1 00:00:07,048 --> 00:00:09,926 All right. Good on sound? Speeding on both. 2 00:00:09,926 --> 00:00:11,594 Okay, you got slate. 3 00:00:12,178 --> 00:00:13,013 {\an8}Good to go. 4 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,974 Tape one-four-three, interview take one. 5 00:00:15,974 --> 00:00:17,017 Soft sticks. 6 00:00:18,309 --> 00:00:19,144 Clap it. 7 00:00:19,644 --> 00:00:21,688 Sound speeds. Rory McIlroy interview. 8 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:23,314 Full Swing Season 2. 9 00:00:23,314 --> 00:00:24,274 Let's do it. 10 00:00:32,031 --> 00:00:35,535 Just a year ago, you were LIV Golf, or you were not. 11 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:38,455 Tiger! I did not envision this happening. 12 00:00:38,455 --> 00:00:41,249 {\an8}It's astronomical money that they're throwing at people, 13 00:00:41,249 --> 00:00:43,626 {\an8}and everything's got a price, I guess. 14 00:00:43,626 --> 00:00:45,086 {\an8}I don't really care. 15 00:00:45,086 --> 00:00:47,964 Going with LIV, I'm happy with the decisions I've made. 16 00:00:48,465 --> 00:00:51,050 I was very jealous of everything that Jordan did. 17 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:54,804 Someone's gotta be the 70th-best golfer in the world. 18 00:00:54,804 --> 00:00:55,805 {\an8}Might as well be me. 19 00:00:56,473 --> 00:00:59,642 I feel like I'm trying to win my first major championship again. 20 00:01:00,226 --> 00:01:03,271 If the 2022 season was about disruption, 21 00:01:03,271 --> 00:01:07,192 then the 2023 season is about figuring out what's next. 22 00:01:10,111 --> 00:01:13,073 Going through this struggle for the last few years 23 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:14,407 is not easy. 24 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:15,992 It's a grind out there. 25 00:01:15,992 --> 00:01:17,994 You can't be serious! 26 00:01:17,994 --> 00:01:19,954 If I don't play good golf, I can't provide. 27 00:01:19,954 --> 00:01:22,499 We don't have a house. We don't have anything. 28 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:26,836 With everything that happened and all the craziness, 29 00:01:26,836 --> 00:01:28,713 that's gonna wear anybody down. 30 00:01:28,713 --> 00:01:30,006 Damn it, Joel. 31 00:01:31,841 --> 00:01:34,636 At this point, you're on the PGA TOUR side, 32 00:01:34,636 --> 00:01:36,304 or you're on the LIV Golf side. 33 00:01:36,304 --> 00:01:38,848 And you've got the majors now that stand alone 34 00:01:38,848 --> 00:01:41,226 as these four events per year where these guys meet. 35 00:01:41,226 --> 00:01:44,562 It's gonna be interesting to see how these guys come back together. 36 00:01:44,562 --> 00:01:45,814 What's up, bud? You good? 37 00:01:45,814 --> 00:01:49,317 I wanna have faith that this is the best thing for all of us, 38 00:01:49,317 --> 00:01:52,445 but it's clear that that's not, uh, the consensus. 39 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:54,906 Not only do we have LIV players teeing it up 40 00:01:54,906 --> 00:01:57,283 in all four major championships, 41 00:01:57,283 --> 00:01:59,202 but it's also a Ryder Cup year. 42 00:01:59,869 --> 00:02:03,581 The Ryder Cup is one of the most special sporting events in the world. 43 00:02:03,581 --> 00:02:05,667 It's the fucking best. 44 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:07,127 Eyes on the prize. 45 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:11,214 12 Americans and 12 Europeans play against each other every two years. 46 00:02:11,214 --> 00:02:13,424 {\an8}Everybody wants to be on that Ryder Cup team. 47 00:02:13,424 --> 00:02:15,343 I wanna make the Ryder Cup more than anything. 48 00:02:15,343 --> 00:02:18,221 I'm thinking about the Ryder Cup every second of every day. 49 00:02:18,221 --> 00:02:21,683 We're really playing for something that's bigger than ourselves. 50 00:02:21,683 --> 00:02:25,562 It's gonna be hard. There will be difficult situations, and drama can ensue. 51 00:02:27,188 --> 00:02:29,107 And Rory is hot. 52 00:02:29,107 --> 00:02:31,276 I'm looking around like, "What just happened?" 53 00:02:32,026 --> 00:02:34,112 As if that wasn't wild enough. 54 00:02:34,571 --> 00:02:36,823 Some serious breaking news. 55 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:39,826 The PGA TOUR merging with LIV Golf. 56 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:40,785 Shocking. 57 00:02:40,785 --> 00:02:43,538 One of the biggest stories in the history of the sport. 58 00:02:43,538 --> 00:02:46,249 So many unanswered questions. It's like, "What?" 59 00:02:46,249 --> 00:02:49,544 - Has this happened in any sport's history? - No one knows anything. 60 00:02:49,544 --> 00:02:53,298 There has been a lot of controversy and a lot of uncertainty. 61 00:02:53,298 --> 00:02:54,299 I get all that. 62 00:02:54,299 --> 00:02:57,385 It's hard for me to not feel somewhat like a sacrificial lamb. 63 00:02:57,385 --> 00:02:59,846 This live stream's ending right now, boys. 64 00:03:00,889 --> 00:03:03,600 Yeah, it's been quite the year in the world of professional golf. 65 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:31,085 Dude, the funniest part is I'm sure he's taking a deuce. 66 00:03:32,545 --> 00:03:34,380 {\an8}He'd be out by now if he was peeing. 67 00:03:35,089 --> 00:03:36,132 True. 68 00:03:40,386 --> 00:03:43,139 {\an8}Yeah, don't worry. I wasn't taking a dump or anything. 69 00:03:43,139 --> 00:03:44,891 I hope you feel like shit. 70 00:03:45,975 --> 00:03:46,893 No pun intended. 71 00:03:46,893 --> 00:03:48,394 Hey, I didn't do 'em all. 72 00:03:48,394 --> 00:03:50,480 Jordan kind of screwed that one up. 73 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:51,981 Yeah. Sorry, Rick. 74 00:03:54,776 --> 00:03:57,070 ♪ BongoByTheWay ♪ 75 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:58,488 ♪ Came a long way ♪ 76 00:03:58,988 --> 00:04:00,865 ♪ Came a long way, came a long way ♪ 77 00:04:00,865 --> 00:04:02,200 ♪ Came a long way ♪ 78 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:04,244 ♪ Been a long way, real long way... ♪ 79 00:04:05,161 --> 00:04:06,371 ♪ Came a long way ♪ 80 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:08,498 ♪ Real long way ♪ 81 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:10,333 ♪ Been a long way... ♪ 82 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:12,335 {\an8}This is gonna be... It's gonna be nuts tomorrow. 83 00:04:14,170 --> 00:04:16,214 {\an8}One girl ate it so bad in these heels. 84 00:04:16,214 --> 00:04:18,216 {\an8}She was so embarrassed, she didn't wanna fix it. 85 00:04:21,511 --> 00:04:25,139 {\an8}All this is is me putting sun... uh, sun cream on. 86 00:04:25,139 --> 00:04:27,016 This was the same last season too. 87 00:04:28,017 --> 00:04:29,769 Take your shirt off, Joel! 88 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:31,104 Fuck. 89 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,188 {\an8}We're professionals. 90 00:04:33,606 --> 00:04:36,442 {\an8}My parents always told me to think before you act. 91 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:37,443 Ah, whatever. 92 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:39,529 Can you sign my bag too? 93 00:04:39,529 --> 00:04:41,906 {\an8}Yes, I will. Where do you want it? Do you care? 94 00:04:41,906 --> 00:04:43,449 Over here. - Right here? 95 00:04:52,375 --> 00:04:55,294 At the start of 2023, things are much clearer. 96 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:57,922 Last year, there was so much uncertainty. 97 00:04:57,922 --> 00:04:59,716 Now it's sort of you understand 98 00:04:59,716 --> 00:05:02,260 {\an8}who's on which side of the battle lines. 99 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:05,263 {\an8}You've got the LIV guys, and you've got the PGA TOUR guys. 100 00:05:05,263 --> 00:05:09,058 They've kind of chosen their team. Yeah, now it's product versus product. 101 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:14,439 The PGA TOUR loyalists, I guess you'd put it, 102 00:05:14,439 --> 00:05:17,775 guys who aren't so driven as much by money. 103 00:05:18,568 --> 00:05:19,694 Justin Thomas. 104 00:05:20,862 --> 00:05:21,821 Jordan Spieth. 105 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:23,406 Matt Fitzpatrick. 