you know, give myself a
chance. So, I mean,
I. I just enjoy the game of golf. I
love it. Like, it's my time when summer comes around.
It's like, that's my time to get away.

That's right.

>> Speaker A (53:37):
That's my.
That's my.

>> RB (53:39):
And everyone needs that space.

>> Speaker A (53:40):
Everyone needs it. Summertime, um,
it sucks, though, because in Florida,
courses close because it's. It's their
off season, so it's. It's tough.
You know, Pelican,
I think closes after July 4th,
so then, you know, but I.

(54:01):
They were doing like a three week maintenance thing.
Three weeks on for two, three weeks, and then
off or a month, and then reopen after Labor Day for
the summer. For the what? For the season. So it was
tough. Um, so you can maybe
only squeak in about, you know, six, seven rounds.

>> RB (54:18):
Yeah.

>> Speaker A (54:18):
Before they. They shut down. But you guys, you know, you want to
play right now in their peak.

>> RB (54:23):
Season, when everything's like, yeah, I can't
wait.

>> Speaker A (54:26):
Yeah, I mean, it's gonna be good. Ryan McDonough
was just joined out there, and he played. He was sending me
pictures, uh, the other day, and he's like, man, this
course is unbelievable. He's like, it's just in such great
shape. He's like, the caddies are the best. You know, I feel
like everyone has such a good. When I bring people out there,
like, man, this is great. Like, it's just so peaceful. It's

(54:46):
relaxed, and everyone's so friendly, and it's just like,
yeah, man. Just. They did it the right way.

No, they did. And we're definitely stoked to get back down there
and play it again.

>> Speaker A (54:57):
But, um, the greens are like, Augusta,
too. Yeah.

Yeah.

>> RB (55:01):
Well, I mean, I Don't know that.

>> Speaker A (55:04):
From what other people say is related in the way they're
smokes and all that. I think they took a page out of
their. Because I think Fred Ridley's a
member. Yeah.

>> RB (55:13):
Yeah, so. So Fred Ridley's
daughter is married to a guy in a town that we
all live in.

>> Speaker A (55:21):
Um, where are you guys living?

>> RB (55:23):
Pittsburgh South. South of Pittsburgh. Yep.

I'm in West Virginia, but close
enough state line. Morgantown.

>> RB (55:31):
Get him the Pikewood. He love that.

>> Speaker A (55:32):
Yeah, My wife's best friend
is from there.

Oh, really?

>> Speaker A (55:38):
Jillian Barnett.

Barnett from Morgantown.

>> Speaker A (55:42):
Jillian Barnett. Uh, she's from West
Virginia.

Huh.

>> Speaker A (55:47):
She went to Marshall.

Okay.

>> RB (55:49):
I played golf there.

>> Speaker A (55:50):
Yeah. Ah, she was.

>> RB (55:52):
I think I. I'm not kidding you. I think I know this
name.

>> Speaker A (55:55):
Yeah, she's like. You can look her up on Instagram if.
Julian Barnett.

>> RB (55:59):
All right.

Um, he.

>> Speaker A (56:01):
She's from West Virginia. Yeah.
Um. But, yeah, that's. Small world.
But she moved to St. Louis and then,
um, they became really good friends and she ended up dating
her brother for a little bit. And,
um. Yeah, small world.
Never been out to West Virginia.

>> RB (56:19):
Well, we can make that happen.

Well, we got two top hundos right here, my man, so
you're welcome anytime, man. When you get some downtime, we could do something
up in Pittsburgh, Fox Chapel or Oakmont, Laurel, and
then mosey on down here and hit up a couple spots.

>> RB (56:32):
Yeah, we'll do that. Really?

>> Speaker A (56:33):
Absolutely.

But I know we're getting close on our time with you, Patty, and
we really appreciate it, but I gotta say one thing before
we transition into our last segment called the Tap in
segment, how about the whole deal with biz
getting kind of gang. Gang bustered over there in
Scottsdale, man. I mean, these five guys didn't even
like, what are they thinking?

>> RB (56:53):
That one guy?

What are they thinking?

>> Speaker A (56:56):
Yeah, I don't know. Um. Now there's a
video escalating. They attack someone at the golf course.

Yeah.

>> RB (57:02):
Before that. Lay some lady out.

>> Speaker A (57:04):
Yeah. So like,
um. I mean, they. I, ah.
Uh, they're lucky, to be honest with you.
Um, because if they didn't have
six, I mean, if they maybe had three, I think
bizarre would have took him out.
But, I mean, it didn't even look like biz had a scratch. But
if you see all those photos, those guys looked hurt.

Yeah.

>> RB (57:28):
The gun green.

