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Alex Fitzpatrick & The PGA Tour · Yips and Giggles

• speaker-1: she finally realized that it was all mental. speaker-0: you Welcome back, Alex. speaker-1: I was like watching your press conferences and I was like, really don't want to ask you the same questions over and over again. speaker-2: You can ask me whatever you want. I'm happy to be back. speaker-1: first PGA Tour player on the pod. speaker-0: Yeah. Yeah. speaker-2: That's got a nice ring to it. speaker-1: Wait, sorry, sorry, correction. We have had an LPGA tour player on. We have a PGA tour player. Yeah, no, we had to have you on again because you've had probably the craziest like three months that anyone has ever had. speaker-2: That is true. speaker-0: like month and a half on speaker-2: It's been wild, I'm not gonna lie. Yes and no, like I was saying to someone earlier today that I'd said yesterday was my first day off that I'd had in five weeks or four weeks or something. So I played golf basically consistently until then. And I felt like really down, like super weird. was like, I felt I wasn't upset, but like speaker-1: feel real? speaker-2: I felt really down. I didn't know what was going on. So I had to Google it. And I was like, I've just had a, you know, I've been playing whatever for five weeks. Like things have gone really well. Like, but now I feel really down. Like what's going on? And doing that to chat, GBT, was like, yeah, you sounds like you've just got an adrenaline dump. And I'm like, yeah, that would make sense. Like literally. So, yeah. But yeah, it's, it's been, it's been crazy. Great. Not one complaint, but it's been pretty crazy. speaker-0: Yeah, your serotonin probably finally crashed a little bit. Happy hormone. speaker-2: Yeah. I didn't know what was going on. I was like, why am I kind of sad? Like, I've just had the best, like, month and a half of my life and I feel a little sad. It's not sad, I guess. It's just, yeah, my hormones are everywhere. speaker-1: Yeah. speaker-0: You're PMSing, you're PMSing, that's what it is. speaker-2: Yeah. speaker-1: Well, you had like the craziest of highs. So your body and like your mind are probably like, okay, I need like a second to. speaker-0: It's almost like it's become like your new norm of like being on that high. Like you're probably feeling like what a drug addict felt. speaker-2: well, yeah. speaker-1: No, literally, that's what it is. speaker-2: I mean, maybe not quite to the extent of the drug addicts, I would assume it would be something like that. I Sunday, last Sunday, I had a terrible sleep on Saturday night and I woke up in the morning. I was so tired that I got into the range and I'm like, my legs feel like they're going to go. I told my caddie, I'm like, yeah, this is going to be long day. I'm like, this could be really bad. ⁓ speaker-1: You speaker-2: But yeah, it's so nice to have some rest and actually like, I feel like I can settle in and kind of take everything in now, which is really nice. speaker-0: You know, now that your life has changed completely, 180 change on its head, how, like now that you finally have some time, like, are you reevaluating, like, goals? Are you reevaluating, like, plan moving forward? Or is it kind of just like business as usual? We're just on different courses at a different stage. speaker-2: Um, that's a great question. I think the, feel like you guys will know as, as fellow athletes, but like it never stops. when we, once I finished the Zurich and we won, I was into suddenly like the next week in Miami. So was like, had to change all my plans, my flights, um, played Miami, but I luckily played well. And then it was like, all right, you in Charlotte and then played well in Charlotte. And then like all my. All my flights for the rest of the year basically changed and all my plans, but it was like suddenly there's new goals all the time. You never get a break to stop and take it in. And it was like you're always trying to reach for something else. It was like super nice because there's all these new, you're playing against the best players in the world now and there's more money and cool trophies and whatnot. But it was also like, this is like my fifth week in the row. I'm pretty tired. I could do with a break. But you kind of need to just keep playing just because that's how it is. You're playing well and it was like, I'm just going to keep cracking on and hoping that it doesn't stop. speaker-1: Yeah. That's also why I texted you like, enjoy it. Yeah. Like, please take at least a minute to just like, you know. speaker-2: It's crazy. You don't get any time at all. Once we played in New Orleans, so we won, and then there was like two and a half hours of press conferences and pictures and stuff. then I was straight on a plane to Miami. So it was like there wasn't like a... I didn't get to sleep till... No, no, not all, no. speaker-1: Crazy. speaker-0: able to like celebrate. speaker-2: I went to sleep that night at about 4. Because I got in bed and my mind was... No champagne, no nothing. But my mind was like everywhere. I'm like what the hell is just going on? My phone was hectic. But yeah, it is very weird. But then it's like, like I said, you're you're then