106 00:05:23,906 --> 00:05:26,826 Rickie Fowler is another one who stayed on the PGA TOUR. 107 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:30,246 But Rory McIlroy is kind of the most salient one. 108 00:05:30,955 --> 00:05:32,832 He is the face of the PGA TOUR. 109 00:05:33,750 --> 00:05:36,044 Rory, technically, you are world number one. 110 00:05:36,044 --> 00:05:39,380 I'm just curious. Do you feel like you're the best player in the world right now? 111 00:05:39,881 --> 00:05:40,715 Yes. 112 00:05:41,507 --> 00:05:42,550 Why is that? 113 00:05:43,342 --> 00:05:44,218 Um... 114 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:46,721 Because I do. 115 00:05:47,472 --> 00:05:50,183 Golf, with what happened with LIV last year, 116 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:52,185 and sort of with what's happening... 117 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:53,978 I have a pretty strong conviction 118 00:05:53,978 --> 00:05:56,773 of what I think professional golf should be, what it should look like, 119 00:05:56,773 --> 00:05:59,942 how competitive it should be, and I want to stand up for that. 120 00:06:01,569 --> 00:06:03,905 Rory, what he's done throughout his career, 121 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:05,073 he's earned that presence 122 00:06:05,073 --> 00:06:07,492 {\an8}that everyone trusted to... to be the face, 123 00:06:07,492 --> 00:06:09,786 {\an8}essentially, to make sure things were going right. 124 00:06:11,287 --> 00:06:13,498 People are gonna realize how much work he put into this, 125 00:06:13,498 --> 00:06:16,000 because it's not easy to just come home and say, 126 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,045 "Hey, I'm going to open up my computer and hop on 50 Zoom calls." 127 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:21,964 I'm tired just traveling three weeks in a row. 128 00:06:21,964 --> 00:06:24,217 I wanna come home and just sleep on my bed. 129 00:06:27,136 --> 00:06:31,474 Rory has been so vocal against the LIV tour. 130 00:06:31,974 --> 00:06:34,685 {\an8}He is taking front and center stage 131 00:06:34,685 --> 00:06:38,189 {\an8}as the ultimate superhero leading the rest of the pack of superheroes 132 00:06:38,189 --> 00:06:39,440 against the LIV tour. 133 00:06:43,194 --> 00:06:45,029 If he wins the major championship, 134 00:06:45,029 --> 00:06:47,323 he can just sit back and cackle at everybody. 135 00:06:47,824 --> 00:06:50,076 It's the ultimate icing on the cake. 136 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:54,539 People like to choose one side or another. 137 00:06:57,208 --> 00:06:59,919 If you have your finger on the pulse of golf... 138 00:07:02,588 --> 00:07:06,801 ...it's pretty apparent that one side has quite a lot more support than the other. 139 00:07:20,022 --> 00:07:24,152 On the other hand, LIV is launching its first full season, 140 00:07:24,152 --> 00:07:29,073 {\an8}but it hasn't really shown that it has staying power. 141 00:07:29,657 --> 00:07:32,535 I mean, so far, there's a lot of questions right now. 142 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:41,669 The guys on LIV got hundreds of millions of dollars 143 00:07:41,669 --> 00:07:44,714 to leave the PGA TOUR, and some huge names did leave. 144 00:07:45,423 --> 00:07:48,593 Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, all gone. 145 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:51,929 And major champions like Bryson DeChambeau, 146 00:07:51,929 --> 00:07:54,474 Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith, they joined them. 147 00:07:55,224 --> 00:07:57,977 These guys are unbelievable golfers, don't get me wrong, 148 00:07:57,977 --> 00:08:01,397 but there is a consensus in the golf world that they just took the money, 149 00:08:01,397 --> 00:08:03,608 and now they're not working nearly as hard. 150 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:05,902 At least in the public eye, 151 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:08,863 the PGA TOUR is still seen as the gold standard of golf. 152 00:08:09,864 --> 00:08:11,908 Brooks Koepka! 153 00:08:11,908 --> 00:08:13,868 He holds his nerve. 154 00:08:15,286 --> 00:08:18,706 That was the stereotype of the golfers going to LIV, 155 00:08:18,706 --> 00:08:21,250 is like, "Maybe they're washed-up, maybe they're done." 156 00:08:21,250 --> 00:08:23,044 {\an8}You know, "They're phoning it in." 157 00:08:23,044 --> 00:08:26,839 {\an8}"Let's just go and play easy golf. Three days, no cuts." 158 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:29,550 But Brooks is back. Let's see... let's see what happens. 159 00:08:30,134 --> 00:08:33,512 And he will head to Augusta in fine fettle. 160 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:37,600 Hey, congrats, man. 161 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,561 Great shit, dude. That's awesome. Thank you. Appreciate it. 162 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:43,523 When these guys meet at the Masters in a few days, 163 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:46,984 there is an expectation that the PGA TOUR guys will dominate, 164 00:08:46,984 --> 00:08:50,613 proving that, from a golf perspective, they are the superior tour. 165 00:08:56,994 --> 00:08:59,789 Okay, you got your belt on. It's not going to beep. 166 00:08:59,789 --> 00:09:01,290 Is it gonna beep? No. 167 00:09:01,290 --> 00:09:02,750 No, it's not. We're good. 168 00:09:05,253 --> 00:09:08,047 For me, it's like I know that clock is ticking. 169 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:10,841 I was able to knock off four major championships 170 00:09:10,841 --> 00:09:12,593 pretty quickly in my career, 171 00:09:12,593 --> 00:09:15,179 um, but I've been stuck on four for a while. 172 00:09:15,721 --> 00:09:18,724 I don't deserve... No one deserves anything in this game. 173 00:09:18,724 --> 00:09:21,185 Like, nothing is handed to you. It's all earned. 174 00:09:21,185 --> 00:09:23,354 And I feel ready to earn it again. 175 00:09:26,482 --> 00:09:27,567 I'm happy to be here. 176 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:30,194 {\an8}- Thanks for doing it here. - Thanks for being here. This is awesome. 177 00:09:30,194 --> 00:09:31,904 {\an8}Yeah, it's cool. Really cool. 178 00:09:31,904 --> 00:09:33,322 Really cool spot here. 179 00:09:33,322 --> 00:09:35,658 Let me know when you want me to go. Go ahead. 180 00:09:35,658 --> 00:09:37,368 So, it's ten minutes each spot. 181 00:09:37,368 --> 00:09:40,621 Here, Fortune, and then... and then Sean Martin with PGATOUR.COM. 182 00:09:40,621 --> 00:09:41,998 - He's just... Yeah. - Cool. 183 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:46,335 I think this new role that I've sort of been thrust into, 184 00:09:46,335 --> 00:09:49,672 this sort of, you know, spokesman, or leader, or whatever it is, 185 00:09:49,672 --> 00:09:51,757 it's certainly not something that I asked for. 186 00:09:51,757 --> 00:09:54,427 I didn't go to Jay Monahan or anyone at the tour 187 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:56,554 and say, "Hey, let me... let me lead." 188 00:09:57,305 --> 00:10:00,975 I maybe put myself in this position without really knowing it. 189 00:10:00,975 --> 00:10:04,228 If you're not looking for ways to improve and you're standing still, 190 00:10:04,228 --> 00:10:07,356 I just don't think that's the right way to approach things, so I think... 191 00:10:07,356 --> 00:10:10,943 Rory, for whatever reason, was willing to take on the burden 192 00:10:10,943 --> 00:10:12,903 of being the face of the PGA TOUR. 193 00:10:14,238 --> 00:10:16,365 Rory's a very marketable guy. 194 00:10:16,365 --> 00:10:20,703 You know, probably the biggest star to emerge in golf since Tiger Woods. 195 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:24,040 The exact type of guy Jay Monahan wants to smile and take pictures next to. 196 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:25,833 Three, two, one. 197 00:10:25,833 --> 00:10:26,792 Thank you. 198 00:10:26,792 --> 00:10:30,755 So, you're encouraging your... your... your people to take... 199 00:10:31,714 --> 00:10:35,718 I would say I'm probably closer with Jay 200 00:10:35,718 --> 00:10:37,845 than any of the other players on tour. 201 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:40,556 That would be my relationship with Jay. 202 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:43,642 When did this open? 203 00:10:43,642 --> 00:10:47,188 This opened, uh, May last year. May '22. 204 00:10:47,188 --> 00:10:51,192 It was Jay and myself that were doing a lot of the critiques of LIV. 205 00:10:51,692 --> 00:10:55,196 I wanted to take a moment to address all of the news, 206 00:10:55,696 --> 00:11:00,368 {\an8}discourse, and conjecture lately about the world of professional golf. 207 00:11:00,368 --> 00:11:02,870 The PGA TOUR is moving on. 208 00:11:02,870 --> 00:11:04,955 The top players in the world are saying no, 209 00:11:04,955 --> 00:11:06,791 so that has to tell you something. 