DAN: THE CVS CHARITY CLASSIC IS
UP THIS WEEKEND AND THERE IS A
GUY YOU MAY KNOW THAT IS A PART
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ANNOUNCER: THE DAN YORKE "STATE
OF MIND" PROGRAM IS BROUGHT TO
YOU IN PART BY --
LOOKOUT RHODE ISLAND AND TACO
COMFORT SOLUTIONS.
DAN: ALREADY.
FRIDAY NIGHT, WE
JUST CHILL A
LITTLE BIT OR FOCUS ON A SINGLE
ISSUE OR TRY TO SAVE THE WORLD.
RIGHT NOW, WE WILL JUST TALK A
LITTLE SHOP, A LITTLE GOLF.
THIS IS A GREAT WEEK WHERE WE
HAVE THE FOLKS HERE, FOR GOLF
FANS IN RHODE ISLAND, YOU GET A
CHANCE TO SEE STILL TOMORROW, WE
TAKE THIS SHOW ON FRIDAYS.
ON FRIDAY, WE TAPED THE
SHOW
THURSDAY.
JUST INSIDE THE CUT AFTER DAY
ONE NORTHEAST, I'M GUESSING IF
HE MAKES THE CUT SATURDAY, THEY
CUT IT AFTER THREE DAYS, IT
SHOULDN'T BE TONY ONLY.
YOU ARE SEEING THIS ON FRIDAY OF
COURSE.
AMAZING GOLFING FROM THESE YOUNG
KIDS WHO WOULD
TURN THIS WHOLE
THING INTO ANOTHER SPORT IN SOME
WAYS.
BRAD WILL TELL ME --BRAD FAXON
WILL TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT THAT IN 10 SECONDS.
A COHOST, A PROJECT THAT
NEEDS
NO INJECTION AND A GUEST THAT
NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AND GOOD TO BE
ON THE SHOW.
THOSE KIDS ARE UNBELIEVABLE.
THERE ARE PROBABLY THREE OR
FOUR STEPS AWAY FROM BEING
POTENTIALLY PGA TOUR PLAYERS.
WHAT USED TO BE
CALLED.COM, NOW
BOUGHT OUT BY A PLACEMENT.
COLLEGE PLAYERS, WHICH MOST OF
THESE GUYS ARE, THAT IS REALLY,
YOU ARE GETTING A GREAT LOOK AT
SOME PLAYERS NEXT YEAR.
DAN: IT IS AMAZING.
BRAD: AT THE NORTHEAST, YOU
RECOGNIZE ALMOST ALL OF THE
NAMES THAT HAVE GONE ON TO
SUCCESS.
THAT IS A BIG DEAL.
I LOVE IT.
HE HAS BEEN GETTING SOME
EXEMPTIONS
, NOT USED TO SAYING
THAT.
SOME OF THE PLAYERS DON'T LIKE
THAT.
JOHN HAS GOTTEN SOME EXEMPTIONS
ON THE TOUR.
HE IS TAKING A ACCESS, WHICH IS
WHAT A LOT OF LESSER PLAYERS ARE
ALL ABOUT.
THEY DON'T PLAY WELL, YOU KNOW,
THE TAGLINE, ONE OF THE GREAT
SENIOR PLAYERS SAID ALL OF YOUR
PROBLEMS GET BETTER WHEN YOU
PLAY BETTER.
DAN:
IT IS A BUSINESS.
BRAD: WHEN THERE
ARE 1000 PEOPLE
RATHER THAN 100 PEOPLE.
DAN: I LAMENT
THE IDEA THAT
RELATIVE TO THE PRODUCT, THERE
HAVE BEEN A TRICKLING OF FANS UP
THERE.
IT IS
FREE, YOU CAN WALK TO THE
KIDS.
YOU ARE FOCUSED ON WINNING.
WE FINAAVE THE SAME GAME.
BUT ANYWAY, WE TALBOUT THE
CVS, BUT WE ALWAYS SHOOT THE
BREEZE.
A THINK THE NORMAL THING IS
PHENOMENALLY GOOD.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
IF YOU MISSED THAT CONVERSATION,
ALL OF OUR SHOWS ARE ARCHIVED.
THAT IS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF
THIS WEEK.
MAYBE YOU KNOW HOW YOU GOT
HERE.
DAN:
THROUGH A CADDIE, A CATTY
RELATIONSHIP.
HE HAS SAID, HE SAID AT SOME
POINT, I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY
SOMEONE NORTHEASTERN, THIS WAS
ON HIS RADAR, A BIG EVENT.
