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Rory McIlroy interview. 00:21.771 --> 00:23.314 Full Swing Season 2. 00:23.398 --> 00:24.274 Let's do it. 00:24.774 --> 00:25.859 [chuckles] 00:32.031 --> 00:35.535 [announcer] Just a year ago, you were LIV Golf, or you were not. 00:35.618 --> 00:38.455 -[man] Tiger! -[Rory] I did not envision this happening. 00:38.538 --> 00:41.249 It's astronomical money that they're throwing at people, 00:41.332 --> 00:43.626 and everything's got a price, I guess. 00:43.710 --> 00:45.086 I don't really care. 00:45.170 --> 00:47.964 [Brooks Koepka] Going with LIV, I'm happy with the decisions I've made. 00:48.465 --> 00:51.050 [Justin Thomas] I was very jealous of everything that Jordan did. 00:51.134 --> 00:52.052 [cheering] 00:52.135 --> 00:54.804 [Joel Dahmen] Someone's gotta be the 70th-best golfer in the world. 00:54.888 --> 00:55.805 Might as well be me. 00:56.473 --> 00:59.642 [Rory] I feel like I'm trying to win my first major championship again. 01:00.226 --> 01:03.271 [Dylan Dethier] If the 2022 season was about disruption, 01:03.354 --> 01:07.192 then the 2023 season is about figuring out what's next. 01:10.111 --> 01:13.073 [Rickie Fowler] Going through this struggle for the last few years 01:13.156 --> 01:14.407 is not easy. 01:14.491 --> 01:15.992 It's a grind out there. 01:16.076 --> 01:17.994 [announcer] You can't be serious! 01:18.078 --> 01:19.954 If I don't play good golf, I can't provide. 01:20.038 --> 01:22.499 We don't have a house. We don't have anything. 01:24.167 --> 01:26.836 [Lona Dahmen] With everything that happened and all the craziness, 01:26.920 --> 01:28.713 that's gonna wear anybody down. 01:28.797 --> 01:30.006 Damn it, Joel. 01:31.841 --> 01:34.636 [Dan Rapaport] At this point, you're on the PGA TOUR side, 01:34.719 --> 01:36.304 or you're on the LIV Golf side. 01:36.387 --> 01:38.848 And you've got the majors now that stand alone 01:38.932 --> 01:41.226 as these four events per year where these guys meet. 01:41.309 --> 01:44.562 [sportscaster] It's gonna be interesting to see how these guys come back together. 01:44.646 --> 01:45.814 What's up, bud? You good? 01:45.897 --> 01:49.317 I wanna have faith that this is the best thing for all of us, 01:49.400 --> 01:52.445 but it's clear that that's not, uh, the consensus. 01:52.529 --> 01:54.906 [Amanda Balionis] Not only do we have LIV players teeing it up 01:54.989 --> 01:57.283 in all four major championships, 01:57.367 --> 01:59.202 but it's also a Ryder Cup year. 01:59.869 --> 02:03.581 [Justin] The Ryder Cup is one of the most special sporting events in the world. 02:03.665 --> 02:05.667 It's the fucking best. [laughs] 02:05.750 --> 02:07.127 Eyes on the prize. 02:07.210 --> 02:11.214 [Justin] 12 Americans and 12 Europeans play against each other every two years. 02:11.297 --> 02:13.424 Everybody wants to be on that Ryder Cup team. 02:13.508 --> 02:15.343 I wanna make the Ryder Cup more than anything. 02:15.426 --> 02:18.221 I'm thinking about the Ryder Cup every second of every day. 02:18.304 --> 02:21.683 [Rory] We're really playing for something that's bigger than ourselves. 02:21.766 --> 02:25.562 [Rickie] It's gonna be hard. There will be difficult situations, and drama can ensue. 02:25.645 --> 02:27.188 [spectators jeering] 02:27.272 --> 02:29.107 [announcer] And Rory is hot. 02:29.190 --> 02:31.276 I'm looking around like, "What just happened?" 02:32.026 --> 02:34.112 As if that wasn't wild enough. 02:34.571 --> 02:36.823 [sportscaster] Some serious breaking news. 02:36.906 --> 02:39.826 [reporter 1] The PGA TOUR merging with LIV Golf. 02:39.909 --> 02:40.785 [reporter 2] Shocking. 02:40.869 --> 02:43.538 [reporter 3] One of the biggest stories in the history of the sport. 02:43.621 --> 02:46.249 -[Justin] So many unanswered questions. -[Joel] It's like, "What?" 02:46.332 --> 02:49.544 -Has this happened in any sport's history? -No one knows anything. 02:49.627 --> 02:53.298 There has been a lot of controversy and a lot of uncertainty. 02:53.381 --> 02:54.299 I get all that. 02:54.382 --> 02:57.385 It's hard for me to not feel somewhat like a sacrificial lamb. 02:57.468 --> 02:59.846 [man] This live stream's ending right now, boys. 03:00.889 --> 03:03.600 Yeah, it's been quite the year in the world of professional golf. 03:03.683 --> 03:05.018 [laughs] 03:06.352 --> 03:08.354 [dramatic music plays] 03:17.197 --> 03:19.782 -[aircraft engine roaring] -[indistinct chatter] 03:26.372 --> 03:27.540 [laughter] 03:27.624 --> 03:31.085 [Jordan Spieth] Dude, the funniest part is I'm sure he's taking a deuce. [laughs] 03:32.545 --> 03:34.380 He'd be out by now if he was peeing. 03:35.089 --> 03:36.132 [Rickie] True. 03:38.843 --> 03:40.386 [Jordan laughs] 03:40.470 --> 03:43.139 Yeah, don't worry. I wasn't taking a dump or anything. 03:43.222 --> 03:44.891 I hope you feel like shit. 03:44.974 --> 03:45.975 [laughter] 03:46.059 --> 03:46.893 No pun intended. 03:46.976 --> 03:48.394 [Jordan] Hey, I didn't do 'em all. 03:48.478 --> 03:50.480 [Rickie] Jordan kind of screwed that one up. 03:50.563 --> 03:51.981 Yeah. Sorry, Rick. 03:52.523 --> 03:54.776 ["Still That Way" by Jay Rock playing] 03:54.859 --> 03:57.070 ♪ BongoByTheWay ♪ 03:57.153 --> 03:58.488 ♪ Came a long way ♪ 03:58.988 --> 04:00.865 ♪ Came a long way, came a long way ♪ 04:00.949 --> 04:02.200 ♪ Came a long way ♪ 04:02.700 --> 04:04.244 ♪ Been a long way, real long way… ♪ 04:04.327 --> 04:05.161 [cheering] 04:05.244 --> 04:06.371 ♪ Came a long way ♪ 04:07.413 --> 04:08.498 ♪ Real long way ♪ 04:09.082 --> 04:10.333 ♪ Been a long way… ♪ 04:10.416 --> 04:12.335 This is gonna be… It's gonna be nuts tomorrow. 04:12.835 --> 04:14.170 [cheering and chanting] 04:14.254 --> 04:16.214 One girl ate it so bad in these heels. 04:16.297 --> 04:18.216 She was so embarrassed, she didn't wanna fix it. 04:18.299 --> 04:19.384 [laughs] 04:21.511 --> 04:25.139 All this is is me putting sun… uh, sun cream on. 04:25.223 --> 04:27.016 This was the same last season too. 04:28.017 --> 04:29.769 [man] Take your shirt off, Joel! 04:29.852 --> 04:31.104 -[Joel] Fuck. -[laughter] 04:31.187 --> 04:32.188 We're professionals. 04:33.606 --> 04:36.442 My parents always told me to think before you act. 04:36.526 --> 04:37.443 [Justin] Ah, whatever. 04:37.944 --> 04:39.529 [boy] Can you sign my bag too? 04:39.612 --> 04:41.906 Yes, I will. Where do you want it? Do you care? 04:41.990 --> 04:43.449 -[boy] Over here. -Right here? 04:44.826 --> 04:46.160 [cheering] 04:48.079 --> 04:49.455 [inaudible conversation] 04:52.375 --> 04:55.294 [Dan] At the start of 2023, things are much clearer. 04:55.795 --> 04:57.922 Last year, there was so much uncertainty. 04:58.006 --> 04:59.716 Now it's sort of you understand 04:59.799 --> 05:02.260 who's on which side of the battle lines. 05:02.343 --> 05:05.263 You've got the LIV guys, and you've got the PGA TOUR guys. 05:05.346 --> 05:09.058 They've kind of chosen their team. Yeah, now it's product versus product. 05:10.810 --> 05:11.978 [applause] 05:12.061 --> 05:14.439 [Dan] The PGA TOUR loyalists, I guess you'd put it, 05:14.522 --> 05:17.775 guys who aren't so driven as much by money. 05:18.568 --> 05:19.694 Justin Thomas. 05:20.862 --> 05:21.821 Jordan Spieth. 05:22.322 --> 05:23.406 Matt Fitzpatrick. 