Imagine standing on the green of TPC Louisiana, with the buzz of New Orleans in the air and the stakes of PGA TOUR's Teams Week electrifying the atmosphere. That's where we take you in our latest episode of PGA TOUR COUNTDOWN, complete with exclusive chats with the likes of Billy Horschel, fresh off his latest triumph, and his zen-like partner Tyson Alexander. We unravel the tapestry of their golfing partnership, exploring the alchemy between Horschel's fiery competitive spirit and Alexander's cool, collected approach.
Who doesn't love a good story of camaraderie and last-minute team-ups on the fairways? Our conversation with Billy Horschel takes us on a ride through golfing friendships, the serendipitous moment he stepped up for a pal at the Zurich Classic, and the culinary escapades that have cemented him as the unofficial foodie guide for his peers. Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry remind us of the power of old friendships and Ryder Cup bonds, bringing their A-game to the unique challenges and strategies of team play.
Finally, we'll whisk you away to a close encounter of the reptilian kind from Florida's Gator Growl to the alligator-inhabited waters of TPC Louisiana. With the tournament in full swing, we invite our listeners to join the conversation, share their excitement and anecdotes, and get swept up in the team spirit that makes this PGA Tour event an absolute spectacle. Tune in, get inspired by the tales from the course, and experience the exhilarating world of professional golf as we count down the moments of the PGA TOUR's Teams Week.
Imagine standing on the green of TPC Louisiana, with the buzz of New Orleans in the air and the stakes of PGA TOUR's Teams Week electrifying the atmosphere. That's where we take you in our latest episode of PGA TOUR COUNTDOWN, complete with exclusive chats with the likes of Billy Horschel, fresh off his latest triumph, and his zen-like partner Tyson Alexander. We unravel the tapestry of their golfing partnership, exploring the alchemy between Horschel's fiery competitive spirit and Alexander's cool, collected approach.
Who doesn't love a good story of camaraderie and last-minute team-ups on the fairways? Our conversation with Billy Horschel takes us on a ride through golfing friendships, the serendipitous moment he stepped up for a pal at the Zurich Classic, and the culinary escapades that have cemented him as the unofficial foodie guide for his peers. Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry remind us of the power of old friendships and Ryder Cup bonds, bringing their A-game to the unique challenges and strategies of team play.
Finally, we'll whisk you away to a close encounter of the reptilian kind from Florida's Gator Growl to the alligator-inhabited waters of TPC Louisiana. With the tournament in full swing, we invite our listeners to join the conversation, share their excitement and anecdotes, and get swept up in the team spirit that makes this PGA Tour event an absolute spectacle. Tune in, get inspired by the tales from the course, and experience the exhilarating world of professional golf as we count down the moments of the PGA TOUR's Teams Week.
This is PGA TOUR COUNTDOWN. Whoa, welcome in everybody. Frank Bassett joining you for this edition of PGA TOUR COUNTDOWN. It's Teams Week on the PGA Tour. This is the only team event on the PGA Tour, unlike the Live Tour, which are all team events. So it's in a place that some of you people know it as New Orleans, some of you know it as New Orleans. Those of us in the South call it Nolans N-A-W-L-A-N-S Nolans. So there you go. We are going to be from TPC Louisiana, where it's Billy Horschel fits in down there because there are a lot of Gators down there. Of course, horschel is a Florida University of Florida graduate and he is playing this week and we're going to hear from him today on PGA Tour Countdown and his playing partner before their first round. Then we're going to get to play the interviews after their rounds up against that to see a before and after. We're going to do the same thing for Roy McIlroy's group with Shane Lowry. So let's get right into it and let's listen to some interviews from TPC Louisiana in New Orleans.
Speaker 2:Welcome Billy Horschel and Tyson Alexander into the interview room here at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans. Billy is our 2013 and 2018 champion. At this event, billy, we'll start with you. We can talk a little bit about being back here and also playing with Tyson this week. It's always great to come back here.
Speaker 4:As I said, it's been numerous years. This is Larry's second home for me now.
Speaker 1:It's not quiet.
Speaker 4:Put one down. No, I've gotten to know a lot of people that have become good friends and family, being an ambassador of Reserve for the last 10 or 11 years. A lot of the same customers and clients I see over time. So it really is like a second home. I have a routine of where I go, eat where I go and the people I see and everything, so it's just a great place to come.
