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0:07Welcome to the Second Cup podcast. I'm
0:09Greg Ducharm and this is your Austin
0:11Championship preview. Really excited for
0:14this show. We got a lot to get into. Uh
0:17Austin Championship taking place this
0:20week down Omni Barton Creek. It's the
0:24Fazio Golf Course which we've never seen
0:26on the PGA Tour before. This event was
0:29supposed to be, it was originally going
0:31to be a good good event, but with all
0:34the fallout that happened a couple
0:35months ago with that, it is now the
0:37Austin Championship, uh, with a
0:40presenting sponsor, of course. Um, but
0:42so this is a new golf course and it's a
0:45pretty cool opportunity for us to go
0:46through and figure out what it's going
0:48to require, uh, what we expect to see.
0:50So, we'll show you what the scorecard
0:52looks like. We'll go through some of the
0:54Tom Fosio key characteristics. We'll
0:56look at some of the best performers on
0:58Fazio courses and we're going to create
1:01a model as well. So, we got a lot to get
1:03into from the preview side of things. Uh
1:06we also have a couple of other things
1:08I'd like to wrap up from yesterday's
1:10conversation. If you joined us in the
1:12worldwide technologies
1:14uh championship recap, we also got into
1:17a little bit of the live stuff and
1:20couple of those things I'd really like
1:21to follow up on. So, we're going to do
1:23that. But I want to remind you that
1:26right here on the second cut, if you are
1:27a fan of the PGA Tour, this is the place
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1:42typical week. That that will definitely
1:44be the case in 2027. It's been a little
1:47spotty here in the fall with uh you know
1:49some other things going on, but we are
1:52in-depth wall-to-wall coverage every
1:54single PGA Tour event, this is the place
1:57to be. So, um if if that's what you're
1:59into, if you love the PGA Tour, hit that
2:02subscribe button. Uh make sure you
2:04follow along with everything we have
2:05going on here on the second cut. To
2:07those of you who already have, I
2:09appreciate it. Thank you very much for
2:11your time. Means a great deal to me. I I
2:13hope you're learning and enjoying and I
2:16hope it really enhances your experience
2:18watching the PGA Tour. Now, I mentioned
2:23we spent a little bit of time on kind of
2:26the fallout, if you will, of Live Golf
2:28closing its doors and beginning winding
2:31windown operations.
2:34And through this process, since Liv lost
2:37its funding from PIFF and kind of has
2:39been working to create a Liv 2.0, know
2:42we
2:44um we've had a number of bigname players
2:47announce that they're not going to be
2:48playing. They've announced another path
2:50in many cases that they're going to go
2:52down. John Rom tier Hatton, you know,
2:55some of the big names like that are
2:56going to be playing uh PGA. They're
2:59going to be playing DP World Tour Golf
3:00in hopes of getting back to the PGA
3:02Tour. And the big name that we didn't
3:05hear from was Bryson Dashambo. Well,
3:08yesterday, immediately after the
3:10episode, when we talked about Bryson
3:12specifically, he released a statement,
3:15or at least I saw it immediately after
3:18the episode, and I want to read it here.
3:20Um, it's rather long, but if you haven't
3:24seen this, uh, or you know, I think he
3:27tweeted this out yesterday.
3:30I'm not going to rewrite the last four
3:32years, Bryson says. I made a decision I
3:35believed in, and I'm grateful for what
3:37came with it. Playing in front of fans,
3:40new and old, around the world, who
3:42rarely got to see the best players at
3:44home. The record crowds in Adelaide and
3:46Johannesburg will stick with me for the
3:48rest of my life. I believed this game
3:51could reach more people in more places
3:53in a new way. I still believe that, and
3:56I gave it everything I had to keep team
3:58golf alive. I want to say thank you to
4:01the people who believed in this from the
4:02start. Uh the staff, the operations, the
4:05crews, the caddies, and everyone behind
4:07the scenes at Liv Crushers Golf,
4:09Crushers GC, uh who bet their careers on
4:13this. You gave everything. And thank you
4:16to my Crushers teammates, our sponsors,
4:18and every fan who came out. I still
4:21believe in team golf. It may look
4:22different in the future, but I still
4:24believe it's essential to growing the
4:26game. Arnold Palmer said, "No player is
4:28bigger than the game." And I want to
4:30acknowledge that along the way. I've
4:33said some things that didn't help.
4:35Whatever comes next, I'll approach it
4:37with humility and respect for the people
4:39who carried this game long before me. In
4:43December, I'll compete at the Nedbank
4:45Golf Challenge Gary Players event in
4:47front of fans who made the first my
4:49first visit to South Africa
4:51unforgettable. Beyond that, I'll go
4:53about whatever is next the right way. My
4:56passion has been to grow this game.
4:58That's still the goal. Thank you for
4:59sticking with me. Together, we can all
5:01grow this great game we love.
5:05Okay, so we're
5:07back to growing the game, the grow the
5:10game narrative.
5:12And this is really interesting to me
5:14because I'm just thinking, Bryson had me
5:17thinking, you know, if if growing the
5:19game really was your motivation, what
5:22would you do? And it may be his real
5:24motivation. I I don't know. I mean, I
5:27think there's a I'd love to grow the
5:29game and I'd love to get paid to do it
5:31and I understand that he's a
5:32professional golfer, but what really
5:35does grow the game. And I think this is
5:37a really interesting conversation. And
5:40it it seems like to me Bryson's idea of
5:43growing the game is going to new places.
5:47going to places around the world and
5:49being there and creating an event that's
5:52there, a high-profile event is going to
5:54grow the game. Okay, that's a fair
5:57assessment.
5:59But, you know, what did what do you do?
6:02What did you do while you were at Live
6:05to grow the game? Well, I wanted to just
6:08take a look at what Bryson's schedule
6:10has looked like. And one of the things I
6:12love about rickr rungood.com
6:15is it's a very easy place to go see a
6:18schedule across all tours. You know, you
6:20can filter those out and see where what
6:23events you played in. And it'll show you
6:24in one place if you played in an Asian
6:27tour event or a live event or anything
6:29else. So, I want to share my screen here
6:33and just go through what Bryson's
6:35schedule look like. We're not looking at
6:37results here, but it's live events two
6:41majors. Live events major live major
6:46live live
6:49rider cup. Live live major. Live live
6:53major live major live major live major.
6:57A bunch of live events. The
6:59international series India.
7:02Live event live event live event major.
