00:00Well, let's talk Rory then, because in his most recent victory last year,
00:04he finished fifth in the strokes game approach.
00:07He's the 10th players champion in the past in the last 12 years
00:10to finish inside the top 10 in the strokes game approach to the green.
00:14As you mentioned, it's a lot of that 125 to 175,
00:17like in that sort of category.
00:18If you're playing well there,
00:19you're likely going to have a good chance in this tournament.
00:21In 2019, when he won this event the first year back in March,
00:24he was first tee to green.
00:25He was second off the tee.
00:27He was sixth in the approach, 29th around the green
00:29and 47th in putting.
00:31And then in 2025, eighth tee to green, 16th off the tee,
00:35fifth in approach, 50th around the green, but 10th in putting.
00:38So a little bit better putting this last year.
00:41Now, we saw something come across the water today
00:43that he's still a little bit bothered by that back.
00:46He's not arriving here on site until Wednesday.
00:49So, and if you've been following the sort of the tournament favorites
00:54and the odds there, his line was moving a little bit as a result of that.
00:58I still think he plays.
00:59Oh, I do think he plays.
01:02I'd be stunned if he didn't play.
01:04I just felt like it was going to be, you know, a pretty quick turnaround.
01:07Just the fact that he was like, I could have played, you know,
01:09but I just wanted to be safe with everything coming up.
01:12But to see that, like, he still needs to rehab
01:14and he's not quite ready to swing.
01:16I think anybody can relate to that with back pain.
01:18Sometimes you're more sore two days later.
01:20That's probably where he's at now after getting some treatment.
01:23Yeah.
01:24I think it'll start feeling a little bit better.
01:26I think faxed it on the air.
01:28He said, get some anti-inflams is what he called them.
01:31Inflams.
01:31Like he was like slang for inflammatory.
01:34I laughed so hard when he said it.
01:37But, yes, but Rory, great, great history here.
01:40It's you just want to see him at full strength, though.
01:42You know, that's I think the goal for Rory is just to get healthy when he shows up.
01:48He's nothing changes about this golf course over the many years that he's been around here.
01:53I don't you worry a little bit that he wasn't around here playing practice sounds and feels fully prepped.
01:59But I think when he gets out there, he'll be able to shake the rust off.
02:03Yeah.
02:03I mean, is there this is a course they show up to play every single year, right?
02:07So you don't do as much course prep, you know, here.
02:09I mean, maybe it's just green firmness, things like you're talking about,
02:11like maybe they're a little bit crispy this year.
02:13They should be fine.
02:14All right.
02:14Most likely, it's like, can you get putts the hole after last week?
02:17Yeah.
02:18Yeah.
02:18I mean, that's that's that's a good point.
02:20I mean, but let's see.
02:21Let's think about this.
02:22He withdrew Friday.
02:23He didn't even play with the right Friday or Saturday.
02:27He withdrew on Saturday, Saturday.
02:30OK, so we did play two rounds out there.
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