Speaker 4:I mean, we go to so many places around the US and around the world to play golf and very few times we get to go to a place that we can consider a home. I'm lucky that we got the Players' Championship where I live and I'm lucky that a place like TPC Louisiana I can call home as well, and playing with this guy this week is going to be awesome Louisiana, I can call home as well, and playing with this guy this week is going to be awesome. I've known him since we were, you know, young guys at the University of Florida and he's worked really hard to get himself out here and he's had some success and hopefully we can have the ultimate success this week and get him to raise a trophy finally out here.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Tyson, talk a little bit about the partnership with Billy and how excited you are for this week.
Speaker 5:Yeah, obviously he's normally with Sam Burns and I think Sam's having a kid this week or soon. So I got the call and obviously we have a great relationship. We went to college together and we practiced together at TBC. We work out together at home and it's an easy fit.
Speaker 2:We get along well and looking forward to it. Tyson, talk a little bit about the state of your game T14 at Valero recently and then T55 last week in Punta Cana. Just talk a little bit about your form coming into the week.
Speaker 5:Yeah, I've been trending lately. Last week I didn't play very good on the weekend, but I feel good about where it's headed and I'm working on the right things, and I think that's very important in this game to have just a clear picture of where you're headed and I'm excited for the future.
Speaker 2:All right, and Billy obviously congratulations on winning last week. If we can talk a little bit about what that week meant to you and then also going into this week and what your expectations are, yeah, last week was great to finally get back in the winner's circle.
Speaker 4:I mean, everyone knows the story of me at Memorial and breaking down in front of the media afterwards. So you know, come from there to where I was last week. It's been a process, a lot longer process than I would like. I'm not the most patient guy but I've had to work my way into playing better golf and I knew good golf was coming or I'd been playing good golf leading up to that.
Speaker 4:I made a decision to go down to Corrales for one reason, and one reason only, is to go win. I didn't want to sit home and take another week off. I felt the game was really good. I wanted to come and continue to build that momentum for not only at the Crowless but for this week and for the continuation of the year. And it just worked out perfectly to get the victory and the game, like I said, is in a great spot. And I think Tyson's game is in a very similar spot that my game was in a couple weeks ago. He's really close to playing some really good, consistent golf and hopefully this is his breakthrough this week for him. So it's going to be a fun week out there and we'll see what has to store.
Speaker 2:And Billy, before we open up to questions, you're currently number one in the Aon Swing 5. I know the Aon Swing, or Next 10, is also on the horizon for you, something you're paying a lot of attention to to try to get into Wells Fargo.
Speaker 4:Just talk a little bit about that, yeah, the Aon 5 and the Aon Swing 5 and the Aon 10 has been, I think, massively successful this year with the signature events and understanding that the top 50 guys, based off last year's FedEx Cup, were guaranteed in those events and everyone else who was not in were going to have to play well and Aon and the PGA Tour gave us an opportunity to possibly play our way in.
Speaker 4:Like I said, it's been massively successful. I think, with the way you play and the way you pick decisions, some better decisions have to be made to figure out your schedule so you get that opportunity to play your way into those events. And that's why I went to Corrales, because I can't play next week in Dallas, so I wanted to give myself another event to possibly play my way into the Wells Fargo. So with that, you know, you change your schedules, you make some better decisions throughout the year. You change to give yourself opportunities to play in their signature events, to give yourself opportunities to play in their signature events which, as we know right now, are vital because of the points that they offer compared to regular events.
Speaker 2:All right, we'll open it up to questions. Yep, let's start over here, Sheldon.
Speaker 6:Billy, when did you find out about Sam's situation and how long did it take you to call Tyson?
Speaker 4:So I talked to Sam last November. We were chatting on the phone and he mentioned to me that him and Caroline were pregnant. I was really excited for them and it wasn't until the beginning of this year, when I was talking to him. I said, hey, when do you guys do? And he said April and I was like, oh, and maybe I'm not sure if I mentioned it there maybe a couple days later I was like when, exactly in April, and where do we stand? And he told me you know, it was going to be around the Zurich Classic time and I said no worries, and and to be honest with you, after that conversation, I think in early January, I wasn't, I was still so focused on my game, I wasn't really worried about the Zurich classic and finding a partner.
