That's Just Golf (Back Nine)

[00:00:01] Speaker A: So after, you know, 18 holes, I'm like, I never want to touch a golf club again. I've hit, you know, you're like, oh, just, you know, just focus on hitting one good shot per hole. Well, damn it, I'm hitting eight shots. One out of eight ain't a good percentage, boys. One out of eight ain't gonna get you into the hall of Fame. That's why I prefer playing nine, because I can still remember some good shots. [00:00:31] Speaker B: I started the recording back so I could simply. So I could say this. We went way too long on our recording of this. So welcome to part two of that's just Golf. [00:00:40] Speaker A: I got a question. So I got a question about Yalls competitive round, the trifecta. So in those situations, are you trying to play? Like, what's your thought process? Because, you know, when you're playing around and like you said, you're getting beat by a worm burner and you're like, how am I losing to these guys? How do you reset? Are you playing against those guys? You know, like, what's your. What was your thought process and what should have been your thought process? When you're getting beat by guys that are not as good as you guys are, they're not striking the ball as well. But like Tony says all the time, as long as it's going in. In toward the hole, it doesn't matter, clearly, right? [00:01:23] Speaker C: No. [00:01:24] Speaker B: And. [00:01:24] Speaker C: And maybe we're not describing it as good as we could. The other guys that we played with were fine golfers. I'm not saying that at all. I'm just saying, like, let's say you're playing a scramble. They might have had one of the two shots be acceptable, and the other one was kind of squirrely, you know, Whereas Garrett and I, it was like, bang, bang. Okay, let's pick the drive that's five yards farther. [00:01:48] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:01:49] Speaker C: Or let's pick the putt That's. There were so many times we both have 10 footers, and we're like, well, this one has less brake and this one has more break, and the other guys are like 30ft from the hole and the other guy's in the hazard, and they somehow make the 30 foot putt. You know what I mean? Like, this. That type of stuff just gets exhausting. So exhausting. Mentally. [00:02:08] Speaker B: I told Tony that it's almost like. And I don't believe in this in any way, shape, or form, but it's almost like there was some type of, like a universal karma energy, something that there was allowed to be a certain Amount of luck in this foursome. And our half got given to them. And when you sit there and you're missing two foot putts because there's an old cup that's spitting it one way or the other right after you watch them drain a 35 footer that broke [00:02:39] Speaker C: 18 times and just drips right into the cup on the last roll. [00:02:44] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. Their ball gets to the hole almost dead and rolls one more time in ours. Does the exact same thing and rolls one more time right. Or something like. And it's just, it was, I can handle that happening one time. But after 27 holes of this crap, it's like, I can't take this anymore. I was so not your day. [00:03:08] Speaker C: And the one guy chipped in for birdie on a hole too, after his buddy had like duffed it or something like that. And he drops the putter or the wedge and just looks around like every [00:03:16] Speaker B: time I do it and every time it happened to, I just look at Tony and he's just going, you know, and Tony, you didn't even know this because we, we, we didn't stick around very long afterwards. We drove to the parking lot and it was a quick, you know, had fun, you know, enjoyed it by, let's watch it. I was so tired, I couldn't even leave yet. I went back over to the scores tent and sat there under that little in the scores area completely by myself and drank two more beers. Did not say a word to anybody. And I wasn't trying to be antisocial. I just didn't. I just sat down and drank my beer and I sat there for 30 minutes just replaying and thinking through like, what. Is there anything that I need to be like, trying to figure out here? I mean, I hit the ball as well as I think I can hit it. I, I rolled it as I rolled it where I was aiming most of the time. I just, you know, didn't, didn't go in. You do the same thing. I'm just sitting there like trying to think through, okay, what, what do I even need to work on? Do I need to go putt? Do I need to go. Sure as a hell, I'm not going to practice putting right now because whatever I'm doing right this very second is not working and we're not going to do more of that. But I don't think I need to go hit more golf balls