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{\an8}[man] How do you go about introducing
your kid to golf? It's a bit different.
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{\an8}Poppy turned to me… [laughs]
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{\an8}I was watching golf last week,
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{\an8}and Poppy said, "I don't like golf."
I'm like, "What?"
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"See everything around you?
All because of golf." Um…
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[laughing]
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You probably couldn't have imagined
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the kind of year you've had
off the golf course.
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Seems like you've embraced it.
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Yeah, this is the first year
that I've been on the PGA TOUR board.
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And yeah, I mean, sometimes I think,
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"What a time
to get involved in all this stuff,"
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with everything that's happening
in the professional game.
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It's been contentious at times.
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And I've maybe leaned into that part of it
a little too much
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and made it
a little too personal in my mind,
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but I feel like what some people have done
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has affected the rest of the profession.
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So I'm just trying to defend
what I think is right.
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[announcer] McIlroy believes
the younger generation would face
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a massive risk by joining
the lucrative breakaway Super Golf League,
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which is being spearheaded by Greg Norman.
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{\an8}One word to describe golf this year.
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{\an8}Disruption.
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The top players in the world
are saying no.
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I mean, that has to tell you something.
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{\an8}It's rattled the golf ecosystem,
hasn't it? It's crazy.
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{\an8}The players who have chosen to go to LIV,
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what is the incentive to go out there
and earn it in the dirt?
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You're getting paid a lot of money
up front, and I disagree with it.
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[thunder rumbles]
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[Dethier] With so much chaos
in the pro game,
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I think everyone involved with golf
is looking to leaders
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to tell them how they should feel.
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And on the PGA TOUR,
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one player in particular emerges.
And that's Rory McIlroy.
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{\an8}Other than Tiger, Rory is probably
the most influential guy in our sport.
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[Foley] Rory is a unicorn.
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[announcer] Look at that!
That is just awesome.
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[Foley] And what he does is beautiful.
And how he does it is beautiful.
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And he's out there hitting it 340,
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and he's making it look like
how Baryshnikov made dancing look.
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[crowd chanting] Rory!
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[man] What do you see the endgame here?
Because this isn't good for golf.
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[McIlroy] No, it's not.
I've been an advocate
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of trying to make it more cohesive.
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And this is, you know, ripping that apart.
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[Renner] The thing about being outspoken
on the PGA TOUR
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{\an8}is you kind of have to back it up.
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[Dethier]
Rory hasn't won a major in eight years.
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{\an8}And now there's more pressure than ever
on Rory to actually go out and win.
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[announcer]
We are at the Old Course at St Andrews,
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where golf's deepest roots
lie in these links.
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From Old Tom to Tiger,
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the greats have shaped
the history of the game here.
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The Open has come home,
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and there is simply no place like it.
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[cheering and applause]
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-[man] I could roll this…
-You can't hit higher than 215 feet.
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{\an8}Listen, when I start playing,
the bugs will put their helmets on.
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{\an8}[laughing]
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{\an8}Let me wave
to all my drunk friends over here, okay?
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{\an8}[laughing]
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{\an8}St Andrews is one
of my favorite golf courses in the world.
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It's the Holy Grail of our sport.
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[cheering and applause]
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[announcer]
In terms of a popularity contest,
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Rory's always right at the top.
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[man] Let's go, Rory!
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[announcer] The feeling here, though,
this is his for the taking.
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[announcer 2]
I hope he can. For him, it'd be great.
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He's had a tough run,
and he's back in form again,
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and everybody wants him to win.
They're willing him to win.
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Here's his wedge shot right here.
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Who was that?
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[laughing]
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-[man] Me?
-[Trevino] Yeah.
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You forgot that wedge shot
in the playoff at Merion on nine.
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{\an8}-Did I do one of those?
-Hell, the sod covered the ball up.
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[laughs]
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How are they gonna remember?
They weren't even born yet.
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That's why we're showing them.
So they can…
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-[Nicklaus] He wasn't born yet for sure.
-[Trevino] Who?
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His daddy wasn't even born then.
[chuckles]
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[McIlroy] I'm a big fan
of the history of the game,
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of the history of the big championships.
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And I can list off
the last 50 Open champions
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and the last 50 Masters champions.
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-[woman] Jack, over here!
-[man] Look this way, please.
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[McIlroy] I appreciate those people
that came before us,
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because that previous generation
and the generation before that,
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they are the ones
that have handed us this game of golf.
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And we are now the ones
to try to bring that forward
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and hand it to the next generation.
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[applause]
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[McIlroy] I grew up in Northern Ireland,
and my dad was a huge golf fan.
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So it's always been a theme in my life.
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I'd watch golf with him on TV.
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He bought me this, like, VHS videotape
way back in the day,
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um, and it was
Nick Faldo's Junior Masterclass.
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-[indistinct talking on TV]
-Come. Let's play.
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[McIlroy]
Anytime he needed me to be quiet,
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he would just put that
in the video player,
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and I'd just sit in front of the TV
and watch that for hours.
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[dad] Come on, big swing. Big swing.
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[McIlroy] I was obsessed with golf
at that point anyway.
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But when Tiger came on the scene,
he just sort of took it to a new level.
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I just remember watching Tiger play golf.
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And it would've been on Sunday nights
back home for us
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because of the time difference.
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[announcer] There it is!
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-A win for the ages!
-[cheering]
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[McIlroy] And he still is,
you know, my hero.
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[cheering and applause]
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[McIlroy] To a lot of people, he is golf.
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And I feel very fortunate
for the relationship that we have,
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but, you know, ever since then,
you know, I just…
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All I wanted to do was try to be like him.
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Please welcome, from Holywood
the world under-ten golf champion,
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Rory McIlroy.
