US Women's Open Recap, Canadian Open Drama, and LIV Golf Conspiracy Theories

Intro and overview of the week's biggest events in golf welcome back to beyond the tour Luke how are you Jake I'm well big weekend of golf so lots for us to get into but also got out and got some practice in myself so I'm excited for for my golf game and also to talk or things golf with you that's good likewise that it has been a very big week in golf with today the longer staying golf wrapping up for the US Open qualifying so we'll touch on that as well straight off the toplet do a a little bit of a around the grounds so we'll kick off with the week's biggest event which was the US Women's Open which was won by Yuka Sasso she ran away with it in the end the Aussie hope M Lee faded away on the back nine didn't she she looked good coming out of the gates opening with birdie and had a a Recap of the US Women's Open, won by Yuka Saso decent lead on the front side there but wasn't a be for Mii and we'll talk through that a bit later on at thec Canadian open Rob McIntyre Bobby MacIntyre ended up winning that over Ben Griffin again he was a little shaky coming down the back but he did well to hang on with his dad on the back he did plenty of big names coming at him in that final round there and was great to see him get the victory with his dad on the bag and then over at the European open on the DP World SE that was won by Lori caner lives Reserve player or one of lives players making a start there in in the European open and getting the job done and we'll just quickly run through a few of the notables from today's Us open qualifying so it cherry Hill Aaron Ry was notable from my perspective he's over in over in all Europe mainly so he's English he's come across so he qualified along with Davis Thompson which was another guy who's coming into the Signature Events now so that was good to see at the Bears Club Matt cooa Daniel berer and Burmy got in Dean berm Woodmont no one really notable there were a couple that missed Kieran Vincent and Lucas Herbert were both a shot out of qualifying or out of a playoff at Juke University web Simpson Sam Bennett who had that run at the Masters last year and the other one which we were discussing last week Harry higs who's in really good form great achievement for Harry qualifying for his first US Open Notable players who qualified for the US Open and continuing his good run of form Justin lower Brendan Todd Sheamus power at Columbus Ohio and in Springfield Ohio Zack Blair Bo HOSA and the most notable for from our perspective was Cam Davis who bet or beat Adam Scott on the second hole in the playoff after Scotty chipped in for a birdie and then that was followed by Cam Davis sinking a probably an eight-footer on top of his chip in heartbreaking to have to see two Aussies Slug It Out There For the final spot in the Springfield qualifier uh Scotty LED after the first round not able to get get the job done but it'd be pretty high on the alternate list I'd imagine yeah and then like mered which isn't finished just as we go to recording but David pu is in the clubhouse with the lead with the two shot lead he was at 12 under so he's very likely to come to get through there another achievement for the live guys there if he can get through but Discussion on the RBC Canadian Open, won by Bobby MacIntyre just before we dive into the golf in a lot of detail you had an interesting experience over the weekend one of your tweets on X went viral I think you something like 3 million views and 1.7k likes but also 1,600 odd comments which didn't necessarily agree with your take and you did have a bit of a pile on from The barol Fanboys so maybe just talk us through firstly how you going and secondly talk us through the Tweet so I found since being on Twitter I've been on X for a long time and mostly passive it's my source of news and I'll comment on friends and whatever and whatnot but over the past couple of months leading into this podcast I've become a little bit more strategic and using it more for business purposes so starting to make a name for myself here and starting to promote so I've been a little bit more active and going back a couple of months I found that any discussion that that revolved around live really hit a little bit of a sour spot and we're getting quite a bit of traction so using Bryson a few of his Antics at the Masters got a couple hundred thousand views and whatnot so when I saw this this initial uh post from Taylor Made s celebrating Trent breaking 90 I saw that as an opportunity that if I could incorporate live into the discussion there that it might do quite well so it took two minutes to post and I edited it down so that the post was under 280 character Souls All Above The Fault With X when you're a premium subscriber you can post long tweets and when you post long tweets it cuts it off so that was as strategic as I went down that path so you can't say a lot in 100 80 Char or 280 characters so I just thought I just hit post and see what happens and it did well for a bit and then probably six or seven hours later as the US started waking up yeah it started to gain traction again and at the time I was in bed so I had no way of controlling it but by the time I woke up Paige spanic and a few of the B guys retweeted and the the the thread prettyy much turned into a pile on there so the majority of comments weren't even really about the the premise of the tweet it was more just the B he's a bone go get it and that's what it ended up being but from our perspective or from my perspective it was a pretty successful tweet it