Speaker 4:And then Tyson and I were talking, I think probably in late February, early March, and we just said, hey, he's like, do you have a partner? And I said, actually I don't, I honestly haven't even thought about it and let's just play together Because it was the easiest thing to do. I want to play with people. I like. I want to play with people I like. I want to play with people I enjoy, and Tyson's obviously one of those. I hope he still likes me after this week. But no, it's great. I mean I'm fortunate enough to have, you know, quite a few great relationships out here, but to have one of my friends that I've known longer than anyone out here on the PGA Tour makes it easy.
Speaker 6:Along those same lines, tyson. We joked with Billy the last couple of years about him running hot and Sam running cool. Have you gotten any pointers from Sam? I mean, I know you know him from Florida, but how excited are you to play with him.
Speaker 4:He's seen me more at my worst than anyone out here on the PGA Tour. So let's just say it's simple as that.
Speaker 5:Billy's matured a lot since college, to say the least, but I'm probably more like the Sam. I'm probably a little more even keel. I mean I can get mad too, but I think Billy will be just fine. I think Billy's doing just fine. I think he'll take care of himself and I'll take care of myself. So but yeah, I'm excited. I'm excited to play with him. I think I bugged him. Actually. I was like, hey, what's the deal? I uh, I had some other people asking, but I wanted to play with him. So it worked out.
Speaker 7:Hey, uh, Garland Gillen Fox eight here in new Orleans. Uh, this is for you. Do you get superstitious with the restaurants you eat at, Because I know it's kind of well-documented? You're really close with Desi Vega. Do you make sure that you eat at Mr John's Steakhouse every single year? How is that going to your restaurants per week there?
Speaker 4:Yeah, I go to Desi's at least once, if not twice, throughout the week. I went to Galliano's on Monday night. We've gone there the last three or four years and they have an unbelievable bone and pork shop that I absolutely love. And then I got to do some dinner on Tuesday for Zurich. But yeah, I have a few of the restaurants that we hit up. Acme Oyster House on the Playwright Night is fabulous. What Mike Rodriguez and his team does for us. So I would say this is probably the one place I'm not superstitious with my food. Other weeks throughout the year, yes, uh, but this week, because there's so many options, you got to make sure you hit up all the different options and you and you leave here um full following up with that bill.
Speaker 7:I know you're not from here, but you've almost been like a native son here. You had so much success here. Are you become like a tour guide for all the other players on the tour, people that are new? Do they ask you where to go or do you kind of guide them in the right direction?
Speaker 4:I give them some options. If they ask me some restaurants to go to, I give them some options. Desi's very well known. Throughout the PGA Tour. He has a lot of the PGA Tour guys come into his restaurants and dine there. Like I said, mike Rodriguez and his group do an unbelievable job of taking care of us at Acme Orchard House. But listen, there's a lot of options in this town and you can't go wrong. So yeah, I've given some pointers to a few people over time and I'm just not the only player doing the same. So yeah, some of the young guys come up and ask us a little bit.
Speaker 2:So, speaking of food Tyson anywhere in particular, you'll go this week. You're looking forward to.
Speaker 5:Well, I got Billy the tour guide to show me where to go, he just points me in the right direction.
Speaker 2:Okay, right over here, Brett.
Speaker 8:Hey there, brett Martell with AP. It's funny. We get a lot of fans golf fans asking us about who's coming to play this year and I said, well, of course Billy's going to be there. And the fans said, oh, I love watching him out there. He's such a madman. It sounds like you touched a little bit on that that. That characterization doesn't exactly catch you by surprise. But how do you take that and what can you add?
Speaker 4:exactly catch you by surprise. But, um, how do you take that? And what, what can you add? Listen, I, I, I fully accept those characterizations because obviously there's been times throughout my career that I say I'm not fond of. But they happen. But I think if you watch me over 72 holes, you watched me throughout the year. There's very few year. There's very few of them. The cameras happen to catch me at those moments and it gets blown up and it's fine. I'm okay with it. But I think you watch me now, like I said, it's very few, far between.
Speaker 4:I more or less would like to be characterized that people see I'm enjoying myself out there. I'm very respectful to my playing partners and I cheer them on. I'm a golf fan. Not only am I competing with the players I'm playing with, but everyone else in the field. But I'm a golf fan at heart. I love to see quality golf shots and great golf shots and I'm not afraid to congratulate my fellow players when they do something I thought was pretty special. So, listen, that characterization is part of me and it's going to be part of me until I leave this world. I can't do anything about it and, yeah, like I said, I've had those moments. I'll probably still have some of those moments, but they're not nearly as prevalent as I would say, early in my career.
