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Jasmine Crockett
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Katie Couric
On the latest episode of Next Question with me, Katie Couric. I sat down with Jasmine Crockett, Democratic Representative of Texas. She's holding down the fort for her party in one of the most conservative states in the union.
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Jasmine Crockett
I think that ultimately who will become the Democratic nominee for president will be someone that has been out there and has shown that they won't allow themselves to be punched and just say thank you like they will punch back.
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Katie Couric
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Jemele Hill
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Jemele Hill
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Jemele Hill
The Volume what is going on everybody? How are we doing? John Middelkoff, Little Golo Podcast here's here's the deal. We're gonna do a golf podcast today and we will have a football podcast a little later in the week. And then next week we will get back to our regular schedule program where we'll have a lot more football podcasts as well as golf podcast because the last major of the year and we'll get back to a little rhythm. But still in Lake Tahoe. Sitting in this little office here about right after lunchtime recording a little pod. So we'll talk a little golf today. That's going to be the plan. Scottish Open is this week one of the best fields in golf that leads into the Open Championship. Watched a little bit of the John Deere throughout the week actually was on the background. But then Sunday because I thought Max home had a chance to win. Congrats to Brian Campbell who made a lot of money this year with his two wins. Liv this, this, this week is in Spain. Valderrama John Rom Spanish can he get the victory? Who are we looking at to play well so we can bet on them next week we'll dive into that as well as a little at golopod. We'll do a mailbag at Golopod is the golf Instagram. You can fire in those DMs and get your questions answered here on the show. Very, very easy to do. Other than that if you list on Collins feed you know to subscribe three now feed which also has golf and yeah YouTube channel as well. We'll have a lot of YouTube content coming up. But taking a couple couple weeks here to take a deep breath and take a step back to then pedal the metal during the fall. But other than that, before we dive in to my friends, my partners and the official ticketing app of this podcast. I actually was talking to someone the other day that said they went to a Dodger game and they said it was awesome. Listen, you want to go to a game summer league. You want to go to you in Vegas, you want to go to one of these summer league games. Football is not very far away. Every week I see like Schefter post nine more Sundays and obviously college football starts the week before that. So it is going to be here before you know it. Thank you, Jesus. And other than that, anything you want to go to a concert, a comedy show, I think my brother in a couple weeks is going to a concert. Use Game Time doesn't get any easier. You can search by the venue, you can search by the artist, you can search by the team. It's as easy as it gets. So take the guesswork out of buying tickets. With Game Time down the Game time app, create an account, use a code JOHN for 20 off your first purchase terms. Apply again, create an account and redeem the code John for $20 off down the Game Time app today. Last minute tickets, lowest prices guaranteed. Okay, big picture, they're going across the pond. My buddy that I play all the time with in Scottsdale, Jeff Fong, just went over there to Scotland. They were staying at the Old Course and they played all around. And even though you're freezing and it's wet, he said, it's incredible. I have never met a human being that has taken a golf trip to somewhere over in that area. Scotland, Ireland, obviously areas in the UK that isn't blown away by the golf. Why? Because it's so different than what we're used to playing. It is extremely enjoyable to watch guys be able to play the ball on the ground. And I just played golf this morning in a mountainee course. Everything's in the air. And that's most American golf, right? You're hitting the ball. Your approach shots, two greens are all airborne. And honestly most of your chips are airborne. Completely different style of golf. And it's the one area, maybe beside like band and Dunes, where it can be a driving rainstorm, it can be insane winds, and it's really enjoyable to watch. I said at the Open, or excuse me, the U.S. open, that in theory we like difficult courses. And the more I thought about it because I was a little harsh, not that I don't appreciate how difficult Oakmont is. It's like, do I really want to watch guys struggle to shoot four or five over? And my initial reaction that Sunday was like, ah, this kind of sucks. I don't need eagles every other hole. I mean, obviously what Augusta brings to the table, we're cool with because it's Augusta national that you can eagle 12 or you can eagle 13, you can eagle 15, you can birdie 17. I mean they're just fireworks down the stretch and you watch Oakmont. But as they all said, this is the hardest course in the world. This doesn't happen very often. And it's what really made me appreciate this tournament. I would say one of the most vivid memories non Tiger as, as a child in the 90s was the John Vanderbilt meltdown where he, I mean it felt like he was going to blow it, which he ended up doing it. He actually, ironically, the way we talk about the meltdown, he did make the playoffs, which is that aggregate four hole playoff in the Open Championship. But their courses don't look like anything we play. For those of you that have played Band in Dunes, you get out there and you're like, this is such a unique experience. I can probably count on One hand how many times I played Lynx golf. Most of us are just not around it. Every once in a while, an area throughout America will have a Lynx style golf course. But part of what makes this so special is it's completely guarded against, you know, they need the weather. And luckily over there, the weather is a major, major factor. And I think these guys really appreciate kind of the difference. And that's why this week the Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club is just now one. You know, you're not just. If you're going to fly over there, you might as well fly over there 10 days early, let your body clock acclimate, and