didn't take long to post and that's resulted in 50 odd followers we had four or 500 views to our websites which is good because they're all now tracked and we can use them in retargeting for any sort of advertising we do so yeah it was a positive outcome from my perspective so maybe if we can just talk through the actual substance of the Tweet cuz I Analyzing the substance of Jake's viral tweet about TaylorMade and LIV Golf think a lot of the commenters probably misinterpreted your Tweet as being a shot at Trent from barol who had made a post or a tweet around him breaking 90 and that being an achievement of note and your Tweet was more about tayor made choosing to lean into an engagement or a collaboration around Trent breaking 90 rather than engaging in a more Earnest way with some some of the bigger tours particularly say the live tour so again there is some truth in that so there's obviously pretty much all brands are ignoring live or taking a wide birth treading very carefully so that's one particular aspect which is no doubt true DJ for instance is the only Le player that Taylor Made still sponsor in some sort of oh he he's the any sort of live golfer on their website that is still a sponsored player but they haven't posted or mentioned his name since 2012 so I think the last time they mentioned him was in on X is September 22 so they're clearly ignoring it so there is that particular aspect and when you sit down and you think about it and you say a brand probably the one of the largest brands in golf is unwilling to post about some of the best players in golf but is really to promote someone breaking 9 that doesn't make a lot of sense when you actually think about it do you think the two are mutually exclusive though the way that I think about it is tailor made have probably two distinct markets the professionals market and the amateurs market and maybe they're diving into the amateurs Market through the collaboration with the likes of baral who a lot of their followers are going to be amateur golfers probably a lot of hackers in there love to break 90 and therefore it was quite relatable and maybe that's distinct from collaborating with the the professionals and maybe it's a side issue around whether it's the live professionals or the PGA Tour professionals that that they choose to do but they're not necessarily mutually exclusive no they're not absolutely not and I've got in in fact like it was a the post was designed to to to sort of G of this sort of attention not I didn't expect it to get 3 million but yeah you wanted to get some level of discussion and unfortunately the way the algorithm works is that platitudes and positivity doesn't move anything you've got to go to the extremes so you've got to Garner either someone who's want to get in behind you and back you up 100% or has the opposite view because they're the only people who then engage and and provide commentary on any sort of anything on X that sort of of goes well in terms of tailor made and someone like a barast or other YouTube golfers it's very smart that market is a market that's growing fast and it makes 100% sense that they are uh working with Brands like that and X to be honest is the platform you do that because the people who are watching golf on YouTube are also going to be on the social platforms as well in terms of the larger amateur market and golf in a largest um the majority of golfers amateur golfers are not on X or not watching YouTube they're your sort of typical weekend golfers these people I don't believe would recognize someone like a Trent or a bastel or any other YouTube golfers they will recommend the very best in the world and that's it so I think in terms of YouTube golfers moving products certainly yes for that YouTube Market outside of the YouTube Market outside of the social media Market I don't believe they do move any product because people just aren't aware of them and therefore you're poting around letting an opportunity go by in terms of collaborating with the likes of live that then turns my mind to they must have some data that they're working on around what their Avatar buyer is what their ideal customer looks like and it probably still is very much us Centric where we know acceptance of live is certainly Beyond where Liv would like it in fact there's still quite a lot of resistance to live within the US market hence possibly the reason behind their lack of collaboration to this point I agree 100% it's social media it's a good way to start a discussion and if we're not talking about that there's not much we're going to be talking about hey look it would be remiss of me not to check in and see are you doing okay given the whole social media debate over the last week around Grayson Murray's suicide and the calls for people to just be nicer to each other particularly on social media platforms there are some pretty terrible things said about you about this podcast hopefully you're doing okay and you haven't taken any of it to heart no I don't I you can completely ignore the Addressing the social media debate around Grayson Murray's suicide and online behavior majority of it which I absolutely do but certainly on that point I really feel for influencers who tread this particular line or also people who would potentially get stuck up in this which potentially didn't weren't able to cope with it because you should see my DMs it's got probably 40 messages in there and it's worse than any comments on that particular post it's a big problem and yeah certainly Awareness on that is a big thing that was I was I'd heard that bastel have been