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{\an8}[man 3] Tape one-four-three,
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Soft sticks.
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Rory McIlroy interview.
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Full Swing Season 2.
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Let's do it.
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[chuckles]
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{\an8}[announcer] Just a year ago,
you were LIV Golf, or you were not.
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{\an8}- [man] Tiger!
- [Rory] I did not envision this happening.
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{\an8}It's astronomical money
that they're throwing at people,
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{\an8}and everything's got a price, I guess.
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{\an8}I don't really care.
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{\an8}[Brooks Koepka] Going with LIV,
I'm happy with the decisions I've made.
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{\an8}[Justin Thomas] I was very jealous
of everything that Jordan did.
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{\an8}[cheering]
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{\an8}[Joel Dahmen] Someone's gotta be
the 70th-best golfer in the world.
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{\an8}Might as well be me.
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{\an8}[Rory] I feel like I'm trying to win
my first major championship again.
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{\an8}[Dylan Dethier] If the 2022 season
was about disruption,
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then the 2023 season
is about figuring out what's next.
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[Rickie Fowler] Going through
this struggle for the last few years
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is not easy.
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It's a grind out there.
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[announcer] You can't be serious!
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If I don't play good golf,
I can't provide.
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We don't have a house.
We don't have anything.
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[Lona Dahmen] With everything
that happened and all the craziness,
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that's gonna wear anybody down.
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Damn it, Joel.
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[Dan Rapaport] At this point,
you're on the PGA TOUR side,
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or you're on the LIV Golf side.
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And you've got
the majors now that stand alone
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as these four events per year
where these guys meet.
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[sportscaster] It's gonna be interesting
to see how these guys come back together.
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What's up, bud? You good?
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I wanna have faith
that this is the best thing for all of us,
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but it's clear
that that's not, uh, the consensus.
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[Amanda Balionis] Not only do we have
LIV players teeing it up
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in all four major championships,
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but it's also a Ryder Cup year.
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[Justin] The Ryder Cup is one of the most
special sporting events in the world.
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It's the fucking best. [laughs]
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Eyes on the prize.
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{\an8}[Justin] 12 Americans and 12 Europeans
play against each other every two years.
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{\an8}Everybody wants to be
on that Ryder Cup team.
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I wanna make the Ryder Cup
more than anything.
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I'm thinking about the Ryder Cup
every second of every day.
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[Rory] We're really playing for something
that's bigger than ourselves.
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[Rickie] It's gonna be hard. There will be
difficult situations, and drama can ensue.
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[spectators jeering]
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[announcer] And Rory is hot.
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I'm looking around like,
"What just happened?"
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As if that wasn't wild enough.
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[sportscaster] Some serious breaking news.
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[reporter 1] The PGA TOUR merging
with LIV Golf.
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[reporter 2] Shocking.
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[reporter 3] One of the biggest stories
in the history of the sport.
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- [Justin] So many unanswered questions.
- [Joel] It's like, "What?"
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- Has this happened in any sport's history?
- No one knows anything.
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There has been a lot of controversy
and a lot of uncertainty.
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I get all that.
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It's hard for me to not feel
somewhat like a sacrificial lamb.
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[man] This live stream's ending
right now, boys.
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Yeah, it's been quite the year
in the world of professional golf.
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[dramatic music plays]
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- [aircraft engine roaring]
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[Jordan Spieth] Dude, the funniest part is
I'm sure he's taking a deuce. [laughs]
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{\an8}He'd be out by now if he was peeing.
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{\an8}[Rickie] True.
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{\an8}[Jordan laughs]
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{\an8}Yeah, don't worry.
I wasn't taking a dump or anything.
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I hope you feel like shit.
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No pun intended.
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[Jordan] Hey, I didn't do 'em all.
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[Rickie] Jordan kind of screwed
that one up.
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Yeah. Sorry, Rick.
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["Still That Way" by Jay Rock playing]
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♪ BongoByTheWay ♪
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♪ Came a long way ♪
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♪ Came a long way, came a long way ♪
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♪ Came a long way ♪
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♪ Been a long way, real long way... ♪
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[cheering]
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♪ Came a long way ♪
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♪ Real long way ♪
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♪ Been a long way... ♪
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{\an8}This is gonna be...
It's gonna be nuts tomorrow.
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{\an8}[cheering and chanting]
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{\an8}One girl ate it so bad in these heels.
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{\an8}She was so embarrassed,
she didn't wanna fix it.
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{\an8}All this is is me putting sun...
uh, sun cream on.
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This was the same last season too.
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[man] Take your shirt off, Joel!
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- [Joel] Fuck.
- [laughter]
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{\an8}We're professionals.
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{\an8}My parents always told me
to think before you act.
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[Justin] Ah, whatever.
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[boy] Can you sign my bag too?
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{\an8}Yes, I will.
Where do you want it? Do you care?
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{\an8}- [boy] Over here.
- Right here?
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{\an8}[inaudible conversation]
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[Dan] At the start of 2023,
things are much clearer.
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Last year, there was so much uncertainty.
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Now it's sort of you understand
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{\an8}who's on which side of the battle lines.
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{\an8}You've got the LIV guys,
and you've got the PGA TOUR guys.
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They've kind of chosen their team.
Yeah, now it's product versus product.
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[applause]
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[Dan] The PGA TOUR loyalists,
I guess you'd put it,
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guys who aren't
so driven as much by money.
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Justin Thomas.
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Jordan Spieth.
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Matt Fitzpatrick.
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Rickie Fowler is another one
who stayed on the PGA TOUR.
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But Rory McIlroy is kind of
the most salient one.
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He is the face of the PGA TOUR.
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[reporter] Rory, technically,
you are world number one.
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I'm just curious. Do you feel like you're
the best player in the world right now?
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Yes.
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[reporter] Why is that?
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Um...
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Because I do.
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Golf, with what happened
with LIV last year,
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and sort of with what's happening...
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I have a pretty strong conviction
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of what I think professional golf
should be, what it should look like,
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how competitive it should be,
and I want to stand up for that.
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[Collin Morikawa] Rory, what he's done
throughout his career,
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he's earned that presence
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{\an8}that everyone trusted to... to be the face,
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{\an8}essentially, to make sure
things were going right.
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People are gonna realize
how much work he put into this,
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because it's not easy
to just come home and say,
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"Hey, I'm going to open up my computer
and hop on 50 Zoom calls."
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[chuckles] I'm tired just traveling
three weeks in a row.
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I wanna come home
and just sleep on my bed.
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[chuckles]
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- [indistinct chatter]
- [cheering]
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[Henni Koyack] Rory has been so vocal
against the LIV tour.
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{\an8}He is taking front and center stage
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{\an8}as the ultimate superhero leading
the rest of the pack of superheroes
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against the LIV tour.
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[cheering and applause]
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[Henni] If he wins the major championship,
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he can just sit back
and cackle at everybody.
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[chuckles] It's the ultimate icing
on the cake.
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[cheering]
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People like to choose one side or another.
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[fans shouting encouragement]
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[Rory] If you have your finger
on the pulse of golf...
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[loud cheering]
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...it's pretty apparent that one side has
quite a lot more support than the other.
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[light applause]
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[indistinct conversation]
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[Dylan] On the other hand,
LIV is launching its first full season,
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{\an8}but it hasn't really shown
that it has staying power.
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I mean, so far,
there's a lot of questions right now.
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[spectators shouting]
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[Dan] The guys on LIV got
hundreds of millions of dollars
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to leave the PGA TOUR,
and some huge names did leave.
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Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson,
Brooks Koepka, all gone.
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And major champions
like Bryson DeChambeau,
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Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith,
they joined them.
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These guys are unbelievable golfers,
don't get me wrong,
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but there is a consensus in the golf world
that they just took the money,
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and now they're not working
nearly as hard.
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At least in the public eye,
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the PGA TOUR is still seen
as the gold standard of golf.
