WEBVTT 00:07.382 --> 00:08.383 [man] We'll get started. 00:08.466 --> 00:11.386 We'd like to welcome Justin Thomas into the interview room. 00:11.469 --> 00:14.097 [reporter] JT, how difficult is it to not look at the big picture? 00:14.180 --> 00:17.767 Because the Ryder Cup is in play, you haven't won as much as you want to, 00:17.851 --> 00:19.269 and that's frustrated you. 00:19.352 --> 00:22.522 What's the difficulty in trying not to get too consumed by that? 00:22.605 --> 00:24.607 [crowd groans] 00:24.691 --> 00:26.693 [tense music playing] 00:29.154 --> 00:31.740 -[commentator] Unbelievable. -[commentator 2] Bunker to bunker. 00:31.823 --> 00:33.074 By Justin Thomas. 00:33.158 --> 00:34.701 [suspenseful music continues] 00:37.412 --> 00:40.915 -[crowd] Oh! -[commentator] Really searching right now. 00:40.999 --> 00:43.752 [commentator 2] He is. It's been that way for him all year. 00:43.835 --> 00:47.338 [Renner] When players turn professional, I would say the majority of them, 00:47.422 --> 00:49.382 if you ask them what their career goals are, 00:49.466 --> 00:52.927 one is to win a major, two is to play on a Ryder Cup team. 00:54.095 --> 00:56.014 [reporter] Are you concerned about the Ryder Cup? 00:56.097 --> 00:57.891 -Am I excited about it? -[reporter] Concerned. 00:57.974 --> 00:59.559 Oh, concerned? Yeah, obviously. 00:59.642 --> 01:02.020 I want to make the Ryder Cup more than anything. 01:02.103 --> 01:03.897 [cheering and applause] 01:06.399 --> 01:09.611 The Ryder Cup is super unique in golf. You've got 12 Americans 01:09.694 --> 01:13.114 and 12 Europeans that play against each other once every two years. 01:14.074 --> 01:18.411 There are six guys that make it on points, and then there are six captain's picks. 01:19.329 --> 01:24.584 For Team USA, Zach Johnson has six guys that he gets to pick at his discretion. 01:24.667 --> 01:27.921 [Johnson] My role as a captain is formulating 12 guys 01:28.004 --> 01:30.715 to go compete and represent Team USA. 01:30.799 --> 01:34.677 That's a daunting, weighty task. 01:35.386 --> 01:37.555 It's a weird year to be a Ryder Cup captain. 01:37.639 --> 01:40.016 [Dethier] For Zach Johnson, he's left with a decision. 01:40.100 --> 01:43.603 Do you pick a guy like Justin Thomas, who has proven himself to be 01:43.686 --> 01:46.397 like the heart and soul of the Ryder Cup team in the past? 01:46.481 --> 01:48.733 [commentator] Justin Thomas, a four and three win. 01:49.484 --> 01:52.320 [Dethier] Or do you ride the hot hand? Do you ride the guys 01:52.403 --> 01:54.906 that deserve it purely on their play? 01:55.490 --> 01:59.369 And then you have to figure out, "Okay, should I be taking any guys from LIV?" 01:59.452 --> 02:03.540 Koepka conquers the PGA at Oak Hill. 02:03.623 --> 02:06.000 How do I weigh their performance 02:06.084 --> 02:08.336 against guys that are playing PGA TOUR events? 02:08.419 --> 02:11.256 Keegan Bradley gets win number five. 02:11.756 --> 02:14.843 [Bradley] If I'm not on the team, I'm definitely in the conversation. 02:14.926 --> 02:17.762 It's a drug. You want to get back and you wanna feel it again. 02:17.846 --> 02:20.223 [commentator] And the American momentum continues. 02:20.849 --> 02:23.518 [Rapaport] Keegan Bradley came from really off the radar this year 02:23.601 --> 02:25.311 to put some pressure on Zach Johnson, 02:25.395 --> 02:28.940 because some guys that he probably thought were going to earn their way in, 02:29.023 --> 02:30.483 now are relying on a pick. 02:30.567 --> 02:32.610 -[crowd] Oh! -[commentator] Oh no. Oy. 02:32.694 --> 02:36.948 And JT finds himself right on that knife's edge. 02:37.031 --> 02:39.075 [Thomas] It's 12 guys in the country. 02:39.159 --> 02:41.369 Like, it's… it's hard. It's a big deal. 02:41.870 --> 02:45.206 Of course I want to be there. I'd be an idiot to say I don't want to be. 02:45.790 --> 02:48.334 [Johnson] It's gonna be hard. There'll be difficult situations, 02:48.418 --> 02:49.460 and drama can ensue. 02:49.961 --> 02:51.963 [suspenseful music playing] 03:10.064 --> 03:10.899 [Thomas] Leave it. 03:11.441 --> 03:12.275 Good boy. 03:13.568 --> 03:14.611 Good catch, dude! 03:15.820 --> 03:17.989 Get it, buddy. Get it. 03:20.283 --> 03:21.117 Get it. 03:23.453 --> 03:24.871 [laughing] 03:33.504 --> 03:35.131 We've had some ducks that, 03:36.507 --> 03:39.594 like, full Sopranos style, that would just show up in our pool. 03:39.677 --> 03:42.597 And we thought it was so cute and funny, and then they started shitting, 03:42.680 --> 03:44.974 and we didn't think it was so funny anymore, so 03:45.642 --> 03:47.101 Jill got a couple of animals. 03:47.185 --> 03:49.103 She got an owl, and then she got an alligator, 03:49.187 --> 03:53.107 and it turns out the alligator is like megalodon. This thing is so big. 03:53.900 --> 03:55.693 Ah, don't go in the water, please. 03:56.569 --> 03:59.864 Frank. Hey, come here. Get out of there. 04:01.199 --> 04:02.033 Come on. 04:05.995 --> 04:07.956 You always know every season is gonna be different. 04:08.039 --> 04:10.667 You know they're gonna bring different challenges. 04:11.250 --> 04:15.421 I put so much pressure on myself this year than any other year that I've had. 04:16.381 --> 04:19.217 You know, I could argue that this could be and could have been 04:19.300 --> 04:21.469 one of the most influential seasons of my career 04:21.552 --> 04:23.930 when I look at it 15, 20 years from now. 04:25.765 --> 04:29.644 [producer] Is there a word you could use to describe your season? 04:31.062 --> 04:33.439 There are definitely a couple words I could think of. 04:34.023 --> 04:34.941 Um… 04:36.067 --> 04:37.485 [laughs] 04:37.568 --> 04:40.280 I'm trying to think of something that's, like, actually 04:41.239 --> 04:43.700 a little bit more useful than "shitty." 04:45.284 --> 04:46.494 Or "piss poor." 04:48.913 --> 04:51.249 [crowd] Oh! 04:56.504 --> 04:58.172 [Thomas] I got a lot of clubs in my bag now. 05:00.174 --> 05:01.175 [clears throat] 05:02.093 --> 05:03.177 A million of them. 05:04.595 --> 05:06.681 -[man] Ready to roll? -[Thomas] Let's do it. 05:08.099 --> 05:09.934 [man] So it's kind of the start of the season. 05:10.018 --> 05:10.977 [Thomas] It is. 05:11.060 --> 05:14.856 I was looking at, um, flights for, uh, Ryder Cup, 05:14.939 --> 05:17.650 Rome, but I thought maybe 05:18.234 --> 05:21.654 you and I should go over there to see if we could play the course. 05:21.738 --> 05:24.198 -What, just go on a little siesta? -Yeah. 05:24.282 --> 05:25.533 [Thomas] Yeah, that'd be awesome 05:25.616 --> 05:29.162 if I could find the time somehow to go to Rome in the middle of the season. 05:29.245 --> 05:31.164 You got some extra weeks available, right? 