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The Golf Report: The Masters Recap & Reaction with Griffin Hare & Michelle Garmon (2.229.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: Rory McElroy became the fourth player to win back-to-back Master Sunday by holding off World No.
• 0:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: 1 Scotty Sheffler for his 6th major title.
• 0:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is the Golf Report on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
• 0:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm your host Greg Mengalton momentarily, I'll be joined by former Tipton and Ball State Ball Star, and current golf pro, Griffin Hare.
• 0:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: and Tipton Tribune and Elwood Collider Sports Center for Michelle Garmin with their reactions to the 2026 Masters.
• 0:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: Before we get to that, I want to tell you about my daily podcast, Greg and his friends' talks sports.
• 0:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Every week afternoon, my friends and I are talking about whatever central Indiana sports fans are talking about, whether it's the Pacer's fever, colds, IU, Purdue, IndieCar, local colleges, national sports or high school sports,
• 0:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: And of course, on Monday, Griffin and Michelle will be the featured guest to talk some masters.
• 1:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: For guys, we're tied in third at minus 10, Russell Henley, Cameron Young, Justin Rosen, and Tyrell.
• 1:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: Hadden, Sam Burns, Colin, Marikaua, Max Homa, and Zander Schoffley rounded out the top 10.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: VJs and Hilton head this weekend at the RBC Heritage, and the next major is,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: May 14th through 17, the PGA Championship at Aronamink in Newton Square, Pennsylvania.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome, and now Griffin and Michelle and guys in the end it ended up being an historic day.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It was a great day.
• 1:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: It kept you glued to inferting your television
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  [SPEAKER_02]: by Roy.
• 1:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it was a great day.
• 2:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ford it from people have the lead, the twists and turns of the final round of the masters never really disappoints.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It seems to deliver almost every year.
• 2:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: I was fantastic and we watched history again to that.
• 2:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: Guys, early Sunday, I was starting to count Roy McElroy out of this, honestly, I thought,
• 2:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: he had a Saturday that I thought was going to kind of play with his head and then early Sunday he'd lost the lead and I thought, well, I don't think we're going to have to worry about Roy McElroy at the top of the leader board and he made a run there toward the end.
• 2:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think a couple of three years ago he would have been capable of making and he kind of tried to give it away early, but was really good down the stretch.
• 2:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: he was great down the stretch.
• 2:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think winning last year and finally getting over the hump definitely helped him.
• 2:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, he had the really bad, really bad yesterday, just sloppy.
• 2:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then he was two over through six today and he found himself three back at one point.
• 3:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: He was nine under and I don't remember who was at 12 at that point, but I know he was three back and I was thinking myself like, see, done?
• 3:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: Miss, he about to blow a six shot lead on Saturday when he teed off.
• 3:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: But he was resilient man.
• 3:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: He made some really good pressure shots in the end of the front nine and then what one of the golf tournament was
• 3:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: making a really solid par on 11 which he made double yesterday hit in the water and then he took on that pen on 12 which not a lot of guys do made birdie there and for the first time all week he hit it in the fairway on 13 and made birdie there That's what one of the golf tournament and after that it kind of felt like it was in hand and Leslie did something crazy
• 3:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, he drove the ball much better today with the exception of that on 18, but his driving on the par five's were much better today.
• 3:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: And don't you think I really do think his familiarity, having one last year, but just his overall familiarity with the course.
• 4:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: After all those years, I think that was beneficial to him today and down the stretch.
• 4:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: experience goes a long way in this golf tournament.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He actually, I just finished up watching his post-interview after the round with the media.
• 4:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: And he said that he learned some from my practice round in 2009 with Tom Watson about where to look like for the wind.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: on number 12.
• 4:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: And he referred to him and his caddy were very patient today on 12 because the winds were swirling and I think it was making it tough down for the second nine.
• 4:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of guys were backing off shots, but he referred to a practice round in 2009 and then he ended up making birdie on that hole.
• 4:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: So that kind of proves that having that experience and experiencing some failures in the past, ultimately helped him get over the hump today.
• 4:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: say what Cameron Young I know he did because you're right that a lot of the golfers considered players the fifth major but Cameron Young is going to win one of the four majors here.
• 5:10
  [SPEAKER_02]: but in the next year or two.
• 5:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Wow, I love that prediction.
• 5:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: He obviously didn't play great today, but it's never easy sleeping on your first ever lead of a major.
• 5:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't care what anybody says.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The player is not a major.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's not the master's, and he wasn't leading the players.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But I thought he hung in there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He made nine bars on the back nine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He gave himself chances.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he'll learn a lot from playing with Rory today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And he's a top five player in the world.
• 5:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: just think with what I liked about Cameron Young was he just never let this bad-a-hole's medical plug and if he got a good break he took a vantage of it I know he could have had a couple of his on the back nine but he also could have had a couple of bogies but that's why I like about him.
• 5:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: He is a definitely one of the next-hole type golfers which those are the guys with the big ones.