05:23.906 --> 05:26.826 Rickie Fowler is another one who stayed on the PGA TOUR. 05:27.827 --> 05:30.246 But Rory McIlroy is kind of the most salient one. 05:30.955 --> 05:32.832 He is the face of the PGA TOUR. 05:33.750 --> 05:36.044 [reporter] Rory, technically, you are world number one. 05:36.127 --> 05:39.380 I'm just curious. Do you feel like you're the best player in the world right now? 05:39.881 --> 05:40.715 Yes. 05:41.507 --> 05:42.550 [reporter] Why is that? 05:43.342 --> 05:44.218 Um… 05:45.845 --> 05:46.721 Because I do. 05:47.472 --> 05:50.183 Golf, with what happened with LIV last year, 05:50.266 --> 05:52.185 and sort of with what's happening… 05:52.268 --> 05:53.978 I have a pretty strong conviction 05:54.062 --> 05:56.773 of what I think professional golf should be, what it should look like, 05:56.856 --> 05:59.942 how competitive it should be, and I want to stand up for that. 06:01.569 --> 06:03.905 [Collin Morikawa] Rory, what he's done throughout his career, 06:03.988 --> 06:05.073 he's earned that presence 06:05.156 --> 06:07.492 that everyone trusted to… to be the face, 06:07.575 --> 06:09.786 essentially, to make sure things were going right. 06:11.287 --> 06:13.498 People are gonna realize how much work he put into this, 06:13.581 --> 06:16.000 because it's not easy to just come home and say, 06:16.084 --> 06:19.045 "Hey, I'm going to open up my computer and hop on 50 Zoom calls." 06:19.128 --> 06:21.964 [chuckles] I'm tired just traveling three weeks in a row. 06:22.048 --> 06:24.217 I wanna come home and just sleep on my bed. 06:24.300 --> 06:25.176 [chuckles] 06:25.259 --> 06:27.136 -[indistinct chatter] -[cheering] 06:27.220 --> 06:31.474 [Henni Koyack] Rory has been so vocal against the LIV tour. 06:31.974 --> 06:34.685 He is taking front and center stage 06:34.769 --> 06:38.189 as the ultimate superhero leading the rest of the pack of superheroes 06:38.272 --> 06:39.440 against the LIV tour. 06:40.191 --> 06:42.193 [cheering and applause] 06:43.194 --> 06:45.029 [Henni] If he wins the major championship, 06:45.113 --> 06:47.323 he can just sit back and cackle at everybody. 06:47.824 --> 06:50.076 [chuckles] It's the ultimate icing on the cake. 06:50.159 --> 06:51.327 [cheering] 06:52.620 --> 06:54.539 People like to choose one side or another. 06:55.790 --> 06:57.208 [fans shouting encouragement] 06:57.291 --> 06:59.919 [Rory] If you have your finger on the pulse of golf… 07:00.002 --> 07:01.421 [loud cheering] 07:02.588 --> 07:06.801 …it's pretty apparent that one side has quite a lot more support than the other. 07:11.180 --> 07:12.682 [light applause] 07:14.142 --> 07:15.810 [distant shouting] 07:16.310 --> 07:18.312 [indistinct conversation] 07:20.022 --> 07:24.152 [Dylan] On the other hand, LIV is launching its first full season, 07:24.235 --> 07:29.073 but it hasn't really shown that it has staying power. 07:29.657 --> 07:32.535 I mean, so far, there's a lot of questions right now. 07:33.119 --> 07:34.579 [spectators shouting] 07:38.833 --> 07:41.669 [Dan] The guys on LIV got hundreds of millions of dollars 07:41.752 --> 07:44.714 to leave the PGA TOUR, and some huge names did leave. 07:45.423 --> 07:48.593 Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, all gone. 07:49.302 --> 07:51.929 And major champions like Bryson DeChambeau, 07:52.013 --> 07:54.474 Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith, they joined them. 07:55.224 --> 07:57.977 These guys are unbelievable golfers, don't get me wrong, 07:58.060 --> 08:01.397 but there is a consensus in the golf world that they just took the money, 08:01.481 --> 08:03.608 and now they're not working nearly as hard. 08:04.275 --> 08:05.902 At least in the public eye, 08:05.985 --> 08:08.863 the PGA TOUR is still seen as the gold standard of golf. 08:09.864 --> 08:11.908 -[announcer] Brooks Koepka! -[cheering and applause] 08:11.991 --> 08:13.868 [announcer] He holds his nerve. 08:15.286 --> 08:18.706 [Jena Sims Koepka] That was the stereotype of the golfers going to LIV, 08:18.789 --> 08:21.250 is like, "Maybe they're washed-up, maybe they're done." 08:21.334 --> 08:23.044 You know, "They're phoning it in." 08:23.127 --> 08:26.839 "Let's just go and play easy golf. Three days, no cuts." 08:26.923 --> 08:29.550 But Brooks is back. Let's see… let's see what happens. 08:30.134 --> 08:33.512 [announcer] And he will head to Augusta in fine fettle. 08:33.596 --> 08:35.515 [applause] 08:36.182 --> 08:37.600 Hey, congrats, man. 08:37.683 --> 08:40.561 -Great shit, dude. That's awesome. -[Brooks] Thank you. Appreciate it. 08:41.187 --> 08:43.523 [Dan] When these guys meet at the Masters in a few days, 08:43.606 --> 08:46.984 there is an expectation that the PGA TOUR guys will dominate, 08:47.068 --> 08:50.613 proving that, from a golf perspective, they are the superior tour. 08:56.994 --> 08:59.789 Okay, you got your belt on. It's not going to beep. 08:59.872 --> 09:01.290 -Is it gonna beep? -[man] No. 09:01.374 --> 09:02.750 No, it's not. We're good. 09:05.253 --> 09:08.047 For me, it's like I know that clock is ticking. 09:08.130 --> 09:10.841 I was able to knock off four major championships 09:10.925 --> 09:12.593 pretty quickly in my career, 09:12.677 --> 09:15.179 um, but I've been stuck on four for a while. 09:15.721 --> 09:18.724 I don't deserve… No one deserves anything in this game. 09:18.808 --> 09:21.185 Like, nothing is handed to you. It's all earned. 09:21.269 --> 09:23.354 And I feel ready to earn it again. 09:26.482 --> 09:27.567 I'm happy to be here. 09:27.650 --> 09:30.194 -Thanks for doing it here. -Thanks for being here. This is awesome. 09:30.278 --> 09:31.904 Yeah, it's cool. Really cool. 09:31.988 --> 09:33.322 Really cool spot here. 09:33.406 --> 09:35.658 -Let me know when you want me to go. -[man] Go ahead. 09:35.741 --> 09:37.368 So, it's ten minutes each spot. 09:37.451 --> 09:40.621 Here, Fortune, and then… and then Sean Martin with PGATOUR.COM. 09:40.705 --> 09:41.998 -He's just… Yeah. -Cool. 09:42.081 --> 09:43.082 [indistinct chatter] 09:43.165 --> 09:46.335 [Rory] I think this new role that I've sort of been thrust into, 09:46.419 --> 09:49.672 this sort of, you know, spokesman, or leader, or whatever it is, 09:49.755 --> 09:51.757 it's certainly not something that I asked for. 09:51.841 --> 09:54.427 I didn't go to Jay Monahan or anyone at the tour 09:54.510 --> 09:56.554 and say, "Hey, let me… let me lead." 09:57.305 --> 10:00.975 I maybe put myself in this position without really knowing it. 10:01.058 --> 10:04.228 If you're not looking for ways to improve and you're standing still, 10:04.312 --> 10:07.356 I just don't think that's the right way to approach things, so I think… 10:07.440 --> 10:10.943 [Dan] Rory, for whatever reason, was willing to take on the burden 10:11.027 --> 10:12.903 of being the face of the PGA TOUR. 10:12.987 --> 10:14.238 [indistinct conversation] 10:14.322 --> 10:16.365 [Dan] Rory's a very marketable guy. 10:16.449 --> 10:20.703 You know, probably the biggest star to emerge in golf since Tiger Woods. 10:20.786 --> 10:24.040 The exact type of guy Jay Monahan wants to smile and take pictures next to. 10:24.123 --> 10:25.833 -[man] Three, two, one. -[cameras clicking] 10:25.916 --> 10:26.792 [Rory] Thank you. 10:26.876 --> 10:30.755 So, you're encouraging your… your… your people to take… 10:30.838 --> 10:31.714 [inaudible] 10:31.797 --> 10:35.718 [Rory] I would say I'm probably closer with Jay 10:35.801 --> 10:37.845 than any of the other players on tour. 10:38.471 --> 10:40.556 That would be my relationship with Jay. 10:40.640 --> 10:41.474 [chuckles] 10:42.600 --> 10:43.642 When did this open? 10:43.726 --> 10:47.188 This opened, uh, May last year. May '22. 10:47.271 --> 10:51.192 It was Jay and myself that were doing a lot of the critiques of LIV. 10:51.692 --> 10:55.196 [Jay] I wanted to take a moment to address all of the news, 10:55.696 --> 11:00.368 discourse, and conjecture lately about the world of professional golf. 11:00.451 --> 11:02.870 The PGA TOUR is moving on. 11:02.953 --> 11:04.955 [Rory] The top players in the world are saying no, 11:05.039 --> 11:06.791 so that has to tell you something. 11:07.375 --> 11:09.585 [Jay] Our members compete for the opportunity 11:09.669 --> 11:11.587 to add their names to history books 11:11.670 --> 11:16.175 without having to wrestle with any sort of moral ambiguity. 