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{\an8}- [announcer] Brooks Koepka!
- [cheering and applause]
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[announcer] He holds his nerve.
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[Jena Sims Koepka] That was the stereotype
of the golfers going to LIV,
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is like, "Maybe they're washed-up,
maybe they're done."
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{\an8}You know, "They're phoning it in."
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{\an8}"Let's just go and play easy golf.
Three days, no cuts."
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But Brooks is back.
Let's see... let's see what happens.
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[announcer] And he will head
to Augusta in fine fettle.
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[applause]
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Hey, congrats, man.
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- Great shit, dude. That's awesome.
- [Brooks] Thank you. Appreciate it.
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[Dan] When these guys meet
at the Masters in a few days,
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there is an expectation
that the PGA TOUR guys will dominate,
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proving that, from a golf perspective,
they are the superior tour.
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Okay, you got your belt on.
It's not going to beep.
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- Is it gonna beep?
- [man] No.
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No, it's not. We're good.
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For me, it's like I know
that clock is ticking.
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I was able to knock off
four major championships
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pretty quickly in my career,
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um, but I've been stuck on four
for a while.
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I don't deserve...
No one deserves anything in this game.
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Like, nothing is handed to you.
It's all earned.
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And I feel ready to earn it again.
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I'm happy to be here.
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{\an8}- Thanks for doing it here.
- Thanks for being here. This is awesome.
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{\an8}Yeah, it's cool. Really cool.
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Really cool spot here.
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- Let me know when you want me to go.
- [man] Go ahead.
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So, it's ten minutes each spot.
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Here, Fortune, and then...
and then Sean Martin with PGATOUR.COM.
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- He's just... Yeah.
- Cool.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Rory] I think this new role
that I've sort of been thrust into,
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this sort of, you know, spokesman,
or leader, or whatever it is,
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it's certainly not something
that I asked for.
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I didn't go to Jay Monahan
or anyone at the tour
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and say, "Hey, let me... let me lead."
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I maybe put myself in this position
without really knowing it.
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If you're not looking for ways
to improve and you're standing still,
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I just don't think that's the right way
to approach things, so I think...
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[Dan] Rory, for whatever reason,
was willing to take on the burden
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of being the face of the PGA TOUR.
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[indistinct conversation]
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[Dan] Rory's a very marketable guy.
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You know, probably the biggest star
to emerge in golf since Tiger Woods.
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The exact type of guy Jay Monahan
wants to smile and take pictures next to.
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- [man] Three, two, one.
- [cameras clicking]
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[Rory] Thank you.
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So, you're encouraging your...
your... your people to take...
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[inaudible]
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[Rory] I would say
I'm probably closer with Jay
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than any of the other players on tour.
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That would be my relationship with Jay.
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[chuckles]
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When did this open?
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This opened, uh, May last year. May '22.
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It was Jay and myself that were doing
a lot of the critiques of LIV.
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{\an8}[Jay] I wanted to take a moment
to address all of the news,
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{\an8}discourse, and conjecture lately
about the world of professional golf.
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The PGA TOUR is moving on.
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[Rory] The top players
in the world are saying no,
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so that has to tell you something.
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[Jay] Our members compete
for the opportunity
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to add their names to history books
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without having to wrestle
with any sort of moral ambiguity.
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[Rory] I've always been an advocate
of trying to make it more cohesive,
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and this is, you know, ripping that apart.
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We are, and we always will be,
focused on legacy, not leverage.
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[man] We're in the right spot.
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- How are you?
- Good to see you.
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- Everything good?
- I work with Sean with TMRW Sports.
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[Rory] I didn't see it.
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Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
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[applause]
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[Rory] With leadership
comes some sacrifice,
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and my day has been filled up with stuff.
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Phone calls or emails or updates.
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[indistinct conversation]
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I feel like I've had a ton
of balls in the air this year,
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juggling and demanding of my time,
and it's a matter of trying to balance it,
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not trying to lose sight
of the fact of what's really important,
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which is trying to stay
the best player in the world.
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All right, see ya.
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It sounds really simple when you say that,
but, uh, easier said than done.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[announcer 1] It is wonderful
to greet you once again
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from the Augusta National Golf Club.
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It is always
the most anticipated round of the year.
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The wait since July at St Andrews
for major championship golf has ended.
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The pursuit of the green jacket
is here at Augusta, Georgia.
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{\an8}[announcer 2] Of course,
part of the backdrop,
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{\an8}the LIV Golf tour playing
in the Masters this weekend.
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[Amanda] Joining us now is Brooks Koepka.
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Where would you say your game is at
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and what you need
to work on prior to the first round?
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Uh, game feels really good right now.
Um, being healthy is a big thing.
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[Amanda] A healthy Brooks Koepka
is a great report for us to have.
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- Thanks for that.
- [Brooks] Thanks.
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[Amanda] You're healthy. It's been
a long time since we could say that.
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It has been a long, long time.
I just finally feel good.
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It's incredible.
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Like, even just bending down,
getting down to read putts normal again.
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- [Amanda] You're back.
- Yeah.
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[Amanda] Yeah, good to see you.
Thanks, Brooks.
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Yep. Thanks. Yep. You got it.
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[Dylan] The Masters doesn't really need
heightening to begin with.
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It's the biggest event on the schedule.
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And this year,
the stakes just seem even higher.
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{\an8}[man] Phil, Phil!
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[Dylan] It's the first time
that we've seen guys from the PGA TOUR
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and guys who went to LIV
playing in the same tournament.
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This is LIV versus the PGA TOUR,
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and everyone is curious
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how the respective sides
are going to fare.
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[announcer 1] A lot of the lead-up
to this tournament about LIV Golf.
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Hard to know the kind of form
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players who were playing
on that tour are in as they come here.
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[announcer 2]
Are they competitively sharp?
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Have they played enough competition
to compete here on this stage?
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[applause]
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[reporter] How different does it feel
being here as a LIV player
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playing on a different tour?
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For sure, I'd love to, you know,
see one of us guys get up
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to the top of the leaderboard
and really give it a nice shot.
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You know, we play and it's still golf,
so it doesn't matter where you play at.
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{\an8}[Justin] Yeah, I haven't really talked
to any of 'em.
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{\an8}Not too worried about what they're doing,
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and just trying to take care of myself.
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How you doing? Good to see you.
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[Dan] It's a week like this
where there's 18 LIV guys
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and a bunch of PGA TOUR guys,
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all of you guys are intermingling,
and it seems like everything is okay.
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Has it sort of changed
the dynamic between you guys?
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It's a very nuanced situation,
and there's different dynamics,
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and, you know, this week,
in this tournament,
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all the best players in the world
are together again.
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I think I'm going to go play nine holes
with Brooks here in a little bit.
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[indistinct chatter]
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- [man] Thanks, Rory. Appreciate your time.
- [Rory] Thank you.
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[Dylan] When Rory drops that he is playing
a practice round with Brooks Koepka,
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everyone's like, "What's going on?"
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The sight of the two of them playing
a practice round at Augusta National,
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the biggest week of the golfing year,
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when Rory has been
the figurehead for the PGA TOUR
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and Brooks Koepka is, you know,
the greatest modern major champion on LIV...
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Dylan] There's a lot bubbling
just below the surface there.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[shouts of encouragement]
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[applause]
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[Rory] They're portrayed as the villains,
and we're portrayed as the good guys,
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the guys that stayed.
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There's certainly a...
There's certainly something there.
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[chuckles softly]
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[man] Everybody kept saying at Augusta
the worst thing that can happen
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{\an8}to professional golf
is if a LIV player wins a major.
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I was keeping receipts. I was.
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- [male fan 1] Let's go, Rory. Go get 'em.
- [applause]
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[male fan 2] Go, Rory.
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[Henni] So you've got LIV tour
leading voice Brooks Koepka,
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PGA TOUR leading voice Rory McIlroy,
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and now you've got this "us versus them"
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back at the Masters.
