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Leader married himself to 10 girls and.
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Dan Patrick
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Dan Patrick
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Dan Patrick
Final hour on this Monday. That went by quickly. Glad to be back. We were away for a little while. Had a great time in Tahoe and the weather was great. Had great guests. Todd wasn't there. Everybody had a good time and we're all so not necessarily reunited now. All reunited now. Fritz, he's here. Seaton, Marv, Paulie, yours truly and the back room guys. We finished last hour with our best and worst of the weekend. We only got to Fritzi and Seaton. Marvin. Best and worst of the weekend I.
Paul Pabst
Got two best, first best, our boy, the big dumper. Cal Riley winning home run derby during.
Dan Patrick
All star week for the MLB. And other best. Ronald Acuna Jr. With maybe the best.
Paul Pabst
Throw I've ever seen. He completed a double play. He had a, he caught a fly ball and then threw a rope to third base to get the other runner out from right field.
Dan Patrick
Okay. Better than Bo Jackson. Bo Jackson had a throw that is one of the greats of all time. Yes, Paul, I watched both.
Paul Pabst
And the throw by Bo Jackson years ago. He caught it, stepped into it, did the hop step. Acuna Jr was completely flat footed. It made no sense when the ball left his arm. It almost looks like AI the ball keeps going and they got the runner at third. The announcers were blindsided. The runner was blindsided. The third baseman had no idea the ball was coming to him from a flat footed guy 400, 300ft away. It was fascinating.
Dan Patrick
Did you have another one, Marvin?
Paul Pabst
Those are my two best.
Dan Patrick
Okay. All right, Paulie. Best and worst of the weekend.
Paul Pabst
Best of the weekend. MLB going with individual uniforms, team uniforms for all the all stars. It was such an old school nodded and I think it's going to be permanent. Really nice move by them. And then how about The Milwaukee Brewers? 59 and 40. They won 10 in a row. They tied the Cubs in the central and they do so while having some of the coolest uniforms in all of baseball. They have some great looks. Great looks.
Dan Patrick
So Blue Jays, Tigers, Astros, Phillies, Cubs, brewers and Dodgers, those are your first place teams. And I'm looking at the odds, the morning odds. This according to DraftKings World Series odds, it's still the Dodgers big favorites. Then it's the Yankees. Then the Tigers, Phillies, Mets, Astros and Cubs all kind of lumped in there. But it's, it's the Dodgers right now to lose. 8773 DP Show Email address dp@danpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show Rich Lerner as he is so capable of doing, will put into words the greatness of Scotty Scheffler. And if we dare dip our toe into the Tiger Scotty comparison. That'll be coming up. Stat of the Day brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the program. Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, thank you for downloading the app. The premiere for Happy Gilmore 2 is tonight in New York City. The movie comes out on Netflix on Friday. I have not seen the movie. I've talked to Sandler numerous times, and I, of course, was only concerned about my performance in there. And he said, danny, you get some laughs. You get some big laughs, and I don't. Once again, I'm there for a full day and I probably was shooting things on camera for four to five hours. Now, I don't know what makes the movie and, you know, obviously to Sandler's discretion, but I think there's probably two or three scenes that I'm in that have some substance to them. Yes, Satan. I just showed last night, as a matter of fact, my son, our scene from that's My Boy for the first time. And he thought it was quite possibly one of the best things he's ever seen in his whole life. He thought your acting was spectacular. He thought that seeing us in the background was hilarious. He thought the general premise was. Was hysterical. I think that movie is grossly underrated, grossly underappreciated. That is a funny movie and probably.
Paul Pabst
Your best acting performance.
Dan Patrick
Do you think so? Him seeing you say, I have to clean it up a little bit. But I've seen it a hundred times and it makes me laugh just as hard as the first time. Seeing you say, I think he crapped his pants is so damn funny the.
Paul Pabst
Way that that's edited together because it.
Dan Patrick
All goes so fast. It's like one like super quick edited montage kind of thing. And oh, my God, is that funny? Yeah. Sandler said, you know, I want you to be kind of a Jerry Springer, like. And so I'm chasing down the stories and, you know, it's. It's supposed to be tabloid journalism. And Sandler gave us a lot, gave me a lot of freedom there, like, there are times when you go, God, he doesn't know what he's doing.
Paul Pabst
Explore the space.
Dan Patrick
What is he doing? Giving me. Yeah, I know. I still think just, just go with it with Kidman and Aniston, that that to me was probably my, my best part that I ever got because he did say, Danny ad lib and he says this in front of everybody. So you got Kidman and Aniston are there. Dave Matthews is there. Whole crowd of people in a nightclub. And I stop at one point because I stopped because that's that I ran out of the lines that they gave me and there's nobody doing anything. And then you hear Sandler in the back. He's in the shadows watching everything. Danny, ad lib. And I was like, oh, my God. Now Anderson and Kidman know that I really can't act. So the movie comes out on Friday on Netflix, and hopefully it lives up to the hype. I know that it's been a long time coming with this. I don't know if this is going to be quite like Top Gun and then Maverick as opposed to Happy Gilmore and then Happy Gilmore, too.
Paul Pabst
Yes, Paulie, that's what I was going to ask you. Is it that. That 20, 30 year delay, you get the fans wanting it like Top Gun, Maverick. Everyone's seen that at least twice now.
