>> Jonathan: Foreign m

episode of 2025. Here we

are, New Year. Same us, uh,

here on Chase and Birdies. Happy New Year to all out there

listening. Thank you for tuning in today and

happy New Year to you, my man. Pepsi. Good to see you, bud.

>> RB: Yeah, Happy New Year, man. I'm really excited about

that. Uh, a little fresh start for the

boys. So, um, that's

exciting, dude.

>> Jonathan: You were a little. You were cross eyed right there.

>> RB: Yeah, well, I was cross eyed this week too,

but from alcohol. Um, all

right, 2025.

Again, we are happy to be

partnering with our boys over at Red

Vanly. We're excited for that for

2025. We're excited for our

partnership with Nemicolon for 2025.

And we got a couple others trickling down the

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that we're kind of putting together right now. We're getting all the details, all

the pricing finalized this year. We're gonna go to 48

people. Um, so that's exciting

and we'll get into that a little bit, but we got a lot to get

into today.

We've had a busy couple weeks, man, between

Christmas, which I was sick, Christmas, uh,

day I was down for the count. What, uh, Santa bring you, man? What

was your favorite? Like a little gift?

>> Jonathan: It wasn't even Santa that brought this thing rolling

into my house, man. It was Christmas Eve,

and we were out at Christmas Eve

festivities and coming home in

the evening, I see a box on my front porch,

this box, and I thought that it

was left by her sister or

somebody here at the house to be thrown away. It was just a

moving box. So anytime you see a moving box, you're like, oh, what

the hell is that doing? Okay, So I wasn't even

thinking about it until after being in the house for a couple

of minutes. And I said, well, I'll go grab that box off the front

porch here and, uh, throw it in the garage, get it to the

trash. You know what was in that box?

You know what's in that box?

>> RB: Well, I know it was in the box, but, um, I'll act like I didn't

know what.

>> Jonathan: I look into that box, and there are two puppies,

two little puppies rearing their head out, looking at me

like they just found a new home. And I'm thinking, no way.

You did not just find a new home. Although I am a

sucker for dogs. So I pull these dogs in

And I immediately go, what the hell am I gonna

do with these two dogs? And that kind

of just right there put me on my side a little bit. My axis. I was

thinking about Christmas Eve dinner. Uh, headed

back home to grab some bites with the family. And now I

got these two pups. And fortunately, you

know me, it's like, I'm not gonna give them just to anybody. I need

to find a good home for them, which was my

first responsibility aspect. After

cleaning them up a little bit, give them a bath, brush them down,

get some food.

>> RB: But was there just timeout? Because there.

I mean, there was a note in the box. Correct?

>> Jonathan: There was a note in the box that said, you know, hey, I

can't really afford these dogs

anymore. Two already passed away, and these

two were left. And I thought that this could be a better

home, which still.

>> RB: Want to talk to this person. I want to talk to this person. Be like, how did you end

up. Because your house isn't, like, exactly

the. It's not like. It's, like, off the

main highway, right? You gotta kind of like, mosey on back and

gate and all that jazz. So

how did he end up on that one?

>> Jonathan: Right? And I got great video

surveillance of it because I have cameras everywhere, so I'm

able to kind of see and zoom in on the face. Didn't recognize

the guy, but, you

know, you could look at it from, like, so many different

angles. Like, you know what. What a douche. You know?

Why would somebody do that? No, exactly.

My thought is, you know what? I'd rather him do that

than kill him. Then kill him. Or put them in the woods and let

them suffer. You know, that was,

um. That was a pretty wild

experience. But my boy TK up in Chicago,

um, sent me a package of a photo.

And I tell you what, this. This FedEx box looked like. It

was. It was a Jumbotron sitting there,

uh, right. Uh, before Christmas.

And to me, that was one of the coolest

gifts because it just captured a moment in time. It was

a phenomenal photo, naturally, of me,

okay, standing on the tee box at number seven,

Mystic M Rock from this past fall.

And beautifully placed. I mean, we're talking,

like, meticulous. This. This way this picture

just sits. Is huge. It's huge. So I

had it sitting out in the kitchen, and the kids were all

like, what is that? I was like, oh, that's

me. Where was that from? I said, that's when I played in the

US Open. Someone got his photo.

Photo.

>> RB: They're like, a number of questions and maybe BCATs

would have been the one in the kitchen.

>> Jonathan: But no, no, I didn't. I didn't even show it to

him yet. But, um, you know, so that. Taking it back now,

this has been a couple of weeks. A lot of things have happened. But going to that

point in time, those two moments were like,

you know, and obviously being with family, everything like that, you

know. Um, so, yeah,

man, that. That was pretty much a little bit about my Christmas.

Now, I understand you were a little under the weather.

>> RB: I was under the weather. And, um, yeah.

>> Jonathan: Good time with your kids?