• 6:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: I also want to throw this out there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I never mentioned this.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's a lot of talk on social media right now about it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The wedge shot that Rory hit on number 15.
• 6:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: it shows you that you have to be lucky, he 100% missed his number there, and that ball hit into the fringe, into the upslope, and 95% of the book time, that ball spins back in the water.
• 6:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: When that ball stayed on the grain, I go, it's his time, like he's going to win.
• 6:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: You could tell by his reaction, he was like,
• 6:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: this thing might go on the water.
• 6:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: I've never seen a wedge shot like that hit into the up slope and take a bounce and stay.
• 6:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: I thought that was for sure in the water and then it would have been really interesting because the guys, Terrell Hatt and guys like Kim and Sheffler and even Barnes and Russell.
• 6:54
  [SPEAKER_02]: He actually was I was actually kind of pulling for him for a while because he said he's from the state of Georgia.
• 6:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: I thought, how cool would that be if he made a Sunday run to a green jacket?
• 7:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: If that ball rolls back in the water, that brings 7-8 guys back in
• 7:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: It could have been, it could have been a two-foot difference.
• 7:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, it, within, definitely with N2P, he, uh, man, the golf gods were on his side for that shot, and sometimes that's all it takes in this game.
• 7:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: What is this due for Roy's legacy?
• 7:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: I saw a lot of things on social media.
• 7:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure it'll be at the bay here and leading up to the next major.
• 7:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's the PGA is the next major and then US Open.
• 7:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think it moves the PGA, definitely.
• 7:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yep, they did.
• 7:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: The PGA is going to be in May this year.
• 7:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Which honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he won another one early prediction here.
• 7:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's got all the confidence going.
• 7:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: But I think you can argue he's the best European golfer in the modern era.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's between him and Nick Faldo.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're tied with six majors now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In the fact that it took a row of 10 years to win another major.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then once he did, he went back to back masters.
• 8:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: Only four players have ever done that.
• 8:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: I certainly think you can argue he's maybe the best European ever.
• 8:21
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I would disagree with that.
• 8:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: I would have to go back and see, remember, try to remember all the Europeans, but definitely in the modern era, I would have to be with that at all.
• 8:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: For sure.
• 8:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: By a stereo, maybe is that who you're up against?
• 8:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: Sethi was up there.
• 8:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, he, he, he, uh, I don't remember exactly how many when he won.
• 8:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he was around six.
• 8:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, of course.
• 8:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, I don't know how many, how many, how many majors that
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Three, I think he won and two opens and I think a PGA.
• 8:54
  [SPEAKER_02]: But I know he was in contention at a lot of them.
• 8:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think this was...
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think this puts Rory also in the conversation of probably top 10 best players ever.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He hasn't only done it on the PGA tour.
• 9:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we know, he's a European and he plays on two different tours, and I think he's one over 20 times in Europe, and he's one.
• 9:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think today was his 30th tour when, like, he's one all over the world, he's a global icon, and not a lot of people can say that.
• 9:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: No, no, they can't.
• 9:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: I really think, do I, boy, has got better as he's got no, I think he, I think he meant to tour has matured a lot.
• 9:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think he, he was such a, when he first came on the scene, he was so young and had all the success and, no, scar tissue is right.
• 9:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I kind of brought it up earlier Michelle that I don't think he does this two three years ago has a big lead loses the lead and then recovers to win.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: I just I didn't think that was in his makeup a couple of years ago and now clearly
• 10:04
  [SPEAKER_02]: he's playing in a very well I will be interested to see the next you know how the next two majors do go I think we could be in for some another couple fun ones I know with you know between Roy and Scotty and Cameron Young I think he's got a bottle in there you know Justin Rose and then somebody's you know younger guysy you feel like
• 10:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: you, I kind of get the feeling that Sam Burns was another one that is, I mean, he played fabulous for the first three days, first three rounds.
• 10:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: And then today things went downward form, but he, if you're good, you're going to learn from the experience today.
• 10:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: and it's just only should make you better for the next time you're a major.
• 10:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the next three majors could be super interesting this year.
• 10:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the biggest storing line going forward is a concephalor that it do at the U.S. Open to complete the Grand Slam.
• 11:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Typically, when you have grain slam winners, it's separated by 15, 20 years.
• 11:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: We could have it back to back years with the glory last year at the masters.
• 11:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then Scott, I guess Jordan's faith technically, I forgot about that one.
• 11:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: Jordan, you win the PG.
• 11:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: That was you had that one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One of the majors since 2017.
• 11:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: But golf so good nowadays, there's so much like I said, beginning the week.
• 11:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: There's a bunch of guys that can win majors.
• 11:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: But this particular tournament, it just seems like there's always
• 11:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: five or six guys that have the experience know how to win.
• 11:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: And ultimately, they're just competitors.
• 11:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: Grison, I was gonna.
• 11:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: I was going to ask, I really, because I know you've played and I thought that it did bother Shuffler that we had those two really bad holes.
