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Speaker 1 (00:00):
A tradition unlike any other. The Masters this weekend starting
on Thursday at Augusta. And you know, we've done this
the last couple of years. We've had folks to come
on and maybe help us pick a winner, help us
make a wager on the Masters, and we appreciate everybody
who has done that. But you know, I was I
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was taken a lesson from my guy, Will Grimmer, like
a guy who's played in a major before, multiple multiple
US Opens, and at Law fifty nine, which is his
place downtown, which is you know, book a lesson with Will,
which we're going to talk about. And when I'm doing this,
I'm like, why don't we just get Will on the show?
A professional golfer from Marymont, from Ohio State who qualified
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for a US Open when he was fourteen. Why don't
we get him on? And unless he's playing in a major,
maybe he could break down the major for US. And
so Will said yes, and he's here. Where are you?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Well? How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
I'm good man?
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Where are you at right now? I am down? I
am down near Sea Island right now. Just finished up
a practice round for the second biggest professional golf term
in Georgia this week a g Pro Tour. So there
you go, the minor leagues of professionals golf.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Well, I'm going to be paying just as close attention
to that as I am. What's happening in Augusta.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
That's right, that's right, yea. But yeah, looks looking forward
to watching another another great Masters this week. It's going
to be unfortunately bad weather. I was down in august yesterday.
I was not able to go onto the property, which
was which was a shame. But it's going to be
a great Master's this week, no question. All right.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
So the weather was bad yesterday. I don't know what
the forecast has in store for Augusta through the tournament.
But when we think about who we're going to pick
to win this thing, how should we factor the weather in?
Speaker 2 (01:52):
So it's going to get windy, it's going to be cooler,
so the ball is not going to be going as far.
I think this brings a lot more people into the mix.
They're talking about, Uh, you know, it's gonna get pretty
firm because of the wind drawing it out. Uh there's
a chance of rain maybe Thursday Friday, but from what
I'm hearing, it's gonna be pretty good, pretty windy conditions,
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very gusty, and so I am really looking to the
elite ball strikers, the elite iron players to be our
contenders for this week.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
All right, I want to bet on Roy McElroy. Why
shouldn't I?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
So here here's my thoughts in two cents on Roy
is he's having a tremendous season. He's had some great
seasons the last couple of years. But you know, to
put this in you know, to our Cincinnati listeners, to
put this in Bengals terms, this is like the Bengals
having to listen to all training camp that they don't
start hot in September, right, and they start go into
they start bad, and they have to continue to listen
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to the media. And so I think Rory, you know,
I would love to see Rory win a Green jacket.
But my biggest concern for him is he just has
to listen to the media. Everybody tell him, you know
that this is the one and this is the only
major that he still has to check the box on.
This is the only place that he hasn't won of
the four and you know, he hasn't won a major
since tenty fourteen. Obviously, we all know about the heartbreak
he had us of them last year. And you know, again,
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he's playing great golf. Statistically, he's he's doing all the
right things, and I think it's more of a mental
game for him at this point. I'd like his chances
to contend, but you know, whether he's going to be
there on Sunday or not is kind of to be determined.
So low cash to the wind on.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Rory, all right, very good. You've almost talked me out
of it. If I don't want to bite it, bet
On Rory? Where should I? Where should I be looking?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
So here's the thing. I think our odds on favorite
obviously for good reason of Sky shuffer. You know, he's
playing the best golf of anybody in the world over
the last you know, two years here, and you know,
even though he hasn't won yet this year, I think
I crack up with the fact that we're almost panicking
about Sky. Of the fact he hasn't won an April,
we're only four months in the year, kind of highlights
just how dominant he's been. And really, I don't think
we've seen as dominant of a stretch of golf from
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a player since since Tiger, probably back in his his peak,
you know, the early mid two thousands, so he's certainly
and not on davor I like Scotty Xander, you know,
the kind of a player I'm circling, even though he
hasn't one here a little bit is Calin Mori Kala.
Statistically he's in the top ten of strokes gained approach
and off the t and again when you're not give
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a ball shrik. I forget who I saw this from,
but you know, you look at like recent Masters winners
and there's something like there's some category basically if you're
in the top ten of off the bat and strips
which basically to inform blisters on strokes game. That's basically
saying to the average PJ tour player, how many strokes
on average are you gaining In a category such as
ty shots. You know, you can proximate the hole in
your approach shots, and so you know they've got the
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metrics not to measure all this stuff. And so Scotty
and Colin and I think Shane Lowry is what I heard,
are like the three players inside that top ten metric.
And so you know, again with with windy conditions, you
know another really young players that I Love is Love
Big Gaberg Love Big graduate from Texas Tech only a
couple of years ago. Kaw Flash on the scene is
already one I think to three times and one at
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Tory Pine's this winner at the Genesis as it's just
a tremendous ball trick. I think he finished runner up
last year, just got or maybe third, but he was
in contention all week and it was his first Master,
So I think now that he's got a full year
of experience, but just one of the best golf things
on the PJ Tour, one of the best iron players.
I think he's got the mental gumption to certainly be
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be a force to be recommend this week for sure.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
All Right, you just talked about a lot of guys
that I think are among the favorites. If I'm looking
lower on the list and trying to find someone who
might be considered a long shot, is their name that
jumps off the page?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Absolutely? I got three guys here, and this gets back
to my iron puts, So not a lot of not
a lot of people are familiar with guys like Substraca
and JJ Spond unless you know you're kind of a
golf siico like myself. But JJ Spond and Substraca are
both inside the top five on Strips Games PGA Tour
this year as well as couples they both won earlier
this season. Uh. And they're they're tremendous iron players and
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they've got good short gams and so again those are
not household, uh you know names that the average fan
that's kind of you know, coming out of the woodworks
for the Masters this week or maybe familiar with. But
they are tremendous players. They've been playing incredibly consistent golf.
