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Good afternoon

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and welcome to our show. We're

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maida and I'm your host.

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Well, it has been another great

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week in golf. We had a fantastic

0:23

PGA Championship wrap up last

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weekend with Phil Mickelson

0:26

becoming the oldest player to

0:26

win a major championship.

0:30

This week, we watched the

0:30

Charles Schwab challenge held at

0:33

Colonial club in Fort Worth,

0:33

Texas, where Jordan spieth had

0:37

another good showing in his home

0:37

state. But his final round 73

0:41

allowed Jason kolcraft to sneak

0:41

by and claim the win after

0:44

shooting an even par 70 for a

0:44

two shot victory.

0:49

We also have the first match

0:49

play event on the LPGA since the

0:53

Lorena Ochoa Invitational in

0:53

2018. The women gathered this

0:57

past week in Las Vegas to play

0:57

shadow Creek, and after three

1:01

days of round robin group play,

1:01

yesterday was the start of the

1:05

knockout rounds, with players

1:05

being eliminated until we

1:08

reached today's final match.

1:08

Today's final match was between

1:12

Ali Ewing and Sophia pop off.

1:12

valuing defeated Sophia pop off

1:17

two in one to take the match

1:17

play championship. With Allie

1:21

Ewing's win today, another spot

1:21

was opened up for this week's us

1:25

Women's Open. That last spot was

1:25

filled by Brittany Jada, of

1:29

Hawaii, which brings the total

1:29

field to 155 players for San

1:34

Francisco. Now our guest today

1:34

first joined us last year as one

1:37

of our very first guests on the

1:37

show. Amy Cho will be here to

1:41

discuss the 76th us Women's Open

1:41

Championship that is coming up

1:46

this week from San Francisco at

1:46

the Olympic club.

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Now, back to our show. Here is

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your host Douglas Maida.

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Welcome back to the show, and thank you for staying with us. Now let's get

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straight to our guest. Joining

3:15

us today is Amy Jo. Amy is an

3:15

LPGA Class A instructor. She's a

3:20

former professional player

3:20

having played on both a

3:23

symmetric tour and having earned

3:23

status on the LPGA.

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She is also a TPI, certified

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their knowledge and experience.

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Amy is easily one of the most

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popular instructors on YouTube.

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With over 300,000 subscribers on

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her golf with Amy channel. Amy

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has an extremely easy to

3:47

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3:51

know. It's called Amy fine.

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Making golf simple, fun and

3:57

effective. Welcome back to the

3:57

show, Amy.

4:01

Thanks for having me.

4:01

How are you Doug Douglas.

4:04

I'm doing well.

4:04

I'm doing well. And we're so, so

4:07

pleased to have you join us.

4:07

Thank you. So how have you been

4:15

doing since we last saw you Amy?

4:15

You're very busy.

4:19

Yeah, I've been I've

4:19

been very busy this year, been

4:23

working a lot with the PGA Tour

4:23

directly. They've been hiring me

4:26

as a Korean Korean reporter. So

4:26

I worked with them for the

4:30

Players Championship and the

4:30

at&t Byron Nelson. So I've been

4:34

working really closely with the

4:34

Korean guys on tour. And also I

4:38

was you know, at the LPGA

4:38

tournament a couple times this

4:41

year. So as an influencer, so

4:41

that was one as well. So yeah,

4:46

I've been very busy.

4:48

Yeah, it's terrific. It's always nice to see you. Tell us a little bit

4:49

about this past week for you.

4:53

Oh, yes. You were guest spot as

4:53

a guest analyst with CBS LA.

4:58

Yes. So what was that like? How

4:58

was it experience.

5:00

Yeah, I mean, it was

5:00

my first time being on like a

5:03

CBS live TV. I was on both

5:03

Saturday and Sunday for the PGA

5:08

Championship. And it was live

5:08

and I had a lot of fun. You

5:13

know, I love talking about golf.

5:13

I'm very passionate about golf.

5:17

So Jim Hill for CBS, LA. He's

5:17

been doing it for, like 20 years

5:21

or something. So he was great.

5:21

He was basically just running

5:25

the whole show. And I was just

5:25

kind of hanging out with him. So

5:28

it was it was a ton of fun. And

5:28

of course, you were there

5:31

covering the providing some

5:31

analysis on the PGA

5:35

Championship. Yes, yes. So what

5:35

are your thoughts? I mean, how

5:38

exciting was it to have Phil,

5:38

when, you know, he made history

5:43

of like the oldest person ever

5:43

to be in a major, it is almost

5:47

age 51. Right. It was such an

5:47

exciting weekend, although other

5:51

than the fact that I was on live TV.

5:54

We think about

5:54

Phil in his TPI background,

5:57

because that was something that

5:57

came up a fair bit, particularly

5:59

after he won. And I noticed

5:59

there was a few posts about

6:03

that. And Phil himself put

6:03

something out on social media

6:06

about how he's been working very

6:06

hard with his physical

6:09

conditioning, that it was nice

6:09

for it to pay off.

6:11

Yeah. I mean, I mean,

6:11

you look at these guys, young

6:15

guys are on the PGA Tour,

6:15

they're getting stronger,

6:18

they're getting fitter, they're

6:18

hitting it farther. And you

6:21

know, so they're, they're really

6:21

probably hard to keep up with,

6:25

especially when, you know, Phil

6:25

is 50, almost 51 years old. And

6:31

so I can see how he's been

6:31

working really hard to keep up

6:34

and it's paid off. And it was

6:34

quite amazing to really see him

6:39

kind of never finish in the top

6:39

20. This any of this year, he

6:43

was well outside 100 on the

6:43

rankings. And then he just when

6:47

we thought he was going away,

6:47

fading away, Phil goes, Hey, I'm

6:51

still here. Let me show you how it's done.

6:54

So I guess the

6:54

part about Phil was that kind of

6:58

made the PGA Championship

6:58

something like not having to

7:01

worry about Tiger no Tiger

7:01

Woods, no problem. It was a

7:04

fantastic story to follow and

7:04

get involved with and, and more

7:08

history was, it was an exciting

7:08

weekend really was. What did you

7:12

think about Brooks Koepka the

7:12

way he played with regards to

7:15

his knee and managing to stay in

7:15

it so much. Right till the end?

7:19

Yeah, I mean, you

7:19

know, he had his knee surgery in

7:23

March. And you know, he didn't

7:23

do so well at the Masters,

7:26

obviously, because he didn't

7:26

have enough time to recover. I

7:29

was guessing. So I didn't think

7:29

he was going to show up for this

7:31

time, either. And I don't know

7:31

how he does it, he always turns

7:36

it on for the majors. And there

7:36

really no other players that can

7:39

do that. And I think he just

7:39

gets a kick out of you know, you

7:42

know, playing the majors. That's

7:42

why he kind of goes, Oh, it's go

7:45

time. So, you know, it was just

7:45

really amazing to, you know,

7:49

have them show up again and put

7:49

on his a game and give Phil a

7:54

really good run at the end.

7:55

Yeah, he does

7:55

seem to have that ability.

7:57

doesn't he? Amazing? Crazy. Any

7:57

other thoughts about the PGA

8:01

Championship PGA Championship?

