GRC - Post Game - Ep. 6

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hey. [00:00:04] Speaker B: Got the folds of honor jacket on, Dude, I'm nice. I'm here, man. I love it. [00:00:10] Speaker C: It's weird seeing you without a hat. [00:00:12] Speaker B: I know. Yeah, I actually have hair. My wife tells me I should never wear hats because you have a good set of hair. Yeah. [00:00:18] Speaker A: Yeah, you do. Yeah, you got nice hair, bro. I've never seen you without a hat either. [00:00:22] Speaker B: We're letting it float it. Rumor has it. Doctors have told me that I'll have hair till I'm 90. I said there's no chance I'm living till I'm 90. You have not seen the amount of things I've done to this body, so. But my hair won't be here until I croak, that's for sure. [00:00:36] Speaker D: There you go. [00:00:37] Speaker C: You're going to be. [00:00:38] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:00:38] Speaker C: GRC 2086 coming to you. [00:00:43] Speaker B: My cane, they're just. I still put. Is it a scramble day? [00:00:50] Speaker C: Yeah, you hit everything and I'll put it. [00:00:53] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. Dude, do you. Do you get. [00:00:56] Speaker A: Do you get stressed out doing grc? [00:00:58] Speaker B: You know, I. I wouldn't call it stress. I think I get performance anxiety, um, which, you know, some people have experienced in the bedroom. Me personally, I don't experience it there. I experience it at the grc. So, yeah, no, I. I really just want to put on, like, the best possible event for everybody. And so I think I get, like. I think about too much and I. And I can't control every detail. So it's not really stress. It's just that there's no way to control all the details. And my mind, like, wants to make it perfect for everyone, so I end up, like, getting frazzled, like, mentally. But it's not actual stress. It's just I'm not smart enough to be able to do it all at once. Like, I can't multitask, so it's. I think that's the biggest part is that if I could multitask, I would be a lot, on the outward appearance, more calm, cool, and collected. [00:01:53] Speaker A: Well, you do. You seem cool, calm, and collected the whole time. And you do a great job like that. There's no complaints at all, honestly. Except for the size of the T. [00:02:01] Speaker E: Shirt. [00:02:04] Speaker A: And the emails. The amount of emails and the size of the shirts. Those two things. [00:02:09] Speaker B: I gotta figure out how to send less emails. I don't know. I don't know how I can remedy that, because I get this. [00:02:15] Speaker E: No, you're good. [00:02:19] Speaker B: There's gotta be, like, a better way to do that. But I don't know. [00:02:23] Speaker A: I'm just an. [00:02:24] Speaker B: That's all. [00:02:25] Speaker C: That's all. [00:02:25] Speaker A: I just don't do good with like, group chats. Like, if I see it and it's like, it's not directed towards me, I just. I just move on to the next thing in my life. [00:02:34] Speaker B: A nice WhatsApp would be. Would be nice. I've thought about doing the WhatsApp honestly, and the Golfify app. Like, the message board is pretty sweet, but it's, you know, for the larger informational things, there's. There's gotta be a better way. Like, email just sucks and it's like, I'm not. What am I. I'm not gonna post it to like a. Like a running Google Doc or something. I guess maybe I could do that. But I. There's gotta be a better system for like consistently notifying large groups of people than email. And I just don't know what that is. [00:03:02] Speaker C: It's gotta be WhatsApp. I mean, WhatsApp probably is. Is the move or if it. If there's not some out there. [00:03:08] Speaker B: There you go. I know. Yeah. Someone created you new business. Yeah. [00:03:14] Speaker A: Levi, Please close all other browser tabs. That's the notification I'm getting from Riverside right now. [00:03:26] Speaker B: He's living like he was living at the grc, just full blur. Everything is his mental state at the grc. Little bit buzzed. [00:03:36] Speaker D: Those rough fellas. Takeaways. [00:03:42] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:03:44] Speaker D: Oh, yeah. I'm so glad I got to go, man. It was. It was super fun. But I learned some things for the. [00:03:50] Speaker E: Next time, that's for sure. [00:03:55] Speaker D: Like what? [00:03:55] Speaker E: What? [00:04:00] Speaker D: Don't go out with Tony until on Friday night. [00:04:05] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. [00:04:08] Speaker E: All of us have to do that at least once and know not to. [00:04:11] Speaker B: Do it ever again. [00:04:12] Speaker D: Yeah. I mean, it was super fun, but I was just cooked. The rest of the weekend definitely affected me playing for sure. I think I was just tired. I can't do that anymore because I felt like I played pretty damn well on Friday with Will. That was a hell of a match. We, you know, I hit a lot of great shots and we played well together. Then the next two days, I just felt like I played terrible. So, yeah, God pays myself. [00:04:46] Speaker A: That's the balance with 20 anymore. Yeah, yeah, that's. That's the balance with GRC, right? Like, you go there to have a really good time and you want to take advantage of having a good time, but you also want to play really good golf. So it's like, do you go out and gamble and party and drink all night and then do other, you know, curricular activities or do you sleep in and be kind of, like, antisocial and try to play your best game the next day. So it's a hard balance, man, but you definitely fucked up, Levi. But it's okay. You. You live and you learn, dude. [00:05:16] Speaker E: You'll. [00:05:16] Speaker A: You'll not make the same mistake next year. [00:05:18] Speaker C: I would even say that's the move because Eric was in bed before all of us, and Eric didn't play, and he was sober the whole time. [00:05:26] Speaker B: Yeah. And Eric didn't play out of his mind. If Tony was out till 3am Friday, what he did to me on the course Saturday, he needs to stay out till 3am every day. [00:05:36] Speaker D: Tony told me that night. [00:05:37] Speaker B: He's probably a 74 at Saguaro. [00:05:40] Speaker D: Yeah, I. Cause I was like, dude, I. At, like, probably one. I was like, dude, I. I have to go, or you come in. And I was like, I'm gonna play terrible tomorrow. I'm gonna be so tired. And he's like, I play really well when I'm tired, so probably just gonna stay. I was like, I don't want to just, like, leave you here because I'm afraid you're not gonna make it round in the morning. Like, your first off. [00:06:02] Speaker B: Where'd you guys go? [00:06:04] Speaker D: We just went out in Scottsdale. Went to, like. [00:06:07] Speaker B: Oh, yeah? [00:06:08] Speaker D: Yeah. I can't even remember what the place was called, but. [00:06:12] Speaker B: Scottsdale? Yeah. [00:06:13] Speaker D: Like, this huge bar. Yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, it was fun. And then we were at his buddy's house for, like, the last two hours of that until, like, 3:00am Just talking and. [00:06:25] Speaker B: Yeah, it was rough, dude. [00:06:28] Speaker D: I finally was like, I just ordered an Uber. Are you coming? And he's like, yeah, I'll come. And I was like, okay. God, I should have done that like, two hours ago. [00:06:36] Speaker B: But whatever. [00:06:41] Speaker A: Tony says he plays better on those. Those days where he's been out all night. I was like, I don't know, man. That seems kind of suspect, but Commission, You. You played with him, and how did you play? [00:06:51] Speaker B: I can attest to that is an absolute correct statement. That guy hit the ball. I mean, I. I think I hit it decently far. Like, I. I don't. I'm not a bomber, but I hit it decently far. Tony was parking lots ahead of me when I hit, like, a pretty decent shot. And I mean, his swing is so quick and truncated, too. It's just like. And I mean, it's like watching Nick Bryce out there. But it wasn't even really that. He was. His putting was dialed. His driver was just. It was an absolute mammoth. But he had Some squirrely ones too. But his recovery game was insane. He had some gnarly chips at, like, pretty critical moments. I mean, I played terrible that day, so I can't really say it would have mattered. But Tony, like, you can tell Tony is a seriously good golfer. If he would put some, like, focus on it. Maybe that's the opposite way if he needs to be out till three in the morning. But he can shoot in the 60s with his eyes closed. If he's, you know, at the range grinding it out, I guarantee it, that guy has some serious game. [00:07:51] Speaker C: Well, I think at one point he was in fact, like, he had his pro card at one point, and I think he was pursuing it, and then I think it just got too much. [00:08:02] Speaker E: For him or something. [00:08:03] Speaker C: I mean, it's a lot, man. I mean, I've playing. Playing with Richie as long as we have, like, to see how good he is and see him like win club championships. And in our eyes, he's like the best golfer we know. And then the guys that are even above him spend like eight plus hours every day, like just getting after it. It just takes a different level of, you know, practice. I feel like. [00:08:29] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, Richie