210 00:11:07,375 --> 00:11:09,585 Our members compete for the opportunity 211 00:11:09,585 --> 00:11:11,587 to add their names to history books 212 00:11:11,587 --> 00:11:16,175 without having to wrestle with any sort of moral ambiguity. 213 00:11:16,175 --> 00:11:19,220 I've always been an advocate of trying to make it more cohesive, 214 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:21,680 and this is, you know, ripping that apart. 215 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:27,561 We are, and we always will be, focused on legacy, not leverage. 216 00:11:27,561 --> 00:11:28,813 We're in the right spot. 217 00:11:28,813 --> 00:11:30,272 - How are you? - Good to see you. 218 00:11:30,272 --> 00:11:32,358 - Everything good? - I work with Sean with TMRW Sports. 219 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:33,693 I didn't see it. 220 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:35,903 Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. 221 00:11:39,740 --> 00:11:42,201 With leadership comes some sacrifice, 222 00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:45,579 and my day has been filled up with stuff. 223 00:11:46,497 --> 00:11:50,418 Phone calls or emails or updates. 224 00:11:53,337 --> 00:11:56,215 I feel like I've had a ton of balls in the air this year, 225 00:11:56,215 --> 00:12:00,261 juggling and demanding of my time, and it's a matter of trying to balance it, 226 00:12:00,261 --> 00:12:03,889 not trying to lose sight of the fact of what's really important, 227 00:12:03,889 --> 00:12:06,642 which is trying to stay the best player in the world. 228 00:12:06,642 --> 00:12:07,643 All right, see ya. 229 00:12:07,643 --> 00:12:12,022 It sounds really simple when you say that, but, uh, easier said than done. 230 00:12:22,616 --> 00:12:24,910 It is wonderful to greet you once again 231 00:12:24,910 --> 00:12:27,037 from the Augusta National Golf Club. 232 00:12:27,037 --> 00:12:30,624 It is always the most anticipated round of the year. 233 00:12:30,624 --> 00:12:35,504 The wait since July at St Andrews for major championship golf has ended. 234 00:12:35,504 --> 00:12:38,841 The pursuit of the green jacket is here at Augusta, Georgia. 235 00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:43,471 Of course, part of the backdrop, 236 00:12:43,471 --> 00:12:46,390 {\an8}the LIV Golf tour playing in the Masters this weekend. 237 00:12:46,390 --> 00:12:48,350 Joining us now is Brooks Koepka. 238 00:12:48,350 --> 00:12:49,894 Where would you say your game is at 239 00:12:49,894 --> 00:12:52,313 and what you need to work on prior to the first round? 240 00:12:52,313 --> 00:12:56,108 Uh, game feels really good right now. Um, being healthy is a big thing. 241 00:12:56,108 --> 00:12:58,944 A healthy Brooks Koepka is a great report for us to have. 242 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:00,362 Thanks for that. Thanks. 243 00:13:01,113 --> 00:13:03,991 You're healthy. It's been a long time since we could say that. 244 00:13:03,991 --> 00:13:06,827 It has been a long, long time. I just finally feel good. 245 00:13:06,827 --> 00:13:07,786 It's incredible. 246 00:13:07,786 --> 00:13:11,707 Like, even just bending down, getting down to read putts normal again. 247 00:13:11,707 --> 00:13:13,125 You're back. - Yeah. 248 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:15,169 Yeah, good to see you. Thanks, Brooks. 249 00:13:15,169 --> 00:13:17,338 Yep. Thanks. Yep. You got it. 250 00:13:19,298 --> 00:13:22,134 The Masters doesn't really need heightening to begin with. 251 00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:24,720 It's the biggest event on the schedule. 252 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,431 And this year, the stakes just seem even higher. 253 00:13:28,516 --> 00:13:29,391 Phil, Phil! 254 00:13:30,935 --> 00:13:34,855 It's the first time that we've seen guys from the PGA TOUR 255 00:13:34,855 --> 00:13:38,734 and guys who went to LIV playing in the same tournament. 256 00:13:38,734 --> 00:13:41,612 This is LIV versus the PGA TOUR, 257 00:13:41,612 --> 00:13:43,656 and everyone is curious 258 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:46,158 how the respective sides are going to fare. 259 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:50,162 A lot of the lead-up to this tournament about LIV Golf. 260 00:13:50,162 --> 00:13:51,872 Hard to know the kind of form 261 00:13:51,872 --> 00:13:54,959 players who were playing on that tour are in as they come here. 262 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:57,002 Are they competitively sharp? 263 00:13:57,002 --> 00:14:00,923 Have they played enough competition to compete here on this stage? 264 00:14:01,882 --> 00:14:05,594 How different does it feel being here as a LIV player 265 00:14:05,594 --> 00:14:07,221 playing on a different tour? 266 00:14:07,221 --> 00:14:10,307 For sure, I'd love to, you know, see one of us guys get up 267 00:14:10,307 --> 00:14:12,810 to the top of the leaderboard and really give it a nice shot. 268 00:14:12,810 --> 00:14:17,398 You know, we play and it's still golf, so it doesn't matter where you play at. 269 00:14:18,065 --> 00:14:20,693 Yeah, I haven't really talked to any of 'em. 270 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:22,570 {\an8}Not too worried about what they're doing, 271 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:24,530 and just trying to take care of myself. 272 00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:27,575 How you doing? Good to see you. 273 00:14:28,534 --> 00:14:30,661 It's a week like this where there's 18 LIV guys 274 00:14:30,661 --> 00:14:31,996 and a bunch of PGA TOUR guys, 275 00:14:31,996 --> 00:14:35,165 all of you guys are intermingling, and it seems like everything is okay. 276 00:14:35,165 --> 00:14:37,626 Has it sort of changed the dynamic between you guys? 277 00:14:38,127 --> 00:14:41,714 It's a very nuanced situation, and there's different dynamics, 278 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:44,341 and, you know, this week, in this tournament, 279 00:14:44,341 --> 00:14:46,844 all the best players in the world are together again. 280 00:14:46,844 --> 00:14:50,139 I think I'm going to go play nine holes with Brooks here in a little bit. 281 00:14:52,349 --> 00:14:54,977 Thanks, Rory. Appreciate your time. Thank you. 282 00:14:57,980 --> 00:15:01,901 When Rory drops that he is playing a practice round with Brooks Koepka, 283 00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:04,069 everyone's like, "What's going on?" 284 00:15:06,655 --> 00:15:10,492 The sight of the two of them playing a practice round at Augusta National, 285 00:15:10,492 --> 00:15:12,286 the biggest week of the golfing year, 286 00:15:12,286 --> 00:15:16,206 when Rory has been the figurehead for the PGA TOUR 287 00:15:16,206 --> 00:15:22,588 and Brooks Koepka is, you know, the greatest modern major champion on LIV... 288 00:15:26,383 --> 00:15:29,511 There's a lot bubbling just below the surface there. 289 00:15:36,101 --> 00:15:40,064 They're portrayed as the villains, and we're portrayed as the good guys, 290 00:15:40,064 --> 00:15:41,231 the guys that stayed. 291 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:44,610 There's certainly a... There's certainly something there. 292 00:15:49,406 --> 00:15:52,701 Everybody kept saying at Augusta the worst thing that can happen 293 00:15:52,701 --> 00:15:55,496 {\an8}to professional golf is if a LIV player wins a major. 294 00:15:55,496 --> 00:15:58,040 I was keeping receipts. I was. 295 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,751 Let's go, Rory. Go get 'em. 296 00:16:01,877 --> 00:16:03,003 Go, Rory. 297 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:06,548 So you've got LIV tour leading voice Brooks Koepka, 298 00:16:06,548 --> 00:16:09,134 PGA TOUR leading voice Rory McIlroy, 299 00:16:09,927 --> 00:16:12,805 and now you've got this "us versus them" 300 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:14,515 back at the Masters. 301 00:16:16,141 --> 00:16:19,353 What's the saying? "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." 302 00:16:31,907 --> 00:16:33,534 Think this works? Pink and blue? 303 00:16:33,534 --> 00:16:36,245 Oh man. Money. - All right? You're not just being nice? 304 00:16:36,245 --> 00:16:38,580 Cash money. - All right. Appreciate you. 305 00:16:39,123 --> 00:16:40,833 {\an8}Have a good day. See ya. You too. 306 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:43,919 Well, we got nothing here, TK. Let's, uh... 307 00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:45,629 - See you after. - Gotta smell good, Tommy. 