8:03

Um, I, honestly, you

8:03

know, with Phil winning, I think

8:08

everybody were like, so excited,

8:08

because, you know, he, he has

8:13

the best interaction with the

8:13

fans. I think I've whenever I'm

8:17

at golf tournaments, I always

8:17

see him stopped by juniors and

8:20

he always hands over his gloves

8:20

and golf balls. And you know,

8:24

everybody loves him for the

8:24

personality he has. So have him

8:28

like set a history like this.

8:28

And when was amazing. I mean, I

8:32

mentioned this during the live

8:32

TV, but you know how long we've

8:36

waited for him to win a major right? Like they said, 12 years, we

8:37

were waiting and waiting. We

8:41

didn't think you're gonna do it.

8:41

And in 2004 masters, you want

8:44

it. And that was a super special

8:44

day. And I thought this time was

8:49

just as special for him to show

8:49

up at 50 and just win a major.

8:53

And it was it was an amazing

8:53

weekend because Didn't he start

8:57

leading from like, round two or

8:57

something? So it was a tougher

9:01

win because it's hard to win

9:01

like so many rounds. Do all that

9:06

so many rounds in a row. Yeah.

9:06

And he was he was still near the

9:10

top of the leaderboard on after

9:10

round one. But yeah, by round

9:14

two, three and four. He was

9:14

Yeah, he was there. And the one

9:17

that counts the most is after

9:17

round four. Yes. I mean, I saw

9:20

him up there after round two. I

9:20

was like, he's probably gonna,

9:24

you know, lose them and I and

9:24

then kind of falter, but he was

9:28

right up there. And then what was more

9:29

impressive about his rounds, the

9:32

last round is that so after 10

9:32

you know, the crowd started

9:35

getting really loud after he

9:35

made that birdie putt on 10th.

9:39

So we thought Game Over kept

9:39

going never came back from that

9:42

10th you know when the roar

9:42

started happening, so I was in

9:46

celebration mode with Phil for

9:46

the back nine but you know how

9:49

tough that back nine was playing

9:49

right? So you could see Phil

9:53

really sticking with his pre

9:53

shot routine, really trying to

9:56

not lose his focus and always

9:56

regroup before he hits and

10:00

thought that was very impressive

10:00

for Phil,

10:02

Did you find some

10:02

good examples there that you

10:04

could use with some of the

10:04

students that you work with?

10:06

Yes, I always

10:06

emphasize pre shot routine,

10:09

especially if you've kind of

10:09

lost your you know, you're calm

10:13

and you have to regroup. Phil

10:13

always kind of takes a deep

10:18

breath. And then he really makes

10:18

sure he calms everything down

10:22

before he walks into the shop.

10:22

And I think that's something

10:25

every one of us can learn from.

10:27

I was gonna say,

10:27

I noticed the PGA has a lot of

10:30

those Whoop bands for I imagine

10:30

that's probably a pretty good

10:34

way for the players to monitor

10:34

their body vitals and whatnot as

10:37

well.

10:37

Yes, I guess so.

10:37

Yeah, doesn't hurt, right.

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And we're back. Thank you for staying with us. Now we're going to move into the

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11:59

is drug addressing the 76th us

11:59

Women's Open, which will be held

12:03

at Olympic club in San

12:03

Francisco, the historic venue is

12:07

going to be the first time host

12:07

for the Women's Championship.

12:12

So Amy, you I see you have had

12:12

the opportunity to play Olympic

12:16

club. Yes. Why don't you share

12:16

what your thoughts are about the

12:20

course and what you thought of

12:20

it the elevated greens and

12:25

something from a player's perspective that you noticed?

12:27

Yeah, you know, I was

12:27

at the Media Day, which is held

12:30

about a month ago. So Media Day,

12:30

just to explain briefly, they

12:34

invited the USGA invites people

12:34

that are involved in the media

12:39

category, and they have a press

12:39

conference, they usually have a

12:43

player too. They're doing the

12:43

press conference, and Michelle

12:46

Wie was there, because she lives

12:46

fairly close to the course. And

12:51

that was one I went up to ask

12:51

the question as well. I asked

12:54

her, you know, other than being

12:54

a mom, and a golfer, for what

12:57

part of the game she's working

12:57

on. And then she said, putting

12:59

and everyone that laughed,

12:59

including herself.

13:05

That was fun. And then I got to

13:05

play the 18 after the press

13:08

conference, it was a tough,

13:08

tough Of course, it was in great

13:13

shape. It was absolutely

13:13

beautiful out there, it was

13:16

super green, super blue huge

13:16

trees. The the undulation on the

13:21

golf course, is a lot bigger

13:21

than I thought it's it's

13:25

honestly felt like uphill on

13:25

every single hole. I don't know

13:29

exactly how long they're playing

13:29

at this year. But I think I

13:32

played it close to 6700. And I

13:32

was hitting rewards into just

13:37

about every part for I mean,

13:37

these girls on tour hit it

13:40

farther than me. So you know,

13:40

they're they should have shorter

13:43

clubs into it. But appeal is

13:43

tough. The rough was only about

13:48

two or three inches long at the

13:48

time. You know, it's very short

13:51

for us open course they're

13:51

probably have grown it out to

13:55

super deep rough. And it was

13:55

only two to three inches, but I

13:58

couldn't get the club through

13:58

it. It was very thick.

14:01

So I was just like, I hope none

14:01

of the girls ever get in the

14:05

rough during the U.S. Open,

14:05

though. So the course was really

14:09

hilly kind of looked really

14:09

long. But the greens were very

14:14

tiny guarded by a lot of

14:14

bunkers, deep bunkers. So the

14:19

course looked even longer

14:19

because the small greens and

14:21

then the bunkers. Oh my there

14:21

had so much sand in there. I

14:27

couldn't get out of it. I mean,

14:27

I barely got out, didn't even

14:30

have chance to like put spin on

14:30

it or control distance was very

14:34

tough.

14:36

I was just

14:36

chatting with a player yesterday

14:39

who just finished the practice

14:39

round. And she was telling me

14:42

that the rough is now up to

14:42

about 12 inches. It's a good

14:45

foot. So Exactly. And so I asked her I

14:47

said Is there a Is there even an

14:51

intermediate cut between the

14:51

fairway cut and then you get to

14:54

that one foot? She said no, I

14:54

don't remember.

14:57

Exactly. And she said no. It's

14:57

fairway, or else you're in

15:01

trouble. She said that grass is

15:01

so thick that don't even. I

15:06

mean, first of all, if you find

15:06

your ball, you're lucky. And

15:10

then don't even think about

15:10

trying to advance it going

15:13

forward, you're just coming out

15:13

sideways, get that ball back on

15:16

the fairway and get yourself

15:16

back into play to try and set up

15:20

the next shot.

15:20

Yeah, for how sticky

15:20

it was. If it's 12 inches, good

15:23

luck getting you know your club

15:23

on that ball, right? I actually

15:27

I did I filmed while I was

15:27

there. So my vlog about the

15:31

Media Day is uploading Wednesday

15:31

on my YouTube channel.

15:35

Oh, terrific,

15:35

terrific. So we can have our

15:38

listeners and readers, direct

15:38

them to that video of yours and

15:42

your experience on the course.

15:42

Well, it's a great way of

15:44

showing some insight into the

15:44

way Olympic's being played or is

15:48

going to play and having it from

15:48

a player perspective. Instead of

15:52

a, as lovely as the flyovers

15:52

are. It's nice to see it from

15:55

the perspective that you filmed.