then play in this tournament. But I mean, the last two years, Bob McIntyre won last year, which was really big. But two years ago, Rory won. And remember, he hit one of the best shots. I think it was on hole 18 on Sunday. He's probably ever hitting his career. It was incredible. It might have been on Saturday and I think it was on Sunday. And I just looked over the last two years. Some of the names that were even beside Rory winning, that were in the top three or four. I mean, last year it was like Rory was fourth, Ludwig was fourth, Morikawa was fourth, and Ludwig kind of fell apart last year on Sunday, two years ago, Scheffler was tied for third. So if you are going to bet this week, I was kind of looking. It's hard to get a feel for Rory. Obviously in a week they're playing at essentially his hometown. So it's like, I do think we are going to get a more motivated guy that we saw kind of over the course of the last two months, where he admitted, this is not. No one's playing, you know, psychologists from their couch. He's like, yeah, I haven't been trying that hard. Kind of hard to grind on the range. Me and my brother were just talking about it, actually playing golf. It's kind of what makes Scotty so unique. Even Ted Scott's like, yeah, he doesn't really care about money. He's not. He made $65 million on the course last year. So I would say with Nike bonuses, he's the number one player in the world. All those wins, let's just assume Scotty Scheffler made $80 million. Ted Scott's like, I'm telling you, he does not give a shit. And clearly when you just watch him go out and grind and play. Now, granted, his resume is smaller than Rory's, but Rory kind of admitted I was trying to climb Mount Everest. I climbed Mount Everest and How do I get motivated? Which in a weird way, is actually relatable. Most human beings would be like Rory McIlroy. If they accomplished something they had tried to accomplish the majority of their life. I'm sure I'd be guilty of this. I'd probably take a deep breath for a couple years or a couple months at minimum. I think what we wanted out of Rory was like, could you be Tiger? You know, hell, Phil's still grinding like, 55 years old. Could you be some of the. Could you be Tom Brady? Could you be. Have that LeBron? How hard he works? No. We can question, like, does he mail in sometimes? But ultimately, like, we were holding him to that level, and he kind of admitted, like, I'm not really wired that way. I do hope we get a guy again. Won this tournament two years ago. Not. Not next week, but the Scottish Open finished top five last year. And coming into next week, where Shane Lowry, his childhood friend, won. And they got murals. I follow Lowry on Instagram. They got murals of his face, obviously. Rory famously missed the cut, hit it out of bounds. The first hole was a complete disaster. I do think we will get a good version of him. I don't necessarily know this week. The only way to get plus odds on him beside to win the tournament. I think he's like six. Odds are subject to change, but I looked a little earlier. He's like seven to one would be the top five. I don't feel great about it, but I do think Morikawa, Hovland, Fleetwood, you can all get plus odds on those guys to top 10 this week. I think getting momentum coming in. And the other cool part about this tournament is JJ Spawn, a little bit of a random winner, though. He's had a really good season, but relative to the top dogs, plus, you know, 120 to 1, no one saw that coming, including JJ Spawn. But for the most part, and I think I've pivoted a little bit. The U.S. open, if they're playing at Oakmont or they're playing at Shinnecock, maybe a random guy could win the Masters. And the PGA Championship is kind of established. Rory Bryson, Scotty Xander, the big six seven Rom. If Morikawa's playing well to be in the mix Ludwig, you're going to get the big, big names all coming down the stretch. The U.S. open, depending on the course, could add some variance. But these next couple of weeks can definitely add variance because of the win, because of the different shots you have to hit, because you can play it so many different ways. It's what made I got the John Deere Classic. And for anyone who's barbecuing and in, you know, if you had a. Whatever, a tv wherever you were at, I think it's an easy little background noise. Obviously the field's not great. A lot of the names on there, even for me, I love this shit. Pretty random. But one thing I will say about the John Deere Classic in Iowa. Course looks sweet. That's one of those courses. We left the US Open at Oakmont. I would never want to play that. I could be in Pittsburgh and someone text me, I'm a member here. You might just have to say yes to say you played Oakmont. But that would be. If I never play Oakmont in my entire life, who cares, right? It doesn't look like an enjoyable experience. It looks miserable. I'm watching that tournament in Iowa thinking I would play that course a lot. That looks like a fun, tough, but like fair, enjoyable track. And think about random Brian Campbell. I looked today, who just won for the second time this year. Now, granted, he won the Mexico Open in the John Deere Classic. In his career, in his career playing golf. And he's been on and off the tour for about a decade. He has made under $4 million. To be precise, $3.476 million in his entire career playing professional golf on the PGA Tour. Now, it doesn't count the corn ferry, but his earnings on the PGA Tour. In 2025, he won 3.174. I did the math. 92% of his PGA Tour earnings have been this year. And if you look at his season, it's essentially been in two tournaments because he's missed half the cuts. He has not been very good, but it shows you if you're going to get hot and you're going to be in the mix, if you're a random guy like this. Like JJ Spawn was going to play in the PGA Tour for a long time. He had finished second in multiple events this year. Hell, he went toe to toe with Rory. JJ Spawn had already made 15, 20 million dollars. Like he was in the mix. He wasn't going away. Now, winning the US Open changes the trajectory of his career. Right now he's in the majors for a while. Obviously, when you win a major, you're always known as a major champion, so that puts him in a completely different level. But just winning a PGA Tour event changes your life. Winning two is a game changer. So Brian Campbell is a good example that they were showing his stats during the John Deere. He Hits it as short and swings as soft as, like, any guy on the PGA Tour. His ball speed, relative to, like, guys I was playing with today is the same. And this is the pushback always of, like, well, we got to roll back the ball. We got to do this like Max Homa. Now, granted, Max has not had a good season. He has played extremely poorly for the standards of a guy that's a President Cupper, that's a Writer Cupper, a guy that's won a ton on the PGA Tour, tough golf courses. But Max was right there in the mix right now. He didn't play well down the stretch, missed some putts, got a little squirrely off the tee. It was enjoyable to watch Max. For me, like, I was more dialed into that tournament than I would have on Sunday because of Houma. I don't know if I'm watching Lipski and Brian Campbell duel it out while I'm on vacation, but we were kind of hanging out on the house Sunday, went for an early morning walk. I'm like, you know what? I'll watch Houma. Because I kind of thought he was going to win. And watching Campbell hit one of the better shots down the stretch on that poor five, I think it's hole 16. Incredible. 