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What's the saying? "Keep your friends
close and your enemies closer."
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[applause]
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[applause gets louder]
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[Max Homa] Think this works?
Pink and blue?
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- [man 1] Oh man. Money.
- All right? You're not just being nice?
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{\an8}- [man 1] Cash money.
- All right. Appreciate you.
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{\an8}- Have a good day. See ya.
- [man 1] You too.
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[man 2] Well, we got nothing here, TK.
Let's, uh...
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- See you after.
- Gotta smell good, Tommy.
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[Tommy] Gotta smell good, yeah.
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- Smell good, play good.
- [Rory] That's it.
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{\an8}After everything that's happened,
the PGA TOUR would love
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{\an8}for one of their own to be the player
that steps into the winner's circle.
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- [starter] Now driving, Rory McIlroy.
- [cheering and applause]
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[Amanda] It's very palpable.
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It's very real for Rory McIlroy,
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considering where he has placed himself
in the hierarchy of golf.
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[cheering]
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[announcer 1] Good afternoon
on this Friday
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from the Augusta National Golf Club,
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second round
of the 87th Masters Tournament.
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[applause]
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[announcer 1] The headlines
have been established already
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by Brooks Koepka, who's setting the pace.
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[announcer 2] We have not seen him play
in over a year.
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- [announcer 3] What a story this would be.
- [announcer 1] What a start for Koepka.
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[announcer 2] McIlroy, one
of the big stories always coming in here.
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Needs to get something going.
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[announcer 4] See what Rory can do here.
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{\an8}- [spectators groan]
- [announcer 1] Goodness.
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{\an8}[announcer 4] Bad start yesterday.
He was quickly over par. Same today.
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{\an8}[announcer 2] He's gonna have
to play some great golf
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{\an8}if he wants to make it
to the weekend, Ian.
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[announcer 3] McIlroy for par.
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[shouts of encouragement]
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[groans]
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[announcer 2] You can see
the frustration showing.
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{\an8}That's been the week for Rory.
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{\an8}It is going to be very, very hard
for him to make the cut now.
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{\an8}[announcer 1] And Brooks Koepka
has this putt for birdie.
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{\an8}[applause]
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{\an8}[announcer 2] That's the look
we're used to seeing
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{\an8}from Brooks Koepka at the majors.
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[announcer 1] Mm-hmm.
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[announcer 2] Said it's a long time
since he's felt this good.
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[Jena] The majors,
there's like a different air
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about the room when he's in it.
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Like, he's so focused.
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No one remembers how many PGA TOUR wins
you have on your record.
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What they count
is how many major wins you have.
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[Brooks] It's a grind.
Major week's always... always tough.
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To be here is special.
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If you win one here, it kind of ticks
a lot of boxes, doesn't it?
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[announcer 5] This for eagle.
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[cheering]
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{\an8}[announcer 5] Ten-under
for the tournament.
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{\an8}All business.
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Brooks.
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[applause]
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[announcer 1] Rory McIlroy will need
to play near flawlessly
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coming down the stretch to make the cut.
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[spectators groan]
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[announcer 5] That's in the water
on the left-hand side. Hmm.
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{\an8}[announcer 6] The struggles
and frustrations of Rory McIlroy.
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[announcer 1] And one
of the pre-tournament favorites,
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so highly discussed,
is not going to make the cut.
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[Rory] It was the best opportunity
for me to win a major
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that I'd had in a long, long time,
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but sometimes it just
doesn't quite work out.
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I was so far from where I thought
I should have been.
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- [man 1] Rory!
- [man 2] Rory!
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[Dylan] For Rory to not win
the Masters is one thing.
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But to miss the cut
is just a massive, devastating failure.
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[applause]
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[Dylan] And then to have Brooks Koepka,
a LIV guy, on the top of the leaderboard
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just has to make it
that much harder to handle.
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[announcer 1] Final round of the Masters,
two of the biggest brutes in the game
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from two different tours
going head-to-head.
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[Dylan] Going into Masters Sunday,
it's almost this unbelievable storyline.
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It's one thing for LIV
to be lurking in the background,
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but if one of their players
were to win the Masters,
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that would change
the entire dynamic of professional golf.
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[announcer 1] Pars to start.
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[applauding, whistling]
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[Rory] Brooks and I are tied
on four majors apiece,
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so you don't really want
someone to go by you.
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If it wasn't me
that was going to win the Masters,
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yeah, I'd probably prefer it
to be a PGA TOUR player, honestly.
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[announcer 2] And Phil, his chance
to be the first birdie here at 12.
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[cheering and applause]
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{\an8}[announcer 1] Phil Mickelson making
a charge here on this Sunday.
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[dramatic music playing]
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The narrative on if you went to LIV was
you just went for the money,
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and you were going to be a fringe golfer.
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[announcer 3] And at six, Brooks Koepka.
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[spectators groan]
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[announcer 1] Just struggled, really.
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[Claude Harmon] Everybody said that all
of the LIV guys would be insignificant
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and nonfactors in the majors
because there was no competition on LIV.
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[cheering]
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{\an8}[announcer 4] Koepka four behind.
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{\an8}[announcer 5] Rahm can almost feel
the jacket on his shoulders.
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[Claude] But the narrative that had been
being pushed became a false narrative.
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[cheering]
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[announcer 4] And he posts eight-under.
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{\an8}[Claude] You couldn't then just pretend
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{\an8}that they weren't going to be relevant
in professional golf anymore.
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{\an8}The people that were anti-LIV,
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{\an8}they had to look themselves
in the mirror and go,
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"Okay, now what?"
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{\an8}[cheering]
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{\an8}[announcer 1] Brooks Koepka
will share second with Phil Mickelson.
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{\an8}[applause]
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[cheering]
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[announcer 1] Rahm wins
the Masters marathon.
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00:22:29,723 --> 00:22:31,558
[Rory] I was relieved
that Brooks didn't go
458
00:22:31,558 --> 00:22:33,935
to five major titles
and I was still stuck at four,
459
00:22:33,935 --> 00:22:38,148
but at the same time,
it would be dealing with the LIV bots
460
00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:39,941
and the media and all that stuff
461
00:22:39,941 --> 00:22:42,611
is what would have been
absolutely horrific.
462
00:22:42,611 --> 00:22:43,570
[chuckles]
463
00:22:44,237 --> 00:22:47,199
[reporter 1] Brooks, I know
you probably don't like the LIV questions,
464
00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:50,118
but, I mean, what do you guys think
you proved this week?
465
00:22:50,619 --> 00:22:53,580
[Brooks] I know if I'm healthy,
I know I can compete.
466
00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:58,085
I don't think any of the guys that play
this event thought otherwise either.
467
00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:01,046
Um, when Phil plays good,
they know he's going to compete.
468
00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:02,714
P. Reed, same thing.
469
00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:05,550
Um, I think
that's just manufactured by the media
470
00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:08,136
that we can't compete anymore,
we were washed-up.
471
00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:11,181
[reporter 2] Was there competition
with the guys from the other tour?
472
00:23:11,181 --> 00:23:13,934
[Phil Mickelson] I'm happy where I'm at.
I wanted something different.
473
00:23:13,934 --> 00:23:15,727
That's what this is doing for me at LIV.
474
00:23:15,727 --> 00:23:17,979
It's not for everybody,
but it's been awesome for me.
475
00:23:17,979 --> 00:23:19,856
[cameras clicking]
476
00:23:21,149 --> 00:23:24,111
[Dan] The LIV guys showed at Augusta
that they're not going anywhere.
477
00:23:24,111 --> 00:23:28,323
You just had three of the top six
in the biggest tournament in the world
478
00:23:28,323 --> 00:23:29,282
are LIV guys.
479
00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:32,828
It's hard to argue
that they're not still incredible players
480
00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:35,539
who are capable of performing
at a world-class level.
481
00:23:35,539 --> 00:23:37,958
It's no different just because they went
to a different tour.
