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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Right now. We're very honest to have one of the
top one that stud you're in the entire qus in
golf and it's Brian Gaslight at a river crossing. Brian,
good morning. How you been, sir?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Oh? Been busy? David? How about yourself?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I'm doing all right, but united at river crossing right now?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Where are you well? I actually am since I've spoken
with you. I got back well early early Friday morning.
Oh okay, my flight was late. I was when you
and I were talking. I was in Columbus, Ohio for
the corn Ferry Tour event up there, and I had
(00:40):
been up there all week and came back after the
gas flight on Thursday. And naturally, it seems like every
time I've flown the last last year that I always
going to so I take the first light out in
the morning and the last flight home. And for some reason,
I hadn't been very lucky on my flight, a lot
of late returns for who knows why. But I'm glad
(01:04):
to make it and glad to be on the show
with you this morning.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Hey, Brian, before we start talking about river crossing in
the Ryder Cup, I had a question to ask you
that had something to do with the golf During the
flooding that occurred back in July fourth, did you guys
experience any damage in your area?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Not really. They had some warnings for the neighborhood because
you know, the Guadalupe River is right here, just literally
just north of the property, and I know they were
very concerned, and the river got right to the crest there,
but it actually didn't get outside the banks. But you know,
we had your typical lot of water, a lot of
(01:41):
runoff areas and stuff than bunkers that got you know,
sim but we were very fortunate. It was certainly more
fortunate than a lot of courses and everything that happened
in the area.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Very good. Brian Gath right from River Crossing is our guests,
one of the top one hundred instructors in the entire US. Brian,
I want to ask you a question of out. You know,
you've been around golf a long time as a vibe,
but you're a lot closer to it being in the
industry that you are in. Who might you say is
maybe one of the biggest names you've ever had the
opportunity to rub Ebe's with in your career.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Oh well, I've had a couple of really special things happened.
I years ago, I had the opportunity to play golf
and with President Ford and actually had dinner in a
setting with seven total people, with President and Betty Ford,
and my friend Howard Torgov and his wife, and an
(02:35):
investor and his wife and just myself. And I've still
got the menu that we had a private room in Laquinita, California,
and I had President and Betty Ford both signed the
menu for me and I have it in my game room.
And he was certainly, you know, interestingly was an incredible athlete.
(02:58):
He'd played football at Michigan. And I told him after
we got done, I said, President Ford, don't take this wrong,
I said, but you've really gotten a bad rap as
a player. I said, you know, you've everybody talks about
you for hitting people and everything. And you know, he
was about a seven or eight handicap, and he played
We played the stadium course at PGA West and he
(03:18):
I think he shot like eighty one or eighty two
that day. And he started laughing. He said, you know, Brian,
he goes. Most of the golf that I play is
with Arnold Palmer and Bob Hope and he said, there's
twenty five thousand people lying every fairway, and he said,
if you miss the fairway, you're probably going to hit somebody.
(03:40):
But it was a remarkable day. I mean, certainly a
highlight of my life. Growing up in the town of Teague,
Texas and you know, twenty eight hundred people and playing
golf with a former president of the United States. It's
the Game's been unbelievable to me. I've been so blessed,
and you know, I've seen the world. I met a
lot of great people, a lot of great athletes, a
(04:02):
lot of great celebrities.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
And.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Just count my blessings every day. Golf's been very good
to me.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
What an honor that must have been for you, Brian.
Let's let's move our focus out of next weekend's have
been the Ryder Cup. It's going to be over at
bet Page Black. Now have you ever played bet Page Black?
Speaker 2 (04:19):
You know I've not played it. I've been there for
the US Open. I was there with Jimmy Walker, Noto
Bugey back in two thousand and two. And it's certainly
it's a true big boy golf course. It's a test,
it's very long, it's very hard. The crowds will be rallity.
(04:42):
It's a great venue, but it's a hard golf course.
It's going to be interesting to see how they set
it up now on.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
This year's lineups, both are very, very strong. What are
your thoughts about this year's lineups at the Ryder Cup?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Well, we have the best player, I think. I think
there's no doubt over the last two or three years,
Scotti Scheffer's the best player in golf. Certainly, He's proven
that time and time again. And he's playing great, as
we saw at the Pro Corp a couple of weeks ago.
And I've asked some people this because I'm constantly asked
(05:17):
this question, what do you think about the Ryder comp
and everything? Well, I would say if you ask people
to name the best player, it's Scotty. Now, if you
ask him to name the best six players, I think
that's where it starts to get a little dicey, because
I think you look at how well JJ Paspaon has played.