>> RB: Yeah, I had a great time with the kids, but it just stinks because

that day, Christmas Day, they're so excited. I'm

sweating bullets over here. I'm cold, I'm

hot, I'm all this stuff, and I'm laying on the couch and they want to play with their

toys at. Santa brought them, rightfully so.

And I couldn't exactly muster up the

energy to do it. Um, so

the 26th was a busy day, shall we say, Because I

started feeling better. Wasn't 100%,

but, um, we got it done.

And, you know, this

VR stuff, virtual reality

mask that Parker has. I mean, uh, he's gonna end up through

a wall, I mean, at some point.

>> Jonathan: Or have seizures,

potentially.

>> RB: Yeah, Yeah.

>> Jonathan: I mean, because the brain is still developing and all this fast

twitching movement cannot be good for kids.

>> RB: No, but it's there.

>> Jonathan: So especially as your offspring, like, you kind of have

that tendency to begin with, like, squirrel.

>> RB: Um. So, um. But other

than that, man, we had. It was an exciting Christmas for the most part.

Santa brought them each, uh, everything that they were

hoping for, and. And, um, it was just. It was an

overall. It was a good year, man. I was tough

on the golf game with the. With the broken ankle,

but, um, other than that, the year was great.

I'm not gonna let that.

>> Jonathan: This is the time, right?

Did you get any golf gadgets, anything related to

golf? Like, this is the time of year

where guys get shit, right? Like the wife,

the ladies want to, like, impress. Like, for once

act like they don't care that we love golf, so they

just come out of the blue and buy a driver. And that's

the type of shit you can't just buy. It's appreciated,

but it's like, no, I did not.

>> RB: I don't get anything. Like,

golf wise. I, uh, really didn't get much, dude. I

didn't want. I don't want anything.

Because we're at the point in our life where if we want it we

go get it, and then it makes it difficult for the

ladies to buy for us. And I completely understand.

So, um. Well, I didn't necessarily

get, like, oh, my God, that was incredible.

Uh, it was just. You know, actually,

my mom got me some of the best gifts up, but.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, well, moms always do. And your mom's great.

>> RB: And, um, then, you know, we.

We had New Year's at all the bowl

games, which was. Has been absolutely bonkers,

man.

>> Jonathan: Nine days in. We're nine days into the new year already. Hard to

believe. And, you know, tonight, what is the

game for Green for New Year's?

>> RB: What did I do for New Year's Eve? We went to a friend's house,

and naturally, I got intoxicated.

And, um. Do you do the

whole, um,

sauerkraut work on New

Year's Day?

>> Jonathan: I mean, I have. It's not like, something I

make myself have to do. I just.

>> RB: I do it every year.

>> Jonathan: So if I was home for New Year's Day, I would have done it. Like.

Like last year, I did it. This year, I didn't do it.

>> RB: Yeah, I, um. I love sauerkraut.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: But I only eat it once a year, and it's on New Year's Day, and, like, I.

I literally get so much sauerkraut, I'll put a

wiener on there, piece of pork,

cover all that in sauerkraut, no bread. And then I

just take yellow mustard and spray that

sauerkraut down. I mean, it's great hangover

food, too. Um, so that was. That

was really nice to.

To have that. And summer was sick on New Year's Day, so

I had to go to the old family house by myself

because the kids didn't want to go. So I'm there by myself, and I'm

like. And I'm watching bowl games and all

that stuff, acting like I'm interested in them.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Hey, what's the score? Yeah,

you know, we went to the Greenbrier for New Year's this

year, and that place was bumping,

dude. Like, I love the Greenbrier. I really

do. I think it's just an awesome

property. And Justin Beard at Sporting Club. Adam Perry. I got

to catch up with those guys. You know that that

track specifically is phenomenal. And then you take

it to the next level and go to the old white, which apparently this year was

in, like, superb shape. But it's a

really cool. It's just a cool spot. Ah, it's close to

my heart. But, um, it was so. It was so Damn

crowded. It was like. It's almost like. I

don't know, in some respect, I feel like the Greenbrier needs a little bit of a

facelift. But yet the fact that it doesn't get

that makes it that much more special, if that makes sense.

So people just don't care. In other words, they're like, screw it. You know what? We're

still going, and it's great, and food is great. Everybody's

great. So,

um, that's what I ended up

doing. And I mean,

Ohio State. Absolutely.

>> RB: Well, you asked. I mean, you went

to the Ohio State Tennessee game.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. That was epic, dude. Um,

I thought it was so funny that Morgan Wallen

was at that game a couple boxes down from

us, and it must have gotten out

that he was there. I don't know what gave it away.

Maybe the security guard gave it away that was guarding

the door. But, dude, the hallway. We went out to go to the bathroom

at the half. The hallway was lined with teeny boppers,

and they're like, did you see him? Was he in there?

And I'm like, who the are you talking about, man?

I just got to go to the bathroom.

>> RB: You know, a 2025 goal for you.

>> Jonathan: You're right.

