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Greg & His Friends Talk Sports ... with Michelle Garmon & Griffin Hare (2.226.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to Central Indiana Sports Fans, to the Central Indiana Sports Report for my new podcast, Greg and his friends talk sports.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm your host, Greg and Minge out and every week afternoon.
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[SPEAKER_00]: My friends and I are talking about whatever Central Indiana Sports fans are talking about.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Coming up today, Thursday, April 9, 2020, half-pacers, transfer portal and MLB updates and tips and tribune and L. Wood Colleaders Sports Editor Michelle Garmin recasts I.U.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Shutout win over Butler and softball on Wednesday.
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[SPEAKER_00]: and some exciting news to announce my new friend Griffin Hair joins Michelle and me to preview the masters on our Thursday conversation.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Hope to have Griffin on tomorrow's show to recap day one and this weekend Griffin Michelle and I are hoping to do masters recaps on Saturday and Sunday evenings and if all goes according to plan, Griffin will be back on Monday to recap it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Before we get to all of that, when I let you know what's going on at the Central Indiana Sports Report, and we've had so much this week.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We're really scenario you report on Tuesday with Grant Shows and Mike Hutzl, ready to report with Jake Dunn on Wednesday, and our Indie car report with Elijah Poe is coming out on Thursday.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We also had our fee for report on Sunday talking about the MBA expansion draft.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We'll have one this Sunday talking about the the WNBA amateur can we released our Pacer's report on Monday and we'll have another one this coming Monday.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much for joining us.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Don't forget my friends and I'll be back tomorrow.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And here's what happened on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026 and we start with a little different kind of story.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Today, Tyre's Hall of Burton tweeted Wednesday that he played five on a five basketball for the first time since he tore his Achilles in game seven of the 2025 NBA Finals.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And on Thursday night, the Pacers can clinch a bottom three finish in the league with a loss in Brooklyn.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Pacers and nets have two of the league's bottom three records, but the nets are just a game behind the Kings and Jazz after winning their last two.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So the line-ups will be really interesting.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Expect to hear from my friend and our Pacers guy, Mike Rich on tomorrow's show about Haliburton and the Pacers situation after whatever happens tonight.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Alex Bozitch and inside the hall are reporting that Nick Dorn will be the fifth Indian a Hoosier to enter the transfer portal, joining Jason Drake, Josh Harris, Josiah Miles and Alex Aristich, who previously announced their intent to Exhiblumington.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Dorn was one of I-U's top players last year averaging 8.1 points and making 38% of his 3.1 attempts.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's the only major Hoosier player or team to make any significant move in the last 24 hours.
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[SPEAKER_00]: and we will update on the transfer portal on this show every day as they happen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We of course discuss the transfer portal at length on the iU report with current mic on Tuesday and on the Purdue report with Jake Dunn last night.
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[SPEAKER_00]: To local women, it's college basketball players in the portal as Michelle Garmin mentioned on yesterday's show, Bedford's Chloe Spring and Andy and Creech's Faith Weisman are leaving IU, and Hamiltonide's grad Cameron Runner is reportedly leaving Evansville.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And it's also reported that Jayla Lampley from Lawrence Central is leaving Mississippi State.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And IU has landed its first commitment out of the portal.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's at Lisa Williams who recently played at Iowa State and LSU.
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[SPEAKER_00]: and Major League Baseball on Wednesday, the red 6-game winning streak came to an end, with a 7-4 loss in Miami, but the Brewers lost 5-0 in Boston, so Cincinnati and Milwaukee are tied to top the NL Central.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Also, in the NL Central Nico Horner, Homer scored twice and drove into in the Cup 6-2 win in Tampa, Jordan Walker at his fifth home run in the Cardinal 6-1 win over the Nationals.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Pittsburgh lost to the Padre's 8-2.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Pirates on Wednesday signed 19-year-old prospect Connor Griffin to a 9-year $140 million deal.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Also in the Major's on Wednesday and a World Series rematch, the Blue Jays Beat the Dodgers for the three to avoid a sweep.
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[SPEAKER_00]: In local college softball Westfield's Avery Parker and the Indiana Hoosiers defeated Frankets, McKinna Alexander and the Butler Bulldogs and I did nothing on Tuesday.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Here's Tipton Tribune and I would call leader sports editor Michelle Garmin with A report.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Michelle big win for IU.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I was.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They won 90's hero in six settings.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's a run role for college, but the game was closer than the final score.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Indicates IU score.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's first run on a Hanna Haberstrow, solo home run in the second.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and then they got four runs in the in the third inning to go up five to zero and then they closed it out with four runs in the bottom of the sixth, every parker hit a walk off three run home run.
