>> Jonathan: You guys out there that just hit play, you are

tuning in to a fresh new episode here

on Chasing Birdies. It's been a fun

filled couple of weeks, my man. I can't wait to get in some things.

But first, how's it going?

>> RB: Everything's good, bud. Everything's good. Glad

we're back on the same page.

>> Jonathan: After our little back in the saddle.

>> RB: After our saddle bickerment at

Sage.

>> Jonathan: Um, we had a bickerment.

>> RB: Put a little show on for the people.

>> Jonathan: Uh, we put a show on for the people.

>> RB: But here we are, boys. We're back.

That's why we're brothers.

>> Jonathan: I mean, but, yeah,

I don't have. Sorry, guys. I just put us in and I should have done

that before this show started.

>> RB: Yeah, that's what I did.

>> Jonathan: So, um, listen,

I don't have a brother, you know, but. But you're

obviously a brother to me, and, uh, you know,

I understand. Sometimes tempers flare, especially

whenever sometimes you and I are on little opposite ends

of how we collectively look at some things.

But, uh, but there's no hard feelings and

I apologize after I said. But I tapped you on the shoulder walking

into the.

>> RB: Yeah, you did, Lodge.

>> Jonathan: I said, but I'm not mad at you. I'm sorry if I.

>> RB: Four minutes later. So it was all good.

>> Jonathan: Four minutes, bud. What, do you want me to do it right away?

>> RB: Like, I mean, we could have still been waiting there,

potentially. So.

>> Jonathan: I mean, that was kind of funny, though. Why'd you

bring that up anyways? Like, these people wouldn't know that we got into

a little riff. We didn't get into a riff, but.

>> RB: Well, first off, bud, I. I do want to say. Well,

there's two things I want to say. One

episode brought to you by Red Valley. Make sure you

go to redvanley.com. check the boys out some fresh

new gear. I had a tennis shirt on this weekend at Sage

Valley, and I felt of good in it. It was light,

um, showed all my chest hair,

um, which was nice. So all

the boys were making fun of me, telling me, I didn't know that you could shower with a

sweater on.

>> Jonathan: But it's waterproof.

>> RB: It is waterproof. Second thing, dude.

>> Jonathan: What?

>> RB: Congratulations to you for qualifying

for the 2025 West

Virginia State Amateur, which, I mean,

and you can say it, dude. It's

hard. It's hard.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. It's hard under pressure. But wait, we

could get it. Thank you. Thank you for congratulating

me. I appreciate it. And I'd be happy to get into that a little bit

later in the show.

But the third thing is your birthday was

this past week turned nice. 39 years

old. Not even 40 yet, dude. So happy

birthday again. I know the public out there saw it. They were rooting

you on, and, um, I was happy to be a part of

it.

>> RB: I appreciate that. I really appreciate that.

Um, saying happy birthday to me about.

>> Jonathan: 1Am we sure did.

>> RB: And, um, so that was exciting

and memorable. Um, everybody thought it

was my 40th birthday that we were with.

>> Jonathan: So, you know, and some people make the comment sometimes,

you know, and. And you take a while. You know, that

guy, he's not. He's not 39.

You know, you've heard it before in a member guest. So

it's. It's, uh, you're a

phenomenal 39 year old dude. So thank you. Uh, I was happy to be

a part of it.

>> RB: Thank you. That was a memorable, um,

39th birthday. Obviously, we'll get into it, but

boys, I mean, uh, our buddy Taylor

Kinney came out with. He went

missing for about two minutes, which was no surprise to anybody,

but he came out of the bathroom with an orange.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: With a candle in it

burning. And everybody's saying happy birthday to me around the fire. Sage

Valley. So that was awesome. And you know, Taylor

doesn't know this, but TK Orange is my

favorite. So I don't know if he knew.

>> Jonathan: That or I don't know where

he got that orange or the candle. It wasn't even

like a shoelace that he lit on fire. It was a candle.

I mean, which.

>> RB: That could have been an option.

>> Jonathan: So that was phenomenal. Very thoughtful.

Very thoughtful. So we all thought about you and, uh,

TK Took it the extra mile. And actually we. We sung Happy

birthday to you after. Yeah.

>> RB: So thank you, everyone that came. It was a blast.

We, uh, we played two gems.

M. One of the courses we played,

uh, three of the people never

played. Um, and then the other course,

uh, five. The other five of the six never played.

So it was fun to experience that. And,

uh, man, that's what. Again, this is what we're talk. Talking about. This

is what the golf trips are all about. What we just did this past

weekend.

>> Jonathan: You know, I said something about

going on a golf trip with guys and, you know, staying under

one roof. Nothing beats it. And my.

My theory behind that stands true after this

golf trip. But

I think that we.

When you travel on a golf

trip, if you have the means, the party

starts on the pj. Okay. There's no two ways

about it. And unfortunately, we did not

travel on the PJ for this trip, which in my

opinion was a little Debbie downer move. But I get it, I get

it. Tariffs are in full force, in effect, and everyone's a little bit.

But our buddy BK

almost got left at the airport, boys. I mean, he

was in front of me at the check in line.

He was in front of me at the checking line. I couldn't tell if the guy checking

him in was kidding or not. When he said baggage

cutoffs in four minutes. And I'm going, holy shit. I got.

>> RB: He was joking a little bit too, dude.

>> Jonathan: I did too. And I. And I'm thinking

to myself, I need my clubs because I got a qualifier tomorrow.

But BK was in front of me, Trojek was

in front of me at the other guy, and

BK can't get on the plane. And the guy that Trochee

was on took me after bk. So

BK says, hey, take my carry on. You know,

when he sent that, Brandon sent a text message that said,

I'm stuck, I'm not getting on the plane. I had his carry on.

I'm thinking to myself, my man is going to be. He didn't have.

He's going to have to go to Target to get a night night outfit.

