Hour 1 – World Cup Giving March Madness Vibes, Parade Prep, Dan Hicks

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 1 Episode Date: June 18, 2026 Main Theme: Sports Spectacle—Knicks Parade Mania, World Cup “March Madness,” and Golf’s Ultimate Test with Dan Hicks (NBC)

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Overview

On this episode, Dan Patrick and his crew dive into a wild day in New York City as Knicks fans prepare for a massive championship parade, sparking humorous anecdotes and crowd control concerns. They draw parallels between the expanded FIFA World Cup and NCAA March Madness, reveling in unexpected soccer upsets and underdog stories. The episode crescendos with a deep, insightful interview with NBC’s Dan Hicks about golf’s toughest test at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, addressing why it breaks even the best players, what makes a championship truly great, and where Tiger Woods ranks among sports icons.

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Parade Pandemonium: Knicks Fans Take Manhattan

The Scene in NYC (00:02–02:30)

• Dan gives his crew, Anthony and Rob (diehard Knicks fans), the day off to attend the long-awaited Knicks championship parade.
• Anticipation for chaos: “It’s a mess. It's chaos, but it might be organized chaos right now.” (00:32, Dan)
• Paulie provides on-the-ground reports: holding pens are full; trains are skipping stops; crowds may surpass the Chicago Cubs' 2016 World Series numbers (5 million).
• Dan’s take: “If you take off your shirts and one puts N on his chest and one paints Y on his chest and they hold hands walking through the parade…” (01:07, Dan)

Would Dan Attend? (03:10–04:05)

• Poll question: “Do you wish you were at the Knicks parade today?”
• Dan’s firm stance: “No, I thought you might say that. No, no, not at all. … There are certain times when you leave the city, right, when you know better to leave the city. And this is one of those times.” (03:35, Dan)
• The parade atmosphere compared to New Year’s Eve in Times Square: not appealing for Dan due to extreme crowds and claustrophobia.

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NBA Parity and Participation Trophy Talk (04:20–06:15)

Repeat Hopes & Media Narratives

• Crew debates if Knicks can repeat; Dan’s optimistic (tongue-in-cheek): “Yes, of course they're going to win another title. There, a repeat. Now, it's really difficult. That's why we've had eight different champions.” (04:50, Dan)
• Dan critiques the idea that parity dilutes championships: “That doesn't diminish what the Knicks did… You can't do that. That's a championship, not a participation trophy.” (05:20, Dan)

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World Cup as March Madness: The Beauty of Chaos

Expanded Drama, Smaller Nations Rising (06:15–07:51)

• Discussing World Cup expansion from 32 to 48 teams for the 2026 tournament.
• Dan: “It's sort of taken on the model of March Madness… more storylines, more money, more countries involved.”
• Rising underdogs: “Cape Verde… what a great story. That's when you have a 16 beating a 1.” (06:51, Dan)
• Draws and upsets: For smaller countries, “Even if you get a draw… it's the biggest win that they'll have in their country in their history.” (07:50, Dan)
• Joke exchanges about comping Ghana to Arizona State or Boise State in college football.

Notable Quotes

• “That's what's fun about the Congo. … that's the fun part of it, you are getting upsets.” (06:51, Dan)
• “Paulie, did you just comp Ghana and Arizona State?” (07:05, Dan)
• “My guy Harry Kane had another. He had a brace. Is that what they call it, Paulie?” (07:10, Dan)

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US Open at Shinnecock: Golf’s Grueling Gauntlet

Setting the Stage (08:11–08:54)

• Weather delay (fog); Dan Hicks from NBC to join for analysis.
• Stat of the day: “There have been more people to walk on the moon than to finish under par in all of the US Opens held at Shinnecock Hills… Out of 654 players, only three have finished under par.” (08:11, Paulie/Dan)

Humor & Hypotheticals

• Poll: “Would you rather walk on the moon or go under at the US Open?” (08:54)
• Banter about which feat would be more impressive for dating (“I was on the moon” vs. “I went under at Shinnecock”).
• Buzz Aldrin’s legendary punch mentioned: “The guy didn't believe that he had walked on the moon. … Buzz punched him right in the face.” (09:30, Dylan/Paulie)

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[Dan Hicks Interview: Deep Dive Into Golf’s Toughest Major]

Breaking Par or Walking the Moon? (20:00)

• Dan Hicks: “Not even a doubt because I would join the select few. I'd be four guys out of like 690 guys in the history of Shinnecock's U.S. Open to break par. And I think that's fewer than the guys… that have walked on the moon.” (20:00, Dan Hicks)

What Makes Shinnecock Brutal? (20:27)

• Combo of wild weather, undulating greens, sandy soil, and relentless pressure: “It's probably the hardest championship course in the game to set up.” (20:35, Hicks)
• “All kind of conspires to make it just the toughest. I think it's the greatest championship test in golf, certainly here in the United States. And there's a guy named Rory McIlroy that agrees with me on that.” (21:15, Hicks)

Fan Preferences: Birdies or Battling Par? (21:59)

• Dan and Hicks debate if golf fans want to see players struggle or roll up red numbers.
• Hicks: “They love to see the guys struggle because that's… who they can relate to.” (22:27, Hicks)
• “A bogey is a good score on this particular position, on this hole,” and credits the US Open for preserving that challenge.