15:57

I hope so it was it

15:57

was really tough. But honestly,

16:01

it's so hard to see the hills,

16:01

you know, through a TV, and I

16:05

just couldn't believe how hilly it was.

16:08

Yeah, yeah, I

16:08

understand that. I mean, I've

16:10

seen photographs of it. I've

16:10

read a lot about it,

16:13

particularly from the 1955 us

16:13

open and the 65 us opens. I've

16:20

always understood it to be

16:20

incredibly deceiving in its

16:23

locks. Because of the slopes and

16:23

things of that nature that the

16:26

fairways slope, like for example

16:26

on 18 slopes from left to right.

16:31

So you have to know which way

16:31

you're going to take your line

16:33

off the tee and depending

16:33

whether or not you hit your

16:36

drawing or, or fade and we're

16:36

going to try and land it so it

16:40

doesn't roll all the way out the

16:40

other end of the fairway.

16:43

Yeah, I mean, when

16:43

you're on that hill, it doesn't

16:45

look very hilly either. It's

16:45

very deceiving when you're on

16:48

it, but then you realize you're

16:48

on a really big slope when you

16:52

see the ball start rolling to

16:52

the side. But yeah, you know,

16:55

you remember in 2012 when Webb

16:55

Simpson won the men's Yes, open

17:00

there. He is total was plus one.

17:00

That's how topically?

17:04

Exactly, exactly.

17:04

Yeah. Do you think on nearly

17:10

every shot out of the fairway? Do you think players are gonna have to play the ball below

17:12

their feet or above their feet?

17:15

I don't think

17:15

there'll be that many flat lies.

17:19

Yeah, I really don't think so.

17:22

So there'll be one or the other. Yeah, a little bit below their feet or a little

17:24

bit above

17:26

Or left foot high,

17:26

left foot low. Everything

17:29

really.

17:30

And the greens

17:30

Now, you mentioned they're

17:33

small. What did you think about

17:33

their undulation? Because I, you

17:37

know, I understand that. They're

17:37

also very deceiving in that

17:40

respect that they look generally

17:40

flat, but they're far from flat.

17:45

Yeah, I couldn't

17:45

figure out a pattern. It was I

17:50

took note down a where the lake

17:50

is where the high point of the

17:53

courses, and then it didn't go

17:53

along those notes. So I felt

17:59

like every square feet have

17:59

different undulation. And I

18:06

couldn't catch all of that. And

18:06

I really struggled reading the

18:09

greens under elevated too. So

18:09

it's going to be at small. Yes.

18:13

And it was like over a month

18:13

ago. So they weren't you know,

18:17

they didn't have them fast. But

18:17

it was still very fast.

18:20

Yeah. The player

18:20

I spoke with yesterday said the

18:23

greens were fast. But she

18:23

expected them to be faster by

18:28

Thursday come Thursday, because

18:28

they had been looking after them

18:31

and watering them and I think

18:31

trying to get them in prime

18:34

condition for for the four days

18:34

of the

18:36

Yeah, they usually do

18:36

that. So they don't the greens

18:38

don't die too early in the

18:38

round. I remember whenever I

18:42

played us opens I always had to

18:42

work on flop shots for at least

18:47

two months prior to the

18:47

tournament. Because that's all

18:51

you use on the greens.

18:53

Yeah, why don't

18:53

you explain that to our people

18:56

at home listening? Why the flop

18:56

shot. And why was that such an

18:59

important shot for you to have

18:59

in the bag when you were playing

19:01

at a US Open.

19:03

they usually keep the

19:03

greens really firm and really

19:06

fast, super slippery, the ball

19:06

doesn't even roll it kind of

19:09

slide skids. So it's really fast

19:09

and I'm used to using 58 degree

19:15

law pledge and I'm very

19:15

comfortable spending that but 58

19:19

degrees do not work for us opens

19:19

so I'd have to get a 60 degree

19:24

and get accustomed to the new

19:24

loft and plus on a lot of flop

19:28

shots because the rough around

19:28

the greens are very thick and

19:32

also because when you're hitting

19:32

out of the world you don't get

19:34

much spin anyways. So you're

19:34

basically using flop shots for

19:39

even those very simple shots

19:39

you'd never use block shots on

19:42

so yeah, US opens are very

19:42

tough.

19:45

So basically

19:45

you're using the flop shot and

19:47

the trajectory to land at softly

19:47

but is your in your ability to

19:51

put spin on the ball is compromised?

19:52

Yes. Even off like

19:52

tight, nice. You You see that

19:56

your balls not getting the

19:56

backspin that you always get a

19:59

just runs, and it will keep

19:59

running until it gets off the

20:02

ground.

20:03

It's a typical US

20:03

Open set up where even par is

20:06

going to be a really good score

20:06

on any given round.

20:08

So if, especially if

20:08

they are playing at 6700 like

20:12

I've I played it a month ago

20:12

6700 on a long course with tiny

20:17

greens. It's going to be tough.

20:19

Yeah, the official yardage, just so you're aware is listed at 65? Well, a

20:21

little under 6500 yards.

20:25

Okay, good. Good. 67

20:25

was so tough.

20:30

Well, and and for

20:30

those that don't live near the,

20:34

near the oceans, on either

20:34

coast, just aren't familiar with

20:38

how much thicker the humidity is

20:38

and what it does to your golf

20:41

ball and, and how it just

20:41

doesn't go as far.

20:43

Right, right.

20:43

Exactly. Doesn't get the same

20:46

carry in the air.

20:48

Yeah, that's what

20:48

I like about when you go to a

20:50

place like say Las Vegas or, you

20:50

know, in Colorado, or bras up

20:55

here in Canada, closer towards

20:55

the Rockies in our part of the

20:58

world. And it's like, wow, that

20:58

golf ball shirt goes on air.

21:00

Yes, I love that.

21:02

So let's chat a

21:02

little bit about some of the

21:05

players and storylines. Amy. A

21:05

Lim Kim. And I say that right?

21:11

Okay, perfect. defending

21:11

champion, and kind of came out

21:16

of the blue last year in Houston

21:16

to win. Now, she went back to

21:22

play in Korea on the K LPGA. And

21:22

she's back to defend her title

21:26

now. Have you heard much about

21:26

her any thoughts about how she

21:31

might be for this? To defend her

21:31

title this month or this week?

21:35

Um, you know, I have

21:35

not heard too much about her.

21:39

She, um, she did kind of come

21:39

out of nowhere for us, right.

21:43

But I saw that she's third in

21:43

driving distance, she averages

21:48

about 282. So I think that's

21:48

probably why she had the

21:53

advantage during the US Open,

21:53

because us opens do usually play

21:57

very long. And it's kind of like

21:57

trends right now that when

22:02

you're kind of a rookie, you

22:02

tend to win majors. So I think

22:07

she's right in that category. So

22:07

it's pretty amazing how the

22:10

young girls are just showing up

22:10

turning pro and winning majors.

22:14

Huh?,

22:15

Yeah. No kidding.

22:15

No kidding. Yeah, it's it's very

22:18

difficult. But the US Women's

22:18

Open. It's got to be one of the

22:22

toughest tournaments to repeat.

22:22

It's a winner. Yeah, I think the

22:26

last one who did it was Karrie

22:26

Webb - way back when -- was it

22:30

Karrie or it might have been

22:30

Annika. One of those two was the

22:32

last time we had a back to back

22:32

winner at the US Open. So that

22:37

tells you how, how tough it is

22:37

and how far back you had to go

22:39

to find a back to back.