>> RB: Well, and we were all on the plane too,

which we cut it a little tight. Did. Let's be honest. That

was kind of on us. A little irresponsible.

But I mean, we left Sage valley

at, uh, 3:45. We pulled into

Augusta Regional Airport at

4:13.

And at 4:15 they were cutting off,

taking luggage.

>> Jonathan: I can't believe that you let that happen.

>> RB: Well, and, but I'm getting a little better. Can

we understand? I'm getting a little

maybe. And I was not antsy at all. I was not

rushing people. I was just kind of like, hey, we'll get there.

>> Jonathan: No, because you were first in line and you weren't. You were.

>> RB: No, I was, wasn't I? Second. I think Oats went

before Oats was in front of me. Oats,

they said, Mr. Oates, you just got in

because I, I think, I don't know.

>> Jonathan: You were first in our group. Oats was second.

>> RB: Okay.

>> Jonathan: BK was third, Trochee was fourth and I was

last. But,

um, that was funny. Now if you fly

private, you, you don't even need a, uh,

carry bag for the clubs, boys. You just tell them, hey, take them to

the tarmac.

>> RB: We're not even talking to these people. We're not talking.

>> Jonathan: Not even. All you're just worried about, hey, we're.

>> RB: Not even in the Delta line, worried about

anything.

>> Jonathan: The conversation goes from, hey, I'll see you at midnight,

to hey, do you think dinner's still going to be warm when I get

home?

>> RB: Correct, correct.

>> Jonathan: You know what I mean? Or also, there's

all kind of things you could say.

>> RB: But I mean, to be fair,

if that was an airport to do it at, it's Augusta,

uh, because the same guys that took our luggage, they saw us

at the gate. So,

um, that is the place. I said, guys, this

is one. This. There's literally two gates at this place. We're

fine. Everything's fine.

>> Jonathan: And the, um, the flight to Atlanta from

Augusta is like 20 minutes. I cannot believe we waited

in that traffic on Friday going from August, uh, Atlanta

to Augusta. It was crazy.

Absolutely insane.

>> RB: I would have been like, uh, from. From

the airport right there.

Um, it probably 15 minute flight on a

PJ.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Yeah. So

needless to say, BK did end up making on the flight. He was last in

line all the way in the back F32.

And, um, we made the connection in

Atlanta and mosey down home.

And before we get into all kind of stuff, because there's so

much good stuff, but I do want to, and I know you do, too,

so we want to take that moment here and thank Chris Collins

and his family,

um, for the generosity,

for just letting the boys come down and play some G and being

phenomenal hosts, and you guys are awesome, and we

appreciate it very much. So thank you to that

and come to West Virginia. That's all.

>> RB: Yeah, the Collins family, it was great.

I obviously, uh, knew Chris going into the

weekend from my previous time there, but, um, I got

to meet, uh, you know, I knew

Colby, but I got to meet his other sons. And,

um, it was awesome to see everybody finally put,

you know, a face to a name, so

to speak. Because he talked about his boys all the time, and

they were first class. And the house that

we stayed in, dude, I thought for

38. For 39 years. 38

years till my birthday, it was

Hang On Snoopy. Snoopy. Hang

on. No,

it's Hang On Sloopy.

>> Jonathan: What?

>> RB: Yeah, yeah, it's Hang On

Sloopy. And the house that we

stayed in. I'm not going to share the name, but

this gentleman, I believe it was his grandfather.

Grandfather. His father wrote that song.

So it was all in the house. Hanging up

the lyrics. Uh, it was really cool.

It was really cool. But again, I'm like, that sign's wrong.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: And they're like, no, it's Sloopy. So

I learned something new this week. I learned

that it's sloopy, not Snoopy.

So there's a fun fact for everybody that's listening today.

>> Jonathan: Mhm.

>> RB: Um, so I will be sure to change

my lyrics whenever I'm singing that again.

>> Jonathan: So Friday kicked off at Peachtree Golf Club

and you know, one of Bobby Jones design courses.

It's, I guess the clubhouse stood

through time within the Civil War era and

all this history, and

it is just an iconic piece

of land. I mean, the golf course

is. I forgot how good it was. I

mean, what do you think?

>> RB: Like, it's literally one of my favorites.

It is one of my favorite.

>> Jonathan: Good.

>> RB: I love that.

All the par threes are great. They all, you know, you go

from a nine iron to a four iron.

Um, um, so you're nine iron and then you're hitting like a seven

iron, then you're hitting a, like a six

or seven iron and then you're hitting,

um, m. Like a five iron, four

iron on, um, I believe

it's six. Um, so it's,

it's, it's incredible. It's literally.

I would for me personally, for golf

courses that I've played a couple times, it's probably top two

for me just because it's just the

layout, the, the um, the

conditioning of it.

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

>> RB: Um, the caddies,

all the caddies are amazing. Our, our caddy

that we had, I mean, Mike Oates,

he probably would have put him in a Ziploc bag and took him

everywhere he could.

>> Jonathan: Well, he's.

>> RB: For sure. I know that he would want to do that after the weekend he had.

>> Jonathan: But he said it was like a gazelle out there.

>> RB: Oh man, this dude. And he wasn't, he

wouldn't get up there like, panting. He was like yardage,

bang.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. And, uh, the caddy makes it. The

caddy absolutely makes it. But the whole time you're on

that property, the one hole that I remembered and

you know, when you play a golf course and you can remember holes,

that it meant something to you that day.

And the one hole that I remembered vividly was like the only

hole. And that doesn't mean that I didn't love the course in the

past, but I probably just was, you know, floating around somewhere

in my own mind. But

I remembered number two and

golly, I could not wait to get to number two

and that beautiful little, little par

five, you know, and your second shot,

you kind of have a downhill lie going downhill with water

in front, water to the right, a little cutoff

green and you got to hit a shot. I mean, you might only

have. You know, I think I had, like, two bills, but

you got to hit a shot. You're, uh, You're. You're kind of on

the downslope, right? That's what makes that hole

so challenging. You know, even if you had a wedge,

think about that. Think about how many times you get on a downhill slope with a wedge

and you just get steep with it. What do you do? Lay the sod.