Speaker 8:It sounds like you've had a complimentary way of enjoying it. You've prepared your emotions.
Speaker 4:Oh listen, I don't. I'm not afraid to wear my emotions on my sleeve. I've said it from the very beginning when I came out here. I think you know there's too many. Maybe not now, but in the past there's way too many robots on the PGA Tour. I think fans love to see someone that's like them. Fans love to see someone wear their heart on their sleeve, show their emotion, like that's a great thing. It's different, and I think you go to your local club, you go to your local municipal golf course, you're going to see guys doing the same exact thing, and so I think for me it's I'm okay with that. Like I said's, I'm okay with that. Like I said, I'm okay with wearing my heart, my sleeve, showing my emotion when I hit a great shot, when I hit a bad shot, how frustrated I am when that does happen. So it's not a bad thing at all and I don't. I don't take it as a bad thing, I just sometimes I wish I'm. Just. There is other character, asian characterizations added on to that sometimes all right.
Speaker 2:Anything else okay, tyson, billy, we appreciate your time.
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Speaker 9:We'd like to welcome Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry to the Media Center here at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Guys, if we could just get some opening comments on being paired up together this week Obviously, rory your first time here and Shane making your fifth appearance, but just some opening thoughts on being in New Orleans.
Speaker 11:Yeah, it's good to be here. It's you know, I was saying that to one of our pro and partners out there today. It's professional golf and year in year out it's a bit of a grind sometimes when you're on your own a lot. So it's nice to have something different this weekend, especially to be here with a really good friend and enjoy New Orleans and hopefully go out and play some good golf and give ourselves a chance to win on Sunday, hopefully go out and play some good golf and give ourselves a chance to win on Sunday.
Speaker 12:Yeah, same sentiments. Obviously, this is my first time here in New Orleans. I'm excited to be here. It's a tournament that I've watched on TV for quite a few years, especially since they went to the team format. Shane and I have played in a couple of Ryder Cup teams together. We thought it would be fun to team up together again and something like this and you know, shane said like this is my 17th year as a professional golfer and to be able to do still do things for the first time like playing this event and an experience, something like this, is pretty cool and, yeah, just really excited to spend the week with Shane and, you know, hopefully I don't put him in too many bad spots and we can play some good golf.
Speaker 9:And then just just quickly how this, how this partnership, came together when you guys first started talking about it. I know we discussed a little bit, but yeah, I was the one that mentioned it.
Speaker 11:I basically I didn't want to ask Rory because I didn't think that he would want to come and play um and then he was the one that said it to me and I was like, absolutely, um, so, uh, yeah, we talked about it. I remember, you know rory talked about the wednesday after writer cup. We had a nice few drinks together, we talked about it that day and then he sent me a text around christmas time and, yeah, it was a nice little christmas present for me to get. So, uh, yeah, happy to be here with him. You know, um, I I like playing golf in the middle of the fairway, so I'm looking forward to this week. No pressure all right, thanks guys.
Speaker 9:We'll open up the questions. If you have a question, just raise your hand. We'll get a mic over to you.
Speaker 13:We'll just start here with brody roy, are you able to confirm whether or not you have a potential return to the policy?
Speaker 12:board Not as of yet. No.
Speaker 13:Are we able to speak in hypotheticals? Maybe I guess, when you go back to a year ago or eight months ago, when you decided to step away, you talked about wanting to focus more inside the ropes and things like that. I guess what has changed in the last eight months and kind of, how do you look back now on that decision to walk away and why? You know it might be interesting now.
Speaker 12:Uh, I think I can be helpful.
Speaker 12:Um, I don't think there's been much progress made in the last eight months and I was hopeful that there would be, and know I think I I could be helpful to the process, but only only if, if people want me involved, I guess.
Speaker 12:So, you know, when web, you know, and I talked and he talked about it potentially, you know, coming off the board, I said, look, if it was something that other people wanted I would, I would gladly take that seat and that was the conversation that we had. But, yeah, I think that's the whole reason. I feel like I can be helpful, I feel like I, you know, I care a lot and I have some pretty good experience and good connections within the game and sort of around the wider sort of ecosystem and everything that's going on. But at the end of the day, it's not quite up to me to just come back on the board. There's a process that has to be followed. But I'm willing to do it if that's what, uh, if that's what people um, want, I guess, and unification has been your, your big thing the last few months.
Speaker 13:If, hypothetically, you were back is, is that something you would then even have a stronger stance on on the board?