told me too, but next year I'd love to go me, Tony, Richie, and, and throw like Nolan in there. Another. Another zero. And let's. Let's get a film crew out there. That would be okay. Because if, I mean, yeah, if Tony's playing his best golf, watching him versus Richie would be pretty sweet. I would enjoy watching that. [00:08:50] Speaker A: If you're going to have a film crew for the Aces, you got to have one for the hacks too, bro. [00:08:55] Speaker B: That would be fun. [00:08:59] Speaker C: And then the in between, I'm like, the in between. Sometimes I'm a hack and sometimes I'm okay. [00:09:03] Speaker B: Yeah, you guys don't get much camera time. That's, that's the, that's the problem with the in between. We're going to get the lows and the highs 100%. Next, maybe GRC 9, we'll get the in betweens as well. Yeah, I really would love to get a couple people out there to do some filming. It's just been a cost issue, but if I could get just like two cameras on the course, like follow this group, follow that group, then, you know, after nine holes, go after random people. I think, like, the content we could get from it would be. Would be pretty electric, so I'm hoping I can make that happen. [00:09:32] Speaker A: But what, what do you want to do with the content? Like, what would be the goal Are you trying to, like, grow grc? Are you trying to make. Are you trying to monetize it? Like, what's. Like, what's your dream commission? Because obviously, you put a lot of effort into this. A lot of time, you think about it a lot. You want to get some content out there. [00:09:46] Speaker B: Like, what. [00:09:47] Speaker A: What's ideal for you, brother? [00:09:48] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, let me tell you how it started, and then we'll kind of get to where we're at, because that's kind of the journey, so. But really where it started was like, I. I grew up, you know, baseball, basketball, football, soccer, whatever. And it was always just sports, sports, sports, everything. Tinkered around with golf, but never really pursued it as any sort of, you know, sport athletic endeavor. And after high school and a couple years of college, thinking I could still play basketball, I realized I don't have a competitive outlet after I graduated. And so I started playing a lot of golf. I'm like. And I was terrible. Like, I mean, terrible, but, like, you know, 20 handicap, probably something like that. No offense to the 20 handicaps out there. Yeah. [00:10:29] Speaker A: So you're talking about me right now. [00:10:34] Speaker B: Your game is consistent. I was like a 20 with hitting, like, left, right, left, top. But my short game has always been really good, so I was like, I could hit the ball horrendously bad, and I could still, like, find a way to shoot a 93 or something. So anyways, I was like, you know, I want to set these goals. I want to, like, compete in this, and I want to make it, you know, some sort of pursuit. So we actually ended up finding a tournament that. Which, you know, Quinton, Andrew's dad, ran in the desert, and it was a Ryder cup event. Like, guys in their 50s, 60s, and. But it was so much fun. It was, like, 16 people, and it was a competitive outlet. So we did that a couple years, and I'm like, this is awesome. Like, I'm probably, I don't know, 26, 27, maybe 28. There was a lot of things we wanted to change, though. There was a bunch of sandbaggers. You know, it wasn't like a. There wasn't. The swag was terrible. It was like. It just. It wasn't what we would want it to be. And every time we left, like, man, if we could just change this, this, this, it would be awesome. And so that's kind of how the GRC started, was we were like, let's just create a super fun, competitive thing where, like, some. Something we can compete in every year. And I'm I was probably, you know, 12, 13, handicapped at the time or whatever. And I didn't really know what I wanted it to be. Um, I just knew that I wanted it to be a sweet group of guys, come out, compete, and like, honestly, the competition was the biggest thing at the time. And then, you know, you speak of Richie and Tony and all this stuff now, I didn't even know what that level of golf existed, like at the high level amateur and competing at mini tour events and this type of stuff. I didn't even understand that. I just thought, like, want a real competition that people can, you know, invest in and like, look forward to winning and competing in. So that's kind of how it started. And over the years it's morphed into something even cooler, which is friendships, golf trips, you know, growing, donating to organizations like Folds of Honor. And then now with the content, it's like, I just think it's really fun to make it something that people get excited about because when hearing you guys say it's your favorite weekend of the year, people talk about it for months after we're doing podcasts about it. Like, that just fires me up in, in a way that it's increasing everyone's enjoyment of life, also the game and there's still the competitive aspects of it along with everything else. So we don't have like a vision of what I want it to be. I've always thought, I don't want to restrict it. I don't want to say, okay, it's only going to be 20 guys, or I want to grow it to a, you know, 200 person tournament. I don't have any of those desires. I just want to keep making it the most fun weekend of the year for everybody. And if that grows to a hundred something people, okay, as long as it's still awesome. And I think the content side of things is where I struggle. I'm just not a great content guy. So I've noticed, you know, doing the videos and posting, like people see it and they're like, oh my gosh, that's amazing. And if we can just spread the GRC love to more people and get more awesome people like Levi James, welcome back obviously, and you know, all the new people here this year, then that's, then that's what it's all about. You know, hearing people talk about their life, their work, their kids, their, you know, their faith, all this, all this stuff, that's what it's all about now. So I don't really know where it's going to go. And that's kind of the cool part is just, let's see where it goes. Yeah, yeah. But that's like the explanation behind. [00:13:50] Speaker A: No, it's perfect. You know, one thing that I really look forward to this year is like, seeing all my old friends from San Diego. You know, I moved away and I haven't seen Wilden for a long time, and I really look forward to doing that. And then there's obviously people like Fruitos and Jeremy and all these other guys that, like, I only see once a year. And every time I see him, it's always a good time. It's always a blast, you know, So I think that's. That's probably my. One of my favorite things. And then we just played like some of the coolest courses like Palm Springs. We played all the good golf in Palm Springs, I feel like, over the years. But like, this year was amazing. I mean, we played one of Richie's favorite courses. That says a lot. So it's amazing. [00:14:29] Speaker B: And I agree with Ricky. I think Choi is better than Saguaro. Hot take. [00:14:32] Speaker C: But I agree Joya is the best. [00:14:34] Speaker D: Out of that entire weekend. [00:14:37] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. And all the people online are saying Saguaro, saguaro, Saguaro. I. I disagree. I agree that you, you know, Choia is a better option for sure. [00:14:45] Speaker A: Was that the second day? [00:14:47] Speaker B: Choa was first day. [00:14:49] Speaker D: First day. [00:14:49] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, that was way. Yeah, that was. That was number one for sure for me, at least. [00:14:53] Speaker B: I played Rangers and. And we knew going into it that TPC Scottsdale wasn't going to be this wow factor. Um, it was just convenience to the airport. I knew it would be easier. And. And typically the feedback we got from the Pirates because the Pirates lost for a few years in a row, was that on Sunday we were playing these really hard courses, you know, the stadium course at PJ west and then Silver Rock and these other places. And they're like, look, on the final day when we're playing our own ball, like, we want something that's a little more open, it's a little easier, not quite as deserty difficult. And so, you know, that's the logic for. For doing it that way. I think we're at a point now we have better golfers. The Pirates won. People understand it. But yeah, it's. We knew that TPC wasn't going to be the weaker factor. We call was just. It was awesome. Yeah. So good. [00:15:41] Speaker C: Yeah. One thing. Have you gotten anything you said about the competition outlet? For me, man, that's like, been like the very Similar, because I. Very similar. Like, growing up playing sports and then you get to a certain age, like, even being in, like, just men's leagues, like basketball leagues, it just fades a little bit, right? The bodies take a hit. We get busy with life. So it's hard to be as consistent with, like, you know, that kind of competition. But I. For me, it also just fired me up a little bit more to try to just play more. I want it now. I want to play more tournament golf, hands down. Like, I really do. Just because the difference in playing