Weather, Setups, and Who Might Win (23:05)

• Fog delays mean many golfers won’t finish R1 today
• Potential for brutal afternoon wind: “If you've got 35 mile an hour gusts on the slopes of these greens… ball is going to move.” (24:00, Hicks)

Player Focus

• Scotty Scheffler mini-slump: Struggles to “misses to the right,” but “you still go into these majors with Scotty Scheffler being the favorite.” (24:12, Hicks)
• Xander Schauffele as non-sneaky pick: “He's just a dog… you gotta be a grinder to win at Shinnecock, and you have to have a short game… He’s got the attitude in the game to get it done.” (29:14)

Phil Mickelson’s Meltdown & Legacy (30:13)

• Reminiscing on Mickelson putting a moving ball at Shinnecock.
• “That's what this course does to you. … He tried to, like, make sense of it all. And he says, 'Well, you know, it was really the best way to handle it.' … Only Mickelson.” (30:25, Hicks)

Tiger Woods’ Impact on the Game (31:41)

• Q: Who looms larger over their sport – Tiger or MJ?
• Dan Hicks: “I would probably say Tiger because… Tiger’s impact on his sport… is the greatest single impact by any individual on any sport ever.” (31:41, Hicks)
• Dan references Tiger’s legendary shots: “He tried shots… that you'd only try in practice for playing with your buddies.” (33:07, Dan)

Will Phil or Tiger Play Again? (33:35)

• Hicks: “I think Phil will play again… If Liv is still around… I do think if Tiger is able to get everything back together, he's coming back from an unbelievably difficult time.” (33:41–35:04, Hicks)

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Lighter Moments & Show Banter

Parade Antics (40:12)

• Anthony and Rob can’t find body paint—so their quest to parade shirtless with “N” and “Y” remains incomplete.
• “They can’t find body paint, but can they find a tattoo parlor?” (40:46, Dylan) – Dan jokes: “No, no, come on. No, not these two.”

Caitlin Clark Nike Shoe Delay (41:00)

• Dan wonders why her signature shoe wasn’t ready at rookie debut: “Shouldn’t you have had that shoe ready to go? ... You signed her up…when she was a junior in college!” (41:15, Dan)
• Paulie equates her fanfare to LeBron or Zion as a rookie.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “That's a championship, not a participation trophy.” (05:20, Dan)
• “You're getting these teams, these storylines that you wouldn't normally have if you had 32 countries.” (06:44, Dan)
• [On Shinnecock] “All kind of conspires to make it just the toughest. I think it's the greatest championship test in golf, certainly here in the United States.” (21:15, Dan Hicks)
• “Tiger’s impact on his sport… is the greatest single impact by any individual on any sport ever.” (31:41, Hicks)
• “He tried shots… that you'd only try in practice for playing with your buddies. He put it into play with a tournament on the line.” (33:07, Dan)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:02 Parade build-up, crowd madness, & crew banter
• 06:15 World Cup expansion and underdog stories compared to March Madness
• 08:11 Historic Shinnecock stat (“more people walked on the moon”)
• 20:00 Dan Hicks interview—golf’s ultimate challenge, player psychology, Tiger’s legacy
• 31:41 Tiger vs. Jordan influence debate
• 40:12 Knicks parade shirtless misadventures
• 41:40 Caitlin Clark’s Nike shoe launch lag

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Tone & Style

• Playful, irreverent, sports-obsessed—hallmarks of the Dan Patrick Show.
• Quick-witted banter and running jokes (“shirtless at the parade,” “dating flex: walked on the moon or under par at Shinnecock”).
• Deep sports insights balanced with accessible explanations for casual fans.

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For Anyone Who Missed It:
This episode sees Dan and his crew joyfully embrace the sports circus, from jam-packed Knicks fandom to the global soccer stage and onto the hallowed, punishing grounds of Shinnecock. The chat with Dan Hicks is must-listen for golf fans craving insight into majors setup, Tiger’s magic, and the mental toughness required to win. Meanwhile, fan culture, soccer surprises, and sharp banter keep it all entertaining and light.