>> RB: Should really be maybe eliminating the, uh, F

word on the podcast a little bit, because

we have children. We do have children.

>> Jonathan: You're right. You're absolutely right. And

honestly, it's like,

here we go. Like, I sin, and you're perfect.

Right. So call me out.

>> RB: I'm, um, not perfect.

>> Jonathan: I agree.

>> RB: I just think that this has been brought to our attention a few

times, and the problem.

>> Jonathan: No, mainly by my mom. Um, but, yeah, you're right. You're

right. It's a good goal.

I'll add that on my list for 2025.

>> RB: Send it to the list, bud.

>> Jonathan: I'm not. I'm taking. I'm taking

accountability on this one, and I am agreeing with you that

I should probably. But, dude, it just adds some emphasis to

things. You know what I mean? It's like.

>> RB: But you'd be, like, freak.

>> Jonathan: No, but if you're. Yeah, freaking.

Yeah, like, freaking.

>> RB: Morgan Wallace was down there, like, freaking.

>> Jonathan: Like, yeah, who the freak are you talking about? Yeah, that sounds better.

That sounds really good. That's cool. That's great.

>> RB: Um, but I'm not perfect by any means.

>> Jonathan: You're close, though. You're a great pal.

Uh, God, I just feel like there's

so much to even chitchat about. Dude, we. I had so many

laughs with you on this last Golf trip.

>> RB: And I mean, that's what people don't understand, is that

he had. My man Ryan had to drive from

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

to Morgantown, West Virginia

on January, uh, second.

Moseyed around for a couple hours at the, at the house,

and then popped over to the airport

and we flew down to

Clearwater for our first golf trip

of the year, January 2nd.

You know, maybe our ladies do have a valid point.

Well, I don't know. Maybe.

>> Jonathan: Let's talk about that, because here's the deal.

>> RB: When is too early? When it's too soon? When it's too late.

Is January 2nd too early?

>> Jonathan: Well, but then the other question would be if you, if you did a golf

trip around Christmas, they would, it would be, why

so late in the year?

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: Uh, so now you just wait.

>> RB: I'm trying to get it out of the way.

>> Jonathan: Just wait another week, and then it's

like too early in the year. Well, it's not too early because it's

cold. It's perfect. There's all kind of different.

I think it's perfect because you get to spend a lot

of quality time in the two weeks leading up to that.

And then for three nights we get to go play golf. I mean, we play

golf. That's all we do. And eat dinner.

>> RB: Mhm.

>> Jonathan: But there were two golf trips going on when we, when

we were in Florida. So me and you were in Florida with Brandon Katz

of Michael George and Brian John,

Daddy Wap bailed.

Um, but then over on the west,

or I'm sorry, the east coast of Florida, you

had Steve peering, Ian Patrick, Anthony

Caruso moseying around that coast.

>> RB: Mhm.

>> Jonathan: Saw on Instagram that they played

Medalist. Now

the verdict from what I've heard, and I have.

Pierings called me today. I need to call him back.

>> RB: He called me too.

>> Jonathan: Okay, well, so he wants to hear if we know something about

how he played.

>> RB: He's sniffing around.

>> Jonathan: He's sniffing, you know, and then he'll.

>> RB: Be like, hey, pal, how was your trip to Florida, bud?

Like, bud, you don't care how my trip was to Florida. Like you've

been. He. I told you, bud, he has

been. Hey man, safe travels to Florida. Well, Steve,

I don't leave for Florida for another three and a half weeks. Hey man,

safe travels to Florida. Hey, Steve, I don't leave for another three

weeks.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, like, uh, right.

>> RB: I don't know what to do. Well, I appreciate it, I truly

appreciate it, but it's almost like I just,

it feels like it's Getting to a point where maybe like.

>> Jonathan: Mhm.

>> RB: You don't need to wish me well three and a half weeks every

day to have fun in Florida. I am going to have fun

in Florida, you know?

>> Jonathan: M and yeah, that's it. That's the type of friend that just cares

and wants to ask how you're doing. I mean,

and one thing about him is I've never seen him have a

bad day. Like I don't know if bad day

exists. You ever meet someone like that? Like, we're

kind of like Brian Johnson.

>> RB: Mm. Mhm.

>> Jonathan: We had two people on a golf trip with two first names

as last names.

>> RB: Yeah, that's. See, that's something new, something different.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Um,

so anyways, but yeah, I saw they played medalist.

Heard through the grapevine some of the scores that were coming out

of there, some of the players involved weren't

that great. Not

in line with some, some scores that we have

heard people shooting late in the year.

But we get in

to. I tell you what, dude, that, that's tough.

Okay? Flying late like that, getting in somewhere

late, it's just tough.

>> RB: But, but it was either that or 5am the

next day we take.

>> Jonathan: And that's tough too. That's tough too. So you're right, it

was, it was good. But I kind of

regret not going to the pizza shop Thursday night. You

know, I would have rather had a slice of

pizza m than the.