and I don't think I need to. [00:04:28] Speaker A: I, I don't. [00:04:30] Speaker B: I just think I need to sit here and drink a beer and think [00:04:32] Speaker C: about it a little bit. [00:04:33] Speaker B: So that's what I did. But I was genuinely tired to leave because I was just like. I just. I. Yeah, yeah. [00:04:41] Speaker C: We. You know, we got beat by quite a few teams. Like, people in flights two or three flights below us scored better than we did. And Grant, they might have been playing from the senior tees or something like that. Right. But still, like, we got beat by, like, 10 handicaps. It was. It just. What are you gonna do? You know? What are you gonna do? And again, didn't hit the ball bad. Didn't hit it poorly at all. Just putts. Didn't fall. [00:05:06] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. And I don't know. I think to. To answer your question, Mike, I. I try not to, and I don't think I was really. Cause you're not playing. We weren't playing just them. We were playing, you know, five of the teams in our field. [00:05:20] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:05:21] Speaker B: And I always try. I used to be really bad at this. When I was playing a lot of tournaments and stuff. I would get so competitive with the guys in my group that I would kind of Forget that there's 140 people here that I don't just need to beat them. I tried really hard to just stick to what I needed to do and not care too much about what they did. I figured that if I didn't. If we didn't play good, they weren't going to matter anyway. Right. So we got to control what we control. And I tried not to think too much about them. I was probably a little bit more concerned with what's the scoreboard look like? You know, I would ask Tony, like, what's. You know, what are the scores? Where are we sitting right now? Whatever. How far are we at a first, second, third, whatever? But I tried to just stick to let's do what we can do. And we were having a hard enough time with that, so I didn't have time to worry about what they were doing. We were having a hard enough time ourselves. But. [00:06:08] Speaker C: Well, but I mean, like, again, let's just think of how crazy this was if you think about it. How many greens and regulation did we actually miss in any of the formats out of 27 holes? Maybe two. [00:06:20] Speaker B: We didn't miss any in scramble. [00:06:22] Speaker A: I'm sure I wouldn't. [00:06:23] Speaker B: I don't even think we didn't miss any greens in scramble, did we, Meadow? [00:06:26] Speaker C: Number three. I think the par four where we three putted it. But it wasn't technically, because we were on the fringe. [00:06:32] Speaker B: It was a fringe. [00:06:33] Speaker C: It was the front right pin where you have to land it short to let it. To get it close. Yeah. I don't think we missed another in that one. [00:06:41] Speaker B: I don't think. [00:06:41] Speaker C: Alternate shot. We missed the one. We missed the triple bogey, obviously. But aside from that, I don't think we missed any on that one. And then the best ball, I don't think between the two of us, we missed a green Irregulation. [00:06:53] Speaker B: No. [00:06:53] Speaker C: In our proximity as a hole on most of our putts was inside of 30ft. So if you had said you're gonna. Out of 27 holes, you're gonna hit 25 greens in regulation and your longest putt is gonna be 30ft. I mean, the odds are you should make 10, 11, 12 birdies. [00:07:12] Speaker B: Yeah, let's, let's. I don't know if we. I don't wanna make this a really long thing, but let's see if we can recap it really quickly. The first hole we had a 25 footer for eagle. The second hole we had a 12 footer for birdie. Third hole we had a 18 footer [00:07:27] Speaker C: fast downhill for birdie. [00:07:29] Speaker B: Yep. We drove. It was one of our birdies. We drove it almost pin high and chipped it to two feet. [00:07:37] Speaker C: No, it was pin high and it was my drive. It was a par four pin hydrive. [00:07:40] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, let's make sure we get that in there. [00:07:43] Speaker C: That's right. Yeah, yeah. Made the birdie there was. You hit a good wedge to two feet or a pitch to two feet. [00:07:49] Speaker B: Made that number two. I hit a shot that I thought was. We both hit shots that we thought were like six feet. And they ran the green. Kind of rolls. Runs away from you there. And they ran into the back fringe, [00:08:01] Speaker C: but it was an inch off the green. 