308 00:16:45,629 --> 00:16:46,922 Gotta smell good, yeah. 309 00:16:46,922 --> 00:16:49,049 Smell good, play good. That's it. 310 00:16:51,218 --> 00:16:54,263 {\an8}After everything that's happened, the PGA TOUR would love 311 00:16:54,263 --> 00:16:58,475 {\an8}for one of their own to be the player that steps into the winner's circle. 312 00:16:58,475 --> 00:17:01,687 Now driving, Rory McIlroy. 313 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:02,980 It's very palpable. 314 00:17:02,980 --> 00:17:04,982 It's very real for Rory McIlroy, 315 00:17:04,982 --> 00:17:08,986 considering where he has placed himself in the hierarchy of golf. 316 00:17:13,073 --> 00:17:15,451 Good afternoon on this Friday 317 00:17:15,451 --> 00:17:17,369 from the Augusta National Golf Club, 318 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:20,414 second round of the 87th Masters Tournament. 319 00:17:22,791 --> 00:17:25,085 The headlines have been established already 320 00:17:25,085 --> 00:17:27,254 by Brooks Koepka, who's setting the pace. 321 00:17:28,088 --> 00:17:30,424 We have not seen him play in over a year. 322 00:17:30,424 --> 00:17:34,470 What a story this would be. What a start for Koepka. 323 00:17:34,970 --> 00:17:38,348 McIlroy, one of the big stories always coming in here. 324 00:17:38,849 --> 00:17:40,350 Needs to get something going. 325 00:17:44,563 --> 00:17:46,398 See what Rory can do here. 326 00:17:52,863 --> 00:17:54,698 Goodness. 327 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,744 Bad start yesterday. He was quickly over par. Same today. 328 00:17:59,828 --> 00:18:01,830 He's gonna have to play some great golf 329 00:18:01,830 --> 00:18:03,707 {\an8}if he wants to make it to the weekend, Ian. 330 00:18:05,125 --> 00:18:06,627 McIlroy for par. 331 00:18:11,048 --> 00:18:13,801 You can see the frustration showing. 332 00:18:14,676 --> 00:18:16,178 {\an8}That's been the week for Rory. 333 00:18:16,178 --> 00:18:20,724 {\an8}It is going to be very, very hard for him to make the cut now. 334 00:18:21,308 --> 00:18:24,019 And Brooks Koepka has this putt for birdie. 335 00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:28,232 That's the look we're used to seeing 336 00:18:28,232 --> 00:18:29,650 {\an8}from Brooks Koepka at the majors. 337 00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:30,943 Mm-hmm. 338 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:33,737 Said it's a long time since he's felt this good. 339 00:18:34,238 --> 00:18:36,573 The majors, there's like a different air 340 00:18:36,573 --> 00:18:38,242 about the room when he's in it. 341 00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:39,952 Like, he's so focused. 342 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:42,955 No one remembers how many PGA TOUR wins you have on your record. 343 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:45,207 What they count is how many major wins you have. 344 00:18:47,918 --> 00:18:50,754 It's a grind. Major week's always... always tough. 345 00:18:51,463 --> 00:18:52,589 To be here is special. 346 00:18:52,589 --> 00:18:56,093 If you win one here, it kind of ticks a lot of boxes, doesn't it? 347 00:18:58,011 --> 00:18:59,888 This for eagle. 348 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:04,101 Ten-under for the tournament. 349 00:19:04,101 --> 00:19:05,310 {\an8}All business. 350 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:06,311 Brooks. 351 00:19:08,105 --> 00:19:11,525 Rory McIlroy will need to play near flawlessly 352 00:19:11,525 --> 00:19:13,861 coming down the stretch to make the cut. 353 00:19:18,031 --> 00:19:20,909 That's in the water on the left-hand side. Hmm. 354 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:25,038 The struggles and frustrations of Rory McIlroy. 355 00:19:27,624 --> 00:19:29,877 And one of the pre-tournament favorites, 356 00:19:29,877 --> 00:19:32,588 so highly discussed, is not going to make the cut. 357 00:19:33,630 --> 00:19:36,508 It was the best opportunity for me to win a major 358 00:19:37,092 --> 00:19:39,261 that I'd had in a long, long time, 359 00:19:39,261 --> 00:19:41,680 but sometimes it just doesn't quite work out. 360 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,641 I was so far from where I thought I should have been. 361 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:46,560 Rory! Rory! 362 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,105 For Rory to not win the Masters is one thing. 363 00:19:51,148 --> 00:19:55,027 But to miss the cut is just a massive, devastating failure. 364 00:19:56,278 --> 00:20:00,532 And then to have Brooks Koepka, a LIV guy, on the top of the leaderboard 365 00:20:01,074 --> 00:20:03,410 just has to make it that much harder to handle. 366 00:20:06,455 --> 00:20:10,334 Final round of the Masters, two of the biggest brutes in the game 367 00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:12,669 from two different tours going head-to-head. 368 00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:17,674 Going into Masters Sunday, it's almost this unbelievable storyline. 369 00:20:20,177 --> 00:20:23,805 It's one thing for LIV to be lurking in the background, 370 00:20:23,805 --> 00:20:27,017 but if one of their players were to win the Masters, 371 00:20:27,017 --> 00:20:30,771 that would change the entire dynamic of professional golf. 372 00:20:33,482 --> 00:20:34,900 Pars to start. 373 00:20:36,777 --> 00:20:39,529 Brooks and I are tied on four majors apiece, 374 00:20:39,529 --> 00:20:43,033 so you don't really want someone to go by you. 375 00:20:44,451 --> 00:20:47,996 If it wasn't me that was going to win the Masters, 376 00:20:47,996 --> 00:20:51,208 yeah, I'd probably prefer it to be a PGA TOUR player, honestly. 377 00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:55,170 And Phil, his chance to be the first birdie here at 12. 378 00:20:58,131 --> 00:21:01,969 Phil Mickelson making a charge here on this Sunday. 379 00:21:06,473 --> 00:21:09,893 The narrative on if you went to LIV was you just went for the money, 380 00:21:09,893 --> 00:21:12,813 and you were going to be a fringe golfer. 381 00:21:15,190 --> 00:21:17,317 And at six, Brooks Koepka. 382 00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:23,573 Just struggled, really. 383 00:21:23,573 --> 00:21:27,744 Everybody said that all of the LIV guys would be insignificant 384 00:21:27,744 --> 00:21:31,540 and nonfactors in the majors because there was no competition on LIV. 385 00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:35,961 Koepka four behind. 386 00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:39,298 Rahm can almost feel the jacket on his shoulders. 387 00:21:40,382 --> 00:21:44,386 But the narrative that had been being pushed became a false narrative. 388 00:21:46,513 --> 00:21:49,099 And he posts eight-under. 389 00:21:50,058 --> 00:21:52,060 You couldn't then just pretend 390 00:21:52,060 --> 00:21:56,690 {\an8}that they weren't going to be relevant in professional golf anymore. 391 00:21:58,233 --> 00:22:00,652 {\an8}The people that were anti-LIV, 392 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:03,155 {\an8}they had to look themselves in the mirror and go, 393 00:22:03,864 --> 00:22:05,824 "Okay, now what?" 394 00:22:08,452 --> 00:22:12,289 Brooks Koepka will share second with Phil Mickelson. 395 00:22:20,464 --> 00:22:23,675 Rahm wins the Masters marathon. 396 00:22:29,723 --> 00:22:31,558 I was relieved that Brooks didn't go 397 00:22:31,558 --> 00:22:33,935 to five major titles and I was still stuck at four, 398 00:22:33,935 --> 00:22:38,148 but at the same time, it would be dealing with the LIV bots 399 00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:39,941 and the media and all that stuff 400 00:22:39,941 --> 00:22:42,611 is what would have been absolutely horrific. 401 00:22:44,237 --> 00:22:47,199 Brooks, I know you probably don't like the LIV questions, 402 00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:50,118 but, I mean, what do you guys think you proved this week? 403 00:22:50,619 --> 00:22:53,580 I know if I'm healthy, I know I can compete. 404 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:58,085 I don't think any of the guys that play this event thought otherwise either. 405 00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:01,046 Um, when Phil plays good, they know he's going to compete. 406 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:02,714 P. Reed, same thing. 