(05:39):
I think you look how well a lot you know,
Justin Thomas has had a better year. But when you
start looking down the euro lineup and you start looking
at the year that Rory's had he's obviously still playing
very well. He just won as well. Tommy Fleetwood's coming
off an unbelievable year and oh, by the way, he
got the win monk Key off his back, so he's
(06:02):
had success now winning in the US. And then you
start looking down that lineup. I mean, Justin Rose has
played great golf this year. You start looking at Shane Lowry,
he's got a phenomenal record playing with Rory, and then
you look down what you know, they're nine to ten
guys are guys like Ludvig Goldberg. And you look at
(06:26):
Victor Hovelin, who's playing well now, and Victor had had
kind of a tough year. So I think it's going
to be a great match. I think we've got our
work cut out for us. I think we've got to
get off to a good start if they get on
top early. And one thing that I go back to
the team. The team camaraderie of the European players is
(06:49):
just better and different than it is and with their
US players we're more individualistic. Maybe it's because we're all
coming from our home. You see so many of the
times when the European players they travel over here from
a long way they're more a lot of times by themselves,
although some of the players, like the Sepstraca live here
in the US now full time and most of them
(07:10):
have homes here, but they tend to travel more as
a group. They played practice rounds more together, they go
to dinner together. They're a little bit more of a team,
and that I think has not you know, voted well
for the US team over the recent years, especially on
the road. But it's going to be interesting. It's always fine.
(07:31):
The crowds will be incredible, and I think it's very
interesting at what what one of the European players said,
and I've forgotten, but I think it was Tommy Fleet.
Would you know there was a talk about the US
team getting paid this, that and the other, and you
know his comment, I think if I believe it was
if I miss misquoted, I know it was one of
the European players said. They asked the same question. He said,
(07:52):
we would pay to play. And I just think there's
a passion there that that they feel like it's kind
of day in Goliath and they're going up against the
big you know, the bigger US personna, but they come
in with a chip on their shoulder. So we've got
our work cut out for us.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
In my opinion, Brian gath Wright, is our guests from
River Crossing on are the top instructors of the country.
Brian will ask this final question before we end up
this particular segment. You did bring it up about pay
and Tom Watson I did read that he was against that.
I agree with Tom Watson. I believe that the overall
compensation should be just enough to have been named to
the US Ryder Cup team. That should be their compensation.
(08:34):
That's how I see it, and I think that you
might be in agreement with that.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Well I am. And here's the thing that always been
paid for their charity and everything, and a thing that
I do know that almost all of the guys on
this team also have that maybe the general public doesn't
have the access to. Almost every one of these guys
in all of their endorsement contracts have special bonus incentives
(09:02):
built in for Ryder Cup teams, for major wins, those
type of things, so they are getting paid for it.
They were already getting paid for it, it's just not
in a monetary stipend for being there. So you know,
it's just really difficult when they're just certain things, in
my opinion, that you do because it's you know, it's
an honor and a privilege, not a not something that, oh,
(09:25):
it's just another day of work. And that's where I
go back to what was said from the European players
is hey, we don't care about getting paid. We'd pay
to be there. This is important to us, and I
think that that bodes a lot for them in terms
of their competitiveness.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Last thing I'll bring up in this segment is pretty
much what you alluded to you just a moment ago
about Rory McElroy and Tommy Fleetwood. Rory got, of course
the career Grand Slam back in April winning his Masters,
and then of course Tommy Fleetwood, after one hundred and
sixty four times he tried, he finally won on the
PGA Tour here in the US, and it was really
nice to see both of those events well.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
And it was interesting because I think when you saw
what was going on down in Atlanta the last day
where he and Patrick Cantley were playing together I think
a few weeks before the Ryder Cup, it was surprising
the crowd actually was, and a lot of it is
because Tommy fleet was a great guy. I've had the
(10:24):
privilege of being around him a little bit on the
road and he's just an absolutely friendly, wonderful young man.
Mac Meisner played with him back at the Players Championship
this year and he couldn't have been nicer to Mac.
And he's just a good guy. And honestly, he was
a crowd favorite on that Sunday in Atlanta, you know,
(10:46):
in the Tour Championship. So it's hard hard to argue
with when you see a great guy in golf's a
universal game now and you know, these players are all
over the globe playing and it's just great to see
good people have success. And he's certainly been too good
a player not to have won. So you never want
the media to put that stigma on them because it's
(11:07):
it's hard to win on the PGA Tour. It's not
easy out there.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Brian. We're going to keep you keep you on the
phone here during the break for our tip segment coming
up next. It is a ticket seven Seast Golf Show
ticket Sports Time eight forty six
Right now. We're very honest to have one of the
top one that stud you're in the entire qus in
golf and it's Brian Gaslight at a river crossing. Brian,
good morning. How you been, sir?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Oh? Been busy? David? How about yourself?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I'm doing all right, but united at river crossing right now?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Where are you well? I actually am since I've spoken
with you. I got back well early early Friday morning.