05:31.664 --> 05:33.416 I don't know about that much, but… 05:33.499 --> 05:35.501 -[Young] Have you ever been to Rome? -No. 05:36.085 --> 05:38.838 I haven't. All my buddies keep texting me. They're like, 05:38.921 --> 05:40.548 "Oh, dude, we gotta go to, like, Rome." 05:40.631 --> 05:43.760 I'm like, "You guys need to shut up. I need to make the team first. Let's…" 05:44.927 --> 05:47.180 -"Let's pump the brakes a little bit." -Right. 05:47.263 --> 05:48.097 [Thomas] But… 05:48.598 --> 05:50.683 [Young] No, that's going to be pretty epic, though. 05:50.767 --> 05:54.687 The Ryder Cup is one of the most special sporting events, you know, in the world. 05:54.771 --> 05:57.273 It's the fucking best. [laughs] 05:58.649 --> 06:02.945 I've played three of them, and my experiences have been unbelievable. 06:03.696 --> 06:06.699 [commentator] This is a huge putt here. And in it goes. 06:06.783 --> 06:07.784 Come on! 06:08.618 --> 06:11.120 [Thomas] It brings out my competitive will to win. 06:11.954 --> 06:16.959 Nobody loves representing their country in a team format more than Justin Thomas. 06:17.919 --> 06:20.296 [cheering and applause] 06:20.380 --> 06:22.465 [Renner] He has so many intangibles. 06:22.548 --> 06:26.010 It would be hard to imagine him not being on the team. 06:26.094 --> 06:28.471 [commentator] Justin Thomas has been doing work. 06:29.138 --> 06:31.599 [crowd] USA! 06:31.682 --> 06:34.102 [commentator 2] It's incredible. Only in this event. 06:34.769 --> 06:38.648 [Dethier] If you're an American or a European, this is your all-NBA team. 06:38.731 --> 06:40.358 This is your all-star game. 06:40.441 --> 06:44.487 I mean, these guys really want to be on those Ryder Cup teams. 06:44.570 --> 06:46.155 [cheering and applause] 06:46.239 --> 06:49.075 [man] Unbelievable. Have you ever seen him like this? 06:50.576 --> 06:52.703 [Dethier] They're also not playing for money. 06:52.787 --> 06:54.831 They're playing for pride and for country. 06:54.914 --> 06:57.208 -[cheering and applause] -There's just nothing like it. 06:57.291 --> 07:00.920 So guys that haven't been there want desperately to get there, 07:01.003 --> 07:03.881 and guys that have been on a Ryder Cup team just 07:03.965 --> 07:05.758 desperately want to get there again. 07:05.842 --> 07:08.928 [announcer] Representing the United States of America, 07:09.011 --> 07:10.012 Jordan Spieth. 07:11.264 --> 07:15.268 [Spieth] When you step on that first tee, you're playing a different style of golf. 07:16.477 --> 07:19.147 It is the coolest event that we have in our sport, I think. 07:19.647 --> 07:20.815 [cheering] 07:20.898 --> 07:22.608 [Fowler] We all wanna be on the team. 07:22.692 --> 07:27.238 The plan is to just go play well enough where Zach can't pass up a pick on me. 07:27.864 --> 07:30.074 [cheering and applause] 07:30.158 --> 07:32.910 [Rapaport] There's two ways to make a Ryder Cup team in the US. 07:32.994 --> 07:34.579 The first one is there's a point system. 07:34.662 --> 07:38.457 You move up in the points. The top six players make it to the Ryder Cup team. 07:39.208 --> 07:43.004 Then there are six captain's picks. If you want to take all the doubt of it, 07:43.087 --> 07:45.173 you're in the top six. You make it on points. 07:45.673 --> 07:47.300 After that, it's up to the captain. 07:47.800 --> 07:51.262 It tends to be guys who were up there in points that didn't quite make it, 07:51.345 --> 07:52.930 but they get six picks. 07:53.681 --> 07:57.643 [Spieth] Points are based on money earned through the season. 07:58.895 --> 08:03.441 Every PGA TOUR event, every thousand dollars is a point, 08:03.524 --> 08:06.944 and in the majors, it's one and a half points per thousand. 08:07.028 --> 08:09.989 If you win a major, it's two points per thousand. 08:10.948 --> 08:13.326 So getting on the team, 08:13.409 --> 08:16.662 I mean, it's such a massive goal at the beginning of Ryder Cup years. 08:16.746 --> 08:20.374 [Thomas] Once that point system starts, everybody starts from the exact same. 08:20.458 --> 08:22.460 Everybody's got to earn their way on that team. 08:22.543 --> 08:26.255 I need to be one of those guys. There's really no other way to say it. 08:29.008 --> 08:30.843 -[Young] That's not a new bag, is it? -No. 08:30.927 --> 08:33.596 -[Young] When do they give you new bags? -Whenever I ask. 08:33.679 --> 08:36.015 -[Young] Cornhole. Look at this backyard. -[Thomas] Wow. 08:37.183 --> 08:38.267 Hey, Zach. 08:39.435 --> 08:41.729 -[Thomas] A lot of-- -[Young] Look at these, Zach. 08:41.812 --> 08:44.065 I'm going to be really, really nice to Zach all year 08:44.148 --> 08:45.858 so that if I don't make it on points, 08:45.942 --> 08:50.238 then hopefully he'll give me a pick. So I'm in… I'm in a very sticky situation 08:50.321 --> 08:52.990 with Zach because I don't want to kiss his ass too much. 08:53.074 --> 08:56.327 -But I also want to kiss his ass. -I'm not into politics, so… 08:57.536 --> 08:58.412 Yeah. 08:58.496 --> 09:00.414 Good thing is I've been around him enough. 09:00.498 --> 09:04.168 I don't like lobbying. I don't like… I do like free houses, though. 09:04.252 --> 09:05.086 Yeah. 09:05.169 --> 09:06.003 And free food. 09:07.129 --> 09:09.507 -Dang. -Both are essential for my work. 09:09.590 --> 09:10.424 [Thomas chuckles] 09:10.508 --> 09:12.510 It's gonna be an expensive year. 09:12.593 --> 09:14.971 [Johnson] He and I are good friends. There's no question. 09:15.054 --> 09:19.016 But when it comes to the cup, you have to, at some point, try to put that aside. 09:19.100 --> 09:23.854 It's difficult, and he fully understands that I'm in a difficult position. 09:28.109 --> 09:31.153 [reporter] What is Zach gonna do as it relates to picks? 09:31.237 --> 09:32.738 [reporter 2] It's early in the season, 09:32.822 --> 09:35.533 but never too early to talk about the possibilities. 09:35.616 --> 09:38.119 Those guys on the bubble, a guy like Keegan Bradley. 09:38.202 --> 09:41.831 He wins in the fall and now sits seventh in the Ryder Cup standings. 09:41.914 --> 09:45.334 If he continues to play well, maybe he tacks on another win. 09:45.418 --> 09:47.920 It's hard to see him not making this team. 09:48.754 --> 09:51.340 [Bradley] I want to be on that team. 09:53.134 --> 09:54.593 My name is Keegan Bradley. 09:54.677 --> 09:57.430 I play on the PGA TOUR, and this is my 13th year. 09:58.431 --> 09:59.598 I'm 36. 09:59.682 --> 10:04.186 If I'm gonna make a team, this is one I probably need to sack up and make. 10:04.895 --> 10:07.982 A whole generation of guys that I came out with are gone. 10:08.524 --> 10:13.362 The younger, good players like JT and Jordan and 10:14.030 --> 10:15.823 Collin Morikawa and Scottie Scheffler 10:15.906 --> 10:19.118 and these guys that are such great players and incredible guys, 10:19.201 --> 10:23.497 they sort of grew up playing together, and they all went to huge schools, 10:23.581 --> 10:25.875 and they all were the best players, 10:25.958 --> 10:30.713 and so I… I… I feel a little bit like I'm on the outside looking in. 10:30.796 --> 10:31.964 I feel a lot like I am. 10:32.048 --> 10:34.008 [tense music playing] 10:34.091 --> 10:37.637 Keegan. I've actually competed with him in Ryder Cups as a teammate, 10:37.720 --> 10:40.806 and, um, I would summarize him as extremely motivated. 