22:42

Yeah, yes, opens are

22:42

just no joke.

22:47

And you can see

22:47

that from experience. Let's talk

22:51

about Inbee Park. She's a

22:51

perennial favorite when it comes

22:54

to majors. And I get the feeling

22:54

that in a US Open course like

22:58

this kind of plays into Inbee's

22:58

hands. She's not long off the

23:03

tee like a lot of the others.

23:03

But she's consistently in the

23:06

fairway and, and she's probably

23:06

got the best mind I've seen on

23:10

the LPGA in terms of knowing

23:10

where to place her ball and how

23:13

to move around the course to get

23:13

herself into scoring position.

23:17

What are your thoughts?

23:18

You know, she has a

23:18

lot of experience under her

23:20

belt. She's won like seven

23:20

majors and two years opens in

23:24

2008 and 2013. She sure knows

23:24

how to keep the ball in play.

23:29

And that's probably gonna keep

23:29

her out of the rough. And you

23:34

know, she's won the gold medal

23:34

at the Olympics. And now because

23:38

this year the Olympic is

23:38

supposed to be on she's turned

23:41

her game on to win the gold

23:41

medal again, I think so she

23:45

she's got some really good

23:45

momentum going. So you even

23:48

though she doesn't hit it too

23:48

long off the tee. She still

23:51

could be in the contention I

23:51

think, Oh,

23:53

I most definitely think she's going to be in contention. I mean, you know,

23:55

she's not the longest off the

23:57

tee as we've said, but she's

23:57

long enough put it that way. And

24:02

her ability to find those

24:02

fairways is just incredible.

24:05

Yeah. And she has she

24:05

has like 31 little wins is a

24:09

pro. That's a lot.

24:11

While she's,

24:11

she's the only active playing

24:14

Hall of Fame member. Yes. I

24:14

mean, that speaks for itself.

24:18

The other one I'd like to chat a

24:18

little bit about Patty

24:20

Tavatanakit .. I think will be

24:20

another fantastic storyline.

24:24

technically still a rookie comes

24:24

out of Thailand. She kind of

24:28

steamrolled the field a little

24:28

bit at the ANA championship. I

24:31

mean, it got a little tight for

24:31

her on that Sunday, but she was

24:34

so far ahead going into Sunday

24:34

that she had some room to play

24:37

with and she still won. Rather

24:37

comfort right? That was really

24:41

what are your thoughts? She hits

24:41

the ball pretty good. Yep. How

24:45

do you think she'll fare here? No,

24:46

I'm keeping a very

24:46

close eye on Patty Tavatanakit.

24:50

I think she's she's not that

24:50

big. She's my height by five.

24:50

She's just

24:50

coming off a really good showing

24:53

But she's like four things

24:53

driving average. She hits at

24:56

about 281 yards is her average.

24:56

And that ama, I believe she

25:01

averaged about 320 for the week,

25:01

which is amazing, right? I mean,

25:06

her hip turn was great. And she

25:06

really kept the ball in play

25:08

in the match play event. Now

25:08

that's obviously Matchplay, but

25:11

hitting that law. So I was very

25:11

impressed by her play and just

25:15

her style of play. It looks

25:15

aggressive, but very under

25:19

control. So I was I do love

25:19

watching her play because of

25:23

that style. So I think she can

25:23

do some great things this year.

25:26

she seems to have control over

25:26

shots and got her mind in the

25:39

game right now. And I think she

25:39

used to did really well to use

25:42

that event as a tune up for this week.

25:44

Yes, I think so. I

25:44

mean, you know, so far this

25:46

year, she's made like three top

25:46

fives plus a win. So that's,

25:51

that's, you know, getting really

25:51

getting your momentum going. So,

25:55

yeah, look out for her.

25:56

Do you think she

25:56

has any sort of weakness in our

25:59

game?

26:00

I mean, if we had to

26:00

pick one out, I would say just

26:04

the inexperienced younger

26:04

player, but I mean, she showed

26:08

us at ANA that you know, she she

26:08

really held her lead until the

26:12

end and one it so I don't know

26:12

if that's a weakness.

26:16

And if it is, she's learned how to manage it, that's for sure. Let's chat a

26:18

little bit about some other

26:21

favorites or potential

26:21

contenders.

26:23

Nelly Korda seems to be a

26:23

perennial contender. She's long

26:28

off the tee. She's got a great

26:28

swing. When her iron game is on,

26:32

she's solid as can be. And she

26:32

gives herself lots of great

26:35

looks at birdies. I think

26:35

earlier in the year she was

26:38

leading the tour and birdies.

26:38

She may still be I didn't get a

26:41

chance to

26:41

Yeah, I think she's

26:44

Okay. She just

26:44

hasn't seemed to manage to put

26:47

it all together for a major.

26:48

Yeah, she hasn't won

26:48

on. She hasn't won a major. I

26:52

think she's a great player.

26:52

She's always one of my favorites

26:54

to watch. I'm always pulling for

26:54

her. You know, at the LA open, I

27:00

got to interview her because I

27:00

was out there as a media and

27:04

she's she's really chill really

27:04

laid back and she's got her

27:08

stuff together. And a great

27:08

player. She gets it far too. So

27:12

she's, she's pretty good fit for

27:12

the US Open as well. Oh, yeah,

27:18

she's driving averages top 10 on

27:18

tour, and she's right now race

27:22

to see me ranking. She's first,

27:22

on the roll extra anti. She's

27:27

fourth. So she's playing great.

27:27

But the major is right. She's

27:31

finished well a couple of times,

27:31

but she's never won it. I think

27:36

when I see players win majors,

27:36

it's usually when they're able

27:43

to like stay focused, like the

27:43

motivation and they really have

27:47

to stay hungry. I think it's

27:47

just the half a second you let

27:51

that go. You kind of let it slip

27:51

away. So I think with her, she

27:56

is still pretty young, even

27:56

though she's been on tour for

27:59

quite a few years now. So I

27:59

think once she gets that going,

28:03

she will be winning a lot more.

28:04

Do you think this

28:04

will be her breakthrough event?

28:07

I really hope so I

28:07

really, I really want to see now

28:10

even more because she definitely

28:10

got the talent. So it's just a

28:14

matter of starting one and then

28:14

everything else will just come

28:18

like all at once. I think

28:21

Minjee Lee, she's

28:21

had a very good week in Las

28:24

Vegas. Except for that last

28:24

round. Where the wheel kind of

28:29

fell off with her a little bit

28:29

there. But she really stormed

28:32

through that group stage in the

28:32

match play. She's somebody

28:37

that's sort of been they're

28:37

always in contention but never

28:41

quite able to put four really

28:41

good rounds together to walk off

28:47

with the prize at a major

28:48

Yeah, I totally

28:48

agree. I mean, she is one of my

28:51

another favorites that I'm

28:51

always pulling for cause, she's

28:55

she's the sweetest person but

28:55

she's so serious when she's

28:58

playing. I love that. She's, you

28:58

know, competitor and she, I

29:04

mean, she's so focused, and she

29:04

played really well but I just

29:10

can't believe she hasn't won

29:10

majors. I remember I remember

29:15

she wanted the LA open. I was

29:15

really happy for her. So she's

29:20

one of the players that I'm

29:20

rooting for she she's not a long

29:23

long hitter but she's always

29:23

right in between like 260 to 70

29:26

off the tee which is still very

29:26

good. So she will do great on

29:29

long course. Land courses um,

29:29

she's never really done well at

29:34

the US Open i don't think so

29:34

that's one part that I'm a

29:39

little bit worried about. Oh,

29:39

top finish was tied for 11th in

29:44

2017.

