Brady Kannon Joins to Recap Scottie's Triumph at The Open

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00:00You're kidding, right? Mavia, you're lying. Las Vegas golfer is here? You've got to be kidding

00:06me. You're playing me. Oh, look at him. There he is. Las Vegas golfer, Brady Cannon on C2C

00:11styling. Good to see you, Brady. Hey, great to see you, Scott. Honestly, I want to start with

00:17what you just said, just before we get to the golf. I really wanted to go to Canelo and Crawford.

00:25I thought I'd be doing that fight, but I guess the Saudis are putting on that fight, and

00:30they have a different guest list than, let's say, PBC. When I do all the PBC fights, that

00:35was a PBC fight the other night with Pacquiao to draw with Berrios, but that main event on

00:42September 13th, that's the fight of the year. I wanted to go to that, but it's not happening.

00:47Well, Carver and I talk about live golf whenever they have an event. That's a Saudi thing. Maybe

00:52he and I can cover the fight. Does that work? You know what I mean? I mean, honestly, that's

00:56it. Carver High, pack your bags. You're going to Sin City for Canelo. Hey, so let's talk

01:03about, first of all, this Ryder Cup team. You know, Carver High's been talking about guys

01:09that have to, you know, up the ante a little bit that haven't been playing well. Morikawa,

01:14Cantlay, playing terrible over the last few months. Are they going to be able to have a kick-ass

01:21USA team? Are they going to have to depend on Keegan and Bryson to carry the day at Bethpage?

01:27Well, you know, Scotty's obviously going to be there. Keegan and Bryson, yeah, you're right.

01:33After that, it gets a little muddy as far as, you know, you mentioned Morikawa, Cantlay. They have

01:39not been carrying their own weight as of late. They both missed the cut at the Open Championship.

01:44Patrick Reed was a guy from the live circuit that they thought had a shot. He missed the cut

01:48as well, and we know what kind of Ryder Cup player he's been. You know, I think Keegan's in kind of a

01:55tough spot here. Is there anybody? I don't think there's really anybody else on the American side

02:00from the live circuit that qualifies. Chris Godderup is now making a name for himself,

02:06but I worry about that, Scott. Now, we've got some time left here, okay? We've got the 3M open in

02:12Minnesota this week. Then we go to the Wyndham. Then you have the FedEx Cup playoffs. So, Godderup

02:17has some time to kind of, you know, prove himself a little bit more. But I think if you throw this guy

02:22into the Ryder Cup tomorrow, no, he's too green for that at this point. He's got to get a little bit

02:29of scar tissue and some experience, or I think that stage may be a little too much on his nerves.

02:34I mean, the eight days when he made like 2.6 million, he probably doesn't know whether he's

02:40coming or going right now, but he had a hell of a trip over there. Oh, man. I mean, what a cash out

02:49for the young kid in a young career. You know, he just won for the first time on the PGA Tour last

02:54year at an alternate event, the Myrtle Beach Classic. You know, when they play these signature

02:58events and everybody else goes and plays another one, that was his first PGA Tour win. And then he wins

03:04the Scottish and holds off Rory McIlroy and then finishes third at the British. The guy is just

03:10having a surge in his career all of a sudden. And the Ryder Cup talk, I believe, is justified.

03:16He absolutely bangs the ball. One of the biggest hitters in the world. But again, you know, to go

03:22from one very nice PGA Tour win to one very nice major finish to the Ryder Cup is a very big jump. So,

03:31I want to see this guy continue to play well for the next six weeks or so before I believe he is

03:38in that conversation for a captain's pick on the team. So, do you think Ricky's earned his way into

03:43the FedEx with the way he's played over the last couple of months? And again, at the Open, I thought

03:49he played real solid golf. Do you think he'll make it into the playoff? It's a great question. I love

03:56Ricky and I'd love to see him make it, but I don't want to get too excited about it, Scott, because I

04:01was talking to some people over the weekend. In fact, I almost drafted Ricky Fowler. We had a

04:06British Open draft with a bunch of guys out here in Las Vegas. And I thought about taking Ricky and

04:11it would have been a good pick. He finished 14th, a top 20 finish. But you know what? He's always been

04:17a very good British Open player. He's always been a great wind player. Played at Oklahoma State in

04:22college. Grew up in Temecula, California, where it gets windy. He is a very, very good wind player.