10:41.390 --> 10:44.101 [Rapaport] Keegan's probably fighting a little bit of an uphill battle 10:44.185 --> 10:47.438 just because he's a little bit older and he's not part of this crew 10:47.521 --> 10:50.232 that has kind of moved through the last Ryder Cups together. 10:50.733 --> 10:52.610 I don't think anyone on the planet 10:52.693 --> 10:57.073 wants anything more than Keegan Bradley wants to play in another Ryder Cup. 10:57.156 --> 10:58.574 [announcer] …and Keegan Bradley! 10:58.658 --> 11:00.701 [cheering and applause] 11:01.661 --> 11:04.205 [Rapaport] Keegan Bradley has played in two Ryder Cups, 11:04.288 --> 11:07.541 in 2012 at Medina and 2014 in Scotland. 11:07.625 --> 11:09.752 But the US lost both times. 11:10.336 --> 11:11.253 [crowd] Oh. 11:11.337 --> 11:14.048 [Rapaport] So he has yet to be a part of a winning Ryder Cup team, 11:14.131 --> 11:17.176 and ever since then, that's been his main goal. 11:18.260 --> 11:21.013 [Bradley] I was in the final point in 2014, 11:21.097 --> 11:23.599 and they won the point on my match. 11:24.558 --> 11:28.479 [commentator] Now it is official. Keegan Bradley offers the handshake. 11:29.021 --> 11:30.231 [cheering] 11:30.314 --> 11:33.234 [players chanting] 11:33.317 --> 11:34.485 [Bradley] It's heavy, man. 11:35.027 --> 11:38.197 That's probably my lowest point in my career, was that moment, 11:38.280 --> 11:39.865 and I would love to change that. 11:40.366 --> 11:42.702 When I'm done and I've retired, 11:42.785 --> 11:46.997 having a Ryder Cup win on my résumé versus a loss 11:47.081 --> 11:49.250 would be a huge difference for me. 11:52.169 --> 11:54.171 [Bradley] Jill, can you… can you grab me the bread? 11:54.255 --> 11:55.089 [Jill] Yeah. 11:56.590 --> 11:58.926 [Bradley] Growing up, I was so driven at what I was doing. 11:59.009 --> 12:01.804 Getting married and having a family never popped into my mind. 12:02.388 --> 12:05.891 This whole side of my life is such a bonus. 12:06.809 --> 12:11.105 It's something that I wasn't prepared for. Now I couldn't imagine life without it. 12:11.188 --> 12:12.398 [Jill] No, I do as little… 12:12.481 --> 12:14.483 -'Cause it's… otherwise it gets messy. -Yeah. 12:14.567 --> 12:16.652 And he comes home with a Joker face. 12:17.153 --> 12:19.363 [Bradley] Can you tell me what a dinosaur says? 12:19.447 --> 12:20.448 [whispers] Rwar. 12:21.824 --> 12:27.329 Both Jill and I are both from New England, so we're both, uh, Boston sports fans. 12:28.080 --> 12:30.499 Logan, who's your favorite football team? 12:30.583 --> 12:32.209 The Patriots. 12:32.293 --> 12:34.545 -That's what I'm talking about. -[Jill] Hey, come here-- 12:34.628 --> 12:36.046 [Logan] And the Buffalo Bills. 12:36.130 --> 12:37.047 -Uh-uh. -[Jill] What? 12:37.131 --> 12:38.174 -Yes! -[Bradley] No. No. No. 12:38.257 --> 12:39.842 -[Jill] Since when? -[Logan] Yes! 12:39.925 --> 12:43.637 You can like just about every team except the Buffalo Bills. 12:44.638 --> 12:47.933 [Jill] The Ryder Cup means… so much to Keegan, 12:48.684 --> 12:53.981 and he'll say it's some of the best and absolute worst memories of his life. 12:55.357 --> 12:58.903 He still has the Ryder Cup suitcase. 12:59.904 --> 13:01.447 He just never unpacked it. 13:01.947 --> 13:04.867 I think it is just the thought of opening it, 13:04.950 --> 13:09.914 reliving the grief of how that ended, 13:09.997 --> 13:12.082 was just kind of too much to bear. 13:12.166 --> 13:13.083 Are you ready? 13:13.167 --> 13:17.505 [Bradley] I just hope, someday, I get to win a Ryder Cup and open that thing 13:17.588 --> 13:20.216 and just have, like, a peace-of-mind moment, 13:20.299 --> 13:24.637 because I'm thinking about the Ryder Cup every second of every day. 13:25.221 --> 13:28.140 I have a chip on my shoulder. I gotta get back to where I wanna be. 13:29.809 --> 13:31.185 -Bye. Love you. -[Jill] Love you. 13:31.268 --> 13:32.770 -Bye, Coop. -[Cooper] Bye! 13:34.605 --> 13:36.982 [Bradley] Doing my best to get back on that team for sure. 13:38.692 --> 13:43.656 [commentator] A day when golf takes center stage at the WM Phoenix Open. 13:44.156 --> 13:45.366 [Rapaport] In a Ryder Cup year, 13:45.449 --> 13:49.286 every tournament is a chance to earn points and climb up the standings. 13:49.370 --> 13:51.831 Every American and every European golfer 13:51.914 --> 13:54.458 is focused on that from the get-go this year. 13:54.959 --> 13:57.294 -[man] Take your shirt off, Joel! -[Dahmen] Fuck. 13:57.378 --> 13:59.630 [laughing] 14:00.422 --> 14:03.342 My parents always told me to think before you act. 14:04.134 --> 14:04.969 Ah, whatever. 14:05.761 --> 14:08.931 [commentator 2] Designated event. Strongest field of the year so far. 14:09.807 --> 14:11.892 [commentator] 6-iron for Rickie at the seventh. 14:12.685 --> 14:15.020 [cheering] 14:15.104 --> 14:17.690 [commentator] Just go ahead and go in, Rickie Fowler! 14:21.068 --> 14:23.863 The US is so deep, which we're fortunate for. 14:24.738 --> 14:26.532 [commentator 2] That's a birdie for Scheffler. 14:27.366 --> 14:31.161 [Thomas] We're so deep that there are going to be at least two or three players 14:31.245 --> 14:34.832 that have an unbelievable argument and could easily swap in with anybody. 14:35.791 --> 14:36.917 That's just the way it is. 14:37.001 --> 14:39.670 -[commentator 3] Oh, Justin Thomas here. -[commentator] Great shot. 14:39.753 --> 14:41.755 [commentator 2] That was superb, what he just hit. 14:41.839 --> 14:43.257 [cheering] 14:45.301 --> 14:48.053 [commentator] A bunch of familiar names at the top of the leaderboard 14:48.137 --> 14:50.014 at the WM Phoenix Open, 14:50.097 --> 14:53.767 and we know that the better you play, the more points you accumulate. 14:56.228 --> 14:58.230 [suspenseful music playing] 15:07.573 --> 15:08.574 [woman] You got it? Okay. 15:08.657 --> 15:12.786 This is Augusta National Johnson for the Masters. 15:13.370 --> 15:18.375 And then Augy, I mean Andy, is St. Andrews Johnson. 15:19.293 --> 15:20.294 -There. -[woman] For what? 15:22.171 --> 15:23.005 I don't know. 15:23.088 --> 15:24.131 [Johnson laughs] 15:25.382 --> 15:26.383 -Yeah. -[woman] Yep. 15:26.467 --> 15:28.010 What else have I won two of? 15:28.510 --> 15:29.511 The Masters. 15:29.595 --> 15:31.138 [woman] He won the Masters. Yep. 15:33.098 --> 15:34.099 And… 15:34.183 --> 15:35.351 [Johnson] Wow, pumpkin. 15:37.770 --> 15:39.480 -[woman] Wyatt, do you know? -Tell me. 15:40.147 --> 15:41.774 Pretty sure he won the British. 15:42.274 --> 15:45.861 -[woman] Pretty sure he won the British? -Pretty positive that he won the British. 