Transcript

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Guaranteed Human. You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. Made it to a Thursday. It's hour one. Come on in. We're fully assembled. Fritzy's here. Dylan in the back row. Up front, you got Marvin, Paulie, yours truly, and of course, the back room guys. We're down a pair of backroom guys, Anthony and Rob, Diehard Knicks fans. I, I gave them the day off to go into the parade. The parade scheduled to start in an hour from now. And from what we've been told, it's a mess. It's chaos, but it might be organized chaos right now. Weather little overcast, but expected to get a little bit warmer. But we'll check in with those two goofballs. I joke, I jokingly said yesterday, but because somebody said, hey, do you think that the Knicks fans can go to the parade? I said, yeah, if they take off their shirts and one puts N on his chest and one paints Y on his chest and they hold hands walking through the parade. And they go, okay. And I went, all right. So I sent them on their way. They went really early this morning. But police are, they're calling it holding pens. I don't like that, that, that sounds soccer, like holding pens. During the parade route there, they're expecting over 4 million. I think it'll be more than that. The Cubs, I think, are on record as having 5 million when they won the World Series. But this one feels to be bigger. Yes, Paul, we've been tracking this a little bit here on our side. And both the New York City and the police department. New York City, that parade route is in southern Manhattan. It's the old traditional parade parade route and a lot of alerts that the pens are full, the areas are full for viewing, and the trains aren't stopping in the area anymore. It's going to be a mess. Going to be a mess. Hopefully everybody's good, though, and they, they stay safe and we have a fun day for this parade. All right. 877-3-DP Show. Email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, that's our streaming partner. Download the app if you haven't done so. And we say good morning to our radio affiliates around the country. Play the Day poll questions, stat of the day, all of that forthcoming. We have a weather delay at the US Open on Long Island, Shinnecock Hills. There's fog. Dan Hicks from NBC Sports, who will be the lead play by play. Guy for this coverage on NBC. He will join us coming up in about 20 minutes from now. And I'm not sure if it's more about the course or the conditions. This will be a very, very, very tough test. If you are under par, I think you're holding the trophy at the end of the week. So we'll have that for you coming up here. Let's pull question for the first hour of the program, Dylan. Well, Dan Todd sent a couple. Okay. For starters, do you wish you were at the Knicks parade today? Yes or no? No, I thought you might say that. No, no, not at all. Now, I'm not a die hard Knicks fan. Even going for the event, I still wouldn't want to go to that. It does have a Times Square at New Year's Eve feel, which has never really appealed to me. No. Nope. And you know, when. And I have a apartment in New York, I'm in there a lot. I love the city, but there are certain times when you leave the city, right, when you know better to leave the city. And this is one of those times where you're like, nah, I'll watch it on tv. I'll watch the highlights. But I think claustrophobia might be the word that would come into play for me. What else do you have? Does this Knicks team win another title, yes or no? It seems like they're going to run it back with the same starting five. Ah, you know me, I love the Knicks and Jalen Brunson. So, yes, of course they're going to win another title. There, a repeat. Now, it's really difficult. That's why we've had eight different champions. I felt bad for our guy, Vincent Goodwill, the mothership where he talked about, and he was using, he used the word hyperbole. He said, oh, it's kind of a participation trophy that the Knicks won because everybody's winning it. That's. That's not a good comment. Um, you know, you are, you know, maybe you have parody. That doesn't diminish what the Knicks did or OKC did or Denver did. You can't do that. Now, we've tried to diminish what the Lakers did in the bubble, which I think was even harder to do because they had home court advantage. Everybody had the same advantage or disadvantage in the bubble. But you know what the Knicks did? That's a championship, not a participation trophy. All right, what else do you have? We got some, some soccer, some football if you want. Dan? Yeah, I watched a little bit of it yesterday. I wanted to see if Ronaldo would step up into the category with the other, you know, big name players. He did not. Would they end up with a tie? Yeah, they tied Congo one one. Yeah. Big day for Congo. You know what's happening. If you look at the World cup, it's now 48 countries. It was 32. So it's sort of taken on the model of March Madness or maybe college football, where, hey, more storylines, more money, more countries involved. And what you're getting is Cape Verde. Like, nobody had heard of Cape Verde or Cape Verde, but what a great story. That's when you have a 16 beating a 1, where you go, where is that place? You know, Ghana. Surprising. Like, that's what's fun about the Congo. That's what's fun about this, is you're getting these teams, these storylines that you wouldn't normally have if you had 32 countries. Now with 48, now, you got a chance to at least go toe to toe with somebody. And that's what these small countries. That's what these small college teams want. Give us a chance. So when Boise State or Arizona State, they get in smu, gets into the college football playoffs, that's all they want. Just give us a chance. And then you get these teams, these countries that go, we're Spain. Who are you? Were. Portugal. Who were you? They're already thinking about their next match. Meanwhile, for these countries, it's the most important day of their lives. And that's the fun part of it. You are getting upsets. Even if you get a draw for these countries, it's the biggest win that they'll have in their country in their history. Yeah.

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Paulie, did you just comp Ghana and Arizona State?

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That's nice. It's early. I'm gonna give you a bloop. I think I'd have to do Boise State there maybe. Fantastic. Arizona State should be better. They made the playoffs. Yeah, they do. All right. My guy, Harry Kane had another. He had a brace. Is that what they call it, Paulie? Nice. When you have two. Two goals, you had a brace. Austria, Colombia, England, Ghana, all pick up victories there. Good stuff, fun. You know, you can always find a game. Yes, Todd. When I heard that term, it's like he played with a brace on and he got two goals. What is he doing out there? Stat of the day brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the program. First hour brought to you by True Green. Biggest sale of the year. Let the pros handle the work while you enjoy your weekends. Visit trugreen.com by June 23rd. Restrictions apply. Yes, Paul.

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Dan.

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The origin of brace is old England and France. It's with hunting trips if you killed two of an animal. For some reason, they called that a brace when you came home and it morphed into sports back to you. But scoring three goals is still a hat trick, Right? And I don't know if killing three pheasants back in the 1900s was a

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hat trick or not.