20 foot. Scared the hole. [00:08:05] Speaker B: I'm going to grab a beer. [00:08:06] Speaker A: Keep. Keep talking, boys. [00:08:07] Speaker C: Now you good? Yep. Scared the hole. Just ran right across the edge. Next one. Was that the putt from the fringe? [00:08:14] Speaker B: Yeah, putt for the French for about 45, 50ft. That was a tough one. The next one, 25ft. 25ft. The next one was. [00:08:24] Speaker C: We both hit the green with this, with the second shot. And we chose between the two putts and we chose mine. [00:08:29] Speaker A: That's right. [00:08:30] Speaker B: That was the one. So. So number five, which was our number seven. That was the most perfect sandwich that I can hit. I literally thought it may go in. Like I'm sitting there saying when I. When I say be right, I'm thinking go in. And it was a fine shot, but it was 10ft, not 2ft, you know. And then the next one is the one. I think I. I had a gap wedge that I thought was about three feet. [00:08:52] Speaker A: And. [00:08:52] Speaker C: And it was like 25. And that was the old cup hole. Yep, that was the old cup hole. So we three putted that one. [00:08:59] Speaker B: And that's the thing, too. When we had a 25 footer, we. We thought it was going to be five feet. It wasn't a straight putt. It was a. That putt had four feet of break to it. Right. [00:09:09] Speaker C: And then uphill downhill, over the river and through the woods and to three putt land through an old dead cup. We go. [00:09:15] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:09:16] Speaker C: So that was that side. So we hit every green and regulation, if you count one inch off the green. The fringe. Yep. [00:09:22] Speaker A: Right. [00:09:23] Speaker C: And then the next one was the alternate shot. [00:09:26] Speaker B: We were eight feet. [00:09:27] Speaker C: I hit it to eight feet. Next one was the triple. Yeah. That was the par five. We did that one fine. [00:09:35] Speaker B: The par five. I went four and two. Yep. And I pitched it on and I missed the putt. [00:09:42] Speaker C: Yep. [00:09:42] Speaker B: Then I hit it to. I don't know. Again, number one was one that I thought I was. Had whited out the flag and it was like 15ft by it. You missed that. You made the one on the par three. You made the one on the next par five. The. [00:09:58] Speaker C: Barely missed the one on the next one and then putted the par three. Missed it. [00:10:04] Speaker B: The par three is another one where we both. It's modified alternate shots and we both hit tee shots. And I think it was like 12ft. Missed that. [00:10:14] Speaker C: And then I missed. The four footer is the one I [00:10:16] Speaker B: stuck to four feet. So. Yeah, we didn't miss a green and alternate shot. If you would have told me or we missed one. If you would have told me. We're only going to miss one green and regulation and modified alternate shot. And. And then told me also what we did in the scramble portion that we just went through. Yeah. I would have thought we had a very good chance at winning based on that. Instead, we were, I think, dead last. Did those two. [00:10:42] Speaker C: Probably. And then the best ball. I think. I don't think we missed a green regulation that one either. [00:10:48] Speaker B: This was my. This was maybe the funniest thing. I know it's not the same nines, but I shot even par on my own ball on the basketball portion. And we shot even par as a team in the scramble portion. [00:11:02] Speaker C: Like, this is crazy. [00:11:06] Speaker B: Zero sense. [00:11:07] Speaker C: It's just golf. [00:11:08] Speaker B: I don't even think that's golf. That doesn't even make sense in golf land. [00:11:12] Speaker C: You know what? I just figured it out. It's karma for us. Winning the Sully's league every single week for what, a year straight or whatever it's been. We've been doing it. It's been a. [00:11:22] Speaker A: Did you guys find out. [00:11:24] Speaker C: We got to find out if we [00:11:25] Speaker A: won this one or run over some squirrels recently? I don't know. [00:11:28] Speaker C: I don't know what happened. [00:11:30] Speaker B: I don't think we won the last one though. I haven't heard yet. We should be getting the results from that soon, but I don't think that was enough to get it done. [00:11:38] Speaker C: That was the Augusta one, right? [00:11:39] Speaker B: 64 at Augusta. Yeah, I don't think that got it done. We'll see. [00:11:42] Speaker A: Maybe. [00:11:43] Speaker B: Maybe we're wrong. [00:11:44] Speaker C: I gotta stop playing these simulators though, because how many holes did I hit putts where again they. They popped over or lift out Every time we've played in the Sully's thing, I probably have at least two or three putts in an 18 hole round that hit the back of the cup and don't fall or do a lip out thing. [00:12:01] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. It's the. It's. I don't know, it seems indicative