7:04Live event live event major. Live live
7:06major. Same same deal here. We're now
7:08back in 2023. All live events. A major
7:11live event major. Live event major. Live
7:13event major. PIF Saudi International
7:17Asian Tour event. Okay. Uh live event.
7:20Live event. Live event major. Major. And
7:23now we get to the PGA Tour and he plays
7:25in PGA Tour events. Saudi International
7:292022 shortly before he did go to live.
7:32Um PGA Tour event. PGA Tour event
7:34majors. PGA Tour event. Um, we're going
7:38to just show a couple more here. PGA
7:40Tour event. Major major. Oh, Saudi
7:42International
7:44again. Major major PGA event. Tour
7:47event. Tour event. Tour event. He did
7:50play a couple of uh events in Dubai and
7:54Abu Dhabi in 2020,
7:57but PGA Tour event major. PGA Tour event
8:00majors.
8:02What's the point of this?
8:04Well, you know, once Bryson got to live,
8:08he didn't play anything outside of the
8:09majors and live and and the other events
8:13that he played are
8:15contra he's contractually obligated to
8:17play. You know, the Nedbank has been
8:20around for years and I'm sure that
8:22Bryson would have been able to play if
8:23he wanted to. Maybe he wasn't. Uh and
8:26and if he wasn't then, you know, if he
8:30was rejected from playing those, this
8:31point is moot. But Liv players played in
8:34those kind of events. You can go down to
8:36Australia again. Go bring another event
8:39there. You know, it doesn't have to be
8:40on live. Go play at the Australian Open.
8:43They'd love to have you. Um go play in I
8:47I don't know. There's all kinds of Asian
8:49Tour events you can play in. There's all
8:51kinds of European DP World Tour events
8:53you can play in all over the world. Um
8:57but there seems to be this tie to team
8:59golf. And it's clear that team golf
9:04doesn't do anything to grow the game.
9:06You know, are there really Crushers fans
9:08or are there just fans of Bryson? Do you
9:11buy the Crushers hat because you're a
9:13fan of the Crushers or because you're a
9:15fan of Bryson and you saw Bryson play in
9:17a major championship wearing a Crushers
9:19hat? You know, I don't know. I I don't
9:22even know how many people bought
9:24Crushers hats, but it's just very
9:26strange to me that these events that
9:30Bryson played in are just simply live
9:32events and not when he's on the PGA
9:34Tour, they're just PGA Tour events. Now,
9:37I get that, but I don't know that that's
9:41that fully supports the doing everything
9:44I can to grow the game kind of
9:45mentality.
9:48So, um, yeah, it's an interesting
9:51standpoint.
9:53The other thing about growing the game
9:55is it's one thing to do it in person,
9:58which he played the schedule he was told
10:00to play. Um, so, you know, I I don't
10:03know how much we're going above and
10:05beyond here. um when if you're also
10:08looking to grow the game, I I think
10:10television audience is a big deal and
10:14you're and Liv clearly isn't gathering
10:16television ratings. Um so that was a
10:20very interesting side piece to that. And
10:23now going forward, what's the best
10:26opportunity to grow the game? Well, it's
10:28playing the PGA Tour. Go play a PGA Tour
10:31schedule. Go play a schedule like Rory
10:33Mroy. You know, Rory Mroy is playing all
10:37over the world and he plays a light PGA
10:39Tour schedule and he plays all over the
10:41world this time of year. That's great.
10:44That's an option. You know, it's a way
10:46you can go play in big events that
10:49gather television ratings that are
10:51high-profile events. Some of them even
10:53pay you an appearance fee. That's great.
10:56Go do that. But don't tell me that, you
11:00know, YouTube is the way to grow the
11:02game. Arnold Palmer said no one player
11:06is bigger than the game. And he
11:09mentioned that right before
11:12recognizing that he didn't go about
11:14things the right way. And the big
11:16question I'm left with is what is the
11:18right way for Bryson?
11:20And I can't imagine I can't imagine that
11:23the right way is playing YouTube golf
11:26for a player with the talent Bryson
11:29Dambo has. I have to imagine
11:33that growing the game, the best way you
11:35can grow the game as a professional
11:37golfer now is to play in the biggest
11:39professional golf events and play in
11:41some smaller ones, too. Play in
11:44professional events. And as you do that,
11:48you generate a a lot of buzz. People
11:50aren't going to events because it's a
11:52team event or because it's an individual
11:54event. They're going to see great golf.
11:56They're going to see great golfers play
11:58great golf.
12:00go play all over the place. And when
12:04when you go play in events, you can make
12:06a difference. I think that's true. I
12:08think Rory makes a difference. That's
12:10why he gets appearance fees when he goes
12:12and plays in events that offer
12:13appearance fees. Go play the PGA Tour.
12:16They have huge purses and they compete
12:19that, you know, they um they pay out big
12:23purses based on performance and they
12:26draw big television ratings, the biggest
12:28in the game. It's a great opportunity to
12:31showcase your skills and showcase the
12:34this great game to others. Show people
12:37how to hit the ball a longer way. uh you
12:41know, show people the different ways you
12:44can go about playing like he's done.
12:47Uh I I I don't think Bryson has to
12:50rewrite the has to reinvent the wheel to
12:53grow the game more. All he has to do, in
12:56my opinion, to grow the game is play the
13:01best golf and the best competition he
13:03possibly can. And if you want to do
13:05stuff on YouTube, go ahead, do it. I'm
13:07not saying that's bad by any means.
13:10But it would be a shame to me if YouTube
13:12golf was the future for Bryson Dashambo.
13:16It'd be a shame, especially after a
13:18statement like this. I I I think that
13:20would be a a real loss for Bryson and
13:24for the game. Um when you make comments
13:27like I want to play on a tour that wants
13:29me,
13:31it's the wrong attitude.
13:34You know, the attitude is I want to play
13:36I want to achieve greatness. Uh, I want
13:38to play the best players in I want to
13:40play against the best players in the
13:42world. I want to play on the biggest
13:43stage possible. That's how you grow the
13:45game.
13:47So hopefully we don't see another
13:51attempt at a
13:54team golf league uh coming out of
13:56Bryson. I really hope that doesn't
13:58happen because it is clear that it's not
14:01a draw. It's just clear. So do what you
14:05got to do to get back on the PGA tour.