reaching for new goals and you've got new things coming about and it just never stops. It's crazy. speaker-0: Nothing. speaker-1: Yeah, it is nuts. ⁓ Kind of rewinding a little bit back to Zurich, I wanted to ask you. So like, obviously you kind of knew like what the stakes were and everything. How did you kind of keep the idea of getting a tour card, you know, in your mind without letting it actually like completely take over like your thoughts and control how you play? speaker-2: I must admit it didn't really kind of sink in until Saturday night when I would realize like what was up for steaks. It's funny, we ate at the same restaurant like five times out of the seven nights we were there. And I actually think that really helped because it almost kept things the same to where you weren't, my mind wasn't getting ahead of myself. And but Saturday night was really hard. Like I really struggled to get to sleep and especially because ⁓ I hate social media so much, but like you go on social media and people are like, hey, you know, this is what's up for stake for whatever for Alex. It's like, hey, there's a PGA tour card. There's two and a half years. There's playing this major and do this. And it's like, wow, actually, that really could change my life. ⁓ speaker-1: Yeah. speaker-2: And I remember I was so... and it did, yeah. But I was so, like, I went to sleep really, really nervous. I spoke to my brother in the morning and I was like, how did you sleep? He was like, I slept like a baby. I'm like, what? I'm like, that is nuts. then when we got So happy for you, Exactly. And when we got on the plane in the evening, I was like, come on, like, did you, you slept really well? And he was like, yeah, I slept great. And then he said when he got to the tee, he said he's never felt anything like it. was so nervous, but it was much harder for him than it was for me because he's playing for me and my career. Whether we won or not was not going to change his life, really, but it was going to change mine. I think after, especially after like 12 holes, he really, I think, to feel it. speaker-0: I remember when I saw you a couple of weeks ago, you were saying that like you were kind of were kind of how are you feeling? You were kind of fine throughout the whole time until that very last putt, right? Like, did it all just like hit you at one moment? Were you? speaker-2: Well, when he hit the shot and it, I mean, it was, I don't know, it was just less than a foot. I'd say it's like 10 inches, which the chances of missing a 10 inch put are like 99.999%. Like you're never going to miss it basically. Guaranteed to make it basically. And he hit the shot and I remember lining the ball up and I was like, right, well, and this is, I don't even know how to explain it, but I couldn't feel my hands. speaker-1: ⁓ my god. speaker-2: So my hands were like shaking, but I couldn't feel them. My legs were shaking. Everything in my body was shaking. And I had to like, I kind of backed up a little bit and I was like, I called my brother in. I'm like, can you just come have a look at the pot? I'm like, I know it's crazy, but I just need you to check just in case I'm missing anything. And his response was, all you have to do is make contact. And I was like, in my head I'm thinking. I might miss that still. This is kind of crazy. At the same time, I kind of felt like I was going to hold it because it was so short, but there was obviously in the back of my head, I'm like, please don't miss, please don't miss. And then I tapped it in and I've never felt anything like it. The wave of emotion. speaker-0: I speaker-1: ⁓ yeah. speaker-2: I went in and I kind of turned at my brother and my brother was crying. He had his arms out and I'm like, this is just amazing. It was super cool. Yeah, I've got goosebumps thinking about it. It's kind of crazy. speaker-1: That's so. Talk about waves of emotion. My mom literally texted me or she called me and she was like, we're literally crying right now. Can't believe he won. speaker-2: Your mom sent me a video of the TV and you can hear her crying in the background. It was pretty funny. I responded, I was like, were you okay? Were you okay, Jack? And she was like, no, I was crying. So it was pretty funny. speaker-0: I was tearing up. was jumping around. was like, yeah, I was in the middle of making pasta from scratch. There's like flour everywhere. speaker-1: cheering up. speaker-2: Like LeBron, you throw in flour in the air. speaker-0: God no, but it was just like everywhere like jumping around. Luis is like, hold on. We're not done yet. speaker-2: I would love to, like, it's never ever gonna be possible, but I would love to have seen videos of like close friends reactions to what happened, because I got a couple videos from people sent, like I got a couple people crying, and I got one from my mates back home, who I grew up in school with, and one of them, they were on a holiday with their girlfriend, and he was stood on a table with his beer in his hand, and he was yelling at the phone, being like, He can make it, he's gonna make it and all this sort of stuff. And then I made it and he's screaming with his beer in his hand and his girlfriend is like on the bench and eggs him. She's like