Speaker 12:absolutely, yeah, yeah, I think it's the.
Speaker 13:It's the only way forward for the, for the, for the game of golf I mean you've you, you've said before, I think, that maybe you didn't always see eye-to-eye with some people before on matters.
Speaker 12:How do you manage that, I guess, if you're back in terms of trying to kind of steer things a certain way Compromise, but also try to articulate your points as well as you can and try to help your points as well as you can and try to, you know, help people see the benefits of what unification could do for the game and what it could do for this tour in particular. We obviously realize the game is not unified right now for a reason, and you know there's still, you know, some hard feelings and things that need to be be addressed. But I think at this point you know, for the good of the game, we all need to put those feelings aside and all move forward together almost like a physical sense of relief or a burden in the way you originally left.
Speaker 10:You talked about not being able to spend or split your time with the demands of that job and then also trying to be the best golfer you can possibly be.
Speaker 12:Yeah, I feel you know. Yes, I know I would say that I played some of my best golf while being a PGA Tour board member, so I don't think it really hindered me, but it was maybe just taking away some time from me pursuing things or spending time doing things that I wanted to do at home. And, you know, having to hop on calls, you know, two, three times a week and just the whole, you know the whole thing started to take a toll, as it has on a lot of the players. Right, like we're golfers. At the end of the day, we don't need to be trying to run a 15 billion dollar business.
Speaker 10:We need to go out there and play golf and let the the business people do the business things on the matters of golf shane, I saw that you and rory were out in the practice area yesterday playing together, hitting practice shots and things like that around. How often in a tournament other than this would you guys do that? Is that something that just is unique to this venue or is that something that you guys might ever do outside of, say, ryder Cup?
Speaker 11:well, it just kind of happened yesterday. We were going to go and play the course but the course was quite busy and we didn't want to spend too long doing that. So we said we'd do some chipping around, chipping green. Yeah, I mean I used to do historically for years. I've done it with Porter Carrington over the years, but he's, you know, a lot of time in Champions Tour. Now you know we don't typically do it. Rory likes to play and practice early in the mornings and I don't, so we don't really play that many practice rounds together. You know, throughout the year we play a few, but not that many. So yeah, it just kind of happened yesterday and it's good fun and I think it's a good way to practice and I think for kids, if they want to practice, get a friend or a person, anybody who wants to practice, get a person to play against and go and chip around the green, because I think that's a good way to get better.
Speaker 3:Rory, with this being your first trip to New Orleans, what is your initial take? And then, shane, did you kind of prep? Him for what this week's vibe was about.
Speaker 12:Uh no, you didn't really prep me, I guess. Uh yeah, so we got in yesterday, uh, sort of around midday. We came straight here, uh, so we didn't really I, you know, I didn't get a sense really of the city last night Got to the hotel and didn't really do much, but we've got some good restaurant reservations the next few nights and sort of going to hit all the sort of staples that you should, and I'll maybe venture down to Bourbon Street at some point and spend half an hour and sort of say I've been there and I've got the T-shirt and then move on. I don't think I want to spend too much time down there. Get some beats, yeah, but yeah, I'm excited to be in a new place. As I said before, we spend our whole lives going back to the same cities, the same golf courses and the same routines, so to do something a little different is nice All right, just go right here in the front.
Speaker 14:I wanted to ask about golf at the Olympics. I know, growing up, obviously you all never had that opportunity. Just how great was it to take part?
Speaker 11:A little different because of COVID, but potentially the excitement of doing it for real this year, having it as an Olympic sport and looking forward to that this summer doing it for real this year, having it as an olympic sport and looking forward to that this summer, yeah, yeah, um, obviously, growing up, growing up playing golf, you never dreamed of an olympic champion. So when golf came to the olympics it was kind of a strange kind of feeling to have. But during the last olympics we're already together in japan, albeit it was a covert olympic, so it was a little bit different. Um, you know, we both know, we both realised what it meant to go out and try and win an Olympic medal for your country and I think you know that's something that excites me and excites both of us. To go back to Paris this year and try and do that, I think you know. For me personally, anyway, I know to go back to Ireland and win an Olympic medal would be like a dream. So, yeah, something that is high on my bucket list for this year.
Speaker 12:Yeah, same thing. I was in a seven-way playoff in Tokyo for a bronze medal, and I've never tried so hard to finish third in my life.