11:16.258 --> 11:19.220 [Rory] I've always been an advocate of trying to make it more cohesive, 11:19.303 --> 11:21.680 and this is, you know, ripping that apart. 11:21.764 --> 11:27.561 We are, and we always will be, focused on legacy, not leverage. 11:27.645 --> 11:28.813 [man] We're in the right spot. 11:28.896 --> 11:30.272 -How are you? -Good to see you. 11:30.356 --> 11:32.358 -Everything good? -I work with Sean with TMRW Sports. 11:32.441 --> 11:33.693 [Rory] I didn't see it. 11:33.776 --> 11:35.903 Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. 11:35.986 --> 11:37.655 [applause] 11:39.740 --> 11:42.201 [Rory] With leadership comes some sacrifice, 11:42.284 --> 11:45.579 and my day has been filled up with stuff. 11:46.497 --> 11:50.418 Phone calls or emails or updates. 11:50.501 --> 11:52.086 [indistinct conversation] 11:53.337 --> 11:56.215 I feel like I've had a ton of balls in the air this year, 11:56.298 --> 12:00.261 juggling and demanding of my time, and it's a matter of trying to balance it, 12:00.344 --> 12:03.889 not trying to lose sight of the fact of what's really important, 12:03.973 --> 12:06.642 which is trying to stay the best player in the world. 12:06.726 --> 12:07.643 All right, see ya. 12:07.727 --> 12:12.022 It sounds really simple when you say that, but, uh, easier said than done. 12:13.190 --> 12:15.359 [dramatic music playing] 12:22.616 --> 12:24.910 [announcer 1] It is wonderful to greet you once again 12:24.994 --> 12:27.037 from the Augusta National Golf Club. 12:27.121 --> 12:30.624 It is always the most anticipated round of the year. 12:30.708 --> 12:35.504 The wait since July at St Andrews for major championship golf has ended. 12:35.588 --> 12:38.841 The pursuit of the green jacket is here at Augusta, Georgia. 12:41.427 --> 12:43.471 [announcer 2] Of course, part of the backdrop, 12:43.554 --> 12:46.390 the LIV Golf tour playing in the Masters this weekend. 12:46.474 --> 12:48.350 [Amanda] Joining us now is Brooks Koepka. 12:48.434 --> 12:49.894 Where would you say your game is at 12:49.977 --> 12:52.313 and what you need to work on prior to the first round? 12:52.396 --> 12:56.108 Uh, game feels really good right now. Um, being healthy is a big thing. 12:56.192 --> 12:58.944 [Amanda] A healthy Brooks Koepka is a great report for us to have. 12:59.028 --> 13:00.362 -Thanks for that. -[Brooks] Thanks. 13:01.113 --> 13:03.991 [Amanda] You're healthy. It's been a long time since we could say that. 13:04.074 --> 13:06.827 It has been a long, long time. I just finally feel good. 13:06.911 --> 13:07.786 It's incredible. 13:07.870 --> 13:11.707 Like, even just bending down, getting down to read putts normal again. 13:11.790 --> 13:13.125 -[Amanda] You're back. -Yeah. 13:13.209 --> 13:15.169 [Amanda] Yeah, good to see you. Thanks, Brooks. 13:15.252 --> 13:17.338 Yep. Thanks. Yep. You got it. 13:19.298 --> 13:22.134 [Dylan] The Masters doesn't really need heightening to begin with. 13:22.218 --> 13:24.720 It's the biggest event on the schedule. 13:24.804 --> 13:27.431 And this year, the stakes just seem even higher. 13:28.516 --> 13:29.391 [man] Phil, Phil! 13:30.935 --> 13:34.855 [Dylan] It's the first time that we've seen guys from the PGA TOUR 13:34.939 --> 13:38.734 and guys who went to LIV playing in the same tournament. 13:38.818 --> 13:41.612 This is LIV versus the PGA TOUR, 13:41.695 --> 13:43.656 and everyone is curious 13:43.739 --> 13:46.158 how the respective sides are going to fare. 13:47.493 --> 13:50.162 [announcer 1] A lot of the lead-up to this tournament about LIV Golf. 13:50.246 --> 13:51.872 Hard to know the kind of form 13:51.956 --> 13:54.959 players who were playing on that tour are in as they come here. 13:55.042 --> 13:57.002 [announcer 2] Are they competitively sharp? 13:57.086 --> 14:00.923 Have they played enough competition to compete here on this stage? 14:01.006 --> 14:01.882 [applause] 14:01.966 --> 14:05.594 [reporter] How different does it feel being here as a LIV player 14:05.678 --> 14:07.221 playing on a different tour? 14:07.304 --> 14:10.307 For sure, I'd love to, you know, see one of us guys get up 14:10.391 --> 14:12.810 to the top of the leaderboard and really give it a nice shot. 14:12.893 --> 14:17.398 You know, we play and it's still golf, so it doesn't matter where you play at. 14:18.065 --> 14:20.693 [Justin] Yeah, I haven't really talked to any of 'em. 14:20.776 --> 14:22.570 Not too worried about what they're doing, 14:22.653 --> 14:24.530 and just trying to take care of myself. 14:25.990 --> 14:27.575 How you doing? Good to see you. 14:28.534 --> 14:30.661 [Dan] It's a week like this where there's 18 LIV guys 14:30.744 --> 14:31.996 and a bunch of PGA TOUR guys, 14:32.079 --> 14:35.165 all of you guys are intermingling, and it seems like everything is okay. 14:35.249 --> 14:37.626 Has it sort of changed the dynamic between you guys? 14:38.127 --> 14:41.714 It's a very nuanced situation, and there's different dynamics, 14:41.797 --> 14:44.341 and, you know, this week, in this tournament, 14:44.425 --> 14:46.844 all the best players in the world are together again. 14:46.927 --> 14:50.139 I think I'm going to go play nine holes with Brooks here in a little bit. 14:50.222 --> 14:51.640 [indistinct chatter] 14:52.349 --> 14:54.977 -[man] Thanks, Rory. Appreciate your time. -[Rory] Thank you. 14:57.980 --> 15:01.901 [Dylan] When Rory drops that he is playing a practice round with Brooks Koepka, 15:01.984 --> 15:04.069 everyone's like, "What's going on?" 15:06.655 --> 15:10.492 The sight of the two of them playing a practice round at Augusta National, 15:10.576 --> 15:12.286 the biggest week of the golfing year, 15:12.369 --> 15:16.206 when Rory has been the figurehead for the PGA TOUR 15:16.290 --> 15:22.588 and Brooks Koepka is, you know, the greatest modern major champion on LIV… 15:23.088 --> 15:24.632 [indistinct chatter] 15:26.383 --> 15:29.511 [Dylan] There's a lot bubbling just below the surface there. 15:30.471 --> 15:31.764 [dramatic music playing] 15:31.847 --> 15:33.140 [shouts of encouragement] 15:33.223 --> 15:34.433 [applause] 15:36.101 --> 15:40.064 [Rory] They're portrayed as the villains, and we're portrayed as the good guys, 15:40.147 --> 15:41.231 the guys that stayed. 15:41.774 --> 15:44.610 There's certainly a… There's certainly something there. 15:45.361 --> 15:46.570 [chuckles softly] 15:49.406 --> 15:52.701 [man] Everybody kept saying at Augusta the worst thing that can happen 15:52.785 --> 15:55.496 to professional golf is if a LIV player wins a major. 15:55.579 --> 15:58.040 I was keeping receipts. I was. 15:58.123 --> 16:00.751 -[male fan 1] Let's go, Rory. Go get 'em. -[applause] 16:01.877 --> 16:03.003 [male fan 2] Go, Rory. 16:03.629 --> 16:06.548 [Henni] So you've got LIV tour leading voice Brooks Koepka, 16:06.632 --> 16:09.134 PGA TOUR leading voice Rory McIlroy, 16:09.927 --> 16:12.805 and now you've got this "us versus them" 16:12.888 --> 16:14.515 back at the Masters. 16:16.141 --> 16:19.353 What's the saying? "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." 16:22.773 --> 16:23.607 [applause] 16:27.444 --> 16:28.862 [applause gets louder] 16:31.907 --> 16:33.534 [Max Homa] Think this works? Pink and blue? 16:33.617 --> 16:36.245 -[man 1] Oh man. Money. -All right? You're not just being nice? 16:36.328 --> 16:38.580 -[man 1] Cash money. -All right. Appreciate you. 16:39.123 --> 16:40.833 -Have a good day. See ya. -[man 1] You too. 16:40.916 --> 16:43.919 [man 2] Well, we got nothing here, TK. Let's, uh… 16:44.002 --> 16:45.629 -See you after. -Gotta smell good, Tommy. 