with your friends and the amount of pressure you have on your shoulders versus, like, knowing that, hey, my team needs me, I need to hit this shot. It's night and day, dude. And that's why I think I played so bad the first two days and not even my best golf on the last day was because I was just in my own head, like, being like, dude, I've been looking forward to this. I've been hyping this up. I want to play well. I want to do well for my team, for myself to brag, all that. And then I'm over here shooting double bogeys and shit, and you're like, what am I doing? I forget how to play. [00:16:53] Speaker B: Well, for one, you rinsed Ben on the final day, and your driver was spectacular on the back. Thank you. Thank you. I don't. I mean, I thought you played great, honestly. It's. Sunday's the hardest day by far, and you. You played super well in the critical moments, and that's. That's what it's all about. To your point, the competitive aspects and to. To take a step back. Q. Like, kind of one of the big purposes was we wanted a lot of our friends to also pursue golf because we knew how good it is for our, you know, spirit, mind, body, all these things. And if we had a GRC where it was competitive and it was yearly, it's something to practice for, to try to play your best at. And if you don't practice or you, you know, to your point, go out late, you isolate whatever it is that isn't working. You're like, okay, well, how do I do that differently next year? And then maybe I practice two months before. And then after, when you leave, you're fired up for tournament golf, you go and you practice more and you play more, and then you get better over the course of time, and then you want to do it more. And it's this. I think the mental benefits of golf are amazing. And I. My hope is that the GRC keeps More people like staying consistent with the game. It doesn't have to be like, you know, the Richie, you know, USM grind, but it can be, and that's awesome. And if it's somewhere between, between there and like never playing, then, then that's a win. And it brings people together. To your point too. Q. You know, I think friendships will. [00:18:11] Speaker C: From someone who's been doing it. How many GRCs has there been now? [00:18:17] Speaker B: Five so far. [00:18:17] Speaker C: Oh, seven. Okay. [00:18:18] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:20] Speaker C: And you're like, obviously, I, I think you're almost a scratch golfer. Right. You've been playing, you've gotten, yeah. You've gotten your score down. Like what is. You know, and this could be a Richie question too. But like, for me, I feel like I might have over practiced and over prepared because I was hitting balls and thought that was going to help me. And then it also got in my head, I feel like. But it was all indoor, it was all simulator. So I'm just curious. Like, I feel like sometimes maybe the best thing you can do is like prep, prep, prep, and then not swing a golf club for like a week or two beforehand. And then I don't know. [00:18:58] Speaker B: Well, some of the. I'll let Richie answer too. Cause he's been kind of coming in and out of WI fi. Looks like he's stable now. And you know, I've, I've competed in like the Houston Amateur a couple times and a couple of the Texas mid amateurs and things that I've qualified for, but nothing, nothing to Richie's level. But I do study the game and I, and I listen to people that are better than me. So from a wisdom perspective, the best players in the world, like Phil Mickelson had a great quote. He said the best thing amateurs can do before a round is stretch for 15 minutes and go chip and putt for 30. You don't even need to swing a club. Just get the feeling down of that low point contact, get your putter rolling. Because it all kind of backs out of the short game. And you're. If you make a long putt, you're going to be pretty confident on that next tee and vice versa. And so I do think there's an over grind point where you're going to wear your body down, you're going to find bad habits. Maybe you'll get frustrated with yourself, all these things. But there's a balance between especially the day of or the week of, of just staying positive, staying loose and not overdoing things. Also being aware of what's struggling. Like my driver was Terrible. Day one and day two. So on the range before day three, I'm like, I'm playing against Richie. I'm going to get absolutely waxed if I can't hit this driver. So I, I just. I'm like, I gotta find something new. Sometimes you gotta change it up. Change up a swing thought. Find something new that maybe just starts to feel good and be positive with that and take that into the round. You know, you gotta dance with the girl you brought. You can't go to the, to the bar. You know, trying to find every loose straggler out there might not work every time. So, I mean, maybe you might find something. But more consistently, you bring that girl that you have every single week, and you just make the best experience of it that you can, we'll usually benefit more. I mean, Richie probably has more thoughts on that than I do. [00:20:45] Speaker E: Yeah, a lot of thoughts specifically centered around Gin Mill and late nights, but we'll, we'll save that for different podcasts. [00:20:56] Speaker C: God bless Gin Mill. [00:20:59] Speaker E: No, it's. It's super. It's a, It's a. We could probably have a series of podcasts around pre round prep and tournament prep and all that. Um, and I think it's very individualized to person. Um, and also it depends on the stage of golf you're in and what you're preparing for. And going back to where I was going to interject when Levi was talking about just how he approached grc, and one of the very first things I told Levi when he was signing up for GRC was you've never played golf four days in a row, let alone gone on a golf trip, you know, specifically like this. So just that in itself is going to cause you some mental kind of roller coaster aspect of your. Of your golf game. Right. So, yeah, it's just a matter of getting comfortable with. With the setup and knowing, you know, it's just golf. Even though you're at it on a golf trip, even though you're in a quote unquote tournament for the first time or, you know, whatever your situation might be, and it's just getting comfortable figuring out what works for you. And like I said, you got to go through the, the late nights with Tony at least once to know you should never do that again. [00:22:14] Speaker B: Sign me up for that next. [00:22:18] Speaker E: One, man. I've been there before. Yeah, dude. And then coming down to, like, pre round prep. I mean, it just depends, man. Like, I'm at the point now where if I'm. I change it up all the time. Like, if I get it. Get to the course and I just feel like warming up, feel like getting a good range session in. I'll go do that. A lot of times, even at my club events or even at like, tournaments around Colorado, I might show up to the tournament and be like, hey, I'm good on the warm up. I'll hit a couple drivers, a couple wedges and go to the first tee. Other times I'll spend 45 minutes on the range grinding because I gotta find something to Austin's point. So it really just depends. You'll figure out what works for you. And I would say, bottom line is just trust what you're feeling. Yeah, yeah. If you're feeling like your swing is lost, maybe go to the range. If it doesn't work next time, you know, if, if your swing is lost, maybe just go to the first tee and say, okay, go back to my roots and try and find what feels right. [00:23:16] Speaker A: Do you think there's such thing as over practicing before something like this? Rich. Like to James's point earlier, like, we, we prep, we prep, we prep, we practice, we practice, we practice. And then finally the big day comes and you just can't perform the way that you were hoping for. It's just all in your head. [00:23:34] Speaker E: Yeah, a lot of it's mental, but a lot of it is also, what kind of prep were you doing? You're hitting on a mat in a garage. When was the last time you hit off of a fairway that actually had growing grass? Before this tournament, Right? Probably three, four, five months ago. [00:23:49] Speaker A: Yes. [00:23:49] Speaker E: Before this tournament. So it's a very different feeling and it's a very different swing thought. Like in your garage, you're like, right, every contact is clean. So I. And all my balls are going, you know, 280 yards with a little bit of a draw or whatever. It's a lot different than when you get out in Arizona with the wind, with the elevation changes, with the cold, with the hot, with the, you know, status of the match with, you know, what you did on the last hole, how you're feeling. So again, it goes back to that point. Just kind of trust yourself what you're feeling, man. And, you know, as you play in more and more of these types of rounds and tournaments, whether it's local during the summer or destination during the winter, you'll figure out what works for you. [00:24:30] Speaker B: Yeah. From someone who was, you know, like a middle age, a mid teens handicapper, that was like, I'm gonna, I'm gonna shoot even par at Torrey Pines. I'M gonna compete in these state amateur events. I'm gonna do all this. And I had a long period to train and prepare for