15:46.362 --> 15:47.947 [Abby] Oh, yeah, I knew that. 15:48.030 --> 15:49.657 -[woman] Yeah. Did you? -[Abby] Yeah. 15:51.575 --> 15:54.995 [Johnson] The best thing I've ever been associated with is the Ryder Cup. 15:55.079 --> 15:58.207 It is legitimately my favorite thing in golf. 15:58.874 --> 16:01.001 I'm grateful that I was consistent enough 16:01.085 --> 16:04.588 and evidently worthy enough to play for the United States in five of them, 16:04.672 --> 16:06.215 and every one of them, I cherish. 16:07.383 --> 16:08.467 This is the best. 16:09.176 --> 16:12.471 Southeast Iowa beef. 16:12.554 --> 16:14.807 Shout-out to cow in my home state of… 16:15.432 --> 16:16.308 Iowa! 16:16.392 --> 16:17.267 Jeez! 16:17.768 --> 16:19.645 [woman] I think being captain of the Ryder Cup 16:19.728 --> 16:23.399 is something that maybe you dream of but don't talk about. 16:23.482 --> 16:27.820 Like, you don't want to say it out loud, because it would, like, jinx it. 16:27.903 --> 16:30.239 At least four salad bowls. 16:30.322 --> 16:34.159 [Johnson] The committee got together and said, "We would love for Zach 16:34.785 --> 16:38.080 to take over the Ryder Cup helm for 2023." 16:38.914 --> 16:42.418 Certainly, being vice-captain on numerous teams helped, 16:43.002 --> 16:45.045 and so, uh, I guess I was next in line. 16:45.754 --> 16:47.548 But I had to kind of think about that. 16:47.631 --> 16:48.507 [Kim chuckles] 16:48.590 --> 16:50.718 I'm like, "What do you mean you didn't say yes?" 16:50.801 --> 16:54.304 "What… what is there to talk about? Tell me what there is to talk about." 16:55.556 --> 16:58.559 So Dad's not competing by himself, right? There's teams. 16:58.642 --> 17:00.436 -It's the US-- -[Kim] Is Dad actually playing? 17:00.519 --> 17:03.480 -No. Because he's-- -But have I ever? 17:03.564 --> 17:04.773 -Yeah. -Oh, okay. 17:05.399 --> 17:08.861 [Koyack] America hasn't won on European soil in 30 years. 17:08.944 --> 17:12.322 Everything came together for the US side at the last Ryder Cup, 17:12.406 --> 17:16.285 and there's a lot of people saying, "Wow, this US team could dominate 17:16.368 --> 17:18.787 the Ryder Cup for the next eight to ten years." 17:18.871 --> 17:21.165 So Scottie played in Whistling Straits. 17:22.124 --> 17:24.334 -Patrick in Ex. -Who am I missing? Patrick in Ex. 17:24.418 --> 17:25.878 -That was their first one? -Yeah. 17:25.961 --> 17:28.505 [Bradley] There's a number of factors when making the picks. 17:28.589 --> 17:30.507 Some of those factors, experience. 17:30.591 --> 17:33.093 You want somebody that's playing great at that time. 17:34.178 --> 17:36.013 How do they fit inside the team room? 17:36.096 --> 17:38.849 Will they mesh… with the top six? 17:38.932 --> 17:43.604 The last thing I want is to put any sort of potential for drama. 17:43.687 --> 17:46.815 Wherever you came from, to me, is irrelevant. 17:46.899 --> 17:48.859 In this instance, we're Team USA. 17:48.942 --> 17:51.779 We're not team LIV. We're not team PGA TOUR. 17:51.862 --> 17:53.030 We are Team USA. 17:54.198 --> 17:55.866 [Kim] Since being named captain, 17:55.949 --> 17:57.868 he's known he's going to have to make six picks. 17:57.951 --> 18:01.789 He's known those picks will be on him, and he doesn't take the decisions lightly. 18:01.872 --> 18:04.792 You guys like it more well done, so we're gonna go with this one here. 18:04.875 --> 18:09.171 There's a long, long list of guys that we could take over there, 18:09.880 --> 18:11.423 and I want to take 30, 18:11.507 --> 18:13.300 but I can only take 12. 18:13.383 --> 18:14.510 What is this? 18:14.593 --> 18:16.762 The Johnson bistro is fancy. 18:17.262 --> 18:19.556 -Yes, it is. -It's super salty but really good. 18:20.099 --> 18:22.101 [dramatic music playing] 18:27.856 --> 18:28.941 [ball bouncing] 18:31.151 --> 18:32.277 Rotate. 18:32.361 --> 18:34.988 [Thomas] Everybody wants to be on that Ryder Cup team. 18:36.406 --> 18:38.200 I think about it all the time. 18:38.283 --> 18:41.203 Loading that front-side glute. That's the key here. 18:41.995 --> 18:43.997 [Thomas] It doesn't matter how good you are 18:44.081 --> 18:45.207 and what you've accomplished. 18:45.290 --> 18:48.335 You… you still have to make that team, and if you don't qualify for the team, 18:48.418 --> 18:49.461 you have to get picked. 18:49.545 --> 18:50.963 [man] Make sure you breathe out. 18:51.046 --> 18:52.673 Remember, you're pushing your belly button… 18:52.756 --> 18:56.093 [Thomas] You never know what'll happen. Just because I feel like I work harder 18:56.176 --> 18:59.221 than other people doesn't mean I'm having good things happen. 18:59.304 --> 19:01.557 You have to go execute and play well. 19:02.349 --> 19:04.351 [dramatic music playing] 19:07.813 --> 19:10.399 [Thomas] The Masters this year was… It was a bummer. 19:11.191 --> 19:14.111 [commentator] Oh, he hit the left side of the slope. 19:14.194 --> 19:16.196 Oh man, that's a bad break. 19:17.364 --> 19:19.283 Man, Justin Thomas. Wow. 19:19.366 --> 19:22.786 [Thomas] That was legitimately a place I felt I was never gonna miss the cut at. 19:23.829 --> 19:24.872 [commentator 2] For par. 19:26.957 --> 19:29.501 Disappointing drive there for Justin Thomas. 19:29.585 --> 19:32.129 5-over in these last eight holes. 19:32.796 --> 19:35.757 [Thomas] I was speechless. Um, I was beyond disappointed, 19:35.841 --> 19:39.511 and it just was like a I-can't-believe- that-just-happened kind of thing. 19:40.762 --> 19:41.722 Yeah. It sucked. 19:42.973 --> 19:47.102 I think the Masters really set his season back. 19:47.186 --> 19:50.480 I don't think that he'd missed the cut there before, 19:50.564 --> 19:52.816 and I just think that was really disheartening for him. 19:52.900 --> 19:54.902 [suspenseful music playing] 19:58.906 --> 20:02.492 [Thomas] This year was… I mean, you can name a major and it went pretty poorly. 20:02.576 --> 20:03.577 [man] Can you repeat? 20:04.077 --> 20:05.871 -I'm gonna try to. -[man 2] Good luck, buddy. 20:05.954 --> 20:07.998 [Thomas] The PGA was, I guess, the… the… 20:08.498 --> 20:10.709 the least poorly of all the majors. 20:10.792 --> 20:11.793 [strikes ball] 20:11.877 --> 20:14.671 [commentator] If you miss the fairway, you are in big trouble. 20:14.755 --> 20:15.964 That's in the marsh. 20:16.048 --> 20:17.925 [Thomas] I was making the dumbest mistakes. 20:18.425 --> 20:22.846 This is the bogey putt for Justin Thomas. 20:24.306 --> 20:25.641 -Oh. -[crowd] Oh! 20:27.142 --> 20:29.603 [commentator 2] Bit of a struggle out there for Justin today. 20:29.686 --> 20:31.730 -[commentator] JT makes a double. -[applause] 20:31.813 --> 20:35.234 It's definitely humbling. This game just doesn't owe you anything. 20:35.317 --> 20:38.070 It's not like just because I've won X amount of times, 20:38.153 --> 20:39.988 I feel like I'm going to win a lot more, 20:40.072 --> 20:43.533 or, you know, I feel like I deserve it because of who I am. 20:43.617 --> 20:44.910 That's just not a thing. 