telling him to get down and he just won't like stop off the table. He's jumping around. It was amazing. But I wish I could see people's reactions to it. It would have been pretty cool. speaker-1: Yeah, that would have been great. Well, I had to like wait until the next day, obviously, because of like the time change. So I had to like watch the highlights and I like refused to look at my phone before that because I was like, ⁓ my God, like, did he do it? I had to like turn on the YouTube highlights and like the title. speaker-0: But to feel that adrenaline. Yeah. speaker-1: Yeah, but the title of course is like Fitzpatrick Brothers win like Zerg. Yeah, well you got you guys spoiled it But then I watched the actual like ⁓ my god. I was like, ⁓ my god speaker-2: So. It got pretty stressful. All my hairs, I promise you now, all my hairs are stood up on my arms right now thinking about it. It's so, it's awesome. speaker-1: You didn't look nervous. mean, like, you know what I mean? Like, we didn't see you shaking or anything. ⁓ speaker-2: It's funny. Well, I did say this on the podcast last time was like when I get nervous and anxious, like I feel it loads in my hands, especially my right hand. Right. So like coming down the stretch, they were put that I hold that like I can't believe I hold because like I'm just waiting for my right hand or both hands to kind of shoot and mess up, I guess. But I felt pretty speaker-0: I believe. speaker-2: comfortable, I would say, for the most part. then I would say six, not to bore everyone, but 16 fairway, the shot into the green was pretty tough. And I really started to feel nervous because there's water left of the green and I hit it way right. And then luckily my brother hit a good chip. And then for whatever reason, 17 I felt is a much harder hole, but I felt more comfortable on that tee shot than I did from the approach on 16. And I think it's because because I knew I'd missed the green. like I bailed out on 16, I felt more comfortable on 17, which was so weird. I don't really know why. then, and then obviously it was all. speaker-0: It seemed almost like counterintuitive. speaker-2: Exactly, yeah, that's what I didn't understand myself, but it seemed to be more beneficial for me. So, who knows? speaker-1: It's like playing from behind, sort of. speaker-2: Yeah, yeah, ⁓ but he he started to feel it after 12 is what he told me and I actually felt I Don't know I could be wrong here, but I felt more comfortable like I Probably felt way more comfortable than he did ⁓ and I felt like I tried to keep him in it like he I think he was so worried about Just doing it for me and it's like Relax like what's the worst case the worst case is we don't win and we had a great week, like really, it's kind of what it is. But yeah, I mean, we made it stressful. We had four short lead with five holes to go and we were all tied playing the last. Exactly, yeah, exactly. Someone's got to make it entertaining. speaker-1: made it entertaining. speaker-0: What do you guys talk about when you're playing together? Are you just trying to keep it pretty chill or are you guys deep down in the strategy? speaker-2: I would say it's pretty chill for the most part. think the weird thing is like you're still trying to play your own game because like, I mean, that's what we both do really well is our own golf game. So I think it would be weird to kind of get in each other's way. So it was like, hey, especially on Sunday, because he hits the tee shot and then I'll hit the fairway and then he'll hit the putt. like, we're not always walking next to each other. But mostly like we... we'll leave each other alone but I must admit the caddies did a great job because they both of them were pretty light-hearted and and they were kind of making some jokes and I think that also settled us down a little bit ⁓ especially with the like of what's going on it was nice to have kind of like two cool heads with us speaker-1: that helps. Yeah, I've always wondered like, how much does the caddy's like personality kind of affect your play and things like that? speaker-2: I definitely think it speaker-0: just like a Debbie Downer like I was. speaker-1: You suck. speaker-0: I had such a bad day. speaker-2: Why have you hit it there? speaker-1: I could have done better than that. Give me the club. speaker-0: Yeah. speaker-2: I do think it matters though. My caddy's great. He's the most calm person in the world. Shout out Pete. he also looks, if you've watched Happy Gilmore, he looks like the homeless guy that eats the... The guy puts the coin down and he takes the coin and then puts the biscuit down that he was eating. He looks like that, but he's the best. I love him to bits. He's been so good for me the past, well, the past month and a half. He's been with me since August last year. So he's been, he's been a pretty important role in, my development. speaker-1: Gotta have a good relationship there, because you guys are with each other a lot. speaker-2: More than you're honored, yeah. speaker-1: Also wanted to talk about truest as well, of course. ⁓ It's funny though, because I told you this, but my dad and my brother went on Sunday. speaker-2: I didn't see them at all. I was devastated. speaker-1: No, no, I