So it's a little bit of a challenge.

>> RB: Well, you know, our

host, uh, gracious enough to host this a couple

times, but, um, number

12 is.

I said it when I teed off. It is the most beautiful

hole, and it is

my nemesis. Dude, I. It's the best

hole, but I hate the hole. Does that make sense?

>> Jonathan: You hate driving hole?

>> RB: Because I have trouble on it every

freaking time. And,

um, it is just. It's a. That

dog leg, right? I. I mean, I'm in the fairway. It's not like

I'm. Or I'm in the right rough, whatever, but

it's just. That second shot doesn't fit my eye one bit,

and I miss it, right? And it. On

the right side of the green, and then that trickles all the way down,

and then it's a little wet down there, and

you can't hit a good chip shot,

and it's just a mess. Dude. It's. For me,

it's a mess, but it is an amazing hole.

Um, but for. For

me, my favorite hole out there, I would say,

like, my absolute favorite

hole, um, would

probably be number seven.

The. The dog leg, right? Par four. You can hit it

around the trees or over. I take it over

just because I hit it higher. But,

um, then that approach shot, dude, it's just.

It's beautiful. It's m. Beautiful.

>> Jonathan: Beautiful. What hole was it? Oh,

it was number 15. We get off the

green, and I started. I started off hitting my

driver decent, and then for some reason, I could not hit the face.

I was like. And they were going straight, but,

like, all my ball marks was, like, on the top of my club. And I kept saying, like,

I'm not hitting the fucking face of the club. I'm missing

it. And

we get off the green on 14, and it's

thundering a little bit, so BCATs

and says, hey, let's. Let's go. Let's hit real quick, you know?

So we go over to the tee box,

and the caddy waves us on, and

BK Hits. TK Hits,

and I hit. But. Right. Kind of Before I

hit was the siren for the weather delay.

And I roasted that drive. I

mean, I cured it.

>> RB: Mhm.

>> Jonathan: So the caddy comes back up to us after the

rain, uh, delay, and he says, hey, guys, I said,

uh, two of you are in the water

and one of you are

fine, but you're going to have like a 9 ironing to the par

5. And we're all what? He's like, you hit from the

front tees. Well, that's nice.

So what do you want us to do? He said, go back. Go play it again. So

BK Got a free shot, TK Got his free shot.

And me, I proceed to hit it high on the

face. And it goes like 160 yards. So I had like 400

yards on his par five. And

that's just the way the cookie crumbles. But it's a great

hole, great track. Great track. Collier's

phenomenal human being. His whole staff.

Um, you know, I know the one gentleman there used to work at the

Greenbrier, so I friendly with him a little bit from the past.

And m. It's just cool, man. It's just

a cool vibe. It's a cool vibe. So

you're kind of sniffing around at Augusta. You know

what I mean? You're just kind of sniffing around.

>> RB: You get that vibe there too, dude. So,

um, it's very

Augusta, like there in.

They like it that way, right? Not a lot of people know about

Peachtree Golf Club and they love it that way.

Not, um. A lot of people get the opportunity to play Peachtree

Golf Club and they love it that way. And

it is that vibe when you get there and you

have so much darn fun doing it

while you're there. So after we finished

that, after we finished that, uh, little rain delay, we got back

after it, we had one hole and then you guys were, um. We

waited for you guys for a while. You guys were put on the clock.

>> Jonathan: Um, we were 15. You guys are about

to tee off on 18. So yeah, you waited a little bit,

but thank you for waiting.

>> RB: So we grabbed a little lunch and then we

threw the sticks in the

car and we headed on up, uh,

to Sage Valley Golf Club,

where we were welcomed with open arms

by our hosts, um, and some other

people. And, um,

it was awesome.

>> Jonathan: I know it's almost. It's almost

surreal in a way, because

it's not a resort, but they run it better than a

resort. The service, you know,

they didn't mess up any of the luggage going in any

bedroom. I mean, they. They got it down to

the bedroom, dude, not just a cottage. It's down to the

door.

>> RB: Every golf club, country club resort

should just take a gander in a day of

life of Sage Valley, because like you said, um, I

mean, we met our driver at the Augusta airport. He picked us up

because we dropped the rental car off, which was a great move.

Um, and he

handed us all our tags, said, hey, guys, can you throw these on your bags?

Your names are all on it and we'll put them in your room. We never

touched our luggage. One time when we were on property

at Sage Valley, showed up at the Cottages. We had two

cottages. Cottage one, um, and cottage

two. It was on the bag tags. And all your

bags were in a bedroom and all your travel bags

and golf clubs were outside of the right house.

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Um,

you know, like that, that is

like, that's called service.

>> RB: Mhm.

>> Jonathan: And I was happy to have experienced that type of

service because that was unbelievable.

>> RB: And that's the thing about going to somewhere like that.

I've told you guys how good it is, but it's almost like I don't

want to keep going because I don't want it to be

a disappointment in some way.

But I think that it exceeded everybody's

expectations that we're on this trip, so.

>> Jonathan: Oh, yeah. Hands down. Hands down.

Saturday night was cool as hell, though. I mean, you kind of just

mosey around, grab a little bite to eat at the

lodge. Which was Friday night.

>> RB: That was Friday.

>> Jonathan: I'm sorry. Friday night kind of gave me some greenbrier vibes

a little bit. And everyone's happy. This was after our little,

um. You and I had a little. Which we

mentioned earlier. Yeah, we. It

was. We made up quick. I wasn't mad. Okay, I'll say it again.

I wasn't. I wasn't really mad.

>> RB: I was.