17. It was incredible shot, but he missed the putt. But really cool to watch. And I think sometimes we get so caught up with Bryson and Rory and these guys that hit 350 yards. The name of the game isn't just hitting it 350 yards. You got to score, you got to get the ball into the hole. And clearly, Brian Campbell, in two moments when he's had an opportunity to win, he's won two. He's won twice this year, and they've both been in playoffs. So what an incredible experience. And this is the peak of his life. Which decent chance, looking at his resume it might be, doesn't get any better because obviously, JJ Spawn, best case scenario for a somewhat random guy. I'm a major champion, the next best thing. I won on the PGA Tour twice, not once. Because, listen, if you ever met a guy, you were playing with him, and he was 50, 60, however years old, and he said, I won on the PGA Tour, that'd be an incredible accomplishment. I don't give a shit. You know, beside the majors, you don't ask, like, what was the strength of feel? Now, obviously, there are some tournaments that are cooler to win than others. Like, I won at Pebble Beach. I won at Torrey Pines. I won at the Players. But if you just met A guy and said, yeah, I won twice on the PGA Tour. You'd be like, holy shit, this guy can play. So congrats to Brian Campbell. The John Deere Classic, just an easy watch. One of those tournaments where, you know, typically you'd find a guy like me being, like, shitting on it. Like, that sucks. Going to watch a John Deere Classic. I was watching, thinking, like, this is a pretty good little tournament. Pretty good tournament. And listen, not everything on the PGA Tour, which is having a great year from a rating standpoint, needs to be the players, needs to be pebble beach, needs to be the Memorial. Obviously, most of those tournaments aren't even the majors. There's a different level. We all embrace what these levels are, and it's on now. The new commissioner slash CEO, whatever, you want to consider him the boss, you know, kind of figure out the ebb and flow of this. And I would imagine he's going to have some ideas on how to change this. We know he's working hand in hand, you know, with Tiger, and he spoke over the last couple of weeks. I don't think we talked about it last week, but he. He said what we all kind of know that we're no closer to getting reunification, right? The one thing lives big on is this team element, and clearly the Tiger and kind of that group does not want to come back. And some of the guys I saw, Lucas Glover, who's, you know, won a ton on tour, major champion, said, like, I don't ever want to play with those guys again. And I think you would. He's not alone. He's just. He has a serious radio show, so he's willing to say it. You know, some guys believe that, and they're not going to kind of relent off that. Which, listen, we all. When you're in a business like golf that is so many individuals, your opinions are going to be all over the place. Like in football, for example, whenever they have the cba, right? Who speaks for the players? Well, the rich guys, right? Why do you think. Which was the right move. But in 2011, one of the biggest things they did was put a rookie scale. Like, we're not paying these guys 80, $90 million anymore, giving these guys, you know what, Matt Stafford, Nadalmic and Sue and Jamarcus Russell, those guys getting those contracts in the 2000s. Who do you think was the driving force to change that? All the veteran players that were in charge in 2011, which, again, if I was in their shoes, the right business move. But, like, if they wouldn't have pushed for it. That wouldn't have changed. Now there were some, you know, mistakes. We're in the golf situation. The only thing they're talking about is like the unification because the money's flowing at a crazy amount of, right These, the setup now with these elevated events where the small percentage of high level guys, the money distribution, I mean, they don't even need to do that. Whatever. The pip, which was the dumbest fucking thing ever, Tiger barely played and he was winning it every year. They just tried to equal what the live guys were making because as we saw last week, Patrick Reed won $4 million or a couple weeks ago. And it's like you got to win a major to win $4 million. And that's why they did. Those elevated events that pay out, I think it's like 3.7 or 3.8, and second gets like 2.2. So it's like it's all comes about money. You have some hurt feelings, but I've been beating the drum on this. None of us give a shit, right? None of us care. I just want to see the best fields in golf. I want to see these guys play together. It's what makes next week so cool. We get four times a year where you can see Rory, you can see Scotty, and you can see Bryson and John Rome. Like, I want to watch those guys more often. And it does feel like we're a couple years away from that. All right, folks, this is insane. For the first time ever, we've got a full blown all women's boxing mega event going down in New York City. Two title fights, same night. Let's go. And if you're like me and Love the action, DraftKings sportsbook is where it's at. We're talking Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano. The trilogy fight absolute legends. Katie's putting together her super lightweight belt on the line, and you know Serrano's bringing the heat. But don't sleep on the co main event. 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Jasmine Crockett
I think Democrats have for a very long time allowed Republicans to play them. So essentially Republicans came up with a narrative and Democrats decided to play into that. And that only hurt the Democrats.