>> RB: Uh, burger, than the chicken quesadilla that I

had. That I'm sure that that cook

was not excited to cook at 11:45 at

night.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, I mean, let's be honest.

>> RB: You think he was? Oh, he. My day was about to be done and

these three yoyos, uh, come in wanting something to eat.

Now.

>> Jonathan: So we played this course people called Ardia,

uh, Country Club outside of

Clearwater. A R D E A, I believe it's

spelled. And it's, uh, our good buddy's uncle's place.

And the greens, I gotta tell you,

they are ripping. That place is ripping. But here's one

thing I noticed about that place. I don't know if you saw

this, but they have parking

spots reserved for

their club champions for the previous year.

So, like the women's champion, this men's senior champion.

The men's champion. And we got there pretty

damn early on Friday morning.

And I was looking, I was kind of nosy. I'm looking at the cars

and there was a Ferrari parked on the left side.

Nice little Ferrari, one you don't see too

often. But then down

towards the Men's club champion

was this old classic

GTO. I mean, it had to be from the

80s. This thing, this muscle car just sitting there

ripping like. Like he's a

boss.

I mean, for driving that thing around, still

having to deal with probably all kind

of on it, and then parking that son of a. Right

there all day long. That's.

That's a move. Like, what are you driving

to country club? If you were to club champ

and you had a park in your spot.

>> RB: Well, until two weeks ago,

uh, a, um, limited

edition club Toyota Camry.

>> Jonathan: Why do you say limited edition?

>> RB: Because it's an LE Bud

stands for limited edition, my book.

>> Jonathan: The point to that was, I just think it's funny that they have

parking spots. Like, I haven't

seen that. I mean, I've won club championships before, and I had to park

a mile away.

>> RB: But you barely got your name on the board.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, I tell you one other thing, too.

That steakhouse in Tampa, Burns,

dude, the. I mean. I mean it.

>> RB: Brian John got yelled at twice in three minutes

in the wine tour.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, don't touch the wine. He's touching.

>> RB: He's touching the wine bottles. Okay.

>> Jonathan: Don't leave the line.

>> RB: And then he just Moses off and starts going wine

cellar on his own. Like, bud,

can you just stand here, hands to your

side like we're in middle school, you know,

fingers tip straight.

>> Jonathan: Down, right down, shoulder to shoulder.

The guy, the little guy giving the tour got a little bitey

there.

>> RB: He got a little. He got a little teed off,

uh, whenever he touched it. Which, to be

fair, that could be a $4,000 bottle of wine that Bimmer was just, like,

pulling out of the.

>> Jonathan: Slot or $200,000 bottle of

wine.

>> RB: But that steak, dude, my God. Anybody that's never

been to Burns in Tampa, you have to go.

I'm telling you. Best deal in town.

Best deal in town. I got a

Delmonico, which for those of you out there,

that's a ribeye, 14 ounce

Delmonico with mushrooms,

onion straws, green beans,

baked potato soup, French

onion soup, which they're famous for,

and a salad. M. And that

was $85.

>> Jonathan: That's. That's ridiculous. And

you got French dressing, and I got French dressing.

>> RB: Homemade. But that steakhouse is

out of this world.

>> Jonathan: It is interesting. The prices are that cheap when you think about

it, because you go to a place to get a steak, you're spending a hundred bucks on a

good steak.

>> RB: Think about the bottle of wine that you got.

>> Jonathan: That was a steal. We drank O3 Pinot Noir

de Mall, Russian River Valley,

2003 vintage. Now, the second

bottle, my man cracked a cork, so we had a little corky

flushing around in that wine. But that was an excellent

bottle of wine.

>> RB: That was a very good choice, uh, from you. So you're

becoming quite the.

>> Jonathan: I'm not. I'm just, you know. No, no, no. I

just. But seeing that

operation, they did a thousand seating,

a thousand dinners on New

Year's Eve, they ran out of silverware,

napkins. I mean, it's like. They

cut this. They cut your

steak.

>> RB: Comes in.

>> Jonathan: Yes.

>> RB: Like, they're literally. They are. Uh, it was.

It really is. It's a cool experience because they take

you in to the tour after and they take you to the salad

station, which they're making fresh salads, which kind of a little pet

peeve of mine is, you know that

they just make salads like the day before, and they throw them in the fridge and they come

out. Right? Yeah, they're fresh. Making these

there. And then you go see the steaks, and they're pulling

orders, and they're cutting that piece of

meat for your order and putting it on a

dish and sending it to the

chef.

>> Jonathan: Right.

>> RB: Which, I mean, does it. I mean, it's literally coming off

the cow's ass to

you. Yeah.

>> Jonathan: So how are you cooking your steaks?

>> RB: How do I cook my steaks?

>> Jonathan: Yeah, how you cook them?