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Checking. Here's a stat for you to keep in mind with the US Open, there have been more people to walk on the moon than to finish under par. In all of the US Opens that have been held at Shinnecock Hills, there have been 654 players who participated in the US Open. Only three of them have finished under par.

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That brings up today's.

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Stat of the day, brought to you by Panini America. Yes, Paul, that brings up today's poll question. Would you rather walk on the moon

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or go under at the US Open?

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I think I'd rather go under par at the US Open in Shinnecock. Yes. But yeah, when you think about it, 12 people have walked on the moon. Only three players have shot under par. I think you had two of those guys in one tournament. I think Phil Mickelson finished under par. So wait a minute. So this is Retief Goosen. Did Brooks Kapka finish under par? Dylan? He was one over, one over par. Okay. Goosen was, I think, has the best. He was four under. Four under. Okay. Which is crazy. Tommy Fleetwood. Did he finish under par to Brooks Koepka or. No, no, because Koepka was over par. Who were the three guys? So it's Retief Goosen. It was Goosen. I was looking at this yesterday, actually. Okay, checking, checking. Check with Ray in the back. Yeah, Paulie, I had the list of people who've walked on the moon to Phil. Buzz Aldrin. Yeah. James Irwin. By the way, remember when Phil Mickelson lost his mind when he had a putt and. And then it kept rolling and then he just putted it and it hadn't stopped yet. Oh, you know, I. One was Raymond Floyd. I was there in 1986. What am I talking about? I actually was some, you know, little pimply face kid for a cub reporter there for CNN out there on the. On the island. You know, I. When I was at cnn, I covered two US Opens. One was at Shinnecock, and the other one was Fuzzy Zeller and Greg Norman at Wingfoot. Famously Fuzzy waving the white flag. He thought he had lost and then they had to have an 18 hole playoff on Monday. Yes. Todd, if you weren't married and you're in the prime of your dating days, what would be more impressive to the. To the lady saying that you, assuming you can prove it somehow, that you walked on the moon and you were under par at the US Open. How would that change if it was in your earlier days? I was just joking. I'd rather be walking on the moon. You would? Yeah. I don't think there's. I thought you were serious. No, that's the actor in me. That was impressive. Yeah. Yeah. That's what I do. I'm an actor. Yeah. Walking on the moon. Because you'd have to have somebody understand, man, you, you were under par at Shinnecock. Like, I don't know who's going to be that excited. You know, Nelly Corda might go, wow, I'm impressed. Well, I also walked on the moon. So What? So have 12 other guys. Yes. Dylan, if you ask Bryson DeChambeau if there's been more people to shoot under par at Shinnecock, it's an obvious yes, because no one's walked on the moon. Okay. All right. All right. See what you did? Political. All right. Yeah. Going early. Yeah. Paul, those Apollo astronauts, they slayed. Oh, they did slayed. Astronauts were heartthrobs, man one seeds. They came back, they were boy band hot. You know, everybody wanted to date an astronaut or marry an astronaut. Yes. Dylan, didn't Buzz Aldrin punch some guy in the face a couple of years ago? Yes, he did. What was that for? The guy didn't believe that he had walked on the moon. It was Bryson. No, no, it was not. But yeah, Buzz punched him right in the face. Yeah. And that was only a couple of years ago. Yes. Todd, imagine looking up at the moonlight with your friend and you can actually say, I was up there, that I was actually on that thing up there. Wouldn't that be pretty romantic and amazing? I have no idea. What do you mean, you have no idea? If you're laying in the grass with the. With some young lady and you point up to the moon and say, I was on the moon, as opposed to just saying, you know, I was on the moon once. How did we get here? Now I've got you trying to make out with somebody in the grass. And why are you in the grass? Well, you're in some flatbed or whatever. You think it's a romantic place or a moon. Yeah. Nothing as romantic as a flat dinner by moonlight. Anything where you can just look up at the stars and moon and point that out. That's amazing. I don't know if I. Yes. I'm. I'm gonna guess that that might help you as opposed to taking her to Shinnecock Hills and say, see this? This is what I scored here. No, that's. You thought I was being serious. I totally did. I thought Paul did, too. Maybe he was playing along with you. No. Yes. Paul, show her the paycheck you got for finishing under at the US Open. There you go. Yeah. Okay. All right, we'll settle on a poll question here. Send the Emmy over. Yeah, we're off to a rough start here. You know, it feels like I'm playing Shinnecock right now. This. This. This is tough. I'm over par right now, but I'm going to rally. Dan Hicks is going to make me look and sound better. 8773 DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle it DP Show by the way, when Cristiano Ronaldo was walking off the pitch, the fans were chanting, messi, Messi. Messi. Taking a shot. Ronaldo is kind of. 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We'll talk to Dan Hicks, NBC LEAD GOLF PLAY BY Play ANNOUNCER he'll join us coming up. And play is underway. I think they had about an hour and a half delay due to fog there. You know, it's conditions and the course, and you combine those two. And that's why they've had what, three players and all of the golfers who have played this course during the US Open that have broken par. Yes. Paulie, I got a question for a casual golf person like myself and those listening what makes a course impossible like this? What is the general setup that makes it so tough, the wind that you could get it up to 25 to 30 miles an hour, and then is that going to dry out the greens? And if dries out the greens, can, you know, these shots hold the green, but you know where you put the. You'll have to be a little more generous with some of the hole placements here because there are places on the green. And if you watch Golf Channel at night, like they're out there hitting shots and saying, look, if you put it here, it's going to roll off the green. And you're thinking, boy, you'd think that you'd be in great shape there. Let's bring in Dan Hicks. He's At Shinnecock here, NBC's lead golf play BY play ANNOUNCER Let me ask the important question here, Dan. Would you rather now 12 people have walked on the moon and what we have three or four people broken par at the US Open at Shinnecock in history. Would you rather break par? Would you rather break par or be like the ninth man on the moon break par?