>> Jonathan: I was just like, what are you doing? And you were like, what are you doing?

You're. You're. Well, you told me I was wrong and I

said, that's fine. Okay, so.

>> RB: So we move on.

>> Jonathan: Um, but I was

so stoked to go play the par three. Like, I never played golf

at night, you know, other than hitting driving ball, you know, at

the driving range, under the lights, or, you know, maybe topgolf

every never. But, you know, uh,

was awesome. I mean, the par three,

it got a little game going. See, it all comes down to

who you have with you. Because who you have

with you will make or break

the experience. And it might not

be concrete making or breaking it. It

might be energetic, uh, making it or

breaking it. And man, the Collins

boys and our.

>> RB: Group, I mean, I think there was 11

total of us on the par three

course. And everyone was hooting and

hollering the whole way around it. And that's the beautiful thing

about sage, is that the lights are on. But I'll tell you what,

at 1am Those lights are off at

1am and the sprinklers come on five minutes after that.

And it's funny, people, you know, people are telling us it's

hilarious because you'll see people running around when the lights go off with, you'll

see flashlights out there trying, uh, to dodge the

water. And one of our buddies in

the group, um, might have got hit with

some, some rain or some water

going to put it 3:00am in the morning. So,

um, but that little part three shootout

we had was great. And then after we followed it up with some drinks by

the fireplace. Yeah, I

moseyed on back to the, the cottage with a couple of boys

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45. But then there were some of the boys that

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stayed up till 3, 3:30, just yucking it up. And you

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know what? Guess who was up at 7:30,

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8:00 clock the next day ready to go.

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>> Jonathan: All those guys, Everybody. We were all ready to roll.

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Yeah, we stayed out, yucked it up. And I was

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surprised, but you know, I know you were

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dabbling a little bit. So it was time for 90 Night Tom Kites,

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as you say. Um, but that

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frickin. We're sitting around that, that fire pit. You

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know, you just kind of sit and talking to people and uh, telling stories

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and we were telling some freaking crazy stories, man. I mean

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like, just some weird shit that like you would not talk about.

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Not that it was bad, nothing was just weird.

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Exactly. It's just some random shit. And you're just sitting around,

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you know, you're laughing and it's, it's funny and blah,

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blah, blah, blah, blah. And then the sprinklers hit on at

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1:00, 1:15, boom. We're sitting in the

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rocking chair and these things come ripping on and

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everyone's scurrying around like, okay, that's our sign to

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get out of here. But that's the kind of shit that

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like I hang on to. Like.

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>> RB: Yeah, uh, yeah, it was, it was, it was.

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>> Jonathan: You know what I mean?

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>> RB: Because, because too did you have. We had so many different

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walks of life, truly so many walks

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of life there. And

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there's, there's one thing

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that brought us all together.

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>> Jonathan: Yep.

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>> RB: Other than Jason Burbies. But, um, one

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thing, and that's golf.

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>> Jonathan: That's it.

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>> RB: And that's the beautiful game. Dude. That is the beautiful

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game of golf. And,

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you know, let's just call it what it is. All right? Five of

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my, you know, six of us went. Five of my friends never

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met any of those guys. Not one of them.

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And on Sunday when we left, everyone was hugging each

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other. Yep. And, and give, you know,

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high fives, hugging. And, and we, we created

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a, A friendship. Everyone created a friendship. And

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it's all because of golf. What other thing could we do in our life

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that you meet people we wouldn't.

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The Collins family. We would never have met them. Yeah, it's

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really cool. It's really cool.

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>> Jonathan: But the round, hitting a big course on Saturday.

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Get up kind of ready to roll. You're picking the groups,

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you know, And I said it

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probably a half dozen times like, thank God a range

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session is not indicative of how you're gonna play.

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Because I was out on that range and I'm

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hitting balls like

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everywhere. I'm hitting them fat, I'm hitting them thin, I'm

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hitting them low, I can't turn through the ball. And I'm like, this is gonna be

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a long day. This is the last thing I need.

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Naturally, I'm already thinking about my driver. But,

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um, got the round in

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with Vinny, um, and

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O.T. and my boy

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Logan on the bag. I mean, he was

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a stud. I mean this kid was. Now

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I will say that,

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um, later in the

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round on Sunday, um,

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some of the putts were, you know, not his fault

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at, not at all his fault. But, you know,

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everybody collectively was having fun Sunday, if that makes

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sense. But great

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caddy loved the yuck it up, gave me

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my numbers. Kind of confused me a little bit in terms of

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like, you know, It'd be like 145

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front and 152 to the

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pin. So then he'd be like, I like a 60 shot and I'm

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all, where the hell are we getting 60

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from? 152. But okay, I'm here

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for it. Let's do it. But your caddy was

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a gem.

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>> RB: Oh, my caddy was a gem. Dude, I love that guy. We had a,

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we had a great time, you know, it's hilarious. And

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he, he lost my towel.

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Mhm. On the first day. And I said, don't worry about this.

around 12 00:25:36

Like, they make them every day. I'll buy another $30 towels

around 12 00:25:39

and it's fine.

around 12 00:25:40

And um, got home last night,

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took my clubs out of my travel bag. Today because I had to switch

around 12 00:25:47

putters out. Still betting already, but I had to switch putters. Sorry.

around 12 00:25:50

Playing through, boys, but, uh, just was not

around 12 00:25:53

comfortable. Was not putting well. First time with this putter.

around 12 00:25:56

So we got to put her on the shelf for a little bit. But I'm

around 12 00:25:59

like, dude, why are my clubs not going all the way down

around 12 00:26:03

back?