407 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:05,550 Um, I think that's just manufactured by the media 408 00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:08,136 that we can't compete anymore, we were washed-up. 409 00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:11,181 Was there competition with the guys from the other tour? 410 00:23:11,181 --> 00:23:13,934 I'm happy where I'm at. I wanted something different. 411 00:23:13,934 --> 00:23:15,727 That's what this is doing for me at LIV. 412 00:23:15,727 --> 00:23:17,979 It's not for everybody, but it's been awesome for me. 413 00:23:21,149 --> 00:23:24,111 The LIV guys showed at Augusta that they're not going anywhere. 414 00:23:24,111 --> 00:23:28,323 You just had three of the top six in the biggest tournament in the world 415 00:23:28,323 --> 00:23:29,282 are LIV guys. 416 00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:32,828 It's hard to argue that they're not still incredible players 417 00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:35,539 who are capable of performing at a world-class level. 418 00:23:35,539 --> 00:23:37,958 It's no different just because they went to a different tour. 419 00:23:41,044 --> 00:23:43,046 Just gonna drop it on your bag. Yup. 420 00:23:43,046 --> 00:23:46,550 Make a little opening. Always wanted to be on Netflix. 421 00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:49,177 It's not all it's cracked up to be. Rory! 422 00:23:49,177 --> 00:23:50,804 I'm joking, I'm joking. 423 00:23:50,804 --> 00:23:54,141 Rory. How dare you, Rory? I can't believe you said that. 424 00:23:56,643 --> 00:24:00,021 Take it back and redo it. - You don't need to put that in it. 425 00:24:00,021 --> 00:24:01,439 It's fine. 426 00:24:01,439 --> 00:24:03,525 Perfect. Good to go. There you go. 427 00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:05,610 Y'all ready? Okay. I gotta ask. 428 00:24:05,610 --> 00:24:07,070 Okay, the Masters this year. 429 00:24:07,779 --> 00:24:09,948 {\an8}There was a guy who I swear 430 00:24:10,907 --> 00:24:13,910 {\an8}looked 99% like you. 431 00:24:13,910 --> 00:24:15,412 Eighty. This was...? 432 00:24:15,412 --> 00:24:16,621 This was on Thursday. 433 00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:18,748 He was desperate for your attention for sure. 434 00:24:18,748 --> 00:24:21,209 If it was on the weekend, it actually could've been me. 435 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:25,964 No. It was not. 436 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:27,924 It was not. 437 00:24:27,924 --> 00:24:31,511 I felt like I went into that Masters playing really well. 438 00:24:32,012 --> 00:24:36,016 Felt almost as confident as ever going into that tournament, 439 00:24:36,016 --> 00:24:37,601 and just laid an egg. 440 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,520 I played like dog shit that week. 441 00:24:41,104 --> 00:24:43,857 What's up, GolfPass? You got Dude Perfect, Rory McIlroy. 442 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:46,067 We've got a fun little challenge set up today. 443 00:24:47,527 --> 00:24:49,779 I had to ask myself a lot of questions. 444 00:24:50,363 --> 00:24:52,199 Playing golf and having all the other stuff 445 00:24:52,199 --> 00:24:54,493 that I'm involved with, it's a full-time job. 446 00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:57,245 It's sort of all-consuming at the minute. 447 00:24:57,746 --> 00:25:00,916 You get fatigued of it. You get fatigued of answering the same questions. 448 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:02,667 And it's... it's so difficult. 449 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:04,169 How do you feel after that? 450 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:05,754 Gotta be tiring. - Pretty tiring. 451 00:25:05,754 --> 00:25:06,671 - Is it? - Yeah. 452 00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:08,173 Nice little 12-pack? 453 00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:12,010 I think it's so rare that PGA TOUR players take on 454 00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:15,847 the type of responsibility that we've seen Rory McIlroy take on. 455 00:25:15,847 --> 00:25:19,559 Smile. Big smile. How about no smile for one? Good. 456 00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:21,895 How can he be so invested 457 00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:24,481 into what's going on between LIV and the PGA TOUR 458 00:25:24,481 --> 00:25:30,612 and still go out there and beat the other 150 best players in the world? 459 00:25:31,154 --> 00:25:33,114 That's just not a sustainable place to live 460 00:25:33,114 --> 00:25:36,868 with an already full plate and then that added responsibility 461 00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:39,412 of really putting the PGA TOUR on your back. 462 00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:45,043 So, the podcast selection. Shotgun Start, Huberman Lab. 463 00:25:45,043 --> 00:25:48,421 You got Disney's Encanto, which is Poppy's favorite. 464 00:25:48,421 --> 00:25:50,757 And then you've got DJ Khaled mix. 465 00:25:51,258 --> 00:25:52,217 Yeah, there you go. 466 00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:56,304 There's a little look into what I listen to every day in the car. 467 00:25:58,807 --> 00:26:00,100 With everything that's went on 468 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:02,727 in the golf world over the past 12 or 18 months, 469 00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:04,396 there's been times where, 470 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:07,440 I guess, my attention or my focus has been taken away 471 00:26:08,191 --> 00:26:09,985 from, uh... 472 00:26:11,027 --> 00:26:14,698 from what... I really need to focus on. 473 00:26:16,324 --> 00:26:20,870 Last few weeks on the golf course hasn't been what I have wanted, 474 00:26:20,870 --> 00:26:24,082 but getting ready for the second major championship of the year 475 00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:25,166 coming up at Oak Hills. 476 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:29,379 All eyes have been on me for a long time anyway. It's not new. 477 00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:32,340 I'd much rather be in this scenario 478 00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:37,012 than no one give a shit about what I'm doing, so, yeah... 479 00:26:41,141 --> 00:26:45,770 {\an8}We have yet another amazing guest here on BS. 480 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:49,816 {\an8}A legend, Brooks Koepka, in the building, ladies and gentlemen. 481 00:26:49,816 --> 00:26:52,569 One of the best golfers of our generation. 482 00:26:53,862 --> 00:26:56,948 Can you... can you tell us, like, how big the LIV contract was? 483 00:26:56,948 --> 00:26:58,825 It was good. It was good. 484 00:26:58,825 --> 00:27:01,328 Like, nine... eight figures, nine figures? 485 00:27:01,828 --> 00:27:02,871 It was nine. 486 00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:04,080 Yeah. 487 00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:07,250 For those who don't, uh, can't count, 488 00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:09,586 that's, like, 100 million or more. 489 00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:14,007 Yep. Yep. It was, uh, it was pretty good. I was very happy with it. Put it that way. 490 00:27:14,007 --> 00:27:15,175 No, that's amazing. 491 00:27:15,175 --> 00:27:18,803 Does that create contentment now for you, or does it make you wanna work harder? 492 00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:22,390 If I got a fucking nine-figure contract, I wouldn't... I'd just fuck off. 493 00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:25,894 To me, it's all majors. I think that's what you're defined by, right? 494 00:27:25,894 --> 00:27:27,812 I wanna try to get to double digits. 495 00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:30,815 I think I can get 10, 12. Um, I think that's realistic. 496 00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:33,234 That's what keeps me going, and that's the fun. 497 00:27:38,573 --> 00:27:40,492 Do you have any, like, tips or...? 498 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,744 Just hit it as hard as you can. All right. 499 00:27:47,207 --> 00:27:48,875 Who said he was gonna do that? 500 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:50,543 The tee! The tee! 501 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:57,884 Honestly, I've never seen that. That was very impressive. 502 00:27:58,385 --> 00:28:01,054 That was one of the coolest shit I've ever seen on a golf course. 