able to produce this sort of stuff previously but seeing it firsthand like you can it's it was quite disgusting really from some of their followers and it's not bast's fault but yeah it's but definitely that's something that we need to get better at collectively all right well let's move on to the gulf then US Continuing the recap of the US Women's Open Women's Open what did what were your thoughts as you mentioned yuk casasso got the job done there now playing for Japan formerly the Philippines I think her mother's Filipino and her dad's Japanese so she she's chosen to play Under the Japanese flag since about 2022 interestingly talking to to one of my Filipino mates just around that change he did ask the question about whether there may have been maybe some underhanded behavior in the Philippines it's known particularly in sporting circles for corruption and some shady dealings and possibly the Japanese market for her provides a bit more sanctuary and a bit more protection from that I have no knowledge of that but it was just an interesting comment that that my mate made to me as we were talking about the change from the Philippines to Japan but she she certainly was able to close it out based on the back nine she looked a little shaky and and possibly out of contention early on the front nine but was able to really steady the ship make a bunch of birdies on the back nine and then she drove the the par for 16th or 17th coming home and made a birdie there it wasn't a certainly it wasn't a lay down maer birdie because the eagle put was extremely difficult but that was pretty much all she wrote from that point and you close the door on on the likes of Mii Lee and Andrea Lee who had their chances and Andrea to her great credit hung around a lot longer than I thought she would I thought by the T by the turn she was pretty much cooked and Mii looked the goods after about five holes where she had a three- shot lead she came out of the gates with a birdie and had she have parred the course from the fifth or sixth hle she actually would have won the tournament but the course was playing extremely difficult the greens and the undulation were in the fairways were a real test for the players and overall I think Lancaster probably came out as the star of the tournament it was a really tough test of golf and youa that sort of that 156 where she hit the five iron on 15 in and in birded that particular hole that the height she got with that particular shot like she just had seemingly a lot more Firepower and just more shots than the others and and M I thought she was looking quite solid and she was playing the type of golf she needed to obviously she's made a few birdies before she got to sorry a few Bogies before she got to the 12 and then just hit an okay shot but not what she wanted and that the course punished her so from that particular Point she come undone a little bit but it was a grueling test and Yuk's win was really good just on the her switching across to Japan I did a little bit of research as to why that particularly happened with a Japanese law for dual citizens requires that they make a decision at age 22 and relinquish one of their citizenships hence she chose Japan and probably there might be more to it but I'd say more more so commercial reasons than anything else if you look at the amount of Japanese press that she had following her lots of sponsorship on the L side coming out of Japan and Korea so that's possibly a reason she ended up choosing Japan no doubt that's that makes perfect commercial sense she did say that if she could play under both Flags she would so she still feels that Affinity that the Philippines but maybe you're right the commercial realities came home to roost in the end and she had to make that choice as for Mii with such a difficult course not being able to find the Fairway was a real thorn in her side in the final round really very unmi like where she is quite reliable off the tea and finds a lot of Fairways and you talked about Sasso having the shots that the other players didn't necessarily have I think your Point's well made about the trajectory and being able to hit those towering High shots and of course no surprise she's able to do that given that she's role modeled her swing off Rory mroy the course as you say early on I think after day one it was getting a little bit of uh negative press but I think by the end of the weekend most were pretty happy with how the course played it wasn't in my opinion unfair it was just a really scrolling test of golf and very typical of a US Open setup possibly some of that criticism came because a number of the big names really pretty much bombed in the first round and and meant that they weren't going to make the the cut I think that probably led to a lot of the criticism as you say by the end of the fourth round it became clear that Lancaster was a great Championship golf setup it provided a fantastic test and I think the overwhelming majority of fans wanted to see the golfers be able to navigate that challenge and the course play the way that it did I think probably the Discussing the strong Asian presence on the US Women's Open leaderboard thing that would stopped me from being opinionated initially after that first round was the top of the leaderboard it was quite a sort of Brad who had a lot of Korean Japanese Mii was way up there players who play potentially different style of golf than what we typically see on the LPGA Tour and that to me probably meant that they maybe were a little bit more adaptable early on so yeah I certainly by the end of it everyone was