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[SPEAKER_01]: which is tied her with the career record of home runs with Taylor Menick.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I believe it's 46 career home runs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So her next home run will be a new career home run record at Indiana.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She's in a really good company with Taylor Menick.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's right and she's from Westfield, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, she is.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So you've been familiar with her for a little while.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I actually got to see her play in high school once or twice.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She was at two for three on the day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Can't cover Stro was two for three also.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And she ended up with four RBIs because she had that solo home run.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then she had also had a big double that played in two or three.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think three more runs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I use hits and runs kind of came in budges, I think that's good because I think that's a tribute to how proved Butler is getting every year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They've got some solid pitching now and I think that's one of the reasons they're up at the top of challenging for the big East regular season championship.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Indiana meanwhile, this was a big win for them in that they are coming off a weekend series
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[SPEAKER_01]: in California where they got swept by UCLA, but the one thing is that I you should take some solace in with the UCLA 3 game series.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There's only one game in UCLA, beat him 7 to 2, that was their worst defeat.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I use kind of closing the gap.
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[SPEAKER_01]: as far as playing with the elite softball teams and they have a big series coming up this weekend.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They host Purdue for a three game series.
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[SPEAKER_01]: While Butler is going to be at home again, hosting Yukon and a three game biggie series, Franklin graduate stand former standout, McKinna Alexander went over to today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She struck out in the first inning and then she drew a walk
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[SPEAKER_01]: ground it out and it was a really nice defensive play by a use second basement who went behind the bag to feel the ball and then threw a cannon out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She went over to, she's still leading the biggest in batting average on base percentage, slugging percentage, RBI's in his second in home months.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But she's one of the very select few that is slugging over a thousand this fall, this spring, and this deep into the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Butler only had three hits themselves, a loan of boys didn't had two of them, and Olivia Roberts had the other one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think for Butler, I know they're going to hate it because it's a loss, and I know six endings looks bad, but it really wasn't bad.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Butler, they should take.
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[SPEAKER_01]: some confidence from this, even though it was a loss, but you're talking about a loss to a team in the inner that Shawn just shone to Stanton has had her team in the postseason tournament for the last three seasons.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, and very easily could do that again this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for showing.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We will hear from Michelle again a little later, along with Griffin here on our Thursday conversation previewing the Masters.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Defending NBA Champion Oklahoma City clinched the top seat in the West with a 1-28-1-10, went over the Clippers in Los Angeles, and Cade Cunningham and the Pistons will be the top seat in the East with the Celtics being the second seat.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And the 20 teams that will participate in the postseason are all set, but the 3-3-5 seats in the West between the Nuggets Lakers and Rockets still up in the air, and then the East seats 5-10 are separated by just 3 and a half games.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Hawks and Raptors as of now wouldn't have to play in the playoff game, but the Magic Sixers and Hornets are all within striking distance of a safe top 6 spot and avoid to play in.
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[SPEAKER_00]: A lot of tons of NBA playoff talk on this show, every week they're starting next week, and on the Central Indian Sports Report Network.
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[SPEAKER_00]: A couple of news and notes just two days after parting with Austin Parkinson, Butler's hired former Purdue Fort Wayne head coach Maria Marchasano as its new women's basketball head coach.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Westfield tied in Caden Snow tweeted Wednesday that he's received an offer to continue his football career at Texas A&M, just a sophomore, and noblesville junior offensive tackle Caleb Johnson attended spring practice at Illinois.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Indie Star is reporting that Prima Racing is searching for new investors and hopes to continue in Indie Car, our Indie Car report with Elijah Poe is coming up later this evening.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And here's what's coming up on Thursday, April 9, 2026, the Indie Ignite of the Pro Women's volleyball ML V League are back in action tonight in San Diego after the All Star Break.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Ignite are atop the league standing at 16 and 4, a game ahead of the Dallas pulse for the best record in the league.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Ignite and Mojo's tonight start at 10 o'clock and can be seen on the CBS Sports Network.
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[SPEAKER_00]: San Diego is 10 and 10 tied in third place with the Omaha Supernovas.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Hope to have my friend and Ignite PA announcer Aaron Pippman on the show next week to talk about the Ignite.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And the master's is underway this morning and what appears to be a wide open and competitive 90th master's field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: As of noon on Thursday, Kurt Kittiyama leads at 4 under through 10 holes.
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[SPEAKER_00]: On Wednesday evening, I spoke with my new friend Griffin Hare, a tip-to-native a recent Ball State grad and now a golf pro at Highland Golf Course in Indianapolis, along with Michelle Garmin.
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[SPEAKER_00]: To preview the biggest golf event in the world, yeah, I said he could suck it for it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: For our Thursday conversation, sorry there were some audio issues that we had some technical difficulties on Riverside.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So there's some overtalking, and I had to cut a little bit of the conversation.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Unfortunately, the police bear with it, I promise you, it'll be worth it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Join by Griffin Hare here on Greg and his friends talk sports to talk a little masters and Griffin before we get to the masters.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This is your debut on the podcast.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Please let everybody know you're background and what you're doing now.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Of course, we're joined by Michelle Garment of the Tipton Tribune.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, would come in and Michelle, I'm quite familiar with each other.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm going to let her take a little bit of this thing out.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then when the ball is in here, I've graduated last May.