Dan Patrick
And I keep seeing this Subway commercial with Shooter McGammon. And he's in there and they have Happy Gilmore stuff, glass, you know, cups. And so Subway reaches out and says, hey, do you want to be in a commercial? It's a Happy Gilmore. So I'm thinking, yeah, sure. And then all of a sudden, crickets. Then I see the commercial and they went with Bryce into Shambo and. And Shooter McGavin. So I thought that I was going to be in the commercial. Yeah, yeah. Awkward. But that's okay. I'm glad Bryson got a little airtime. Let me get a couple of phone calls in here. 877 3DP show Brad in Connecticut. Hi, Brad. What's on your mind today?
Paul Pabst
Good morning, Dan. Six feet a slimming 240. A couple comments. Stephen Colbert going down.
Dan Patrick
How about Late Night with Dan and the Danettes?
Paul Pabst
Just an idea.
Dan Patrick
No reluctant superstars.
Paul Pabst
I came up with Steve Carlton, Nikolai Djokovic. He seems to be kind of reluctant. And one superstar nobody's mentioned that never gave interviews.
Dan Patrick
Secretariat.
Paul Pabst
Thank you, Dan.
Dan Patrick
All right. Thank you, Brad. Thank you. I. I did see Secretariat later in his life. I visited. Was it Claiborne Farms and trying to get an exclusive. Didn't get an interview, but got to see that horse. Like, you just want to see, like what? All these horses, all of these races. And that horse is the one horse that stands out. And driving from Richmond, Kentucky. And I thought, why not? Let's go see if we can see the horse. And we actually ran into somebody who was Very friendly. This is when I was back in college and somebody who's very friendly to us and at least got to see the horse.
Paul Pabst
Yes, Paul, Did Secretariat fall on tough times, like drinking bourbon every night? A new woman every night or multiple women every day? I'd heard things.
Dan Patrick
Well, probably multiple women.
Paul Pabst
Yes.
Dan Patrick
I don't know about the bourbon under.
Paul Pabst
The guise of stud fees, although.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, I know. If. If you get a chance to go on the bourbon trail in Kentucky, it is. It is wonderful. Got a chance to do that a couple of years ago. Where you go to. I mean, there are quite a few distilleries down there, but I remember going to Pappy Van Winkle, Buffalo Trace, you know, I love my bourbon, but to be able to go there and actually see how it's made, put in those barrels, it was pretty cool. Pretty cool. Tom in North Carolina. Hi, Tom. What's on your mind today?
Paul Pabst
Hey, dp. I got a couple of best of the weekend. A couple of other people hit on them. Shane Gillis at the ESPYs, you know, the WNBA players.
Dan Patrick
Letting people know, you know, letting everybody know what's on their minds. And also, you know, I guess a.
Paul Pabst
Best of the weekend is, you know.
Dan Patrick
Coldplay is actually changing people's lives forever, so. Thank you, Tom. It feels like everybody has put out their own meme on it. And I kept thinking, is there anything I can add to this? That all of a sudden there's a KISS camp and you have the CEO and he's not with his wife, he's with his head of hr. I don't understand how he lost his job, but I don't know if the head of hr, which that seems like that would be against. What. What is. He should know what is allowable with hr. Yeah. Thank you, Todd. Yes, Marvin?
Paul Pabst
I think the biggest mistake that they made was the way they reacted to being on the, you know, on the Kiss cam or whatever you want to call it. There was a mistake before that?
Dan Patrick
Well, yes, yes, obviously, but it's called dating.
Paul Pabst
Especially at a cold. At a concert.
Dan Patrick
I like Now, I don't know what was true, but it seemed like he was mad that he it in a private moment. It was made public, and I'm going, you are delusional if that's how you feel, that you went to a concert and you were having a private moment at a concert and you were shown on the Kiss cam. Once you know that they're showing the crowd, I would probably duck for cover or go get a beer or something. Yeah. Or maybe you Take your hands off her breast as you. You know, holding her, like, maybe Titanic.
Paul Pabst
Not. Not if you want. Maybe.
Dan Patrick
Maybe not. Go hand abroad. Come on, dude. You're an astronomer, but you can't see what's happening right in front of you on the COVID of Rolling Stone. Dude, like this. Oh, my God, man. Hand to hand combat. Yes. Yes. Paulie.
Paul Pabst
They always say everyone wants to be famous for something. That's one where there's no upside. I don't see people get Internet memed and go viral, whatever word you want to use. And a lot of them turn it into something. They parlay it into something. That woman who kind of lost it on the airplane a few years ago, she's parlayed that into a financial career of some type. I don't know how these two people parlay this into something positive or lucrative.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, this isn't Haktua. I mean, this is something where, you know, these two families are altered. He's lost his job. She'll probably lose her job. I think Coldplay benefited. I think at the end of the day, you're like, oh, damn Coldplay. Okay. Yes, Marvin. Does Ashley Madison reach out to those two? Is actually Madison still a thing?
Paul Pabst
I'm not good yet. No way, Francie. I'll check it out.
Dan Patrick
Fritzi, you check. I'm HR here. You have my. My permission to go check. I think Ashley Madison came back after all of the drama that they had. Yes, Marvin. The crazy part was people were saying, oh, I can't believe they went viral. If that was me, I'm not worried about going viral.