know. But so they watched you warm up. They like took a picture of your bag and everything. And I texted them and I was like, ⁓ like, did he see you? And my dad was like, no, he's locked in. speaker-0: It's like Alex Locked In, who are you talking about? speaker-2: That's so funny. didn't realize I did honestly I had no idea where they were speaker-1: You wouldn't have seen him. But also, I swear, I was again watching the highlights, and I swear, I think I heard my dad yelling. Like, I truly think I heard him yelling after one of your shots. Like, in a good way, like, cheering for you. Yes. speaker-2: I'd say there's some, you hear some weird shouts like some people shout weird things and you're like, hey, that's actually a grown man with probably, he's probably a doctor helping people save lives. And he's shouting things like mashed potato. It's like, what are we doing? speaker-0: What's the weirdest thing you've heard on the court? Is it the mashed potato? Not the course. speaker-2: The weirdest one, I must admit, and it may get cut out, when I played Friday with Ricky Fowler, and there was a grown woman that walked the last five holes, and all she shouted to him was, Rick. That's all she shouted. For five holes. Yeah, I asked him, was like, do you know? He's like, no. I'm like, are you sure? He's like, yeah, no idea who she is. speaker-1: Kidding. speaker-0: Do you want to know her? speaker-2: So it was so weird. So weird. I think it's the alcohol. Like that's the only thing. speaker-1: that's For sure. speaker-0: People get like really crowded on alcohol really around. ⁓ yeah, sometimes ⁓ Have you gotten any like crazy DMS? speaker-2: I was saying to Payton, I didn't actually receive the DM, but Michael Jordan messaged my brother to say, tell me, me well done. So that was pretty cool. That was a good one. I think the actual text message was something like, your brother's beating your ass, but tell him well done or something like that. So that was pretty cool. I'm trying to think. I mean I was incredibly lucky. I had a lot of nice people message me but I think he was by far the best one. There was a there's a really famous footballer. ⁓ He played for Real Madrid and Barcelona. A guy called Luis Figo, he messaged me which was pretty cool. ⁓ But yeah, them two were by far the biggest. speaker-1: That's sick. also have a bit of a fun question. worse? Your hat tan line? Your sock tan line? Or like a farmer's tan? Like what's the worst right now, you think? speaker-2: Fire away. ⁓ no. They're all horrific. ⁓ speaker-0: I can see a little bit of like... speaker-2: The next time is like, look at that. How bad is that? speaker-0: It's like white. Yeah, it's pretty bad. speaker-2: Payne, you seen them squashes you get in the store in England? speaker-1: Yes, yes. speaker-2: I look like a squat like that looks like a squashy with like it's horrific. I actually sent a picture of my leg to someone this morning of how bad the tan line was. So the leg tan is pretty bad. It's all horrific. I can't lie. I need to somehow get rid of it. speaker-1: Well, I think you guys get the worst tan lines because you're not like moving quickly. So like the sun is literally just like beating down on you and you're out there for like for like hours. speaker-0: Yeah. speaker-2: Have you seen the bald guys every time they take off the cap? They've got like the, they got the back on the thing. It's so bad. speaker-0: It's like a bowl cut, but without a... speaker-2: Yeah, and they have the they have the hole in the back of the hat that like you can see it's like a semi- I mean, thank god. I have a good set of hair at least speaker-1: That's bad. speaker-0: At that point I think I'd like start wearing a cowboy hat or something like Just get rid of that ⁓ speaker-2: Yeah, a bucket hat. speaker-1: That would be a new one. But I also feel like no matter how much sunscreen you put on, there's always going to be something there. Like even I had a tan line when I played tennis. it's not good. speaker-2: I've it's all pretty bad You can't get away from it on the golf course, that's the thing, because you're out in the sun all the time. So it's not like you can stand in the shade the whole time or anything, you just gotta suck it up and get on with it. speaker-1: Right. speaker-0: I hope that you're making your yearly visits to the dermatologist. ⁓ speaker-2: I've had a few trips, that's for sure. One woman told me, she was like, you need to apply sunscreen like every two hours when it's really hot. I'm like, I can't do that. That's like, that's just not gonna happen. My hands will be sweaty and nasty and I need to group the club to perform. speaker-1: Just get Pete to do it. Just get Pete to do it. Yeah. Rub sunscreen on your face. speaker-0: I'll speaker-2: He ain't going anywhere near my face or my back or legs or anything. I can tell you that for sure. speaker-1: ⁓ Well, speaking of sucking it up, why in the world was your tea time so early at the PGA Championship? You started like 645. speaker-0: Yeah speaker-2: I have no idea. I was first off at 6.45. It was a 3.30 AM alarm. speaker-0: How did you go to bed? Were you able to sleep? speaker-2: So I went to bed at eight and I didn't get to sleep till 10.30. And so that's