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Katie Couric
I'm Katie Couric. Jasmine Crockett, Democratic representative of Texas, is not known for holding back and our recent chat on Next Question is no exception. But when you hear how she got to where she is, her intensity makes perfect sense.
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Jasmine Crockett
It's just hard to imagine a world where you don't have enough people that care to do right by people. And so that same passion that carried me through as a public defender, that led me to want to change laws and thinking about the harm that will happen not just to my constituents, but just generally like I carry that weight with me because you've seen it up close. Yeah.
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Katie Couric
Listen to next question with me, Katie couric on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Greg Rosenthal
25 years, 25 players. Before training camp kickstarts a new NFL season, NFL Daily is going to look back. It is a special six episode series where myself, Greg Rosenthal and some of the top NFL minds like Kevin Harlan, Mina Kimes and Bill Barnwell make the case for each player. We're taking a look back giving you NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years. So who made the list? You know, Tom Brady's on it. Where's Patrick Mahomes is into the end zone.
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Jemele Hill
Touchdown Kansas City.
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Greg Rosenthal
He's on it. How about Lamar Jackson?
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Jemele Hill
Jackson takes it himself.
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Look at him dirt back and forth.
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Jemele Hill
Oh, he broke his ankles and he's got a touchdown. He is Houdini.
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Greg Rosenthal
You are going to have to listen to find out. Listen to NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years starting on June 30th on the iHeartrade radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Jemele Hill
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Jemele Hill
Cops believed everything that Taser told them.
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Jemele Hill
I get right back there and it's bad.
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Greg Rosenthal
It's really, really, really bad.
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Jemele Hill
Okay, let's before we take some of your guys questions live this week is in Valderrama and I was looking actually last last year, John Rom for the first time, if I remember Correctly, it was a little bit of a back, back door top 10. But it was when he kind of showed signs of life. I think he finished seventh last year at the Open. John Rom1 Valderrama is in Spain. He's Spanish. You know, he grew up watching guys play at this tournament. I mean, there's a legend. 97 Ryder Cup. Sergio won here last year for the live event. This course is sweet. And I, I do think that John rom, who, top 10 streak, actually broke in Dallas. To me, if he shows plays well, which I would expect him to do, he's a guy I like a lot next week. I mean, he's a guy that I plan on hammering for top five and top 10. If he's in the mix this week and playing well, I don't care enough, you know, whether he wins or loses. You don't just lose a golf tournament, but like, if he finishes fourth or seventh, it would mean the same to me. But he's a guy that I like a lot going into Royal Port Rush. And the other guy is Terrell Haddon. Terrell Haddon's a guy. I think both those two guys, if they are playing well this week, they are auto hammers for me going into the open to top five in top 10. I mean, Hatton's played well this year in the majors. Obviously John Rom did as well. Had a. Was right there in the mix with nine holes to go against Scotty at the PGA Championship. To me, Bryson, when it comes to not as much Valderrama, but when they get to the Open in a week, that can be hard for him because his style is very American driven. And with the Open, one thing being the scientist, like one thing that makes John Rahm such a special player, and I would say the same thing for Hatton is they are old school golfers like Terrell Hatton. And obviously John Rom would have been awesome players in the 70s, would have been awesome players in the 90s because they just, they got all the shots. And even Jon Rahm, like, he's like, you say I can't hit a draw. Like he can hit a draw. And I just think they can work the ball both ways. Their comfortability, playing in different styles in different weather. I guess that can be a problem for Bryson because you can't scientifically hack how hard the weather is that the greens aren't as fast. It's all based on wind, rain and water really fuck him up. So Bryson is a guy. This stretch where I kind of stay away. It doesn't mean that if Things break his way. He can't dial in. Wouldn't shock me if he plays well in Valderrama, but I think going for the Open championship, you know, I love hammering him and, and I've made a lot of money on, on Bryson over the last two years. But relative to live this week, don't hate him to be in the mix. But in terms of playing at Royal Port Rush, I struggle with him in the Open. I mean, historically he's never played that well. I just think it's really, really difficult for him. Just he's got a lot going on right where Jon Rahm could just pick up my set of clubs, go out and play anywhere and just be comfortable. Why? Because he's just, he's, he's a player, you know, an old school player in the sense of like, he's much more of a field player. I remember watching something at Arizona State where they do this drill where you hit two different yardages based on feel and the coach