>> RB: So I have a smithy, uh,

cast iron skillet. And, uh, which.

They are the best cast iron skillets out there. I've had this for

about seven years. Uh, this particular

one that I use, it's a little deeper. Put

them in to sear it. So two minutes on one side, flip it

over two minutes the other. Salt, pepper, olive

oil, and then I put it in the

oven. Um, 375 for about

eight to nine minutes. Take it off, let it

rest. Bingo, bango bongo.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. See that? Less is more with a steak, isn't it?

>> RB: It's. You don't gotta do anything. Just

literally just sear it two minutes each side.

Boom, put it in, you're done. Put

butter in there, some garlic, some thyme.

And you got so much flavor in that steak.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: Like, don't screw it up.

>> Jonathan: So, you know, we got the,

um. I agree with you, though, real

quick. That's. That's just the way to do it if you're cooking steaks.

But Saturday and Sunday, we had the

privilege, thanks to our dear friend, Mr. Brandon

Katsif, playing Pelican Golf

Club, which is a short jaunt. From his

place. So, 36 on

Saturday, 18 on Sunday.

Now, I was pretty stoked about

my new golf shoes. Okay. I,

uh, I got these shoes. I was on the

Internet, scrolling, and I saw these shoes, or they

reminded me of old skater shoes. Like, if you

guys were into skating, kind of

like an airwalk or. Or DCs,

or something like that. Um, so I like

them G4. And I'm thinking, this is a

great new addition to my shoe collection, which is not a

collection at all. So I buy these

shoes. Now, my buddy here, Mr. Pepe, is

fashion forward all the time with golf. I mean, he's got the

Jordan promo shoes, right? The tag says promo only.

So how do you get those? I don't know. I don't know. I actually

don't know. But my man has them. He's got the

swag, you know, from this guy, that guy, this

guy.

So outfits match shoes, shoes match outfit.

That's just how he rolls. Kind of like JR Hess.

So me, I'm like. I'm pretty neutral, you

know? Um, I'm just chill when it comes to the outfits.

But I was stoked about these shoes.

So I opened up my carry bag as we're getting ready

to go to the golf course, and I pulled my shoes out.

I said, check these out. And he said,

those are pickleball shoes, bud. I said, what are you talking about?

They're pickleball shoes. He said, those aren't golf

shoes. Those are pickleball shoes. I said, no, they're not.

I saw them on G4. They're. They were

advertised. Well, they were advertised

as something. So

apparently I made

the mistake of buying street shoes slash

pickleball athletic shoes for the golf course. But

you know what I said? I said, freak it. I said,

freak it. You know why I'm still wearing them? They're a

little. They were comfy.

>> RB: I can honestly say that I have not had

that, uh, kind of laugh in a long time. He

kind of doubted me. And I'm like, dude, I'm telling you, these are pickleball

shoes. And we went to G4. And under

pickleball, slash lifestyle, there they are.

>> Jonathan: There's my M shoes.

>> RB: And if you look at the same edition shoe

in the golf version, it's got little nubs, like little spikes

all over it. Because you're playing golf and you need

to grab the turf.

These don't have any spikes at all. Which you

said that they were fine. But also, we were playing in Florida, where

it's not very hilly and things like that. So you got to take that

into account for later down on the road.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. And I will say I think I bought the wrong size. I think they're

half size too small because by the end of that second

round on Saturday, um, all of

my toes were, like, squished together. And from my

toenails, like, just being

squeezed or squoze, whatever

next to my toes, they just cut the skin off my

toes. And it's not that my toenails are long, it's

just that they were kind of hitting the nail pretty good and just squeezing in

there. But that was, that was some, that was my

mistake. You know something, I was kind of pumped on New

year, new shoes, and, uh,

unfortunately I bought pickleball shoes, but I live that

one down. And honestly, I'll probably still wear them because they

did, they, they felt fine. I mean, I had a couple times I'm in the

bunker. Got nice traction, you

know, I, I don't know.

I mean, BCATs had the watermelons on.

>> RB: He did have the, um, hot pink

with watermelon green, um,

G4s on that. They looked very nice, though.

They are perfect for where he is in life right

now, uh, down there.

So, um, but, man,

what a time at Pelican.

Everything there's top notch. Let's just get that out of the way. The food was

great. Like, dude, that banana pepper,

pepperoni pizza. We

played 36 holes on Saturday,

Pelican. And we moseyed in on

and, uh, ate some pizzas and wings. It was

dynamite. It was so good. It was easy.

Service is good. The people were

great. They treat you like a member, even if you aren't

one. Um, the caddies were great.

The caddies were funny. The course was in great shape.

>> Jonathan: Caddies are great. Caddies are awesome.

>> RB: Had some great fun, uh, with the money games.

Um, personal level, I

played pretty good on, on Saturday. Uh,

I was proud of the way on the second round, I got four over through four

and got it back. Sunday

was a different story, boys.