HE SAID
HEY, LISTEN, I PLAYED, I
WON THAT THING.
HE EXTENDED THE INVITATION AND
THAT IS HOW IT WENT.
THE WHO
WORLD, NO MATTER WHAT
YOUR INDUSTRY, IS NETWORKING.
IT WILL ALWAYS BE THAT WAY.
TO HIS CREDIT, I ATTEND THE
PRESS CONFERENCE.
HUMBLE, QUIET, UNASSUMING
,
DIDN'T WALK INTO THE ROOM IS IF
HEY, I AM HERE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT ON HIS FIRST
DAY YESTERDAY,
DEMOCRATS WENT
OVER AND ASKED AND WALKED VERY
CAREFULLY AROUND THE PLACE.
ONE OFFICIAL SAID, IF YOU DIDN'T
KNOW WAS HIM, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW
IT.
THAT WAS DOWN.
THE BEARD WAS ON.
I ASKED HIM A QUESTION.
HIS ENTRY INTO
IT, JUST BECAUSE
THE KIDS ARE WALKING AROUND,
DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE THE
SAME PRESSURE.
SHOOTING THE
BREEZE,
HIS ANSWER
IS, THEY ARE COMPARABLE.
IF HE HAD --
IS HE HAD -- IF HE HAS ANY
INSECURITY ABOUT WHETHER HE
SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PLAY, THAT
INTENSIFIES IT.
DOESN'T IT?
DAN:
THIS IS THE THING YOU AND I
HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS.
IT IS INCREDIBLE MOMENT
.
IT IS A WHOLE OTHER STORY.
AND HEY, LISTEN.
GUYS WITH FUNNY HATS,
MICROPHONES, HERE IS YOUR CARD
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT
CHANGES
EVERYTHING.
I'M SURE TONY ROMA FEELS THE
SAME KIND OF CUT LINE.
THAT ANYBODY WOULD.
YOU ARE THE GUEST.
I PLAYED A FEW YEARS AGO,
MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO NOW.
THE EUROPEAN VERSION, WE HAD TWO
BUDDIES OF HOURS
SUCCESSFULLY
AND FINANCIALLY, WE FLEW OVER,
WE PLAYED THREE PRACTICE ROUNDS.
THEY'RE HAVING SO MUCH FUN AND
WE ARE DRIVING FROM THE HOTEL
THURSDAY MORNING, THE FIRST AID
OF THE COMPETITION, AND WE ARE
TRYING TO TELL THOSE GUYS IT
WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY
AND HE WILL FILL A LITTLE MORE
PRESSURE AND IT WILL NOT BE AS
LIGHT HIRED -- LIGHTHEARTED AND
FUN, NO, IT WILL BE GREAT.
WE GET OUT THERE SHUTTLED, AND A
BUNCH OF PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE.
IN MANAS INTRODUCING THE
PLAYERS.
WHEN HE INTRODUCED MY PARTNER
PAUL, FROM THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA,
THERE IS A GALLERY
CLAPPING FOR HIM, AND HE PLAYED
IT NOTRE DAME, IT AROUND, IT
CHANGES.
YOUR KNEES WOBBLE AND YOUR HAND
BRAD: I DON'T THINK IN THE LONG
HISTORY OF THIS EVENT, WE SET
THE TIMELINE OF HOW THIS WOULD
WORK.
WE WOULD RAISE 22 MILLION PLUS
EVERY YEAR.
IT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING NEW AND
SOMETHING EXCITING WITH THE
RECENT FIELD CHANGE AND TOURS IN
ONE DAY VERSUS TWO.
IT IS A LOT EASIER TO COME TO
RHODE ISLAND.
IT IS HUMBLING, IT IS STILL FUN
TO DO THIS.
DAN: ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW
FORMAT.
BRAD: IT HAS MADE A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
WE USED TO HAVE TWO DAYS, A
TWO-MAN, TWO-PERSON FIELD.
TOOK OVER FROM PETER AND CAME UP
WITH THIS IDEA IMMEDIATELY AND I
WAS DEVASTATED, THAT IT WOULD GO
AWAY.
THESE PLANS ARE IN SUCH DEMAND
OF TIME, TO GET THE TOP PLAYERS
YOU WANT TO HAVE FOR TWO DAYS
WAS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE.
WE SAW THAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF
WORK WE HAD TO GET TO.
THE PLAYERS ARE MAKING MORE
MONEY.
THEY ARE ALL
HAPPENING AND
RARELY DO PGA TOUR PLAYERS
THIS
IS PRETTY FUN.