Oh okay, my flight was late. I was when you
and I were talking. I was in Columbus, Ohio for
the corn Ferry Tour event up there, and I had
(00:40):
been up there all week and came back after the
gas flight on Thursday. And naturally, it seems like every
time I've flown the last last year that I always
going to so I take the first light out in
the morning and the last flight home. And for some reason,
I hadn't been very lucky on my flight, a lot
of late returns for who knows why. But I'm glad
(01:04):
to make it and glad to be on the show
with you this morning.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Hey, Brian, before we start talking about river crossing in
the Ryder Cup, I had a question to ask you
that had something to do with the golf During the
flooding that occurred back in July fourth, did you guys
experience any damage in your area?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Not really. They had some warnings for the neighborhood because
you know, the Guadalupe River is right here, just literally
just north of the property, and I know they were
very concerned, and the river got right to the crest there,
but it actually didn't get outside the banks. But you know,
we had your typical lot of water, a lot of
(01:41):
runoff areas and stuff than bunkers that got you know,
sim but we were very fortunate. It was certainly more
fortunate than a lot of courses and everything that happened
in the area.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Very good. Brian Gath right from River Crossing is our guests,
one of the top one hundred instructors in the entire US. Brian,
I want to ask you a question of out. You know,
you've been around golf a long time as a vibe,
but you're a lot closer to it being in the
industry that you are in. Who might you say is
maybe one of the biggest names you've ever had the
opportunity to rub Ebe's with in your career.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Oh well, I've had a couple of really special things happened.
I years ago, I had the opportunity to play golf
and with President Ford and actually had dinner in a
setting with seven total people, with President and Betty Ford,
and my friend Howard Torgov and his wife, and an
(02:35):
investor and his wife and just myself. And I've still
got the menu that we had a private room in Laquinita, California,
and I had President and Betty Ford both signed the
menu for me and I have it in my game room.
And he was certainly, you know, interestingly was an incredible athlete.
(02:58):
He'd played football at Michigan. And I told him after
we got done, I said, President Ford, don't take this wrong,
I said, but you've really gotten a bad rap as
a player. I said, you know, you've everybody talks about
you for hitting people and everything. And you know, he
was about a seven or eight handicap, and he played
We played the stadium course at PGA West and he
(03:18):
I think he shot like eighty one or eighty two
that day. And he started laughing. He said, you know, Brian,
he goes. Most of the golf that I play is
with Arnold Palmer and Bob Hope and he said, there's
twenty five thousand people lying every fairway, and he said,
if you miss the fairway, you're probably going to hit somebody.
(03:40):
But it was a remarkable day. I mean, certainly a
highlight of my life. Growing up in the town of Teague,
Texas and you know, twenty eight hundred people and playing
golf with a former president of the United States. It's
the Game's been unbelievable to me. I've been so blessed,
and you know, I've seen the world. I met a
lot of great people, a lot of great athletes, a
(04:02):
lot of great celebrities.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
And.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Just count my blessings every day. Golf's been very good
to me.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
What an honor that must have been for you, Brian.
Let's let's move our focus out of next weekend's have
been the Ryder Cup. It's going to be over at
bet Page Black. Now have you ever played bet Page Black?
Speaker 2 (04:19):
You know I've not played it. I've been there for
the US Open. I was there with Jimmy Walker, Noto
Bugey back in two thousand and two. And it's certainly
it's a true big boy golf course. It's a test,
it's very long, it's very hard. The crowds will be rallity.
(04:42):
It's a great venue, but it's a hard golf course.
It's going to be interesting to see how they set
it up now on.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
This year's lineups, both are very, very strong. What are
your thoughts about this year's lineups at the Ryder Cup?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Well, we have the best player, I think. I think
there's no doubt over the last two or three years,
Scotti Scheffer's the best player in golf. Certainly, He's proven
that time and time again. And he's playing great, as
we saw at the Pro Corp a couple of weeks ago.
And I've asked some people this because I'm constantly asked
(05:17):
this question, what do you think about the Ryder comp
and everything? Well, I would say if you ask people
to name the best player, it's Scotty. Now, if you
ask him to name the best six players, I think
that's where it starts to get a little dicey, because
I think you look at how well JJ Paspaon has played.