16:45.713 --> 16:46.922 [Tommy] Gotta smell good, yeah. 16:47.006 --> 16:49.049 -Smell good, play good. -[Rory] That's it. 16:51.218 --> 16:54.263 After everything that's happened, the PGA TOUR would love 16:54.346 --> 16:58.475 for one of their own to be the player that steps into the winner's circle. 16:58.559 --> 17:01.687 -[starter] Now driving, Rory McIlroy. -[cheering and applause] 17:01.770 --> 17:02.980 [Amanda] It's very palpable. 17:03.063 --> 17:04.982 It's very real for Rory McIlroy, 17:05.065 --> 17:08.986 considering where he has placed himself in the hierarchy of golf. 17:09.903 --> 17:11.238 [cheering] 17:13.073 --> 17:15.451 [announcer 1] Good afternoon on this Friday 17:15.534 --> 17:17.369 from the Augusta National Golf Club, 17:17.453 --> 17:20.414 second round of the 87th Masters Tournament. 17:21.498 --> 17:22.791 [applause] 17:22.875 --> 17:25.085 [announcer 1] The headlines have been established already 17:25.169 --> 17:27.254 by Brooks Koepka, who's setting the pace. 17:28.088 --> 17:30.424 [announcer 2] We have not seen him play in over a year. 17:30.507 --> 17:34.470 -[announcer 3] What a story this would be. -[announcer 1] What a start for Koepka. 17:34.970 --> 17:38.348 [announcer 2] McIlroy, one of the big stories always coming in here. 17:38.849 --> 17:40.350 Needs to get something going. 17:44.563 --> 17:46.398 [announcer 4] See what Rory can do here. 17:52.863 --> 17:54.698 -[spectators groan] -[announcer 1] Goodness. 17:55.240 --> 17:58.744 [announcer 4] Bad start yesterday. He was quickly over par. Same today. 17:59.828 --> 18:01.830 [announcer 2] He's gonna have to play some great golf 18:01.914 --> 18:03.707 if he wants to make it to the weekend, Ian. 18:05.125 --> 18:06.627 [announcer 3] McIlroy for par. 18:08.796 --> 18:10.130 [shouts of encouragement] 18:10.214 --> 18:11.048 [groans] 18:11.131 --> 18:13.801 [announcer 2] You can see the frustration showing. 18:14.676 --> 18:16.178 That's been the week for Rory. 18:16.261 --> 18:20.724 It is going to be very, very hard for him to make the cut now. 18:21.308 --> 18:24.019 [announcer 1] And Brooks Koepka has this putt for birdie. 18:24.853 --> 18:26.230 [applause] 18:26.313 --> 18:28.232 [announcer 2] That's the look we're used to seeing 18:28.315 --> 18:29.650 from Brooks Koepka at the majors. 18:29.733 --> 18:30.943 [announcer 1] Mm-hmm. 18:31.026 --> 18:33.737 [announcer 2] Said it's a long time since he's felt this good. 18:34.238 --> 18:36.573 [Jena] The majors, there's like a different air 18:36.657 --> 18:38.242 about the room when he's in it. 18:38.325 --> 18:39.952 Like, he's so focused. 18:40.035 --> 18:42.955 No one remembers how many PGA TOUR wins you have on your record. 18:43.038 --> 18:45.207 What they count is how many major wins you have. 18:47.918 --> 18:50.754 [Brooks] It's a grind. Major week's always… always tough. 18:51.463 --> 18:52.589 To be here is special. 18:52.673 --> 18:56.093 If you win one here, it kind of ticks a lot of boxes, doesn't it? 18:58.011 --> 18:59.888 [announcer 5] This for eagle. 19:00.848 --> 19:01.807 [cheering] 19:01.890 --> 19:04.101 [announcer 5] Ten-under for the tournament. 19:04.184 --> 19:05.310 All business. 19:05.394 --> 19:06.311 Brooks. 19:06.395 --> 19:08.105 [applause] 19:08.188 --> 19:11.525 [announcer 1] Rory McIlroy will need to play near flawlessly 19:11.608 --> 19:13.861 coming down the stretch to make the cut. 19:16.947 --> 19:18.031 [spectators groan] 19:18.115 --> 19:20.909 [announcer 5] That's in the water on the left-hand side. Hmm. 19:21.827 --> 19:25.038 [announcer 6] The struggles and frustrations of Rory McIlroy. 19:27.624 --> 19:29.877 [announcer 1] And one of the pre-tournament favorites, 19:29.960 --> 19:32.588 so highly discussed, is not going to make the cut. 19:33.630 --> 19:36.508 [Rory] It was the best opportunity for me to win a major 19:37.092 --> 19:39.261 that I'd had in a long, long time, 19:39.344 --> 19:41.680 but sometimes it just doesn't quite work out. 19:41.763 --> 19:44.641 I was so far from where I thought I should have been. 19:45.350 --> 19:46.560 -[man 1] Rory! -[man 2] Rory! 19:46.643 --> 19:50.105 [Dylan] For Rory to not win the Masters is one thing. 19:51.148 --> 19:55.027 But to miss the cut is just a massive, devastating failure. 19:55.110 --> 19:56.278 [applause] 19:56.361 --> 20:00.532 [Dylan] And then to have Brooks Koepka, a LIV guy, on the top of the leaderboard 20:01.074 --> 20:03.410 just has to make it that much harder to handle. 20:06.455 --> 20:10.334 [announcer 1] Final round of the Masters, two of the biggest brutes in the game 20:10.417 --> 20:12.669 from two different tours going head-to-head. 20:13.462 --> 20:17.674 [Dylan] Going into Masters Sunday, it's almost this unbelievable storyline. 20:20.177 --> 20:23.805 It's one thing for LIV to be lurking in the background, 20:23.889 --> 20:27.017 but if one of their players were to win the Masters, 20:27.100 --> 20:30.771 that would change the entire dynamic of professional golf. 20:33.482 --> 20:34.900 [announcer 1] Pars to start. 20:35.400 --> 20:36.777 [applauding, whistling] 20:36.860 --> 20:39.529 [Rory] Brooks and I are tied on four majors apiece, 20:39.613 --> 20:43.033 so you don't really want someone to go by you. 20:44.451 --> 20:47.996 If it wasn't me that was going to win the Masters, 20:48.080 --> 20:51.208 yeah, I'd probably prefer it to be a PGA TOUR player, honestly. 20:51.291 --> 20:55.170 [announcer 2] And Phil, his chance to be the first birdie here at 12. 20:55.796 --> 20:57.422 [cheering and applause] 20:58.131 --> 21:01.969 [announcer 1] Phil Mickelson making a charge here on this Sunday. 21:04.554 --> 21:05.889 [dramatic music playing] 21:06.473 --> 21:09.893 The narrative on if you went to LIV was you just went for the money, 21:09.977 --> 21:12.813 and you were going to be a fringe golfer. 21:15.190 --> 21:17.317 [announcer 3] And at six, Brooks Koepka. 21:19.945 --> 21:21.613 [spectators groan] 21:21.697 --> 21:23.573 [announcer 1] Just struggled, really. 21:23.657 --> 21:27.744 [Claude Harmon] Everybody said that all of the LIV guys would be insignificant 21:27.828 --> 21:31.540 and nonfactors in the majors because there was no competition on LIV. 21:33.125 --> 21:33.959 [cheering] 21:34.042 --> 21:35.961 [announcer 4] Koepka four behind. 21:36.628 --> 21:39.298 [announcer 5] Rahm can almost feel the jacket on his shoulders. 21:40.382 --> 21:44.386 [Claude] But the narrative that had been being pushed became a false narrative. 21:45.679 --> 21:46.513 [cheering] 21:46.596 --> 21:49.099 [announcer 4] And he posts eight-under. 21:50.058 --> 21:52.060 [Claude] You couldn't then just pretend 21:52.144 --> 21:56.690 that they weren't going to be relevant in professional golf anymore. 21:58.233 --> 22:00.652 The people that were anti-LIV, 22:00.736 --> 22:03.155 they had to look themselves in the mirror and go, 22:03.864 --> 22:05.824 "Okay, now what?" 22:07.617 --> 22:08.452 [cheering] 22:08.535 --> 22:12.289 [announcer 1] Brooks Koepka will share second with Phil Mickelson. 22:12.372 --> 22:13.457 [applause] 22:19.629 --> 22:20.464 [cheering] 22:20.547 --> 22:23.675 [announcer 1] Rahm wins the Masters marathon. 22:29.723 --> 22:31.558 [Rory] I was relieved that Brooks didn't go 22:31.641 --> 22:33.935 to five major titles and I was still stuck at four, 22:34.019 --> 22:38.148 but at the same time, it would be dealing with the LIV bots 22:38.231 --> 22:39.941 and the media and all that stuff 22:40.025 --> 22:42.611 is what would have been absolutely horrific. 22:42.694 --> 22:43.570 [chuckles] 22:44.237 --> 22:47.199 [reporter 1] Brooks, I know you probably don't like the LIV questions, 22:47.282 --> 22:50.118 but, I mean, what do you guys think you proved this week? 22:50.619 --> 22:53.580 [Brooks] I know if I'm healthy, I know I can compete. 22:53.663 --> 22:58.085 I don't think any of the guys that play this event thought otherwise either. 