like four and a half hours sleep, five and a half hours sleep, whatever it is. But it was, I don't understand. Like there's not any other sport in the world that starts like that. So why? speaker-0: earliest for tennis is like 11 for pros. Pros for pros. Yeah. speaker-1: ⁓ yeah, for pros, yes. speaker-2: Like I understand that there's obviously quite a big field and you need to like get everyone like to fit in but 6.45 it should never start in the sixes like at least seven o'clock is fine but like and that's still really early. But yeah it was it was a pretty miserable morning. speaker-1: But do you have like sort of like a pre-performance like routine? Like were you even able to kind of do what you normally do? speaker-2: Yeah, so my routine's normally like an hour 20. So like I'll spend 20 minutes warming up and then like an hour for the putting green and the range and all that. So like 6.45 was 5.25 and then it was 20 minutes to the golf course and I had to eat breakfast. Yeah, so it was, yeah. The good thing was there wasn't much traffic on the road at that time. So I got there pretty quick. speaker-0: Yeah, true. And you were playing a major, I mean, worth it, guess. speaker-1: Silver lining. speaker-2: Well, I birdied the first two holes. was leading the major and I said to Pete, said, we might as well just walk off now and just call it a day. Just take a picture and off we go. speaker-1: Start everyone at 6 45. speaker-0: Yeah, literally. I know you've played a major before the British Open, but what's it like hearing your name called on the first T out of major? Like, that just like... ⁓ Are you kind of just like... speaker-2: Well, it's yeah speaker-1: at this point. speaker-2: This is probably a terrible answer, but I think with everything, when my name got announced at the British Open, it was like the coolest thing in the entire world because I had my home crowd, so I had loads of friends and family there. And then obviously it was in England, so made it 10 times better. But this one, think with everything that's kind of gone on in the past three, two months or whatever, it was really cool, but not as cool as the British Open, I would say. The coolest one was Charlotte. Charlotte, there was so much support at Charlotte. was nuts. I got, played with, yeah, I played with Ricky Fowler and Victor Hovland the first two rounds. And then I played with Justin Thomas the third round. And I, I've by far had more support than all of them. But just from the wake people that were there. I heard like Go Deeks probably six times a whole. Which was pretty, yeah, it was, pretty cool to be fair. speaker-1: Yeah. cool. speaker-0: I'm so bummed that I wasn't there that weekend. ⁓ Missed out. I know you... Yeah, exactly. ⁓ The tour championship in Atlanta, if I'm there. speaker-1: Yeah, I know. speaker-2: We'll do it again. If I play some good golf, I might be there. Yeah, if you're there. speaker-0: Yeah. So I know that you were you're having a really good tournament at truest and like great finish. You finished what fourth, I think. ⁓ But kind of a tougher day on the last day, right? Like, what were you? What were you kind of feeling at the end and how do you move forward and take the positives? Because I'm sure like you had an amazing result, like you should be so proud. knowing you, I'm sure you were a little bit disappointed at first. speaker-2: Yeah, it's a weird one because if someone had told you you finished fourth at the start of the week, you'd be like, yes, absolutely. I think the real bummer for me was, so I wasn't really nervous, which was crazy. I felt so comfortable out there. And on the second hole, I hit a really good tee shot into the fairway and my ball ended up in a divot. But the divot had two old... pieces of grass that was like pointing towards the middle of a ball was like right in. So I couldn't really get at the back of it. I ended up long story short is I made bogey, which you you don't want to start like that. And then on the third tee, I've taken the club back and I've had I've had these drones the past two weeks because they've been following and watching some shots and they're so loud, like they get so close and they go so loud. They normally like hover. which is fine because it's like a constant noise. But on the third tee, like this drone must have been 15 feet from my head and it's like whizzed past me. So like as I've taken the club back, it's like whizzed past me and I've like heard it and I've just like backed out of the shot. And I get up there and I'm really angry at this point because I told them prior to all this, like, hey, can you just keep it at reasonable distance? I get up there and my balls like behind a tree. And then I've like chipped out, I've made double and I'm like, at this point I'm like really, really angry. I look back now and it's like, I can see why I'm angry, but you kind of also need to keep you cool because there's still a lot of golf to play. And I was, yeah, I was really mad and I was, luckily I, I grinded really, really well and I got myself back into a position where I was tied for the lead with like four holes to go. So I, I thought I still had a really good chance to win. ⁓ And then I just, it was like my only really bad