pretty happy with the course it was a great test of golf and we had a good winner the domination of the leaderboard by the asian-based players really did stand out particularly the Tha and Japanese players I felt for Mei who really tried her hardest throughout the whole tournament she maintained the lead for quite a long time but I always felt that she was making so many clutch up and downs or 10t par parts that it eventually luck would run out and and it would have to come home and bite her and unfortunately did in the final round there running through the rest of the Aussies Hannah green finished t16 Kemp at 29 ruffles at 51 so she made the cut was battling to make the cut and then she had some up and had an up and down weekend the other two Kaku and key marks were both miscuts which is relatively probably to be expected for someone like key at at this sort of point in her career I think that's right and and Hannah green came storming home just backed all that that finish that t16 finish so she wasn't ever really in the mix it was really just M from the Aussie's point of view that the main focus was and the main chance was yeah Lexi Thompson's retirement from full-time LPGA schedule Lexi also missed the cut Lexi Thompson that was her 18th Us open as we spoke about last week after she announced her retirement from a full-time schedule disappointing for Lexi to miss the cut in her final US Open and she was quite emotional afterwards as you would expect just a shame to to see her go out in that way but it's probably not the last that we'll see of Lexi I wouldn't be surprised if she does make appearance in some other majes from time to time but what a fantastic career in any event how like did do you have any sort of idea of what she might decide to play like what is retirement from a full-time schedule mean like do it mean ages and a couple other big events it wouldn't surprise me if we don't see her for a couple of years possibly to have a family and then look to maybe make some sort of a semi return everything will depend on I think family life for Lexi so we might see her play in some of these celebrity events like what we've seen anakah senson do Etc but it's very unclear what it looks like at this point hey did you catch any of Charlie Hull over the weekend did Highlighting Charley Hull's character and personality anyone not and the fact that she likes a cigarette or or to rip a dart was the terminology used interesting to see cigarette smoking glorified in the way that it was I think it's less about the cigarette smoking though and more about the fact that Charlie is just an ARR character and in golf we need these characters so I'm all for more Charlie Hull content probably less of the smoking content but yeah it was a point of Interest particularly the one where she had the cigarette hanging out her mouth while she was smoking while she was signing autographs for fans again it's illustrative of her being a real character in golf I think rather than promoting cigarette smoking but she did give some interviews after the tournament saying well look if you guys think that's interesting you should have a camera follow me I've Got Friends that say that my whole life is a reality TV show in the making cuz I've got heaps of these interesting anecdotes and stories that happen along the way so she certainly seems like a great personality and we need more of that in golf get her on full swing full swing and and I think Mel Reed said something along the lines of I've only got one PG story about Charlie H I can tell right switching heading north up to the Canadian open so that was a really solid week from Bobby Mack after speaking a few weeks ago about how tough of the transition to the PJ tour has been for him he had his dad on the bag I think his dad got the call Monday or Tuesday was sitting on the couch and jumped on the flight the next day and he's on the back so that's a a big time win really with the field there and with his dad on the back a very popular winner too it was only a matter Recap of the RBC Canadian Open and Bobby MacIntyre's win with his dad on the bag of weeks ago that he was commenting about how lonely it can feel on the PGA tour as an international player coming over and so this was a fantastic win to see Bobby get up he had a four strike lead going into the final round he would have felt really nervous after the third hole given that his lead had evaporated MC Hughes had three straight birdies through holes two to five and Bobby a bogey to start with so that four shot lead it evaporated but he grinded it out he showed a lot of grit on that back nine and was able to get the job done coming you know under the gun down the stre stretch really probably the main two challenges was Ben Griffin and McKenzie Hughes was a little bit further back but certainly yeah it wasn't an easy win he had a bigger lead around four or five shots Midway through and lost that and ended up having to at least hold a powerart from a foot or two feet to actually clinch the wi a little bit of meat left on that bone for his final P but it went in the center of the hole he would have been a little nervous too see Rory charging who he was four under through his first seven holes got himself in the mix he end up finishing three back at T4 but no one likes to see a charging Rory on a Sunday it's a bit like tiger used to be if he was charging on a Sunday a lot of the Front Runners sort of parted ways and and allowed him to come on through but as I said before Bob showed that level of grit and determination to to get it done his first win on the PGA tour