• 11:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think he tripled and then he, I mean, all that pot five, he took a ten and he took a lot of time, finally walking around, finding his ball and I think they said, like, Shuffler was on the green for 20 minutes.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: What does that do to you as a golfer when you're on the green?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Get a chance for a you are birdie puck.
• 12:09
  [SPEAKER_02]: You have to wait over 20 minutes before you can actually attempt that.
• 12:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Pat.
• 12:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's frustrating.
• 12:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think what you're referring to is he was in the.
• 12:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: He was about 60 yards away for his wedge shot on 13.
• 12:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: And they were in the back bushes looking for how Tom's ball.
• 12:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think they said in the coverage that he went up to the green multiple times
• 12:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: Look at kind of where he's going to land it and typically from like a wedge number you're not like walking up to the green and but he had that much time To do that so as mentally strong as he is I'm sure that didn't bother on my tongue and obviously the adrenaline's flowing, but I certainly get where you're coming from there
• 12:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: he just was simply was not very good on that one whole and that probably cost him the golf tournament.
• 12:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: Historically, 13's the first or second easiest hole in the course and he played it over par for the week.
• 13:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: He was not, he wasn't really good on that.
• 13:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: I get that.
• 13:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: I just know I think he's kind of a quick type of player.
• 13:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: I would have loved this to be on a Saturday day.
• 13:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: I would have loved to see him and wrote Justin Rose play together.
• 13:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: because I just, you know, both the plane partners Jason Day kind of fell away and obviously leave fell away.
• 13:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I know they stopped showing Cameron Young, but he really didn't have a terrible day.
• 13:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: As a fan, it was disappointing to see what burns and Shane Lowry did today.
• 13:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: They weren't even showing him after like five holes.
• 13:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: I was pretty confident in those guys showing up.
• 13:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: But I'll just say this, I truly felt like,
• 13:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: Rory didn't really win the golf tournament.
• 13:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: I thought Justin Rose gave it away.
• 13:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: When Justin Rose took a two-shot lead, made par on 10, which is one of the hardest holes in the golf course.
• 14:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then played really sloppy the next three holes.
• 14:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: He hit a really bad iron shot on 11, made bogey chunk to chip on 12, and actually made a really good bogey put.
• 14:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then hit a gray shot in the 13 and three-potted from like 25 feet for par.
• 14:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: That right there lost him the golf tournament.
• 14:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: And that led Rory back in it.
• 14:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: Now Rory did play really well after number six.
• 14:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he was four under and then obviously he bogey 18, but he had some shots to play with.
• 14:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: But I felt like Justin Rose was in control of the golf tournament.
• 14:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: And he is typically a really good closer, especially after watching last year, he'd seem like he buried every hole coming down the stretch.
• 14:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: I would have loved to see what would have happened if Justin Rose kind of kept his foot down.
• 14:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Rory plays his best when he's a little bit aggressive.
• 14:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: I certainly think it would have been a shootout down the stretch.
• 14:53
  [SPEAKER_02]: or how about this, even a settler made one of the, or settler hadn't had such a bad second round.
• 14:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: You think about this, this guy was 12 back after 36 holes, 12 back.
• 15:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: And he comes back to finish second 11 under.
• 15:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: And he had every chance in the world as well.
• 15:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: He stayed at nine under pretty much all day and for about six straight holes, he had one bad shot on every hole.
• 15:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: He made zero birdies on the back nine parfives until number 15 to day and the birdie he made on 15 was I don't know how he had that tree on the punch shot and then he kind of hit this like low cut underneath the tree and made like a 30 footer.
• 15:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: So it was almost a miraculous birdie.
• 15:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: The way he played the parfives on the back nine is what cost him and he kind of
• 15:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: referred to it.
• 15:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: And after is round a day, the 74 that he had in the second round when the scores were pretty low, Rory shot 65 that day, that cost him the tournament.
• 15:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: And being 12 shots back is just not 8 shots as the most ever after 36 holes.
• 16:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: He about did it, but ultimately came up a little bit short.
• 16:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'll tell you what, though, for the rest of the golfers, think what, how chef will play the last two days, even though he had some misses after the three weeks off.
• 16:16
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I mean, I said earlier, I think he's, people are going to have to be looking.
• 16:21
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think he would have to be considered one of favorites to win the U.S. Open in June.
• 16:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: And we will continue to talk about it here on the central on the MS Sports Report on the golf report.
• 16:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for all you've done this week, guys.
• 16:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: And we'll talk soon.
• 16:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you.
• 16:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you.
• 16:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: Enjoy it.
• 16:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks so much to Griffin and Michelle for joining me all week to talk some masters and we're going to talk later this week with Griffin and see how he wants to go forward here with the golf report.
• 16:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Hopefully he's on board.
• 16:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: Hopefully he's on board full time and he's also said he like to talk some other stuff.
• 17:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: to look forward to that because he was great on this master's coverage all week.
• 17:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks to Michelle as well.
• 17:10
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• 17:11
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