Paul Pabst
I'm worried about going to my house.
Dan Patrick
No, thank you.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. Going home.
Dan Patrick
If I have one still. Yeah. Yeah. I think Coldplay describes what it was like when he got home. Like. Hi. Hi, honey. I'm home. Concert was good. Yeah. Who'd you go with? Just some friends, some co workers. Okay.
Paul Pabst
Yes, Todd, it appears that they're up and running. It's not referred to as was, but is a notorious dating site where cheating.
Dan Patrick
Spouses can go looking for affairs.
Paul Pabst
I was doing a live read.
Dan Patrick
Okay. Are you. Are you doing a read, A promotional read for them? I'm just taking a look at the definition from. I just.
Paul Pabst
Madison.
Dan Patrick
And this is what it says it is.
Paul Pabst
Is, not was.
Dan Patrick
Okay. All right.
Paul Pabst
Is.
Dan Patrick
Was. Chris in South Carolina. Good morning, Chris. What's on your mind today?
Paul Pabst
Good morning, Dan.
Dan Patrick
Been a while.
Paul Pabst
5, 10 post Covid.
Dan Patrick
210. Best of the weekend.
Paul Pabst
I took Marvin's advice when you guys.
Dan Patrick
Were out in Nevada. Got me a Larry Johnson teal jersey. Got LJ to sign it Friday night.
Paul Pabst
And LJ kind of looks like Charles Oakley now with the gray. Didn't see the gold tooth, but he kind of does look like grandmama a little bit.
Dan Patrick
And he's aged a bit worse the.
Paul Pabst
Weekend my H Vac went out.
Dan Patrick
But the teal jersey, it's pretty lit.
Paul Pabst
And y' all talked about Peel earlier.
Dan Patrick
So I wanted to call in and say, good deal.
Paul Pabst
Go to. Thank you.
Dan Patrick
All right, thank you. Thank you, Chris. Good deal. Go to you. I still have eight tracks. Now, I don't have an eight track player, but I have eight tracks. And you know, because I don't throw anything away. So my wife, I said, hunt, you never know. Like albums. Everybody gave away their albums and look what happened. They all came back. Not that eight tracks are coming back because the quality wasn't great. Like albums are, you know, I guess because they're so large that you had CDs and then people were like, how much? You know, I had 1500 albums. And then you got. I gotta make room for like kids and stuff and. But albums are awesome. Reading the album covers, awesome. All right, let me take a break. Rich Lerner, great host of Golf Channel. We'll try to put into words the greatness of Scottie Scheffler. And do we dare compare him to Tiger yet? Take a break, back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, we're Covino and Rich, Fox Sports radio every day, 5 to 7pm Eastern. But here's the thing.
Paul Pabst
We never have enough time to get.
Dan Patrick
To everything we want to get to. And that's why we have a brand new podcast called Over Promised. You see, we're having so much fun in our two hour show. We never get to everything honestly, because this guy is over promising things we never have time for.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, you blubber lips, blaming me.
Dan Patrick
Well, you know what it's called Over Promise. You should be good at it because you've been over promising women for years. Well, it's a Covino and Rich after show and we want you to be a part of it. We're gonna be talking sports, of course, but we're also gonna talk life and relationships and. And if Rich and I are arguing about something or we didn't have enough time, it will continue on our after show called Over Promised. Well, if you don't get enough Covino and Rich, make sure you check out over promised and also uncensored by the way, so maybe we'll go at it.
Paul Pabst
Even a little harder.
Dan Patrick
It's going to be the best after show podcast of all time. There you go. Over promising and remember you could see it on YouTube, but definitely. Join us Listen to Over Promised with Covino and rich on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Dan Patrick
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Paul Pabst
So what happened to Chappaquiddick? Well, it really Depends on who you talk to. There are many versions of what happened in 1969 when a young Ted Kennedy drove a car into a pond and left a woman behind to drown. There's a famous headline, I think, in the New York Daily News. It's teddy Escapes, Blonde drowns. And in a strange way, right, that sort of tells you the story really became about Ted's political future, Ted's political hopes. Will Ted become president?
Dan Patrick
Kappaquiddick is a story of a tragic.
Paul Pabst
Death and how the Kennedy machine took control. And he's not the only Kennedy to survive a scandal. The Kennedys have lived through disgrace, affairs, violence, you name it. So is there a curse? Every week, we go behind the headlines and beyond the drama of America's royal family. Listen to United States of Kennedy on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. American history is full of wise people. Walt Whitman said something like, you know, 99.99% of war is diarrhea and 1% is glory. Those Founding Fathers were gossipy AF, and they love to cut each other down. I'm Bob Crawford, host of American History Hotline, the show where you send us your questions about American history. And I find the answers, including the nuggets of wisdom our history has to offer. Hamilton pauses, and then he says, the greatest man that ever lived was Julius Caesar. And Jefferson writes in his diary, this proves that Hamilton is for a dictator based on corruption. My favorite line was what Neil Armstrong said. It would have been harder to fake it than to do it. Listen to American History Hotline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 2020, a group of young women in a tidy suburb of New York City found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare.
Dan Patrick
Someone was posting photos.