29:46

Is that kind of

29:46

going to be her "quote unquote"

29:49

weakness for this week ... is

29:49

just having that little bit of

29:52

knowledge in the back of her

29:52

mind knowing that she hasn't

29:55

been able to bring her best to

29:55

the US Opens or?

29:58

Yeah, I'm pretty sure

29:58

Are the courses to suit you

30:01

really well. And if she hasn't

30:01

finished in top 10 in any other

30:05

years US Opens may have

30:05

something to do with you know

30:08

why she favors?

30:09

Yeah, it seems it's so important to have that right mental frame of mind going

30:11

into, especially something like

30:15

a US Women's Open where the

30:15

conditions are just downright

30:18

punishing

30:19

Yes, brutal. You make

30:19

one mistake, it could be a

30:22

double or triple, just like that.

30:25

Somebody else has

30:25

been playing fairly well in the

30:27

last few weeks and seems to be

30:27

moving in the right direction is

30:30

Moriya Jutanugarn?

30:32

Ah ha.

30:35

I mean, she's

30:35

very steady on the team. She's

30:39

another one that doesn't hit it

30:39

that far. But she hits it far

30:42

enough. And she definitely finds

30:42

those fairways. Really, really

30:47

She's a very steady player. Yes.

30:49

Yeah, exactly.

30:49

Like, she rarely beats herself.

30:53

And with that approach game of

30:53

hers in that short game is

30:57

spectacular. I mean, and she was

30:57

also in, you know, pretty good

31:01

contention last time in Houston

31:01

as well, for much of the event.

31:05

So what are your thoughts about

31:05

Moriya have you any thoughts

31:09

about how she might approach it?

31:09

Or even Ariya for that matter?

31:12

Um,

31:14

I mean, you can't

31:14

beat steady golf on US Open

31:17

courses. But I think, you know,

31:17

in my vlog that's going to

31:22

upload on Wednesday, I kind of

31:22

had already picked my top five,

31:26

or the use open, and she wasn't

31:26

a part of it. I'm sorry. I think

31:30

I focus more on the driving

31:30

distance and accuracy for the US

31:35

Open. Just because, you know,

31:35

there are so many likes of your

31:38

uphills and shorter shots into

31:38

the greens would really benefit

31:42

on this golf course.

31:43

Alright, well, we'll get to that a little bit later, we'll have our chance to

31:45

exchange our our picks.

31:48

Okay.

31:49

Yeah, I just

31:49

remember going back to I guess

31:53

it was Yeah, I guess it was at

31:53

the December. Us Women's Open

31:57

because both Aryan Maria played

31:57

the third round together.

32:00

Yes, that's right. That's right.

32:02

And I remember

32:02

Ariya saying that, you know, she

32:06

was her tee shot was always a

32:06

good 30 yards ahead of Moriya.

32:09

But when they got up to the

32:09

green Moriya was always closer

32:12

to the pin.

32:13

I was wondering how

32:13

the girls will play play

32:16

together in one group, because

32:16

sometimes they may not, you

32:20

know, it may not work out as

32:20

well, because they might feel

32:23

like the same as like a practice

32:23

round and maybe not perform as

32:27

well. But yeah, I really was

32:27

hoping for both of them to do

32:31

well.

32:33

Here's some other names I'm gonna throw out you throw out at you, Jin Young Ko.

32:34

very steady world number one.

32:40

She's been world number one now.

32:40

Over a year, I believe. And, and

32:46

just she very rarely beats

32:46

herself as well. Another one of

32:50

those players that's just so

32:50

steady and phenomenal when it

32:54

comes to her accuracy. And well,

32:54

she had that stretch last year

32:57

where she just played

32:57

unbelievable,

33:01

really great player.

33:01

I'm just trying to figure out

33:03

how she's been doing so far this

33:03

year.

33:06

Well, she's she's

33:06

played well, she came back. She

33:09

didn't play a couple of events

33:09

early, she came back. She

33:12

competed and was contending in

33:12

one event. next event Wasn't she

33:17

actually missed a cut, which was

33:17

a rarity for her. And then she

33:21

came back and has played pretty

33:21

steady ever since. So I almost

33:26

get the feeling that this is the

33:26

kind of mental challenge that

33:29

she likes.

33:30

Yeah, I think COVID

33:30

kind of throw her off for a

33:33

little bit, don't you think?

33:33

Because she stayed in Korea for

33:36

a little bit? And then what

33:37

But she played in

33:37

Korea? Yeah, she played on the

33:41

Korean tour a lot while she was

33:41

still there, you know. And she

33:44

she had her share of good play

33:44

there and brought it back over.

33:47

But yeah, I mean, it's it's hard

33:47

when you're not back into the

33:51

rhythm. I mean, it's one thing

33:51

traveling in Korea, for golf

33:54

tournaments. And then another

33:54

one here in the States going

33:57

from coast to coast to coast.

33:58

You know, you know

33:58

what, what happened? I was at

34:00

the Lotte Championship. So I was

34:00

interacting with a lot of the

34:03

players there. But I see that

34:03

she wasn't there. So that's why

34:07

she was out of my radar. So I

34:07

was trying to figure out how she

34:10

was doing this year. But I mean,

34:10

I see that she finished top 10

34:15

at least four times so far. So

34:15

she's been doing great, but I

34:18

can't believe how little media

34:18

attention she gets. And she's

34:22

like the number one player like

34:22

you said for the longest stretch

34:25

ever, right?

34:26

Yeah. No, without

34:26

a doubt with her. I think a

34:29

little bit of that is because

34:29

she did take that time off to

34:32

stay in Korea

34:33

That's probably right,

34:34

and rightfully

34:34

so. and rightfully so. I mean,

34:37

you know, she's at that age

34:37

where you don't want to take

34:39

chances. And I think that's kind

34:39

of what contributed to it a

34:44

little bit. She came back for

34:44

CME and did really well there

34:49

but she did play she finished.

34:49

Runner Up to Brooke Henderson in

34:52

LA. She was in the final group

34:52

with Brooke. Yeah, I don't

34:57

know if I can't recall if she

34:57

finished second or not. She was

35:00

in the final group with Brooke.

35:01

Tied for third.

35:03

Okay.

35:04

But she was in contention. Yeah, I remember seeing her.

35:06

Oh, yeah. Yeah,

35:06

for sure. For sure. She was

35:08

playing really, really well

35:08

there too. So I think that's

35:11

going to be something that is a

35:11

player to watch for sure. Now,

35:17

one of the other ones I wanted

35:17

to throw out there was Lydia Ko,

35:21

because she's been on fire. She

35:21

was on fire at the ANA when she

35:25

posted that Sunday. I think it

35:25

was 62 or 63. Yeah. just

35:32

phenomenal. And then she had

35:32

another round like that in

35:35

Hawaii. You know, just shooting

35:35

the lights out. The new Lydia?