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Not even a doubt because I would join the select few. I'd be four guys out of like 690 guys in the history of Shinnecock's U.S. open to break par. And I think that's fewer than the guys, obviously, that have walked on the moon. So I'm good with breaking part Shinnecock in the U.S. open.

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How much of this is the conditions? How much of this is the course? If you were going to try to put a percentage on this.

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You mean. You mean the history of the toughness of Shinnecock? Yeah, I'd say it's a combination of everything, and that's what makes Shinnecock. Shinnecock. It's probably the hardest championship course in the game to set up. In this case, the USGA's perspective of dealing with the elements. It's. The weather's crazy, it sits on a sandy soil, so it dries out a lot quicker than, say, pebble beach, which obviously is a true links course. But I just think it's a combination of everything. It's the undulation of the greens, the fescue, the weather, and then the pressure of a U.S. open. It all kind of conspires to make it just the toughest. I think it's the greatest championship test in golf, certainly here in the United States. And there's a guy named Rory McElroy that agrees with me on that. So he has the ultimate respect of the players. Obviously, it's gotten out of control in previous US Opens, and we all know about that.

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But that's that fine line of, you want this to be the toughest championship. Like, you come out of this like you're the Fife and Drum Bugle corps, like you just survived this. But then I don't know how many golf fans want birdies. You know, when I watch the Masters, we want birdies on the back nine at a US Open. Aside from Tiger at Pebble in 2000, like, for the most part, it's a slog around the course. Where do you weigh in on a 1 under par, 2 over par to win it good, or you want 15 under?

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Yeah, I love the variety in the game. And all the majors are different. Right. I think the Masters has just an incredible back nine where birdies and eagles are possible and it's. Guys are making big moves. But I do think, and I probably get the most response of just buddies of mine who watch the game and love the game. And I think it goes pretty much around the. Around the horn for just fans in general. They love to see the guys struggle because that's. That's who they can relate to.

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Right?

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I mean, they can relate to, you know, a bogey is a good score on this particular position, on this hole. So I think it's the variety in golf and the US Open. And again, the USGA has this new kind of mantra. You know, we're not worried about a score and that's been kind of what they've been preaching this week. But inevitably the golf courses that they choose and the way they set it up make par a very good score.

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Talking to Dan Hicks Coverage begins today on Peacock NBC sports network from 5 until 8pm with the weather delay. How many golfers you think are going to have to finish their first rounds tomorrow?

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Well, we're working on a two hour, it's a two hour delay right now. So no way obviously is the first round going to be finished. So it's going to be quite a few players. As I'm looking at the T sheet right now, you've got 242 is listed as the final tee time off both 10 and 1. So that means if there's no further weather delays, which I don't think there will be 442, it's going to take five hours. Plus I don't know how much light's going to happen with the overcast guys we have right now. So it's going to be catch up time. But I think the good news is, Dan, is that I think the weather forecast is good for the rest of the day as long as the wind doesn't go crazy this afternoon. I mean that's the next weather thing that they have to dodge out there. You know, we're hearing the armageddon forecast of 35 to 40 and the USGA has been pretty, you know, pretty adamant that that's going to happen. So I don't care how much you've slowed the golf course down, if you've got 35 mile an hour gusts on the slopes of these greens which are exposed, ball is going to move. So hopefully we don't run into that

[B]

problem later in the afternoon as Scotty Scheffler cooled off.

[A]

No doubt about it, he's cooled off when he's only one once and even with a number of high finishes, he just hasn't been able to, he hasn't been as sharp as he has now. That's a high bar that he set. But you know, he won once earlier in the year. He's got a number of high finishes and he's been fighting this. And I think if you, I know you've had Bradle Chamblee on your show and Bradle's done a great job of kind of documenting the misses to the right. I was out on the practice rounds and I saw him still struggling with the misses to the Right. Which drives him crazy. He's a perfectionist. So he's not quite on, but he's just so good at every other shot in the game. If he can just figure that out, which I believe he can. You still go into these majors with Scotty Scheffler being the favorite. I don't care if he's fighting that or a mini Scotty Scheffler slump of having won, having not won in 11 events. That's a lot for him with the caliber of golf that he plays.