14:07go play the DP World Tour this year if
14:09you have to. Um, which is a great
14:11opportunity to travel the world if
14:13that's what you want to do. And hey, as
14:15an American, why not help grow the game
14:18here as an American? I think that's a
14:20great starting place. Grow the game in
14:23Dallas,
14:25you know, grow the game in Texas where
14:27where you're from. Be a great starting
14:30place if you ask me. All right, that's
14:32enough about Bryson and and Live Golf.
14:36Um, I really hope it's enough for
14:38everything. Although, we do have to
14:39track where these players end up and
14:41what the PGA Tour does. Uh, and if
14:44they're going to be coming back to the
14:45PGA Tour in 27, waiting until 2028.
14:49Very interesting times in the world of
14:52professional golf. All right, now it's
14:54time to get into the uh Austin
14:57Championship, and I'm really looking
15:00forward to this. I want to I want to get
15:02right into it. So, we're going to go
15:03over to the notebook. This notebook is
15:06brief. Um, but I think there's some
15:09pretty good stuff in here. If you're
15:10just watching for the first time, the
15:12notebook is where we go over course
15:14facts, course stats, winning trends,
15:17course history, best performers, comp
15:19courses. Now, of course, this is the
15:21first time that we've seen uh Omni
15:23Barton Creek and the Fazio Canyons golf
15:26course where we'll be playing this week.
15:28So, we don't have winning trends. We
15:30don't have course history, best
15:31performers, and we don't have comp
15:32courses. We don't have course stats, but
15:35we have some facts, and we're going to
15:36summize what we can to get the best feel
15:41for what this tournament is going to
15:43look like. We're going to do the best we
15:45can with the information that we have.
15:47And I did quite a bit of research
15:49getting ready for this. So, here are
15:52some general facts. This is a par 72,
15:557,451
15:57yards. It was built in 1999 and
16:00renovated again in 2022 by Tom Foio. As
16:04you can imagine, it's a golf course that
16:06winds through the Texas Hill Country, if
16:09you will. Uh in the low areas, there's a
16:11really cool rocky creek uh that winds
16:15through this golf course. It's a part of
16:16the 18th hole. It guards some of these
16:19greens immediately, which is pretty
16:22cool. Some of the other facts not listed
16:25here. The fairways are Bermuda Fairways,
16:28419 Bermuda Fairways, and the greens are
16:31miniverty, Bermuda greens. So, we are
16:33looking at Bermuda greens. I think
16:36minivery Bermuda is one of the best
16:37surfaces you can putt on. Um, but when
16:40we do our research and our modeling, we
16:42will definitely incorporate Bermuda
16:44greens. All right. Now, let's uh let's
16:46move along here. The this is what the
16:49scorecard looks like. And I think this
16:51is a pretty interesting scorecard. You
16:53see 7451 and it it looks like a big
16:56number. It is a par 72. This is not an
17:00overly long golf course. Okay. On the
17:02front nine you have the par threes are
17:06175 and 215. Um not exceptionally long.
17:11The par fives are 587 and 591. That's on
17:14the longer side. Still reachable in all
17:17likelihood but uh definitely on the uh
17:20longer side. the par the longest par4 on
17:23the front nine is number nine which is
17:25478.
17:27So I I think that's um you know you have
17:29a lot of mid-range shorter par4s. Number
17:33four is 344.
17:35Uh one and two are 400 and 405.
17:38Uh so there's six is 448. You know
17:42that's not overly long by any means. on
17:44the back nine. Number 10 is So if you
17:47start at number one, you got
17:48back-to-back long par4s in nine and 10,
17:51478 and 492. 10 is the longest par4 on
17:55the golf course at 492. But on the back
17:58nine, the par 3es definitely get longer.
18:00228 at number 11, 230 at number 17. Um
18:05the parfs are shorter on the other hand.
18:0814 is 464, 18 is 562. Those will
18:12definitely be reachable.
18:14Um, and you have 13, which is 387. I
18:20think they could move the TE's up and
18:21make that one drivable. It's um, that
18:24looks like a pretty cool hole. It's a
18:26little dog leg to the left and uh, the
18:28left side is serious trouble. And you
18:31can kind of decide how far you're going
18:33to, you know, how much you're going to
18:34take on, how far you're going to move it
18:36up up the fairway, which is wide. But
18:40you got to take a little risk. you got
18:41to take on a little risk to get it close
18:43to the green and depending on the tea
18:45location that one may be drivable. All
18:48right, let's move on to some of the key
18:50characteristics of Fazio designs. Um,
18:53this is it's very often you see some
18:56dramatic backdrops.
18:58Fazio courses seem to be in beautiful
19:01areas. He always seems to have a
19:03gorgeous, stunning at times piece of
19:05property. you see larger undulating
19:09greens and this golf course being in the
19:12Hill Country, I would imagine we're
19:13going to see quite a few slopes on these
19:16greens. The bunkers are often dramatic
19:19looking. You see big flashface bunkers,
19:21so they really stand out whether you're
19:24on the tea, uh they they frame the
19:26fairway nicely and into the greens, they
19:28frame the uh greens nicely as well, and
19:31they definitely give an appearance of
19:34great depth. Uh so the flash bunkering
19:37that Fosio uses I find to be beautiful.
19:40Um generally following the natural
19:43layout of the property it feels very
19:45natural although he does use a lot of
19:48equipment. Uh and and they tend to be
19:51you know a lot of the reports on Fazio
19:53courses are there like budgetless
19:55designs. um they are built golf courses
19:58that are built, but it it still does
20:01flow with the natural property. Uh but
20:04it takes a lot to build the bunkers the
20:06way he does and and he definitely is
20:08moving a lot of turf. Uh but it it does
20:11have a natural feel to it in my opinion.
20:14Fairways tend to be generous, but
20:16there's demanding visuals, so it they're
20:19they're often easier than they appear
20:22and they appear to be pretty
20:23challenging. And and looking at this
20:25golf course on the maps, it does look
20:27like there's some width to the fairways.
20:30Not like we saw last week. You know,
20:32you're not looking at 80 yard fairways,
20:34but there's space. Definitely space.
20:36There are some areas where the bunkers
20:38will pinch down and players are not
20:40going to be able to hit driver on every
20:42hole. It's not a bombs away kind of golf
20:44course. There'll be some thought process
20:46on the TE's. And given the length, the
20:49commonality of these mid-range par4s,
20:52there's going to be some opportunities
20:54to play this golf course in in a number
20:57of different ways. Uh it it doesn't seem
21:00like there's a huge advantage to bombing
21:02it. You know, it's not one of those
21:05northeast restorations where there's no
21:08trees and the bunkers are at 310. If you
21:11can fly at 310, it opens up like crazy.