35:41

Yes. And she's made a point of

35:41

saying, Don't ever think it's

35:44

the old Lydia. I'm back. She's

35:44

in some of her current media

35:48

conference. She says it's not.

35:48

I'm the new Lydia. And this is

35:52

where I'm at today in time, and

35:52

this is going to be the best

35:54

that I can do today.

35:55

She's, she's awesome.

35:55

Yeah. I love her. I love

35:59

watching her and she's actually

35:59

on top of my favorite pics for

36:03

this week.

36:06

I won't ask you to give away too much.

36:09

But I mean, I was

36:09

really happy to see Lydia play

36:12

well starting in ANA like you've

36:12

mentioned and then I saw her at

36:16

the Lotte Championship. I

36:16

actually know her pretty well.

36:21

She's the nicest girl but she's

36:21

very focused. And she mentioned

36:26

that her new coach Sean Foley

36:26

would say, you know, just, you

36:31

know, you've got it you all you

36:31

have to do is just trust

36:34

yourself. And then she couldn't

36:34

quite bring herself to do that.

36:37

But because Sean believed in her

36:37

so much it helped her to bring

36:42

ourselves to believe in herself.

36:42

And then things started

36:44

clicking. I saw her at Hawaii,

36:44

she looked very relaxed, and she

36:49

was just shooting everything at

36:49

the flag. And every single hole

36:52

was almost a birdie chance. And

36:52

she was playing really solid. I

36:57

noticed a slight difference than

36:57

the Lydia I saw last year, a

37:01

year before it was that her, her

37:01

legs got really strong, like

37:06

really a lot muscular even

37:06

though she's slim. Her legs was

37:09

really strong, and her swing

37:09

look really different. And her

37:13

shots were a lot more accurate

37:13

because of that. Because if the

37:16

legs don't hold up, then the

37:16

shots can be going left and

37:19

right. You know, so many shots

37:19

here and there. She didn't have

37:21

any of that her legs look great.

37:21

She was hitting it further

37:24

because of that, probably. And I

37:24

have a lot of hopes for her.

37:29

She's Yeah, she gets it about

37:29

260 off the tee. But I know

37:34

she's she's got the total total

37:34

game going right now. So yeah,

37:38

Yeah, no, I think

37:38

you're absolutely right. You

37:40

picked up on a lot of the key

37:40

things that I've been noticing

37:43

about Lydia too. I mean, you

37:43

know, if you see her on

37:45

Instagram, a little bit like

37:45

that, you see, she's, she's

37:48

always documenting her workouts

37:48

and her mobility sessions and

37:52

whatnot. And she's, you know, I

37:52

mean, she's not the 14 year old

37:56

kid, we remember on tour, I

37:56

mean, she's all fully grown up,

38:00

and she's really, really

38:00

strengthened herself to you

38:03

know, and yeah, I noticed that

38:03

to her leg strength seems to be

38:07

just immensely improved over

38:07

where she was just a few years

38:11

ago. And, and you caught it to

38:11

60 as her driving distance. Now,

38:15

to the casual observer that

38:15

might not sound far when we're

38:17

talking about like Bianca

38:17

Pagdanganan, and some of these

38:21

other players who can hit it to

38:21

280 to 290 - 300. You know,

38:24

talking about Patty 320 as an

38:24

average it at ANA but for Lydia

38:30

260, I think, represents one of

38:30

her a big improvement over her

38:35

driving distance, I think. Yeah.

38:35

She's about another 10 yards, 10

38:40

- 12 yards, 15 yards further

38:40

than where she was a few years.

38:42

Yes. And, you know,

38:42

you have to understand that when

38:45

they get these driving averages,

38:45

they usually have to take all

38:48

these missed drive shots that

38:48

ended up in the rough, so that

38:52

was a lot shorter than usual, or

38:52

three words off the tee, you

38:56

know, you have to understand

38:56

that these averages probably

39:00

includes all those missed shots

39:00

as well. So when it says 260

39:03

it's really a lot longer than that.

39:05

And they only use

39:05

the two holes for recording her

39:08

measuring the

39:09

so yeah, if you don't

39:09

do well on those two, then your

39:11

average goes down.

39:13

I've been so

39:13

impressed with her game. I was a

39:17

little bit surprised at the 63

39:17

that she posted to the 62 at

39:22

theANA, but I wasn't at the

39:22

same time. Just you know, when I

39:26

saw her take that driver out to

39:26

hit off the deck to go for that

39:30

par five I'm like, this is the

39:30

Lydia you know, you can see the

39:33

confidence in her and she just

39:33

pulled it off and it was a one

39:38

of the most beautiful rounds of

39:38

golf i've ... i've seen in that

39:42

I can remember to be honest. I

39:42

can't remember the last time I

39:44

saw a round that well,

39:45

right, right. It's

39:45

just plain old slash new Lydia.

39:50

I love watching her do great as

39:50

well.

39:54

Yuka Saso --

39:54

she's the Japanese Filipino

39:58

player. She's As you mentioned a

39:58

little bit younger, I think

40:02

she's 19 she was the gold

40:02

medalist at the, at the Asian

40:05

Games. And she won a couple of

40:05

times on the Japanese LPGA last

40:13

year, which got her into Houston

40:13

for the US Women's Open.

40:19

Right, right. Right.

40:19

She finished I

40:19

think 12

40:22

Yeah, pretty high up there. I remember

40:24

She did and she

40:24

was actually in contention for

40:26

the first few days near the top

40:26

of the leaderboard before she

40:28

had that one tough round; hits

40:28

the ball a long way. She seems

40:32

to have all the tools in the bag

40:32

there, you know, good iron game.

40:35

She putts consistently well, her

40:35

short game is pretty solid. And

40:41

really no real weakness to her

40:41

golf game, except for maybe the

40:48

the experience in terms of how

40:48

to play these LPGA events.

40:52

Yeah, you know, she

40:52

does surprise me a lot for how

40:56

young she is. She plays like she

40:56

she knows how to handle her

41:00

game, or mental doesn't seem to

41:00

falter. It's really amazing to

41:06

watch her.

41:07

She's very calm

41:07

and quiet. And now, I don't know

41:11

if it's because her English

41:11

isn't as strong as her Japanese

41:14

and her Filipino Tagalog, but so

41:14

that might have something to do

41:18

with it. But yeah, yeah, I just,

41:18

she kind of looks to me like the

41:24

quiet assassin. Yes, I would

41:24

agree with that one.

41:30

Brooke Henderson, she's

41:30

obviously a huge name up here in

41:34

Canada, and are the winningest

41:34

golfer professional player to

41:39

ever play in Canada, world

41:39

number five. And Major Champion

41:44

hits the ball a long way.

41:44

Probably the best iron game on

41:50

tour along with Sei Young Kim,

41:50

but she just doesn't seem to be

41:53

able to put it together for us

41:53

women's Oh, I don't mean to

41:57

laugh like that. But it's just

41:57

like it almost, you know, like

42:00

you're you and I were chatting a

42:00

little bit earlier about certain

42:03

courses for certain horses, if

42:03

you will, or certain tracks for

42:06

certain players. I think the US

42:06

Open is kind of one of those

42:12

bogey courses for her, bogey

42:12

events that kind of has that

42:15

block for her that she really

42:15

needs to get over. I think she

42:18

can win. But it's going to take

42:18

some work for her to, to put it

42:22

together at a US Open.