Different story, which I cannot believe. You only had me down

one gun in 18, with me shooting a 9

over 44 on the back nine.

>> Jonathan: I gave it away. I, I,

I struggled immensely on Sunday, you know, just

kind of just not getting through the ball and kind of swaying a little bit

and hitting a lot of things a little heavy and, and whatnot.

But, you know, pep when it matters the most.

I came through.

>> RB: You did. You topped a hybrid out of the bunker.

Got it up and down from about 120 for

par. Um, I naturally

on that back nine, I three whacked it. And, um,

like, literally was putting with my eyes

closed. Everything was going, like, 15ft

by, um.

>> Jonathan: I can tell you right now with full

certainty, I am

certain. At par four. Opening up the chorus

number one. You got trees kind of lining the left

side, but just beyond the trees are

homes. And somebody must have been having a

birthday party Sunday morning, because There were

probably 12 cars lined up in front of these

houses, just on the streets, in the driveway, in the

yard, everywhere.

So for a guy that swings

the club path left, and sometimes

the face is a little closed, and that cut doesn't

happen, what do you do? You hit it

straight left, Straight. Pool piss

missile. So,

bcats, we already had family emergency going on, teeing

off, uh, on Sunday. I mean, couldn't find

his parents. So we're naturally a little bit worried about that.

Right. Like, legitimately. We're like, what's

going on here?

>> RB: Yeah, you think?

>> Jonathan: And you

said that so seriously,

you said, I mean, he can't find his parents because. Can't find his

parents right now.

>> RB: I, um, Mean, I was concerned. I mean, how can one play

golf?

>> Jonathan: I think we were all concerned.

>> RB: How can one enjoy themselves and play golf when.

>> Jonathan: I know. But the way you said it, it's like. It was like. It's

like saying something similar. Like, you misplace your car keys.

Like you can't find your car keys.

>> RB: No way. Did I whatever mean that?

>> Jonathan: No, no, no. But I'm just saying, when someone can't

find something, the, uh, the thing you just.

>> RB: The way it sounded.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, the thing you don't expect them not to be able to find are their

parents.

>> RB: Well, BCATs we can confirm hit the car.

>> Jonathan: We can definitely confirm that he hit the

car.

>> RB: Okay. Because when we were hitting our second shot,

there was a guy out

there on his phone, which

even the Caddy of ours said he looks like he's looking at

damage to a car.

So bcat's got a breakfast ball

as he's walking down the fair. After he hit a second

shot, he gets a phone call.

Yeah, it's his mom. Everything's all right.

Well, so then BCATS rattles off a birdie on one.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: Didn't care they hit the car. We told him that.

>> Jonathan: No.

>> RB: 2, he chips

it in, pull hooks his second shot into a

little bit of, um, pine straw. And

number two is such a hard hole. I think it's the

hardest hole out there. Um, and

B cats. I was right there. I was pin high watching it. He probably

had, like, 70 yards, and he had

a perfect shot and he dunked it in and he started

out.

>> Jonathan: Birdie, birdie. Spun it back, dude. I mean,

spun it back from the pine straw. And so he goes

200 through 2. Um,

but being the guy that he is, I mean, this is the guy

that sees somebody at the airport and he's like, hey, do you

know, you know this guy? Whatever? And you're like, no,

I've never heard of him. He's like, well, that's him over there. And. And

BKATS gets up and goes and says, hello, how you doing?

Nice. I'm surprised he didn't check on the

car. The guy's outside on the phone with the insurance

company as we were walking, looking at the dents,

looking at the bust, the busted nature of

his vehicle. And,

um, it was not, you

know, it wasn't a worry for him, which

he had bigger worries at the time. So. I get it. I get it.

>> RB: Saw a buddy, uh, uh, a, uh, friend,

um, and Chris McKnight at Pelican, so it was good to see

him. He's. He played in the old Memorial. Member,

Pro. Um,

and then he was on our flight home to la, which, the

flight.

>> Jonathan: Home, I, I, I'm still not. I get home at

1am I'm still not. I'm still surprised it wasn't

canceled.

>> RB: Well, what was there to cancel it? Was it bad heading down through West.

>> Jonathan: Virginia when we hit West Virginia was bad, but that was

it. But no, it wasn't. You know, you're looking at this monster

storm.

Well, because, partly. Why? Because I wanted to

go play more golf on Monday, that's

why.

>> RB: Where were you going?

>> Jonathan: Well, I was gonna mosey on down to Naples and,

uh, talk to some of my old buddies, you know,

from up here, and play a, Play a little place, play a little

calusa. Get it in. All I hear

about is how great Calusa is it. You got to come down and play. You

gotta. Well, I had a chance to go ahead and do it, and I didn't

because I flew home to the blizzard. But it's

definitely, uh, it was a little surprising,

to be honest with you.

>> RB: Yeah, we got home and that was

the best part about all that, so.

And generally, I am the one. Let's get that out there.