NUMBER ONE RANKED AMERICAN, SHE
WON TWO WEEKS AGO.
SHE IS ONE OF THE TOP ONES.
WE HAVE HAD TO HAUL HER FATE --
HALL OF FAMERS.
--
FOR MEMBER THE COMPETITION
PROPER HAPPENS MONDAY.
A BUNCH OF CELEBRITIES.
ALL OF THAT STUFF.
A LOT OF FANS ARE THINKING I'M
JUST LOOKING TO FIND SOMETHING.
YOU JUST FIND SOMETHING.
I SAY THEIR TEMPO, THERE
SWING,
IT IS EASY TO PICK SOMETHING UP.
THEN YOU WATCH SOMEONE
LIKE
LESLIE THOMPSON AND SHE IS SIX
FEET CAN SHE IS TALL.
DAN: TO WALK WITH MCILROY LAST
YEAR WAS A GREAT GET WHAT TELL
PEOPLE THIS STORY.
FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN GOLF
MECHANICS,
--
I CAN SEE YOUR MIND MOVING.
THE WAY HE DOES LITERALLY CLEAR
HIMSELF WHILE HE IS BACK HERE I
KNOW,
IN FRONT OF YOU IN A WAY
THAT YOU CAN'T GET THAT CLOSE.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THIS.
IF HE IS NOT FIRST AND
SECOND, HE IS THEIR DISTANCE.
A PREREQUISITE FOR SUCCESS.
WE SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER BUT
HE IS A SPECIAL STUDENT.
I DO NOT HAVE TO STAY -- SAY A
WHOLE LOT.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE
THIS OUT YOURSELF AND DO THIS
YOURSELF.
IT IS NOT THAT COMIC IT.
ALSO WOULD GOES ALONG WITH
TEACHING.
YOU FIND OUT TIGER WOODS ONLY
PAID HIM 50 GRAND.
IT IS WORTH MILLIONS TO YOU.
DID YOU READ THE BOOK?
YES.
IS THE BEST PART OF THE
BOOK.
YOU HAVE TO BOOK DECORATED TO
BELIEVE IT.
BUT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN
PRETENTIOUS ABOUT MCILROY.
YOU HAVE BEEN HONEST ABOUT AN
ANSWER BUT YOU HAVE ENOUGH WANT
TO THE IDEA.
IT IS NOT YOUR STYLE.
BRAD: WHEN I SAW A ROYAL
-- ROY
AT THE OPEN LAST WEEK AFT3
WON CANADA THE WEEK BEFORE BY
SEVEN, WE TALKED THE DAY BEFORE.
WHAT AM I GOING TO SAY TO
MCILROY, TO DO ANYTHING
DIFFERENT THE NEXT WEEK, IT IS
JUST KEEPING HIM CONFIDENT,
KEEPING HIM EXCITED AND UPBEAT,
NOT HARD TO DO WITH A GUY AS
MOTIVATED AS ANYONE THE WORLD IS
ONLY 30.
ONLY A FEW PLAYERS ARE PLAYING.
HE HAS BEEN PLAYING
PROFESSIONALLY SINCE HE WAS 18.
I THINK HE HAS ANOTHER FOUR
MAJORS IN HIM WHICH WOULD PUT
HIM IN THE ELITE OF THE ELITE.
IS AS GOOD AS YOU HAVE HAD IT.
IT ALWAYS IS.
WE DO NOT HAVE MCILROY BUT WEO DOES FIRST-TIME PLAYERS
AND FIRST-TIME WINNERS.
MATT IN CHARLOTTE
AGAINST A FEW
OTHER STARS WHO WON THE
-- WHO
WON IT AND -- IN ANOTHER PACK
FIELD.
THE GUY THIS YEAR, YOU WILL
GO,
IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING UP AND
DOWN.
HIS GRANDSON HAS BEEN
GREAT.
A THREE-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPION,
BRADLEY.
I HOPE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO HIM.
CAN I SAY THAT?
I DON'T MEAN THAT.
BILLY IS PLAYING GREAT.
YES.
HE PLAYS WITH BROOKE HENDERSON.
SHE MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE PERSON
TO WATCH SWING A GOLF CLUB.
THE CLUB IS GOING
UP.
PART OF IT IS STILL GOING BACK
TO YOU CANNOT EVEN BEEN YOUR
THUMB.
IT JUST GOES UP HIGH AND FAR YOU
ARE A PEANUT.
HOW DO YOU DO THIS?