>> Speaker A (57:29):
I just think it's immaturity. Like, it seems like
I've been. I've been on Twitter and this one
guys just been like, feeding my
Twitter feed with like, all the information about These
people, he's, like, going deep. And I think biz
is having that. Having this guy on to talk to
him about what he's been finding and all this stuff

(57:50):
they have.

>> RB (57:51):
Hilarious.

>> Speaker A (57:52):
Um, so I think that's not their first
offense, but, you know, man up
to biz. I mean, he's sticking up for a place that he goes,
that he's loyal to, too. He knows the managers
there, he knows the workers. And, uh, good on him
because it seemed like no one else was doing anything. And good on
him for stepping in and.

>> RB (58:11):
Yeah, for sure.

>> Speaker A (58:12):
Definitely. Um, you know. You know,
some people can just be, you know, that's it. It's just
like, grow up. Like, if they're not going to serve you because you don't have a
seat at the bar, just. Just wait. Be patient.

>> RB (58:24):
Yeah.

Yeah.

>> Speaker A (58:24):
And seemed, uh, like they were pretty drunk already,
so. But I'm just pumped for biz, though, man, because,
like, these guys, like, if you're gonna treat people
like. And they're messing with the wrong guy
and now this thing has blown up to the max,
or their faces are painted everywhere.

Everywhere.

>> RB (58:41):
They can't have a job right now.

>> Speaker A (58:43):
No. And I, uh, think it's great because,
you know, they picked the wrong person. But
for sure, good on Bizzle for sticking out
for a place and the manager and,
um, because it seemed like no one else was doing it.

That's it. I agree. All
right, that's that.
So we're going to transition this to the last segment Patty called the
tap in segment presented by BET Nardi Golf. Check them out
online at betnardy.com Pep's going to ask you some questions
here and take it away.

>> RB (59:13):
All right. Most memorable. Memorable Stanley Cup.

>> Speaker A (59:16):
No, I mean, I'm from St.
Louis.

>> RB (59:20):
Number one. All right. What outfit did your son
wear to stream song on Father's Day?

>> Speaker A (59:26):
Oh, God, he looked like. Oh, he wore, like, the Rory
McElroy orange and orange, didn't
he?

Fowler.

>> RB (59:34):
Ricky Fowler.

>> Speaker A (59:34):
Yeah.

>> RB (59:36):
Uh, that's flir right there for the top end. Right
there. All right. Dream for some dead or
alive.

>> Speaker A (59:43):
Oh, Tiger
Woods.
Um. Oh, uh,
man, Michael
Jordan. I love Kobe
Bryant. I think Kobe
Bryant was one of town. It's either him or Tom
Brady. But, you know, Kobe Bryant was, like, one of my favorite

(01:00:05):
athletes. So was Tom. Um,
you know, I didn't really grow up in the Michael Jordan era, but I just heard
nothing but cool stories about this guy playing golf. So,
like, uh, I gotta get out to
Grove 23 when, you know, I gotta text Wayne Big
hey, can MJ come play with us?

>> RB (01:00:21):
Yeah.

>> Speaker A (01:00:22):
Um. Yeah. I mean, those
guys. I think it would just be so cool to play with Tiger.

>> Jonathan (01:00:28):
Oh, yeah.

>> Speaker A (01:00:29):
Michael Jordan and see.

>> RB (01:00:30):
See what kind of game he's got.

>> Speaker A (01:00:32):
Yeah. Uh, either Tom or Kobe. I would
probably go.

>> RB (01:00:35):
We'll do five some. Yeah, you've earned it.

>> Jonathan (01:00:38):
And, uh, I feel like you can make it happen.

>> Speaker A (01:00:41):
Yeah.

>> Jonathan (01:00:41):
With four of them.
All right.

>> Speaker A (01:00:45):
Yeah, that's true. I mean, I think I can,
uh. I don't know, man. That's just. That's just so
tough because, like, you'd want to play with a lot of guys. Yeah.
I think Bryson would be cool now, what he's doing,
like. I think he's, like, just
vibing, and I think it's just like,
uh. I would. I would kind of like to play with him because you

(01:01:06):
can. Even Phil Mickelson because
he, uh.

>> RB (01:01:10):
We're taking 12 now.

>> Speaker A (01:01:12):
Yeah. Well, that's hard. You can't really
take a four. Worse. I would take Phil
because he would gamble for sure. Oh, yeah, because I play with
John Daly, so that was fun.

>> RB (01:01:23):
We were just with.

>> Jonathan (01:01:24):
Just with Daily a couple weeks ago.

>> Speaker A (01:01:26):
Yeah. So he took three, uh. If you see him again, ask him
about me. He took three grand from me.
Cash.

>> Jonathan (01:01:32):
Um, Gotta be.