21:14That doesn't seem to be the case here.
21:16seems like it does narrow down in some
21:18areas and being on, you know, winding
21:22through these hills, there are some
21:24pretty significant falloffs into trees,
21:26but there's plenty of room to hit it.
21:28It's just a matter of how you're going
21:29to navigate these bunkers. Um, so it
21:33very interesting what what Fazio does
21:35with his designs. Here are some of the
21:37notable courses. Oh, this looks like the
21:40exact same slide. Let me go through this
21:42one more time. These are some notable
21:44courses. Uh, we got Shadow Creek, Caves
21:48Valley. We've seen these on uh on the
21:50PGA tour before. Wade Hampton, which is
21:53in North Carolina, stunning looking golf
21:56course. Hudson National, which I've
21:59played, stunning golf course. Uh, I
22:02mean, talk about dramatic backdrops.
22:04This is it's dramatic and the bunkering
22:07is beautiful, but it's playable. Lake
22:10Nona down there in Florida. We've seen a
22:12couple times in, you know,
22:16what did we used to see? Lake Nona and
22:19Albany and Isleworth used to play a
22:22match. We kind of rotate around. So Lake
22:24Nona is another Fazio golf course. Of
22:27course, there's many more and he's had
22:29his hand in a lot of redos like Quail
22:31Hollow, but these are some of the
22:33notable original designs that we could
22:36pay attention to. Now, uh, we, this is
22:41kind of a tricky thing. I can't get this
22:43into the model specifically.
22:46Oh, and and that seemed to not move on
22:48to the next slide. Um, I I couldn't get
22:51this into the model specifically. So, I
22:54just wanted to take a look in the
22:56notebook at the best Fazio design
22:58players since 2020. Now, these aren't
23:02typically mainstay courses, although
23:05included in this are some of his major
23:08redoss. Um, but these are the best
23:11players in this field on Fazio design
23:13golf courses since 2020. Some of them
23:16only have one start, like Tommy
23:18Morrison, who leads the way here. Um, he
23:21has one start. It's a win. It was on the
23:22Cornferry tour. Ben James number two.
23:26Johnny Kefir number three. Miles
23:29Russell. Oh, Ben James also withdrew.
23:33Um, I believe. Let me let me just verify
23:37something here really quickly.
23:40Uh, I I meant to bring this up before
23:42the show started, but um, we're going to
23:46go to the Austin Championship. I just
23:48want to check this. So, Denny McCarthy
23:51withdrew, Matt Wallace withdrew, which
23:54got Ben Silverman in. Alvaro Ortiz got
23:58in with a top 10 finish. Uh Harry Hall
24:02withdrew. That all had Silverman in.
24:05Then Silverman withdrew on Monday. David
24:08Skins got in. Ben James withdrew on
24:11Monday. Jimmy Stanger got in. So Ben
24:13James is out. Michael Kim withdrew. Got
24:16Paul Peterson in. Tom Hogy withdrew. Ben
24:19Martin got in as a result. And Bo
24:22Hustler withdrew, which got Tyler Duncan
24:25in. Uh, so those are the field updates
24:28and Ben James just kind of threw me off
24:30because I thought I saw his name. Um,
24:32Miles Russell number four, again,
24:35limited limited sample size here. AJ
24:37Uert number five. Blades Brown number
24:40six, he's still playing. He has not
24:43withdrawn. Austin Ecro number seven,
24:46Zack Bosshu number eight, Max Grazerman
24:49number nine, Cole Sherwood coming in at
24:52number 10.
24:54All right. So, we're going to um we are
24:57going to pay attention to that. We want
25:00to pay just kind of keep that in mind,
25:02but we're now going to get into what
25:05this actual model looks like. So, I'm
25:07going to go back to just a a full image
25:10of me here and I'm going to get out of
25:13this full screen. And now we'll work
25:16over here. And now I can share my
25:19screen. So, this is the model that I
25:22created. Uh again, if you're a Patreon
25:25member, a paid Patreon member, I'll send
25:28you this full model. And you can see I
25:31I'm gonna wait. I'm not going to send it
25:34right away. I'll probably send it
25:35tomorrow because I just want to make
25:37sure that we get the field updates
25:40loaded in here. And you know, if I miss
25:42one, I apologize. But I'll send you this
25:45whole model. If you're in the Patreon, I
25:47I'll post these each and every week. And
25:49remember, last week's model had an
25:52extremely strong performance. Of the top
25:5515 players in the model, 13 of them
25:57finished in the top 25. And number one
26:00and two in the model was uh Ben James
26:03and Blades Brown. And they were in a
26:06playoff together. I think it did pretty
26:08well. It also picked up on guys like
26:10Alvaro Ortiz, who by the way leads this
26:14model at 7,300. He's first in the model.
26:17Blades Brown number two, Chris Kirk
26:19number three, Sheamus Power number four,
26:22Trace Crowe number five, Andrew Novak
26:26number six, Doug Gim number seven,
26:28Austin Smotherman and Christian
26:30Bazidenhout are eight and nine and Ben
26:33Kohl's is number 10 in the model. Uh I
26:36was looking at basically the the general
26:38concept here is we don't have a lot of
26:41information. This is a lot of guess.
26:43This is a very generic barebones kind of
26:47model, but it does have a couple
26:49specific aspects.
26:52So, I took strokes gain approach over
26:54your last 24 rounds. That's basically
26:56how you've done in the fall. Um, I
26:59weighted that pretty heavily, 15%.
27:02Strokes gain putting over your last 12
27:04rounds. I think we're going to see quite
27:05a few birdies out here. I you know I I
27:08don't think it's going to be as easy as
27:10we saw in Mexico, but I still think
27:13they're going to go pretty low on this
27:15golf course. Uh so I have strokes game
27:18putting over your last 12 weighted at
27:1910%. Ta green over your last 36 rounds
27:24weighted at 10%. And I really wanted to
27:27put an emphasis on recent form given
27:30that we don't know uh anything. We we
27:33really don't know much about this golf
27:34course and we have never seen it played
27:36in competition. We have no data to back
27:39up any of our um any of our thoughts. I
27:42wanted recent form to play a big role.
