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Should Justin Rose have signed with McLaren? The podcast dives deep into the pros and cons of his new equipment deal, referencing past mistakes and the immense psychological pressure that comes with such a high-stakes partnership.
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00:00I love Justin Rose, and I want him to do well.
00:02That's why I'm angry he's made this decision, because he was fine.
00:05The Honma thing is what everyone has been referring to.
00:08Again, he's done this before.
00:09It's a stupid move.
00:10And then they make that statement, and then they want to be right.
00:13So then they want him to fail, because they've made that statement.
00:17Honma, blah, blah, blah.
00:18What an idiot.
00:18What's he doing?
00:19And then if he then goes out and hits 85% greens in regulation
00:24and wins two tournaments, they look silly.
00:26So because they've made that statement, they want it to be true.
00:30And no one wants Justin Rose to do that.
00:32I think he's one of the most university-like golfers on tour at the minute.
00:36But you can tell that he's thinking about it as well, because he's on Twitter.
00:39Must be difficult not.
00:39Yeah, you showed me a few, didn't you?
00:40He isn't normally a replier on Twitter.
00:43And a couple of comments he's replied to.
00:45He hasn't been spiky with anybody.
00:46But the fact he's not replied before and suddenly is now means he's on it.
00:50He's in his head.
00:51I can picture him in his little recovery chamber, in the ice bath,
00:54going through Twitter.
00:54So he's thinking about it over the ball.
00:56He hits his eight iron at the truest.
00:57He throws his club down and it goes.
00:59It's one of the interesting things that happened in the golf.
01:01So everyone's talking about it.
01:03And I just don't like where this is heading.
01:05By the time this is out, something great may have happened.
01:07I'm uneasy.
01:08I'm anxious, Joe.
01:11I'm already, I'm still putting this first couple of weeks down to,
01:14he just hasn't played much since the Masters.
01:16It's very fair.
01:17And he's coming back out and he's had a lot on his plate and he's been promoting these.
01:21Which again, makes you question the decision to chuck this sort of variable in the halfway through.
01:25I honestly don't think it's an equipment-based problem.
01:28It's a nice muscle back iron in a shape and an offset and a design that he would absolutely like.
01:35He needs all of his current previous specs of lie-angle shaft.
01:39It's not that.
01:40It is not that.
01:41The psychological element of needing to hit these close might be playing on his mind.
01:46Because he's got the whole of the McLaren design team and PR team breathing down his head.
01:51Which really could do with you doing well here, Justin.
01:55So that can't be helpful.
01:56And every gear boffin staring at him.
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