all that. It's the mental side is the biggest side. Like, we all have the athletic ability. I mean, you talk about yourself, James. You're like, I played terrible this and that. Completely disagree. Like, your swing is really good. You're an athlete. You make contact with the ball every time. Like, that's a huge thing that most people don't have in golf. And we all can do that. It's a matter of, like, where's your mind at? And if you're overstressing, overthinking, you don't believe in yourself. I mean, it's just like life. You go to a job interview if you're not, like, relaxed and you're not being yourself and you're not. You got to prepare so you know what you're talking about. But you can't study if you're working at a Tealium, for example. Like, no one's going to know how to talk about Telium if you don't work there. So you read the website, you check it out, you figure out what you're going to do, and then you look at the person who you're going to interview with, and you kind of assess their personality trait. And then you're like, all right, let's grab a coffee. Let's believe in ourselves. Let's be honest, and let's tell them why I want to be here. So you prepare to a degree, but ultimately, like, you kind of have to take what you got if you haven't prepared to the point where you think you're going to excel in that job interview or on that round or whatever. To Richie's point, it's like, hey, let's go to the first tee, and let's just. Let's. Let's see what we got today. [00:25:57] Speaker C: And I think you can't. [00:25:58] Speaker B: You can't be better than what you. You know, you're gonna. You're gonna be. Or you're capable of, and you have to kind of accept that and be okay with that and just be yourself. If you're. If you're being yourself and you're playing your game, your swing, you're gonna play so much better than if you're trying to be perfect. I gotta hit this fairway. I gotta do that. I gotta do this. Like, well, you're not perfect. We're gonna miss fairways. We're not that good. So let's just, like, let's Enjoy. And let's, like, you know, be okay with who we are and just be honest and then go make the best out of it and be positive. [00:26:29] Speaker E: I think Tony and Tony and I are a good example of that, because if you look at Tony and I side by side, our swings are completely different. And neither of us has a quote, unquote, like, perfect swing, right? So a lot of amateurs, and I see this, you know, in my friends and at my club and stuff, they go out there trying to find that perfect swing, right? And you're never going to get it. And even if you do, that doesn't result in success always. And, you know, if you look at Tony and I, we've played golf our entire lives at multiple different high levels, and we don't have perfect swings. We use the swing we have because it's reliable and we know what the ball is going to do. So it's the same thing. It's just trust what you got, work with what you got, and go make it work. [00:27:16] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:27:16] Speaker C: I think for me, personally, I think where I lack is the. Is the confidence in knowing I could just go out and. And just, like, stop overthinking it. And I think that's just like. We all know the mental side of life is. I mean, that's like the differentiator, right? [00:27:35] Speaker B: If you're. [00:27:36] Speaker C: If you're strong between the ears, then you're gonna succeed in a lot of things. But for some reason with golf, it's like, I. I get so hyped up. I get so, like, competitive and want to play so well, and it's like, dude, just fucking trust your athleticism. Trust this. And it's just so much easier said than done. [00:27:57] Speaker B: Oh, dude. Do you know Bob Rotella? Are you familiar with the name? If I say Bob Rotella, yes, he is. [00:28:03] Speaker E: The books that I'm. I've been reading. [00:28:05] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, the putting. Putting books. [00:28:07] Speaker B: There's a game. There's a book called Golf is Not a Game of Perfect. I would encourage everyone to read that. I did it before. I. I finally broke the seal and made it through these qualifiers that I was going for. And it's just exactly what you're talking about. It's. It's literally a game of misses. Nobody hits the shot they're trying to exactly hit more than, like, maybe two times around. Best pros in the world talk about it, too, but it's a game of misses, and it's a game of just understanding and accepting that just like life, we're all missing the mark every five Seconds. But if we try our best, we prepare our best, and we do our best, like, our miss is going to be pretty good. And that's really what it comes down to. Then your mind starts to reframe of, like, oh, that was actually a great drive, you know, and you start to build positivity, and that gets infectious over the course of a round. Bob Rotella is amazing. A lot of great books, but it's all on that mental side. [00:28:56] Speaker C: Like, I mean, I have to give credit to. I mean, being partnered with Richie on the last day, I mean, there was just countless holes where I. You know, I was like. I mean, you were with us, Austin. Like, I went down, too. Right off. [00:29:11] Speaker B: When you hit that, like, almost down into the. The cart, like, ditch thing or whatever, it hits the railing, and you got up and down. That was crazy, dude. [00:29:18] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:29:19] Speaker D: And. [00:29:19] Speaker C: And I almost conceded the hole. And Richie's like, n. Bro, like, you. [00:29:24] Speaker B: Almost won the hole. [00:29:25] Speaker C: Yeah. He's like, dude, no, this is where he's like, just play your ball and this. And then he pumped me up, and then, sure enough, dude, I just put a swing on it, and it happens. You're like, okay, simple. [00:29:35] Speaker B: You gotta have fun. You gotta have fun at the. And you have to be like, you gotta accept who you are, too. My buddy Ben, who I played with, like, he gets. He's like, you're always overthinking everything and doing this. That. I'm like, dude, I talk about a lot of things. I overthink a lot of things. It's okay. Like, I'm. I have a positive attitude inside. I may be saying that, oh, I'm shortsighted and this and that, but what I'm actually telling myself is, like, this is a challenge. I'm gonna overcome it. And it's like, so, you know, your outward kind of thoughts and appearance might be different than what's going on inside. And golf's about, like, looking in here and in here and saying, okay, like, what's actually going on? Do I believe I can do this? Because I'll tell you what. Sunday morning, I did not believe I could compete with Richie in any. In any realm. In any realm. But after the first couple holes, I'm like, all right, I'm here. I'm in this round. I'm gonna have to play good to do this. I can do this. Let's just see what happens. And, yeah, you played well. Build it and build it. And it's like. But, you know, it's hard. It's hard. If I wasn't hitting the driver good. My brain could have slipped down the negative path. And it's, it's just. It's part of kind of keeping. Trying to keep yourself there. Sometimes you do it good and sometimes you don't. [00:30:46] Speaker E: This might be a good time to talk about fucking sprinkler heads. [00:30:49] Speaker B: Oh, my God. I've told so many people about this. Random people at this club where I work. I've told them about that. Like, this is. The story is infamous. It is. I mean, do you want to tell it or. Or James or me? I mean, it's. It's. It's insane. One of the craziest things I've ever seen. [00:31:04] Speaker C: I'll let you do the. I'll let. I'll let you do it, Commish. [00:31:07] Speaker B: I mean, it's just. It was a wild. A wild scene of events. So we, we had a great match, like all throughout the day. It was teetering back and forth. We had probably some of, you know, like down the stretch like that. What was that drivable par 4. Richie drives the green. Basically. I thought I was in the bunker. I was over the green. I got up and down for a crazy birdie. Richie two, putts it in. And we're like, we went like, birdie, par, par, par. I think you shot maybe one under par, back nine or something like that, or maybe, maybe better. But we come to 18 and Richie's down one and I hit a safe shot up the middle. Richie rips the driver, obviously full confidence, and hits a beautiful shot. And it catches like the top lip of the bunker. Two more feet and it goes over the bunker and probably down to, I mean, I don't know, 110 yards from the hole with a great angle, but it catches the bunker. I have to go first. I had a six iron over the green, barely over, but it's over. Not, not an easy up and down. And Richie's like short sighted on this bunker. Basically, there's a huge lip in front of him, probably like a buck 80 out downwind. And Ben and I are looking at. We're like, we're like thinking I've won. You know, it's like, this is it. And I'm like, dude, just watch the shot like this. And he, like, it looks like he changes clubs and kind of goes back and forth. He's assessing all this stuff. And we're just watching. We kind of drive up close and this. Richie takes the club back. And the sound of the club on the ball was legitimately the most pure thing I'VE heard on