Paul Pabst
It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts on my body. Parts that looked exactly like my own. I wanted to throw up. I wanted to scream. It happened in Levittown, New York. But reporting the series took us through the darkest corners of the Internet and to the front lines of a global battle against deepfake pornography. This should be illegal, but what is this? This is a story about a technology that's moving faster than the law and about vigilantes trying to stem the tide. I'm Margie Murphy. And I'm Olivia Carville. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart podcasts Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Dan Patrick
Seton, would you update the poll results? Then we'll head to Ireland and talk to Rich Lerner. Yeah, we got a few of them working right now. Some of them extremely important topics. Actually, all of them better. All Star weekend. MLB or NBA? Right now, MLB running away with that one. Is teal overrated as a color.
Paul Pabst
52% have that as no.
Dan Patrick
And for the PGA Tour, Scotty Scheffler is awesome or an issue. 90% have him as awesome. Yeah, I don't. I think issue is too strong. I. I think we would like to have more personality there, but I want to see greatness first and then personality after that. Speaking of which, he's greatness and personality personified. He's Rich Lerner, Golf Channel host, joining us from the coverage at Port Rush. Great to see you again, Rich. How you feeling?
Paul Pabst
Good. Dp Let me just begin by saying that you. You began as I. I popped on with Ashley Madison, and now we're. So let me quote Scotty and rhetorically ask, what's the point? Dan.
Dan Patrick
Do you have an answer?
Paul Pabst
You're really dumb. Yeah, I thought long and hard, like everybody else, about who it is we're watching and what we're watching. And I've come to this. Scotty Scheffler is Leonidas from the movie 300, with the swarthy beard, the smoldering, quiet intensity. He wreaks havoc. He completes the conquest, and then he goes home to the quiet, simple life on the apple orchard to tend to his wife and child. Yeah, he is. He's something else. I. I think you. Inarguably, he's one of the best athletes in the world right now. I don't think you can dispute that. He's there with Verstappen and Saquon Barkley and Alcaraz Sinner and Simone Biles and Shay Gilgis Alexander. But he's not a hot commodity, it seems, on the wider stage. So I wrote last night that maybe Scotty needs to show up on the red carpet at the Met Gala. Maybe he needs to go insta yachting on the Mediterranean. Like, like so many athletes. Maybe he needs to digitize his entire life, but that just is not his thing. His thing is to play golf and play it to the best of his ability. So, you know, are we being rich? What's that, then?
Dan Patrick
Are we being fair to him? That we. We look for more, hope for more. We want more than just, hey, you're great at what you Do.
Paul Pabst
I mean, that's the bane of every athlete and every performer now. And I think that's Scotty's point is it's just never enough. He can only be who he is. And, okay, that doesn't seem to be enough for people. And as he said, so he's won two majors and he'll show up in Memphis and they'll say, scotty, do you think he can win the career slam? Scotty, do you think he can catch Tiger? And I think what Scotty's trying to tell us is that this is not the be all end all that if you get on that hamster wheel, it's at your peril. That if you have not tended to what's important in your life, that personal stuff at some point, the weight of all of this, the expectations, the roaring chorus of the never satisfied, the daily referendums on social media, all of that at some point will get to you if there no amount of wins can fill whatever hole you might have inside. And with due respect, I think we saw evidence of this in the last 30 years with the. The two previous greatest players in the sport in Tiger and Phil. So Scotty, you know, is, I think, wisely tending to that. First, he is something of a holy warrior. He, if you paid attention, he said, I've been called to do this. And so that suggests some sort of a higher power. I think the mistake that sometimes we make when we're looking at professed men of God is to think that because they've given over control to the higher power, that somehow they're resigned to an outcome and they don't burn to win. They're just okay with whatever happens. Scotty burns to win. He's just not going to burn down the house in the process.
Dan Patrick
Okay, at what point do we dip our toe into the Scotty Tiger early comparisons?
Paul Pabst
Yeah, I think we need to back off. Tiger was one of one. I mean, let's just step back for a second if you want to do raw numbers. Scotty's 29 just turned. He has 17 wins, four majors. He won four times in 22, two times in 23, seven times in 24, and he's won four so far. I'll give him, conservatively, one more win, maybe two. So Tiger, at the same age, at 29, had won 40 tournaments, 40 to 17, and had eight majors versus four. Tiger had 10 seasons, count them, 10 where he won five or more times. Tiger ended up with 82 wins. You're looking for sort of, you know, there's some ball striking Comparisons that you can make in terms of. Of sheer dominance over his, his peers. That's legitimate. Brandle has done that, I think. In terms of gap between number one in the world and everyone else, I would say it this way. When Tiger won the US Open at Pebble beach in 2000 by 15 shots, the gap between number one in the world and everyone else was never wider, not just in golf, maybe in any sport ever, than it was right there. Tiger was on the shores of the Monterey Peninsula. Everybody else was in a rowboat somewhere near Australia. Use that same analogy. I would say right now Scotty is on the shore, the California shores, and everybody else is somewhere near Hawaii. Still quite a gap. Now, I will say, if you gain this out, you can begin to convince yourself that he could crawl into Tiger major championship territory someday. And that's predicated on staying healthy and all of that. And we all sort of agree that Scotty's. And you never do know. That's the lesson of the last 30 years, Dan. You never do know what's going on in someone's life. But it looks and feels like Scotty has all of that taken care of and has all of it together. So it would be a question of health and motivation. So he's four majors right now. Let's just say between 29 and 35 players. Absolute prime. Scotty wins one major a year. As we sit here right now, that doesn't seem far fetched. That would get him to 10 majors. That would put him ahead of some bedrock legends of the sport. That would put him ahead of Ben Hogan and Gary Player. Then you say, okay, between 35 and 38. Could he get a couple of more reasonably, you could say yes. That would put him at, you know, at 12, 13. And then you're asking for maybe three or four more majors up until, say, in his early mid-40s. And he would have a crack. We'd be in serious discussions about getting to 15. That's where Tiger's at. Long ways away, dominant player. And absent the kind of, you know, sort of buzzy storylines that accompany modern athletic celebrity, we are going to have to enjoy Scotty for the pure athletic achievement, because he will not dabble in that other stuff. He's not going to the Met gala, He's not going to Mediterranean on a yacht. You're not going to see a whole ton of him on Instagram except for what he does on the golf course. That's about it. Enjoy it. He's a hell of a player.