and a big congrats to him and he got the exemption therefore into this week's signature event but decided to head home to party and what a party it will be I have seen some footage rehashed footage from him partying postrer Cup victory so I think the Scots can expect a fun time back home when he gets there yeah now Rory that's a that's an interesting one he just needs to be a little bit closer to the to the top of the leaderboard when he's making these charges cuz we often see this from him particularly in the Mages over the last few years where his charge just ends up a little bit short because you're so far back well renowned for the backdoor top 10 or backdoor top five coming in and shooting a 64 or 63 in the final round to make up a lot of ground that has been seeded in those earlier rounds so you're right if he's closer it's going to be danger signs for those Front Runners Ryan Fox had the Discussing the performance of international players and the OWGR system outright lead through the early rounds Victor Perez also finished off quite well both I believe coming from the Euro Top 10 so they've been very impressive this year they really have and it does put a question mark over from a DP World Tour perspective the arrangement under the Strategic Alliance where the top 10 get a PGA Tour card uh and how sustainable that is is as an initiative under the Strategic Alliance do you think it needs a rethink from a European tour perspective because clearly these players are world class they're coming into the PGA Tour events and they're giving them a shake or they're winning them and it it is disappointing to see that that happen where they could be playing in these DP World Tour events not to be under the under the Strategic Alliance strategic Alliance and also owgr there was always talk about in the old owgr system that that favored International golfers DP world to a Japanese golfers compared to PGA Tour players and most people would be using the example of these golfers traveling to the US and just not able to compete in the PJ tour events but to me I think what a lot of international golfers are that the PGA Tour guys aren't necessarily is that they're a lot more they play on different course layout so they're more adaptable which I think probably leads to them being better than potentially these people think so I think we've gone too far the other way with thegr as well that needs to be maybe realigned or readjusted more back towards where it was and your point about adaptability is probably borne out by the type of reasonably similar style setups that we see on the PGA tour and a lot of the influential podcasters and course architect experts talk about this the dartboard golf that we see week in week out for regular PGA tour stops doesn't necessarily provide for adaptability provides for the bomb and gou the driver wedge putt putting contest style engagement and so I think that's why when we see a course like Lancaster play the way that it did or Royal Melbourne when you see it as part of the President's Cup you see those courses and it's just an entirely different viewing experience now that's not to say that that the top guys on the PGA tour AR adaptable they're just not called upon to do that enough but they have shown that they absolutely can adapt and I think the 2019 team Presidents Cup is a great example of that where the US team was really under the gun and and behind after the first two days but by the time singles came around they had worked the course out they had adjusted their play and the Really top guys showed that they've still got all the skills and they were able to come come home over the top of the Internationals on a course that you probably would have thought the Internationals would have been able to hold a lead on in that final point but the adaptability is there we just love to see more of it yeah that's right give Bob MacIntyre calling off the drone during the Canadian Open them more give them different layouts so that they can actually show how adaptable they can be and a lot of this is determined by sponsors and broadcasters sponsors want events in particular cities at particular locations that align with their maybe their corporate head office or where their major clients are Etc so the PGA Tour has some challenges in that regard and I guess this is part of the dynamic that's going on in golf at the moment where the PGA Tour is like trying to turn a big shipping contain big shipping tanker that some of the disruptors are able to move more nimbly and that's why we see lives being able to secure agreements with the likes of marido Etc or changing up venues where they haven't worked what did you think of Bob ma calling off the Drone I didn't see it but I saw it on social media but you'll have to talk me through it just a few times there he's he pretty much told the the Drone to to piss off now thinking about it to me like a drone gives us a constant woring and unless it's moving around at really low level it's something that these golfers probably need to learn to put up with because the broadcast particularly on a PJ tour the broadcast partners are who pay the bills so you should be uh giving them the best opportunity to do what they like as as as far as possible it it might also have something to do with the type of drone I saw two different types of drones that live that Liv had been using so last uh at Liv Adela the Drone was really big and it made quite a bit of noise and it was very imposing in the air this time around you'll remember that the Drone was very small and so on on the 18th on the 18th hole