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>> Jonathan: Mhm.

around 12 00:26:05

>> RB: Stick my, Stick my arm in the side. There's a little zipper on the

around 12 00:26:08

inside that gets into the. Dude, my freaking golf

around 12 00:26:11

towel was in there.

around 12 00:26:12

>> Jonathan: No.

around 12 00:26:13

>> RB: Yeah. So it was kind of cool. It was

around 12 00:26:16

a nice little find.

around 12 00:26:17

>> Jonathan: Yeah, mine's gone.

around 12 00:26:19

>> RB: Um, but yeah, my, my

around 12 00:26:22

caddy was, was fantastic. And, uh,

around 12 00:26:25

you know, it was cool, dude, all the caddies had some

around 12 00:26:28

Augusta stories, uh, that were

around 12 00:26:32

some we can't repeat and some we can. But,

around 12 00:26:36

um, more than likely everything. All the stories you heard about

around 12 00:26:38

Augusta are probably true. And, uh,

around 12 00:26:41

it's really cool to hear those stories and some stories from,

around 12 00:26:45

you know, the Bill Gates and the Donald Trumps that,

around 12 00:26:47

um, are

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funny.

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>> Jonathan: Yeah. You know, like the, uh, caddies

around 12 00:26:54

having to take the, uh,

around 12 00:26:57

uh, IQ test. Like the

around 12 00:26:59

quarterbacks. True or false? I don't know. I'm just putting that

around 12 00:27:02

out there. True or false?

around 12 00:27:03

>> RB: That's, that's a, um, m answer for

around 12 00:27:06

you. I know it's true. So we've had people

around 12 00:27:09

confirm that.

around 12 00:27:11

>> Jonathan: And, uh, the beautiful thing about

around 12 00:27:13

Augusta that I've learned in terms of just learning about

around 12 00:27:16

it and never seeing it, other than walking it,

around 12 00:27:20

is that they don't care who you are.

around 12 00:27:23

No, there's no exceptions.

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>> RB: Uh, the other thing about Sage 2 that was so cool is that,

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like, I was there for two rounds, dude, in October,

around 12 00:27:31

and I met a lot of the caddies, or not a lot of the

around 12 00:27:34

caddies, but, uh, I probably met seven, eight different caddies

around 12 00:27:37

because my group.

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>> Jonathan: Mhm.

around 12 00:27:40

>> RB: I saw every one of them and every one of them came over and

around 12 00:27:43

said hello to me. You remember when we

around 12 00:27:45

first walked in, I'm on the range. I don't know if you

around 12 00:27:48

saw. I was talking to different caddies and it's just,

around 12 00:27:51

it's so cool to show up and they

around 12 00:27:54

want to talk or they want to hang out or they want to catch up or whatever.

around 12 00:27:57

So again, attention to detail in

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life.

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>> Jonathan: Exactly.

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>> RB: Get you off. It gets you a long way. So,

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um, but you are likable, dude.

around 12 00:28:06

Yeah.

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>> Jonathan: Like, you mosey up to people, you roll in, you look like you're ready

around 12 00:28:10

to go walk into the jewelry store, but you're on the

around 12 00:28:12

golf course, you got fresh J's on Tennis, sunglasses, you

around 12 00:28:15

got a cigar. And then you're like, that's my

around 12 00:28:18

second one already of the day. It's not even noon. The guys

around 12 00:28:21

start talking about the shoes, you start talking about the shoes, you drop, you

around 12 00:28:24

know, hey, you know, Gentry. Gentry comes up and

around 12 00:28:27

then it's just like these guys remember you.

around 12 00:28:29

>> RB: Well, I'll tell you this much. The first day

around 12 00:28:32

I did, or no, the second day when I was playing with you, I didn't tell you,

around 12 00:28:36

but I forgot. I Zen in and I started smoking a

around 12 00:28:39

cigar. Oh, boys. I was feeling a little

around 12 00:28:42

woozy out there, Zinn.

around 12 00:28:45

So, um. But okay, played our first

around 12 00:28:48

round, we had a little rain delay. It was good. We got

around 12 00:28:51

fifth. I got 15 holes and you got 15 and a half

around 12 00:28:54

holes in. And then we headed back to the

around 12 00:28:57

cottage.

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>> Jonathan: Mhm.

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>> RB: And um, got ready.

around 12 00:29:01

>> Jonathan: What was. You've played, you've been there twice.

around 12 00:29:03

M. What time was your favorite? Or

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are they two separate experiences?

around 12 00:29:08

>> RB: Two separate experiences.

around 12 00:29:10

>> Jonathan: Because obviously you had a phenomenal time in October.

around 12 00:29:13

>> RB: Yeah, it was. It's just two separate experiences. You can't. I

around 12 00:29:16

think it's a, It's a different, It's a different

around 12 00:29:19

enjoyable experience every time you go there.

around 12 00:29:22

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

around 12 00:29:22

>> RB: Just because again, you get a different caddy,

around 12 00:29:25

you're having a good old time. Right. Your caddy was perfect for

around 12 00:29:28

you.

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>> Jonathan: Uh, he was in the mix.

around 12 00:29:33

>> RB: Yeah, he was in the mix. We, um, got to meet

around 12 00:29:36

one of Ray Fulcher's high school, uh,

around 12 00:29:38

classmates, which was hilarious.

around 12 00:29:41

Um, so Cody, great

around 12 00:29:44

guy, but. Yeah, it's different.

around 12 00:29:47

It was different. But this time it was different because I had friends

around 12 00:29:50

that, like, not that I didn't have friends the first time, but these are like

around 12 00:29:53

my closest friends. And

around 12 00:29:57

we're here at this incredible place that

around 12 00:30:00

a lot of people would kill to be at. And we're just roaming the

around 12 00:30:03

fairways, yucking it up, drinking beers, drinking

around 12 00:30:05

frozen, uh, transfusions, which

around 12 00:30:08

are incredible.

