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Rocco Mediate has a very interesting prediction for Tiger’s immediate future

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1 year ago

Mar 3, 2023

Rocco Mediate is perhaps best known for his epic duel with Tiger Woods at the 2008 U.S. Open. Rocco battled with Woods for 90 holes before eventually losing on the 18th playoff hole, but earned a special place in golf history as a result.

Mediate recently had a chat with hosts Dennis Paulson and Jason Sobel on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio, and discussed Tiger Woods as well as the ever-present story in LIV Golf.

In regard to the 47-year-old Woods, Mediate said,

“By the way, I don’t think he’s even close to finished. I’ve been saying that for 10 years, and getting laughed at in the meantime, I don’t think he’s even close to done.

Unless his body fails again. But if his body stays decent? Forget it. I think he does crazier stuff the next couple years. It’s just my opinion.”

The 60-year-old also defended the PGA Tour in their ongoing battle with LIV.

“So, LIV came out and it started the attack. When you attack, like, the best of the best, you’re gonna get attacked back, okay? And then all your ideas, yeah, some of the ideas, I think maybe we’ll do that now and I think maybe we will throw another zillion dollars at them now. Oh, sorry, you didn’t want us to do that, did you? So it’s like everyone’s saying, ‘Well, you should thank them.’ … And it’s like, yeah, okay, thanks. But we’re the best. We are the best. The PGA Tour has the best product, period, always will. It’s not even close. So now everybody’s, I watched Lee Westwood pop off, whatever he was [saying], some dumb crap he was saying yesterday. I’m going, I thought you hate it, what do you care what’s happening?”

Mediate has an issue with all of the players who’ve been critical of the PGA Tour after they chose to leave, saying the Tour gave the players a chance to “become what [they] are”.

“The PGA Tour, Dennis, gave me, you, Tiger, everybody that played the PGA Tour, a way to become whatever it is we became. … It gave us a chance to become what we are. Now it’s not good enough? Now we hate them, so we’re gonna leave and bad mouth the very entity that gave us life, the very entity. How do you do that? I don’t understand it. The guys that did it right, DJ, [Pat] Perez, they just said, ‘You know what, I’m done. I love the PGA Tour, but you know what, I’m just gonna do this.’ Okay, that’s great. But don’t come after the people that gave you the ability to become whatever it is you became, period. That’s what made me the most mad about it. You can go. Just say, ‘Hey, thanks guys. Thanks for doing this for what, how many years, since ‘68. Don’t go after ’em. Don’t Talor Gooch their ass. I mean, are you kidding me?”

Sirius XM will begin hosting a “Rocco Hour” every Tuesday starting March 7.

Butch Harmon reveals what he worked on with Rory McIlroy during visit earlier this year

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24 hours ago

May 16, 2024

Matt Vincenzi

While speaking on the “Son of a Butch” Podcast, legendary swing coach Butch Harmon revealed what he worked on with Rory McIlroy when the four-time major champion went to visit him after the Players Championship this season.

Butch Harmon on what he worked on with Rory:

“The work I did with him wasn’t a tremendous amount of changing what he did, it was his attitude and the way he played certain shots. From 150 yards and in he made a full swing like he was hitting a driver and I wanted him to make…

— Matt Vincenzi (@MattVincenziPGA) May 15, 2024

“The work I did with him wasn’t a tremendous amount of changing what he did, it was his attitude and the way he played certain shots. From 150 yards and in he made a full swing like he was hitting a driver and I wanted him to make more 3 quarter swings and chop the follow through off a little. He’s a very high ball hitter, but with short irons high balls aren’t good, it’s hard to control, we wanted to bring the ball flight down.”

The work certainly seemed to help McIlroy, as he went on to win the Zurich Classic alongside Shane Lowry and the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in back-to-back starts.

Rory will now tee it up at Valhalla for the PGA Championship, which is the site of his most recent major victory in 2014.

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Brandel Chamblee says this technological development was key to Phil Mickelson winning major championships

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24 hours ago

May 16, 2024

Matt Vincenzi

While speaking with GolfWRX, Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee shared that he believes the solid core golf ball helped Phil Mickelson win major championships.

“One of the consequences of the solid core golf ball coming around was it put the straightest of hitters in the rough.

“Phil started winning majors in 2004, I don’t think that’s any coincidence. I think he started winning majors after the solid core golf ball came along and put everybody in the rough.

“And so [Phil] is like ‘I got you in the rough, I’m going to kick your a**. This is my game. I’ve been in the rough my whole career. I can go over trees, through trees, around trees.’

“Because he’s got that amazing creativity and Phil is an underrated iron player, phenomenal iron player. Great, great great out of the trouble. If you put the top-40 players on a list and ranked them in terms of accuracy, he would be 40th.

“So, I think that was one of the consequences of the solid core golf balls was it allowed Phil to win major championships.”

Mickelson went on to win the Masters in 2004 as well as five additional majors from 2004-2021 including three total Masters, two PGA Championships, and an Open Championship.

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Former Augusta National employee pleads guilty to transporting stolen Masters memorabilia; Arnold Palmer’s green jacket among stolen items

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1 day ago

May 16, 2024

Matt Vincenzi

According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, a man was charged in Chicago with stealing millions of dollars’ worth of memorabilia from Augusta National last month.

The man, Robert Globensky, was charged with transporting the memorabilia across state lines.

The report states that between 2009 and 2022, Globensky allegedly transported “millions of dollars’ worth of Masters golf tournament merchandise and historical memorabilia” from Augusta National “and transported to Tampa, Florida, knowing the same had been stolen, converted and taken by fraud.”

The document was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Since then, more details have emerged about the case.

According to Darren Rovell of Cllct, one of the items that was stolen was Arnold Palmer’s green jacket.

The Chicago Tribune also reported that Globensky was able to steal the merchandise due to his role as a former warehouse coordinator at Augusta National who oversaw the Masters merchandise that was sold.

Rovell states that “A source with intimate knowledge of the case said an Augusta National member, who knew the jacket was missing, contacted a well-known collector who had gained a reputation for tracking down rare items. The member’s goal was to return the jacket to Augusta under the guise of purchasing it in a private sale.”

The plan worked, and the man agreed to sell the jacket for an agreed upon price of $3.6 million. After the sale was complete, the FBI swarmed the house of the thief.

Cllct also reported that Globensky pled guilty in a federal court in Chicago on Wednesday and now faces up to 10 years in prison.

The Chicago Tribune adds that Globensky’s plea deal includes an agreement to provide the government a cashier’s check for $1.5 million in the next few days.