swing of the day was 17 and that kind of cost me finishing inside the top three. But yeah, it's, it's hard. it's elite level sport. Like it's going to happen. like, it's hard not to be kind of disappointed with not, I guess, not performing how you want it to perform. But like at the end of the day, it's, it was a great week and you know, you got to be happy with it at some point. speaker-0: And it's all kind of just all about like how you bounce back, honestly, right? Because you're never going to be like, you're never going to, you're to have more failures than you are going to have successes. ⁓ yeah. right. Only one person out of however many people are in each tournament is going to Right. Specifically speaking, you're to lose more than. speaker-1: one person. Yeah. speaker-2: especially in golf as well. I appreciate it, that's all that matters. speaker-1: No, but literally like on Saturday, like after you finished, I was like, this is a win in itself. Tomorrow, it matters, but like you've already like. speaker-0: Yeah. speaker-2: I had a bunch of text messages that were saying, they were, people were like, you know, whatever happened, it don't matter. Like it's been great. You're doing great. Just go out and enjoy it. Which I think that's why I probably wasn't as disappointed as what I could have been because it's like, it's also new and it's been such a crazy whirlwind that I was like, you know, this is just amazing. Like walking up the 18th green, walking up the 18th fairway, sorry, towards the green, the whole fairway was lined with people and like, four rows, five rows back. And it was like super, super cool. Especially when, you know, lots of people are supporting you and you hear your name shouted and stuff like that wasn't happening two months ago. So, you know, you got to take some form of positive. speaker-1: Yeah. Would you say that's like the biggest difference between like the DP World Tour and the PGA is like the fans. speaker-2: Um, I think everything's kind of different. obviously from a financial point of view, there's a big difference. Yeah. I would say that like the plays you're playing against, you're playing against the best plays in the world. So that's suddenly like a bit of a change. Like I was warming up next to Rory McIlroy on Friday. He was like, what are you doing here? Like, what am I doing here? Yeah. So, so that was pretty cool. And then, and then. speaker-0: Hey, Roy. speaker-2: The events themselves, they're all just, everyone wants to go to a PJ Tour event and watch. there's so many fans, which is, it's amazing. It's so cool. So yeah, I think everything is different. But I do love Europe. I love playing over there. It's so much fun at home. speaker-1: Yeah, that was cool. speaker-0: So like, has your home base changed? I know we've talked about this, but are you now more because before you used to bounce around and go home to England a little bit and then come over to the States. You're basically all just here in the States, right? You're here in the States or in Florida is your home base. speaker-2: Yeah, luckily the wind got me to, so he got me the rest of this year as an exemption and then two more years. So I've got at least two and a half years of being over here. ⁓ So the nice thing now is I feel like I can actually find a place and settle down. Whereas when I was back home playing European tour, like we're traveling all over the world all the time and it feels like you never have a chance to settle. Whereas at least here, like If I want to go home, I might fly from, I don't know, North Carolina to Florida. It's an hour and a half, two hours. So if I wanted to do that on a Sunday and then go back on a Tuesday, it's perfect. So yeah, I plan to be in Florida near my brother. My brother lives in Palm Beach, so hopefully near him it'd be pretty cool. speaker-1: Who are like the nicest guys on tour that you've met so far? speaker-2: The guy who just won the PGA Championship is the nicest guy in the world. Like, you won't meet a nicer guy. Oh my God. Yeah. Aaron Rye is the nicest person ever. It was, it was, it was really, really, um, it was super cool. I keep saying it, but it was super cool because the week after we won, I would say 95 % of players came up to me and my caddy and was like, you know, super well done. Like, we're so happy you're out here. And it was like, wow, holy, holy crap. this is, yeah, this is a bit surreal. So like everyone was really nice with me. ⁓ I would say Aaron Rice, the nicest guy on tour. There's plenty of other really nice guys. Gary Woodland is a really nice guy. ⁓ I spent a bit of time with Adam Scott, who's every lady's favorite PJ tour player. But he's... He's been really nice to me. So it's been great. I've had literally zero complaints. ⁓ speaker-1: You've had a warm welcome. That's good. speaker-2: Yes, yeah, I've had a very warm welcome, which I wasn't entirely sure I would get, but I did, which was super nice. speaker-0: Hey, what's not to like? Come on. You have our approval. It's the hardest one to get. speaker-2: Not telling anyone my flaws. Wait till they find out can eat ten donuts in a minute. speaker-0: They already know. They already know. Yeah. ⁓ episode what? Three. speaker-1: gonna bring that up