[B]

This is your 27th US Open?

[A]

I believe so.

[B]

I covered two US Opens. I covered Shinnecock when Ray Floyd won. I was at Seattle 86. Yes. And fuzzy Zeller, Greg Norman, Wingfoot.

[A]

Oh, wow. Those are great ones.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. And so you probably. You. You had a first head. First row seat to the heartbreak of the Shark.

[B]

Both of them. Yes, both of them. Yeah. And I was at the Masters. I covered that in 96. Yeah.

[A]

You know what?

[B]

Greg Norman, he doesn't want to see me.

[A]

Shark wants. No. No views of DP anywhere, any place. You're a curse.

[B]

It's easy, I think, to get excited when we see something great, but how do you temper? Like, how do you get that empathetic voice when there is heartbreak during a round?

[A]

Yeah, it's. It's a fine line that I think all announcers. I don't. I don't want to say struggle with, but just want to be careful with. You want to be, you know, journalistically sound. Tell everybody the story. Why?

[B]

How about you try it here? I just. I just four putted on 18 and I. I've lost the Masters.

[A]

You know, you just have to feel at this point for Dan Patrick, with all of the work that he's put in, no one has worked harder the last 10 years. A decade of hard work. And to see it just frittered away in such a short amount of time. You have to feel for him. I don't know. It's my best.

[B]

Nice. I got a nice golf applause. Why. Why golf club? Why is it there's always one guy who's worked harder than everybody else?

[A]

Yeah, you're right.

[B]

Like, come on.

[A]

You're right.

[B]

Come on.

[A]

You're right. They all work. You know, we just did Nelly Cord as US Women's Open win a couple of weeks ago, and I, you know, you're trying to come up with something. Right. New as they're coming down the 18th, and so I talked to her caddy, Jason McDeed, earlier in the day on the final Round. I said, you know, she's got the statuesque swing. It all looks effortless. How hard does she work? I guess I kind of wanted to get the work ethic thing. And he goes, oh, dad. He goes, you wouldn't believe it, man. He goes off weeks, you know, we. I'm on the bag, we're still working, we're looking at video, you know, she'll text me at, you know, you know, midnight, blah, blah, blah. So I went with it. As he was coming down 18, I said, you might think that this effortless swing just happens, but no one works harder than the game. The Nelly Corda. And it's all paid off today at Riviera. So, yeah, I mean, but it takes hard work. And inevitably the women and the men that win these championships, I mean, no one worked harder than Tiger Woods. I tried to tell that story for 25 years, that he had the best mind, he had the. He had the best, you know, most. Most innate talent, but I swear, no one worked harder. And he put it all together for one of the great careers ever.

[B]

Yeah, but would you ever say, you know what? This guy doesn't put any time at all and he's going to win the PGA Championship?

[A]

Probably wouldn't go for that. Probably wouldn't do that. But there are guys that work harder than others, and that's. That's a fact.

[B]

The live golf topic in the rearview mirror.

[A]

I think so, and I hope so.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's just been a saga, right. That has just drained the narrative of the game for too long. I don't know how it can survive, Dan. I just. I really don't. Looking for an investor. I mean, I don't know if there's any astute business people out there that want to get that thing revved up again. I don't know. You got Bryson DeChambeau still over there, and obviously John Rahm is here, but it's just not a lot to really invest in if you wanted to keep live alive. So I. I think it is. I really do.

[B]

You got a sneaky pick to win this.

[A]

I don't know if it's sneaky, but it's a guy that I still don't think a lot of people talking about Rory and Scott, can you win the Grand Slam? And there's been. It's an obvious name and it's Xander Schoffley. I just think it's not a sneaky pick. But I don't really hear a lot of people talking about. Because it's been a while since he won Those two majors. But we were out there on the practice grounds this week, and he's just a dog. You know, you got to be a grinder to win at Shinnecock, and you. You have to have a short game. And we were watching him hit these. These little chip shots, these little pitch shots after the close, on the closely moan areas, which is going to be a huge factor this week. You watch whoever wins this thing is going to have a scrambling around the greens percentage that's going to be near the top. And I just think he's got the attitude in the game to get it done and win another major.

[B]

I was thinking about when Mickelson had the putt.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

And it didn't stop rolling.

[A]

And on 13.

[B]

And then. And then he just putted it again. Like, how does. This is one of the greatest players of all time. And he lost his mind.

[A]

Yeah, that's what this course does to you. That's what the US Open does to you. And, you know, he tried to, like, I'll never forget, you know, he had all the media around him afterwards, and he was trying to, like, make sense of it all. And he says, well, you know, it was really the best way to handle it. I'm thinking, is making a 10. Is that the best score you were looking for at 13? But only Mickelson. Right? I. I do miss the guy from a golf perspective, but I don't know if we've seen a more precipitous fall from. From grace than since Tiger Woods. So I. At the same time, it's. It's. I'm saddened by his absence from. From these. From these events.

[B]

I thought Phil was going to be the second coming of.