of real life, but in a different way. Like in real life, you run seem to burn the edges, but there they actually hit the hole and don't go in. [00:12:15] Speaker C: That's. [00:12:16] Speaker B: I've never seen anything quite like that. I'm now on my third putter in a week. I've changed putters twice in the last weekend. Every time I play Riverwood, I change putters. [00:12:25] Speaker C: I just. So funny you say that. I got my new putter in today, so that'll be fun to try. I haven't changed putters in like three years, so it'll be nice to. [00:12:34] Speaker A: What is it? [00:12:34] Speaker C: Experiment? It's just a Cleveland Huntington beach black putter. Fang style putter. I have. My colleague had one in a lefty version and I was rolling putts with it left handed during one of my last classes two weeks ago. I was like, I really like this thing left handed. I'll bet you I'd really love it right handed. So, you know, I got a healthy discount from our Cleveland rep and so I figured it'd be worth it for Cleveland. Cleveland tricks on worth it to take a flyer on it. And it's a business write off. Right. It's a. It's an expense. [00:13:06] Speaker A: So I love that. Yeah. [00:13:08] Speaker B: So, Mike, you played yesterday. [00:13:10] Speaker C: Yeah. Tell us all about this. [00:13:11] Speaker B: No, no, no. You've had it for 30 minutes. Your turn. [00:13:15] Speaker C: Timeout. I gotta. I gotta stop this before it starts because Mike's like texting me, I need some advice. I need some help. I'm gonna play golf tomorrow. I was like, well, what is. What's the pressure here? And he's like, nah, I just need some help. And I was like, okay. So I figured I'm gonna help my boy out. I'm just gonna call him because he's obviously stressed out or needs a tip or something. [00:13:35] Speaker A: I don't need 20 text messages about what? Deciphering these. These golf tips you're giving me, I'd like. I need to verbally process with you. [00:13:46] Speaker C: Yeah. So I called him facetime real quick, gave him a crash course golf lesson just on one thing, and now I'm anxious to hear the results. [00:13:57] Speaker A: Well, shout out to Colin, Kenny and Tim. Who? Colin, my neighbor invited me out yesterday. He. He. He won a raffle a year ago to the day, and literally, like, we have to play on Thursday. It's the last day. It's been a full calendar year. Do you want to play? And I'm like, absolutely. Baseball and baseball and track ended on Monday. And all of a sudden my life is starting to open up again. And on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I don't have the boys and anyway, I go out and I. I'm like, well, so Wednesday we played on Thursday. Wednesday I'm like, okay, I can putt or I can go chip, or I could go hit some balls at the range. And I'm like, well, I'm thinking, why not just do what you're quasi good at putting, Work on that. [00:14:55] Speaker B: Feel really good about that. [00:14:57] Speaker A: Because I know what I just. Because I know myself. And I know if I spend an hour at the driving range, none of it's going to translate, so why waste my time? I haven't really swung the club since I was with you guys at Sully's. And so Tone, I remember when I was playing with you guys at Sully's, Tony's, like, be athletic. Get a little movement forward. Because I. I think for me, and maybe some of the listeners can relate. Like when I'm standing over the ball, just not moving, it's really hard. I'm like, I don't know how to start my backswing. And so, you know, we were talking about how to get a little movement forward and, and then try to get some movement going back. And, you know, it's no fun. You guys cannot relate to this. Okay, so maybe some of the listeners every Time I go play golf, I'm the worst golfer there. It doesn't matter who else is playing. I will be the worst golfer. So, no, I know that going in. [00:15:58] Speaker C: And so when you're playing at Prestonwood, which is a fancy, schwanky, private country club, they play a senior PGA tour event there every year. The sass. Yeah, it's nice stuff. [00:16:09] Speaker A: Yeah. And that being said, Tony, Yeah, I, I had a hard time making putts because it was really McGregor. I practiced at McGregor, my putts, and McGregor's pretty fast. But man, Prestonwood, it was like you just tap it and it goes. And so what I thought was a strength was just like it was a liability with everything else. And bless Colin. I'm riding with Colin, my neighbor, and he's like, what'd you get on the hole? What'd you get? He's so positive, which I love you always. If you're going to play bad, you want to, you want to be riding with somebody that's positive. You say, hey, what'd you shoot? I'm like, six, seven, just