Dan Patrick
He's Rich Lerner golf Channel host joining us from Port Rush, the coverage with Golf Channel Peacock and of course, NBC. I liken him a little bit to the Joker that he just shows up in place. He's not exciting how he plays. He does love going home. And there's just a, this is what I do. This is my job. And I go do that job and then my job is done after that. Whereas a lot of athletes, hey, I did that. Now my job is different, but I need to be out there, I need to be talking. I'm selling something. It's. I'm a brand, you know, all of these things. Whereas Joker one day just walks away. Like, I just feel like he'll just say that that's it, I'm done. And you're talking about Scotty. Like you said, golf doesn't define me. So he may just say, I've done what I wanted to do, now it's time to do something else. Or I have a calling to do something else. You know, we brought up Mike Trout, Pete Sampras, Andrew Luck, Tim Duncan. They just, this is what I do, but this isn't who I am.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, they. I think what people are getting. And I like the comparison to Joker. You know, I watch Joker for the, you know, I love basketball, you know, that just, you know, for the pure art of how he plays the game, how he, you know, figures out angles, ground bound and still is able to dominate in a world of, you know, high flyers. So I think, you know, with Scotty, it's. Why is he out there? This is what he was getting at on Tuesday. And it's not for the financial reward, although he's made 90 million at this point. It's not to be beloved. You know, he's not looking for that adulation. It doesn't appear. He doesn't need that from the public. He's out there because again, he feels he has this calling. So what, what is the calling? It's. It's. You've been given this talent. Go use it, go inspire people simply by the way you play. There is no other ulterior motive there, which is unusual for Scotty. You know, he's not Bryson Dechambeau, who's, you know, so like nakedly and obviously in pursuit of love from the public, you know, and he wants to grow his. His YouTube empire. It's not, Rory, where you have this kind of hope and heartbreak, you know, week in, week out drama, which is very appealing. It again, is just this kind of Spartan, holy warrior sort of a vibe. And, and he's More, I would say at this point, he's more admired than he is beloved. I think he, I think he will get to beloved status, you know, just by winning, just by, by being great, being humble. Your humility is, is kind of not the way of this world anymore, is it? I mean, it's. We're really in a Look at me period in time. And that's not, that's not Scotty Scheffler again. He's just not going to play that game. So, you know, we just have to sit back and enjoy this for, for what it is. A, A, a guy who's all in for the right reasons on competing, playing the game the right way. He is a very good. Another way to say this, you know, like we say so, and so is a great competitor. Scotty's a great competitor. He's a great game player. He, I call him right shot Scotty. He's. He has like a next level understanding of where to put the ball, what is the right shot. And Dan, I know you love basketball. You played it. I love hoops. There was a piece of video circulating on Social a while back. Scotty playing pickup basketball. He played high school ball in Dallas. He was kind of, not surprisingly, he was a glue guy, a defender and a rebounder. But in this one clip, he makes a simple bounce, passing a little pocket pass to a cutter. And the guy has a wide open layup. He misses it. Who's there for the follow but Scotty Sheffler? To me, it was telling because he makes the right play. Like he has this understanding what is the right play to make. Now there's certain guys who just have that understanding. My only concern going forward is where are the challengers? Who is going to look him in the eye and say, I want a piece of this? And I don't know. I know Paulie feels like we're in a little bit of a softer era. He's wondered, where's Lanny Watkins, who would look right through you? Where's Nick Faldo, who wouldn't speak to you for 18 holes? Where's Raymond Floyd? Where are those guys? So be curious to see who steps in here and wants a piece of Scotty.