[A]

Arnold Palmer had had the golf world in the palm of his hand, and he was picking up the mantle for. For the king, Arnold Palmer. There's no doubt about it. I mean, after that win, a kiawah. So to see that, see that whole fall is. It's sad. It really is, because he was a lot of fun to watch. Unbelievable talent and just great for the game in so many ways. So sad to see it all transpire as it has.

[B]

Who looms larger over their sport? Tiger or Michael Jordan? Wow.

[A]

Man. I would probably say. I would probably say Tiger because, you know, there's a lot of great players, and I'm a Michael Jordan guy. I think you could talk about LeBron James, you could talk about Wemby. Who knows where he's going to be on the whole. And the whole spectrum of things down the road, but I just think. I think individually, Tiger made a sport cool that really wasn't so cool. Turned on an unbelievable amount of people to the game. Just played it in a much different way now. Michael did as well. But I think Tiger's impact on his sport, and I've said this before, is the greatest single impact by any individual on any sport ever. I just. I mean, there's that saying a lot because there's Wayne Gretzky, there's Michael Jordan, there's all these guys. But I. I really think that. That he had that kind of magic. It was the way he won, Dan. It wasn't just how many he won. It was the highlight reel, which blows away anybody else's reel, including Jack Nicklaus and anybody else.

[B]

Yeah, I brought up. What was it, a six iron from the bunker at the Canadian Open.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

And hit it within like 4.4ft or something crazy where you wouldn't even attempt the shot. And there's that, to me, was the first time I think I went, oh, my God. This is something we've never seen before.

[A]

He tried shots, you know, that you'd only try and practice for playing with your buddies. He put it into play with a tournament on the line. So that's how unbelievable he was. And it goes on and on and on. Putts that he had to make, shots that he had to make whole lots of, you know, getting into trouble, getting out of trouble. I mean, it was the most complete, spectacular highlight reel in golf in history. And I don't think we're going to see another one anytime soon. Just like it.

[B]

More likely to play again. Phil or Tiger.

[A]

Wow. I mean. I mean, I think Phil will play again. I'm not sure exactly in what capacity or where that's going to be. If Liv is still around, I think I could see him playing. So we were hoping that Tiger. I'm going to be a part of the US Senior Open coming up next month in Scioto. And that was one that Tiger I know was going to play in. He was. Had it on good authority that he

[B]

was pointing to that that was his Champions Tour debut.

[A]

That was going to be it.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

I mean, he. There's a chance he might have played before that, but there's no doubt because no one in the history of the game, Dan, has won the U.S. junior Am, the U.S. open, and the U.S. amateur forgot that one. So the U.S. junior, USM, U.S. open, and U.S. senior Open, no one has won those four. And he really wanted to put that on his resume, and he was going to show up at Jack's golf course that he grew up playing. You know, it had a great kind of movie script, Tiger Rest theme to it, but obviously it looks very doubtful and I can't see him showing up. But that, you know, that was, that was we were hoping that was going to happen. So I do think if Tiger is able to get everything back together, he's coming back from an unbelievable difficult time. I think that he wants to play in certain events and that would be one of them.

[B]

Great to talk to you. Have fun this weekend. Thank you, Dan.

[A]

DP thanks for having me, man. Good see you.

[B]

Dan Hicks, who would rather shoot under par at Shinnecock than walk on the moon. He'll be on the call NBC Peacock, NBC Sports Network their coverage 5 to 8pm Eastern. Take a break Play the day next. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live. Hey everyone, it's Kal Penn. I'm the host of Irsay the Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club. This week on the podcast, I am sitting down with Ray Porter, the narrator of Andy Weir's audiobook project, Hail Mary Massive sci fi adventure about survival and science and what happens when you wake up alone, very far from Earth. I really had to make a decision because as I caught myself getting that frog in my throat and starting to get teary as I'm narrating some of these sections and it's like, okay, yo, yo, yo, is this indulgent? And I really thought about it.

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[A]

Why?

[B]

No, no, come on. No, not. Not these two. If they really care about the Knicks, then, yeah, maybe they would get like a OG Anunoby face, you know, on their back or something. I said I would pay for their Knicks championship. They both said no. I know. Yesterday Dylan's go, why don't you get a tattoo? They're like, no, I'll pay for it. They didn't. They didn't flinch. Yeah, Paulie, when they're walking around down there, there's gonna be about 3,000 dudes with body paint that look like Turtle from Entourage. They could just ask, rub up against them.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Hug. Hey, come here. Give me hug, man. But, yeah, if you're watching, that's Anthony in the front, Rob in the back with their shirts on. But I said they had to take their shirts off when they took the train into New York City. There's Anthony. He doesn't look excited, looks thrilled. He looks in shape, though. That's the key stat of the day is brought to you, as always, by Panini America, the official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. I saw where Nike's putting out the Caitlyn Clark shoe, her signature shoe. And I go, where have you been? Like, you signed her up, I think when she was a junior in college. Shouldn't you have had that shoe ready to go? Like, roll it out with her rookie year? We have more on this story coming up. I don't. Hey, Nike doesn't need, you know, my advice, that's for sure. But they might get my criticism because I'm not quite sure. Like, the Sabrina. It's called the Sabrina Ionescu. Like, that's the. That's the one. You know, there are guys who are wearing that in the N B, A. But with Caitlin Clark and Nike and rolling out an ad campaign, lifestyle clothes make it like Michael Jordan. Okay. Yeah. Still, would you like a quick Nike stock market update for the year? They've actually had a rough. It's been rough sledding for Nike this year. They're down 15%. Okay. Maybe they're just. And you'd think they'd want to get that shoe out sooner than later. Maybe. I'm sure that there is logic behind this, that you're going to roll it out when basketball is ready to start for junior high and high schoolers in time for the holidays. They're talking October 1st. I think the basketball season usually starts October 15th for grade school, high school. Yeah. Paulie, there's lots of different articles out there that said this is part of a Nike timeline where they go step by step with an athlete and make sure that the brand is there before they release something. But Clark seems like an anomaly when she came into the NBA. Yeah. And I don't think that's overrating it. No, no, no, no. She came in with more fanfare and more hype than, you know, who's the last player? LeBron. I mean, maybe Zion. Maybe Zion. But yeah, I don't. I mean, you would think that you would just be like, oh, my God, we can't keep these in stock. Let's see. Michael in Fort Wayne. Hi, Mike.