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>> Jonathan: Deadly. Dude, I don't know what I was thinking

around 12 00:30:13

on Sunday when you asked me if I wanted a frozen,

around 12 00:30:16

um, transfusion. I thought you said corona,

around 12 00:30:19

but you came over with this frozen transfusion. And

around 12 00:30:22

I had a couple sips of it. It was straight alcohol. And

around 12 00:30:25

if you recall, that's when I blew

around 12 00:30:28

my tee shot right into the woods on eight

around 12 00:30:32

and chunked a wedge out

around 12 00:30:35

and proceeded to chunk an eight iron up the hill and

around 12 00:30:38

then chunk a wedge out of the bunker and make a nice double

around 12 00:30:41

pogie. And that's when I looked at my boy and I said,

around 12 00:30:43

hey, hey, bud, I can't drink this

around 12 00:30:46

anymore. Number one, it's too sweet, it's

around 12 00:30:48

sticky. It's like I'm drinking Kool Aid, which I can't.

around 12 00:30:51

And number two, I cannot um, drink this type of

around 12 00:30:54

alcohol now, let alone ever. So

around 12 00:30:57

can you throw it away for me? And he's like, huh,

around 12 00:31:00

we ain't throwing it away, but we'll take it. I said, alright boys,

around 12 00:31:03

well there you go, take it.

around 12 00:31:06

>> RB: So we moved it on down to um,

around 12 00:31:09

the event, uh, Saturday night in

around 12 00:31:12

Augusta. And um, we had a good old

around 12 00:31:14

time. I'll tell you what boys, you might want to share the photo

around 12 00:31:18

of the amount of beers that our

around 12 00:31:21

table drank. We had um, six of us.

around 12 00:31:24

Fuge caddy. Great dude.

around 12 00:31:27

Um, that's Tyler Reeves, like personal caddy.

around 12 00:31:30

And then um, two other caddies there

around 12 00:31:33

as well. So we had a good old time. We got in the

around 12 00:31:36

mix with the uh, silent auction. I

around 12 00:31:39

didn't um, but we

around 12 00:31:41

had some people get in the mix and they actually

around 12 00:31:44

thought this was a Sean Combs

around 12 00:31:47

boot.

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>> Jonathan: Show him the boot.

around 12 00:31:49

>> RB: But it is a Luke Combs boot

around 12 00:31:53

he wore and he signed uh, that

around 12 00:31:55

we won an auction and. Well we

around 12 00:31:58

didn't. Taylor um, did. And

around 12 00:32:01

um, this is the traveling boot. This is what

around 12 00:32:04

we're going to be playing for on all these golf

around 12 00:32:07

trips going forward. Uh, there might be some

around 12 00:32:09

beers drink out of here.

around 12 00:32:12

Uh, it will make an appearance at the Chasing Birdies two man.

around 12 00:32:16

Never know, we might leave it on a tee box, have some beers, a

around 12 00:32:19

cooler of beer and you gotta do a boot chug out of

around 12 00:32:22

it. Um, but this is gonna

around 12 00:32:24

be traveling with us so.

around 12 00:32:26

>> Jonathan: Or you gotta put it on and hit a shot with it

around 12 00:32:29

on.

around 12 00:32:30

>> RB: Yeah. No matter your foot size.

around 12 00:32:32

>> Jonathan: Yeah. And leave your other golf shoe on and put the boot on

around 12 00:32:35

shot.

around 12 00:32:35

>> RB: Um, but you can see right there it's signed Luke

around 12 00:32:38

Combs. Um, and

around 12 00:32:41

uh, yeah man, the

around 12 00:32:44

uh.

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>> Jonathan: Head, if that could somehow turn, which

around 12 00:32:47

it can't, but that'd be a sick way to make a head

around 12 00:32:50

cover if you could. But the boost

around 12 00:32:53

is gonna get passed around. We gotta, we

around 12 00:32:56

gotta figure out its place in our life. And I think

around 12 00:32:59

you're on the right, right track with it.

around 12 00:33:01

>> RB: I think you're on the right track. Yeah. So we, we threw that thing in

around 12 00:33:04

the travel bag, we got it back home safely. And uh, like

around 12 00:33:07

I said, I'll, I'll keep it in a safe

around 12 00:33:10

spot until the chasing. Chasing birdies too man. At

around 12 00:33:13

Nemacolan here in about which

around 12 00:33:15

it's about two months away, dude. And I feel like I haven't done anything for

around 12 00:33:18

it.

around 12 00:33:19

>> Jonathan: So, yeah, well, I'm here to help if you need

around 12 00:33:22

it. Saturday night was wild, though. I mean, that event

around 12 00:33:25

was phenomenal, and I was happy to be a part of

around 12 00:33:28

it and see everything. And naturally, you know, it was quite

around 12 00:33:30

entertaining as well. But,

around 12 00:33:32

um, I really thought you were going to

around 12 00:33:35

want to peg it up Saturday night. We got back at about midnight. We

around 12 00:33:38

had an hour to go out, and, uh. Well, let

around 12 00:33:41

me back up. Great call ordering the pizzas. You and

around 12 00:33:44

Vince ordered the pizzas?

around 12 00:33:46

>> RB: Well, Vince and I were, like, going back and forth. He wanted,

around 12 00:33:49

I don't know, some pizza place. I want a Papa John's.

around 12 00:33:54

We let the. We let our. Our driver from Sage

around 12 00:33:57

settle the debate, and, um, he

around 12 00:34:00

naturally picked the one that Vince liked. And

around 12 00:34:03

so Vinnie ordered up three

around 12 00:34:05

XLs, and, um, I rode out

around 12 00:34:08

with a golf cart out to the gate,

around 12 00:34:11

um, with oats and, uh,

around 12 00:34:14

around 12 00:34:17

pulled in. I opened. We opened the gates for

around 12 00:34:20

them. They came in, hand us the pizzas, hand Mike the

around 12 00:34:22

pizzas.

around 12 00:34:23

They asked if they can go down and turn around. Mike said, nope, just.

around 12 00:34:25

Just, uh, turn around right here.