where we had those two playoff holes the Drone was constantly in the sky but it barely registered any sort of recognition because it was small and quiet so possibly it has something to do with the type of drain and I can understand a player's perspective if it was as big as the one that lived last year but but certainly with technology advances you think this will be a complaining about a drain will be a thing of the past over time now just rounding out to the Canadian we've got A's in the field Adam Scott at t42 Harrison UT and Aaron badley both missed the cut so continuing the Run of not much to talk about for Australians Preview of the upcoming LIV Golf event in Houston on the PGA tour Scotty just continues to plot around that Midfield making Cuts but not really in contention and Harrison indicot after getting his tour card hasn't really been able to make much of a a splash so hopefully there's some more positive things ahead for him for the remainder of the Season okay this week we've got Liv Houston going up against the Jack event the signature at Memorial so some great golf ahead live returns golf club of Houston which is a George Fazzio design it's hosted a lot of PGA Tour events in the past in fact it was the host of the Houston open from 2003 to 20 so it's it's a golf course that has has stood up to Championship conditions should be a good test for the guys we've got the $25 million purse on off 20 mil for the individual and 5 mil for the team and for the Aussies the shotgun start will kick off at about 315 a.m. on Saturday morning so you'll have to set your alarm clocks nice and early for that one this is this sort of uh part this swing of the schedule generally is a back nine see the back nine wake up 6:00 or thereabouts the young kids sometimes get you up though a bit earlier but yeah it's hard to get up at 3:15 and I think this is probably one of the reasons I'm a big component proponent of live is the fact that they're going into different time zones it gives the opportunity for more people around the world to tune in life taking a risk because a lot of the time zones don't work well for the US market and that a lot in terms of comment on social media and whatnot not going to tune in I won't be getting up at that time Etc so it is a risk to play in these locations but we've talked about this before uh it all comes down to what lens you're applying are you applying a US Centric lens or a global lens and and without question live are trying to exploit the global opportunity they're applying the global lens and they're leaning into those time uh time zones different time zones even if there is a clash with the US market there's a little bit of disc discussion around visiting Houston in June so their weekend is pretty much what's 35 34 34 Cade so it's going to be nice and warm with low humidity no rain low wind so it's going to be interesting to see what the crowd turnout is in uh in Houston over the weekend it's pretty warm I think that might play into the to the advantage of the likes of the South Africans the Australians maybe the South Americans even the Spanish to some extent so so be interesting to see how the teams go and as you say whether the crowds turn up it's always a bit of a question mark in the US about whether the crowds will come or not I can guarantee you there'll be the usual posts and photos of holes where there zero Spectators and the standard no one's watching post that comes out but I think we'll probably see a decent turn as my anticipation do you have a pick my pick is probably Bur I think he's in good form he'll want a good showing before he gets to the US Open next week and he's just really playing Great Golf I was going to agree but I will instead take Smith coming into Pinehurst I think he'll be also pretty sharp and if you're taking bur I'm taking The Stingers for the team sting and look I'll I'll take the Picks for the LIV Golf Houston event Fireballs okay that's good now the memorial signature event uh big purse this week on the PGA tour of $20 million and undoubtedly we're going to have uh a strong feel given that it is a signature event defending champ Victor hovland hopefully we see Vic in his best form because I think world golf is so much better with Victor firing on all cylinders he's one of the I think top five guys when he's right on his game and so hopefully we see him in great form not just uh for Jack's event this week at milfield Village but also next week when we get to Pinehurst and I think we've got nine out of the top 10 ranked owgr ranked players for what that's worth but certainly all the big names are going to be there to be picking M again I think this is type Preview of the Memorial Tournament on the PGA Tour of event he will win and then he'll bomb out next week look I'll I'll go for Victor going back to back let's come back on board with Rory but he burnt me again at valhall I think now I think he's someone I just can't pick him in Majors now until he actually wins one you've joined suly on his I'm never picking Rory again that fooled me too many times so good to see you and Sully in the same bait there on the DP world to we've got the vvo Scandinavian mix tournament so that's a combination of the DP World Tour players and is it the that's right ladies European to it's a Discussing the Volvo Scandinavian Mixed event on the DP World Tour really interesting event this one that have the men's professional and the women's professional golfers competing in the same event for the same Trophy and the same purse so couple of solim Cup players teeing it up in meline sagstrom and