482
00:23:41,044 --> 00:23:43,046
- [man 1] Just gonna drop it on your bag.
- [Rory] Yup.
483
00:23:43,046 --> 00:23:46,550
- [man 1] Make a little opening.
- [man 2] Always wanted to be on Netflix.
484
00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:49,177
- It's not all it's cracked up to be.
- [woman] Rory!
485
00:23:49,177 --> 00:23:50,804
[chuckles] I'm joking, I'm joking.
486
00:23:50,804 --> 00:23:54,141
- Rory. How dare you, Rory?
- [woman] I can't believe you said that.
487
00:23:55,517 --> 00:23:56,643
[chuckles]
488
00:23:56,643 --> 00:24:00,021
- [woman] Take it back and redo it.
- You don't need to put that in it.
489
00:24:00,021 --> 00:24:01,439
It's fine. [chuckles]
490
00:24:01,439 --> 00:24:03,525
- [man 3] Perfect. Good to go.
- [man 2] There you go.
491
00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:05,610
- [man 3] Y'all ready?
- [man 2] Okay. I gotta ask.
492
00:24:05,610 --> 00:24:07,070
Okay, the Masters this year.
493
00:24:07,779 --> 00:24:09,948
{\an8}There was a guy who I swear
494
00:24:10,907 --> 00:24:13,910
{\an8}looked 99% like you.
495
00:24:13,910 --> 00:24:15,412
- [man 4] Eighty.
- [man 5] This was...?
496
00:24:15,412 --> 00:24:16,621
[Tyler] This was on Thursday.
497
00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:18,748
[man 4] He was desperate
for your attention for sure.
498
00:24:18,748 --> 00:24:21,209
If it was on the weekend,
it actually could've been me.
499
00:24:21,209 --> 00:24:22,294
[laughter]
500
00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:25,964
[Tyler chuckles] No. It was not.
501
00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:27,924
- [laughter]
- [Tyler] It was not.
502
00:24:27,924 --> 00:24:31,511
[Rory] I felt like I went
into that Masters playing really well.
503
00:24:32,012 --> 00:24:36,016
Felt almost as confident as ever
going into that tournament,
504
00:24:36,016 --> 00:24:37,601
and just laid an egg.
505
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,520
I played like dog shit that week.
506
00:24:41,104 --> 00:24:43,857
What's up, GolfPass?
You got Dude Perfect, Rory McIlroy.
507
00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:46,067
We've got a fun little challenge
set up today.
508
00:24:47,527 --> 00:24:49,779
[Rory] I had to ask myself
a lot of questions.
509
00:24:50,363 --> 00:24:52,199
Playing golf and having
all the other stuff
510
00:24:52,199 --> 00:24:54,493
that I'm involved with,
it's a full-time job.
511
00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:57,245
It's sort of all-consuming at the minute.
512
00:24:57,746 --> 00:25:00,916
You get fatigued of it. You get fatigued
of answering the same questions.
513
00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:02,667
And it's... it's so difficult.
514
00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:04,169
How do you feel after that?
515
00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:05,754
- [man] Gotta be tiring.
- Pretty tiring.
516
00:25:05,754 --> 00:25:06,671
- Is it?
- Yeah.
517
00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:08,173
[Tyler] Nice little 12-pack?
518
00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:12,010
[Amanda] I think it's so rare
that PGA TOUR players take on
519
00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:15,847
the type of responsibility
that we've seen Rory McIlroy take on.
520
00:25:15,847 --> 00:25:19,559
[photographer] Smile. Big smile.
How about no smile for one? Good.
521
00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:21,895
[Amanda] How can he be so invested
522
00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:24,481
into what's going on
between LIV and the PGA TOUR
523
00:25:24,481 --> 00:25:30,612
and still go out there and beat
the other 150 best players in the world?
524
00:25:31,154 --> 00:25:33,114
That's just not
a sustainable place to live
525
00:25:33,114 --> 00:25:36,868
with an already full plate
and then that added responsibility
526
00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:39,412
of really putting
the PGA TOUR on your back.
527
00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:45,043
[Rory] So, the podcast selection.
Shotgun Start, Huberman Lab.
528
00:25:45,043 --> 00:25:48,421
You got Disney's Encanto,
which is Poppy's favorite.
529
00:25:48,421 --> 00:25:50,757
And then you've got DJ Khaled mix.
530
00:25:51,258 --> 00:25:52,217
Yeah, there you go.
531
00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:56,304
There's a little look into what
I listen to every day in the car.
532
00:25:58,807 --> 00:26:00,100
With everything that's went on
533
00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:02,727
in the golf world
over the past 12 or 18 months,
534
00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:04,396
there's been times where,
535
00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:07,440
I guess, my attention
or my focus has been taken away
536
00:26:08,191 --> 00:26:09,985
from, uh...
537
00:26:11,027 --> 00:26:14,698
from what... I really need to focus on.
538
00:26:16,324 --> 00:26:20,870
Last few weeks on the golf course
hasn't been what I have wanted,
539
00:26:20,870 --> 00:26:24,082
but getting ready for the second
major championship of the year
540
00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:25,166
coming up at Oak Hills.
541
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:29,379
All eyes have been on me
for a long time anyway. It's not new.
542
00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:32,340
I'd much rather be in this scenario
543
00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:37,012
than no one give a shit
about what I'm doing, so, yeah...
544
00:26:37,012 --> 00:26:37,929
[chuckles]
545
00:26:41,141 --> 00:26:45,770
{\an8}We have yet another amazing guest
here on BS.
546
00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:49,816
{\an8}A legend, Brooks Koepka,
in the building, ladies and gentlemen.
547
00:26:49,816 --> 00:26:52,569
One of the best golfers of our generation.
548
00:26:53,862 --> 00:26:56,948
Can you... can you tell us, like,
how big the LIV contract was?
549
00:26:56,948 --> 00:26:58,825
It was good. It was good.
550
00:26:58,825 --> 00:27:01,328
[Jake] Like, nine...
eight figures, nine figures?
551
00:27:01,828 --> 00:27:02,871
It was nine.
552
00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:04,080
- [Jake chuckles]
- Yeah.
553
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:07,250
For those who don't, uh, can't count,
554
00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:09,586
that's, like, 100 million or more.
555
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.
556
00:27:14,007 --> 00:27:15,175
No, that's amazing.
557
00:27:15,175 --> 00:27:18,803
Does that create contentment now for you,
or does it make you wanna work harder?
558
00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:22,390
If I got a fucking nine-figure contract,
I wouldn't... I'd just fuck off.
559
00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:25,894
To me, it's all majors. I think
that's what you're defined by, right?
560
00:27:25,894 --> 00:27:27,812
I wanna try to get to double digits.
561
00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:30,815
I think I can get 10, 12.
Um, I think that's realistic.
562
00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:33,234
That's what keeps me going,
and that's the fun.
563
00:27:34,402 --> 00:27:35,487
[indistinct chatter]
564
00:27:38,573 --> 00:27:40,492
Do you have any, like, tips or...?
565
00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,744
- Just hit it as hard as you can.
- [Jake] All right.
566
00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:43,995
[laughs]
567
00:27:46,247 --> 00:27:47,207
[laughter]
568
00:27:47,207 --> 00:27:48,875
[Jake] Who said he was gonna do that?
569
00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:50,543
[Brooks] The tee! The tee!
570
00:27:50,543 --> 00:27:52,212
[indistinct chatter]
571
00:27:52,212 --> 00:27:54,506
[laughs loudly]
572
00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:57,884
Honestly, I've never seen that.
That was very impressive.
573
00:27:58,385 --> 00:28:01,054
That was one of the coolest shit
I've ever seen on a golf course.
574
00:28:01,054 --> 00:28:02,680
That's what I meant to do.
575
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,557
I just took out the tee, right?
576
00:28:05,058 --> 00:28:06,559
[man] Three-seventy!