22:58.168 --> 23:01.046 Um, when Phil plays good, they know he's going to compete. 23:01.546 --> 23:02.714 P. Reed, same thing. 23:02.798 --> 23:05.550 Um, I think that's just manufactured by the media 23:05.634 --> 23:08.136 that we can't compete anymore, we were washed-up. 23:08.220 --> 23:11.181 [reporter 2] Was there competition with the guys from the other tour? 23:11.264 --> 23:13.934 [Phil Mickelson] I'm happy where I'm at. I wanted something different. 23:14.017 --> 23:15.727 That's what this is doing for me at LIV. 23:15.811 --> 23:17.979 It's not for everybody, but it's been awesome for me. 23:18.063 --> 23:19.856 [cameras clicking] 23:21.149 --> 23:24.111 [Dan] The LIV guys showed at Augusta that they're not going anywhere. 23:24.194 --> 23:28.323 You just had three of the top six in the biggest tournament in the world 23:28.407 --> 23:29.282 are LIV guys. 23:30.367 --> 23:32.828 It's hard to argue that they're not still incredible players 23:32.911 --> 23:35.539 who are capable of performing at a world-class level. 23:35.622 --> 23:37.958 It's no different just because they went to a different tour. 23:41.044 --> 23:43.046 -[man 1] Just gonna drop it on your bag. -[Rory] Yup. 23:43.130 --> 23:46.550 -[man 1] Make a little opening. -[man 2] Always wanted to be on Netflix. 23:46.633 --> 23:49.177 -It's not all it's cracked up to be. -[woman] Rory! 23:49.261 --> 23:50.804 [chuckles] I'm joking, I'm joking. 23:50.887 --> 23:54.141 -Rory. How dare you, Rory? -[woman] I can't believe you said that. 23:55.517 --> 23:56.643 [chuckles] 23:56.726 --> 24:00.021 -[woman] Take it back and redo it. -You don't need to put that in it. 24:00.105 --> 24:01.439 It's fine. [chuckles] 24:01.523 --> 24:03.525 -[man 3] Perfect. Good to go. -[man 2] There you go. 24:03.608 --> 24:05.610 -[man 3] Y'all ready? -[man 2] Okay. I gotta ask. 24:05.694 --> 24:07.070 Okay, the Masters this year. 24:07.779 --> 24:09.948 There was a guy who I swear 24:10.907 --> 24:13.910 looked 99% like you. 24:13.994 --> 24:15.412 -[man 4] Eighty. -[man 5] This was…? 24:15.495 --> 24:16.621 [Tyler] This was on Thursday. 24:16.705 --> 24:18.748 [man 4] He was desperate for your attention for sure. 24:18.832 --> 24:21.209 If it was on the weekend, it actually could've been me. 24:21.293 --> 24:22.294 [laughter] 24:23.962 --> 24:25.964 [Tyler chuckles] No. It was not. 24:26.047 --> 24:27.924 -[laughter] -[Tyler] It was not. 24:28.008 --> 24:31.511 [Rory] I felt like I went into that Masters playing really well. 24:32.012 --> 24:36.016 Felt almost as confident as ever going into that tournament, 24:36.099 --> 24:37.601 and just laid an egg. 24:38.560 --> 24:40.520 I played like dog shit that week. 24:41.104 --> 24:43.857 What's up, GolfPass? You got Dude Perfect, Rory McIlroy. 24:43.940 --> 24:46.067 We've got a fun little challenge set up today. 24:47.527 --> 24:49.779 [Rory] I had to ask myself a lot of questions. 24:50.363 --> 24:52.199 Playing golf and having all the other stuff 24:52.282 --> 24:54.493 that I'm involved with, it's a full-time job. 24:55.035 --> 24:57.245 It's sort of all-consuming at the minute. 24:57.746 --> 25:00.916 You get fatigued of it. You get fatigued of answering the same questions. 25:00.999 --> 25:02.667 And it's… it's so difficult. 25:02.751 --> 25:04.169 How do you feel after that? 25:04.252 --> 25:05.754 -[man] Gotta be tiring. -Pretty tiring. 25:05.837 --> 25:06.671 -Is it? -Yeah. 25:06.755 --> 25:08.173 [Tyler] Nice little 12-pack? 25:08.256 --> 25:12.010 [Amanda] I think it's so rare that PGA TOUR players take on 25:12.093 --> 25:15.847 the type of responsibility that we've seen Rory McIlroy take on. 25:15.931 --> 25:19.559 [photographer] Smile. Big smile. How about no smile for one? Good. 25:19.643 --> 25:21.895 [Amanda] How can he be so invested 25:21.978 --> 25:24.481 into what's going on between LIV and the PGA TOUR 25:24.564 --> 25:30.612 and still go out there and beat the other 150 best players in the world? 25:31.154 --> 25:33.114 That's just not a sustainable place to live 25:33.198 --> 25:36.868 with an already full plate and then that added responsibility 25:36.952 --> 25:39.412 of really putting the PGA TOUR on your back. 25:41.206 --> 25:45.043 [Rory] So, the podcast selection. Shotgun Start, Huberman Lab. 25:45.126 --> 25:48.421 You got Disney's Encanto, which is Poppy's favorite. 25:48.505 --> 25:50.757 And then you've got DJ Khaled mix. 25:51.258 --> 25:52.217 Yeah, there you go. 25:52.300 --> 25:56.304 There's a little look into what I listen to every day in the car. 25:58.807 --> 26:00.100 With everything that's went on 26:00.183 --> 26:02.727 in the golf world over the past 12 or 18 months, 26:02.811 --> 26:04.396 there's been times where, 26:04.479 --> 26:07.440 I guess, my attention or my focus has been taken away 26:08.191 --> 26:09.985 from, uh… 26:11.027 --> 26:14.698 from what… I really need to focus on. 26:16.324 --> 26:20.870 Last few weeks on the golf course hasn't been what I have wanted, 26:20.954 --> 26:24.082 but getting ready for the second major championship of the year 26:24.165 --> 26:25.166 coming up at Oak Hills. 26:25.750 --> 26:29.379 All eyes have been on me for a long time anyway. It's not new. 26:30.422 --> 26:32.340 I'd much rather be in this scenario 26:32.424 --> 26:37.012 than no one give a shit about what I'm doing, so, yeah… 26:37.095 --> 26:37.929 [chuckles] 26:41.141 --> 26:45.770 We have yet another amazing guest here on BS. 26:45.854 --> 26:49.816 A legend, Brooks Koepka, in the building, ladies and gentlemen. 26:49.899 --> 26:52.569 One of the best golfers of our generation. 26:53.862 --> 26:56.948 Can you… can you tell us, like, how big the LIV contract was? 26:57.032 --> 26:58.825 It was good. It was good. 26:58.908 --> 27:01.328 [Jake] Like, nine… eight figures, nine figures? 27:01.828 --> 27:02.871 It was nine. 27:02.954 --> 27:04.080 -[Jake chuckles] -Yeah. 27:05.290 --> 27:07.250 For those who don't, uh, can't count, 27:07.334 --> 27:09.586 that's, like, 100 million or more. 27:09.669 --> 27:14.007 Yep. Yep. It was, uh, it was pretty good. I was very happy with it. Put it that way. 27:14.090 --> 27:15.175 No, that's amazing. 27:15.258 --> 27:18.803 Does that create contentment now for you, or does it make you wanna work harder? 27:18.887 --> 27:22.390 If I got a fucking nine-figure contract, I wouldn't… I'd just fuck off. 27:22.974 --> 27:25.894 To me, it's all majors. I think that's what you're defined by, right? 27:25.977 --> 27:27.812 I wanna try to get to double digits. 27:27.896 --> 27:30.815 I think I can get 10, 12. Um, I think that's realistic. 27:30.899 --> 27:33.234 That's what keeps me going, and that's the fun. 27:34.402 --> 27:35.487 [indistinct chatter] 27:38.573 --> 27:40.492 Do you have any, like, tips or…? 27:40.575 --> 27:42.744 -Just hit it as hard as you can. -[Jake] All right. 27:42.827 --> 27:43.995 [laughs] 27:46.247 --> 27:47.207 [laughter] 27:47.290 --> 27:48.875 [Jake] Who said he was gonna do that? 27:48.958 --> 27:50.543 [Brooks] The tee! The tee! 27:50.627 --> 27:52.212 [indistinct chatter] 27:52.295 --> 27:54.506 [laughs loudly] 27:54.589 --> 27:57.884 Honestly, I've never seen that. That was very impressive. 27:58.385 --> 28:01.054 That was one of the coolest shit I've ever seen on a golf course. 28:01.137 --> 28:02.680 That's what I meant to do. 28:02.764 --> 28:04.557 I just took out the tee, right? 28:05.058 --> 28:06.559 [man] Three-seventy! 28:06.643 --> 28:07.686 [indistinct chatter] 28:07.769 --> 28:10.939 [Dylan] You get a sense that the momentum has shifted a little bit. 28:11.022 --> 28:14.275 The LIV guys are walking around with a little bit more swagger. 