Dan Patrick
I Wish Tiger was 25 years younger. I'm sure Tiger does too, because we wondered who would. But who was Tiger's rivals? Like, who constantly stepped up, you know, Phil found the banana peel all the time, but who was there? Kind look at all. Most of the memorable moments with Tiger, he's going against guys who weren't big Names. Yeah. I would say, in fairness, you know, it was journeyman.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, I would. Look, the guys who famously had some success against Tiger would be. Guy just passed away. Eddie Fury. The tiger was 20 years old at that point. They were mostly journeyman. Think about Bob May at the. The PGA Championship at Valhalla. Who took Tiger the. You know, to a playoff. Think about Rocco mediate. Tiger on one good leg. Tory Pines, the 08 U.S. open. I will say, in fairness to Phil, you know, Bill won the PGA Championship in 2005. He won a Masters in 2006. He won a Masters in 2010. He shot 64 to Tiger, 75 up. I'll never forget it. 2012 at Pebble beach in the final round. Phil, yes, he slipped on that banana peel, but Phil had you. There was a point in time where Phil figured out how to play against Tiger and how to beat him on occasion. DJ, too. Vijay was a hard man. Vijay won nine times in 04 at a point where nobody thought anybody but Tiger could be number one. And Vijay became number one.
Dan Patrick
So.
Paul Pabst
But, yeah, at this point, I think Rory's the best bet. Rory's 36, but after that, I don't see. I don't see anybody currently that looks like they're at Scotty's level.
Dan Patrick
Do you get to go out and play Port Rush today?
Paul Pabst
No, Thankfully. I played with Paulie last week at Royal dublin. I hit 13 diving death hooks and, you know, in the. In the heather and the gorse and all the junk over there, to traipse through that looking for golf balls with my size 13s is just an unpleasant experience, Dan. So now I. I took the day off from Port Rush to be with you.
Dan Patrick
What is the toughest golf course that. That, you know, the weekend guy can play? The toughest golf course, you think, in America is.
Paul Pabst
I think. I mean, for my money, Pine Valley, you get out of. You get out of out of play on that golf course. You're in for a long day if you can get on it.
Dan Patrick
I would. Yeah. Pinehurst number two was not fun. Oakmont was not fun.
Paul Pabst
Oakmont's brutal. Did you play it, then?
Dan Patrick
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it played me.
Paul Pabst
That's it. By the way, I'm curious, how was Tahoe and the. The American century?
Dan Patrick
It was beautiful. Like, it's just. It's sort of our summer super bowl where you have all of these guests there and they're all there playing golf. Relaxed atmosphere, scenery is wonderful, and we. We had a great time.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. The celebrity story. We have a celebrity story.
Dan Patrick
Do we have a celebrity story, guys. I don't I mean, I go to bed at like 8:30, rich, so I don't know. I kind of missed out on what what's going on. Late night there? Yes, Paul, I would just say seeing.
Paul Pabst
It in person the first time for us, the intensity of some of the celebrity golfers, like Steph Curry, John Smoltz and others that were on the range way early, being very, very serious about the competition.
Dan Patrick
No, he's looking for, you know, something, you know, juicy here, you know, sexy here, like gambling.
Paul Pabst
I give you some I I've covered, you know, obviously, the AT&T public beach program, back when it was the celebrity event, used to go to the Bob Hope, even been over to the the one on the DP World Tour in Europe. The there's one at St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kings Barnes. I followed Bill Murray one day at Pebble Beach. You know, murray Riffing for 16, 17 holes. It. And when he's in the mood and he's on is is like watching if you like comedies, like watching Tiger play golf and shoot 64, you know, and when Murray's out there, he's Carl Spackler, as you can imagine. You know, it's in the hole, that kind of stuff. Even though the ball is careening toward the Pacific Ocean, it's nowhere near the hole. But Anyway, Murray on 17, you know, the par 317. Dan at Pebble Famous, where Nicholas hit the flagstick in 72 and Watson chipped in in 1982 to part three, Ocean's behind hits this horrendous tee shot right up against the grandstands, probably 30 yards right of the hole. Couldn't be any worse. And he traipses over the grandstands packed, and he walks over to his ball and somebody from the top of the grandstands stands up and looks down and yells at Murray, hey, Bill, Kevin Costner made birdie here. And Murray, without hesitating, looked up and said, kevin Costner made Waterworld. I thought that was exceptional timing. And then on top of it, he stoned his pitch shot to about 3ft, made the putt for par.
Dan Patrick
So that that great coverage, great coverage again, I enjoyed it as I always do live from the coverage at the Open Championship. Rich, safe travels home. Thanks for joining us.
Paul Pabst
Thanks, Dan. Appreciate it.
Dan Patrick
RICH lerner, Golf Channel I still see a little bit of Carl Spackler and Scotty Scheffler with the beard, just a little bit. For some reason, I keep coming back to Carl Spackler. One of the great characters. Let's take a break. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow right after this, Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.
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So what happened to Chappaquiddick? Well, it really depends on who you talk to. There are many versions of what happened in 1969, when a young Ted Kennedy drove a car into a pond and left a woman behind to drown, there's a famous headline, I think, in the New York Daily News. It's Teddy Escapes, Blonde drowns. And in a strange way, right, that sort of tells you the story really became about Ted's political future, Ted's political hopes. Will Ted become president?
Dan Patrick
Kappaquiddick is a story of a tragic death and how the Kennedy machine took control.
Paul Pabst
And he's not the only Kennedy to survive a scandal. The Kennedys have lived through disgrace, affairs, violence, you name it. So is there a curse?
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Every week, we go behind the headlines.