(05:39):
I think you look how well a lot you know,
Justin Thomas has had a better year. But when you
start looking down the euro lineup and you start looking
at the year that Rory's had he's obviously still playing
very well. He just won as well. Tommy Fleetwood's coming
off an unbelievable year and oh, by the way, he
got the win monk Key off his back, so he's
(06:02):
had success now winning in the US. And then you
start looking down that lineup. I mean, Justin Rose has
played great golf this year. You start looking at Shane Lowry,
he's got a phenomenal record playing with Rory, and then
you look down what you know, they're nine to ten
guys are guys like Ludvig Goldberg. And you look at
(06:26):
Victor Hovelin, who's playing well now, and Victor had had
kind of a tough year. So I think it's going
to be a great match. I think we've got our
work cut out for us. I think we've got to
get off to a good start if they get on
top early. And one thing that I go back to
the team. The team camaraderie of the European players is
(06:49):
just better and different than it is and with their
US players we're more individualistic. Maybe it's because we're all
coming from our home. You see so many of the
times when the European players they travel over here from
a long way they're more a lot of times by themselves,
although some of the players, like the Sepstraca live here
in the US now full time and most of them
(07:10):
have homes here, but they tend to travel more as
a group. They played practice rounds more together, they go
to dinner together. They're a little bit more of a team,
and that I think has not you know, voted well
for the US team over the recent years, especially on
the road. But it's going to be interesting. It's always fine.
(07:31):
The crowds will be incredible, and I think it's very
interesting at what what one of the European players said,
and I've forgotten, but I think it was Tommy Fleet.
Would you know there was a talk about the US
team getting paid this, that and the other, and you
know his comment, I think if I believe it was
if I miss misquoted, I know it was one of
the European players said. They asked the same question. He said,
(07:52):
we would pay to play. And I just think there's
a passion there that that they feel like it's kind
of day in Goliath and they're going up against the
big you know, the bigger US personna, but they come
in with a chip on their shoulder. So we've got
our work cut out for us.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
In my opinion, Brian gath Wright, is our guests from
River Crossing on are the top instructors of the country.
Brian will ask this final question before we end up
this particular segment. You did bring it up about pay
and Tom Watson I did read that he was against that.
I agree with Tom Watson. I believe that the overall
compensation should be just enough to have been named to
the US Ryder Cup team. That should be their compensation.
(08:34):
That's how I see it, and I think that you
might be in agreement with that.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Well I am. And here's the thing that always been
paid for their charity and everything, and a thing that
I do know that almost all of the guys on
this team also have that maybe the general public doesn't
have the access to. Almost every one of these guys
in all of their endorsement contracts have special bonus incentives
(09:02):
built in for Ryder Cup teams, for major wins, those
type of things, so they are getting paid for it.
They were already getting paid for it, it's just not
in a monetary stipend for being there. So you know,
it's just really difficult when they're just certain things, in
my opinion, that you do because it's you know, it's
an honor and a privilege, not a not something that, oh,
(09:25):
it's just another day of work. And that's where I
go back to what was said from the European players
is hey, we don't care about getting paid. We'd pay
to be there. This is important to us, and I
think that that bodes a lot for them in terms
of their competitiveness.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Last thing I'll bring up in this segment is pretty
much what you alluded to you just a moment ago
about Rory McElroy and Tommy Fleetwood. Rory got, of course
the career Grand Slam back in April winning his Masters,
and then of course Tommy Fleetwood, after one hundred and
sixty four times he tried, he finally won on the
PGA Tour here in the US, and it was really
nice to see both of those events well.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
And it was interesting because I think when you saw
what was going on down in Atlanta the last day
where he and Patrick Cantley were playing together I think
a few weeks before the Ryder Cup, it was surprising
the crowd actually was, and a lot of it is
because Tommy fleet was a great guy. I've had the
(10:24):
privilege of being around him a little bit on the
road and he's just an absolutely friendly, wonderful young man.
Mac Meisner played with him back at the Players Championship
this year and he couldn't have been nicer to Mac.
And he's just a good guy. And honestly, he was
a crowd favorite on that Sunday in Atlanta, you know,
(10:46):
in the Tour Championship. So it's hard hard to argue
with when you see a great guy in golf's a
universal game now and you know, these players are all
over the globe playing and it's just great to see
good people have success. And he's certainly been too good
a player not to have won. So you never want
the media to put that stigma on them because it's
(11:07):
it's hard to win on the PGA Tour. It's not
easy out there.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Brian. We're going to keep you keep you on the
phone here during the break for our tip segment coming
up next. It is a ticket seven Seast Golf Show
ticket Sports Time eight forty six
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