503 00:28:01,054 --> 00:28:02,680 That's what I meant to do. 504 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,557 I just took out the tee, right? 505 00:28:05,058 --> 00:28:06,559 Three-seventy! 506 00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,939 You get a sense that the momentum has shifted a little bit. 507 00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:14,275 The LIV guys are walking around with a little bit more swagger. 508 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:16,361 Putt! 509 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:19,114 Yes! Yes! Go! 510 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,576 Let's go! 511 00:28:23,576 --> 00:28:25,453 Just won a major. Wow. 512 00:28:25,453 --> 00:28:26,913 Get the fuck outta my face. 513 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,042 Before the Masters, people weren't sure 514 00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:32,502 how the LIV golfers would perform. 515 00:28:32,502 --> 00:28:35,922 But the Masters made everyone realize 516 00:28:35,922 --> 00:28:40,718 that it's not a matter of if a LIV guy at some point wins a major. 517 00:28:40,718 --> 00:28:42,178 It's a matter of when. 518 00:28:42,178 --> 00:28:44,264 Cash in now, fellas! Cash in now! 519 00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:46,015 - Right. - Let's turn it in. 520 00:28:46,015 --> 00:28:47,016 Pay up. 521 00:29:07,745 --> 00:29:09,873 It'd give me a heart attack just to park in this thing. 522 00:29:09,873 --> 00:29:10,874 What's up, Collin? 523 00:29:11,624 --> 00:29:13,543 I can't run over Phil Mickelson. 524 00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:15,336 That'd be a bad start to the week. 525 00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:20,216 The PGA Championship, that's the second major of the year. 526 00:29:20,216 --> 00:29:22,969 A lot of questions have been answered at the Masters. 527 00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:25,221 DJ! DJ! 528 00:29:25,221 --> 00:29:27,974 The LIV golfers have undoubtedly proved 529 00:29:27,974 --> 00:29:30,477 that they can compete at the major level. 530 00:29:30,477 --> 00:29:35,023 That sends a huge message to the rest of the golfing world. 531 00:29:36,399 --> 00:29:40,236 We think that Brooks is gonna be riding the crest of his wave. 532 00:29:40,820 --> 00:29:42,947 But how's Rory McIlroy going to be feeling? 533 00:29:44,574 --> 00:29:46,326 He's got points to prove. 534 00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:49,245 He has questions that need to be answered. 535 00:29:50,371 --> 00:29:53,041 How long does it take to get over the hangover 536 00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:54,709 of something like Augusta? 537 00:29:54,709 --> 00:29:56,753 Where's your... where's your game at now? 538 00:29:57,253 --> 00:30:00,673 Look, golf is golf, and it happens, and you're gonna have bad days. 539 00:30:00,673 --> 00:30:05,386 And, you know, I still believe that I'm one of the best players in the world, 540 00:30:05,386 --> 00:30:10,225 and, you know, I can produce good golf to... to have a chance of... of winning this week. 541 00:30:10,975 --> 00:30:12,936 We're coming up on the anniversary 542 00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:14,479 of the first LIV Golf tournament. 543 00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:17,899 If you could look into your crystal ball, maybe, say, three years from now, 544 00:30:17,899 --> 00:30:19,776 where do you think the pro game will be? 545 00:30:19,776 --> 00:30:21,277 I don't have a crystal ball. 546 00:30:21,277 --> 00:30:23,112 Don't wanna speculate? 547 00:30:23,112 --> 00:30:24,322 No. 548 00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:26,449 Thanks for your time today. We appreciate it. 549 00:30:29,953 --> 00:30:33,331 Right now, it feels like the world has flipped on its head for Rory. 550 00:30:33,331 --> 00:30:37,836 Golf is hard enough as it is, and when you add all of this off-the-course stuff, 551 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:40,421 the game can become almost impossible. 552 00:30:40,421 --> 00:30:42,549 We all thought this was gonna be Rory's year, 553 00:30:42,549 --> 00:30:46,302 but you can't be a golfer and a politician at the same time. 554 00:30:46,803 --> 00:30:47,804 Rory! 555 00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:57,021 Next one. Pull back. 556 00:30:58,815 --> 00:30:59,816 {\an8}Then that one, pull back. 557 00:31:00,984 --> 00:31:01,860 {\an8}Towards you. 558 00:31:07,740 --> 00:31:09,993 - So weird we're playing together. - I know. 559 00:31:09,993 --> 00:31:14,247 I... I mean, it's like an annual thing. PGA champions playing together? 560 00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:15,999 I know. That's so bizarre. 561 00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:25,049 After Augusta, I was pretty pissed at the coverage that got. 562 00:31:26,009 --> 00:31:27,760 Hi, Brooks. How's it going? 563 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,638 Jilien Harvey from the PGA. Welcome. Thanks for coming. 564 00:31:30,638 --> 00:31:31,806 I'll walk you down. 565 00:31:33,474 --> 00:31:35,393 Does it legitimize LIV? 566 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:37,061 Probably. 567 00:31:38,479 --> 00:31:43,067 But it still doesn't change the fact that it is what it is. 568 00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:46,446 Justin and Rory, both of you slide this way a little bit. 569 00:31:46,446 --> 00:31:47,363 One, two... 570 00:31:47,363 --> 00:31:51,409 I don't think it gave LIV the spike that they thought 571 00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:52,869 that it was gonna give it. 572 00:31:52,869 --> 00:31:55,955 Justin, this way just a little bit. Great. 573 00:31:55,955 --> 00:31:59,626 The relationship between TOUR guys and LIV guys is weird. 574 00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:01,669 That's gotten a little chippier and chippier. 575 00:32:01,669 --> 00:32:04,631 There's plenty of guys on that tour that I didn't talk to before 576 00:32:04,631 --> 00:32:06,883 and I still have no desire to talk to, 577 00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:08,635 {\an8}but it's not because of that decision. 578 00:32:08,635 --> 00:32:10,345 {\an8}It just may help with it a little bit. 579 00:32:10,345 --> 00:32:12,555 Last one. One, two, three. 580 00:32:12,555 --> 00:32:14,307 {\an8}Perfect. Thank you all very much. 581 00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:27,362 Welcome, everybody. So, I don't know if you know a lot about the history, 582 00:32:27,362 --> 00:32:30,031 but there have been 71 champions of this event, 583 00:32:30,865 --> 00:32:33,826 which you should all be proud to be part of. 584 00:32:33,826 --> 00:32:35,912 We've got a great defending champion, Justin. 585 00:32:41,501 --> 00:32:43,586 Thank you, John. Uh, yeah, I'm... 586 00:32:44,420 --> 00:32:47,382 I'm very excited, obviously, to be... be hosting this. 587 00:32:47,382 --> 00:32:52,095 Um, it's just a very cool night. I know all of us can reminisce and share stories, 588 00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:54,931 and I personally wanted to have a cheers to Mito Pereira, 589 00:32:54,931 --> 00:32:56,891 because this would not happen without him, so... 590 00:32:58,601 --> 00:33:01,854 Thank you all again. This is unbelievable to be hosting tonight. 591 00:33:01,854 --> 00:33:03,731 And, uh, let's have a great time. 592 00:33:03,731 --> 00:33:04,816 - Cheers. - Cheers. 593 00:33:07,276 --> 00:33:10,196 Thank you guys for a great dinner, JT. Thanks. 594 00:33:10,196 --> 00:33:13,366 It's been fun to sit around with a bunch of you guys, reflect, 595 00:33:13,366 --> 00:33:16,661 and have some cool stories and see everybody and, um... 596 00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:18,413 Let's everybody have a good week. 597 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,915 - Yeah. - Hear! Hear! 598 00:33:26,045 --> 00:33:29,132 Good morning from Western New York. 599 00:33:29,132 --> 00:33:32,552 The 105th playing of the PGA Championship. 600 00:33:33,886 --> 00:33:35,346 I'm a professional athlete. 601 00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:39,767 {\an8}He... There's not one professional athlete in that body right there. 602 00:33:40,643 --> 00:33:41,811 Let me see something. 603 00:33:42,645 --> 00:33:44,522 All right. You're right. 