I am the one that's antsy to hurry up, get out of there.

Let's go. Let's do this, let's do that. Let's fly home

early. I was kind of chill, bud. You got to

give me that. I would say every once well, hey, we're delayed

again, but I didn't, like, uh, you know.

>> Jonathan: No, you stayed present, which was one of your goals,

so. Yeah.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: But it was nice to meet Natalie Sheehan at

Pelican Golf Club. Now, she does a lot of stuff at the Golf

Channel. She, uh, actually played on the LPGA

event, um, at

Pelican, and, uh, we caught up with her on the

range. She teaches and does a lot of social media stuff

and. And again, has a show on the Golf Channel. So

we, uh, we invite her on the show

and sounds like she's coming on the show.

So I'm excited for that because I

think hearing someone from. From that type of

world is just what we need to kind of kick off the year a

little bit, you know?

>> RB: Yeah, I think, uh, it'll be cool.

>> Jonathan: She's married to the. She's married to the director of golfer. The head pro,

I think.

>> RB: Justin, the head pro down at Pelican.

>> Jonathan: I got you.

>> RB: Um, but, hey, it's gonna

be a good interview. I, um, think we're. We're hammering the

details out with her over the next few days, and

that'll be the next episode. And then we're working on some other cool

things. I know Brady Singer's coming on. Rick

Ankiel. Um, Robbie

Berger says he's coming on. Uh, we've been trying to.

You know, I've been texting back and forth with Robbie trying to get

that hammered down. So we got some exciting new guests this year, and I

think that that is one of our goals this year. Not that

necessarily. If we miss one, we miss one. Give you

better, uh, interviews.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, just better.

>> RB: Just. Yeah, exactly. Instead of just throwing an episode out there,

just to throw one out there, like.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: I'll tell you what, I'm excited for this. The

new title, this ball, the new pro.

>> Jonathan: That ball comes out. It's.

>> RB: Our order is already in. Um, our boy Eric

Childers is taking care of us from. From Titleist on on

that. Um, and I cannot wait for that. Pro V1. We got

a chance to play a few of the. Those balls last year as the

prototype. Um, and, man, that thing into

the wind does not

falter at all.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

And on that note, with equipment, you know,

we got the GTs in the bag. Titleist new driver. Now, you

got to admit, you have to admit,

and I know I'm not the longest driver, but I

also am not short by any stretch,

but in that round that

we played Saturday afternoon,

and I was hitting that driver extremely

well. I was. I Picked up

distance, I would say.

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: Uh, like, uh, noticeably.

I mean, there were. There. What?

>> RB: Yeah.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. So thank you. That's all I wanted to hear you say. Because

I know it, I felt it, I see it a

lot less spinny, um, ten

side, blue shaft, ten degrees,

half inch short.

>> RB: You got the GT3, right? No, I think.

Where'd you get four? No, you got the GT3.

>> Jonathan: No, I think it's a three.

>> RB: I mean, I don't.

>> Jonathan: I can't remember. Dude, like, sounds like a Pontiac.

>> RB: It's. He's using the butt

end of a pickle ball as a grip. Big

pickleball guy.

>> Jonathan: But the first event, um, for

2025, commenced this past

weekend. And Hideki

Matsuyama took it down over there in

Hawaii at Kapalua.

>> RB: I mean, it sounds like you want to take a little trip over there. I was giving you a little

tour of the course. Um, I've been fortunate enough to

play it a couple times, and, um,

I think. I think you would enjoy yourself at Kapalua.

>> Jonathan: You know what, dude? That's the part of the trip that I.

I forgot about. You and I in a hotel room Thursday night

together and ripping that thing.

Watching Hawaii on tv. You know, it kind

of felt pretty calming.

>> RB: Vitamins.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, it kind of felt pretty calming.

But the, um, new me M. The

guy shot 35 under. Now, I don't care

what golf course you're playing. I don't care if

you're pro, amateur, it doesn't matter. The

point is you.

That. That is a new

PGA Tour record. Apparently, from what, from

what I understand, 35 under in the golf tournament, four day

tournament. And then here's the other

crazy thing. Second place.

Morikawa, my man was

32 under, I believe. So

you're talking about two guys 35,

32 under. And then, you know,

the last third place cat was 29 under.

So you get 35, 32, 29 under

four. Dude, that is insane. Now, I understand the

elevation, and a lot of those par fives are very short, so

they're going to make eagles.

>> RB: Still going to do it though.

>> Jonathan: So that's the New Year Challenge.

You brought this up at our discussion, and I

think it's worth trying to adhere to,

which is keeping track of your total birdie count through

the year. Total birdie count for the year. It

doesn't matter what your total score of the year. Total

birdie count of the year. Can you. Because the question was,

have you made 35 birdies in a year?

So how many people out there can say they've made

35 birdies in one year of

golf. I mean, I

guess a lot of people can probably,

but, you know, for most.