would be like 90 yards. There's no like 90 yards. You just have to do it on your own. And that's why I think, you know, wouldn't shock me at all if John Ramis wins at Royal Port Rush. So excited to watch these guys. To me, Hatton and Rom are the two guys. I'm all over at Valderrama. Okay, let's answer some of your questions @golopod. Atgolopod is the Instagram. Fire in those dms and get your questions answered here on this little podcast. I'm 21 years old. I've been golfing for three years. I've been addicted since day one. Feel you dog. Last year I bit the bullet and spent and spent upwards of 2500 on my bag. Completely worth it, in my opinion. I play every day and can afford it, but it's definitely not easy. A lot of money and I'm 21, that is. I hear you. Here's my problem. My dad recently moved across the country to Texas. He wants me to fly my clubs. When I come to see him, I instantly turn that down, stating I'm not risking my clubs like that because they mean a lot to me. I've heard countless stories of airlines losing or ruining clubs. He looks at it this way. He looks at it in the way that I don't want to golf them. He did kind of get me into the game and I can sense some animosity coming from him. My view of the situation is I spent a bunch of money, worked really hard for my clubs. You would know As a golfer, you grow a connection almost with your clubs. I agree. Two questions based off this information. Do you fly with your clubs? If yes, how. Who is the asshole in the situation? Shoot me straight. I fly everywhere with my clubs and I, I don't know how much it costs. I don't remember. I don't, I don't want to say it's like a hundred bucks, but I have like a big hard carrying case. They have, they have multiple different carrying cases. Right. I remember my dad like 20 years ago, had a softer one. I got a hard one that basically is like a piece of luggage shaped like a golf club. And I throw my golf clubs in there and it's pretty sturdy. I've flown them to all across the country, to Hawaii. I flew them here with me to Sacramento. I don't hesitate to fly my clubs and have never had an issue. And then I also use, Because Southwest, you get a free bag. But I, I throw clothes and shoes and in there, so you almost use it like a luggage. And I have never had an issue. I've never lost club. Now I'm not, I'm flying my clubs once or twice a year, so I'm not super aggressive with flying them out. I think if you see some of the clips on like social media, it could really scare you. But I would say most people that my friends and who I play with have flown their clubs all over the place and never had an issue. I completely understand. I didn't have $2,500 when I was 21. I would not have had that much money. The clubs I played with at 21 were my clubs from when I was like 15 years old that I basically played with until my late 20s, until I bought a set of clubs. Might even have been early 30s. I mean, I had the same set of clubs for like 15 years. So I, I completely understand. You spend a boatload of money. But from my experience, I don't speak for everybody. I have never had a bad experience flying my clubs, never had them broken. But I also, I don't, I don't want to shoot you. It wasn't outrageous. I mean, at most maybe a couple hundred bucks, maybe. And again, I've had this thing now for five, six years. So maybe with inflation, it's more money, but if you get a hard case, traveling case for golf clubs, it basically stands up straight, you can roll it, it's easy to use. I have, I honestly have never had an issue. And if anything, it's benefited me because I've been able to Put other stuff. I mean, I played in Tennessee. I've played in Texas, obviously. I flew to Arizona before I moved there. I fly back to California. I've flown to Hawaii. I. I have no issues and I don't hesitate flying them. But I. I totally understand where you're coming from. I would say if you get the right case, you won't. You won't worry about it. Need some coffee? I got up this morning about 5:30. We actually played. We're the second group off this morning and we played behind Mav McNeely's dad. And I guess Mav McNeely was out. We played Incline Village. If you're ever up in this part of Tahoe, nice little resort course. It's not that long. It's a little tight. But I guess Mav, who's. I'm sure he's in the Scottish Open, was out there a couple days ago just dominating this course for the mailbag. For some reason, the entire rollback initiate initiation infuriates me. Not because I care how these guys are hitting it, but because it feels like the PGA and their associated media are calling for the sweeping change to a problem that one, they created and two, they will have no effect on the actual issue. This is a TV broadcast problem, not an issue with the distance off the tee. Nobody would have any clue a guy is hitting a pitching wedge or an eight iron into a green unless the screen told them it does not matter. What we want is variability and uncertainty of the outcomes. That's why it's difficult. That's why difficult major setups are appealing, not because Rombo hit it 305 or 325. Secondly, the rollback only hurts the short hitters. Those guys would have even longer club in their hand. Good luck with your forearm into every par four. It feels like smaller greens, more tees and strategically placed trees would be much better. Equalizer. Curious on your thoughts. Well, if I was playing their role, what are you going to do every course they play, shrink the greens? That's not the course. The greens are the greens. And the thing with trees, anyone who's played an older course knows a huge advantage they have are their old trees that are tall. Well, some of these, like, look at Oakmont. There is not a tree on the course. So you can't like just add. I mean, technically you could if you're like Augusta, but I do think it gets really expensive. Also