00:00We do have some pretty good superstar names in this.
00:02So give us a little bit of these Keith's keys to this tournament for us, Keith.
00:06Well, the first one there, Joe kind of led me down that road.
00:09We're going to a brand new venue over here.
00:10So Tita Green, you're talking to Bill Kaur, Ben Crenshaw,
00:14and you think about those places that I just named,
00:17you're going to need some around the green acumen.
00:18Usually when we come out here, we say, hey, if you hit your irons good
00:21and you putt good like at Sanderson, then you're going to win like Stephen Fisk.
00:25But here's the thing.
00:25I think you're going to have to add when you start to look at this golf course,
00:28you know, on TV tonight, you're going to see a lot of these jagged edge bunkers
00:33and a lot of these swales around the greens.
00:35I think you're going to have to save a couple pars or score on those two par fives.
00:38Heck, the layout on this thing, because of the way they've designed it,
00:41tournament officials, you get 10 par fours over the last 11 holes.
00:46So my second key of the day is par fours.
00:48There's 13 par fours on this scorecard.
00:5113, all right?
00:52Par 71.
00:53And the third thing I'm going to say is that you got to get the putter going.
00:56That's the one thing that always translate.
00:58The better putters are always good on new venues.
01:01And why?
01:01Because they read greens better and they're better at controlling their speed.
01:04They're going to make more putts earlier.
01:06You know, there are 78 players in this event.
01:09They do get four rounds.
01:10There is no cut.
01:11This is kind of a money grab over in Japan for the fall for the PGA Tour.
01:15But if you look at those three keys, around the game, par fours, and putting,
01:21I think you'll do well choosing your players.
01:24Sounds like a wedge fest here, Keith.
01:27Hit it 300 yards and get your sand.
01:29Why, like, who should we trust in and around the greens here to get this done?
01:34Well, Joe, I'm going to go back.
01:35My early lean's on the early line.
01:37I'm going to go back to Garrick Higgo.
01:39I love the confidence and the swagger this kid showed on Sunday.
01:42I know he finished runner-up, but his number started the week around 50.
01:46And now on FanDuel this morning, he's already down to plus 4,000.
01:49I got him yesterday at plus 4,500, right?
01:51Second at the Sanderson, seventh at the Procourt.
01:54And those last two starts, he's gaining an average of 12 strokes on the field.
01:57Now, you've got to remember, we found this kid when he came out of South Africa
02:01back in 2021 on the DP World Tour.
02:03He won two out of three events.
02:05Then he comes over to the PGA Tour and he wins his first PGA Tour event
02:08less than a month later in Palmetto.
02:10So I love when this kid is hot, you got to play him.
02:14And then the second guy is a guy that we've been watching all year
02:17and we've hoped for big things from him.
02:19But at plus 5,500, Gary Woodland has been playing some very nice golf.
02:23He's got three straight top 25s, and that is spread apart by the playoffs,
02:28which he didn't compete in.
02:29So he's had some good golf going over the course of two months.
02:32He comes off the Ryder Cup.
02:33I think he's going to be extremely motivated.
02:35Now, the ball striking with Gary, there's no question.
02:38And I think he'll work his way around Yokohama very, very nicely.
02:41But the putter is what's led to his recent success.
02:44So I really love Gary, and I really love Garrick.