also Linny Grant in fact Grant was the first female winner of this event so she'd certainly be looking to to repeat that achievement and then in terms of the men some some names in terms of including nacho elvar who won two weeks ago on the DP World Tour Rasmus hoard and former PGA Tour player Dylan fatelli Frugal fatelli will you get any time to watch the any of that I'll have to see how the the timings line up but I'm quite interested in that event to see how that how that is staged cuz as in Australia we have some mixed events so it be interesting to to see how the Scandinavian mixed tournament compares to the mixed tournaments that we have in Australia and if there are any sort of format differences that would be interesting for us to pick up here so we saw also Update on the dropped charges against Scottie Scheffler through the week that the Sheffer charges were finally dropped and as we had previously spoken about our gut feel was that this was likely to be just a big misunderstanding rather than any sort of crime and certainly not a felony so so common sense seems to have prevailed the district attorneys had to look and has made a decision to drop the charges and both Scotty and detective Gillis issued statement following the dropping of the charges again Scotty being very magnanimous and all class in terms of his response probably a bit of tongue and cheek from detective Gillis in terms of how he has responded agreed with Scotty that there were no hard feelings I'm not sure that he's the one that should be saying I've got no hard feelings that I'm harboring given that he seems to have completely overplayed the situation and caused a huge amount of embarrassment and upheaval for Scotty in the midst of a major tournament remains to be seen whether Scotty will take things further or whether he let sleeping dogs lie now that the charges have been dropped I suspect there'll be a number of lawyers in his ear saying that he should be thinking about bringing civil proceedings against the Louisville police force and maybe detective Gillis for wrongful imprisonment or some sort of civil cause of action we'll just have to see what happens there it doesn't strike me as being the type of play that Scotty would engage in but you never know hey and finally do you have some time for a little bit of conspiracy theories always always good so Christo Conspiracy theory about amateur Christo Lamprecht potentially joining LIV Golf Lampe who was sitting second on the pj2 University standings and he pulled out of the NC the NCAA finals with a back injury Christo has a US Open exemption as an amateur he turned pro at the end of last week which essentially meant that he lost his exemption and he today went into final qualifying to try and qualify he did not qualify he's in no events prior to the US Open so there wasn't really any reason for him to turn pro except if he was to announce this week that he's joining live the reason you would turn pro last week is so that you could try to qualify for the US Open because the only way he could have then tried to qualify was to be a pro cuz he was already qualified yeah it it was puzzling to me why he decided to turn pro and give up the exemption so I I've been scratching my head not really understanding the play here so what are you saying that there's a a move to live that could be on the cards well it makes that makes sense like I think the only other reason I can think of uh for him to turned Pro and tried to qualify for the US Open is maybe some reason to to to get the points from appearing in the USA but maybe he was overconfident expected to qualify and he wanted to get a little bit of a head start with the points that he could earn before becoming a pro and trying to and on the cor fery to and trying to qualify I'm not sure that's the only other thing I can consider but other than that to me like that would be the reason that you would turn pro if you're joining live because ideally you would just not turn pro until you actually announced if you were joining live but yeah just maybe that's the reason turn pro try and qualify possibly although you're talking joining from next year right oh I think like announcing now playing this week and playing as a wild card potentially yeah or joining another team it probably makes more sense that he would take Hudson swafford's position who has not been in good form at all I think if we look at lorri caner for example lorri caner was the one that's probably unfairly had to relinquish his Wild Card ticket in when an AK joined Hudson swaer since coming back from IND injury has not been good at all but he had an existing contract so maybe if you're getting the talent of Someone Like A Chris Lampe that the live guys are just willing to pay out swafford's contracts and put lamp in as a wild card for the remainder of the Year possibly and the the clues just don't really add up at the moment so Something's Cooking behind the scenes because the decision to turn pro when you have the exemption just doesn't in and of itself doesn't make sense not for the sumone of his quality no maybe it's just something maybe there something we're missing something non obvious but simple but that should play out this week we should know more in before next episode oh we'll stay tuned to see where it lands all right luk I think that's it anything else no that's all so thanks Wrap-up and outro everyone for listening and we look forward to being back next week with a recap of the signature event at mfield and also a cap of Live Houston and probably a preview of the US Open lovely see you later