most of these courses, I mean, I guess there are some public. Right? Torrey Pines is public. TPC Scottsdale's public. The players is public. But a lot of these courses, pebbles public. So I. Even if they're public or private, the majority of the play at TPC Scottsdale, at Torrey Pines, at Memorial, at Oakmont, out wherever, is not these guys. It's me, it's you. It's public courses, it's whoever at these private courses at Memorial, at, you name it, it's the members, right? So those guys, like Oakmont's a bad example. That's an outlier. But most of these other courses, those courses play to us, not to those guys like Maverick McNeely. If you had, I shot 80 today and I triple bogeyed, whole 17 disaster should, should have been much better. But I looked at my brother about hole seven or eight, I'm like, mad McNeely would fucking destroy this place. And not, not because he's just hitting the super long and war of the mountains. Because, like those guys are destroying every place. So there aren't many courses that you can put a top 100 PGA Tour player, let alone the top 30 or 40 guys that they're not going to eat alive. And even if it's long, like Khan, Markell and Scottie Schaeffer, even if they have a five or six iron in their hand, at worst they're going to be 30ft in two putt. And some of the times it's going to roll into 15, 10ft and they're going to make the putt. So these guys are so good, it isn't Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino and the days of guys hitting four iron from 190, those days are dead. We just got to embrace it. There's not much you can do to roll it back, especially if it carries into us. Just let it be. It is what it is. Now, if you tell me, and this is what I've always assumed, are they going to be hitting it? Let's say the average distance on tour is 308 or 310. Well, in 15 years, is that number going to be 330? If you tell me that and then the top guys are hitting it 370, then yeah, if 30% of the PGA Tour is hitting 370 or 360, yeah, we'd have a problem. It just would be too easy. Most of these course. I just, I do think we've topped out. I, I do think we've topped out. Could be wrong and maybe that would be their argument. But my take is I don't think it ever actually happens. Like the majority of People, I'm a big DeChambeau guy. I've been following him his entire career, from the beginning when he used to wear the Ben Hogan hat. My question is for you. If you had to bet over under four and a half majors, he finishes his career with, we've got two. And obviously watching in the last couple years, it's hard. I would say he's a lock. I would bet my life savings he wins another one. You know, unless he has a major injury, if he's healthy for the next five years, DeChambeau is a lock to win another. I think winning multiple majors is just difficult, right? And when you look at the guys he has to beat, assuming Rory keeps trying, Scotty's in the peak of his powers, Jon Rahm is, like, trying to get back there. I would imagine we will have a player or two that's young kind of come up. Hovland's kind of figuring it out. You know, Xander has had a weird year because he's not healthy. But Xander's still really good. That four and a half number. If you told me Bryson DeChambeau ends his career with four, believable. I, I would say that four or five, I'd say that's a good over under. I'd say that's a good over under. I'd say It'd be between 4 and 5. Neither would shock me. I, I think if he ends his career with five, it'd be pretty, pretty impressive. Just hard to win him. Because even when you're in the mix, like, his second major probably shouldn't have gotten his way. Right. And I guess he was right there against Xander in the PGA last year. It's kind of chasing them a little bit, I guess. He's played a lot better at the Masters the last couple years. I wonder if you told him this. You could have four, but one of them will be the Masters. So you have won two US Opens, you win the Masters, and they'll probably win a PGA. Or you could have four, and you'd be like a Kafka. You get three US Opens and two PGAs. What would you rather take? I. I think being a historian, I think you take. I'd rather have four and one being the Masters, especially after I've already won multiple US Opens. Like, I think the thing that will change his life, because it does feel like he's going to win a pga. It feels like the PGA Championship, one of these, like he's going to win it. Can he win the Masters? Because if, if Bryson DeChambeau wins the Masters. I think that changes the way because he's already a Hall of Famer, won a bunch multiple majors, ton of played well in majors to me, can he win them? I, I think the bigger question on over under majors is can he win the Masters? And I think watching the last couple years, the answer is yeah, he can. And if I was a betting man, I think his Masters would be at 0.5. I, I'd probably take the over. I think Bryson DeChambeau eventually wins the Masters. Question for the bag. Currently watching the Open from 14 on the golf Channel. It's strange to watch Rory and Ricky paired together over 10 years ago. What's even more strange is the dramatic change in equipment and outfits. Ricky's orange Puma gear feels like a lifetime ago. My question is this. Do you foresee the changes coming in professional golf in general when it comes to emerging stars, live pga, new commissioner equipment and any new brands emerging? As a Travis Matthews snob, I'd love to see a more affordable golf apparel brand. It's a struggle out there on the streets. Big Travis Matthews guy, that's a good question. I think inflation hit a lot of different areas hard. I would say no areas that hit harder. Golf obviously, golf courses, depending on where you live. I mean the shitty 50 course is all doubled. The hundred dollar courses all went to 200, the 200 courses went to 400. You know, the clothing