604 00:33:44,522 --> 00:33:46,566 See? Look what I can do. 605 00:33:47,233 --> 00:33:49,485 Rory! Come on, Rory! 606 00:33:49,485 --> 00:33:53,406 Rory McIlroy most recently in a major championship missed the cut. 607 00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:00,621 The nice thing about golf 608 00:34:00,621 --> 00:34:04,042 is there's always the next week or the next tournament or the next major, 609 00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:08,171 and I've always sort of prided myself on how I've bounced back 610 00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:11,758 from... from some of those, you know, bad rounds or bad tournaments. 611 00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:15,178 The name of the hole is "Breather." 612 00:34:15,845 --> 00:34:17,764 Don't tell that to Rory. Hmm. 613 00:34:18,347 --> 00:34:19,849 Wow! 614 00:34:19,849 --> 00:34:22,602 Oh my gosh. Now he can take a breath. 615 00:34:23,603 --> 00:34:26,022 Who knows, maybe that'll get him started. 616 00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:32,195 Sit! 617 00:34:32,195 --> 00:34:35,031 Best of the day by a lot. By far. 618 00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:38,076 What a round for DeChambeau. 619 00:34:39,118 --> 00:34:41,162 Solo leader. 620 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,832 DJ from long range. 621 00:34:46,501 --> 00:34:48,419 I'd say the pace was pretty good. 622 00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:55,009 Dustin Johnson joins DeChambeau at the top of the leaderboard. 623 00:34:57,220 --> 00:35:01,224 Second round underway on this beautiful Friday in Rochester. 624 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:05,144 And McIlroy... Could sure use something. 625 00:35:10,316 --> 00:35:13,361 That's something! 626 00:35:13,361 --> 00:35:15,947 Brooks Koepka from just off the edge. 627 00:35:18,032 --> 00:35:20,409 Don't think this man is going anywhere. 628 00:35:21,536 --> 00:35:24,080 Brooks Koepka. How about it? 629 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:27,333 For birdie. 630 00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:28,334 Koepka! 631 00:35:30,878 --> 00:35:32,713 Climbing up that leaderboard. 632 00:35:36,676 --> 00:35:37,677 Morning. 633 00:35:39,053 --> 00:35:40,429 Chilly. 634 00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:45,852 He's just too good. Six top fives for Xander. 635 00:35:45,852 --> 00:35:47,728 Ready for a major challenge... 636 00:35:47,728 --> 00:35:51,357 You need a hat, Rory. - I'm... That's what I'm getting out. 637 00:35:51,357 --> 00:35:53,359 I'm getting a hat. 638 00:35:53,359 --> 00:35:55,319 - Your head must be freezing. - Is my hair... 639 00:35:55,319 --> 00:35:58,197 Is my fluffy hair not enough to keep me warm? 640 00:35:58,197 --> 00:36:01,033 Your fluffy hair looks great, I've gotta say. 641 00:36:02,785 --> 00:36:05,246 It is rainy. It might get worse. 642 00:36:06,205 --> 00:36:07,039 Buckle up. 643 00:36:07,748 --> 00:36:09,917 You know someone's going to play well. 644 00:36:10,501 --> 00:36:13,629 Got a feeling about Rory today doing something special. 645 00:36:13,629 --> 00:36:15,381 In the hole! 646 00:36:18,759 --> 00:36:20,386 That is a bad miss there. 647 00:36:27,768 --> 00:36:30,563 He teases you, McIlroy, doesn't he? Great start. 648 00:36:30,563 --> 00:36:32,690 Could throw it all away back here, though. 649 00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:36,360 It was so hard to get momentum, yeah. 650 00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:40,198 It's hard to go out there and shoot... 66. 651 00:36:48,414 --> 00:36:50,082 He's a major machine. 652 00:36:50,583 --> 00:36:54,670 Sixty-six for the second straight day. 653 00:36:55,504 --> 00:36:56,797 And Brooks Koepka 654 00:36:56,797 --> 00:36:59,425 will go into that last day with the lead. 655 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,803 I love what you said after the Masters. 656 00:37:02,803 --> 00:37:06,223 You said, "I figured out the mistakes I made, and I won't make 'em again." 657 00:37:06,223 --> 00:37:09,101 What were those mistakes, and how can you apply that to tomorrow? 658 00:37:09,101 --> 00:37:10,394 I can't give away my secrets. 659 00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:11,562 Just one? - No. 660 00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:14,607 We look forward to trying to figure it out tomorrow as we watch you play. 661 00:37:14,607 --> 00:37:16,150 - Thank you so much. - Thanks. 662 00:37:17,234 --> 00:37:18,861 Will you tell me off camera? 663 00:37:18,861 --> 00:37:19,779 I can't tell you. 664 00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:23,950 Thanks, Brooks. - Love you too, guys. 665 00:37:24,450 --> 00:37:25,284 Yep. 666 00:37:25,868 --> 00:37:27,328 Fun to watch. Yep. 667 00:37:27,828 --> 00:37:29,080 Feel good? Yeah. 668 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,581 Awesome. Felt good. 669 00:37:36,128 --> 00:37:40,508 It is a beautiful Sunday morning here in Western New York. 670 00:37:46,180 --> 00:37:47,014 All right. 671 00:37:48,516 --> 00:37:52,186 I hit a drive on nine today that missed for my 700th fairway. 672 00:37:52,186 --> 00:37:54,605 Oh, there's a crack in your driver. I was watching. 673 00:37:55,564 --> 00:37:57,358 Right down the middle, like this. 674 00:38:05,032 --> 00:38:07,076 'Sup, Brooks? Go, Brooksie! 675 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,163 Brooks, how much would another major title mean to you 676 00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:12,707 at this point in your career? 677 00:38:13,207 --> 00:38:14,667 It would mean a lot. 678 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:17,503 I think a major championship would mean a lot to anybody, so... 679 00:38:18,254 --> 00:38:21,590 if I handle my business out here, everything will take care of itself. 680 00:38:22,925 --> 00:38:26,345 To win a major is always a big deal no matter where you're playing. 681 00:38:36,939 --> 00:38:38,941 If the next phase of Brooks's journey 682 00:38:38,941 --> 00:38:40,443 is winning another major 683 00:38:40,443 --> 00:38:42,862 after catastrophic injuries, 684 00:38:42,862 --> 00:38:46,782 after a large portion of the golfing public writing him off 685 00:38:46,782 --> 00:38:47,825 for going to LIV, 686 00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:53,080 to come back and basically say, "Fuck you, I've now won my fifth," 687 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:54,665 that's a hell of a story. 688 00:38:57,835 --> 00:38:59,920 This is the second major in a row 689 00:39:00,421 --> 00:39:03,257 where he's held the outright 54-hole lead. 690 00:39:03,257 --> 00:39:06,177 That hasn't happened since McIlroy back in 2011. 691 00:39:09,096 --> 00:39:13,893 McIlroy is sitting here five back, and like Brooks Koepka, 692 00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:16,771 he's looking for a fifth career major. 693 00:39:17,813 --> 00:39:19,774 Doesn't matter how big your lead is. 694 00:39:19,774 --> 00:39:21,692 People can always come from behind. 695 00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:24,487 The more times you can put yourself in with a chance 696 00:39:24,487 --> 00:39:26,155 in the back nine on a Sunday... 697 00:39:27,948 --> 00:39:29,283 ...anything is possible. 698 00:39:35,539 --> 00:39:36,624 It's a spiral. 699 00:39:37,541 --> 00:39:40,294 When you've got momentum, things are going your way, 700 00:39:40,294 --> 00:39:41,754 the spiral works upward. 701 00:39:42,922 --> 00:39:46,175 But if things... you know, you get an un... unlucky break, 702 00:39:46,759 --> 00:39:50,596 you hit a shot that you thought was going to be good and it didn't end up good... 703 00:39:51,097 --> 00:39:51,931 Sit! 704 00:39:54,975 --> 00:39:57,812 {\an8}...it just starts sort of going the other way a little bit. 705 00:39:58,312 --> 00:39:59,980 Another one of those days. 706 00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:04,110 But really, focus back on the final group. 707 00:40:04,110 --> 00:40:05,194 Let's go, Brooks. 708 00:40:06,195 --> 00:40:07,404 - Get 'em, Brooks. - Let's go! 709 00:40:10,699 --> 00:40:13,452 One of the toughest par-3s on the course here at three. 710 00:40:15,996 --> 00:40:20,793 And that is the shot of a four-time major champion. 711 00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:31,303 I fear he's going to be very hard to beat. 712 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:34,181 Here's Koepka for another birdie. 713 00:40:37,893 --> 00:40:38,727 On fire. 714 00:40:40,146 --> 00:40:42,273 "Catch me if you can," says Koepka. 