give me an eight. [00:16:53] Speaker B: You know, every old six, just give me an eight. [00:16:56] Speaker A: Just give me an eight. [00:17:01] Speaker C: And so wait, wait, wait. How many putts were you averaging per green? Was it mostly like, if you said it was terrible. [00:17:06] Speaker A: No, it wasn't. It wasn't terrible. But I mean, what I was like, you know, I'm like, I'm like, okay, let's just two putt. Hey, let's two potential. But it was so fast. You know, sometimes I was three putting. [00:17:21] Speaker B: One of the things that always. [00:17:23] Speaker A: I put it okay. [00:17:24] Speaker B: One thing that took me a little while to get comfortable with and I'm still not there is that it's the speed of the greens. But when they're fast, the break is harder to read for me than normal because it's, I mean, it's just going to break more. And I found when I find when I'm playing the really fast greens that are a little out of my comfort zone, it's not the 30 footers that I have a hard time getting close, close, it's the four footers I have a hard time making because now I do have to play at a ball out. And that feels really strange to have to give up the hole on a four foot putt. But sometimes that's if, if I have a hard time with fast greens, it's usually that part figuring out the read. [00:18:05] Speaker C: Well, and, and that's the. Another, you know, part of golf that makes it challenging. Is every other sport It's a uniform field. Rim is always 10ft in basketball. Free throw line, three point line, always the same distance. Football field's always a hundred Y front of end zone, in front of end zone. Soccer pitch is the same. Baseball gets a little different with outfield right at the wall. But the bases are always the same. Yeah, the dimensions are the same with, with golf, not only do you have a different. Each hole can play different every single time, but the speeds of greens of different golf courses. People, you know, play at their home course that the greens run at a 9 or a 10. And then they go play TPC Sawgrass or they go play at their buddy's elite private country club and the greens are rolling at a 12. It's, it's like you're not calibrated for that. That'd be like the, the basketball player going out and all of a sudden they've changed the rim height to 12ft. It's not going to be the same. They get the whole perspective on the shot. Everything changes trajectory, all that stuff. Same with firm versus soft greens. If you can't calibrate quickly and learn, oh, I gotta play this, 10 yards short rather than flagging just becomes more challenging. There's a lot of variables, obviously. Anyway, so you played with your friends. Did you have fun at least? [00:19:22] Speaker A: Yeah. And I, you know, you and I talked about this on Wednesday when, when you were giving me some advice. Like, I'm one of those guys and I don't know, maybe Garrett can relate to this. Like, I, I, I, I was telling you, I was telling Tony, like, I, I got a compliment from the baseball coaches. Cause I threw batting practice on a last Saturday. And they're like, that's the best BP I've ever, I've ever seen. You threw a 95% strike rate for an hour straight. I threw for an hour straight. Like, that's, that's incredible. And, but I'm thinking about the 5%. The, the 5% of balls I, that I threw for. Balls. I'm not focusing on the, the 95% I'm, I'm harping on. Damn it. I should have, I missed those 5%. Like, why wasn't I perfect? And I, and, and that's this. I, but I just told Tony, I said, this is where, this is how my mind works. And so after, you know, 18 holes, I'm like, I never want to touch a golf club again because I, I've hit, you know, you're like, oh, just, you know, just focus on hitting one good shot per Hole. Well, damn it, I'm hitting eight shots. Ain't a good percentage, boys. One out of eight ain't going to get you into the hall of Fame. So I'm so defeat, you know, but you know, the front, that's why I prefer playing nine because I can still remember some good shots. Like I hit the ball, you know, after, you know, after 12 hours after, you know, I'm like, I'm really kind of, I'm like, you know what? I didn't play that bad having considering I don't play and so when was [00:21:02] Speaker C: the last time before you hit golf balls with me? Two years. [00:21:05] Speaker A: I hit the ball in two years. [00:21:09] Speaker B: Sorry. [00:21:10] Speaker A: To all my clients, the guys on [00:21:12] Speaker C: a golf podcast and coaches and trains golfers to get in better shape and help them. [00:21:17] Speaker A: Probably hasn't heavy golf, it's been two winners. I put the golf I was playing a lot. I was playing three times a week, chipping, putting, then I was going