28:15.527 --> 28:16.361 [man 1] Putt! 28:17.529 --> 28:19.114 -[man 2] Yes! Yes! -[man 3] Go! 28:19.197 --> 28:21.408 [cheering] 28:22.200 --> 28:23.576 Let's go! 28:23.660 --> 28:25.453 -[man 1] Just won a major. -[Brooks] Wow. 28:25.537 --> 28:26.913 Get the fuck outta my face. 28:26.996 --> 28:29.040 [laughter] 28:29.124 --> 28:31.042 [Dylan] Before the Masters, people weren't sure 28:31.126 --> 28:32.502 how the LIV golfers would perform. 28:32.585 --> 28:35.922 But the Masters made everyone realize 28:36.005 --> 28:40.718 that it's not a matter of if a LIV guy at some point wins a major. 28:40.802 --> 28:42.178 It's a matter of when. 28:42.262 --> 28:44.264 Cash in now, fellas! Cash in now! 28:44.347 --> 28:46.015 -Right. -Let's turn it in. 28:46.099 --> 28:47.016 Pay up. 28:47.100 --> 28:49.102 [dramatic music playing] 29:07.745 --> 29:09.873 It'd give me a heart attack just to park in this thing. 29:09.956 --> 29:10.874 What's up, Collin? 29:11.624 --> 29:13.543 I can't run over Phil Mickelson. 29:13.626 --> 29:15.336 That'd be a bad start to the week. 29:16.713 --> 29:20.216 [Henni] The PGA Championship, that's the second major of the year. 29:20.300 --> 29:22.969 A lot of questions have been answered at the Masters. 29:23.553 --> 29:25.221 [boy] DJ! DJ! 29:25.305 --> 29:27.974 The LIV golfers have undoubtedly proved 29:28.057 --> 29:30.477 that they can compete at the major level. 29:30.560 --> 29:35.023 That sends a huge message to the rest of the golfing world. 29:36.399 --> 29:40.236 We think that Brooks is gonna be riding the crest of his wave. 29:40.820 --> 29:42.947 But how's Rory McIlroy going to be feeling? 29:44.574 --> 29:46.326 He's got points to prove. 29:46.409 --> 29:49.245 He has questions that need to be answered. 29:50.371 --> 29:53.041 [reporter 1] How long does it take to get over the hangover 29:53.124 --> 29:54.709 of something like Augusta? 29:54.793 --> 29:56.753 Where's your… where's your game at now? 29:57.253 --> 30:00.673 Look, golf is golf, and it happens, and you're gonna have bad days. 30:00.757 --> 30:05.386 And, you know, I still believe that I'm one of the best players in the world, 30:05.470 --> 30:10.225 and, you know, I can produce good golf to… to have a chance of… of winning this week. 30:10.975 --> 30:12.936 [reporter 2] We're coming up on the anniversary 30:13.019 --> 30:14.479 of the first LIV Golf tournament. 30:14.562 --> 30:17.899 If you could look into your crystal ball, maybe, say, three years from now, 30:17.982 --> 30:19.776 where do you think the pro game will be? 30:19.859 --> 30:21.277 I don't have a crystal ball. 30:21.361 --> 30:23.112 [reporter 2 laughs] Don't wanna speculate? 30:23.196 --> 30:24.322 No. 30:24.405 --> 30:26.449 [man] Thanks for your time today. We appreciate it. 30:26.533 --> 30:28.535 [tense music playing] 30:29.953 --> 30:33.331 [Dan] Right now, it feels like the world has flipped on its head for Rory. 30:33.414 --> 30:37.836 Golf is hard enough as it is, and when you add all of this off-the-course stuff, 30:37.919 --> 30:40.421 the game can become almost impossible. 30:40.505 --> 30:42.549 We all thought this was gonna be Rory's year, 30:42.632 --> 30:46.302 but you can't be a golfer and a politician at the same time. 30:46.803 --> 30:47.804 [man] Rory! 30:55.019 --> 30:57.021 [woman] Next one. Pull back. 30:58.815 --> 30:59.816 Then that one, pull back. 31:00.984 --> 31:01.860 Towards you. 31:02.569 --> 31:03.903 [indistinct background chatter] 31:07.740 --> 31:09.993 -So weird we're playing together. -I know. 31:10.076 --> 31:14.247 -I… I mean, it's like an annual thing. -[man] PGA champions playing together? 31:14.330 --> 31:15.999 -I know. -[man] That's so bizarre. 31:16.082 --> 31:17.792 [indistinct chatter] 31:21.045 --> 31:25.049 After Augusta, I was pretty pissed at the coverage that got. 31:26.009 --> 31:27.760 -[woman] Hi, Brooks. -[Brooks] How's it going? 31:27.844 --> 31:30.638 Jilien Harvey from the PGA. Welcome. Thanks for coming. 31:30.722 --> 31:31.806 I'll walk you down. 31:31.889 --> 31:33.474 [indistinct conversation] 31:33.558 --> 31:35.393 [Rory] Does it legitimize LIV? 31:35.894 --> 31:37.061 Probably. 31:38.479 --> 31:43.067 But it still doesn't change the fact that it is what it is. 31:43.151 --> 31:46.446 [photographer] Justin and Rory, both of you slide this way a little bit. 31:46.529 --> 31:47.363 One, two… 31:47.447 --> 31:51.409 [Rory] I don't think it gave LIV the spike that they thought 31:51.492 --> 31:52.869 that it was gonna give it. 31:52.952 --> 31:55.955 [photographer] Justin, this way just a little bit. Great. 31:56.039 --> 31:59.626 [Justin] The relationship between TOUR guys and LIV guys is weird. 31:59.709 --> 32:01.669 That's gotten a little chippier and chippier. 32:01.753 --> 32:04.631 There's plenty of guys on that tour that I didn't talk to before 32:04.714 --> 32:06.883 and I still have no desire to talk to, 32:06.966 --> 32:08.635 but it's not because of that decision. 32:08.718 --> 32:10.345 It just may help with it a little bit. 32:10.428 --> 32:12.555 [photographer] Last one. One, two, three. 32:12.639 --> 32:14.307 Perfect. Thank you all very much. 32:14.390 --> 32:15.767 [indistinct chatter] 32:17.977 --> 32:19.520 [indistinct chatter continues] 32:24.192 --> 32:27.362 [man] Welcome, everybody. So, I don't know if you know a lot about the history, 32:27.445 --> 32:30.031 but there have been 71 champions of this event, 32:30.865 --> 32:33.826 which you should all be proud to be part of. 32:33.910 --> 32:35.912 We've got a great defending champion, Justin. 32:37.163 --> 32:38.164 [applause] 32:41.501 --> 32:43.586 Thank you, John. Uh, yeah, I'm… 32:44.420 --> 32:47.382 I'm very excited, obviously, to be… be hosting this. 32:47.465 --> 32:52.095 Um, it's just a very cool night. I know all of us can reminisce and share stories, 32:52.178 --> 32:54.931 and I personally wanted to have a cheers to Mito Pereira, 32:55.014 --> 32:56.891 because this would not happen without him, so… 32:56.975 --> 32:58.601 [laughter] 32:58.685 --> 33:01.854 Thank you all again. This is unbelievable to be hosting tonight. 33:01.938 --> 33:03.731 And, uh, let's have a great time. 33:03.815 --> 33:04.816 -Cheers. -Cheers. 33:04.899 --> 33:06.275 [indistinct chatter] 33:07.276 --> 33:10.196 [Brooks] Thank you guys for a great dinner, JT. Thanks. 33:10.279 --> 33:13.366 It's been fun to sit around with a bunch of you guys, reflect, 33:13.449 --> 33:16.661 and have some cool stories and see everybody and, um… 33:16.744 --> 33:18.413 Let's everybody have a good week. 33:19.080 --> 33:20.915 -Yeah. -Hear! Hear! 33:20.998 --> 33:22.792 [indistinct chatter] 33:22.875 --> 33:24.877 [dramatic music playing] 33:26.045 --> 33:29.132 [announcer 1] Good morning from Western New York. 33:29.215 --> 33:32.552 The 105th playing of the PGA Championship. 33:33.886 --> 33:35.346 I'm a professional athlete. 33:36.347 --> 33:39.767 He… There's not one professional athlete in that body right there. 33:40.643 --> 33:41.811 Let me see something. 33:42.645 --> 33:44.522 [laughs] All right. You're right. 33:44.605 --> 33:46.566 See? Look what I can do. 33:47.233 --> 33:49.485 -[fan 1] Rory! -[fan 2] Come on, Rory! 33:49.569 --> 33:53.406 [announcer 2] Rory McIlroy most recently in a major championship missed the cut. 33:59.287 --> 34:00.621 [Rory] The nice thing about golf 34:00.705 --> 34:04.042 is there's always the next week or the next tournament or the next major, 34:04.125 --> 34:08.171 and I've always sort of prided myself on how I've bounced back 34:08.254 --> 34:11.758 from… from some of those, you know, bad rounds or bad tournaments. 34:13.301 --> 34:15.178 [announcer 1] The name of the hole is "Breather." 34:15.845 --> 34:17.764 -Don't tell that to Rory. -[announcer 2] Hmm. 34:18.347 --> 34:19.849 -[cheering] -[announcer 1] Wow! 34:19.932 --> 34:22.602 -[announcer 2] Oh my gosh. -[announcer 1] Now he can take a breath. 34:23.603 --> 34:26.022 Who knows, maybe that'll get him started. 