a. On a. On a golf course, just like it was. Sounded like flush to Fairway 7. I don't know what club he hit, but out of the bunker, just moon balls it up in the air. And if you played with Richie, you know, he hits kind of a lower trajectory flight. Like, it was the opposite of his flight. So he manipulated his swing in that moment to hit a moonshot out of this trap. And it's going. And we're watching this thing. We're kind of from the side angle, so we're seeing the green, the pin, the hole. And we're watching it, and Ben's like, that's on the. That's going right at it. I'm like, oh, that's right. The stick. Oh, it's going. It just keeps getting better and better and better. And we're like, this thing's gonna. He's gonna stick it to, like, a foot. The ball comes down, and we're looking at the ball, and we just see this. The ball just disappeared. It just disappears into the abyss, straight up. And we're. Ben and I are looking at each other, like, do we just see what just happens? At a bird, the ball hit a sprinkler head on the front of the green, like, in the fringe. Where's the perfect spot to land it? Because you couldn't have landed on the green. It would have rolled out. Hits a sprinkler head and goes, like, 60ft in the air and, like, 40 yards over the green into the sand. It was. We just look at each other. We're like, that is the most depressing way to end a phenomenal match. I mean, he should have been a couple feet from the pin and probably makes the birdie. And I'm. I'm not gonna make a birdie from where I was at. And we would have tied the match. And it was just. It was one of the most unlucky things I've seen. We're all just, like, shocked. All you could do is, like, laugh about it, because there's just nothing. There's nothing else to do. [00:34:04] Speaker C: It was like, so Richie lost us grc. Is what you're saying so crazy. [00:34:09] Speaker B: It was one of the best shots I've ever seen and one of the worst results I've ever seen. [00:34:15] Speaker E: Yeah, it was crazy, dude. It was in it. And I've thought about that before, where I'm, like, looking at the greens and walking around the greens. You have a lot of time in a lot of these tournaments I play at, right? So I'm like, walking around the greens and stuff, and I'm always, like, taking note of, like, sprinkler heads or whatever. Like, you'd be surprised. Like, no one ever hits these sprinkler heads. [00:34:35] Speaker B: No one hits them. [00:34:35] Speaker E: Like, I've never done it. [00:34:37] Speaker B: I've never seen it, not even on ships. [00:34:40] Speaker E: And of course, probably one of the best shots I've ever hit in my life just demolishes right dead in the middle of a sprinkler head. That's like this freaking. So funny, dude. But that's why you play in these. These events, man. [00:34:54] Speaker B: It's stories like that. [00:34:55] Speaker E: And what Austin is leaving out is that the guy made so many putts. Yeah, he had a rough start, and I think he's. Because he's nervous. And, I mean, who wouldn't be? [00:35:07] Speaker B: I was like, previous two days, too. [00:35:10] Speaker E: Yeah. And then he hits a drive on number three, and it disappears. Should be. [00:35:14] Speaker B: That was wild, too. [00:35:15] Speaker E: Just gone. [00:35:15] Speaker B: Yeah, we all thought it was in the fairway. [00:35:17] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:18] Speaker B: Yeah. So he's. [00:35:19] Speaker E: So. He's down early. He battles back. He makes so many good pots, and he gets to that point. And so he deserved to win the match, let's be honest. But, man, it's just a. Unfortunate end to have that match. [00:35:34] Speaker B: Absolutely. [00:35:35] Speaker E: But, yeah, dude, what an event. Thanks again for putting it together. Everyone had a great time. I think I'm going to put in a request, whoever drafts me next time, to put me on opposite teams of Gabe and Alex because it's. It's not fun playing three individual rounds in a row. [00:36:00] Speaker A: I. I personally had an absolute blast playing with Gabe. That was the most energy round I've ever been a part of. How. How somebody can lose four clubs in a single round, including their four iron, is an absolute mystery. But Gabe, for whatever reason. [00:36:21] Speaker B: That was crazy. Every. [00:36:22] Speaker A: Every hole we went to, he's like, dude, my bag is looking a little bit more empty. Like, what did I lose? What did I lose? And then by the end of the round, he doesn't have. He doesn't have his 56. He doesn't have his six. He doesn't have his four, doesn't have this. And I'm like, oh, my God, Gabe, you're killing me right now. But it was incredible. And he. And he played well. [00:36:39] Speaker B: He literally won us that round. [00:36:41] Speaker A: Like, I played my part. What's that? [00:36:43] Speaker B: Yeah, he plays. He plays well. Like, he's not a bad golfer when. [00:36:47] Speaker A: He hits a good shot. He hits a good shot, man. Like, there's. There's no two ways about it, you know. But yeah, he. He was a hoot to play with. To be. To be totally honest with you, man. [00:36:57] Speaker C: I think, I think Alex was the big surprise because Alex is like a seven handicap and I think he was dying, though. He was. Yeah, I think he had, you know, the illness kind of got to him a little bit. [00:37:08] Speaker B: Yeah, he was dying, man. [00:37:11] Speaker E: And also petition to increase Colorado golfer handicaps by about probably a good 25. [00:37:21] Speaker B: Yeah, that's a good call because 100. [00:37:23] Speaker E: As evidenced, none of us played to our handicaps. [00:37:26] Speaker B: Yeah, 100, that is. That's actually a great call. You guys should either just submit a 25 boost. I trust everybody in this group. Yeah, we. We didn't make that many adjustments in the final day. Was very incremental. We've made a lot more in previous years, but we need to do that either before the event or just before, you know, Sunday or something. But yeah, I completely. [00:37:50] Speaker E: I'm just kidding. Anyways, we got. [00:37:53] Speaker B: It's hard to come off of not swinging. The same people have had the same feedback. So in Indiana, we had a bunch of people come from Indiana and then Missouri and then Lucas and his boys, like, love Lucas. He's arguably one of my favorite people ever. But he never plays to his number at the grc. And it's. It's not. He's a good golfer and he's a gamer too, but he's. And it's not even that much off. It's just that he enters as a 14 and he's shooting in like 90 twos. [00:38:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:38:22] Speaker B: And it's. And it's almost the same every year because he just isn't practicing and isn't prepping. And we. The whole point of this was back to the original statement. Q was like, we. The handicap adjustments have been so good in. In a bunch of years. We've obviously missed the mark a couple times, but more so than not, it's been a huge addition to making Sunday a super competitive day. And I mean, we came in tied this year and Sunday, last couple groups, so we did okay. But there's. There's still like years where we miss certain things. And I completely agree. Anyone in cold weather climates should honestly get like at least two or three pops to start the tournament. And then if it's, you know, if you're like, hey, I'm playing more to my number, then we taper it back down. But it is A. Yeah, I think. [00:39:05] Speaker C: I think it's a fine line because I was emailing you separately. I'm like, hey, man, put me as a 12. Like, I was a 10. But I was like, I don't feel like I'm going to play like a 10. And I probably should have said I was a 14. Like, truthfully, like, it doesn't matter what number you. [00:39:20] Speaker B: You know, there's a lot of. Everyone has the ego in it and like, oh, I want to be this and that. It's like, dude, just play to what you know you're going to compete at, because that's the whole point of this. But at the draft, to Richie's point, we're going to have handicapped numbers on the big board by your name. People are going to know. So it's going to be a lot more transparency around what you enter at. And then if you see on the final day that you've made the adjustments, you know, it's. Hey, is what it is be better. Are you. [00:39:46] Speaker A: Are we going to do like a live draft where you have like a live stream going and then everybody can join in and talk shit and everybody's going to have their cigars and their. [00:39:54] Speaker E: 4. [00:39:54] Speaker B: Is it going to be. Keys are here. I'm working on some. Some things for, for where we're gonna go. I don't. I don't want to say too much because I think it might fall through. I'm bummed that it might, but it's a cost thing. But what I'm thinking about doing is doing the Thursday day as the charity day. And so rolling the round into the raffle. Essentially, you pay for the charity round. That gets you access to the raffle. You can, of course, buy extra tickets day of, but you show up to the charity round, you do the raffle, and then right after the raffle is the live draft on Thursday night. So we're all in the same room. Everyone's there. Of course, some people maybe won't be there, do a live stream. But the idea is get. Let's get everybody out there actually on Thursday and play the