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And beyond the drama of America's royal family. Listen to United States of Kennedy on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. American history is full of wise people. Walt Whitman said something like, you know, 99.99% of war is diarrhea and 1% is glory. Those Founding Fathers were gossipy AF, and they loved to cut each other down. I'm Bob Crawford, host of American History Hotline, the show where you send us your questions about American history. And I find the answers, including the nuggets of wisdom our history has to offer. Hamilton pauses, and then he says, the greatest man that ever lived was Julius Caesar. And Jefferson writes in his diary, this proves that Hamilton is for a dictator based on corruption.
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Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow on the program. I want to take you back to an answer that Jordan Spieth gave about Scotty Scheffler. He did this over the weekend and I played it earlier in the show and it really sums up Scotty Scheffler, I think Jordan Spieth, who's known Sheffler for a long time, both from Texas, and he had this to say about Scotty being a golfer.
Paul Pabst
He doesn't care to be a superstar. He's not transcending the game like Tiger did. He's not bringing it to non golf audience necessarily. He doesn't want to go do, you know, the stuff that a lot of us go do corporately, anything like that. He just wants to get away from the game and separate the two. Because I know that he at one time felt he was too much. He was taking it with him and whenever he made that switch, I don't know when it was.
Dan Patrick
But he has hobbies.
Paul Pabst
He's always with his family. They're always doing stuff. I think it's more so the difference in personality from any other superstar that you've seen in the modern era and maybe any sport.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, and we brought up Barry Sanders and I got to know Barry his sophomore year, junior year at Oklahoma State. And I've never met somebody who was. He avoided like personal things, anything that will look like he made a lot of money. You know, he famously called me up at SportsCenter saying he was going to buy a new car. Well, it wasn't a new car. It was a used car and it was a Honda Accord. And he would. In all seriousness, he was wondering how that would look. When he was with the Lions his rookie year, he was worried about that. He just didn't care about material possessions. He didn't care about being a star. He didn't care about any of that stuff. And he's one of those guys that he got on the football field and you're thinking a guy who has that personality in his body and it just wasn't there when he got off the field. But he, but he didn't care. He truly did not care. And Scotty might be that kind of guy. He just. Great. Yes. Marvin was Larry Bird in that same category.
Paul Pabst
As far as his game was so.
Dan Patrick
Exciting, he had so many highlights.
Paul Pabst
But off the court, he wanted nothing to do with being a star or famous or anything like that.
Dan Patrick
I can't speak to that with authority. Having been around him, he Seemed pretty simple, but I, I don't know, Larry. I've interviewed him a few times, but I couldn't give you an opinion on that. Jim in Michigan. Hi, Jim. What's on your mind today?
Paul Pabst
Hey, thank you for taking my call.
Dan Patrick
I appreciated your insightful commentary at the beginning of the show.
Paul Pabst
3 comments about Scotty's situation.
Dan Patrick
Number one.
Paul Pabst
I have a problem with turning the TV off. I think I've discussed this before.
Dan Patrick
I'd rather not watch somebody that's got that big a lead and we know.
Paul Pabst
Where the outcome is going to be.
Dan Patrick
Any more than I want to watch.
Paul Pabst
Some Hollywood celebrity make a fool of himself at Pebble Beach. Number two, I think Scotty, in his initial comments should have said something about the players he was up against. That's kind of a complimentary thing some of these players do, and I think it puts a human side to what, what they faced. And three, I love my kids, I love my grandkids, but I'm a little overdone with the family thing. I mean, give the wife acknowledgement, give.
Dan Patrick
The child an acknowledgement.
Paul Pabst
I don't think it's a time and a place. I realize he's got no control over that, but it just was too much for me.
Dan Patrick
All right. Thank you, Jim. I'm sure Mother's Day is a great day around your house. How about we go around the room? What did we learn on the program? Yes, Todd, Golf doesn't define Scottie Shepless. Some may have a problem with that. But you're fine with it? I'm okay with it. I get. I don't know. Not everybody has to be dripping with personality. Seaton, what'd you learn today? You didn't find Tiger to be very exciting? Not as an interview, no. Because he doesn't want to be. If he, if he wanted to be, he would be great. Marvin, what about you?
Paul Pabst
You think teal is overrated?
Dan Patrick
I do. I do. Paulie, what did you learn today?
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The play is associated with.
Dan Patrick
Todd. What did I learn? We all learned.
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The Dan Patrick Show – Episode: Hour 3 – Cold Play Changing Lives, Rich Lerner
Release Date: July 21, 2025
Host: Dan Patrick
Guest: Rich Lerner, Golf Channel Host
Introduction and Weekend Sports Recap
In the third hour of The Dan Patrick Show, hosted by iHeartPodcasts and the Dan Patrick Podcast Network, Dan Patrick and co-host Paul Pabst dive into a comprehensive recap of the weekend's sports highlights. Without delving into advertisements or promotional segments, the hosts focus on delivering insightful analysis and engaging discussions for their listeners.
Weekend's Highlights and MLB All-Star Week
Dan and Paul kick off the discussion by reminiscing about their time in Tahoe, highlighting the enjoyable weather and the camaraderie among guests and backroom staff. Transitioning to the sports recap, they concentrate on Major League Baseball's All-Star Week, particularly celebrating Cal Riley's triumph in the Home Run Derby.