went up 30, 40, 50, 80%. I don't think, at least in the foreseeable future, I guess a huge recession could happen. But seeing that, that type stuff's going to come back to earth, I, I do think, and I put a longer horizon on this, there will be some sort of reunification over the next five years. You know, I think people are hoping for it being next year a couple years ago, clearly not happening, lives not going anywhere. But one thing will be very interesting is their contract like when Koepka's contract ends, does it come back? You know, DJs contract ends, does he retire? What does Bryson do? He's already openly talked about, he's in negotiations. I mean he's their most important guy. Ron just signed last year, so he's got a four year contract. What happens with some of those older guys? You know, Liv's gonna have some open. Is Sergio Poulter, Lee West, Are they going to play till they're Louie? Till they're like 55? I don't know. So I, I would guess I've said this before, what I would do and this is the problem because The PGA Tour guys don't want to give in. Like, if I'm the new commissioner, it's like, hey, guys, this is about the business model. I am going to lift every suspension. Like Lee Westwood, Sergio, that doesn't matter. Those guys don't even want to play. But, hey, Bryson, do you want to play at Pebble Beach? Do you want to play at Torrey Pines? Hey, John. Rom, you live fucking five minutes away. Do you want to play the Waste Management, which is your home tournament, which Rom has talked about is hard for him to drive by? And Frank Lloyd Wright realizing, I don't get to play that tournament? You're allowed to, like, open that tournament to the. All the Florida guys. Do you guys want to play the Florida. You guys want to play the Arnold Palmer? Do you want to play the Honda? They probably say, no. You want to play the players? Maybe now you get the players, but, like, give the option to do that. That's how I would start. Now, Tiger, who is. I mean, here's the problem. We all answer to somebody, right? Whether it's in your home or whether it's in business. I don't care who you are. 99.99% of business owners kind of have someone, even if they're not, quote, unquote, above them, the person they do business with. That's by far the most important, that if ever something changed, would dramatically impact it. So even though this guy's the CEO slash commissioner, like, he's going to do something that Tiger doesn't want. Every picture I've seen with this guy, Tiger's right there. Do you think Tiger would have okayed it? Like, Tiger's a huge driving force to this operation, especially now that his career physically is kind of over. So to me, he has a huge influence. Like, Arthur Blank is. You know, guys like that are just looking at the numbers. Tiger kind of adds business sense. I mean, he's a billionaire, but, like, what we want as players. And he speaks for the group of, like, yeah, you know, he's making it difficult for the unification. Like, I don't think he's disagreeing with Lucas Glover. You guys left, so be it. That was your choice. We're here, so they would. They would probably look at me. You recommend lifting the suspensions? Double middle fingers? No way. That would be what I would do. Or maybe even this. Maybe not a full lift of suspension. Hey, any two events. Any two PGA Tour events, any of you guys want to play? Rom, Hatton, Bryson, DJ Koepka, obviously, you know, all the young guy Joaquin Neiman, who's won at Riviera before. You're welcome to play if you want to play. If you guys don't have a live event going, that's, that's so easy. This doesn't need to be that difficult. Like, everyone's got their money. Everyone got rich. Everyone's rich. How? Brian Campbell's made $3 million. Brian Campbell $3.1 million this year. $3.1 million. Make it easier. That's what I would do. My guess is, though, that's not going to happen. 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Jasmine Crockett
I think Democrats have for a very long time allowed Republicans to play them. So essentially, Republicans came up with a narrative and Democrats decided to play into that. And that only hurt the Democrats.
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Katie Couric
I'm Katie Couric. Jasmine Crockett, Democratic representative of Texas, is not known for holding back and our recent chat on Next Question is no exception. But when you hear how she got to where she is, her intensity makes perfect sense.
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Jasmine Crockett
It's just hard to imagine a world where you don't have enough people that care to do right by people. And so that same passion that carried me through as a public defender that led me to want to change laws and thinking about the harm that will happen not Just to my constituents, but just generally. Like I carry that weight with me.
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Katie Couric
Because you've seen it up close.
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Jasmine Crockett
Yeah.
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Katie Couric
Listen to next question with me, Katie couric on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Greg Rosenthal
25 years, 25 players. Before training camp kickstarts a new NFL season, NFL Daily is going to look back. It is a special six episode series where myself, Greg Rosenthal and some of the top NFL minds like Kevin Harlan, Mina Kimes and Bill Barnwell make the case for each player. We're taking a look back giving you NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years. So who made the list? You know, Tom Brady's on it. Where's Patrick Mahomes is into the end zone.
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Jemele Hill
Touchdown Kansas City.
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Greg Rosenthal
He's on it. How about Lamar Jackson?
