00:00But one last thing I want to ask you about when it comes to y'all's rivalry was when you
00:05got to the PGA Tour, I think for the longest time, it had to be annoying, had to have been
00:10annoying with how great of a start that Jordan Spieth got off to and winning major championships, winning on the
00:18PGA Tour.
00:19And every time that you were shown on the broadcast, and I remember this when I was, I think I
00:24was probably still either in college or had been on the Korn Ferry Tour, and you were just Jordan Spieth's
00:30good friend.
00:32And there would be other people that would say, it's like, just wait, like, wait till he breaks out.
00:37But I imagine you had to be just so annoyed and pissed off and ready just to, like, prove everybody
00:43that, like, no, I'm really good, too.
00:45Just give me a chance.
00:48That had to have been frustrating.
00:50It was.
00:51It was.
00:52I mean, being where I am now and kind of understanding how everything works, like, I get it.
00:57But also, it's like, I mean, I didn't really have a rebuttal at the time.
01:03I mean, the dude was winning tournaments at, you know, some of the historic ages, winning majors at historic ages.
01:11And, you know, it just, it was, it was one of those things where it's like, yeah, I could be
01:16pissed off and I could not like it.
01:18But at the end of the day, like, I should go win some tournaments then.
01:21And I think it was kind of then of, I'm sure I probably started getting not snippy, but just over
01:27the questions and wanting to stop them.
01:32And it's also so, so long you can talk about the same thing.
01:36So, I think for me, it was motivating of, like, hey, like, maybe I just try to be Justin Thomas
01:41and not be Jordan Spee's best friend or Jordan Spee's good buddy.
01:44And, you know, I'm sure he got a kick out of it for a long time.
01:50But, yeah, I was just, I was happy that I was able to start winning some tournaments and start making
01:54a name for myself.
01:55Because, yeah, it definitely, it wore on me a little bit.
01:57But at the same time, you know, we've talked about it before.
02:00I think both of us are better versions of ourselves when the other person's playing well.
02:05And I think that, you know, in 17, we had some unbelievable battles.
02:09And, you know, we're trying to, both trying to win the FedEx Cup.
02:14We're both trying to be number one in the world.
02:15We're both trying to win tournaments and doing it.
02:18You know, it's, when you look back at it, I think it's one of those things that we both are
02:24better when the other one is playing better.
02:26And it's the same year in which you're trying to win your first major championship at Quail Hollow.
02:31And Jordan was out of the hunt.
02:33And you've told me this story about how you went to him before that final round, go to dinner, and
02:40maybe just pick his brain a little bit.
02:41Just talk about just how comfortable you are to be able to go to somebody and just try to get
02:47some advice on how to get the job done.
02:50For sure.
02:50It's something that, it's situational in the sense of, you know, it's like, what's the line of like, all right,
02:57this person's out of the tournament now.
02:59Like, I can, you know, like, if he was like six back, that's, that's, that's, I feel like, you know,
03:05six or seven is kind of the threshold of like, all right, I can't like ask this guy to how
03:08to win the tournament because he's trying to win the same tournament.
03:11So, but he, he didn't have a chance, fortunately for me, because I, yeah, after I finished my round Saturday
03:19and it, I mean, I was one of the last couple of groups.
03:21And it was basically dark when I left the course and wanted to go to, to Cowfish in Charlotte there.
03:28That's a good spot.
03:29It's so good.
03:30It's a good spot.
03:30So good.
03:31And with Jill was with me and his, his wife, Annie.
03:35So.
03:35By the way, that's changed now.
03:37Like, like now for the most part, like you're not going out to dinner on a Saturday night of a
03:41major championship where like you have to deal with people.
03:43That, that in itself just is like, I can't imagine being at dinner and the guy who has a chance
03:47to win a major is like the table next to me.
03:50In his golf clothes from that day, mind you.
03:52Yeah.
03:53I'm there in my white pants and my blue shirt that I wore on Saturday.
03:56Like it was just, it was late.
03:57And I'm like, Jill's, do you want to go to dinner?
04:00Do you want to meet him?
04:00And I'm like, I, I don't really want to, but like, I also, I need to eat.
04:05And I'd rather, I like, I love Cowfish and I'd rather have that than have room service.
04:08So, but I also selfishly wanted to talk to Jordan, um, you know, about, I was trying to win my
04:16first major.
04:16Uh, I wanted to pick his brain a little bit and, and I think, you know, it just, just wanted
04:22to be with, you know, be with my friend and in the sense of like making the, the setting or
04:27situation as normal as possible.
04:29So, yeah, we met them.
04:29I, we went straight from the golf course.
04:31I'm literally in my golf clothes from that day.
04:33Probably like my player's badge.
04:35Like, I mean, it's probably eight, eight 30 at night.
04:37Like they had ordered.
04:38So food was there when we got there and it was a quick dinner, but it was good just for
04:42me.
04:42Cause I, you know, asked him essentially, yeah, you have any advice for me, anything you'd tell me.
04:46And just to basically sometimes hearing what you probably already know, but from someone who's done it three times and
04:54not only three times, but he's won the previous major.
04:56He just won the open championship, uh, just, you know, telling me to, to just be patient and just be
05:02myself.
05:03Uh, it was probably something that helped me the next day without really knowing.
05:06Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
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