>> Speaker A (01:01:34):
It was awesome, though. I got the opportunity to play with him.

>> RB (01:01:36):
So he basically paid three grand to play with m. John Daly. That's the
way I look at it.

>> Speaker A (01:01:40):
He gave me a stroke. A hole and beat the piss out of me.

>> RB (01:01:44):
I'll text them after this.

>> Speaker A (01:01:46):
Yeah, you should text them. Be like, hey, I heard you took three grand from
Pat Maroon. His son, little Johnny played. We
played with two Yankees players,
um, that day. It was
hilarious.

>> RB (01:01:57):
All right, music choice on the course.

>> Speaker A (01:02:02):
Hooting the blowfish radio.

>> RB (01:02:04):
We're Matt still. There you go.
Yeah, you got to give Maddie. Stella.

>> Speaker A (01:02:10):
This golf game stinks, though. We gotta work on it.

>> RB (01:02:13):
We went to Grove with him.

>> Speaker A (01:02:16):
I know. I saw that. I saw you guys.

>> RB (01:02:18):
Yeah.
Um. All right, last question, and then you're
out of here. What are you chasing?

>> Speaker A (01:02:25):
Cool. Chasing
birdies. Yeah.

>> Jonathan (01:02:30):
I love it.

>> RB (01:02:31):
Love it. Patty Marin, thank you so much
for your time, brother. I can't wait to do this in person and actually
indulge in a few drinks and.

>> Speaker A (01:02:38):
Yeah, absolutely.

>> Jonathan (01:02:40):
Yeah, man. Thanks for coming on.

>> Speaker A (01:02:42):
Yeah, no, thanks for having me, fellas. I appreciate it. It's been
fun. Sorry it took so long, but you're good?

>> Jonathan (01:02:47):
All good.

>> Speaker A (01:02:48):
We can always do this again.

>> RB (01:02:55):
Man. That was awesome. Patty
Maroon some stories. Dude, what a great last
Year of golf for the guy,
and I'm even more excited to get back to Pelican.

>> Jonathan (01:03:06):
I know Pelican. Pelican's gonna be good there next month
down there in Tampa with old BK and the
boys, but, uh, no, dude, I mean, you go, you play Pine
Valley, yuck it up with Brad Faxon, and the next thing you know,
you're.

>> RB (01:03:18):
You know, on the green on 18 green with carts
or lights on, and.

>> Jonathan (01:03:22):
Then you nonchalantly invite yourself
to Augusta, and next thing you know, it's like, wills up,
boys. Sick.
I loved it.

>> Speaker A (01:03:31):
I loved it.

>> RB (01:03:31):
It was such a blast. And, uh, he's got some
stories, and I'd love to have a few drinks with this guy,
and I can't wait to do that. So, um, thank
you all for tuning in to Chasing Birds at Patty
Maroon.

>> Jonathan (01:03:43):
That was excellent.
So we're kicking off the weekend here on
Thursday, and, uh, you know, not too much
going on this weekend in the golf world. Apparently, Tiger woods is not
playing in the Hero Championship, which is
this weekend. Uh, he said he's not tour
ready yet, so hopefully we'll see him floating around at
Augusta in April. But if not, man,

(01:04:05):
you know, we wish him well.

>> RB (01:04:07):
Wish him well.

>> Jonathan (01:04:08):
I'm excited for one thing right now, Pep, and that's my
annual dinner with you and bk. And this year, we're taking it
up to Gusto up at
Nemocolan Resort. And by the way, people, as
I always say, make sure you check out nemacolin
online@nemacolin.com. gusto is a new
Italian restaurant, and it kicks ass, so we will enjoy that
dinner. But for you, with families out there, loved ones,

(01:04:31):
whatever, you can do it all at nem, just a short drive from
Pittsburgh, So come on over, check it out.
Nemacolin.com and I am. I'm dead
serious when I say that, but I'm looking forward to that dinner.

>> RB (01:04:41):
I can't wait to see you. It's our holiday
dinner. Um, so
looking forward to it. Thank you all for listening. Make sure you're
chasing underscore birdies a little
hurry today.

>> Jonathan (01:04:54):
He's in a little hurry, so we will wrap it up because we know
he got time right now. But like he said,
make sure you do. Check us out online on the Instagram and
give us a like every now and then. Yeah,
that works.
All right, guys, thanks again for tuning into this
week's episode of Chasing Birdies,
and thank you to Allie, Evo and Emily over at Simpler Media.

(01:05:16):
Really, really helping us out this week. Uh, on this
episode. So we appreciate it very much. And obviously, Jacqueline
D. Paterio, Rachel London, we appreciate y'all help.
You guys have a great, blessed weekend and we will catch
y'all in.

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