34:26.814 --> 34:27.648 [strikes ball] 34:29.442 --> 34:32.195 -[Bryson] Sit! -[cheering and applause] 34:32.278 --> 34:35.031 -[announcer 1] Best of the day by a lot. -[announcer 2] By far. 34:36.240 --> 34:38.076 [announcer 1] What a round for DeChambeau. 34:39.118 --> 34:41.162 -Solo leader. -[cheering and applause] 34:43.081 --> 34:44.832 [announcer 3] DJ from long range. 34:44.916 --> 34:46.501 [shouts of encouragement] 34:46.584 --> 34:48.419 [announcer 2] I'd say the pace was pretty good. 34:48.503 --> 34:50.171 [cheering and applause] 34:50.254 --> 34:55.009 [announcer 1] Dustin Johnson joins DeChambeau at the top of the leaderboard. 34:57.220 --> 35:01.224 [announcer 1] Second round underway on this beautiful Friday in Rochester. 35:01.933 --> 35:05.144 -And McIlroy… -[announcer 2] Could sure use something. 35:07.647 --> 35:09.398 [shouts of encouragement] 35:10.316 --> 35:13.361 -[announcer 2] That's something! -[cheering and applause] 35:13.444 --> 35:15.947 [announcer 1] Brooks Koepka from just off the edge. 35:17.115 --> 35:18.032 [cheering] 35:18.116 --> 35:20.409 [announcer 1] Don't think this man is going anywhere. 35:21.536 --> 35:24.080 [announcer 3] Brooks Koepka. How about it? 35:26.124 --> 35:27.333 [announcer 2] For birdie. 35:27.416 --> 35:28.334 Koepka! 35:28.417 --> 35:29.710 [cheering and applause] 35:30.878 --> 35:32.713 [announcer 2] Climbing up that leaderboard. 35:36.676 --> 35:37.677 [Rory] Morning. 35:39.053 --> 35:40.429 -Chilly. -[woman chuckles] 35:41.430 --> 35:45.852 [announcer] He's just too good. Six top fives for Xander. 35:45.935 --> 35:47.728 Ready for a major challenge… 35:47.812 --> 35:51.357 -[woman] You need a hat, Rory. -I'm… That's what I'm getting out. 35:51.440 --> 35:53.359 -I'm getting a hat. -[woman chuckles] 35:53.442 --> 35:55.319 -Your head must be freezing. -Is my hair… 35:55.403 --> 35:58.197 Is my fluffy hair not enough to keep me warm? 35:58.281 --> 36:01.033 Your fluffy hair looks great, I've gotta say. [chuckles] 36:02.785 --> 36:05.246 [announcer 1] It is rainy. It might get worse. 36:06.205 --> 36:07.039 Buckle up. 36:07.748 --> 36:09.917 You know someone's going to play well. 36:10.501 --> 36:13.629 [announcer 2] Got a feeling about Rory today doing something special. 36:13.713 --> 36:15.381 [man shouts] In the hole! 36:18.759 --> 36:20.386 [announcer 3] That is a bad miss there. 36:21.888 --> 36:23.890 [dramatic music playing] 36:26.392 --> 36:27.768 [spectators groan] 36:27.852 --> 36:30.563 [announcer 4] He teases you, McIlroy, doesn't he? Great start. 36:30.646 --> 36:32.690 Could throw it all away back here, though. 36:33.274 --> 36:34.358 [indistinct chatter] 36:34.442 --> 36:36.360 It was so hard to get momentum, yeah. 36:37.278 --> 36:40.198 It's hard to go out there and shoot… 66. 36:40.281 --> 36:41.824 [shouts of encouragement] 36:46.287 --> 36:47.496 [cheering] 36:48.414 --> 36:50.082 [announcer 4] He's a major machine. 36:50.583 --> 36:54.670 [announcer 1] Sixty-six for the second straight day. 36:55.504 --> 36:56.797 And Brooks Koepka 36:56.881 --> 36:59.425 will go into that last day with the lead. 37:00.760 --> 37:02.803 [interviewer] I love what you said after the Masters. 37:02.887 --> 37:06.223 You said, "I figured out the mistakes I made, and I won't make 'em again." 37:06.307 --> 37:09.101 What were those mistakes, and how can you apply that to tomorrow? 37:09.185 --> 37:10.394 I can't give away my secrets. 37:10.478 --> 37:11.562 -[interviewer] Just one? -No. 37:11.646 --> 37:14.607 We look forward to trying to figure it out tomorrow as we watch you play. 37:14.690 --> 37:16.150 -Thank you so much. -Thanks. 37:17.234 --> 37:18.861 [interviewer] Will you tell me off camera? 37:18.945 --> 37:19.779 I can't tell you. 37:19.862 --> 37:21.906 [laughter] 37:21.989 --> 37:23.950 -[interviewer] Thanks, Brooks. -Love you too, guys. 37:24.450 --> 37:25.284 Yep. 37:25.868 --> 37:27.328 -[man] Fun to watch. -[Brooks] Yep. 37:27.828 --> 37:29.080 -[man] Feel good? -[Brooks] Yeah. 37:29.163 --> 37:30.581 -[man] Awesome. -[Brooks] Felt good. 37:32.083 --> 37:34.293 [dramatic music playing] 37:36.128 --> 37:40.508 [announcer 1] It is a beautiful Sunday morning here in Western New York. 37:41.509 --> 37:43.302 [indistinct background chatter] 37:46.180 --> 37:47.014 All right. 37:48.516 --> 37:52.186 [Justin] I hit a drive on nine today that missed for my 700th fairway. 37:52.270 --> 37:54.605 Oh, there's a crack in your driver. I was watching. 37:55.564 --> 37:57.358 Right down the middle, like this. 38:05.032 --> 38:07.076 -[fan 1] 'Sup, Brooks? -[fan 2] Go, Brooksie! 38:07.159 --> 38:08.160 [applause] 38:08.244 --> 38:11.163 [reporter] Brooks, how much would another major title mean to you 38:11.247 --> 38:12.707 at this point in your career? 38:13.207 --> 38:14.667 [Brooks] It would mean a lot. 38:14.750 --> 38:17.503 I think a major championship would mean a lot to anybody, so… 38:18.254 --> 38:21.590 if I handle my business out here, everything will take care of itself. 38:22.925 --> 38:26.345 To win a major is always a big deal no matter where you're playing. 38:27.013 --> 38:28.806 [dramatic music playing] 38:36.939 --> 38:38.941 [Claude] If the next phase of Brooks's journey 38:39.025 --> 38:40.443 is winning another major 38:40.526 --> 38:42.862 after catastrophic injuries, 38:42.945 --> 38:46.782 after a large portion of the golfing public writing him off 38:46.866 --> 38:47.825 for going to LIV, 38:47.908 --> 38:53.080 to come back and basically say, "Fuck you, I've now won my fifth," 38:53.164 --> 38:54.665 that's a hell of a story. 38:55.249 --> 38:56.834 [spectators shouting] 38:57.835 --> 38:59.920 [announcer 2] This is the second major in a row 39:00.421 --> 39:03.257 where he's held the outright 54-hole lead. 39:03.341 --> 39:06.177 That hasn't happened since McIlroy back in 2011. 39:09.096 --> 39:13.893 [announcer 1] McIlroy is sitting here five back, and like Brooks Koepka, 39:13.976 --> 39:16.771 he's looking for a fifth career major. 39:17.813 --> 39:19.774 [Rory] Doesn't matter how big your lead is. 39:19.857 --> 39:21.692 People can always come from behind. 39:21.776 --> 39:24.487 The more times you can put yourself in with a chance 39:24.570 --> 39:26.155 in the back nine on a Sunday… 39:26.697 --> 39:27.948 [shouts of encouragement] 39:28.032 --> 39:29.283 …anything is possible. 39:31.452 --> 39:32.828 [spectators groan] 39:33.579 --> 39:35.039 [spectators shouting] 39:35.539 --> 39:36.624 [Rory] It's a spiral. 39:37.541 --> 39:40.294 When you've got momentum, things are going your way, 39:40.377 --> 39:41.754 the spiral works upward. 39:42.922 --> 39:46.175 But if things… you know, you get an un… unlucky break, 39:46.759 --> 39:50.596 you hit a shot that you thought was going to be good and it didn't end up good… 39:51.097 --> 39:51.931 Sit! 39:54.975 --> 39:57.812 …it just starts sort of going the other way a little bit. 39:58.312 --> 39:59.980 [announcer 3] Another one of those days. 40:01.232 --> 40:04.110 But really, focus back on the final group. 40:04.193 --> 40:05.194 Let's go, Brooks. 40:06.195 --> 40:07.404 -Get 'em, Brooks. -Let's go! 40:10.699 --> 40:13.452 [announcer 3] One of the toughest par-3s on the course here at three. 40:15.037 --> 40:15.996 [applause] 40:16.080 --> 40:20.793 [announcer 4] And that is the shot of a four-time major champion. 40:27.633 --> 40:28.467 [cheering] 40:28.551 --> 40:31.303 [announcer 2] I fear he's going to be very hard to beat. 40:32.096 --> 40:34.181 [announcer 1] Here's Koepka for another birdie. 40:37.893 --> 40:38.727 On fire. 40:38.811 --> 40:40.146 [cheering and applause] 40:40.229 --> 40:42.273 [announcer 2] "Catch me if you can," says Koepka. 