27:44So I took strokes gain total over your
27:46last 24 rounds. Again, that's basically
27:48how you've done this fall and um I
27:52weighted that at 20%. So heavy heavy
27:55weight on recent form here in this
27:58model. Um, and then I went through the
28:01normal distribution stuff. How often are
28:03you gaining two or more strokes
28:05approaching the green? Uh, I did that at
28:085%. How often are you gaining three or
28:11more strokes approaching the green? I
28:12did that at 5%. I did the same with
28:15putting two or more strokes, three or
28:17more strokes. And that for all four of
28:19those, they're at 5%. and over your last
28:22100 rounds. Um, I look, I added good
28:26drive percentage over your last 36
28:29rounds at 5%.
28:31Um, I think this is
28:34this is an interesting one because it
28:37the golf course look there's plenty of
28:39space there. While the fairways, many of
28:42them are in that 30 yard wide
28:44neighborhood, there's still space beyond
28:46that. So, the driving corridors are wide
28:49enough, but big misses are penalized in
28:51a great way from the looks of it. You
28:53know, it looks like heavy trees and
28:55shrubs and rocks. Uh you can hit it down
28:58into some really low areas that are
29:00problematic. Um so, you you want to keep
29:03it within
29:05the bound the boundaries similar to last
29:08week. So, I just took good drive
29:09percentage a very small increment there.
29:13I don't think this is a driving accuracy
29:15course. I don't think it's a driving
29:17distance course. I think it's a penalty
29:19avoidance course off the tee. So I I
29:22approach that in two ways. One is the T
29:25green metric which is going to
29:27incorporate some driving. Another is the
29:29good drive percentage aspect which I
29:32didn't put a huge weight on because I do
29:34think there's an opportunity to hit less
29:37than driver around this golf course. Um
29:39but it's basically a penalty avoidance.
29:42Uh then I took opportunities over your
29:45last 24 rounds. Weighted that at 10.
29:47That's how many times do you hit it
29:49inside of 15 feet and strokes gain
29:52Bermuda which is putting on Bermuda
29:55greens. Last 50 rounds I weighted that
29:58at 10. So this the reason I say this is
30:01pretty bare bones is it's a pretty
30:03strong emphasis on approach play and a
30:05pretty strong emphasis on putting um you
30:09know specifically this fall. And then
30:11there's a heavy recent form bias here as
30:13well. Uh so that's kind of the general
30:16model. It is this is as close to if I
30:20had no information about a golf course,
30:22how would I model it out? Pretty similar
30:24to this. Um and and those are the guys
30:28that we have up there in the top 10. So
30:31before we get to the grid, which we do
30:34have a a grid today. I'm looking forward
30:36to that. I wanted to just go through
30:38some of the names that stood out to me
30:40from a DFS standpoint. Um, so one of
30:43them in the 9K range, we got Doug Gim
30:46here at 9800. I'm going to uh click that
30:49and we'll show you his profile because
30:52Doug Gim is very impressive to me. Um,
30:56you see he's he's definitely a pretty
30:58heavy favorite. He's like the second
31:00favorite as I was looking earlier this
31:02afternoon. He's at 1650, 9,800 on
31:06DraftKings. Um, but when we we take a
31:08look at his attributes, distance, not a
31:11huge advantage. Everything else in the
31:13TO green categories, he is well above
31:16average. You know, he's exceptional with
31:18greens of regulation. Um, pretty good
31:21strokes gain off the tea as well. He's
31:23in the 94th percentile in both of those.
31:26uh 80 80th percentile approaching the
31:29green, you know, so he hits a lot of
31:31greens and he gains a fair number of
31:34strokes. The the weakest aspect of his
31:36game is putting which is still slightly
31:38above average and there'll be more on
31:41that later. Um so let let's go up, you
31:44know, you can see this pie chart here.
31:46It's pretty big. This is a pretty
31:48complete player, especially when you
31:51look at we'll go over to his results and
31:56Whoops. And we'll take a look at what
31:58he's done on the Greens lately because
32:01this is really impressive and why I'm
32:04excited about Doug Gim every event this
32:07fall. So, this is the Builtmore
32:09Championship on he's played four events.
32:11He's gained strokes putting in all four.
32:14Twice he's gained over two strokes for
32:16the week. Um, but all four have been
32:18positive and the results have followed.
32:21T17, second, T17, T6.
32:25This is a Doug Gims become a very
32:28reliable player. Uh, he's also gained
32:31strokes approaching the green in all
32:33four. On three occasions, he's gained
32:35over three strokes approaching the
32:36green. Um, he's hit a fair number of
32:40fairways as well. So, I I do expect Doug
32:43Gim to be a part of the conversation. I
32:45I don't know how excited I really am
32:49with him in the outright market or the
32:51top 20 market. He's kind of priced for
32:53this, but I think he makes a lot of
32:55sense from a DFS standpoint. So, I love
32:58Doug Gim there. Um, next on the list is
33:03we'll switch over here to Chris Kirk,
33:05who's also in the $9,000 range. And
33:08Chris Kirk is number three in the model.
33:13I have one concern
33:16looking at him in general putting real
33:18weakness for him. Everything else is
33:20above average and the strength is his
33:23iron play. So he's in the 95th
33:25percentile when it comes to iron play.
33:28Um you know he's not an overly long
33:30driver so his off the tea is his off the
33:33tea game is pretty average. And that is
33:35actually the concern for me when it
33:39comes to Chris Kirk. He lost three
33:41strokes off the tea last week. Really
33:43wide fairways. He still hit 89% of his
33:46fairways for the week, but some costly
33:49misses played his way out of the
33:51tournament. Had a chance to win, ends up
33:53finishing T12 because of the driver,
33:55that gives me a little concern. But if
33:58Chris Kirk can navigate his way around
34:00this golf course and just simply get it
34:02in play off the T, this is a redhot
34:06player with his irons right now. gained
34:08eight strokes last week. 7.99, 1.83 at
34:13the Butterfield Bermuda Championship,
34:154.19 at the Bank of Utah Championship,
34:18and in Asheville at the Builtmore, he
34:21gained five strokes approaching the
34:23green. This is elite. And in his last
34:26two, he's gained strokes putting as
34:27well. So, I'm very high on uh Chris
34:31Kirk, and the model is too. In fact, we
34:35take a look at um
34:38yeah, that was the other thing. So, he's
34:40just okay putting on Bermuda. Uh he's
34:43about a zero putter on Bermuda according
34:45to the model.