[A]

Hey, Dan. Thanks for taking my call. I think it's been a great week on the show. I really loved your Marv Albert interview earlier this week, but it just didn't feel right without Todd's laughter interrupting in the background. Also this week, backroom guy Rob was in the confessional and it did make me ask an important, important question. Does Dan have a competitor for best hair in the building?

[B]

Wow. Rob's got good moss. And he actually, he had longer hair. It was flowing. But he's kind of a mystery to us. We don't really know him. Like, he's just one of those guys, hard worker, comes in, keeps to himself. That's when the police come and they say, what did you know about Rob? I don't know. He just kind of kept to himself. Yes, Marvin, sports wise, we know he's a psycho. Oh. When it comes to the Knicks, like, nobody wants to watch a game with him because it, it, it, it's his life. It, it crushes him when things go bad. Yeah. Paulie, for those listening, his hair is kind of 70s cop hair, like Al Pacino and Serpico. And that's a compliment. Okay.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Yeah, Yeah. I don't know much about him. He doesn't say much. He's really a good worker. Yes, Dylan. Yeah, we watched. Oddly, the only game the Knicks lost in the finals was the game Rob watched with us. And I could. You know, you can feel someone trying their absolute best to be on their best behavior. It was like he wanted to just unleash at the tv. But he's like, I can't. Mike in Venice. Hey, Mike, what's on your mind today? Hey, Dan.

[A]

And when you guys are talking a little bit earlier, I heard you talking about a pickup truck sitting out there in the back pointing up at the moon. As you need is a couple of beers. And I think we got a country song here and can write that for you. Dance.

[B]

That sounds good, Mike. Why don't you do that and then Fritz, you'll sing it. That would be perfect.

[A]

I'll get there. Hey, Dan, I got a question if you have a second.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

My question is, why do you guys ever have like for instance, a situation where you can have a contest of some sort, they have a beer with Dan. Because, you know, I go back and your show rubbish all over this country. I get calls all the time if I come on and you know, I talk about you being in Dayton. I was in Dayton the same times you were. I was in the Oregon district. The same giant at the night owl and all these different things. I would have loved to say they're the contest.

[B]

Mike, I've been on the road for 40 years. You should have been able to track me down. I mean, I can't have a contest having a beer now. But, you know, I'm sorry. Sorry if you missed out. There were. There are a lot of other people who had a beer with me over the last 40 years. Most people probably have had a beer with me somewhere around the country. But. But thank you, Mike. But when I retire, you know, I'm going to be available. I'll come to your town, have a beer. Yeah, Paulie, like the men on the moon. There's 12 people who haven't had beers with you. I'm in the confessional. I have to talk about letting two of the backroom guys go to the parade. So that'll be coming up. We'll talk a little bit more about this Caitlin Clark shoe release. Why did it take so long? Get to your phone calls. Coming up. 877-3DP show. Also Dan Wetzel from the Mothership. More on the Sorsby situation. Brendan Sorsby's agent is talking. I don't think that's a good thing. Hour two on this Thursday, right after this, running a business shouldn't feel like surviving a software group project. One app for accounting, another for inventory, another for sales, and somehow none of them talk to each other. That's where Odoo comes in. An all in one business management software that brings every part of your business together, from sales and accounting to inventory and marketing, all in one powerful platform. No messy integrations, no bouncing between tabs, and best of all, no spreadsheets. Stop managing software and start managing your business with one unified system. Try for free today at odoo.com iheartradio that's O-O-O-O.com iheartradio we learned how to love dogs from the dogs that loved us and waited for us to get home from school. They were the dogs that raised us. We returned the love with Pedigree Dog Food. It was good then. It's better now. For 40 years, Pedigree has been bringing out the goodness in dogs. Every bowl serves up 100% of the nutrition your dog needs, supporting six health essentials. That's the Pedigree Goodness promise. Pedigree Good then better now. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile. I don't know if you knew this, but anyone can get the same Premium Wireless for $15 a month plan that I've been enjoying.

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