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"I mean, last year on Tour, I led the Tour in first round, second round, third round, and fourth round scoring. So I'm not too concerned over a very small sample size." - Scottie in response to the lackluster opening rounds he's carded over the previous few events.
Augusta chatter has entered the media room.
LET THE MASTERS HYPE BEGIN
There's a week every year (a week I should start tracking) where the media lift their embargo and start rippin' Masters questions. It's a week that'll catch you off-guard but then brighten your day as you realize that in just a handful of weeks, we'll hear the sweet piano melodies and a "Hello, Friends" as we blast off into golfing euphoria.
Well, this is that week. And we were treated to a killer behind the scenes nugget from Scottie about the Masters dinner and the seating arrangements.
It seems that there are no seating assignments at all. Besides the hosting champion sitting at the head of the table with Ben Crenshaw and Fred Ridley, it's a total free for all. But, in true social science fashion, the champions arrange themselves into various zones. Yes, the Masters dinner seating functions exactly like every single lecture hall college course you ever took. Day one, free for all. Day two through the end, everyone more or less self sorted into the same general zones. Remarkable.
Tiger, Jack and Tom Watson linger near the head of the table. Zach Johnson, Jordan, Bubba, DJ, and Patrick Reed hang in one area. And Fuzzy Zoeller apparently was known for sitting at the far end of the table.
Me? I'm a corner-ish guy myself. Not the exact corner but usually only one or two away. Allows for some options of conversation either with the pod at the end or I can pop into any mid-table chatter as needed.
How did I used to live like that?
CRIBS: RYAN GERARD EDITION
PGA Tour is out here throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks—and hey, I watched this so while I will make fun of it, they got me nonetheless.
We were treated to an exclusive, private tour of UNC alum and current #26 in the world, Ryan Gerard's home. And wow did it deliver. But not in the you just bought super nice flowers from the boutique florist who walked right up to your door step and left a note kind of delivered. More like the freelance Amazon driver who is comes through your neighborhood on Wednesdays and decides to leave your package leaning against the mailbox by the street instead of bringing up to your actual home.
As you might be able to guess from the screenshot above, Ryan's in the mid 20s phase of living with a decoration style that I myself dabbled in—a style my wife describes as "everything I like." For Ryan, this entails putting mats, televisions, and cups from golf courses he's played at. And that's about it.
Click through the hyperlink above for the full video but some other highlights worth noting:
- Ryan's roommates will leave a note on their small, fridge magnet white board to let him know when dishes in the dishwasher are dirty or not. (As well as # messages like #LFG and #golf G)
- Ryan is very proud to share that he has 7 large plates. 7. Meaning one absolutely broke in the sink from the original set of 8.
- Ryan has a samurai sword on his wall hung by 3M hooks and if that's not the most mid-20s piece of wall art, I don't know what is.
Some golf tips just click
THIS GUY'S A STICK
Saw this replay/record of a swing tip on my social feed and while I've always wanted to play around with one of these golfer on a stick toys—the tip they gave + the stick guy was actually pretty effective.
The whole concept is weight placement during the swing and using the doll to show where the club lands by shifting your weight back, centered, and on your lead foot. And while anyone who's semi-decent likely knows the concept already—somehow seeing a stick figure take a chunk of turf with weight back, hit up on the ball with weight centered, and then pure the shot with weight forward, just made sense.
Then I took a step back and realized that the Golf Channel spent a few minutes of air time during a live broadcast to show us someone playing with a swing toy. And there's simply no way our world can maintain this amount of content. Something has to give.
Kihei goes on a Thursday TEAR
LIVING M ÁS IN PUERTO RICO
Imagine the Taco Bell sound effect to kick this off. <BWONNNNNGGG>
Back in July, we held the Bad Birdie x Taco Bell Invitational where 16 of the best junior golfers in the country came by to earn a spot in a Tour event. Well, this week our men's champion got his start in Puerto Rico and boy did he START.
After Thursday's action, Kihei Akina was Diablo sauce level hot after firing a 68—good for T4! An insanely impressive feat for the amateur who's in his first year at BYU.
Stay hot out there Kihei!