34:47So, um but Chris Kirk number three in
34:51the model coming in at 9,400 on
34:53DraftKings. I I think he makes a ton of
34:56sense and he really gave it a good run
34:59last week.
35:00One other guy I wanted to pay attention
35:03to from a DFS perspective is Austin
35:06Smotherman. Okay, he's at 9,100.
35:10Model has him at number eight. So I'll
35:14share the screen here. He's at 40 to1.
35:19Austin Smotherin's coming off
35:20backto-back wins. He's at 40 to1. Can't
35:23believe that. Look at this G. This game
35:26is so complete from a T green
35:28perspective. 98th percentile approaching
35:32the green in his last 100 rounds.
35:36Um the weakness is around the green play
35:39and putting. But wait till you see what
35:41he's done recently. Um total is above
35:44average. He's really pulled down by the
35:46short game and the putting. You can see
35:48that in his pie chart here as well.
35:50These two areas are just weak.
35:52everything else is great, but
35:55they're getting better and that's the
35:57really encouraging part for me. So, we
36:00know that Austin Smotherman has a very
36:02solid um you know, Ted Green game, but
36:06look what he's done putting in his last
36:08three events. He's gained three strokes
36:09putting. He's never done that before in
36:11his career. And I think he's really on
36:13to something with the flat stick. And it
36:16raises his ceiling all the way to
36:18winning. That's why he's won his last
36:19two starts. So, it does feel a little
36:23bit like chasing for me right now. Like
36:25I'm I'm chasing a guy coming off of
36:27back-to-back wins, but I I listen to him
36:30speak and just like I'm just doing what
36:32I'm doing. I'm doing what I'm doing. I'm
36:34getting better. And he definitely is.
36:38This is every event this fall has been a
36:41very strong performance off the tea.
36:42Gain at least two strokes off the tea
36:45and approaching the green in all three
36:47fall events. and the putting is
36:51extraordinary. So, I think at 9100,
36:54Austin Smotherman makes a ton of sense
36:58in in DFS.
37:00All right, I want to get down to some of
37:02the 8K options. Uh, and one of my
37:06favorites,
37:07one of my favorites in this whole field
37:10is Sheamus Power. And I shouldn't say
37:12that he's because he's really the
37:15favorite of the model. He's number four
37:17in the model and
37:20I I'll share his screen here. He's 8,900
37:23on DraftKings and 43 to1 to win. That's
37:27just uh incredible stuff. And again,
37:30he's average or above average in every
37:32area. So, I I don't think there's any
37:36real concerns. He doesn't quite have the
37:38ceiling. You know, only putting and
37:42birdie or better percentage is he in the
37:4490th percentile. not a bad place to be.
37:47His driving accuracy is 83rd percentile,
37:5171st percentile in greens of regulation.
37:54There's no red flags when you look at
37:57Sheamus Power from a um wide view. When
38:01we look at his recent results, things
38:04start to look a whole lot better. First
38:06of all, every event this fall, he has he
38:09has three top 10s in four events this
38:11fall and four top 25s. T-21 at the Bank
38:15of Utah is his worst finish. He shot 20
38:18under, 17 under, 16 under, 18 under.
38:21This guy's just playing great golf. Um,
38:24approaching the green. He's gained three
38:26or more strokes approaching the green in
38:28three out of the four events in the
38:30fall. And he's gained over 2.9 strokes
38:33putting in all four events as well. It's
38:37just been stellar play from Sheamus
38:39Power. Yet, he's in the $8,000 range.
38:42So, I I think a very wise and excellent
38:45play. Um, model loves them and I do,
38:50too.
38:51All right, next on the list, we're going
38:53down a little bit here, down to 14th in
38:56the model. Uh, and still in the 8K range
39:00when it comes to the DFS picks. And this
39:02is Zack Bosshu. So, we'll go ahead and
39:05share his screen. Yeah, 8,800. He's 39
39:08to1 to win. I don't love that in the
39:10outright market, but I certainly like it
39:12in DFS.
39:14Similar story here. Very average in all
39:17these categories. Um, but a very good
39:20approach player. 82nd percentile
39:22approaching the green. 90th percentile
39:25in birdie or better percentage. Um, I I
39:28think that goes a long way as well. No
39:32glaring weaknesses in the pie chart.
39:35Maybe strokes gained off the tea is a
39:37little bit of a concern.
39:40Uh let's look at the recent form for
39:43Zach Bosshu.
39:45Similar story for him. Although he's
39:47played five events in the fall, he's
39:50gained strokes off the tea in four of
39:52them. Gained strokes approaching the
39:53green in all of them.
39:56Uh when it comes to the putting, he had
39:58a great putting week at the Bay Current
40:00when he finished tied ninth, but he's
40:03struggled a little bit in the last two.
40:05Okay, he's lost seven strokes combined
40:08in his last two events. Those were both
40:10on past Palum Greens.
40:13So, is he going to lose three or four
40:15strokes putting again? Um, well, I
40:18certainly hope not, but let's just go
40:20ahead and check out the radar page and
40:23we'll look at his putting. And this
40:27breaks it down by surface. Pass Palum,
40:30he actually putts pretty well, but has
40:31struggled. Bermuda's fine. He's fine on
40:34Bermuda. Pana is fine. So, I I just
40:37think it's unlikely that we see Zach
40:40Bosshu lose three strokes putting again.
40:43Uh I think the surface change in this
40:45case is a very good thing. Uh heading to
40:48Texas. I I think it's going to go a long
40:51way. And I think he's from Oklahoma.
40:53He's he's born in Virginia.
40:55He resides in Oklahoma. He lives in
40:58Edmund, Oklahoma. Now heading down to
41:00Austin, Texas. Perhaps comfortable here.
41:04So, he'll be taking on the Bermuda
41:05Greens this week, and I I like it. Um,
41:09all right, let's move to the 7K range.
41:12Number one in the model is Alvaro Ortiz.
41:15He's 7,300 on DraftKings. We got to take
41:18a look at that. Um, so we will here. And
41:23here we go. 7,300. 76 to1 to win. I just
41:27want to take a look at this because, uh,
41:30he is number one in the model. Now
41:33everything seems to be pretty good from
41:35a percentage standpoint except his off
41:38strokes gained off the tea 31st
41:40percentile. It's the biggest weakness of
41:42his game.