577
00:28:06,559 --> 00:28:07,686
[indistinct chatter]
578
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,939
[Dylan] You get a sense that the momentum
has shifted a little bit.
579
00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:14,275
The LIV guys are walking around
with a little bit more swagger.
580
00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:16,361
[man 1] Putt!
581
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:19,114
- [man 2] Yes! Yes!
- [man 3] Go!
582
00:28:19,114 --> 00:28:21,408
[cheering]
583
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,576
Let's go!
584
00:28:23,576 --> 00:28:25,453
- [man 1] Just won a major.
- [Brooks] Wow.
585
00:28:25,453 --> 00:28:26,913
Get the fuck outta my face.
586
00:28:26,913 --> 00:28:29,040
[laughter]
587
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,042
[Dylan] Before the Masters,
people weren't sure
588
00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:32,502
how the LIV golfers would perform.
589
00:28:32,502 --> 00:28:35,922
But the Masters made everyone realize
590
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.
591
00:28:40,718 --> 00:28:42,178
It's a matter of when.
592
00:28:42,178 --> 00:28:44,264
Cash in now, fellas! Cash in now!
593
00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:46,015
- Right.
- Let's turn it in.
594
00:28:46,015 --> 00:28:47,016
Pay up.
595
00:28:47,016 --> 00:28:49,102
[dramatic music playing]
596
00:29:07,745 --> 00:29:09,873
It'd give me a heart attack
just to park in this thing.
597
00:29:09,873 --> 00:29:10,874
What's up, Collin?
598
00:29:11,624 --> 00:29:13,543
I can't run over Phil Mickelson.
599
00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:15,336
That'd be a bad start to the week.
600
00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:20,216
[Henni] The PGA Championship,
that's the second major of the year.
601
00:29:20,216 --> 00:29:22,969
A lot of questions
have been answered at the Masters.
602
00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:25,221
[boy] DJ! DJ!
603
00:29:25,221 --> 00:29:27,974
The LIV golfers have undoubtedly proved
604
00:29:27,974 --> 00:29:30,477
that they can compete at the major level.
605
00:29:30,477 --> 00:29:35,023
That sends a huge message
to the rest of the golfing world.
606
00:29:36,399 --> 00:29:40,236
We think that Brooks is gonna be riding
the crest of his wave.
607
00:29:40,820 --> 00:29:42,947
But how's Rory McIlroy going
to be feeling?
608
00:29:44,574 --> 00:29:46,326
He's got points to prove.
609
00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:49,245
He has questions that need to be answered.
610
00:29:50,371 --> 00:29:53,041
[reporter 1] How long does it take
to get over the hangover
611
00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:54,709
of something like Augusta?
612
00:29:54,709 --> 00:29:56,753
Where's your... where's your game at now?
613
00:29:57,253 --> 00:30:00,673
Look, golf is golf, and it happens,
and you're gonna have bad days.
614
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,
615
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.
616
00:30:10,975 --> 00:30:12,936
[reporter 2] We're coming up on
the anniversary
617
00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:14,479
of the first LIV Golf tournament.
618
00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:17,899
If you could look into your crystal ball,
maybe, say, three years from now,
619
00:30:17,899 --> 00:30:19,776
where do you think the pro game will be?
620
00:30:19,776 --> 00:30:21,277
I don't have a crystal ball.
621
00:30:21,277 --> 00:30:23,112
[reporter 2 laughs]
Don't wanna speculate?
622
00:30:23,112 --> 00:30:24,322
No.
623
00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:26,449
[man] Thanks for your time today.
We appreciate it.
624
00:30:26,449 --> 00:30:28,535
[tense music playing]
625
00:30:29,953 --> 00:30:33,331
[Dan] Right now, it feels like the world
has flipped on its head for Rory.
626
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,
627
00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:40,421
the game can become almost impossible.
628
00:30:40,421 --> 00:30:42,549
We all thought
this was gonna be Rory's year,
629
00:30:42,549 --> 00:30:46,302
but you can't be a golfer
and a politician at the same time.
630
00:30:46,803 --> 00:30:47,804
[man] Rory!
631
00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:57,021
[woman] Next one. Pull back.
632
00:30:58,815 --> 00:30:59,816
{\an8}Then that one, pull back.
633
00:31:00,984 --> 00:31:01,860
{\an8}Towards you.
634
00:31:02,569 --> 00:31:03,903
[indistinct background chatter]
635
00:31:07,740 --> 00:31:09,993
- So weird we're playing together.
- I know.
636
00:31:09,993 --> 00:31:14,247
- I... I mean, it's like an annual thing.
- [man] PGA champions playing together?
637
00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:15,999
- I know.
- [man] That's so bizarre.
638
00:31:15,999 --> 00:31:17,792
[indistinct chatter]
639
00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:25,049
After Augusta, I was pretty pissed
at the coverage that got.
640
00:31:26,009 --> 00:31:27,760
- [woman] Hi, Brooks.
- [Brooks] How's it going?
641
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,638
Jilien Harvey from the PGA.
Welcome. Thanks for coming.
642
00:31:30,638 --> 00:31:31,806
I'll walk you down.
643
00:31:31,806 --> 00:31:33,474
[indistinct conversation]
644
00:31:33,474 --> 00:31:35,393
[Rory] Does it legitimize LIV?
645
00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:37,061
Probably.
646
00:31:38,479 --> 00:31:43,067
But it still doesn't change the fact
that it is what it is.
647
00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:46,446
[photographer] Justin and Rory,
both of you slide this way a little bit.
648
00:31:46,446 --> 00:31:47,363
One, two...
649
00:31:47,363 --> 00:31:51,409
[Rory] I don't think
it gave LIV the spike that they thought
650
00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:52,869
that it was gonna give it.
651
00:31:52,869 --> 00:31:55,955
[photographer] Justin, this way
just a little bit. Great.
652
00:31:55,955 --> 00:31:59,626
[Justin] The relationship
between TOUR guys and LIV guys is weird.
653
00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:01,669
That's gotten
a little chippier and chippier.
654
00:32:01,669 --> 00:32:04,631
There's plenty of guys on that tour
that I didn't talk to before
655
00:32:04,631 --> 00:32:06,883
and I still have no desire to talk to,
656
00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:08,635
{\an8}but it's not because of that decision.
657
00:32:08,635 --> 00:32:10,345
{\an8}It just may help with it a little bit.
658
00:32:10,345 --> 00:32:12,555
{\an8}[photographer] Last one. One, two, three.
659
00:32:12,555 --> 00:32:14,307
{\an8}Perfect. Thank you all very much.
660
00:32:14,307 --> 00:32:15,767
{\an8}[indistinct chatter]
661
00:32:17,977 --> 00:32:19,520
[indistinct chatter continues]
662
00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:27,362
[man] Welcome, everybody. So, I don't know
if you know a lot about the history,
663
00:32:27,362 --> 00:32:30,031
but there have been
71 champions of this event,
664
00:32:30,865 --> 00:32:33,826
which you should all be proud
to be part of.
665
00:32:33,826 --> 00:32:35,912
We've got a great
defending champion, Justin.
666
00:32:37,163 --> 00:32:38,164
[applause]
667
00:32:41,501 --> 00:32:43,586
Thank you, John. Uh, yeah, I'm...
668
00:32:44,420 --> 00:32:47,382
I'm very excited, obviously,
to be... be hosting this.
669
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,
670
00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:54,931
and I personally wanted
to have a cheers to Mito Pereira,
671
00:32:54,931 --> 00:32:56,891
because this would not happen
without him, so...
672
00:32:56,891 --> 00:32:58,601
[laughter]
673
00:32:58,601 --> 00:33:01,854
Thank you all again. This is unbelievable
to be hosting tonight.
674
00:33:01,854 --> 00:33:03,731
And, uh, let's have a great time.
675
00:33:03,731 --> 00:33:04,816
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
676
00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:06,275
[indistinct chatter]
677
00:33:07,276 --> 00:33:10,196
[Brooks] Thank you guys
for a great dinner, JT. Thanks.