20:45.827 --> 20:48.914 -[cheering and applause] -[commentator] Thomas rolls that one in. 20:48.997 --> 20:51.667 And that will finish off the day. 20:52.167 --> 20:54.503 [commentator 3] These guys, it's just a different game. 20:55.003 --> 20:58.966 [Mike] His bad putting wasn't good enough. His bad driving wasn't good enough. 20:59.049 --> 21:00.801 It was deflating because, you know, 21:00.884 --> 21:03.512 our expectation is to finish higher than that 21:03.595 --> 21:05.639 in any tournament, let alone a major. 21:07.182 --> 21:09.309 We were excited about the U.S. Open, uh, 21:09.393 --> 21:11.687 but it was another frustrating week for sure. 21:12.187 --> 21:15.148 [commentator] Justin Thomas, believe it or not, 21:15.232 --> 21:17.192 for birdie at the ninth. 21:18.360 --> 21:20.070 For a second round of 80. 21:20.570 --> 21:23.907 There's been only one round of 80 or more shot. 21:23.991 --> 21:26.076 That came earlier today at 83. 21:28.120 --> 21:31.290 And that is an 81 for Justin Thomas, 21:31.373 --> 21:35.335 his second-highest round ever on the PGA TOUR. 21:35.419 --> 21:38.046 -[applause] -[commentator 2] Really searching now. 21:38.130 --> 21:40.716 [commentator] He is, you know. It's been that way for him all year. 21:43.302 --> 21:45.804 [Mike] The Ryder Cup is definitely the elephant in the room. 21:45.887 --> 21:48.015 I mean, that's a distraction, 21:48.098 --> 21:51.059 when you're jumping ahead of all the events that are coming 21:51.143 --> 21:53.228 and you start thinking about what's at the end, 21:53.312 --> 21:56.940 and you can't play golf at that level with any kind of distraction. 21:57.441 --> 22:00.402 It's definitely the lowest I've felt. It's pretty, honestly, 22:00.485 --> 22:03.196 humiliating and embarrassing shooting scores like that. Uh… 22:04.698 --> 22:05.574 Yeah, I don't know. 22:05.657 --> 22:07.200 -Just gotta figure it out. -Thanks. 22:07.284 --> 22:09.578 -Appreciate it. Thank you. -Appreciate it, y'all. 22:10.203 --> 22:12.289 [Thomas] Hands down the worst tournament of my career. 22:12.372 --> 22:14.207 I just feel like someone with my ability 22:14.291 --> 22:17.210 should not even be capable of shooting scores like that. 22:18.211 --> 22:22.758 The good part is it was so bad that it felt like a fluke, you know. 22:22.841 --> 22:25.761 The Masters hurt way worse than the U.S. Open did. 22:25.844 --> 22:28.263 The U.S. Open was like, "Dude, I just shot a million." 22:28.347 --> 22:32.684 "Let's get out and play The Travelers next week and see what we can do." 22:32.768 --> 22:35.270 "And it's a stupid sport I decided to play." 22:35.771 --> 22:37.773 [suspenseful music playing] 22:41.234 --> 22:43.695 [commentator] Final round at the Travelers Championship underway 22:43.779 --> 22:45.322 here in New England. 22:46.073 --> 22:50.035 [commentator 2] At seven, Justin Thomas, who shot 62 yesterday. 22:50.118 --> 22:51.370 Has a birdie at seven. 22:51.453 --> 22:53.080 [cheering and applause] 22:53.163 --> 22:55.540 JT now in red figures for the day. 22:59.086 --> 23:01.213 [commentator] Keegan Bradley back at the fourth fort. 23:01.296 --> 23:02.964 Could be a three-shot lead. 23:04.508 --> 23:06.468 [commentator 2] Oh my goodness. Look at this. 23:07.260 --> 23:08.929 [commentator 3] A man in the zone. 23:09.012 --> 23:10.764 [commentator] It's been lights-out all week. 23:10.847 --> 23:13.183 [cheering and applause] 23:13.266 --> 23:16.395 [commentator 4] Trying to get win six. Of course, another goal for him, 23:16.478 --> 23:19.731 he said at the start of the year, "I want to play in the Ryder Cup." 23:20.232 --> 23:22.067 [Bradley] All day long, I'm thinking in my head, 23:22.150 --> 23:24.653 "Oh shit. You go win this tournament, 23:25.153 --> 23:26.905 Ryder Cup. Like, it's there." 23:26.988 --> 23:28.782 [crowd chanting] Keegan Bradley! 23:28.865 --> 23:30.283 [rhythmic clapping] 23:30.367 --> 23:32.077 Keegan Bradley! 23:32.160 --> 23:33.495 [rhythmic clapping] 23:33.578 --> 23:35.288 Keegan Bradley! 23:35.372 --> 23:36.832 [rhythmic clapping] 23:36.915 --> 23:40.043 [commentator] It's gonna be a very fulfilling finish. 23:41.586 --> 23:43.004 -[man] It was his time. -It was, yes. 23:43.088 --> 23:44.714 [commentator] And now, his family's here. 23:44.798 --> 23:48.969 His wife, Jillian, and the boys, Logan and Cooper, 23:49.052 --> 23:53.640 with a ringside seat to watch Dad pick up one of the biggest titles of his career. 23:54.141 --> 23:55.267 [suspenseful music playing] 23:55.350 --> 23:56.685 [cheering and applause] 23:56.768 --> 24:01.648 [commentator] New England's very own takes the title at The Travelers! 24:03.108 --> 24:04.109 Yes! 24:15.745 --> 24:20.667 [commentator] Keegan Bradley, he now has as many titles, six, 24:20.750 --> 24:22.919 as his beloved New England Patriots. 24:23.962 --> 24:25.422 -[cheering] -Yeah! 24:26.256 --> 24:28.216 -[woman] Hey, Keegs! -[man] Keegs! 24:29.134 --> 24:32.053 [Jill] To win in front of the New England crowd, 24:32.137 --> 24:35.390 in front of both of our families, it was perfect. 24:36.349 --> 24:38.894 It's one of those tournaments that we'd go to every year, 24:38.977 --> 24:43.523 and I know I just imagined picturing how cool it would be to win here. 24:43.607 --> 24:45.484 It would just be the coolest… the coolest, 24:45.567 --> 24:48.278 but you don't want to get your hopes up for that, 24:48.361 --> 24:50.780 'cause that's just… that would just be perfect. 24:50.864 --> 24:54.826 And that's exactly what that week was. Perfect. 24:54.910 --> 24:58.455 My wife, Jillian, is the real champion of our family. 24:58.538 --> 25:00.123 She holds us all together. 25:00.207 --> 25:02.459 [cheering and applause] 25:02.542 --> 25:05.170 [Bradley] I'm lucky in what I do in my life. 25:05.253 --> 25:07.839 And sharing a win with my family, 25:08.715 --> 25:13.261 it's moments like that that you… you're literally realizing your dreams, 25:13.345 --> 25:14.471 and it's crazy. 25:15.347 --> 25:16.848 [cheering] 25:16.932 --> 25:19.976 [commentator] Keegan Bradley, he absolutely dominated today. 25:20.060 --> 25:23.772 He is a true professional. And now, with two wins this season, 25:23.855 --> 25:27.567 this definitely puts Keegan in a better position for the Ryder Cup. 25:28.527 --> 25:31.571 -Hey, New England. Congrats, man. -Thanks, man. Thank you. 25:32.531 --> 25:33.615 Congratulations. 25:33.698 --> 25:35.575 -Happy for you guys. -[Jill] Thanks so much. 25:35.659 --> 25:39.579 After winning Travelers, we're all excited, adrenaline, 25:39.663 --> 25:41.206 and he whispered to me and goes, 25:41.289 --> 25:42.958 "Do you want to go to Rome?" 25:44.334 --> 25:46.253 And I was speechless. [chuckles] 25:46.962 --> 25:47.879 [horn honks] 25:47.963 --> 25:51.258 [Bradley] Like, "Get ready. We might be going." Like, just-- 25:51.341 --> 25:54.553 "You ready to go the Ryder Cup?" This has now become pretty serious. 25:54.636 --> 25:56.554 [upbeat music playing] 26:09.609 --> 26:11.152 [Fowler] Chef, what do we got, bud? 26:11.653 --> 26:13.488 [chef] Beef tenderloin kebab 26:13.572 --> 26:16.324 with a chimichurri sauce and saffron risotto. 