And again, if you're if you're looking for, you know,
if you're in an office pool or you're looking for
kind of a a dark horse pick that's you know,
more of a value play with with higher odds, uh stuff.
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And and and JJ Spond I think are our tremendous picks.
And then another guy that I really kind of like
to round out that category is Mimouldly mid Wou has
been featured on on Full Swing on Netflix. I think
he's a character young guy, Australian, really really funny, got
a huge personality. There's kind of a rampant saying around
tour about him. Uh, let him cook, Let me cook.
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They call him Chef Lou and uh, he's just I
highly encourage anyone to uh go go find them on YouTube,
kind of look at him up on Instagram. He's he's
incredibly entertaining, he's incredibly engaging with the fans. And he
just got his first PJ Tour win, uh two weeks
ago in was it Houston? Yeah? He won? Or no
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the week before Yeah, yeah, So he just recent recent
tour winner. Incredibly talented And I really like those three
guys as kind of, you know, sneaky guys with a
little bit higher odds, but at the end of the day,
have been performing incredibly consistently well on the PGA Tour,
and I think are poys to have some success.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Will Grimmers with us from Georgia. The Masters begins on Thursday.
There are a lot of folks who they like the
instant payoff and so they might they might play day
one and try to find somebody who's going to have
the lead after the first round. Is there is there
a certain strategy that I should use. Is there a
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player that you might go, you know what, that guy's
good for eighteen, but you may want to stay away
for seventy two.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
That kind of thing, Yeah, a little bit, But the
only issue is tea times I think are coming out,
I would pay attention. That's where you almost have to
look a little bit the forecast, right like if if
you were to get one of your household names, let's
maybe save teen off, you know, early Thursday, where I
know that the wind's going to be a little bit
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lower rain anytime you get afternoon tea times, especially knowing
that we have some higher forecasts that wins. You know,
watch for guys in the morning wave where where the
winds are a little bit calmer, especially because overall you're
not gonna be going with a lot of rain this week,
and so you know rain is going to kind of
outweigh wind when when rain gets tactic, but when you
got a relatively calm forecast or in terms of precipitation,
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but you've got some wind if you if you get
one of your big name guys that you like and
you see them off at eight o'clock versus maybe a
guy that's off at one o'clock. Now, keep in mind
over seventy two holes. You know, everyone plays one one
round in the morning, one round in the afternoon Thursday, Friday,
and then obviously with the cut, then you're going off
based off of score, you know, with the with the
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lowest finishers going out last and your highest guy's going
out first on the weekend. So once you get to
the weekend, that's a little bit of a different strategy.
But if you kind of any one of those guys
I listed, I would skew towards maybe someone in one
of the earlier ways. If you're going for something on Thursday,
something on Friday, but certainly you know a Bryson, a Scottie,
and again they're obviously heavily favorite guys, but but you
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know there's a reason they're heavily favorite.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
That makes makes a lot of sense. All right. If
I've got somebody in my audience who goes, you know what,
I want to play like Mo because Moe got a
lesson from Will Grimmer a last let Law fifty nine.
Where do people do?
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Yeah? So check me out on Instagram Willy g Underscore
Loft fifty nine and I have a link to my
my lesson booking site on there. I'm heavily active on
social media. You can also find me on Twitter at
Grimmer twelve Underscore Will and I have my link on
there as well. But you know, seriously, you know, look
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me up on social media. I'm happy to you know,
help anyone that's it's looking to improve their golf game
and and and have more fun. And it's been fun
yeah for me, you know, doing a blend of playing
and teaching and and you know, continuing to compete as
well as trying to help people. And uh, you know,
it's it's been a lot of fun to be uh,
in both ends of it. And I think that you know,
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taking my competitive experience has being able to really kind
of help me help other people improve, which has been
a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Yeah, you know, it can be it can be intimidating,
I think to call up a stranger and ask for
golf lessons, and so I cannot encourage you if you
want to work on your game and get some insights
from a pro, from a touring pro, My guy, Will Grimmer.
His facility is kind of just off of would that
be a good way to describe it, Just off of
downtown there on Dalton.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Yeah. Yeah, it's right next to Union terminal, uh, in
an old warehouse. It's uh. I kind of joke with
people when they show up for the first lesson. If
you think you're at the wrong place, you're at the
right place. And uh it's it's a fun little spot
once whin you ge upstairs if you're in the different world.
So uh yeah, I would love to I'd love to
work with anyone that wants to come on down. And
now I appreciate it, and hopefully you know you improved
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a little bit when you came in.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
I did. The problem is I haven't had a chance
to play, and so I might need a refresher on
the lesson so I could put it on the course
because since I came in to see you, we've had
nothing but bad weather, so I haven't had a chance
to go play. So I need to come in for
just another lesson and then I'll go out and play
and I'll be able to tell you if you know
what I learned actually was was useful. But if it's not,
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that's going to be more of a reflection of the
pupil and not so much the teacher.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Well we will, we will certainly will get you in
for the team up. You got to get that mins
oriaty all tuned up.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Yeah, that's right, all right, go see my guy Will
Grimmer Law fifty nine. Good luck this weekend and we
appreciate the time as always. Man, thanks so much.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Hey, thank you, Bo