678
00:33:10,196 --> 00:33:13,366
It's been fun to sit around
with a bunch of you guys, reflect,
679
00:33:13,366 --> 00:33:16,661
and have some cool stories
and see everybody and, um...
680
00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:18,413
Let's everybody have a good week.
681
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,915
- Yeah.
- Hear! Hear!
682
00:33:20,915 --> 00:33:22,792
[indistinct chatter]
683
00:33:22,792 --> 00:33:24,877
[dramatic music playing]
684
00:33:26,045 --> 00:33:29,132
[announcer 1] Good morning
from Western New York.
685
00:33:29,132 --> 00:33:32,552
The 105th playing of the PGA Championship.
686
00:33:33,886 --> 00:33:35,346
I'm a professional athlete.
687
00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:39,767
{\an8}He... There's not one professional athlete
in that body right there.
688
00:33:40,643 --> 00:33:41,811
Let me see something.
689
00:33:42,645 --> 00:33:44,522
[laughs] All right. You're right.
690
00:33:44,522 --> 00:33:46,566
See? Look what I can do.
691
00:33:47,233 --> 00:33:49,485
{\an8}- [fan 1] Rory!
- [fan 2] Come on, Rory!
692
00:33:49,485 --> 00:33:53,406
{\an8}[announcer 2] Rory McIlroy most recently
in a major championship missed the cut.
693
00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:00,621
[Rory] The nice thing about golf
694
00:34:00,621 --> 00:34:04,042
is there's always the next week
or the next tournament or the next major,
695
00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:08,171
and I've always sort of prided myself
on how I've bounced back
696
00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:11,758
from... from some of those, you know,
bad rounds or bad tournaments.
697
00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:15,178
[announcer 1] The name
of the hole is "Breather."
698
00:34:15,845 --> 00:34:17,764
- Don't tell that to Rory.
- [announcer 2] Hmm.
699
00:34:18,347 --> 00:34:19,849
- [cheering]
- [announcer 1] Wow!
700
00:34:19,849 --> 00:34:22,602
- [announcer 2] Oh my gosh.
- [announcer 1] Now he can take a breath.
701
00:34:23,603 --> 00:34:26,022
Who knows, maybe that'll get him started.
702
00:34:26,814 --> 00:34:27,648
{\an8}[strikes ball]
703
00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:32,195
- [Bryson] Sit!
- [cheering and applause]
704
00:34:32,195 --> 00:34:35,031
{\an8}- [announcer 1] Best of the day by a lot.
- [announcer 2] By far.
705
00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:38,076
[announcer 1] What a round for DeChambeau.
706
00:34:39,118 --> 00:34:41,162
- Solo leader.
- [cheering and applause]
707
00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,832
[announcer 3] DJ from long range.
708
00:34:44,832 --> 00:34:46,501
[shouts of encouragement]
709
00:34:46,501 --> 00:34:48,419
[announcer 2] I'd say
the pace was pretty good.
710
00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:50,171
[cheering and applause]
711
00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:55,009
[announcer 1] Dustin Johnson joins
DeChambeau at the top of the leaderboard.
712
00:34:57,220 --> 00:35:01,224
[announcer 1] Second round underway
on this beautiful Friday in Rochester.
713
00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:05,144
- And McIlroy...
- [announcer 2] Could sure use something.
714
00:35:07,647 --> 00:35:09,398
[shouts of encouragement]
715
00:35:10,316 --> 00:35:13,361
- [announcer 2] That's something!
- [cheering and applause]
716
00:35:13,361 --> 00:35:15,947
[announcer 1] Brooks Koepka
from just off the edge.
717
00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:18,032
[cheering]
718
00:35:18,032 --> 00:35:20,409
[announcer 1] Don't think
this man is going anywhere.
719
00:35:21,536 --> 00:35:24,080
[announcer 3] Brooks Koepka. How about it?
720
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:27,333
[announcer 2] For birdie.
721
00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:28,334
Koepka!
722
00:35:28,334 --> 00:35:29,710
[cheering and applause]
723
00:35:30,878 --> 00:35:32,713
[announcer 2]
Climbing up that leaderboard.
724
00:35:36,676 --> 00:35:37,677
[Rory] Morning.
725
00:35:39,053 --> 00:35:40,429
- Chilly.
- [woman chuckles]
726
00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:45,852
[announcer] He's just too good.
Six top fives for Xander.
727
00:35:45,852 --> 00:35:47,728
Ready for a major challenge...
728
00:35:47,728 --> 00:35:51,357
- [woman] You need a hat, Rory.
- I'm... That's what I'm getting out.
729
00:35:51,357 --> 00:35:53,359
- I'm getting a hat.
- [woman chuckles]
730
00:35:53,359 --> 00:35:55,319
- Your head must be freezing.
- Is my hair...
731
00:35:55,319 --> 00:35:58,197
Is my fluffy hair
not enough to keep me warm?
732
00:35:58,197 --> 00:36:01,033
Your fluffy hair looks great,
I've gotta say. [chuckles]
733
00:36:02,785 --> 00:36:05,246
[announcer 1] It is rainy.
It might get worse.
734
00:36:06,205 --> 00:36:07,039
Buckle up.
735
00:36:07,748 --> 00:36:09,917
You know someone's going to play well.
736
00:36:10,501 --> 00:36:13,629
[announcer 2] Got a feeling
about Rory today doing something special.
737
00:36:13,629 --> 00:36:15,381
[man shouts] In the hole!
738
00:36:18,759 --> 00:36:20,386
[announcer 3] That is a bad miss there.
739
00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:23,890
[dramatic music playing]
740
00:36:26,392 --> 00:36:27,768
[spectators groan]
741
00:36:27,768 --> 00:36:30,563
[announcer 4] He teases you,
McIlroy, doesn't he? Great start.
742
00:36:30,563 --> 00:36:32,690
Could throw it all away back here, though.
743
00:36:33,274 --> 00:36:34,358
[indistinct chatter]
744
00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:36,360
It was so hard to get momentum, yeah.
745
00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:40,198
It's hard to go out there and shoot... 66.
746
00:36:40,198 --> 00:36:41,824
[shouts of encouragement]
747
00:36:46,287 --> 00:36:47,496
[cheering]
748
00:36:48,414 --> 00:36:50,082
[announcer 4] He's a major machine.
749
00:36:50,583 --> 00:36:54,670
[announcer 1] Sixty-six
for the second straight day.
750
00:36:55,504 --> 00:36:56,797
And Brooks Koepka
751
00:36:56,797 --> 00:36:59,425
will go into that last day with the lead.
752
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,803
[interviewer] I love what you said
after the Masters.
753
00:37:02,803 --> 00:37:06,223
You said, "I figured out the mistakes
I made, and I won't make 'em again."
754
00:37:06,223 --> 00:37:09,101
What were those mistakes,
and how can you apply that to tomorrow?
755
00:37:09,101 --> 00:37:10,394
I can't give away my secrets.
756
00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:11,562
- [interviewer] Just one?
- No.
757
00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:14,607
We look forward to trying to figure it out
tomorrow as we watch you play.
758
00:37:14,607 --> 00:37:16,150
- Thank you so much.
- Thanks.
759
00:37:17,234 --> 00:37:18,861
[interviewer] Will you tell me off camera?
760
00:37:18,861 --> 00:37:19,779
I can't tell you.
761
00:37:19,779 --> 00:37:21,906
[laughter]
762
00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:23,950
- [interviewer] Thanks, Brooks.
- Love you too, guys.
763
00:37:24,450 --> 00:37:25,284
Yep.
764
00:37:25,868 --> 00:37:27,328
- [man] Fun to watch.
- [Brooks] Yep.
765
00:37:27,828 --> 00:37:29,080
- [man] Feel good?
- [Brooks] Yeah.
766
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,581
- [man] Awesome.