26:16.408 --> 26:18.159 [woman] You can have some tar… tartare. 26:18.243 --> 26:20.078 -[Spieth] What do we got? -[Fowler] Hey, Jordan. 26:20.161 --> 26:21.121 -Hey, guys. -Hey. 26:21.705 --> 26:23.623 [Spieth] 'Sup kids? What'd you learn at school? 26:23.707 --> 26:24.791 [Abby chuckles] 26:25.667 --> 26:27.377 Everybody's favorite part of the day? 26:27.877 --> 26:29.296 [Johnson] Probably beating Rickie. 26:29.379 --> 26:31.464 Probably my least favorite part of the day. 26:31.548 --> 26:33.591 [laughing] 26:34.217 --> 26:35.802 [Johnson] Are you late or early Thursday? 26:36.970 --> 26:38.388 Early. With Rick. 26:38.471 --> 26:39.389 Who do you got? 26:40.056 --> 26:43.601 I have, um… Jason Day and Fitzpatrick. 26:43.685 --> 26:45.395 [Johnson] Oh. Which Fitzpatrick? 26:46.521 --> 26:47.355 Matt. 26:47.856 --> 26:50.400 -Dude works his ass off. -[Johnson] Yeah. He works hard, huh? 26:50.483 --> 26:52.777 He's got that notebook with him everywhere he goes. 26:52.861 --> 26:54.696 -[Johnson] It's wild. -What's he churning? 26:55.238 --> 26:57.198 I don't know. I want to look at it. 26:57.282 --> 26:59.284 [laughing] 26:59.951 --> 27:02.037 -It's a secret. -[Spieth] Just wait until he goes in. 27:02.120 --> 27:04.748 You know, for lunch or something, and then just grab it. 27:04.831 --> 27:08.460 Like, "Hey, dude, can you do me a favor? Can you go give me that pen out there?" 27:11.212 --> 27:13.673 Zach, if you had to rank the percentage chance 27:13.757 --> 27:17.636 that everyone that plays professional golf in this room is on the Ryder Cup team, 27:18.261 --> 27:20.347 what would you say are the chances? 27:20.430 --> 27:21.765 [chuckling] 27:24.267 --> 27:26.102 This'll turn into a rough week for Zach. 27:26.186 --> 27:28.271 [Johnson] So many points out there. That's the answer. 27:29.397 --> 27:30.440 Zach, dude, I saw you-- 27:30.523 --> 27:33.651 -There are still more elevated events. -Don't dodge the question. 27:36.529 --> 27:39.532 I saw you at the range today. I thought your swing looked so good. 27:41.284 --> 27:44.954 [Johnson] It's not just trying to pick the six best American players 27:45.038 --> 27:48.208 off some index or list or whatever it may be. 27:48.291 --> 27:50.710 You're trying to make this team the best. 27:50.794 --> 27:53.880 I get the question, "Given the state of affairs in golf right now, 27:53.963 --> 27:57.676 your job's… probably been a headache." I'm like, "Well, it hasn't." 27:57.759 --> 27:59.844 Because nothing's changed, from my perspective. 27:59.928 --> 28:03.348 The state of affairs with the PGA TOUR and what's going on, or not going on, 28:03.431 --> 28:06.810 has no bearings, for the most part, on Team USA Ryder Cup. 28:06.893 --> 28:09.771 So, uh, Brooks is probably going to make the team, 28:10.438 --> 28:11.815 not have to get picked. 28:12.440 --> 28:14.067 And so you're just wearing me out, man. 28:14.150 --> 28:16.361 I want to get 12 guys that want to be together, 28:16.444 --> 28:17.779 that make each other whole. 28:17.862 --> 28:19.906 Where you came from is not as big a deal. 28:21.449 --> 28:23.368 I would love for this team to win. 28:23.451 --> 28:25.453 [somber music playing] 28:27.914 --> 28:31.042 [Dethier] If I'm Keegan Bradley, you have to say, 28:31.751 --> 28:35.130 "I hope I get the same fair shake as everyone else, 28:35.213 --> 28:38.758 even if I might not be as close to the rest of the guys on the team." 28:39.384 --> 28:42.137 I mean, everyone wants to be named to the Ryder Cup team, but 28:43.596 --> 28:44.931 golf is such a mix, right? 28:45.014 --> 28:48.435 It's a mix of these guys that are little bit more lone wolves 28:48.518 --> 28:52.355 versus guys that are, you know, part of the in-crowd. 28:53.273 --> 28:55.525 Hey. How's it going? 28:56.067 --> 28:58.278 The Ryder Cup is on my mind every second. 28:58.361 --> 29:00.530 -Miss you guys. -[Jill] We miss you too. 29:00.613 --> 29:02.949 [Bradley] So I'm telling myself that I am the underdog here. 29:03.032 --> 29:05.160 I still have to play my way onto this team. 29:05.243 --> 29:06.494 I try to tell myself, 29:06.578 --> 29:10.165 "If you don't qualify on your own, there's a good chance you're not on it." 29:11.249 --> 29:13.835 The reality for me is I don't have 29:13.918 --> 29:17.005 this connection to that group that a lot of the guys have, 29:17.088 --> 29:20.717 so I know I have to go play well to get on this team. 29:22.302 --> 29:25.013 [Dethier] If there's a sense that captains are gonna play favorites 29:25.096 --> 29:27.765 or pick guys that are friends with the other guys, 29:27.849 --> 29:29.225 that creates a weird dynamic. 29:29.726 --> 29:32.437 Because these spots are so precious and they're so coveted, 29:32.520 --> 29:34.981 the fact that they can be hand-selected, 29:35.064 --> 29:37.442 that inevitably leads to controversy. 29:38.109 --> 29:40.111 [suspenseful music playing] 29:41.946 --> 29:43.239 [commentator] British summertime. 29:43.323 --> 29:48.536 Final major of 2023 comes to the second-oldest links in England. 29:51.498 --> 29:55.376 Justin Thomas, popular on both sides of the Atlantic, Bob. 29:55.460 --> 29:57.837 [commentator 2] Ninth season as a professional for JT. 29:57.921 --> 29:59.088 Number 20 in the world. 30:00.006 --> 30:02.050 Will he put it all together here this week? 30:03.384 --> 30:04.886 [commentator 3] Justin Thomas. 30:05.762 --> 30:07.430 Oh, this ain't pretty. 30:11.226 --> 30:14.521 [commentator] Justin Thomas having a really tough afternoon again. 30:14.604 --> 30:18.191 [commentator 2] Cold streak continues for Justin Thomas. 30:18.274 --> 30:20.443 [commentator] Just when you think it can't get any worse. 30:20.527 --> 30:22.362 [commentator 2] He's going through something. 30:22.445 --> 30:25.031 Everybody wants to help him get out of this slump. 30:27.325 --> 30:30.245 [Rapaport] Justin Thomas has shown a lot in Ryder Cups in years past. 30:30.328 --> 30:34.332 He's 6-2-1 in his Ryder Cup matches, which I believe is the best mark 30:34.415 --> 30:37.126 for any American who's played at least two Ryder Cups, 30:37.210 --> 30:38.545 but he's playing like doo-doo. 30:38.628 --> 30:41.005 It has not been a good year by any stretch of the imagination. 30:42.465 --> 30:46.803 It's bad timing. If you're going to slump, you want it to not be in a Ryder Cup year. 30:47.846 --> 30:49.973 [commentator] He's having a good season, Keegan Bradley. 30:50.056 --> 30:51.432 He might have a little look 30:51.516 --> 30:55.019 into the US Ryder Cup team as well in September. 30:55.103 --> 30:57.897 Came out spinning… somehow. 30:58.439 --> 31:02.026 [commentator] Hasn't really gotten off to the start that he wanted here. 31:02.110 --> 31:03.236 [light applause] 31:04.362 --> 31:06.447 You never want to miss a cut at a major. 