Exploring the Dynamic World of College Golf & PGA Tour

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00:00There's so much going on with college golf right now, and you couldn't be more connected

00:08than anybody.

00:09And so I think there's a good place to start here is we're going to talk about PGA TOUR

00:13U, and we're going to talk about the Luke Clantons of the world, the Gordon Sargents

00:17and those types of players.

00:19But college golf right now, similar to the landscape of professional golf, which is changing,

00:24it seems like every single minute, you know, with college golf, just like college football,

00:30big time adjustments coming to the sport, roster cuts, being the one that's I think

00:35is the one that's being the most effective for these juniors coming out, as well as players

00:40that are on teams right now trying to make a spot.

00:43So Brantley, first of all, thanks for coming.

00:46Let's get straight into that, though, if you don't mind.

00:48Yeah, no, thanks for having me, guys.

00:50If college golf wasn't considered the Wild Wild West before, it definitely is now.

00:55Let's talk.

00:56Let's start with PGA TOUR U, because I think this is now what the fourth year or the fourth

01:01class with that program, and I think what the job that Brennan Van Dorn at the PGA TOUR

01:06has done with this program, especially adding to the list of perks that these guys get.

01:13Now we have a PGA TOUR card.

01:15We have essentially the top 10 get some sort of corn free tour status and the top 25 get

01:21exemptions through certain stages of Q school PGA TOUR Americas.

01:25I think when you can offer that much to these young players, it definitely eases some of

01:31that anxiety, especially that first year out on pro or, you know, playing pro golf, because

01:36we've seen it before this program.

01:38I mean, guys like Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth didn't get through Q school their first

01:43years.

01:44Now they were always going to be fine.

01:46They were going to get through.

01:47But, you know, I was I was always curious to kind of wonder just how many players were

01:50lost by the wayside because they didn't make it through Q school and then they go through

01:55a slump and then they just can never get on the right side of the coin.

01:58So well, he's he's going to be just fine.

02:03We're going to see him in Cypress Point here in about 10 months.

02:09I actually I mean, I'd be curious to get your guys thoughts on PGA TOUR U because initially,

02:17I think coaches more so than anybody else were concerned about just how much of a distraction

02:23it would be.

02:24But I think now that we're in year four, they kind of realize that it is really important

02:28and it may have led to some players transferring from smaller schools to big time programs

02:35to play in the big point events to kind of get higher on that list.

02:39But I think overall, it's like great golf takes care of itself.

02:42And, you know, guys aren't really necessarily thinking about that as they get into April

02:48and May.

02:49They just know that they play well, they're going to get the points.