to the driving ring once a week at least. And then I was playing at least once a month. And then the winter came and then it's been two winners and now I'm finally picking the clubs up again because I'm single and I've got more time on my hands, so why not? But the night, okay, I know to put a bow on this non competitive round. I was trying to think of some positives and one of the positives was my misses were pretty consistent. Okay. So a lot of my misses were I was topping the ball. It was still going straight, but I'm topping the ball. And just, you know what you guys were talking about earlier. And then my other miss was I'm blocking. I was block, I'm left. I swing left handed. I do everything right handed except golf. So my left handed swing, I was blocking the ball to the left. I was having a hard time closing the club face. So at least I was like, okay, at least you have two things that you're consistently doing so maybe I can clean that up for the next time. And so those guys were so nice and you know, part of golf, it's not all about your score. And I honestly guys, I did not. I mean I swore a couple times under my breath, but I didn't, I have a meltdown. I didn't make it uncomfortable for anybody. Like they were generally like, hey, this was really fun. And they paid for my dinner. We went out to dinner afterwards. And so now I'm on the hook. I'm like, I need to get these guys at, on, at McGregor or 12 probably 12 Oaks. It's easier to get a tee time over there. Yeah, those guys were. Were great. And I was. Honestly, for me, I was like, I did not have a meltdown because I went in with low expectations. And, you know, when you're the worst golfer, I didn't make it awkward for anybody by, like, slamming my club or cursing. So I take that as a win. So there you go, the bow on the round. And I do want to play again. After 24 hours of focusing more on the positive than the first 12 hours of focusing on nothing but the negative. I'll be back. [00:23:32] Speaker C: He'll be back. That's good. [00:23:33] Speaker A: I'll be back. [00:23:35] Speaker C: Well, and, you know, that's. The whole thing is Gary and I are sitting here relating our round, but what's the commonality here? We played phenomenal T degree in golf. You played less than stellar tee the green golf. And yet, no matter what all three of us are like, that sucked. I could have been a lot better. That's the commonality with all golfers. It doesn't matter what your skill is or what your handicap is. Everybody always thinks they can do better. And that's what draws people in. That's what keeps you coming back, is if you can master something. It's like, well, where's the fun in that? There's no challenge anymore. There's nothing left to accomplish. I've done it right. So I think that's the fun part. [00:24:16] Speaker B: I. I dabbled in bowling briefly, and it was. And I loved bowl. It was a lot of fun. But I. I am not a bowler. Had never been a bowler in my life and was averaging, like, probably 160. And I think I bowled like a 212 one time. And I'm just like, this is easy. Like, I'm looking like there's. Because they list all the perfect games that month or whatever. There's like 18 people that have rolled a perfect game this month. And I'm just like, there's not as much of a challenge than that. I mean, it's. I'm not trying to. Not bowling. It is still challenging. I've never bowled 300 or anything like that, but it's. I could see perfection being more attainable in bowling. It is attainable. I mean, you can have a perfect game. [00:25:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:25:05] Speaker B: In golf. That's why I love and hate this stupid game so much, is because that all these things that we're complaining about and all these things that we hate about it are honestly the same reason that I kind of ignored the brunette. [00:25:18] Speaker A: The Other day. [00:25:19] Speaker B: Because I'm more obsessed with this than I am that, you know, it's. It's what we. What we hate about it is what makes us love it, too. And one thing I've been reminding myself of a little bit, Tony is and Mike. But when I'm on the course and I'm complaining about that's just golf or whatever, I have to remind myself that I am the one who chose to do this. It's not like anybody forced me to play this game. If it's that bad, then go home and don't do it. You know, but this is the game you chose. [00:25:46] Speaker A: Don't. [00:25:46] Speaker B: You know, don't. Don't blame it for not being fair. You signed up for it. [00:25:52] Speaker C: The flag stick is just sitting there like, I'm still here undefeated. And that's exactly right. I was sitting there thinking as we were talking about bad breaks you get in