- [Brooks] Felt good.
767
00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:34,293
[dramatic music playing]
768
00:37:36,128 --> 00:37:40,508
[announcer 1] It is a beautiful
Sunday morning here in Western New York.
769
00:37:41,509 --> 00:37:43,302
[indistinct background chatter]
770
00:37:46,180 --> 00:37:47,014
All right.
771
00:37:48,516 --> 00:37:52,186
[Justin] I hit a drive on nine today
that missed for my 700th fairway.
772
00:37:52,186 --> 00:37:54,605
Oh, there's a crack in your driver.
I was watching.
773
00:37:55,564 --> 00:37:57,358
Right down the middle, like this.
774
00:38:05,032 --> 00:38:07,076
- [fan 1] 'Sup, Brooks?
- [fan 2] Go, Brooksie!
775
00:38:07,076 --> 00:38:08,160
[applause]
776
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,163
[reporter] Brooks, how much
would another major title mean to you
777
00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:12,707
at this point in your career?
778
00:38:13,207 --> 00:38:14,667
[Brooks] It would mean a lot.
779
00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:17,503
I think a major championship
would mean a lot to anybody, so...
780
00:38:18,254 --> 00:38:21,590
if I handle my business out here,
everything will take care of itself.
781
00:38:22,925 --> 00:38:26,345
To win a major is always a big deal
no matter where you're playing.
782
00:38:27,013 --> 00:38:28,806
[dramatic music playing]
783
00:38:36,939 --> 00:38:38,941
[Claude] If the next phase
of Brooks's journey
784
00:38:38,941 --> 00:38:40,443
is winning another major
785
00:38:40,443 --> 00:38:42,862
after catastrophic injuries,
786
00:38:42,862 --> 00:38:46,782
after a large portion
of the golfing public writing him off
787
00:38:46,782 --> 00:38:47,825
for going to LIV,
788
00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:53,080
to come back and basically say,
"Fuck you, I've now won my fifth,"
789
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:54,665
that's a hell of a story.
790
00:38:55,249 --> 00:38:56,834
[spectators shouting]
791
00:38:57,835 --> 00:38:59,920
[announcer 2] This is
the second major in a row
792
00:39:00,421 --> 00:39:03,257
where he's held the outright 54-hole lead.
793
00:39:03,257 --> 00:39:06,177
That hasn't happened
since McIlroy back in 2011.
794
00:39:09,096 --> 00:39:13,893
[announcer 1] McIlroy is sitting here
five back, and like Brooks Koepka,
795
00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:16,771
he's looking for a fifth career major.
796
00:39:17,813 --> 00:39:19,774
[Rory] Doesn't matter
how big your lead is.
797
00:39:19,774 --> 00:39:21,692
People can always come from behind.
798
00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:24,487
The more times
you can put yourself in with a chance
799
00:39:24,487 --> 00:39:26,155
in the back nine on a Sunday...
800
00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:27,948
[shouts of encouragement]
801
00:39:27,948 --> 00:39:29,283
...anything is possible.
802
00:39:31,452 --> 00:39:32,828
[spectators groan]
803
00:39:33,579 --> 00:39:35,039
[spectators shouting]
804
00:39:35,539 --> 00:39:36,624
[Rory] It's a spiral.
805
00:39:37,541 --> 00:39:40,294
When you've got momentum,
things are going your way,
806
00:39:40,294 --> 00:39:41,754
the spiral works upward.
807
00:39:42,922 --> 00:39:46,175
But if things... you know,
you get an un... unlucky break,
808
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...
809
00:39:51,097 --> 00:39:51,931
Sit!
810
00:39:54,975 --> 00:39:57,812
{\an8}...it just starts sort of going
the other way a little bit.
811
00:39:58,312 --> 00:39:59,980
{\an8}[announcer 3] Another one of those days.
812
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:04,110
But really, focus back on the final group.
813
00:40:04,110 --> 00:40:05,194
Let's go, Brooks.
814
00:40:06,195 --> 00:40:07,404
- Get 'em, Brooks.
- Let's go!
815
00:40:10,699 --> 00:40:13,452
[announcer 3] One of the toughest par-3s
on the course here at three.
816
00:40:15,037 --> 00:40:15,996
[applause]
817
00:40:15,996 --> 00:40:20,793
[announcer 4] And that is the shot
of a four-time major champion.
818
00:40:27,633 --> 00:40:28,467
[cheering]
819
00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:31,303
{\an8}[announcer 2] I fear
he's going to be very hard to beat.
820
00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:34,181
[announcer 1] Here's Koepka
for another birdie.
821
00:40:37,893 --> 00:40:38,727
On fire.
822
00:40:38,727 --> 00:40:40,146
{\an8}[cheering and applause]
823
00:40:40,146 --> 00:40:42,273
{\an8}[announcer 2] "Catch me
if you can," says Koepka.
824
00:40:44,316 --> 00:40:45,151
[spectators groan]
825
00:40:45,151 --> 00:40:48,112
[announcer 2] Another narrow miss.
Bad par there for Rory.
826
00:40:48,988 --> 00:40:53,492
[Brooks] Failure's how you learn.
It's more mentality than it is anything.
827
00:40:54,201 --> 00:40:56,162
[announcer 2] Oh, advantage, Koepka.
828
00:40:56,162 --> 00:40:57,746
A spectacular shot there.
829
00:40:58,664 --> 00:41:02,168
[Brooks] If you can do that,
you'll be miles ahead of everybody else.
830
00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:10,301
[announcer 1] Rory's in
with a third consecutive round of 69.
831
00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:11,510
{\an8}[applause]
832
00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:13,220
{\an8}[announcer 2] Disappointing for Rory.
833
00:41:14,847 --> 00:41:16,849
{\an8}[Rory] But it's not that. I mean, I...
834
00:41:16,849 --> 00:41:19,059
I fucking shit myself and left pins.
835
00:41:19,059 --> 00:41:20,728
I, like, I'm not...
836
00:41:21,437 --> 00:41:26,025
Like, my, like, technique is
nowhere near as good as it used to be.
837
00:41:26,025 --> 00:41:27,318
[indistinct chatter]
838
00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:31,739
[Rory] I almost feel like I wanna do
a complete reboot.
839
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:34,366
- Almost?
- [Rory] No, I do, I do.
840
00:41:34,366 --> 00:41:37,912
'Cause it's the only way
I feel like I'm gonna break through.
841
00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:40,247
I think differently. What do you want?
842
00:41:40,247 --> 00:41:42,416
[Rory] But it is, like, Sean. It is.
843
00:41:42,416 --> 00:41:44,460
Like, it feels so far away.
844
00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:46,003
I'm not at the stage of my life
845
00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:49,798
where I feel like I can come out
and be doing these two-week boot camps.
846
00:41:49,798 --> 00:41:50,841
Like, I feel...
847
00:41:50,841 --> 00:41:54,637
Like, I feel good enough
to be, like, fucking top ten in my head,
848
00:41:54,637 --> 00:41:56,513
but not good enough to win.
849
00:41:56,513 --> 00:41:58,182
- Like, pull away?
- [Rory] Like, pull away.
850
00:41:58,182 --> 00:42:00,226
Like, winning fucking majors.
851
00:42:00,226 --> 00:42:01,352
You know, like...
852
00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:02,603
You know, and...
853
00:42:02,603 --> 00:42:06,065
The pressure I was feeling to be
this sort of spokesman or this leader,
854
00:42:06,065 --> 00:42:07,942
I think that was part of the problem.
855
00:42:07,942 --> 00:42:11,070
I just was disappointed
and wanted to get away from it.
856
00:42:13,447 --> 00:42:14,490
[announcer 1] Back at 12.
857
00:42:15,074 --> 00:42:16,659
[announcer 5] It's Koepka away.
858
00:42:18,327 --> 00:42:20,955
[announcer 6] Seems like every year
there's a momentum putt,
859
00:42:20,955 --> 00:42:22,122
one that you remember.