>> RB: Yeah, we should do it. We should do it. We should just keep a running total

of birdies. Or we can just May versus shooting

birdies, see who makes the most birdies in the year.

>> Jonathan: Got a birdie challenge from January 1st to

December 31st. How many birdies did you

make in that count?

>> RB: How's that only when we play together? Or is it any

round?

>> Jonathan: Any round. What's your birdie count

for the year?

>> RB: Okay, bud, look, don't yell at me, all right? I kind of get stupid.

>> Jonathan: That's a good one.

>> RB: I didn't make a birdie in the first two rounds there.

>> Jonathan: I. I did, um. I didn't make

a birdie. I made one birdie in the final.

>> RB: Round, and I shot 74 with no birdies.

And then I shot 72

with four, and then I had

two on. So I had six birdies. I own. Six

is my account right now.

>> Jonathan: I guess you could add that in. And. And also I'm going to post

every damn score. I guess you could add.

>> RB: You have to. Now, dude. Like, that's a thing now.

>> Jonathan: So, yeah, I guess you can post, you know, in your. In

your gin app, your Hole

by hole. Not, I guess you can, but I'm saying you

can. That's a little bit too much work. But that

would be one way to track your birdies. If you're posting every round and

punching in hole by hole scores, which I'm.

>> RB: Not gonna do that, so I'll send over to you. Six

is my start so far.

>> Jonathan: Okay, well, I gotta. I.

I can't remember how many birdies I made. I

know. Saturday morning, I had three birdies in that

round. Saturday afternoon at 2,

and I had one on Sunday, so there's six.

>> RB: There you go.

>> Jonathan: Friday, I don't. Friday, I don't. I have to go through the

round. I made one birdie on Friday, so you're.

>> RB: You're in the lead with someone.

>> Jonathan: I made one birdie on that short par 4. The pin was on

the front. I made the putt.

>> RB: Awesome. Well, I wish you luck in

that challenge. Um, yeah, I think it'll be fun to see how

many birdies we can make, and then maybe we can see how many rounds we've played, too,

just to see. But,

um, I'm really looking forward to the

chasing birdies. Two, man. This year, it's July 27th to

29th at Nemacolin.

Nemacolan

what do we have to say about that? I mean,

gusto. Gusto. It's pronounced

both ways out of this world.

Um, they. They are knocking out of the park with that

restaurant. Uh, the skiing's ripping now

this, the tubing's ripping the pools open.

There is so much to do in the winter time at Nemocol. Make sure you go to

nemocolin.com, maybe take your lady

there or your man there for

Valentine's Day.

>> Jonathan: Yeah, that's around the corner. Definitely got

to check it out. And then summer will be here.

It's a great spot for that.

This weekend, though, dude, we have to continue our footing,

our football adventure. Um, we did pretty

well this year, but NFL, uh, wildcard

weekend kicks off here on Saturday.

And naturally, the Steelers play Saturday night, which they're gonna

get waxed. There's no two ways about it. They will

get thumped. In my mind when I was like, thinking

what they will be, I figured eight point underdog.

It was all the way up to ten. Now it backed

down to nine and a half. I don't know what it is right now specifically,

but the point is, I don't expect them to win.

They look like they're at their lowest point of

the whole season. They look awful. And

they're by far the worst team in the playoffs right now.

But with that being said, I

will naturally watch and en route and hope,

because that's what we got to do.

>> RB: You got to hope a lot, bud. You better hope a lot because they've lost last

four. If they lose the fifth game in a row to end

this season, that is a complete debacle

in disgrace.

>> Jonathan: And you got to look at some things, you know, I mean, again, we're

coaching here from the podcast, which doesn't

really count, but. No, but, but the Sony Open

also kicks off in Hawaii. Uh, and

unfortunately, Grayson Murray, who passed away this

year, he won last year, I believe in, in

2024, he won 17 under par

playoff with, um, Keegan

Bradley, I believe. So that kicks off this week,

and I always like it. Well, I, ah, kiss off today. I always like it

because it kind of gives us vitamin D through the television

screen because it's gray and we get to

watch some sun and, uh, talk

about it. So

at any rate, guys,

new year, same us, that's the theme, and

we're gonna ride it out again here in 2025.

And we hope you continue listening to us

talk about whatever a lot of things.

>> RB: Keep chasing, stay chasing, and,

uh, we're looking forward to

2025 with y'all chasing underscore Birdies. Like

it, Love it. Tap it. Tell your friends

you don't like it. Don't tell anybody.

We can't wait to see you the rest of the year.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Guys, we appreciate you tuning in

today's episode of Chasing Birdies.

Thank you to Allie, Emily and Ivo over at Simpler Media for

putting this thing together. Jacqueline de Paterio, Rachel London

for all your help here on Chasing Birdies. And we

look forward to continuing this trend in 2022.

5 With all of you all, and

have a blessed weekend. We will catch you all

in two.