40:44.316 --> 40:45.151 [spectators groan] 40:45.234 --> 40:48.112 [announcer 2] Another narrow miss. Bad par there for Rory. 40:48.988 --> 40:53.492 [Brooks] Failure's how you learn. It's more mentality than it is anything. 40:54.201 --> 40:56.162 [announcer 2] Oh, advantage, Koepka. 40:56.245 --> 40:57.746 A spectacular shot there. 40:58.664 --> 41:02.168 [Brooks] If you can do that, you'll be miles ahead of everybody else. 41:06.297 --> 41:10.301 [announcer 1] Rory's in with a third consecutive round of 69. 41:10.384 --> 41:11.510 [applause] 41:11.594 --> 41:13.220 [announcer 2] Disappointing for Rory. 41:14.847 --> 41:16.849 [Rory] But it's not that. I mean, I… 41:16.932 --> 41:19.059 I fucking shit myself and left pins. 41:19.143 --> 41:20.728 I, like, I'm not… 41:21.437 --> 41:26.025 Like, my, like, technique is nowhere near as good as it used to be. 41:26.108 --> 41:27.318 [indistinct chatter] 41:29.570 --> 41:31.739 [Rory] I almost feel like I wanna do a complete reboot. 41:32.239 --> 41:34.366 -Almost? -[Rory] No, I do, I do. 41:34.450 --> 41:37.912 'Cause it's the only way I feel like I'm gonna break through. 41:37.995 --> 41:40.247 I think differently. What do you want? 41:40.331 --> 41:42.416 [Rory] But it is, like, Sean. It is. 41:42.500 --> 41:44.460 Like, it feels so far away. 41:44.543 --> 41:46.003 I'm not at the stage of my life 41:46.086 --> 41:49.798 where I feel like I can come out and be doing these two-week boot camps. 41:49.882 --> 41:50.841 Like, I feel… 41:50.925 --> 41:54.637 Like, I feel good enough to be, like, fucking top ten in my head, 41:54.720 --> 41:56.513 but not good enough to win. 41:56.597 --> 41:58.182 -Like, pull away? -[Rory] Like, pull away. 41:58.265 --> 42:00.226 Like, winning fucking majors. 42:00.309 --> 42:01.352 You know, like… 42:01.435 --> 42:02.603 You know, and… 42:02.686 --> 42:06.065 The pressure I was feeling to be this sort of spokesman or this leader, 42:06.148 --> 42:07.942 I think that was part of the problem. 42:08.025 --> 42:11.070 I just was disappointed and wanted to get away from it. 42:13.447 --> 42:14.490 [announcer 1] Back at 12. 42:15.074 --> 42:16.659 [announcer 5] It's Koepka away. 42:18.327 --> 42:20.955 [announcer 6] Seems like every year there's a momentum putt, 42:21.038 --> 42:22.122 one that you remember. 42:22.206 --> 42:23.374 This could be that one. 42:24.833 --> 42:27.211 -[fan 1] Let's go. Wrap it up. -[fan 2] Pasta's getting cold. 42:35.427 --> 42:37.638 -[announcer 3] Absolutely perfect. -[cheering] 42:37.721 --> 42:40.474 ♪ Me and my boys make major moves Still the same ones I came with ♪ 42:40.558 --> 42:42.643 ♪ Uppin' the payment Toy, you be nothin' to play with ♪ 42:42.726 --> 42:45.563 ♪ Guess some things unchangeable Me and my thirst insatiable ♪ 42:45.646 --> 42:47.398 ♪ Till we all big time Face on my Rollie… ♪ 42:47.481 --> 42:49.900 [announcer 1] What a personal comeback story this is. 42:50.401 --> 42:52.361 All the doubt that he had in his mind. 42:52.444 --> 42:54.280 You may have seen him on Full Swing. 42:54.363 --> 42:57.992 Never seen a guy lacking so much confidence with so much pedigree. 42:59.159 --> 43:02.454 But he's a different guy now. He's back to who he was. 43:02.538 --> 43:03.455 [applause] 43:03.539 --> 43:04.540 [cheering] 43:04.623 --> 43:05.583 -♪ Run it up ♪ -♪ Whoa! ♪ 43:05.666 --> 43:07.751 -♪ Run it up, run it up, run it up ♪ -♪ Yeah! Whoa! ♪ 43:07.835 --> 43:09.545 ♪ Nothing can stop me… ♪ 43:09.628 --> 43:13.507 [announcer 1] Koepka conquers the PGA at Oak Hill. 43:13.591 --> 43:15.259 [cheering] 43:15.843 --> 43:16.844 [inaudible] 43:16.927 --> 43:18.095 [applause] 43:20.764 --> 43:22.349 ♪ Nothing can stop me… ♪ 43:24.310 --> 43:26.604 [cheering] 43:30.566 --> 43:32.860 [laughter] 43:32.943 --> 43:34.612 -[fan] Hell yeah, baby! -Let's go! 43:34.695 --> 43:37.531 -[fan] Hell yeah! -That's what I'm fucking talking about! 43:37.615 --> 43:39.325 [indistinct comments] 43:39.408 --> 43:43.203 [PGA official] The 2023 PGA Champion, Brooks Koepka. 43:43.704 --> 43:45.456 [cheering] 43:48.375 --> 43:50.836 [Brooks] If I look back to where we were two years ago, 43:50.919 --> 43:53.631 I'm just so happy right now, I'm kind of at a loss for words, 43:53.714 --> 43:55.924 but this is… this is just the coolest thing. 43:56.008 --> 43:58.135 [cheering] 43:59.094 --> 44:01.597 [Brooks] Feels good to be back and get number five. 44:08.020 --> 44:09.980 Scottie, nice finish. Good week. 44:11.607 --> 44:15.027 Fuck. Someone in my era has got more majors than I have. 44:16.403 --> 44:17.237 Five! 44:17.321 --> 44:19.490 [Rory] It's hard for me not to define myself 44:19.573 --> 44:21.575 as one of the best golfers in the world, 44:21.659 --> 44:25.079 so when you struggle like that, you feel a little lost, 44:25.663 --> 44:27.247 but I think it was a wake-up call 44:27.331 --> 44:30.459 for me to say, "Let's just focus on the golf for a little bit." 44:31.877 --> 44:32.711 Brooks! 44:33.754 --> 44:34.755 -Brooks! -Yeah? 44:38.676 --> 44:41.720 Well done. I'm really happy for you. Enjoy it. 44:41.804 --> 44:42.930 Good job, Brooks. 44:45.683 --> 44:46.934 -See you, boys. -See ya. 44:47.017 --> 44:48.727 -[Brooks] I'll give you a shout later. -Yeah. 44:48.811 --> 44:49.645 [man] Good win. 44:49.728 --> 44:51.397 [Dan] Koepka's win is a massive blow 44:51.480 --> 44:54.441 to this narrative that LIV Golf is just going to go away, 44:54.525 --> 44:56.568 that it can basically be ignored. 44:56.652 --> 44:59.780 And now that a LIV golfer has won a major championship, 44:59.863 --> 45:02.574 the question becomes, "Where do we go from here?" 45:10.958 --> 45:14.753 [sportscaster 1] Some serious breaking news from the world of golf. 45:14.837 --> 45:17.965 And not something that people expected. 45:18.048 --> 45:21.844 [sportscaster 2] The PGA TOUR and European Tour today announced a merger 45:21.927 --> 45:23.095 with LIV Golf. 45:23.178 --> 45:24.430 [sportscaster 3] The golf world, 45:24.513 --> 45:26.557 the biggest names in the sport, were stunned. 45:26.640 --> 45:28.934 I don't think anybody saw this coming. 45:30.060 --> 45:31.061 What happened? 45:35.274 --> 45:36.942 [Justin] "What the fuck?" That was… 45:37.025 --> 45:40.612 I mean, I think that was the first words out of a lot of people's mouths. 45:40.696 --> 45:42.197 What the fuck just happened? 45:42.281 --> 45:44.074 Just… chaos. 45:45.451 --> 45:47.077 You don't really know what's happening. 45:47.661 --> 45:48.704 What is happening? 45:48.787 --> 45:50.789 All of a sudden, you get slapped in the face. 45:51.373 --> 45:55.002 [Rory] Why did I just waste 12 months of my life to fight for something 45:55.085 --> 45:57.296 that was always gonna come back together again? 45:57.379 --> 46:00.215 I'm almost to where it's like, "Fuck it, do what you wanna do." 46:04.928 --> 46:06.638 [reporter] Welcome, Jay and Yasir. 46:06.722 --> 46:09.266 Just this picture alone is going to surprise a lot of people. 46:09.349 --> 46:13.103 [Dylan] For guys on the PGA TOUR, things just got a lot more confusing. 46:13.187 --> 46:15.147 But for some of these guys on LIV, 46:15.230 --> 46:17.357 they're feeling like maybe they got this right. 46:17.941 --> 46:20.652 [Dan] Rickie Fowler was always rumored to go to LIV. 46:20.736 --> 46:23.197 He turned down life-changing sums of money. 46:23.280 --> 46:25.324 [Dylan] But for that choice to pay off, 46:25.407 --> 46:27.659 he's going to have to play really good golf, 46:27.743 --> 46:29.244 and right now he's not doing that. 46:29.328 --> 46:30.871 It's a grind out there. 46:30.954 --> 46:33.582 Going through this struggle for the last few years… 46:33.665 --> 46:34.625 Go, Rickie! 46:34.708 --> 46:37.211 [Rickie] …I know that I can be in a better place. 46:37.294 --> 46:40.214 [announcer] Rickie Fowler makes history at LA Country Club. 46:40.881 --> 46:42.841 [dramatic music playing] makes history at LA Country Club.