best course. You play your own ball. So. And it's not a high pressure Sunday situation. Come out, you can have fun. It's for charity. We'll get some actual booths out there with, you know, drink vendors and everything like that, and roll right from that charity round to the charity raffle and do the live draft. [00:40:55] Speaker A: That's two, two, two things. One, James is not allowed to enter into the raffle because he wins, and he's always wins everything. So. [00:41:03] Speaker B: He had the bag on Sunday. [00:41:06] Speaker A: It was. Dude. When I heard that James. One, I was like, Go figure. James wins the grand prize. [00:41:13] Speaker C: Hey, that's just good karma visiting my grandma, dude. [00:41:16] Speaker A: Yeah, you weren't even there, dude. [00:41:18] Speaker E: That's CR Canceled on her to go to the Fiesta Bowl. [00:41:22] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. That's the real story. His grandma, he had to bail on her for Fiesta Bowl. [00:41:30] Speaker A: And then my other question is, are we not. We don't know what team we're on until Thursday night, is what you're saying, like. [00:41:35] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. So the idea. Well, we're still going to try to do what we've always done, which is pair friends if we can, and the, you know, the majority of it. But, like, you guys are in a unique situation because you have about eight or nine people, and you also have a mix of low and high handicaps, which, you know, historically at the grc, we don't have a lot of low ones, so we try to kind of match up low versus low. To Richie's point, the low handicaps, they want to play. They want to play some, like, really elite golf with, like, another bunch of scratch golfers at least one or two of the rounds. So it's hard to do that when we have a mix. So we're kind of going to do is work with the captains, and it will be a live draft with the understanding and contingency that some people just are never not going to be Pirates. Like, Jeremy, the guy tattooed himself, like, he can be a Pirate. You know, it's like he's going to get drafted to the Pirates, but. And, you know, for me, Commish, like, I'll probably be an OG because that's where we, you know, that's our brand of what we've been. But then there's a lot of folks that are like, yeah, I don't. I don't really care which team I'm on. I want to either compete against my boys, or I want a fair event, or I want to have, like, a really elite match. And so I think the live draft will be. There probably be some situations where someone gets picked to a team that, you know, they don't want to. If you watch, like, an Internet invitational where I forget which barstool guy picked Bob Does Sports camera guy, like, away from the Bob Does Sports team. So it was all. The one guy was on the other team. So there may be something like that where, like, you know, Q gets brought over to the OGs, you know, it's like, it could happen. [00:43:05] Speaker A: So, no, I. I think my biggest thing with GRC is, like, I know Richie wants to go and play, like, really good golf. And I know you want to play against good golfers. I'm. I just want to play with, like, the people I haven't hung out with for a while. You know, I see Richie, I see James, I see Levi all the time. I want to play with Wilden. I want to play with, you know, like, the very first day when I play with Miles, that was so much fun. Me and him were just goofing off the whole fucking time, and I just had a blast. I didn't care how I played. I mean, I want to win, of course I want to win, but, like, it wasn't the main focus of my. Of my day. Like, I just wanted. So that's my thought process. [00:43:38] Speaker B: You know, it's a lot of people that's been the feedback every year, which is why we've kept friend groups together and why we tried to pair people with, you know, folks that they either knew in the card or on the other side of the card. And that's never going to change. So that'll always be that way. The. The pivot to that is with this Thursday charity round. That's why I really would like to have that be like, a staple so that on Thursday, like, you guys pick who you want to play with. You play in a foursome with all your boys, and it's. It's completely for charity. You guys can come up with ever games you want and we'll stack you. So, like, the, you know, Colorado guys are all on, like, back to back foursome, so you can hit par threes together and do that type of stuff and kind of kick off the event that way, and then, of course, try to pair people up as it goes. But I really think if we could get Thursday to be like a really big banger opening, like, All Friends charity, do the raffle, do the. Do the draft and everything, I think it would. It'll just like, launch us into the week and kind of take care of some of those things that we were doing on Friday that now we can just focus on doing some more fun events and dinners and stuff together and that type of stuff. So. [00:44:41] Speaker C: Yeah. And personally, I. Because the first year I did grc, I was actually an og. Then I was a PUP pirate this year. And then the first year you split up our friend group. So I think it was me. I can't remember, actually. I think me and Lucas were on the same team and then that was it. [00:45:00] Speaker B: Og so he wants to stay and then vice versa. Yeah, you've gone. [00:45:04] Speaker C: I don't mind, personally. I kind of like him. Cool. Going against my boys. Like, I. I actually am. Am fine with that. Just because I. I think that actually makes it a little bit more fun just because you can, you know each other's games, you guys can talk beforehand and stuff like that. [00:45:21] Speaker B: And then I'm for sure stealing Richie. So Richie and I are going to be on the same team. That's. That's immutable. We're going to you guys versus like Tony Nolan. And we're just going to. [00:45:31] Speaker A: You guys have good battles going because you guys have played against each other twice. [00:45:35] Speaker B: Right. [00:45:35] Speaker A: And Richie, have you beat Austin yet? [00:45:38] Speaker B: Not. [00:45:38] Speaker E: I haven't beat Austin solo yet. [00:45:40] Speaker A: Well, then that's what. That's what we got to do is you guys got to keep pairing up and seeing who. [00:45:43] Speaker B: I can't keep playing. Such a mental stress on Sunday. Let me play with Richie one year and then we'll go back to it. Oh, dude. Yeah. The. The day that we played with him was you and Eric versus me and Max on the. And the day two. That was an electric until the sprinkler head. That was probably my favorite match and experience. That was crazy. [00:46:04] Speaker E: Epic. Dude. That was a crazy match. [00:46:06] Speaker B: The putt that Eric made, I made like a 45 footer, Quentin. And we thought we had won the hole. It was like hole 16 or something. Eric is in Narnia. Like he has no business getting close to this and just absolutely cans won. And then just Euro steps on me. I'm like, oh, God, it was so nasty. I'm like, like I couldn't do anything but love it. I'm an FP fan, so I mean, just, you know, obviously loved Euro, but it was a great, great match. And that was. That was an insane putt. So that was. Yeah, it'll be fun. I think the draft will be awesome. It'll be a way for like meritocracy to kind of be brought into it. Handicap transparency will be there. And I think to your point, Quentin, like, what I loved about this year was that we were all in the same place. We all met at the sports book. We're all talking shit on Lucas's, you know, packers and whatever else there was. The three zero club was actually a club this year, which was awesome. I just thought that everyone got to know each other way more. And that is the biggest part of this whole thing. So I think if we can keep doing the stay and play type stuff and stay at the same locations that when we do these drafts, you're going to get paired up with people that you kind of already know. It won't be like some rando that you've never seen before, which is, you know. [00:47:18] Speaker A: Yeah, I think that's, that's the luxury of having done this six years, you know, Like I know half those guys already. So if I'm on a team with Richie, James and Levi, that's great. But if I'm on a team with, you know, Frutos, Pierce and Jeremy, I know those guys too and I've played rounds with them. So it's like for me it's kind of a toss up. It doesn't really matter. I like being a pup pirate just because I think it's a funny ass name and I just like the savagery of it. But you know, you are. It doesn't really matter. [00:47:46] Speaker B: You are. You like the savagery of it 100%. [00:47:48] Speaker A: I do, I do. [00:47:50] Speaker C: And it sounds like for next year. I'm not sure if you know yet, but is AZ on the books again? Is that what we're thinking? [00:47:57] Speaker E: Use the platform to release the information? [00:48:00] Speaker B: Yeah, dude, AZ will not be on the books actually. That's, that is the surprise, I guess. I loved Arizona. I think it's amazing and I think it, it should be a staple and it will absolutely be in the consistent rotation. But I kind of like we're at a point where we're all like in our early mid-30s. We're at a, we're at a spot where like we're probably going to play the best golf that we're going to