31:06.531 --> 31:08.908 [Rapaport] You definitely don't want to miss a cut at a major 31:08.992 --> 31:11.494 during a Ryder Cup year when you're on the bubble. 31:12.537 --> 31:15.915 [commentator] Look where that ended up. That would be an awful spot. 31:17.667 --> 31:19.377 [commentator] It's a horror story. 31:19.460 --> 31:21.546 [suspenseful music playing] 31:21.629 --> 31:24.340 [commentator 2] I feel like this year, we've had as fun a storyline 31:24.841 --> 31:26.342 as we've had in a few years. 31:26.426 --> 31:28.678 Okay, let's change our attention to the Ryder Cup, 31:28.761 --> 31:31.389 and I think Keegan's probably going to get picked. 31:31.472 --> 31:33.016 -He's ten. -[commentator 3] Wow, okay. 31:33.099 --> 31:36.436 [commentator 2] He's right on the… to me, he's floating right on that. 31:36.519 --> 31:38.688 Is it gonna be Keegan? Is it gonna be JT? 31:39.272 --> 31:40.106 [Bradley] Hey, Bill. 31:40.189 --> 31:43.484 [commentator 2] Ultimately, it comes down to the captain's gut. 31:44.527 --> 31:46.696 [Bradley] Oh yeah, two. I don't think that's that bad. 31:46.779 --> 31:49.490 -I'll have to see. Any pin on the cross. -Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 31:50.617 --> 31:53.411 -[Thomas] All right. Well, you're at four? -Yeah. 31:54.662 --> 31:55.955 -[Thomas] Play well. -Yeah. 31:56.039 --> 31:57.832 -[man] I brought it out today. -[Bradley] Oh. 31:59.667 --> 32:01.502 -Here. -Hey, Grant. 32:01.586 --> 32:03.546 [in British accent] You gotta use the handle, mate. 32:03.630 --> 32:05.256 [man] Yeah. Don't kick the door. 32:07.175 --> 32:08.051 [Thomas] Oh shit! 32:08.635 --> 32:10.053 -He'll make more. -[woman] Thank you. 32:10.136 --> 32:12.847 [Rapaport] Justin Thomas is the big question. If you choose him, 32:12.930 --> 32:15.433 you are gonna have guys who finished ahead of him in the points 32:15.516 --> 32:18.019 who are feeling like this isn't really a fair shake. 32:18.102 --> 32:21.606 So there's a lot of intrigue on Thomas on whether he's gonna get a pick or not. 32:22.649 --> 32:25.360 [reporter] How much of a concern is Justin Thomas's form at the moment? 32:26.319 --> 32:30.573 As a friend, I'm concerned because he's my buddy and I know what he's capable of. 32:30.657 --> 32:33.159 And, uh, bottom line is, this game's really hard. 32:33.242 --> 32:36.371 There's… there's going to be peaks. There's gonna be some valleys. 32:36.454 --> 32:40.041 Let's hope whatever sort of non-peak he's in, it's short. 32:40.124 --> 32:41.668 -All right. -[reporter] See you, guys. 32:42.669 --> 32:44.671 Doing the walk of shame right now. 32:45.213 --> 32:46.422 [both chuckle] 32:46.506 --> 32:48.925 Yeah. Yeah. 32:49.008 --> 32:51.010 [pensive music playing] 32:57.517 --> 33:01.062 [reporter] Justin Thomas, I just think it's gonna be tough for him 33:01.145 --> 33:05.400 when you look at where he sits, currently 14th in the US Ryder Cup standings. 33:05.483 --> 33:08.486 The form isn't there now, and I guess the question boils down to, 33:08.569 --> 33:12.407 "Is it form or is it history for Justin Thomas?" 33:12.991 --> 33:17.578 [reporter 2] He's… he's not done… anything to deserve a spot. 33:17.662 --> 33:20.957 His play is not deserving of a spot right now. 33:21.791 --> 33:26.295 [Johnson] This is… one of the harder captaincies as of late. 33:26.379 --> 33:30.925 As far as Justin, I know his play is not indicative as to the talent, 33:31.009 --> 33:36.139 and this is a situation where communication is paramount. 33:36.222 --> 33:40.518 So JT and I are communicating quite often. 33:41.269 --> 33:43.813 But I mean, there's really only two outcomes right? 33:43.896 --> 33:45.273 He either plays or he doesn't. 33:45.356 --> 33:47.358 [suspenseful music playing] 33:51.029 --> 33:52.613 [Thomas] I literally lie awake at night 33:52.697 --> 33:55.199 and can't freaking sleep thinking about the Ryder Cup 33:55.283 --> 33:57.994 and thinking about… wanting to play better 33:58.077 --> 34:02.165 and why what's going on is what's going on? 34:02.248 --> 34:04.834 I haven't played here since 2016, 34:04.917 --> 34:09.338 but just given the current situation I'm in, I need to need to play. 34:09.422 --> 34:12.300 If I don't make the playoffs, it's kind of, uh… 34:12.383 --> 34:13.885 I mean, it's totally out of my hands. 34:13.968 --> 34:18.139 I would need, I would think, a lot of luck and a lot of trust in Zach. 34:18.222 --> 34:22.727 You know, you could argue 16 to 18 guys are deserving to be on that team. 34:22.810 --> 34:26.355 I'm very fortunate that I have a good Ryder Cup record. 34:26.856 --> 34:29.817 I don't need to explain to anybody how much Ryder Cups mean to me. 34:29.901 --> 34:33.154 So I'm really hoping that I just play well enough the rest of the year 34:33.237 --> 34:36.199 to where it's not… I don't have to have, you know, 34:36.282 --> 34:39.410 my fingers and toes crossed all at once and hope for the best, 34:39.494 --> 34:41.245 but, uh, it is what it is. 34:43.539 --> 34:47.251 [Rapaport] The Wyndham Championship is the last regular season event of the year. 34:47.335 --> 34:50.171 In years past, Justin had already qualified for the playoffs, 34:50.254 --> 34:53.174 so he would take that week off and rest up before the playoffs. 34:53.257 --> 34:56.928 But this year he's not qualified, so Wyndham is his last opportunity 34:57.011 --> 35:00.348 to play his way into the playoffs and to show Zach Johnson, 35:00.431 --> 35:03.518 the Ryder Cup captain, "I'm playing well enough to be on this team." 35:04.018 --> 35:07.063 I'm sure Justin is thinking, "Am I not gonna make one of these teams 35:07.146 --> 35:09.690 when I'm 30 years old in the prime of my career?" 35:11.067 --> 35:15.029 [Thomas] The Wyndham this year is a unique opportunity 35:15.113 --> 35:16.364 and scenario to be in, 35:16.447 --> 35:19.367 but I should have played well enough to make the playoffs anyway. 35:19.450 --> 35:23.913 But now, I need to play whatever I can to get in the playoffs. 35:23.996 --> 35:25.456 [reporter] Hello, my man. 35:25.540 --> 35:26.874 Can you watch this? 35:27.542 --> 35:29.085 And tell me what you're thinking? 35:29.585 --> 35:31.838 [commentator] Justin Thomas, the 16-year-old amateur. 35:32.588 --> 35:35.842 [commentator 2] 6-under-par, two off the lead. What a day for him. 35:36.342 --> 35:38.344 [Thomas] The Wyndham's a very, very special spot. 35:38.427 --> 35:40.805 -[commentators chuckle] -[commentator 2] Beautiful swing. 35:40.888 --> 35:43.516 [commentator 3] He made that look easy. It was not that easy. 35:44.225 --> 35:47.103 [commentator] He made history today as the third youngest ever 35:47.186 --> 35:49.605 to make the cut on the PGA TOUR. 35:49.689 --> 35:51.566 [Thomas] That will always be the first tour event 35:51.649 --> 35:54.152 I ever played in, the first event I made the cut in. 35:54.235 --> 35:58.739 You know, at 16 years old, I looked like I'm literally 100 pounds soaking wet. 35:58.823 --> 36:01.659 I mean, my belt is just keeping my life together. 