Paul Pabst (03:19): "Got two best, first best, our boy, the big dumper. Cal Riley winning home run derby during All-Star week for the MLB."
Dan then brings attention to Ronald Acuna Jr.'s remarkable defensive play, comparing it to the legendary Bo Jackson's famous throw.
Paul Pabst (03:32): "Ronald Acuna Jr. with maybe the best throw I've ever seen. He completed a double play. He had a, he caught a fly ball and then threw a rope to third base to get the other runner out from right field."
He elaborates on the mechanics of Acuna's throw, emphasizing its precision despite seeming awkward.
Dan Patrick (03:56): "It almost looks like AI the ball keeps going and they got the runner at third. The announcers were blindsided."
MLB World Series Odds and Team Performances
The conversation shifts to the upcoming World Series odds according to DraftKings, with the Dodgers emerging as favorites. Dan provides an overview of the leading teams, including the Yankees, Tigers, Phillies, Mets, Astros, Cubs, Brewers, and Dodgers.
Dan Patrick (04:55): "And I'm looking at the odds, the morning odds. According to DraftKings World Series odds, it's still the Dodgers big favorites."
Stat of the Day and Movie Discussion
Introducing the "Stat of the Day" segment, Dan briefly mentions Panini America and transitions into a discussion about the upcoming movie Happy Gilmore 2. He shares personal anecdotes about filming and interacting with Adam Sandler, expressing pride in his acting contributions.
Dan Patrick (07:02): "I think that movie is grossly underrated, grossly underappreciated. That is a funny movie and probably your best acting performance."
Paul adds humor by commenting on Dan's involvement in the movie, highlighting memorable scenes and exchanges.
Listener Feedback and Show Topics
The hosts engage with listener calls, discussing ideas for new segments like "Late Night with Dan and the Danettes." They receive various suggestions and share personal experiences related to golf, bourbon trails in Kentucky, and more.
Main Segment: Rich Lerner on Scotty Scheffler
A significant portion of the hour is dedicated to Rich Lerner, a host from the Golf Channel, who provides an in-depth analysis of Scotty Scheffler, a prominent figure in the golf world. Rich draws parallels between Scotty and Tiger Woods, discussing Scheffler's career achievements, personal demeanor, and his approach to the sport.
Rich Lerner (25:39): "Scotty Scheffler is Leonidas from the movie 300, with the swarthy beard, the smoldering, quiet intensity. He wreaks havoc. He completes the conquest, and then he goes home to the quiet, simple life on the apple orchard to tend to his wife and child."
Rich meticulously compares Scheffler's statistics to Tiger Woods', highlighting Scotty's potential to reach similar heights in the golfing world if he maintains his performance and remains healthy.
Rich Lerner (29:18): "Scotty has all of that taken care of and has all of it together. So it would be a question of health and motivation. So he's four majors right now. Let's just say between 29 and 35... He would have a crack. We'd be in serious discussions about getting to 15. That's where Tiger's at."
Dan adds his perspective by likening Scotty to the fictional character Carl Spackler, emphasizing his focused and unassuming nature.
Dan Patrick (33:03): "He's just not going to play that game. So, you know, we just have to sit back and enjoy this for what it is. A guy who's all in for the right reasons on competing, playing the game the right way. He is a hell of a player."
Discussion on Athlete Branding and Personality
The conversation delves into the broader topic of athlete branding, contrasting Scotty's humble approach with other sports figures who actively cultivate their public personas. Rich highlights Scotty's reluctance to embrace the celebrity lifestyle, focusing solely on his performance.
Rich Lerner (34:13): "He's out there because he feels he has this calling. So what is the calling? It's... You've been given this talent. Go use it, go inspire people simply by the way you play."
Dan reflects on similar personalities from other sports, such as Barry Sanders and Larry Bird, who prioritized their athleticism over fame and materialism.
Listener Calls and Further Insights
Listeners call in to share their thoughts on Scotty Scheffler, with feedback ranging from appreciation of his focused nature to critiques of his public statements. Paul and Dan respond thoughtfully, reinforcing the theme of valuing athletic excellence over celebrity.
Paul Pabst (52:31): "I have a problem with turning the TV off. I think I've discussed this before."
Dan Patrick (54:07): "We all learned."
Conclusion and Recap
As the hour concludes, Dan and Paul wrap up by summarizing the key takeaways from their discussion on Scotty Scheffler, reiterating his potential and commendable attitude towards the sport. They also tease upcoming segments and encourage listeners to stay tuned for more in-depth sports analysis.
Notable Quotes:
Paul Pabst (03:19): "Cal Riley winning home run derby during All-Star week for the MLB."
Dan Patrick (07:02): "I think that movie is grossly underrated, grossly underappreciated. That is a funny movie and probably your best acting performance."
Rich Lerner (25:39): "Scotty Scheffler is Leonidas from the movie 300... he goes home to the quiet, simple life on the apple orchard to tend to his wife and child."
Rich Lerner (29:18): "Scotty has all of that taken care of and has all of it together... he'd need to stay healthy and motivated."
Dan Patrick (33:03): "He is a hell of a player."
This episode of The Dan Patrick Show offers listeners a blend of sports analysis, personal anecdotes, and engaging discussions, particularly shining a spotlight on Scotty Scheffler's burgeoning career and his commendable approach to professional golf.