Rory McIlroy's Stellar Performance at Pebble Beach

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00:00Rory winning at Pebble Smiley doesn't get much better than that.

00:04It was a great week for the PGA Tour and have one of your stars and Rory McIlroy come out

00:09and just play as well as he did.

00:11It was just incredible what he was able to do.

00:14I think the stat that that really sticks out to me with Rory McIlroy like is that his driving

00:20distance was 17 yards further than the next guy, Gary Wood, when he averaged 336 yards

00:26and 17 longer, 17 yards longer than Gary.

00:29To me, that's just incredible what he's able to do off of the tee.

00:33And then when you get a week like Pebble Beach, when the weather is a little bit of everything,

00:38you had perfect days, you had windy, some rain.

00:40So you kind of have all the different climates that you can get at Pebble Beach.

00:44And then of course, just sitting on the couch watching Pebble, it's the best.

00:50It really is.

00:51And Rory made some comments this week about, you know, venues mattering, about how important

00:58it is to have these big events and the courses take over.

01:03And I know that you guys did something on your show, and we didn't really see this on

01:06the Smiley Show this week here on SportsGrid.

01:08And you made a very controversial list, top five of your, I guess, would you call it your

01:15favorite courses, Smiley's, where you were going with this, or the courses you thought

01:19mattered the most.

01:20How did you make that list that we'll see on the Smiley Show this week?

01:23Oh, yeah.

01:24It's the best what I would call venues on the PGA Tour.

01:28And this takes into account whether I liked playing the golf course, you know, did they

01:32get really good crowds and good support?

01:36Did it have a great finish?

01:37Was it fun to watch on TV?

01:39And this takes me back all the way back to where I was a kid.

01:42I think where there was controversy here is I left Riviera off of the list, which is,

01:47you know, by all accounts, one of the top courses they play year in and year out on

01:51the PGA Tour.

01:52I would say it's on everybody's top five list, probably everybody's top two list, Mike.

01:56But for whatever reason, I've never felt like Riviera, watching it on TV, had as much

02:01drama as any other golf courses.

02:03So when I think when I factor in that, I, for whatever reason, didn't have it in my

02:08top five.

02:09Now it's number six.

02:10And it's actually my favorite course to play on the PGA Tour.

02:13But when I sit at home and watch it, there's just not as much intrigue as maybe a PGA National,

02:18which has the bear trap and all the water.

02:20And then you have Harbortown, which I think is such a unique track that guys play year

02:25in, year out.

02:26Of course, Sawgrass and Pebble Beach, and then I rounded it out with Memorial, which

02:29I just grew up at Jack Nicklaus Golf Course here in Shoal Creek.

02:32And so I just was, I favored that over, I would say, Riviera, which maybe not the most

02:38popular opinion, but that was just my take.

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