36:02.160 --> 36:04.662 [reporter] It'll still be one shot at a time, one hole at at time? 36:04.745 --> 36:07.957 Yeah. I mean, same as every tournament and every time. 36:08.040 --> 36:09.542 I'm just gonna do the best I can. 36:10.376 --> 36:12.253 [applause] 36:12.336 --> 36:13.880 [reporter] Given the position you're in, 36:13.963 --> 36:16.799 do you hope to have that 16-year-old mentality, then? 36:19.594 --> 36:23.097 Man, it's just, you know, a game of golf, and I'm trying to learn now 36:23.181 --> 36:25.600 like I was trying to learn then, and, uh, 36:25.683 --> 36:28.227 I'm really, really close to playing some really, really good golf, 36:28.311 --> 36:29.896 and if I don't play well this week, 36:29.979 --> 36:32.190 then I'm not gonna be able to show that for a while. 36:32.273 --> 36:34.942 I just wanna go out and get in contention and have the potential 36:35.026 --> 36:38.446 to have one of the coolest endings in a season of a PGA TOUR. 36:38.529 --> 36:40.865 [suspenseful music playing] 36:40.948 --> 36:43.868 [commentator] The regular season comes down to this 36:44.493 --> 36:49.207 as we make our way through this final day of the Wyndham Championship. 36:51.334 --> 36:54.128 Justin Thomas trying to make it to the playoffs, 36:54.212 --> 36:55.963 which is top 70 this year, 36:56.047 --> 36:59.508 and he still has a chance to qualify for those playoffs. 36:59.592 --> 37:00.426 [applause] 37:00.509 --> 37:04.055 [commentator] He is currently outside of that top 70 spot. 37:04.138 --> 37:07.642 He has never missed the playoffs in his career on the PGA TOUR. 37:08.142 --> 37:09.644 [commentator 2] No breathing room. 37:11.771 --> 37:12.855 [commentator] For eagle. 37:13.356 --> 37:14.607 [man] It's going in there! 37:14.690 --> 37:16.651 -[commentator] And… eagle! -[cheering and applause] 37:16.734 --> 37:17.902 [commentator 2] Look at that! 37:17.985 --> 37:19.946 [commentator] Let me not get too far ahead. 37:20.696 --> 37:22.949 But you make an eagle and you move up one notch. 37:23.449 --> 37:26.077 [Thomas] This is the best time of year, if you're relying on a pick, 37:26.160 --> 37:28.079 to show why you should be a pick. 37:28.162 --> 37:29.872 I made an unbelievable putt for eagle 37:29.956 --> 37:33.626 to get myself right where I had a great chance and needed to be. 37:34.752 --> 37:36.879 [commentator] He is the bubble boy. 37:37.838 --> 37:39.674 [commentator 2] A lot on the line. 37:39.757 --> 37:41.676 [commentator 3] Big drive here for Justin Thomas. 37:41.759 --> 37:43.094 [commentator] Yes, it is. 37:45.596 --> 37:48.683 Oh, he's trying to play a cut. It's not going to make its way back. 37:52.144 --> 37:55.064 He knows… he can't make a mistake here. 37:59.193 --> 38:00.403 -Wow. -[commentator 2] Oh man. 38:03.114 --> 38:05.741 [commentator 3] Doing everything he possibly can. 38:06.242 --> 38:07.243 [commentator] Sensational. 38:07.326 --> 38:08.411 [applause] 38:08.995 --> 38:11.330 [commentator] Things change based on what else is going on. 38:11.414 --> 38:12.748 So he comes to the hole. 38:12.832 --> 38:16.294 He's gonna need a birdie now to at least be 70th and make the playoffs. 38:16.377 --> 38:18.254 Par would be 71st. 38:18.337 --> 38:20.631 Bogey, he would drop back to 77nd. 38:21.382 --> 38:24.760 He just knows he needs to give it everything he's got. 38:25.845 --> 38:26.971 [Johnson] That's a hard shot. 38:27.555 --> 38:29.140 [commentator] He has to make this. 38:29.932 --> 38:32.268 For birdie, to make it to the playoffs. 38:33.352 --> 38:34.854 -[crowd] Oh! -[commentator] Come on now! 38:34.937 --> 38:36.897 You can't be serious! 38:36.981 --> 38:38.983 [cheering applause] 38:43.946 --> 38:44.989 [commentator] No way! 38:48.284 --> 38:49.827 An incredible effort. 38:53.247 --> 38:56.167 High drama… and that close. 38:58.419 --> 39:00.963 [Thomas] Yeah, just came up, obviously, one… 39:01.047 --> 39:03.758 one shot short, but I gave it a hell of a fight. 39:04.800 --> 39:07.970 [commentator] And Justin Thomas is gonna come up one spot 39:08.888 --> 39:09.889 out of the mix. 39:11.432 --> 39:13.100 It's a cruel game sometimes. 39:14.435 --> 39:17.938 [Thomas] When things aren't going your way, they're just not going your way. 39:18.022 --> 39:20.191 That's just the kind of shit that happens. 39:21.525 --> 39:23.569 The season hasn't exactly gone how I've wanted, 39:23.652 --> 39:27.406 and I tried so hard to stay in that frame of mind of, 39:27.490 --> 39:29.366 "This will be the round, the tournament." 39:29.450 --> 39:33.454 "Good things are gonna start happening. I'm playing good. Getting zero out of it." 39:33.954 --> 39:37.792 "Just keep waiting, keep staying patient." And I just felt like, unfortunately, 39:37.875 --> 39:41.003 right there at the last tournament, where I started to see 39:41.087 --> 39:44.632 some really, really good signs, um, the season was over. 39:44.715 --> 39:46.717 [suspenseful music playing] 39:55.684 --> 39:59.105 [Thomas] I haven't gotten to where I'm here in the middle of the night just yet. 40:00.898 --> 40:02.233 It's just so relaxing. 40:02.316 --> 40:05.444 It's, uh, you know, it kind of eases your mind a little bit 40:05.528 --> 40:09.657 and makes you not think about everything else that's going on. 40:10.908 --> 40:14.328 It's been it's been a wild year. Been a, you know, up and… 40:14.995 --> 40:17.456 mostly down year, but, um… 40:19.208 --> 40:22.503 I understand the position that I put myself in. I hate it. 40:22.586 --> 40:24.463 I can't stop thinking about it. 40:24.547 --> 40:26.507 It's the first time I've ever not qualified, 40:26.590 --> 40:28.217 and having to wait on a pick, 40:28.717 --> 40:29.969 yeah, it sucks. 40:31.720 --> 40:34.014 JT. J Tizzle. 40:35.391 --> 40:37.726 Is he best for the 2023 Ryder Cup team? 40:38.227 --> 40:40.229 I don't know. And he knows that. 40:40.312 --> 40:43.315 He knows that he might be playing, and he might not be playing. 40:45.151 --> 40:50.823 I just wish I could make it easier on them and didn't have to have it be a decision, 40:50.906 --> 40:54.118 but it's, unfortunately, out of my hands at this point. 40:57.997 --> 41:00.833 -That was a hard-- -My heart is beating… so fast. 41:01.333 --> 41:03.544 [line ringing] 41:03.627 --> 41:05.504 [suspenseful music playing] 41:05.588 --> 41:06.547 [Bradley] Here it is. 41:07.173 --> 41:09.258 [line ringing] 41:09.341 --> 41:11.051 [phone ringing] 41:12.303 --> 41:14.263 [line ringing] 41:16.891 --> 41:18.267 [line ringing] 41:18.934 --> 41:20.895 -Should I just call Justin? -Sure. 41:24.565 --> 41:26.817 [line ringing] 41:28.694 --> 41:29.528 [Thomas] Hey. 41:30.279 --> 41:31.197 [Johnson] J Tizzle. 41:31.739 --> 41:32.573 [Thomas] What up? 41:33.157 --> 41:35.201 I'm just gonna cut straight to the chase, my friend. 41:37.953 --> 41:39.955 [dramatic music playing] ht to the chase, my friend.