Bermuda Championship Preview: High Stakes and Strong Winds

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00:00Start with us here, Keith, the expectations of these golfers

00:03and how this actual tournament sets up with the place that they're playing.

00:07Well, guys, here's the underlying story right now.

00:10The top 100 get their tour cards for next year.

00:12We've got two events left on the PGA Tour.

00:14So if you travel to Bermuda, you are concerned about that top 100 cut line

00:19on the FedExCup points list.

00:20The guys that are out there, yes, not necessarily the greatest strength of field,

00:24only nine players in the top 100 in the world.

00:27Recent winner Michael Brennan is the lowest ranked guy at 40.

00:30But you know what?

00:31There is a lot of subplots going on.

00:33Last year, we had the winner Rafael Campos, never won before,

00:36hadn't made a cut in like all of 2024, and he broke through.

00:40The year before, Camilo Vajegas.

00:41This event gives us a lot of suspense, a lot of drama,

00:45and with the weather they have concocted this weekend out there

00:47and the forecast, I mean, these guys playing there on the west coast

00:51of Bermuda are going to have their hands full

00:53and a lot of pressure to go along with it.

00:55Yeah, it's funny, Keith.

00:58Last time we talked to you, we said, you know, this little mini season

01:02is a good time to get some of these guys at 100 to 1.

01:05You know, thanks, Ben Griffin.

01:07Appreciate that last week.

01:08But am I missing something here, Keith?

01:126,800 yards for a PGA Tour event?

01:14Like, what is with this golf course here?

01:16What's going to win it?

01:1730 under?

01:18Well, Joe, I mean, let's not jump out of your chair down there in Florida, okay?

01:22You know, places like Pebble Beach, these coastal golf courses,

01:25that can be weather-affected.

01:27They have to be a little bit on the shorter side.

01:29I mean, last week it was 7,400 yards, and the guy shot 29 under.

01:32So, you know, don't get too hung up on the length.

01:36By the way, you know, I don't begrudge Ben Griffin

01:38in the three-putt at the Pro Corps when we did have him.

01:41I begrudge him now because Garrick Higgo hit it in the weeds,

01:44and I hit him last week.

01:45I digress.

01:46Let's move on to Bermuda.

01:48But here's the deal, right?

01:49Don't get caught up on the 6,800 yards are the par 71.

01:52This golf course, right?

01:54A couple of Keith's keys for you guys.

01:56You can get yourself in trouble here in the wind.

01:59Very, very hilly.

02:00You know, Bermuda as an island is the top of a volcano.

02:03That's the rim there that is the surface of the actual grass.

02:07It's super hilly, the terrain, and this wind that we keep talking about

02:11or I'm alluding to, it's going to be 20, 30-plus miles an hour

02:14over the weekend, right?

02:15It's coming out of the West.

02:17Well, I got good news for you, Joe.

02:19The golf course sits on the West Coast.

02:21That's actually bad news.

02:22These guys are going to get blown away on that back nine.

02:25It's going to be super challenging.

02:26So for Keith's keys this week, I'm definitely looking at a birdie to bogey ratio.

02:30They're going to make tons of birdies, but they got to stay away from those bogeys.

02:33The second thing is, is that approach play has been the thing here,

02:37and especially with your wedge.

02:38Now, you talk about the length of this golf course.

02:41It's short.

02:41So you end up with a lot of short clubs that hit the ball what?

02:44High.

02:45And it's windy.

02:46So that's kind of the crux of the issue here, the challenge that these guys face.

02:49They have to be able to flight their wedges.

02:51They have to be able to control their spin.

02:53And then the third thing is, is that this is grainy island Bermuda grass.

02:57Much like the Pass Palum last week in Mexico,

02:59these guys have got to be able to put Bermuda, you know,

03:02the guys that are good down in Florida,

03:03the guys that are good on these coastal golf courses like Sea Island next week,

03:07those are the guys that were interested.

03:08Those are three Keith's keys for this week.

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