42:24

Yeah, you know, that

42:24

like really surprises me to

42:27

think that she's only won one

42:27

Major? Because maybe because

42:31

she's won so many times on tour.

42:31

And with the game she has, like

42:35

you mentioned, she hits it a

42:35

long ways. And she's very

42:37

accurate. And I mean, she's

42:37

struggled with the pudding a

42:40

little bit recently. But

42:40

obviously at the LA Open you

42:44

didn't have any problems there.

42:44

So, you know, everybody says

42:48

she's kind of back now. Because

42:48

the putting she's doing better.

42:53

I'm really surprised to see her

42:53

not doing so well on us open

42:56

courses, because she just sounds

42:56

like she's good fit for it.

42:59

Right? Her driving accuracy is

42:59

pretty high too, for how far she

43:03

hit.

43:04

Yeah, without a

43:04

doubt. And that's, and I think

43:07

that's part of, if you will the

43:07

mystery when it comes to Brooke

43:11

playing US Open courses. Now,

43:11

her putter I think it's

43:15

reasonable to say that the

43:15

putter has been her weakness or

43:17

Achilles heel when it comes to

43:17

that. And of course, when you

43:20

play a US Open, you've got to

43:20

have a good putter you can't be

43:24

three putting too often. If

43:24

you're going to be in

43:27

contention, and one of the

43:27

things I've noticed is she's

43:30

still three putting a fair bit

43:30

in nearly every event she's

43:33

playing even though she won in

43:33

Los Angeles at the Hugel Open

43:37

there. She she still had quite a

43:37

few three pumps. But she won. I

43:42

think she had four - three putts

43:42

in that event. Yes. So you take

43:47

those four stroke right there.

43:47

And you think if she was able to

43:49

reduce those three putts, with

43:49

those four strokes would have

43:52

done three or four strokes right

43:52

there would have opened the gap

43:55

up that much.

43:56

Yeah, you know, I was

43:56

really surprised to find out

43:58

that she had slipped out of like

43:58

100 ranking for putting sets for

44:04

a little bit. I was very

44:04

surprised because she's still

44:06

been finishing pretty well not,

44:06

you know, winning, winning all

44:10

the times. But she's a great

44:10

player. She's one of the players

44:13

that I really do love watching.

44:13

Like her and her sister, they're

44:16

a great team. They're very, you

44:16

know, motivated. They're very

44:20

focused. And it's like they take

44:20

their business seriously. And I

44:25

love watching that and you know,

44:25

she's not big, but she really

44:28

goes after it. It's such a fun

44:28

to watch her do well. And you

44:33

know, she was going for the

44:33

three peat at the low day

44:36

championship when I was there.

44:36

And so I got to cover her a lot.

44:40

And she she's just the sweetest

44:40

girl, but she turns into this

44:46

competitor when she's out on the

44:46

golf course. I love it. So I'm

44:49

always rooting for her.

44:51

She's the baby

44:51

faced assassin. Yes, I know

44:54

we're using a few of these

44:54

"assassin" terms, you know with

44:57

you go but I think that could

44:57

really apply to you to Brooke,

45:00

she's got that smile. She's got

45:00

that, you know, that Angel like,

45:05

face and smile,

45:06

That sweet, like, you

45:06

know, very girly, sweet voice.

45:11

And then her eyes change.

45:14

She's all, as

45:14

soon as that golf ball on the

45:16

tee go into the ground, it's

45:16

like, all business. Yeah, I'm

45:19

hoping that she's able to pull

45:19

it together because she's, she's

45:22

always been a contender in a lot

45:22

of the majors. But she hasn't

45:26

been able to close the deal as

45:26

of late. And I think a large

45:31

part of that is because of the

45:31

depth on the LPGA now, I mean,

45:34

it's not like it was 15 years

45:34

ago, or 20 years ago, where you

45:38

had, you know, maybe two or

45:38

three dominant players. Now

45:42

you've got a good 10 to 12

45:42

players who can win on any given

45:45

week. And if they don't, you've

45:45

got some pretty darn good

45:49

players who are middle rank

45:49

players that can put it together

45:52

for four rounds, and they'll win.

45:53

Yeah. I mean, yeah,

45:53

so far this year, out of 11

45:57

tournaments, we've had 11

45:57

different winners. So that

46:00

proves exactly what you were

46:00

what you were saying.

46:02

Well thank you

46:02

for that. It was one of the few

46:08

I didn't get a chance to look at but

46:10

there's so many stats

46:10

out there. It's impossible to

46:12

keep up with.

46:13

Well, isn't it

46:13

isn't it? What are your

46:16

storylines going into it this

46:16

week? Any thing in particular

46:20

that jumps out at you that we

46:20

haven't mentioned, Amy?

46:23

This week?

46:25

Yeah,

46:26

I think we've covered

46:26

pretty much everything. I'm

46:30

curious, I'm sort of curious of

46:30

your picks.

46:34

Is this a case of

46:34

I'll tell you my picks and then

46:37

you'll share some

46:37

Okay, you're okay.

46:41

This is one of

46:41

the few where I it's going to be

46:45

hard to pick a winner. My two

46:45

picks as being the Ko's -- Jin

46:49

Young or Lydia.

46:52

So you're just

46:52

picking the two Ko's?

46:55

As my two as the

46:55

two leaders. I think those one

46:58

of those two, I think will be it.

46:59

Wow. That's so cool.

46:59

Really,

47:06

I think it's gonna come down to one of the Ko's. I just have that feeling.

47:08

You know? I'd love to see Brooke

47:15

win it Yeah, I would love I you

47:15

know, I think I'd love to see

47:19

Sei Young Kim, but I just think

47:19

that's it's just that I just

47:25

don't know if this is the kind

47:25

of setup that is really

47:28

conducive to both Brooke and Sei

47:28

Young Kim because I mean,

47:31

they're just pedal to the metal

47:31

go for it kind of players. And

47:36

you know, the combination, I

47:36

think of the narrow fairways

47:39

tall, rough, small greens. I'm

47:39

not. Well, you know what, their

47:45

iron play is so superb.

47:47

But, but you know what, we're gonna have a lot of burden. You know, what, from

47:49

what you said media is, you

47:52

know, on fire, obviously, so she

47:52

has a great chance and with

47:56

genuine coaches, mentally very

47:56

tough. So I think she can really

48:01

pull something off. So I think

48:01

those are really good choices,

48:05

actually.

48:07

Yeah, if I was to

48:07

throw a third one out there. And

48:09

I don't want to say a dark horse

48:09

because how do you call Inbee

48:12

Park and dark horse? Right. But

48:12

I think she's gonna be lurking.

48:20

Because she's just

48:20

gotten her momentum going for

48:23

the Olympics. So she's her game

48:23

is pretty hot right now. So you

48:28

want to hear my picks?

48:29

I do. I'm dying to hear your picks.

48:31

So I you know, in my

48:31

vlog, I picked five I told you

48:34

right. And I pretty sure after

48:34

like the first rounds of the

48:38

five three are gonna be like

48:38

eliminated, I think. Right. So,

48:43

so my five will be Lydia, Patty,

48:43

Nelly Brooke and Minjee. I know,

48:50

I know. But I really I think,

48:50

other than for Lydia, the rest

48:55

four I really want them to do. I

48:55

think they really love you know,

49:01

so. Yeah,

49:03

Exactly. They're

49:03

sentimental favorites. You

49:05

really want to see them finally?