again. Krispy Kreme's response are you? Yeah. speaker-0: I mean, also, a is during a scary movie, cries like a child. speaker-2: Whoa, I never cried. I didn't watch but I never cried speaker-0: That's where you get the trembling from. speaker-2: It probably is, I'm not gonna lie. So it's your fault on you basically. speaker-1: You speaker-0: So you've had a lot of media attention surrounding you more recently, obviously well deserved. How are you handling that? Like, has that been harder? You're more well known. Like, I'm sure your follower has gone up. speaker-2: I think it's just, yeah, it was something that was really new to me. Like suddenly I've, there's interviews every week now that ⁓ I've got to do. So I think the hard thing is, I guess you kind of get pushed and pulled to different places and stuff. But I think the nice thing is having a management company that like understands that. And there's been certain things that they might say no on and ⁓ because they know that it's like, it's quite draining. ⁓ But it's been fun for the most part. think that the good thing with the interviews is it gives yourself a chance to kind get yourself out there and for people to see you and your personality. So I think there's guys that really don't like it. I know my brother doesn't like interviews. ⁓ But at the same time, if you can, if you come off as a good person and like people like you, that's, you know, you have either another fan or a support or whatever it is. ⁓ So I think it's good that you do them. just, you know, sometimes it might be a bit too much if you've done four interviews in 30 minutes or whatever. speaker-1: Alright. speaker-0: Yeah, you definitely need know how to say yes and no to certain things. And especially, I'm sure it's something that you're either going through or going to go through soon, but like sponsorship opportunities too. I'm sure you got to be strategic about what you say yes to, what you say no to, making sure it's the most valuable thing for yourself. speaker-2: 100%. 100%. I've had some messages. I mean, I'd love to post them so people could see what people get, but I had one kid that was like, hey, I'm going to come kill you and your family. I'm like, because I made two bogeys in the last four holes in an event. And it was like, yeah, that's... I couldn't believe it when I read it. It was like, what the hell's going on? Obviously it was instant report and block. speaker-1: same. speaker-2: It's crazy. People think that that's like acceptable to send. speaker-1: It's insane. speaker-0: I think the problem is like people are gambling like betting on it. speaker-2: That's what it is. That's all it is. speaker-0: Again, it's not my fault that you bet that I would win and I didn't win. Like, sorry, that's your fault. because we used to get those in tennis as like, like at the UTRs. You remember Peyton? Like we got a couple and I was like, what, what even is this? Like, I'm not even making money. Like, why you betting on me? speaker-1: your money away. speaker-2: People are on you in college. speaker-0: It wasn't college. It was like college adjacent tournaments, technically. Yeah. speaker-2: Okay, okay. speaker-1: But like small, like this isn't like the. speaker-2: Even so though. speaker-0: If you win, you get like $1,000. speaker-2: This guy might put $20 on me to, I don't know, to, let's say me to beat the two playing, the guys I'm playing with. And he loses $20 and then he'll message me calling me like everything under the sun. It's like, you've put $20 on me. Like, that's not my fault you losing the cash. Yeah. speaker-1: Yeah. speaker-0: Not my fault you made a bad investment. Listen. speaker-2: Yeah, yeah, I had a bad day look, blame it on me but it's crazy people use it for everything like and and I just I don't I don't really know what can be done with it they can't they can't monitor the amount of stuff that goes out on it in my opinion which makes it worse but like my brother has deleted all his social media and I can see why speaker-0: What's going on with Liv? speaker-1: Yeah, any insight into it? speaker-2: Who knows? actually don't know what's going on. yeah, that's never, I guess even the Saudi, all your Saudi funding is getting pulled. And then you've to go look for like two, 300 million for investment. I think that's pretty hard. But I don't know, it's always a question every week. it's, everyone's, it's always like, I wonder what's going to happen with them. then... You you see some... There's a lot of rumours and gossip on tour, so you never know what's the truth and what's not. think that's the funny thing. Especially again with social media. speaker-0: Social media, AI. However, I gonna take over golf. Are you pretty safe in your job in golf? speaker-1: Bugs out there. speaker-2: It's pretty crazy what that thing can do. It's scary what that thing can do. But that's the other thing is social media can be so good. Like I posted a picture the other day and all the messages were so nice. It was so nice to read them and people supporting you. And it literally could be one out of 200. And it's like that makes you feel bad. It's like it shouldn't. It's so stupid. People who I don't follow, it'll go into a request section on Instagram. And