play. Let's be honest, like when we're 45, we might not be playing great golf. Our kids are also going to be in like middle school, high school. They're going to be doing events. We're going to lose a lot of people for those types of things. Things. So I think we're in the golden age right now. And I really think Scotland. It is Scotland. I will, I will announce a teaser though for GRC 10, which will be in. What's that, three years. We, we will be absolutely 100% doing big cedar Lodge. So that is, that will be the, that'll be the 10th year. [00:48:54] Speaker E: Let's. [00:48:55] Speaker B: It's cards and all that. [00:48:56] Speaker E: Start saving now. [00:48:56] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, start saving now. It'll be about $2,500 probably, maybe a little less, maybe 22. So somewhere around there. Done. Done. Which isn't terrible for the value you get. It's actually pretty spectacular. [00:49:06] Speaker E: Venmo you my deposit right now? [00:49:08] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. But for the next couple, like this year, was so amazing. And I. I want to keep the momentum. You know, Quentin brought up a good point, like, where do you want to take it? What do you want to do? What's the content like? I just want to keep making it better. And I. I want that to be better so that more people join. But also the people that have been here, they keep getting an awesome experience and a golf trip every year, whether it's friends, competition, whether it's, you know, just whatever it is. I think being at a new place and having that, like, new experience will be. Will be critical. So I want to go to a new location next year. Yeah. There's two places I've been evaluating. The one that I thought was, like, is where we're going to go. Absolutely. And now we're running into some cost issues. Is because of the 2027 PGA Championship, is. Will be played at that course in, like, two months from when we would. When we would be there. And that's. That's Fields Ranch at PGA Frisco and outside of Dallas. [00:50:01] Speaker E: Oh, yeah, you gotta make that happen. [00:50:05] Speaker B: Omni Resort. I'm in. I'm in deliberation with the team, trying to wear them down. It's a timing thing, because you can't go to Dallas in February. It's not a good idea. It could be amazing, but it's a risk. So early March, I was trying to go mid March for March Madness to have, like, the games on the big screen out there and have bets flying around and all that, but they're booked out for, like, I'm estimating maybe 72 people. So they're. They're booked out for mid March, but the beginning of March, they are available. The issue is that a dynamic pricing, because in two months, that's where on the east course is where the PGA Championship would be played. So the setup as it currently stands would be the West. Day one would be the west, which there's two courses there, west and East. East is where they're playing the 2027 PGA. So you go to the west, you do the charity thing. The Ice house is right there. You have dinner. We do the charity raffle, and then the live draft. And then on Friday, there's an LPGA event course called Old American. It's at the Golf club of the tribute. It's about 10 minutes up the road. We go there for Friday's round, and because it's like 200 bucks and it's an incredible track. I've played it many times. And then on Saturday come back, you play the PJ Frisco course. Again, there's also a light up par three. That's 10 holes. Casamigos tequila truck halfway through. So on Friday night we'd have a par 3 competition after the scramble round and then on Saturday night a putting competition on that 27 hole putting course. And on Sunday, the real kicker is the east course. Walking with caddies for the Sunday singles at the grc. [00:51:37] Speaker E: And for, for those of you that don't know, this is like the premier Omni resort course. It's it. [00:51:46] Speaker B: There's seven pools set, rooftop pools. Like the food is spectacular, the vibes are immaculate. And, and yeah, I, I think walking a PGA championship course on Sunday for the GRC with, with caddies for each team, just, just incredible. But the cost is going through the roof right now because of this dynamic pricing. So I'm, I'm trying to wear. [00:52:09] Speaker E: Why are you. But sorry, why, why are you estimating 72 people? Is that what you said? [00:52:14] Speaker B: That's what I'm estimating, yeah. We're, we were at 56 this year and based on the feedback, I think it's going to grow like another 16 people. [00:52:22] Speaker C: Yeah, I've had, I've already had people reach out, want to be part of it next year. [00:52:28] Speaker B: I always overestimate too because it's easier to whittle down than it is to add to contracts. So I love how we're. [00:52:34] Speaker C: It's not even been two weeks and you're already on the ball, dude. [00:52:38] Speaker B: Well, so I was working with this like booking agency and they gave me the, this quoting price. Quoting for a group that's coming in June and it's a lesser group. And I was like, oh, that's like we're in. This is where we're going. And then it got to the point where they were going to charge me like a percentage for the, you know, the booking and organization. I'm like, I don't need that. I got it all figured out. So they're like, go straight to the course. I went to the course thinking, okay, I'm going to get, you know, the best possible pricing. And she hasn't given me a number yet. So I don't want to like totally put the kibosh on it. But I've asked, I keep asking for like estimates and the estimates for the per round price seem like they're going to put us just way above what I think would be great for the grc. So the, all this being said, if it doesn't happen this year, we'll go there for year nine, and we'll find a time like April, late March, whatever. And there won't be the PGA Championship coming right after. And it'll probably be more affordable. But it's. Richie knows, like, this place is just going to keep going up and up and up and up in price. I've played these courses a bunch, and when they first opened and it's already way more than then. So if we're going to do it, we got to kind of get there pretty soon. [00:53:48] Speaker E: So what's the backup plan? [00:53:50] Speaker B: The backup plan is still tentative, but right now I'm leaning Utah, and I'm leaning Black Desert, Sand Hollow and a couple of other courses and doing the charity thing at Black Desert. So the first day is like, you're just launching into Black Desert. Everyone's playing their own ball with their boys. It's not a pressure tournament round, charity thing. Everything else like this. And then head out to St. George after that. The only issue, no casinos within an hour. All that type of stuff. And, you know, it's. It's kind of a trek to get to, but I think that'll. That's a great second option. And it's something new and. And I. I'll probably lean that way more so than. I mean, don't want to go back to Palm Desert. Don't want to do Arizona again next year. So trying to kind of. [00:54:37] Speaker C: And I think. I think if it being a stay in play. I mean, dude, we're guys. We're so easy to be amused if there's TV and food and we're going to figure stuff out to do like it casino. Trust me, I. I'm pro casino. I had a lot of fun playing some blackjack and. And stuff with the boys. Um, but yeah, dude, we're gonna. We'll be fine. We'll figure something out. We can always play poker games in the rooms and. And stuff like that. So that's what we did out in Palm Springs. [00:55:08] Speaker B: For sure. Yeah. Yep. Mushrooms and poker. [00:55:11] Speaker A: I was gonna say, when you're talking about that, that night golf, I'm like, oh, that is mushroom city right there, bro. [00:55:17] Speaker B: 100. Imagine this too, Q. If there's gonna be CTPs on every hole. Yeah. So there's 10. There's 10 holes. [00:55:25] Speaker E: And Quinn's like, I'm not doing that. [00:55:29] Speaker B: The CTPs are going to be like three. That's going to win on like three inches. Beats out seven inches, by the way. [00:55:35] Speaker E: Usually does. [00:55:36] Speaker A: How many. How many CPT did you get on? [00:55:40] Speaker B: What's that? [00:55:41] Speaker A: Austin how many. How many CP3 or CPTS did you get on day three? [00:55:45] Speaker B: Oh, dude, I got none on day three or date. [00:55:47] Speaker C: Yeah, mine. [00:55:49] Speaker B: I won on day one and two. [00:55:51] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:55:51] Speaker B: And then on day three I got none. Richie, that actually brings me up. Remember that one? We're like, should we measure this? It was like 25ft. Only one other person hit the green closer and it was like. It was like 19ft. [00:56:05] Speaker E: Yeah, that wind was howling, bro. [00:56:06] Speaker B: That wind was howling. Dude, I thought I had my. Not a chance of holding the other one that I was really close on someone else. [00:56:14] Speaker E: No, I knew that though. That was an easy shot. [00:56:17] Speaker B: Someone like looked out for like right there. [00:56:20] Speaker E: 50 some golfers from 130 yards. Someone's gonna stick it. [00:56:24] Speaker B: I know. And they had the down. It was like had the downhill pin where it was going to trickle back down one for me, I