04:28So, it's no surprise that he once again played well at the Open Championship. But again, I don't

04:34know if that's a flash in the pan or if this is going to continue. That's fascinating stuff. I never

04:39knew that his ability in wind was from his deep background. And even in Temecula, that's crazy

04:48because I used to play golf there. So, I want to ask you about Bryson's performance on

04:54Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Because Thursday, he was stench. And then what he did those next

05:01three days, to me, was remarkable. I think he's just a badass. And I think that he's the

05:07right guy to have out there at Bethpage getting all those drunk New Yorkers lit up.

05:13No doubt about it. He is a great, you know, team spirit, camaraderie guy. I'm not a Bryson

05:20fan, personally. And this was not my own heart betting. But you talk about a bad beat. I had

05:25a really nice number on Bryson DeChambeau to miss the cut at the Open Championship.

05:30Oh, that's right.

05:31Plus 350. And he goes out and shoots 78. And I was, I knew, I'm like, don't count your money

05:37yet. Don't count. I'm talking to Miami Joe. And he's like, you know, I had already spent

05:42the money, Brady. I thought that was the greatest bet in the world. Then the guy comes

05:45back, shoots 65, 64. I mean, 19 under par or something like that for the rest of the three

05:51days. Absolutely remarkable. Now, I will say the conditions got much more benign on Saturday

05:59and Sunday. And that's one reason that I bet Scotty in game going into the final round,

06:03even at that big price. Because I said, without some inclement weather, this guy is just going

06:08to coast like everybody else did. And sure enough, he shot three under and it wasn't

06:13that difficult. So Bryson, you know, Saturday and Sunday, especially conditions were not

06:18nearly as difficult. Friday was more difficult, dealt with rain, dealt with wind, and still

06:23shot a 65 birdie four out of his last six holes to make the cut on the number. I tell you

06:28what, though, I'm going to have to see more of it, Scott, before I quit betting this guy

06:34to miss the cut at the Open Championship, because I don't believe that style of golf

06:38is his, you know, wheelhouse. His wheelhouse is US Open, PGA Championship, where he can

06:44bomb it and use his length off the tee in his power game to bring a golf course to its

06:50knees. And that's not necessarily Lynx golf. So I want to see before we get to next year

06:55in Royal Birkdale, I may go against him again. But Ryder Cup, no doubt about it. He's a Captain

07:00America type guy, rah-rah guy, and obviously a fantastic player, and a perfect player for

07:06Bethpage Black. We know that you got to be uber long to be successful on that course.

07:12And he's exactly that guy.

07:14Didn't you think that, like, because I love the Open more than all others. It's my favorite

07:18tournament always, without provocation. But I thought Saturday and Sunday was just too

07:24easy. I mean, it was like, like, I was like, this sucks. This is too easy.

07:31Yeah, I'm with you. And I thought I thought the golf course was outstanding. The first two

07:36days was perfect, right? We were spoiled. We had we had some, you know, some solid wind,

07:41some not crazy. And I was going into this tournament talking about that about the weather.

07:45It looked like we were going to have some weather that they had to deal with, but nothing crazy,

07:50which is perfect. I don't like to see things go sideways completely, but enough to give these

07:55guys some trouble, enough to bring double bogey into play, and enough when you're playing downwind

08:01and it's blowing 30 where you can reach the green on your drive. You know, some funky stuff like that.

08:07And that was happening on Thursday and Friday when Bryson shot 78. And, you know, a lot of these guys

08:12went off the rails. But you're right. When we got to the weekend, it was unseasonably beautiful.

08:18The sun came out. It didn't blow too hard. And, you know, but I tell you, great golf course. I hope

08:25we go back there soon. I really like that track. And what a gorgeous venue, too.

08:30Oh, it's fantastic. And those fans, they're crazy in Northern Ireland, Belfast. They're nuts.

08:35Real quick, 30 seconds. You've seen all the greats. How great do you think this guy is early on in his

08:42career watching him golf like this? 111 under par in majors since 2020. That's 46 shots better than

08:51anyone else during that time. He's really remarkable. I love the guy. I didn't like Tiger as much. I got

08:59tired of his dominance. Now I've gotten to a point where I absolutely appreciate watching the greatness

09:04of Scotty Scheffler. I think he's one of the special ones, Scott. You're the special one.

09:09Las Vegas golfer on C2C. This is craziness.

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