like the amount of nice messages I've received is crazy. People just being like, you know, it was such a privilege to watch you and your brother win. It's like, it's awesome. It's amazing. Yeah. And then, yeah, you just get one that's like, hey, you lost me 20 bucks. Like, it's like, well, yeah, that's what it is. die. Yeah. Go die. Yeah, honestly. So bad. I've always been tempted to message him back and be like, yeah, I did it on purpose because I knew you better than me. speaker-1: Right. So you can't give him the time of day. speaker-2: No, no, that's all they're after, it? That's the thing. speaker-1: Yeah, they just want a response. ⁓ I mean, I will say, you know, social media, it helps us because we get to do this and post about our podcast. So that's one one good part about it. We haven't gotten like that many hate. I think we've got maybe one. speaker-0: One really weird one. speaker-2: You've gotten hate already? speaker-1: What was it? can't remember on you. speaker-0: remember it was like on TikTok right it was something like speaker-1: No, we were talking about something and the guy was basically trying to like discredit what we were saying, but he legitimately his points made like it wasn't even about the topic that we were talking about. I was like, brother, this is not even. speaker-0: Zero. ⁓ I don't think he watched the video. Like, no. speaker-1: I think he just wanted to like post something. I was like, what is going on right now? So people will find a way. People will find a way. But you know what? We like all the nice comments and. speaker-2: Absolutely. That's how it should be. Just keep reading the nice ones. speaker-1: What's next Alex for our audience and listeners to come support you more? speaker-2: Luckily, I have a couple weeks off to let things sell. And then I will be going, my schedule goes, I play in the Memorial Championship, which is Jack Nicklaus's event, which is meant to be amazing. And apparently they have the best milkshakes ever. So that's what I'm super excited for. ⁓ I'm a sucker for a milkshake. And then I do the Canadian Open, the US Open, and then a tournament called the Travelers. So I got four in a row now. speaker-0: In fact, I already know you're in the video. speaker-2: But yeah, it's just, it's going to be nice to have this break. And I think the nice thing with having a break is you, it almost like when you play enough golf, get kind of, I guess you kind of get fed up of it. But when you have a break, like, and you have time to put the clubs away, you almost like excited to get going again. So I'm, I think that's what's nice about resetting and doing it. ⁓ But yeah, there's my, there's my, my next four. speaker-0: Good luck, Alex. speaker-1: I'll see you in Canada. speaker-2: Yeah, that'll be fun. That'll be super fun. speaker-1: No, it will be fun. Thanks for coming on again. You're our favorite guest, obviously. speaker-2: You asked me enough questions, I got one question for you both. Are you having anyone soon? Anyone on next? Or what's going on? speaker-1: So basically, have a plan. ⁓ We're going to do about, what is it? Three more episodes, two more episodes, including this one. ⁓ And then we're going to take a little bit of a break for the summer. We'll keep posting and everything, but we're not doing like full episodes. might do like short ones here and there. ⁓ But yeah, I'll be posting like World Cup stuff and things like that since I'll be over there. And then. we're just kind of like going to get our guest list all set up and gear up back in like August, September time and really just get it going. speaker-2: Perfect. There you go. Pick up yips and giggles. speaker-1: Yeah. We're on the. speaker-0: Yeah, help us. We are on the up and up. Our goal is to hit 500 followers by the summer and I think we are on track for that goal. speaker-2: You have been. What do you have? speaker-0: Please. speaker-2: ⁓ so you're closed. You're fairly closed. speaker-1: Check my numbers on you. speaker-0: For 14, we got one more in the past hour. speaker-1: There we go. speaker-2: My following, I think I gained 22,000 followers since a month ago. speaker-1: That's insane. speaker-0: You should become an influencer, Alex. speaker-2: No, absolutely. I'd be the worst influencer you could have possibly imagined. ⁓ I can imagine it's hard. ⁓ yeah. speaker-0: Day in my life as a professional golfer. Today I woke up at 3.30 in the morning. I laid out my outfit the night before. It's from my PR package from Nike. speaker-1: of the day. speaker-2: I'm not sure as a male I should be doing that, I'm not gonna lie. Hey, everyone's each their own, for me, I don't think I'm a good influencer. Recording my outfit. speaker-1: you're relatable. speaker-0: It's funny. speaker-2: That just recording my outfits would not be good. ⁓ Talking of social media abuse, that would really get me in that one. speaker-1: You get abused from like your friends more than you. speaker-2: That is very true. Yeah, all my friends would be like, what on earth are you doing? So. Well, thank you for having me, guys. speaker-1: ⁓ that's funny. speaker-0: coming on. If come on one more time, third time, we'll officially name you as a co-host. An honorary co-host. speaker-1: Yeah.