860
00:42:22,122 --> 00:42:23,374
This could be that one.
861
00:42:24,833 --> 00:42:27,211
- [fan 1] Let's go. Wrap it up.
- [fan 2] Pasta's getting cold.
862
00:42:35,427 --> 00:42:37,638
- [announcer 3] Absolutely perfect.
- [cheering]
863
00:42:37,638 --> 00:42:40,474
♪ Me and my boys make major moves
Still the same ones I came with ♪
864
00:42:40,474 --> 00:42:42,643
♪ Uppin' the payment
Toy, you be nothin' to play with ♪
865
00:42:42,643 --> 00:42:45,563
{\an8}♪ Guess some things unchangeable
Me and my thirst insatiable ♪
866
00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,398
{\an8}♪ Till we all big time
Face on my Rollie... ♪
867
00:42:47,398 --> 00:42:49,900
{\an8}[announcer 1] What a personal
comeback story this is.
868
00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:52,361
{\an8}All the doubt that he had in his mind.
869
00:42:52,361 --> 00:42:54,280
You may have seen him on Full Swing.
870
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,992
Never seen a guy lacking
so much confidence with so much pedigree.
871
00:42:59,159 --> 00:43:02,454
But he's a different guy now.
He's back to who he was.
872
00:43:02,454 --> 00:43:03,455
[applause]
873
00:43:03,455 --> 00:43:04,540
[cheering]
874
00:43:04,540 --> 00:43:05,583
- ♪ Run it up ♪
- ♪ Whoa! ♪
875
00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:07,751
- ♪ Run it up, run it up, run it up ♪
- ♪ Yeah! Whoa! ♪
876
00:43:07,751 --> 00:43:09,545
♪ Nothing can stop me... ♪
877
00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:13,507
{\an8}[announcer 1] Koepka conquers
the PGA at Oak Hill.
878
00:43:13,507 --> 00:43:15,259
[cheering]
879
00:43:15,843 --> 00:43:16,844
[inaudible]
880
00:43:16,844 --> 00:43:18,095
[applause]
881
00:43:20,764 --> 00:43:22,349
♪ Nothing can stop me... ♪
882
00:43:24,310 --> 00:43:26,604
{\an8}[cheering]
883
00:43:30,566 --> 00:43:32,860
[laughter]
884
00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:34,612
- [fan] Hell yeah, baby!
- Let's go!
885
00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:37,531
- [fan] Hell yeah!
- That's what I'm fucking talking about!
886
00:43:37,531 --> 00:43:39,325
[indistinct comments]
887
00:43:39,325 --> 00:43:43,203
[PGA official] The 2023 PGA Champion,
Brooks Koepka.
888
00:43:43,704 --> 00:43:45,456
[cheering]
889
00:43:48,375 --> 00:43:50,836
[Brooks] If I look back
to where we were two years ago,
890
00:43:50,836 --> 00:43:53,631
I'm just so happy right now,
I'm kind of at a loss for words,
891
00:43:53,631 --> 00:43:55,924
but this is...
this is just the coolest thing.
892
00:43:55,924 --> 00:43:58,135
[cheering]
893
00:43:59,094 --> 00:44:01,597
[Brooks] Feels good to be back
and get number five.
894
00:44:08,020 --> 00:44:09,980
Scottie, nice finish. Good week.
895
00:44:11,607 --> 00:44:15,027
Fuck. Someone in my era
has got more majors than I have.
896
00:44:16,403 --> 00:44:17,237
Five!
897
00:44:17,237 --> 00:44:19,490
[Rory] It's hard for me
not to define myself
898
00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:21,575
as one of the best golfers in the world,
899
00:44:21,575 --> 00:44:25,079
so when you struggle like that,
you feel a little lost,
900
00:44:25,663 --> 00:44:27,247
but I think it was a wake-up call
901
00:44:27,247 --> 00:44:30,459
for me to say, "Let's just focus
on the golf for a little bit."
902
00:44:31,877 --> 00:44:32,711
Brooks!
903
00:44:33,754 --> 00:44:34,755
- Brooks!
- Yeah?
904
00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:41,720
Well done. I'm really happy
for you. Enjoy it.
905
00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:42,930
Good job, Brooks.
906
00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:46,934
- See you, boys.
- See ya.
907
00:44:46,934 --> 00:44:48,727
- [Brooks] I'll give you a shout later.
- Yeah.
908
00:44:48,727 --> 00:44:49,645
[man] Good win.
909
00:44:49,645 --> 00:44:51,397
[Dan] Koepka's win is a massive blow
910
00:44:51,397 --> 00:44:54,441
to this narrative
that LIV Golf is just going to go away,
911
00:44:54,441 --> 00:44:56,568
that it can basically be ignored.
912
00:44:56,568 --> 00:44:59,780
And now that a LIV golfer
has won a major championship,
913
00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:02,574
the question becomes,
"Where do we go from here?"
914
00:45:10,958 --> 00:45:14,753
[sportscaster 1] Some serious
breaking news from the world of golf.
915
00:45:14,753 --> 00:45:17,965
And not something that people expected.
916
00:45:17,965 --> 00:45:21,844
[sportscaster 2] The PGA TOUR
and European Tour today announced a merger
917
00:45:21,844 --> 00:45:23,095
with LIV Golf.
918
00:45:23,095 --> 00:45:24,430
[sportscaster 3] The golf world,
919
00:45:24,430 --> 00:45:26,557
the biggest names
in the sport, were stunned.
920
00:45:26,557 --> 00:45:28,934
I don't think anybody saw this coming.
921
00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:31,061
What happened?
922
00:45:35,274 --> 00:45:36,942
[Justin] "What the fuck?" That was...
923
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.
924
00:45:40,612 --> 00:45:42,197
What the fuck just happened?
925
00:45:42,197 --> 00:45:44,074
Just... chaos.
926
00:45:45,451 --> 00:45:47,077
You don't really know what's happening.
927
00:45:47,661 --> 00:45:48,704
What is happening?
928
00:45:48,704 --> 00:45:50,789
All of a sudden,
you get slapped in the face.
929
00:45:51,373 --> 00:45:55,002
[Rory] Why did I just waste 12 months
of my life to fight for something
930
00:45:55,002 --> 00:45:57,296
that was always gonna
come back together again?
931
00:45:57,296 --> 00:46:00,215
I'm almost to where it's like,
"Fuck it, do what you wanna do."
932
00:46:04,928 --> 00:46:06,638
{\an8}[reporter] Welcome, Jay and Yasir.
933
00:46:06,638 --> 00:46:09,266
{\an8}Just this picture alone
is going to surprise a lot of people.
934
00:46:09,266 --> 00:46:13,103
[Dylan] For guys on the PGA TOUR,
things just got a lot more confusing.
935
00:46:13,103 --> 00:46:15,147
But for some of these guys on LIV,
936
00:46:15,147 --> 00:46:17,357
they're feeling like maybe
they got this right.
937
00:46:17,941 --> 00:46:20,652
[Dan] Rickie Fowler was always rumored
to go to LIV.
938
00:46:20,652 --> 00:46:23,197
He turned down
life-changing sums of money.
939
00:46:23,197 --> 00:46:25,324
[Dylan] But for that choice to pay off,
940
00:46:25,324 --> 00:46:27,659
he's going to have to play
really good golf,
941
00:46:27,659 --> 00:46:29,244
and right now he's not doing that.
942
00:46:29,244 --> 00:46:30,871
It's a grind out there.
943
00:46:30,871 --> 00:46:33,582
Going through this struggle
for the last few years...
944
00:46:33,582 --> 00:46:34,625
Go, Rickie!
945
00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:37,211
[Rickie] ...I know that I can be
in a better place.
946
00:46:37,211 --> 00:46:40,214
[announcer] Rickie Fowler makes history
at LA Country Club.
947
00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:42,841
[dramatic music playing]