715 00:40:45,151 --> 00:40:48,112 Another narrow miss. Bad par there for Rory. 716 00:40:48,988 --> 00:40:53,492 Failure's how you learn. It's more mentality than it is anything. 717 00:40:54,201 --> 00:40:56,162 Oh, advantage, Koepka. 718 00:40:56,162 --> 00:40:57,746 A spectacular shot there. 719 00:40:58,664 --> 00:41:02,168 If you can do that, you'll be miles ahead of everybody else. 720 00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:10,301 Rory's in with a third consecutive round of 69. 721 00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:13,220 Disappointing for Rory. 722 00:41:14,847 --> 00:41:16,849 But it's not that. I mean, I... 723 00:41:16,849 --> 00:41:19,059 I fucking shit myself and left pins. 724 00:41:19,059 --> 00:41:20,728 I, like, I'm not... 725 00:41:21,437 --> 00:41:26,025 Like, my, like, technique is nowhere near as good as it used to be. 726 00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:31,739 I almost feel like I wanna do a complete reboot. 727 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:34,366 Almost? No, I do, I do. 728 00:41:34,366 --> 00:41:37,912 'Cause it's the only way I feel like I'm gonna break through. 729 00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:40,247 I think differently. What do you want? 730 00:41:40,247 --> 00:41:42,416 But it is, like, Sean. It is. 731 00:41:42,416 --> 00:41:44,460 Like, it feels so far away. 732 00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:46,003 I'm not at the stage of my life 733 00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:49,798 where I feel like I can come out and be doing these two-week boot camps. 734 00:41:49,798 --> 00:41:50,841 Like, I feel... 735 00:41:50,841 --> 00:41:54,637 Like, I feel good enough to be, like, fucking top ten in my head, 736 00:41:54,637 --> 00:41:56,513 but not good enough to win. 737 00:41:56,513 --> 00:41:58,182 Like, pull away? Like, pull away. 738 00:41:58,182 --> 00:42:00,226 Like, winning fucking majors. 739 00:42:00,226 --> 00:42:01,352 You know, like... 740 00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:02,603 You know, and... 741 00:42:02,603 --> 00:42:06,065 The pressure I was feeling to be this sort of spokesman or this leader, 742 00:42:06,065 --> 00:42:07,942 I think that was part of the problem. 743 00:42:07,942 --> 00:42:11,070 I just was disappointed and wanted to get away from it. 744 00:42:13,447 --> 00:42:14,490 Back at 12. 745 00:42:15,074 --> 00:42:16,659 It's Koepka away. 746 00:42:18,327 --> 00:42:20,955 Seems like every year there's a momentum putt, 747 00:42:20,955 --> 00:42:22,122 one that you remember. 748 00:42:22,122 --> 00:42:23,374 This could be that one. 749 00:42:24,833 --> 00:42:27,211 Let's go. Wrap it up. Pasta's getting cold. 750 00:42:35,427 --> 00:42:37,638 Absolutely perfect. 751 00:42:37,638 --> 00:42:40,474 ♪ Me and my boys make major moves Still the same ones I came with ♪ 752 00:42:40,474 --> 00:42:42,643 ♪ Uppin' the payment Toy, you be nothin' to play with ♪ 753 00:42:42,643 --> 00:42:45,563 {\an8}♪ Guess some things unchangeable Me and my thirst insatiable ♪ 754 00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,398 {\an8}♪ Till we all big time Face on my Rollie... ♪ 755 00:42:47,398 --> 00:42:49,900 What a personal comeback story this is. 756 00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:52,361 {\an8}All the doubt that he had in his mind. 757 00:42:52,361 --> 00:42:54,280 You may have seen him on Full Swing. 758 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,992 Never seen a guy lacking so much confidence with so much pedigree. 759 00:42:59,159 --> 00:43:02,454 But he's a different guy now. He's back to who he was. 760 00:43:04,540 --> 00:43:05,583 - ♪ Run it up ♪ - ♪ Whoa! ♪ 761 00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:07,751 - ♪ Run it up, run it up, run it up ♪ - ♪ Yeah! Whoa! ♪ 762 00:43:07,751 --> 00:43:09,545 ♪ Nothing can stop me... ♪ 763 00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:13,507 Koepka conquers the PGA at Oak Hill. 764 00:43:20,764 --> 00:43:22,349 ♪ Nothing can stop me... ♪ 765 00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:34,612 Hell yeah, baby! - Let's go! 766 00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:37,531 Hell yeah! - That's what I'm fucking talking about! 767 00:43:39,325 --> 00:43:43,203 The 2023 PGA Champion, Brooks Koepka. 768 00:43:48,375 --> 00:43:50,836 If I look back to where we were two years ago, 769 00:43:50,836 --> 00:43:53,631 I'm just so happy right now, I'm kind of at a loss for words, 770 00:43:53,631 --> 00:43:55,924 but this is... this is just the coolest thing. 771 00:43:59,094 --> 00:44:01,597 Feels good to be back and get number five. 772 00:44:08,020 --> 00:44:09,980 Scottie, nice finish. Good week. 773 00:44:11,607 --> 00:44:15,027 Fuck. Someone in my era has got more majors than I have. 774 00:44:16,403 --> 00:44:17,237 Five! 775 00:44:17,237 --> 00:44:19,490 It's hard for me not to define myself 776 00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:21,575 as one of the best golfers in the world, 777 00:44:21,575 --> 00:44:25,079 so when you struggle like that, you feel a little lost, 778 00:44:25,663 --> 00:44:27,247 but I think it was a wake-up call 779 00:44:27,247 --> 00:44:30,459 for me to say, "Let's just focus on the golf for a little bit." 780 00:44:31,877 --> 00:44:32,711 Brooks! 781 00:44:33,754 --> 00:44:34,755 - Brooks! - Yeah? 782 00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:41,720 Well done. I'm really happy for you. Enjoy it. 783 00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:42,930 Good job, Brooks. 784 00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:46,934 - See you, boys. - See ya. 785 00:44:46,934 --> 00:44:48,727 I'll give you a shout later. - Yeah. 786 00:44:48,727 --> 00:44:49,645 Good win. 787 00:44:49,645 --> 00:44:51,397 Koepka's win is a massive blow 788 00:44:51,397 --> 00:44:54,441 to this narrative that LIV Golf is just going to go away, 789 00:44:54,441 --> 00:44:56,568 that it can basically be ignored. 790 00:44:56,568 --> 00:44:59,780 And now that a LIV golfer has won a major championship, 791 00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:02,574 the question becomes, "Where do we go from here?" 792 00:45:10,958 --> 00:45:14,753 Some serious breaking news from the world of golf. 793 00:45:14,753 --> 00:45:17,965 And not something that people expected. 794 00:45:17,965 --> 00:45:21,844 The PGA TOUR and European Tour today announced a merger 795 00:45:21,844 --> 00:45:23,095 with LIV Golf. 796 00:45:23,095 --> 00:45:24,430 The golf world, 797 00:45:24,430 --> 00:45:26,557 the biggest names in the sport, were stunned. 798 00:45:26,557 --> 00:45:28,934 I don't think anybody saw this coming. 799 00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:31,061 What happened? 800 00:45:35,274 --> 00:45:36,942 "What the fuck?" That was... 801 00:45:36,942 --> 00:45:40,612 I mean, I think that was the first words out of a lot of people's mouths. 802 00:45:40,612 --> 00:45:42,197 What the fuck just happened? 803 00:45:42,197 --> 00:45:44,074 Just... chaos. 804 00:45:45,451 --> 00:45:47,077 You don't really know what's happening. 805 00:45:47,661 --> 00:45:48,704 What is happening? 806 00:45:48,704 --> 00:45:50,789 All of a sudden, you get slapped in the face. 807 00:45:51,373 --> 00:45:55,002 Why did I just waste 12 months of my life to fight for something 808 00:45:55,002 --> 00:45:57,296 that was always gonna come back together again? 809 00:45:57,296 --> 00:46:00,215 I'm almost to where it's like, "Fuck it, do what you wanna do." 810 00:46:04,928 --> 00:46:06,638 Welcome, Jay and Yasir. 811 00:46:06,638 --> 00:46:09,266 {\an8}Just this picture alone is going to surprise a lot of people. 812 00:46:09,266 --> 00:46:13,103 For guys on the PGA TOUR, things just got a lot more confusing. 813 00:46:13,103 --> 00:46:15,147 But for some of these guys on LIV, 814 00:46:15,147 --> 00:46:17,357 they're feeling like maybe they got this right. 815 00:46:17,941 --> 00:46:20,652 Rickie Fowler was always rumored to go to LIV. 816 00:46:20,652 --> 00:46:23,197 He turned down life-changing sums of money. 817 00:46:23,197 --> 00:46:25,324 But for that choice to pay off, 818 00:46:25,324 --> 00:46:27,659 he's going to have to play really good golf, 819 00:46:27,659 --> 00:46:29,244 and right now he's not doing that. 820 00:46:29,244 --> 00:46:30,871 It's a grind out there. 821 00:46:30,871 --> 00:46:33,582 Going through this struggle for the last few years... 822 00:46:33,582 --> 00:46:34,625 Go, Rickie! 823 00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:37,211 ...I know that I can be in a better place. 824 00:46:37,211 --> 00:46:40,214 Rickie Fowler makes history at LA Country Club.