around 12 00:34:27

>> Jonathan: Turn around right here, bud.

around 12 00:34:29

>> RB: So they did that, and they were out the door. We brought the pizzas

around 12 00:34:31

back. Everyone had some pizza. It was great.

around 12 00:34:35

Um, you and Taylor went down to the par three

around 12 00:34:38

course. I wasn't gonna do any of it

around 12 00:34:42

because I was indulging. And, uh, I

around 12 00:34:44

said, you know what? I'm here one more night. I'm gonna get up and go.

around 12 00:34:48

I followed Vince out the door. It started pouring, and

around 12 00:34:51

I came right. Yeah, I walked outside with

around 12 00:34:53

Vince, and, uh.

around 12 00:34:55

>> Jonathan: Is that thunder?

around 12 00:34:56

>> RB: It was pouring. And, um. So I. I

around 12 00:34:59

turned right back around and,

around 12 00:35:02

uh, shut my eyes a little bit.

around 12 00:35:04

>> Jonathan: Well, I thought that pizza was Papa John's, but

around 12 00:35:07

it was Marcos, which I never had before. I thought the. I thought the

around 12 00:35:10

crust was a little doughy, because I get.

around 12 00:35:12

>> RB: I. I did not like that crust.

around 12 00:35:13

>> Jonathan: No, No. I didn't even eat the crust.

around 12 00:35:15

>> RB: I got to the crust and threw it away.

around 12 00:35:16

>> Jonathan: Yeah. But, um.

around 12 00:35:19

Yeah, TK's all it. Let's go to the part three. What the hell?

around 12 00:35:22

So I said, let's go. So take a couple bags,

around 12 00:35:25

take a little cart down, and

around 12 00:35:28

tee off on the first hole.

around 12 00:35:30

>> RB: And that's real quick. That's the thing, too there.

around 12 00:35:33

That's really cool. You don't have your

around 12 00:35:36

own cart. It's. If there's a cart there, just take the cart and go.

around 12 00:35:38

>> Jonathan: Just take it.

around 12 00:35:39

>> RB: Take it to the clubhouse, take it to the par three, take it to

around 12 00:35:42

the bar, take it to the range, whatever you want. So there's, like, carts

around 12 00:35:45

everywhere.

around 12 00:35:45

>> Jonathan: Yeah.

around 12 00:35:46

>> RB: So when you take the cart, you just get on par three, you might get

around 12 00:35:49

done, your cart might be gone. That's why you really can't leave anything in

around 12 00:35:52

those. Uh, because somebody might just take it because there's one

around 12 00:35:54

available. Um, so you guys mosey on down

around 12 00:35:57

there.

around 12 00:35:58

>> Jonathan: And it started pouring on the first hole. It just

around 12 00:36:01

starts shitting rain. And

around 12 00:36:04

I have a T shirt on and a pair of,

around 12 00:36:07

like, jeans and. And some Jordans.

around 12 00:36:10

And Jordans, not, uh, Jord's Jordans.

around 12 00:36:13

So we're walking, and

around 12 00:36:16

I'm like, hey. And then it also starts thundering,

around 12 00:36:19

and there's a couple cracks of lightning, and I'm like

around 12 00:36:22

this. But I said, hey, man,

around 12 00:36:25

um, you want to keep playing or you want to go

around 12 00:36:28

in? And he's all, let's keep playing. We're already wet. So I was

around 12 00:36:31

like, that's a great idea. All right,

around 12 00:36:34

second hole. I can't even.

around 12 00:36:38

I can't even. Like, I'm dripping

around 12 00:36:40

wet. And I hit a little 54 in there

around 12 00:36:45

and made the putt. And we were both laughing because I was like, that's a first

around 12 00:36:47

birdie I made all day.

around 12 00:36:49

>> RB: One birdie at Sage Valley. And it was on the par three course.

around 12 00:36:51

>> Jonathan: Yeah. And, uh, got a picture of that. And then so

around 12 00:36:54

we proceeded to play another hole.

around 12 00:36:57

And then from there, it was like, now

around 12 00:37:00

it was. It was a little bit much because, like,

around 12 00:37:04

I don't have underwear on number one. So, like, I'm wet everywhere.

around 12 00:37:08

That's funny. Um, my hands are wet.

around 12 00:37:11

My frickin hair, which was great

around 12 00:37:14

because I hadn't washed my hair, so that kind of

around 12 00:37:17

worked, but I was just wet. And it

around 12 00:37:20

was. It was a phenomenal memory. Again, a

around 12 00:37:23

memory. That's what it's about.

around 12 00:37:24

>> RB: Well, and, you know, I

around 12 00:37:27

knew that you came home and our

around 12 00:37:30

boy TK Woke up in the morning,

around 12 00:37:33

saw his door was open, so I popped my head in, and everything was

around 12 00:37:36

gone. And I walk out to the lobby of the, uh,

around 12 00:37:39

house, and these were sitting

around 12 00:37:42

there.

around 12 00:37:43

>> Jonathan: It was like Christmas morning.

around 12 00:37:44

>> RB: Yeah.

around 12 00:37:44

>> Jonathan: What are those?

around 12 00:37:46

>> RB: So, chasing birdies, he. He gave me some foot

around 12 00:37:48

joys, and he took a Sharpie to these bad

around 12 00:37:51

boys. And, um, I'm going to

around 12 00:37:54

wear these potentially at every round in Emicolon, because

around 12 00:37:57

he did a good job on him. Chasing birdies on it. The

around 12 00:38:01

Masters, um, there's a word that I'm not going to say, but the master

around 12 00:38:04

stair case champion, 2025. I

around 12 00:38:07

took him down again. So I'm 20 against the

around 12 00:38:10

old boy. Um, but his game was rounding

around 12 00:38:13

out, and, um,

around 12 00:38:16

that was an incredible weekend.