think. [00:56:32] Speaker C: No, you stole from me because I had a 200 yard par three that I put like, I think seven feet. And I was like, me and our group was like, dude, that's in the bag. [00:56:42] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:56:43] Speaker E: 11 at Cholla. [00:56:44] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:56:45] Speaker C: I was like, bro, no one's touching that 200 yards. [00:56:48] Speaker E: Come on. [00:56:48] Speaker C: And then sure as shit, I text Austin like, hey man, did I get that close to the pit? He's like, no, I got. [00:56:53] Speaker B: You know. [00:56:55] Speaker E: But you won the vessel bag. [00:56:56] Speaker B: They were terrible. All. I kid you not, James. I could not find the center of the face with an iron that whole day. And I get on that hole and I was like, you know what? I'm just going to kind of like loosen up my arms a little bit and just like swing smooth. I got nothing to lose here. It's a 200 yard par three. I'm probably not going to hit this green. And I just nut flushed this five iron on a perfect thing. [00:57:15] Speaker C: Same shot, loose arm, boom. [00:57:18] Speaker B: Just hit up and just trickled right up next to it. That was it. Because they only get shot of hit all day with the iron. [00:57:25] Speaker D: Yeah, your. [00:57:25] Speaker C: Your iron play was money, dude. Watching you. You were all over the par threes on our last match. [00:57:31] Speaker B: Yeah, the final. [00:57:32] Speaker E: So fun hearing about all your struggles the first two days. [00:57:36] Speaker B: I would say that you could ask Andy about it. Andy was like, this guy's about to jump off a bridge. It was like. It was bad. I felt so bad for Tony and. And Will playing like it was. It was hard to watch. I mean, I duffed probably six chips. Like full on duffed them. [00:57:51] Speaker C: That's just reassuring to hear, dude. Honestly. [00:57:54] Speaker B: Yeah. What else to do, man? It Was. But yeah, I. I found it. All my qualifiers in California are like in July and June and then May, so I. I have not been practicing like hand up. I. I work at a place with simulators. I haven't hit here in like three or four months, maybe more. Um, I just. I don't practice. I play Torrey Pines. But I do wait list and there's no warmup and it's just for the walk and vibes and everything. I just. My game's just up and down. It'll get stable at some point, but I just got kids and other things and it's just. I don't have the time to. To grind on it. But we'll get there. [00:58:33] Speaker A: Where. Where in San Diego are you again? [00:58:35] Speaker B: I just rented a house in San Marcos actually, near Twin Oaks Golf Course, if you know where that is. [00:58:40] Speaker A: Shape Daddy's up there, bro. He just moved up there. [00:58:42] Speaker B: Yeah. Where's he at? Dude, he was like a OG GRC legend, then he just banished, dude. [00:58:47] Speaker A: He did two or three years and then that was the A wrap for him. I don't know, man. Me and Wilden try to get him to come every year, but. Crazy, you know, it is what it is. [00:58:56] Speaker B: Nice to have him back. He's a good vibe. [00:58:57] Speaker A: He's so much fun, dude. He is literally one of the funnest people to golf with, so. Well, I know we're coming up on time and I buffered this for an hour commission. I know you have an idea of where this is going to go. My dream for it is it becomes nationwide and we have multiple tournaments all throughout the year. And this is your full time gift because you crush it, man. I want to publicly apologize if you took offense to the things I said on the last podcast. Small is my size, so just tell me what you're buying and I'll buy it myself. Keep it calm, I guess. [00:59:34] Speaker E: On that note, I'm gonna need to order one of those hoodies, dog. [00:59:38] Speaker B: Yeah, send me an email. Seriously, the play. [00:59:41] Speaker E: I figured out the play. The play is the hoodie under the quarter zip 100. [00:59:47] Speaker B: Perfect. Yeah, that is. That's the move. Or a vest over the hoodie also works. I've done that. That's also nice. But yeah, send me an email so I get discounts at all these places. Not the Nolan discount with Travis Matthew, but I'm just taking everybody's email and then I'm going to submit like a big order to the group here. So yeah, just send me. Send me an email with whatever you want and and it doesn't. So, yeah, cats out of the bag. I told everyone one purchase because I just don't want to keep, like, ordering and this and that. But if you guys want clubs or anything, like, higher value, I can get it at any time as long as I'm still a member here. So, yeah, for like hoodies and everything else, send me an email. I'll do a bulk order. But if three months down the road, you're like, I need a new driver. I need a wedge or whatever. [01:00:27] Speaker A: Does Gabe know that you. Does Gabe know you can get discounts on clubs? [01:00:31] Speaker B: Because I'm on the farm Goodwill to get. Gabe has stuff, dude, for sure. I love it. [01:00:39] Speaker A: I love it. Well, yeah, I'll check out the. [01:00:41] Speaker B: The. [01:00:41] Speaker A: The youth large sizes and I'll let you know if any of them look good for me. [01:00:48] Speaker B: You're gonna be an OG next year, Quentin. That's your real punishment. That's okay. [01:00:52] Speaker A: It. I'll. [01:00:52] Speaker B: I'll rock. [01:00:53] Speaker A: Whatever. It doesn't matter, bro. [01:00:55] Speaker B: This is awesome, dude. The fact that you guys even do a podcast and talk about it, it's. It means everything to me and I appreciate it. It's all love. [01:01:01] Speaker A: Always, always, always, love. And. And by the way, just a real quick teaser. In two weeks, James and I are having a hypnotherapist on who specializes in golf. So that'll be. That'll be a fun conversation. Stay tuned on that. [01:01:16] Speaker B: 100%. [01:01:17] Speaker E: Try to get Bob Rotella on that. [01:01:19] Speaker B: You should. [01:01:20] Speaker A: Yeah, I should do a. I should try to get a lot of people. [01:01:23] Speaker E: You should try and you should try and do a lot of work with. I should really try harder. [01:01:28] Speaker B: Quentin told me I need to quit my job and do full time GRCs, so. Hell yeah. [01:01:33] Speaker E: I mean, I agreed. [01:01:34] Speaker C: Dude, we want to do be YouTube golfers, bro. That's the dream, dude. Give me that life. [01:01:38] Speaker E: Give me that life, bro. [01:01:40] Speaker B: We need to. We need to do a great job one year, whether it's next year or the 10th or whatever of like filming the. The matches and like filming the. The moments and this and that. Yeah, because that's actually what would blow up. I just don't know how we got to collaborate on that. I don't know how to do it if it's helpful. [01:01:57] Speaker C: I mean, Quinn and I. I think I can speak for me and Quinn. We have ton of equipment because. [01:02:04] Speaker B: So we. [01:02:05] Speaker C: We can help with equipment, but the. [01:02:07] Speaker B: Only problem is bodies. [01:02:08] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [01:02:11] Speaker A: The hard part. The hard part with YouTube Golf is like, yeah, I'll go play around and you can record me, and I'll be silly and say, crazy. Who's going to come out and film me and not want to play, you know, four hours? You know? [01:02:24] Speaker B: Well, if it's once a year, though, I think we can get. [01:02:26] Speaker A: That's true. [01:02:26] Speaker B: If you guys. If you guys have equipment, I think that's. I mean, honestly, I don't even know where to start, so equipment's a great start, but, yeah, I think we can find the warm bodies to get out there and do it. It doesn't have to be spectacular filming. We're like, hey, hold this camera. We will give you. I'll give you, I don't know, 500 bucks. And then you figure it out. You go film it. We'll. We'll do the editing. Just give us the raw footage. [01:02:47] Speaker A: Totally. [01:02:48] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:02:49] Speaker A: Totally. [01:02:49] Speaker C: Got it. Yeah, it's something we can definitely have a placeholder on, and we can kind of help out when that. [01:02:55] Speaker E: And you guys have the GoPros for, like, the car cams and stuff? [01:02:58] Speaker B: Yep. [01:02:58] Speaker C: We have two GoPros. [01:03:00] Speaker B: This is it, dude. Drones. We just need. We need. We have a whole year plus to figure this out. We got to keep this going. [01:03:06] Speaker E: You can get Riley to come fly the drones. [01:03:09] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [01:03:10] Speaker B: One drone flyer for sure. And a couple camera guys. That's pretty much it. Yeah. [01:03:18] Speaker A: Well, we'll figure it out, man. I'm pumped. Thanks again for joining us, Commissioner. The man, bro. I appreciate you, brother. And the rest of the squad will run this back again, and I hope you guys have a killer day. [01:03:30] Speaker B: Yeah. Thank you guys for coming and bringing your friends. Keep doing it. It's awesome to have you, and it was an awesome grc. You guys made it. Made it the best. So appreciate all you guys. Hell yeah. [01:03:40] Speaker C: Back at you, man. Thank you. [01:03:41] Speaker B: See you, brother. [01:03:43] Speaker E: Peace.