Speaker 12:So yeah look, we didn't grow up dreaming of winning an Olympic medal because that just wasn't something that was on our radar. You know, major championships have always been what you know has been the greatest achievement in the game of golf. But once you're there and you get into that Olympic spirit, you know it really, you know it's sort of you know, I don't know that something happens inside of you and you know, you really, you really get a sense for what it means to so many people. And you know, as Sheehan said, you know, even to just be able to call yourself an Olympian but then to, if you weren't able to win a medal, that would be, you know, incredibly special.
Speaker 6:Rory, I guess you're not too happy about the way the early part of the season has gone, and after the meat grinder of the last two and a half weeks is this you said no pressure. Is this a week where you could just relax and kind of let things, maybe fix some things?
Speaker 12:Yeah, yeah, a little bit. I don't think there's things that need to be fixed, but I think a week like this to, yeah, to sort of relax and play under yeah not, you know, maybe not the amount of pressure or the stress that we've both been under the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 12:I think is a nice thing, so, and it's nice to be able to rely on a team mate every now and again and bail you out of trouble or know that you know you don't have to, you know, play perfect golf because you've got someone, um, right there beside you. So, yeah, it's a, it's a nice week for that. You know there's still a lot of fedex cup points on offer and you know we, we know if we have a good week this week, you know that'll get us both up the you know, the fedex cup list and and put us in a really good spot going into the summer.
Speaker 12:Question right here.
Speaker 8:Hey there, brett Martel with AP. So, rory, you mentioned that you thought it would be fun to play here and you mentioned the novelty aspect. Is there some practical professional application too, in terms of maybe you guys will be teammates again in the future, or just more team golf?
Speaker 12:I think it's just. I just thought it would be fun to do Going and playing here with a friend and enjoying a week in New Orleans, and going to eat some good food at night and try to play some good golf during the day. I thought it would be a fun week.
Speaker 9:Okay, ready. Finish up here.
Speaker 13:Are we allowed to know any of the reservations I?
Speaker 11:don't know them, I just go where I'm told.
Speaker 12:Fair enough.
Speaker 11:I just go where I'm told this week and I just do what I'm told. So Rory's the captain. Team captain.
Speaker 13:And then, for both of you, a report came out today that equity numbers might be released to you guys today. I guess the question is what's enough? You know what's a number that will make you guys feel validated for staying? You know, considering the live payouts.
Speaker 12:I think the one thing we've learned in golf over the last two years is there's never enough.
Speaker 6:Rory, just curious, had you been close to coming here before or playing in this tournament before?
Speaker 12:Yeah, a few people have asked me over the years. Bubba Watson haunted me for years to come play this with him and I politely declined every time.
Speaker 11:Rory's probably number one on people's list to come play here with when you're out there playing with him.
Speaker 12:But no, it was never part of, you know, I guess it never lined up with with my schedule and just wasn't. And then you know what this is. You know, this is my fourth week in a row and it's not, you know, it's not as if I haven't played four weeks in a row before, but for a fourth tournament in a row, something like this, that is a little more relaxed, not as not as much pressure, you know, I thought it would be a good thing to do, just one last one here, I'm good.
Speaker 3:Shane, you just mentioned that he's on a lot of guys list to play as a team, so why are you really excited that he picked you?
Speaker 11:why am I excited that he picked me? He obviously thinks I'm I'm good enough to be a teammate and come out here and compete with. I think we're good for each other. I think we'll be good for each other on the course. We'll enjoy doing it, which is a big part of it as well. Whatever about going out there and competing, you want to enjoy it as well, but at the end of the day, when it comes to it, we are competitors. I think we're two very competitive people. When we get to the first tee on Thursday, we're there for one reason and, yes, it'll be to enjoy it, but it'll be to give ourselves a chance to win the tournament.
Speaker 9:All right, gentlemen. Thank you for the time. Best of luck this week, thank you.
Speaker 1:So there you go. You've heard from a couple of the teams and play is underway at TPC Louisiana. There's an event at the University of Florida I should digress here called Gator Growl and on number 17,. The other day a couple of gators decided just to walk across. Players didn't seem to mind it at all, but I didn't see any player approach and grab the tail of a gator like Kevin Kistner did one time. So there you go. Anyway, there you have it. Play is underway and we will see how this team event on the PGA Tour plays out. Hopefully you'll watch it and hopefully we'll hear from you on social media about what you thought For the PGA Tour Countdown team. I'm Frank Bassett saying thanks for listening and enjoy the tournament. Thank you.