around 12 00:38:17

>> Jonathan: So the thing I love about TK Is the fact that he's, like.

around 12 00:38:20

He loves the game.

around 12 00:38:22

>> RB: Yeah.

around 12 00:38:22

>> Jonathan: I mean, my man loves it. And

around 12 00:38:25

if you want to play more golf, that's not an issue.

around 12 00:38:28

You want to go hit some putts at night? Not an issue.

around 12 00:38:32

And what a better place than Sage Valley to do it.

around 12 00:38:34

>> RB: Yeah, exactly. So that was a memorable trip. I'm glad you

around 12 00:38:37

made it. And you got another golf trip coming

around 12 00:38:40

up.

around 12 00:38:41

>> Jonathan: Uh, yeah, I do.

around 12 00:38:43

>> RB: And.

around 12 00:38:43

>> Jonathan: Oh, yeah. Thanks. Thank you.

around 12 00:38:45

>> RB: You got it through the first round of qualifying. Probably felt like

around 12 00:38:48

a monkey off the bat. You probably felt like Rory getting

around 12 00:38:50

monkey back. Yeah. And you're back at the

around 12 00:38:53

stadium last weekend in May. Uh, Ian

around 12 00:38:55

Patrick Archer probably already had you get her house so

around 12 00:38:58

that he can sleep on the couch or something. But

around 12 00:39:01

he'll make all the tea times for you.

around 12 00:39:04

>> Jonathan: Yeah. Yeah, he will. He already texted me that, which is great,

around 12 00:39:07

so I hope he gets in, too, which he should. But, no,

around 12 00:39:10

it was. It was just good to put. Put together a round

around 12 00:39:12

that. You know, a complete round. I mean, I. I

around 12 00:39:15

still had a four putt in there, but, um, outside of that shooting

around 12 00:39:18

73, um, it felt good.

around 12 00:39:21

And I. You know, whenever I took that

around 12 00:39:24

tripod out at Sage Valley, and I was videotaping your

around 12 00:39:27

swing, my swing, and Colby's swing,

around 12 00:39:30

I did it for a reason. Not only to send to you guys

around 12 00:39:33

your swings, but for me, I did it for a reason, because

around 12 00:39:36

I'm like. I was hitting the ball so bad, and

around 12 00:39:39

that shot, I did exactly what I had been

around 12 00:39:41

doing all day. And it's. It's like. I mean, I hit

around 12 00:39:44

that ball straight right high into the trees,

around 12 00:39:47

and it fell down 150 yards

around 12 00:39:50

away. So my. My right elbow

around 12 00:39:53

was getting so stuck. I watched that

around 12 00:39:56

video a hundred times. I'm not kidding you, on the plane.

around 12 00:39:59

And I compared it to other videos of my swing, and

around 12 00:40:02

that's what happens sometimes. You. You know, you make that

around 12 00:40:05

turn, and whenever you're coming down, that

around 12 00:40:07

right elbow is getting stuck behind, and you're

around 12 00:40:10

turning left. So the only thing that's gonna happen is you're

around 12 00:40:13

gonna. You're gonna swipe it off the toe

around 12 00:40:16

more than likely, or you're gonna keep coming up

around 12 00:40:19

under and just hit major high block. Like, just.

around 12 00:40:22

So today, my thought was, um. And

around 12 00:40:25

my thought still is. Is like, hey, just try to keep. Feel like that

around 12 00:40:28

elbows out in front of you, you know? And that's What I did whenever I played

around 12 00:40:31

the other day at, uh, Bridgeport Country Club. Phenomenal.

around 12 00:40:33

>> RB: Good. Um, you're back.

around 12 00:40:35

>> Jonathan: 12 hours I was at. I was at Sage valley,

around 12 00:40:37

and then 12 hours later, I was pegging it at Bridgeport Country Club.

around 12 00:40:40

What a. What a phenomenal feat. And

around 12 00:40:44

boom. So thanks.

around 12 00:40:47

I appreciate it. I felt like Scotty Scheffler

around 12 00:40:50

with his massive win that past weekend. Yeah, well,

around 12 00:40:53

and I tell you what, the next episode we got,

around 12 00:40:55

uh, it's PGA Championship week.

around 12 00:40:58

>> RB: Mhm. Yeah.

around 12 00:40:59

>> Jonathan: Which will be.

around 12 00:41:00

>> RB: We'll get into that. We got a special guest. And,

around 12 00:41:03

um, we'll. We'll let you guys

around 12 00:41:06

know about that one as we get closer to that.

around 12 00:41:09

I'll get a surprise for you.

around 12 00:41:10

>> Jonathan: All right, bud.

around 12 00:41:11

>> RB: So let's go.

around 12 00:41:13

>> Jonathan: Well, it sounds like it's. It's bedtime for you. And it

around 12 00:41:16

sounds like, uh, it's raining, it's pouring.

around 12 00:41:20

Um, and so,

around 12 00:41:21

um, you know, I'm.

around 12 00:41:23

>> RB: Gonna go hit shots in the rain like TK Would do.

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>> Jonathan: Yeah, go do it. Get that wedge work going. And

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that's that.

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>> RB: Thank you all for tuning in to Chasing Birdies.

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>> Jonathan: Yeah, you guys out there, we always appreciate the love,

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support, and, uh, the comments, whatever it is.

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So, uh, you guys have yourselves a blessed

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weekend. Get out and play some G. It's Mother's Day weekend.

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Happy Mother's Day to all the moms

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out there, because without you moms, we would not be here.

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Uh, so shout out to the mothers

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in the world for holding it together. Uh, but

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also shout out to our peeps here on Chasing Birdies.

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Ivo, Ally, and Emily at Simpler Media for, uh, putting

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this thing together. And Jacqueline D. Paterio, Rachel London for all

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your social media help you girls kick ass.

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And I hope all of you enjoy your weekend. And

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we will catch y' all in two.