golf. I have played two tournament rounds out at Riverwood at various events. Right. Call it a par three or something else. I don't remember what it was. No, it wasn't the par three tournament. They might have been two club championships or something else. And on number three of Deer, the par five, I have hit the flagstick with my wedge shot twice. And both times they spin off the green into that front right bunker. Yeah, I mean, it's literally a perfect shot. It's coming in, you know, it's flag hunting. It could dunk, or it could go in the bunker. And two times it's gone in the bunker. And you just sit there and you're just like. I mean, I remember the Tiger at the Masters many years ago. I think he was wearing a yellow shirt in the video. On this shot, he gets to a par five, he hits a wedge. It hits the flagstick, spins all the way off the green into the water. That's just. That's just. That's just how the game is. Perfection is often punished, not rewarded. That's the crazy thing about it. [00:27:01] Speaker B: Well, and I. I am almost positive that that happened to me in the. At Lonnie pool and the. For the pack tournament, because nine, I did a shot that was right at the flag. My ball mark was 5ft from the flag, and it. I. From the fairway. I couldn't tell quite what happened, but it just took a really unexpected turn to, like, 10 o', clock, like, hard left and rolls off the back. And none of the guys in my group could figure out, like, it shouldn't have bounced that hard, not with a full lob wedge from 85 yards. And I think it may have just glanced the flag stick. But yeah, hitting the flagstick is one of the worst things you can ever do. I don't understand why all these guys still like to put with the flagstick in. There is absolutely nothing good that can come from hitting the flagstick. I'm convinced even with a putt. Like, nothing good happens when you hit that. But I would take it out from 150 yards if I could, if I had time to do it. [00:27:57] Speaker C: If you knew where the hole was. [00:27:58] Speaker B: Yeah, that's right. [00:28:01] Speaker A: I gotta toot my horn one time on. For those who've played PRESTONWOOD on the 17, they have that island green where you gotta. [00:28:11] Speaker C: I think it's like, yeah, I know what nine you're talking about. Yeah, yeah. [00:28:14] Speaker A: Like, even if you've never played it, when you drive on high house, you see, you see this island green? So I got it. I hit it. And I think. I'm sure I three putted. I don't even remember, but didn't matter. [00:28:27] Speaker C: You hit the green. [00:28:28] Speaker A: It mattered. Honestly, it was all about. Because how many times are you, you know, you staring at a water hazard and you're like, I cannot hit it in the water. And you hit it in the water. And I was like, I. You know, there was four of us and only two of us hit it in one shot. And the other two kept dropping balls and kept dunking it in the water. And I first I had a 58 degree pitching wedge, and I was like. And I went back and grabbed my nine and then just hit a nice little, you know, up and landed. You know, it was probably 20, 30ft from the hole, but I was just glad that it didn't land in the water. Right. [00:29:05] Speaker C: See, that's the shot that has the positive memory that'll keep them coming back. That's one shot. Yep. Yeah, I could do this. I could do it again. I could do it two or three times. I could do it. I could do it all 18 holes. What's wrong with. Yeah, like, you better just slowly roll. This is going to get expensive. [00:29:23] Speaker B: Yeah, I tried this. [00:29:26] Speaker C: No, Garrett. Garrett misses a. Just chip it on the green. [00:29:32] Speaker B: I think I'm overselling my. My chances just a little bit, maybe. I don't think that she was interested. It was just the fact that it didn't even dawn on me that she could. I don't know if. If it's my obsession with golf or if it's just a lack of confidence in my dating game, but I was like, she can't be interested in me. [00:29:48] Speaker C: There's no reason. [00:29:48] Speaker A: But I didn't even. [00:29:49] Speaker B: It didn't even cross my mind until she was, like, long gone. I should have at least tried. Like, I even. I should at least get shot down, like, just to practice. You gotta. You gotta. You gotta stay in practice. So I was disappointed in me for that the. The version of me that Mike first met would slap out of me for the way I handle that. I mean, come on, man, take your shot. I don't care if he does know. [00:30:13] Speaker C: The PAR method is now going to have a third brand called Dating Corner or something like that. [00:30:19] Speaker A: Yeah, a little bit. [00:30:20] Speaker B: Or nothing at all.