49:10

One of them win but I

49:10

really think Lydia has a great

49:13

chance.

49:13

Yeah, I do, too.

49:13

You know, she's her rankings,

49:16

not back up where it is with

49:16

some of the other players. But

49:20

when you can pull a 62 or 63 on

49:20

Sunday of a major championship

49:25

and then go out the, you know,

49:25

in Hawaii like she did. And

49:29

she's taken a little bit of time

49:29

off to get herself ready for San

49:32

Francisco. So I think that

49:32

that's, yeah, yeah. What can I

49:37

say? You know, I just think

49:37

Lydia is opening a new chapter

49:41

in the Lydia Ko story.

49:42

Yeah, you know, you

49:42

know what's great about Lydia

49:44

that of another thing I noticed

49:44

her when she is playing in

49:48

tournaments. You know, she's

49:48

been doing that since she was

49:51

very young. So she's very

49:51

comfortable out there. She looks

49:55

like she's just out here for a

49:55

walk for a stroll. Seriously,

49:59

she's she's cutting Like

49:59

casually, chatty, very loose and

50:02

to tee up and hit and every

50:02

tournament round, she looks

50:06

super relaxed. And that probably

50:06

has to give her a huge

50:09

advantage.

50:10

Right? For sure.

50:10

For sure. You know, I mean, I

50:13

think we all have that image of

50:13

her just walking down the

50:15

fairway in her own little

50:15

thoughts. So she's thinking

50:19

about things. Yeah. You know,

50:19

when she gets to her bag, pulls

50:22

out her little, her little

50:22

container of watermelon.

50:25

Exactly, exactly. And

50:25

I was actually helping LPGA

50:29

Korea for their Instagram, I

50:29

took over their handle, and I

50:32

was doing some video stuff. And

50:32

she was seeing me and she like,

50:34

waves at the camera. Like, she's

50:34

just, you know, like, came up

50:39

for a stroll or something. So,

50:39

so comfortable out there. That's

50:42

great.

50:44

So that's kind of

50:44

where I'm at. I liked your pick

50:46

on Patty. I'm kind of, she's one

50:46

of my favourite players out

50:50

there. I mean, she was a

50:50

favourite, that I was following

50:52

when she was on Symetra. And

50:52

still at UCLA, to be honest. But

50:57

I almost get the feeling that

50:57

she could play the rest of this

51:00

year as a freebie, if you will.

51:00

She's already achieved her

51:03

season goals, I think by winning

51:03

the ANA and playing so darn

51:09

competitively, where she's at.

51:09

She's played well, in a couple

51:13

of the other events. She's

51:13

played pretty. I mean, she was

51:16

steamrolling her competition in

51:16

the match play in Las Vegas up

51:19

until that last match, but I

51:19

mean, she's almost she didn't

51:24

quite hold on in, in Thailand.

51:24

But you know, Ariya just played

51:28

a phenomenal final round that

51:28

day to win. I think she she's

51:32

she's definitely one of the ones

51:32

I'm going to watch because I

51:34

will not be surprised if she's

51:34

the one lifting the trophy on

51:37

Sunday either.

51:38

Yeah, yeah. I mean, I

51:38

don't think Thailand was a fair,

51:42

fair tournament to you know,

51:42

judge anybody on because it

51:45

looked really humid and they all

51:45

looked exhausted. So I don't

51:49

think it was a fair test, you

51:49

know, but I mean, obviously, it

51:53

was. Because, you know, the Thai

51:53

girls did really well, I think

51:57

because of the weather. And they

51:57

had the advantage because of

52:00

that. But yeah, so I thought she

52:00

still did great. I mean, she

52:05

just looked really exhausted.

52:08

No, I know. And

52:08

come that Sunday, you kind of

52:11

thought maybe she was going to

52:11

show the same form again and put

52:14

her foot down and make sure she

52:14

walked off with the trophy. But

52:18

yeah, yeah. Oh, they were all

52:18

sweltering. And even the Thai

52:24

girls who play in that normally.

52:24

We're having a tough go of it.

52:29

So

52:29

their their face,

52:29

faces were all bright red, Lydia

52:33

icepack.

52:37

Leave it to Lydia to find a little bit of comic relief and hit and hit home the

52:39

point. Are you gonna be on site

52:46

at all? Are you going to be

52:46

heading up to San Francisco?

52:50

Oh, no, I've been

52:50

doing a lot of traveling. So I'm

52:52

kind of looking forward to a

52:52

couple of weeks off. So I'll be

52:55

home watching. That's probably

52:55

the best spot.

52:59

So what's up next

52:59

for you, Amy. I mean, you've

53:02

been so busy with lots of

53:02

things. I know on your one

53:06

latest video clip, you're

53:06

mentioning that you're back to

53:09

the grind in terms of back to

53:09

teaching and doing some lessons

53:13

and things like that is that . . .

53:14

Oh yes. I'm teaching

53:14

once a week now at at West Ridge

53:18

Golf Club that's in La Habra,

53:18

California. So I've been

53:22

limiting students to 10, 10

53:22

people. So I'm trying not to go

53:26

over because then my schedule

53:26

will be too crazy. So that's

53:30

been really fun working with

53:30

students again, working on their

53:33

golf swings. I've had couple of

53:33

students fly in from like, out

53:37

of town, out of state and out of

53:37

country to work with me so far

53:42

this year. So you know, that's

53:42

been really fun.

53:45

Oh, not too long ago. You know,

53:45

I was in Texas for AT & T Byron

53:49

Nelson. Right. I was there from

53:49

Sunday through Wednesday. But I

53:54

already had lessons booked for

53:54

like Thursday and Saturday. I

53:58

had students coming from like,

53:58

out of state and out of country.

54:01

So I you know, I've had that

54:01

scheduled already. And then but

54:05

I had to go to Texas. So I came

54:05

back Wednesday, taught the

54:09

lesson. And then I had to go to

54:09

Atlanta Friday to interview Sung

54:14

Jae. So it was it was a crazy

54:14

schedule. When I came back

54:18

Friday night after the long day

54:18

of interviewing, working with

54:21

Sung Jae Im Saturday morning. I

54:21

had to go out on the golf course

54:25

for a plane lesson. So that was

54:25

the craziest week and I'm still

54:29

trying to recover from that week.

54:32

While you're definitely one of the hardest working people I know in golf,

54:33

without a doubt Amy it's your

54:37

energy and enthusiasm is so

54:37

impressive and, and motivating.

54:41

Thank you. Thank you.

54:44

All right. Well, it's gonna be an interesting week to see for sure coming up

54:46

in San Francisco. I'm looking

54:50

forward to it and I think a lot

54:50

of people are are looking

54:53

forward to seeing the US Women's

54:53

Open back in its traditional

54:55

slot after last year's

54:55

interruption so

54:58

I'm very excited.

55:00

Yeah, me too.

55:00

We'll have to compare notes

55:02

afterwards.

55:03

All right.

55:06

All right. Well,

55:06

thank you everybody for

55:08

listening in and downloading the

55:08

show. It's very appreciated. And

55:13

a super big thank you to our

55:13

guests. Amy Cho.

55:16

Thank you for having me. That was fun.

55:19

Pleasure. And

55:19

that Ladies and gentlemen,

55:22

concludes our show for today.

55:22

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55:26

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55:26

two weeks time. Have yourself a

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