41:45What has happened recently with Alvaro
41:48Ortiz? He's struggled off the tea a
41:50little bit on some I mean Vidanta
41:52worldwide fairway 75% hit 94% of the
41:56fairways last week. First time he gained
41:58strokes off the tea. He's not very long
42:03and you know I I think he's fairly
42:06accurate but
42:08not overly accurate. So I worry a little
42:12bit about the driving game. It is good
42:14to see that he's short. He So he he
42:16struggles with strokes gained off the
42:18tea because he doesn't hit it very far.
42:21But the the big concern to me, I know
42:25the model got him spot on last week,
42:28but it's in he's in Mexico, his home
42:31country. He just finished tied 34th. He
42:34wants to have a big week. He gets in
42:37this week because of a top 10 finish.
42:40He does a lot of his work with short
42:43game. you sees I mean in in two of the
42:47last four events he's gained over six
42:49strokes around the greens.
42:53It's great. It just feels very risky to
42:55me. Uh I mean that's making up a large
42:58majority of his te to green work. Last
43:01week he gained 11 strokes to green. More
43:03than half came from short game alone.
43:07Putting's pretty good for him as well,
43:09but this he he's number one in the
43:11model, but it feels very risky to me.
43:14So, I don't really
43:17I mean, I think in a DFS perspective,
43:19you could take a chance on Alvaro Ortiz
43:21if ownership is low. Um, but this
43:24doesn't this doesn't smell right to me.
43:26I'm I'm a little that feels like a trap.
43:29So, I go down to Trace Crow, who's
43:33number seven in the model. Um, number
43:36five in the model, excuse me. And I
43:38think Trace Crow makes a lot more sense
43:41than Alvaro Ortiz. Okay, I'm going to go
43:43right to his uh right to Trace Crow's
43:46results. And again, he's struggled off
43:50the tea a little bit as well. He's
43:52struggled with some driving accuracy. My
43:54hope is that he can get it in play. What
43:56I really like is these spike weeks
43:58approaching the green. I picked up over
44:01five in Mexico at the Vidant World. uh
44:04and over 10 in Utah. That goes a long
44:08way. Uh he also can spike with the
44:10putter. Seven strokes at Bonanta World
44:14where he finished tied 11th. Gained five
44:16strokes putting in Bermuda. Guess what
44:19the greens were in Bermuda? Bermuda
44:21greens. Although they are different. So,
44:23let's just go over here to his radar
44:25page. We'll take a look at the uh
44:28putting for Trace Crow. Check out how he
44:32does on various surfaces and Bermuda
44:35pretty good. Pass Palum is best.
44:37Bermuda's pretty good as well. So, I'm
44:40I'm comfortable with that. We go to
44:42Pana. Stay away from Trace Crow.
44:45So, um he definitely Trace Crow
44:48definitely works. He's in the 7K range.
44:50Ortiz is number one in the model. I
44:52don't really like it. Zack Blair and
44:54Luke Clanton I'm comfortable going back
44:56with. Um I I just love Zack Blair's
45:00game. He's number 16 in the model. I'm
45:03lukewarm on that. Luke Clanton, um, you
45:07know, finished tied 33rd last week. I
45:09thought last week was a better fit, but
45:11I'm willing to stay on track with him.
45:13His approach play has been excellent.
45:16Uh, he's number 13 in the model.
45:19Then we get to the 6K range, and I just
45:23want to mention a couple of these guys.
45:24The top performers,
45:26let's just share this. the top 6K
45:29performers in the model. We got to
45:32scroll down a little bit here. Uh and we
45:35go to where are we? Okay, we got to go
45:38to number 23. Number 23, Cole Sherwood.
45:41He's 6800
45:43uh on DraftKings.
45:45The reason I'm intrigued by that is
45:48looking back at our best Fazio design
45:51players since 2020, Cole Sherwood was
45:54number 10. A lot of his work has been on
45:56the corn ferry tour. Um, but when you
45:59look through this model, he performs
46:02pretty well in a lot of these areas.
46:04Performs well on bent grass greens,
46:06which I like. Uh, the good drive
46:08percentage is very high. Rates out very
46:11well in that. Decent when it comes to
46:14opportunities. He doesn't quite spike
46:17very often. That that's the that's why
46:20Cole Sherwood's down a little bit at
46:2223rd in this model.
46:24putting can be a concern, you know, over
46:27his last 12 it has, but he's very good
46:28on Bermuda. So, I like that. Um, so I
46:32I'm I'm going to trust the model here in
46:34the 6K range, and I'm going to go with
46:35Cole Sherwood, who's number 23. I'm also
46:38going to go with Hayden Springer, who's
46:40number 26. Those are the two best
46:42options in the model. The model doesn't
46:45really like the 6K guys. Um, so I'm just
46:48going to go with the top two in large
46:50part because it performs so well.
46:52They're the only two 6K guys in the top
46:5430, but I think there's an there's an
46:57opportunity to eliminate the 6K range. I
46:59I don't think you have to go with the
47:01Kovven uh or a Blades Brown up top. I
47:05think you can drop down a little bit in
47:07the 9K and go with a Doug Gim or a Kirk
47:10or a Smotherman. Um, you can you can mix
47:13in a Sheamus Power uh and and then hit
47:17on some 7K guys, take a chance on a
47:19Trace Crow or a Luke Clanton and I think
47:22it's going to work out great. Uh, so I'm
47:25not too worried about the 6K range, but
47:27it is Cole Sherwood and Hayden Springer
47:30according to the model. And by the way,
47:32I you know, I I went through and looked
47:34at these all these players by hand and
47:36it's not very attractive down there.
47:38Even Sherwood and Hayden Springer, I'm
47:40like, h, no, this is okay, I guess. Um,
47:44so in that case, we'll trust the
47:47computer.
47:49All right, we got just a couple more
47:51things to get to here. Um, really one
47:55more thing to get to, and it's the grid.
47:57So, I'm going to
48:00make that a pres I'm going to present
48:02that and bring up the grid. Okay, so if
48:05you haven't watched before, we provide
48:07some matchups. would provide some
48:08finishing positions and some outrights.
48:12I have room in the grid for three of
48:14each. I do that sometimes, but I'm not
48:18just going to fill out three matchups if
48:21I don't like them. I'm not going to fill
48:23out three outrights if I don't like
48:25them. Um, you know, last week I gave out
48:28a lot of top 20s. I like top 20s for
48:31finishing positions, especially in these
48:34fall events. So, I have three of those.
48:36There's probably I'm open to a lot more
48:39players in that category. Um, but these
48:41are the three I felt really good about.