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[SPEAKER_00]: What's on top story like that?
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[SPEAKER_00]: For now, when it's just a golf for turning, I'm going to be on Scott and Chef for being the betting favorite, despite a little struggle, you got John Rom and Bryson to Shambo coming in.
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[SPEAKER_00]: just tons of storylines despite Tiger Woods not be in there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's a great question.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I actually saw that question popping up on a lot of sports media today.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I would say for me the biggest takeaway and the biggest storyline of this year's event is how wide open it is.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I feel like in the last two to three years
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then with like a bedding favorite or a guy that's been really hot, obviously Rory's dealt with some injuries the last couple weeks, Scotty Schelfler does that a kid?
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[SPEAKER_02]: and haven't played for a couple of years.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You didn't mention that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So there's a lot of questions on the top.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You have from the guy that are on the top of the paper.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I was a little bit in the US.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's a great question.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You can kind of sense it once you first get on property.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Like you mentioned, I played in one US junior and was one US ambassador.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And when I stepped on property for those events, USGA does such a good job conducting their events.
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[SPEAKER_01]: like you're a tour player almost and the amateur in junior levels so i can't imagine what those guys feel they're at the best golf course in the world are you're running down in the world and the master say if you've been to the master's blood flow and get grip and have you had the chance to go to the master i guess that in watch even a practice round or the par three tournament or anything
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[SPEAKER_02]: My dad's been in the lottery for over 25 years and never got the opportunity to go.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Definitely a lifelong bucket list thing to go there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But luckily being in the golf business, once you become a PGA professional, you can go to any golf tournament.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You guys, so that's what the goal is.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I've been going to cut off the numbers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Hopefully, I can tell I think you're audio.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I will hopefully be going to Augusta, Georgia, and April.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What do you think makes Augusta so special and so difficult?
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[SPEAKER_02]: But you can pray, you can answer that question in a lot of different ways.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In my experience watching it on TV, I think the Sunday holocations is when the golf course is squirreable.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They put the pens kind of in feeder spots where you can feed the ball with the slopes to get it close to the hole.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But the first three days typically play pretty hard depending on how much win they have.
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[SPEAKER_02]: and the firmness of the greens.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This week it looks like they're not going to have any rain in the forecast.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So we're going to have a hard and crunchy golf course.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I don't see the scores getting above, you know, 10 to 12 under winning score.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But amen corner.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And my, you know, history of watching the golf tournament, I would say is where somebody wins or loses the tournament
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[SPEAKER_02]: Uh, 12, everybody knows about number 12.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's, you know, you can hit a gray shot and have a really good opportunity to make birdie or You're down at a water swim, and then you're looking at making double or triple bokeh.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then 13's arguably won the best part five and go.
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[SPEAKER_02]: what the wind's doing and how much wind they're going to get and the firmness of the greens typically is where you see the most difficult part of the golf course year and year out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Griffin Michelle do you have a pick?
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[SPEAKER_02]: My pick this week would be Sandor Schausley and the reason I'm picking Sandor is kind of what I talked about my first question there when you are like what's the
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think it's a Scotty Sheffler John Womm.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Zander is obviously a top ten player of the world's big name, but I think it's a lot more wide open.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Zander was hurt last year after the year before he won two majors.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's got a really good record out of guests' national, and I feel like you have to know the golf course and you've got to play there quite a bit to have that experience to be able to get it done.
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[SPEAKER_02]: a popular pick among a lot of people, but I really do like Xander Schaffler.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I wouldn't be surprised if Scottie Chef were in it up with another green jacket.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's one guy I think could be away from the game and come back and just maybe be a little bit better than what he was when he took a break for the birth of his child or whatever, kind of gives him away from all the media scrutiny and everything and a mind-than-a reset.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Chill, that's a really interesting point.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Scottie has not played in three weeks.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I read a staff this week that it's been a long time since they were with a map through the winter.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's when they take more than one week off, technically top of the lead world that haven't played in two to three weeks.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Another guy's worry.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then you have Bryson and John Rom.
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[SPEAKER_02]: but how much do we actually watch those guys because they play on this call?
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[SPEAKER_02]: So that's always a little bit of a question mark.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And coming up tomorrow, more masters and pacer's nets in the transfer portal news involving indie and players or teams, and we'll let you head to a busy and important sports weekend.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for joining us.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much to Michelle as always and to Griffin for joining me.
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[SPEAKER_00]: and to you for listening.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Don't forget, my friends and I will be back tomorrow.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The central Indian sports report is a product of ITG media, and I love you, Susie.