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Jemele Hill
Jackson takes it himself.
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Look at him dart back and forth.
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Jemele Hill
Oh, he broke his ankles and he's got a touchdown. He is Houdini.
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Greg Rosenthal
You are gonna have to listen to find out. Listen to NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years starting on June 30 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Jemele Hill
Across the country, cops call this Taser the revolution.
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Jemele Hill
Cops believed everything that Taser told them.
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Jemele Hill
I get right back there and it's bad.
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Greg Rosenthal
It's really, really, really bad.
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Listen to new episodes of Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Binge episodes 1, 2 and 3 on May 21 and episodes 4, 5 and 6 on June 4. Ad free at Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.
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Jemele Hill
Did you say recently on a pod that you used Turo on a trip? Any issues? I've used it multiple times. There's no free ads, but it's basically just instead of a rental car, it's you rent the car through someone else and you can pick whatever car you want and it's better deal sometimes than Hertz or Avis and you get off the plane and you walk to Typically, sometimes they drop it off right in front of you. Sometimes you pick it up in the parking lot. I've used it in before in Arizona when I wasn't living there. I've used in Nashville, I've used it in Reno also to the guy that asked me about the clubs, I flew my clubs a month ago to Reno with me and I played here with my brother in law, Matt. So Turo's been, I know a lot of people that use. It doesn't get any easier. Okay, last question. Greetings from Dallas. Although he'd never do it, do you think Tiger would be able to contend if he agreed to ride in carts, specifically majors? I asked this because you always hear other pros state that he can still hit all the shots. I would say no one, he's not playing enough. So his game, it's impossible to be dialed at 50 years old at the level in which he has to compete when he's not able to practice. Obviously now that he tore his Achilles, but even before he tore his Achilles, I do think the shattering of the ankle when he flipped, the genesis ended his career. Obviously he played after that. But I mean, before that injury, I would say 100% Tiger was going to win again. I mean, he had won The Masters in 19, he had almost won the British Open in 2018, he had won the Tour Championship in 2018. He had gone toe to toe with Brooks in 2018 at the PGA Championship, like he was. He wasn't Tiger woods of 2002 or 2006 or 1998, but he was fucking good. And I think that injury derailed the next five years. Now maybe by this time he physically wouldn't have been the same, you know, maybe other injuries. But I do think 2020, 2021, 2022, Tiger Woods 100 would have won again. Regular event, potentially another major, potentially maybe two majors. Because how smart he was, because how good he was. I think he still has all the shots if he's on the range again before he tore his Achilles, but I, I don't think even with a car, I, I, I just don't think so. He's just not as crisp. And I, I think if you were having a cocktail with him, even as prideful as he is, he would admit that, which is sad. I mean, it's really sad. I mean, the guy's lived about 50 lives. So I'm just glad that we got to witness 2019. And then sadly, it ended on that was a rainy day. I don't even know if it was a rainy day, but I doubt it was rain. I don't think it was. It was just that hill, you know, in early was January or February of 2020. It's never been the same and it never will be the same. And that's why I think he's in a weird way unofficially kind of retired at this point. So yeah, we'll have a podcast out later this week and enjoy. Enjoy the Summer talk soon. See you. The volume.
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Katie Couric
On the latest episode of Next Question with me, Katie Couric. I sat down with Jasmine Crockett, Democratic representative of Texas. She's holding down the fort for her party in one of the most conservative states in the union.
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Jasmine Crockett
I think that ultimately who will become the Democratic nominee for president will be someone that has been out there and has shown that they won't allow themselves to be punched and just say thank you like they will punch back.
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Katie Couric
Listen to Next Question with me, Katie Couric on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Greg Rosenthal
Who are the 25 greatest football players to grace the gridiron since the year 2000? Introducing NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years Join me, Greg Rosenthal and an all star cast of media personalities including Mina Kimes, Steve Wish, Kevin Harlan and more for a look at football's best since the turn of the century. Listen to NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years starting on June 30th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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WebMD Health Discovered Host
Hear insightful, entertaining discussions on today's important health and wellness topics on the Health discovered podcast from WebMD. Through in depth conversations with experts, Health Discovered covers everything from tips for healthier living to the latest on therapy and mental My goal is to really destigmatize.
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Jemele Hill
Mental health treatment and looking at it from a whole health perspective, physical health and mental health can be intertwined.
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WebMD Health Discovered Host
Listen to WebMD Health discovered on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Candace Parker
I'm Jemele Hill, host of the sports and politics podcast Spolitics. On this week's episode, I'm joined by all time great Hooper and basketball analyst Candace Parker who gives insight into her candid new book including why she waited 22 years into marriage to come out.
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Jemele Hill
I never envisioned being with a woman. I'll just be honest. Like when I close my eyes at night, every night I was like I.
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WebMD Health Discovered Host
Need to find my prince charming.
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Jemele Hill
Like it was never a princess.
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Candace Parker
Make sure you listen to this episode of Spolitics on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.
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Jasmine Crockett
This is an I heart podcast.