48:44So, let's start with the matchups. We
48:45got Ben Kohl's over Pearson Cudy at
48:48minus 105. I love Ben Kohl's game. Um, I
48:53I I didn't love the top 20 number. I
48:57think he kind of teeters right on that
48:59brink. I wouldn't be surp tied 25th last
49:02week. He's got a couple tie 21sts, but
49:05he's a top 25 machine.
49:08You're not going to get him at a decent
49:10price in a top 30 market, which I would
49:13almost guarantee. So, you got to take
49:15the chance on the top 20. I I love a
49:18reliable ball striker in a category like
49:21this. Ben Kohl's fits that mold. Pearson
49:24Cudy has played some pretty good golf.
49:27It's a little spotty and I he's very
49:29boomer bust. So, you know, we're we
49:32could get Pearson Cudy finishing third
49:35in this event. Um, but I'm taking the
49:37safe play here with Ben Kohl's. Ben
49:39Kohl's is a safe play. Pearson Cud is
49:42the much more volatile play. I know he
49:44played at Texas Hookham Horns. Uh, Texas
49:47is in Austin. I'm sure he's played here
49:49a lot, but I'm going the reliable. You
49:53know, this is like, can Pearson Cody
49:54beat old man par in Ben Kohl's? And and
49:58Kohl's is the dog in this one. So, I'm
50:00going Coals there. Finishing positions,
50:03we talked about Sheamus Power already.
50:05You can get Sheamus Power, who is number
50:08four in my model at plus 160 for a top
50:1220. Sign me up all day. Um, don't even
50:15need to go into the outright market for
50:17Sheamus Power. I'll take the top 20 and
50:20run. So, I love that. Uh, feel very
50:23confident in that. Trace Crow is at plus
50:26230 for a top 20 finish.
50:30The model has him um the model has Trace
50:34Crow number five.
50:36I'll take him for a top 20 all day. I I
50:41don't think Trace Crow has what it takes
50:44to win this week. Maybe he proves me
50:46wrong. Um I I think it's a little
50:49aggressive to go in the outright market
50:51for him, but I definitely think a good
50:53week is on the horizon here. Model's
50:55been loving him the last couple of
50:57weeks. He had a couple tough rounds on
50:59the weekend, you know, last weekend. Um,
51:02but top 20 fits. It's It's not a home
51:06run. Sheamus Power is a home run. Trace
51:08Crow's not, but you get better a better
51:11number on it. Chris Kirk is also, I
51:14would say, a pretty close to a home run.
51:17We'll see what happens off the tea. I
51:20believe he can figure out a way to get
51:21the ball in play around this golf
51:23course. I'm a little worried about the
51:26drive in here, but you get Chris Kirk
51:28who's number three in the model at plus
51:31125 for a top 20. That makes a whole lot
51:33of sense to me. Um, now, so let's take a
51:37look at some of these outrights here.
51:39Austin Smotherman, I mentioned already,
51:41is at 40 to1 and he's coming off at
51:44back-toback wins. I mean, let's just
51:46keep it rolling. Could he win three in a
51:48row in the fall? I mean, possibly. I
51:50just at at 40 to1 it feels like there's
51:52not enough respect for Austin
51:54Smotherman's game. And I'm looking at it
51:57right now saying, okay, the guy has been
51:59a very steady and very consistent ball
52:02striker who now has the confidence in in
52:05the putting. I think he has a mentality
52:08that would allow something like this to
52:11happen. So, it's a huge violation of a
52:14rule for me. It feels like chasing, but
52:18I I just feel like he's disrespected in
52:20the odds. Um, so Austin Smotherman at 40
52:23to1 feels way too long in this field. I
52:28also have Steven Joerger at uh 43 to1.
52:31Again, I don't know how this is going to
52:33play with the driving of the golf ball.
52:37Uh, are guys going to be hitting it out
52:38of play or are inaccurate drivers going
52:41to be able to find their ball and play
52:43it? Stephen Jagger's one of he can get a
52:46little wild off the tea.
52:48Can he get wild off the tea to the
52:50proper side? That's the big question
52:52here. I I think he can. I think this is
52:55the kind of golf course where Steven
52:56Joerger's driving game can work. Um it
52:59will he will he utilize the right
53:01strategy? I don't know. Again, we don't
53:04know what the right strategy is. I think
53:06there's a lot of options and and that's
53:09why I'm willing to take a chance on a
53:11wild driver of the ball here because he
53:13can have spike weeks with the approach
53:15play and he's been putting pretty well
53:17as well. So I I like Steven Joerger as
53:20an outright of 43 to1. I I'm not a huge
53:23fan in DFS um which I know is crazy. It
53:26this just feels like more of a roll of
53:28the dice to me. If you want to do that
53:30in DFS, you can. Um, but I I think
53:34Stephen Joerger, the place where he
53:36makes the most sense to me is the
53:38outright market at 43 to1.
53:42Of course, I you know, you could take a
53:43chance on a top 10 or something. I think
53:45you got to go a little more aggressive
53:47than a top 20 with Steven Joerger. Uh,
53:50I'm going with him for the win. So,
53:53that's what the grid looks like this
53:54week. Kohl's over Cudy minus 105. Power
53:58at plus 160 for a top 20. Trace Crow
54:01plus 230 for a top 20. Chris Kirk plus
54:04125 for a top 20. Austin Smotherman at
54:0840 to1 in the outright market. And
54:10Steven Joerger 43 to1 in the outright
54:14market. I'm really looking forward to
54:15seeing how uh the Fazio Canyons golf
54:18course plays at Omni Barton Creek
54:21Resort. I'm really looking forward to
54:23this tournament. Looks like a pretty
54:25strong field and I know it's going to be
54:27a a fun time. So, we'll keep you up to
54:30date with everything going on. The plan
54:31right now is to do a Friday recap show
54:34as well. Um, which I'm I'm looking
54:37forward to and I'm looking forward to
54:40watching some golf over these first
54:42couple of days. I'm I'm trying to
54:47stop sharing. I guess I could do that.
54:49There we go. All right. Not quite
54:51perfect, but here we go. Um, so like I
54:54said, I'm really looking forward to
54:55seeing how this plays. And after seeing
54:57two rounds, I think we'll have a better
54:59idea on Friday night of what to expect.
55:02So, the plan is to do a halfway point
55:05recap show. Sunday, there will
55:07definitely be a show um recapping the
55:09whole tournament. So, I'm I'm very much
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