00:00I think, Smiley, just your overall thoughts on Thor's maybe career path to this point,
00:07his first PGA Tour win.
00:09And honestly, one of the things I thought about in the immediate aftermath of this win
00:13is, remember, maybe it was last week, the week before, we're talking about this part
00:17of the schedule, the post-open championship part of the schedule.
00:21You know, the John Deere's, the Rockets, the 3M's, where this is where, you know, a
00:26couple years ago, Davis Thompson and Dior Bjornsson and a number of others are doing
00:30down the stretch.
00:31Like, this is a cool time of the year to have storylines like this.
00:35You have back-to-back winners on the PGA Tour that both came from PGA Tour U, and I hope
00:40we don't lose that when we have a stratified tour in 2028.
00:44Man, Michael plays good this time of the year.
00:46You know, he's got that John Deere, you know, plays good at the Scottish Open this year, won
00:51the Western AM back in 2022, I think it was.
00:55So, you know, some guys play well at certain times of the year, and here Michael Thorne
01:01Bjornsson is, went on the PGA Tour on a golf course that played hard today on Sunday, and
01:08it was not necessarily quite as of a cupcake as it was early in the week.
01:13Thorne Bjornsson had his best round of the week on Sunday, the lowest round of the day,
01:17shooting a 63, no bogeys.
01:19Of course, kind of sealing it off with that 25-footer, which was the longest putt he made
01:23the entire week.
01:25He actually has only made 12 putts outside of 25 feet the entire year, and so just for
01:31him to make a putt from that link to seal it, especially with, you know, the situation
01:36at the time, if Michael goes in three putts, Xander Schauffele had a chance to make his putt
01:41to tie him, and Xander, of course, made his putt.
01:44So, it was, for a second there, like, there was a chance for a two-shot swing if Michael
01:49hit a poor putt, but really going into that back nine, it felt like it was anybody's ball
01:54game.
01:55There was a lot of guys that had a chance.
01:56Davis Riley was the guy who was out in front today.
01:59Michael Brennan was a player that, you know, seemed to, felt like it was going to be a guy
02:05that was going to have a good Sunday, didn't have his best day.
02:07Uh, but, you know, Michael was, he was rock solid, man.
02:12He just, he had 17 greens on a gusty day that's wet outside.
02:16Uh, when you have, I always found those to be the most challenging days, almost when it's,
02:20when it's soft and, and it's gusty winds from the north that are inconsistent.
02:26Those are the most challenging days because of the strength of the wind could change dramatically,
02:31especially when you get that north heavier air and the ball just feels like on crosswinds,
02:36doesn't want to stay on line.
02:37Uh, saw it a couple of different times, especially on the longer par fours today.
02:41Uh, but Michael handled it beautifully, only hitting 17 greens, only missing nine greens
02:45on the week.
02:46Um, and Charlie, that's kind of been his, his bread and butter, man, is that he's, uh,
02:52unorthodox as it is being a 10 finger guys is a, he's an elite ball striker.