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[cheering and applause]
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[Renner] Rory McIlroy has been a sensation
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since he was, like, what, five years old,
when he went on some talk show
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and was, like, hitting trick shots.
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Everyone has known Rory McIlroy's name
for a very long time.
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Americans have Tiger Woods.
We have young Rory.
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And believe you me,
this boy can hit a ball. I watched him.
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[Foley] I mean,
I'd been hearing crazy stories
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about this kid when he was 13,
like, the things he could do.
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And not only the things he could do,
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but when he was taught something,
how fast he could pick it up.
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[McIlroy] I'm pretty sure
I was a pretty cocky and arrogant kid.
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I would tell anyone that'd listen I was
gonna be the best golfer in the world.
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{\an8}[Foley] He went from a chubby kid
who hit the ball far
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to really a specimen in not much time.
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[announcer] What a marvelous performance.
This kid will be around for a long time.
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[Foley] What initially looked like a Ford,
under the hood had a Lamborghini engine.
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{\an8}[announcer 2]
An unreal performance from Rory McIlroy.
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{\an8}[Foley] I mean, he wins four majors
out the gate pretty quick.
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{\an8}[announcer 3]
A runaway champion by eight shots.
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{\an8}[Foley] And then it went from there.
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{\an8}[announcer 4] And the champion golfer
of the year is Rory McIlroy.
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{\an8}[cheering]
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{\an8}[Foley] When you look
at the reasons the players
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{\an8}decided to not take the money from LIV…
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I think it's the legacy.
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And the players like Rory
and Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa,
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who want to be
in the World Golf Hall of Fame
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next to Hogan and next to Trevino,
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that's how they see the game.
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This is a sort of calmer day
before the storm starts, isn't it?
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I mean, it's a who's who
on the driving range right now.
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[Renner] It's been a tumultuous season,
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and those who have chosen
not to be with the PGA TOUR anymore,
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I think there's a very real question mark:
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"Will they ever come back
and compete in these majors
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against the PGA TOUR's best ever again?"
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The fairways are faster than the greens.
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{\an8}I've been on the tour for 15 years,
had a lot of success.
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I felt like I've done enough out there
to have a legacy,
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but I had an offer on the table
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to be a part
of something new, something different.
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Ultimately, it was LIV.
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{\an8}I've done five Open championships
at St Andrews.
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I'm an old fart now.
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[Poulter] I'm 46.
And what's the next ten years?
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In my career, personally,
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all of that is unanswerable.
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Apart from the new tour coming in,
I'll still be playing golf.
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{\an8}[Koepka] I knew
this year was gonna be a little different.
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{\an8}I got another offer from LIV.
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{\an8}A lot of conversations
going on in our house when it did.
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It's tough not to take care
of your family. To know that my kids' kids
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and my grandkids' grandkids
are taken care of.
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So, you know, now breaking away,
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going with, uh… going with LIV...
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I'm happy with the decisions I've made.
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[cheering and applause]
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[announcer] The LIV rumor mill
is still very much alive and well
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here at St Andrews,
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with lots of talk of who might be next.
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{\an8}And the name I've heard mentioned
more than once is Cameron Smith,
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{\an8}a man who's playing great golf lately.
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[pensive music playing]
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[announcer 2]
On the tee, from Northern Ireland,
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Rory McIlroy!
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[cheering and applause]
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[announcer 3] Rory, of course,
leader in the world of golf
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and custodian of our game right now.
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{\an8}[cheering and applause]
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{\an8}[crowd chanting] Rory!
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[announcer 4]
{\an8}A fan favorite wherever he goes.
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[announcer 3] Absolutely. Why not?
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{\an8}And we will move across
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to the 18th tee
and to the one and only Tiger Woods.
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-Tiger!
-Come on, Tiger!
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{\an8}[McIlroy] I have gotten to know Tiger
very well over the past decade or more,
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And he's one of a kind
and one of the legends of the game.
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[cheering and applause]
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[announcer 3] Whether or not it's the last
time we see him play competitively here
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at St Andrews,
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he has brought so much to the game
over the last 28 years or so.
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[cheering and applause]
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[announcer 3] A nice touch as well.
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{\an8}A tip of the cap towards Tiger
from McIlroy.
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[announcer 5]
{\an8}And how many people years from now
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{\an8}will claim to have been right there
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{\an8}when he finished up at 18?
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{\an8}[cheering]
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{\an8}[McIlroy] There's never gonna be another
Tiger Woods in our game for many reasons.
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[boy] Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!
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[McIlroy]
Not just his success on the golf course,
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but also the barriers
that he was able to break down.
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But I think he's set a great example
for a lot of us going forward.
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[announcer]
A very good morning to you and welcome.
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The man on top of the leaderboard
going into the weekend, Cameron Smith,
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who leads at 13 under par,
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{\an8}two-shot buffer over Cameron Young.
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McIlroy and Viktor Hovland
are in there as well.
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[announcer 2] With all the LIV controversy
and all the drama it's caused,
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it's hard not to look at the greens
here at St Andrews
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and see it as a metaphor
for the whole PGA TOUR versus LIV story.
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And at this historic major,
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it feels like a dramatic stage
on which this battle is playing out.
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[reporter] The crowds are
very pro-Rory this week.
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{\an8}What on a personal level
do you like about Rory?
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{\an8}I've known Rory for a lot longer, I think,
than most guys, than most people…
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-We met when we were eight.
-[reporter] Yeah.
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[Finau] He's always been a really
kind-hearted, kind of genuine person,
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and I just think that hasn't changed.
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He's opinionated,
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but I would have to say I agree
with most of the things that he says.
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He's… I think he's great for our game.
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The golfing world
is probably wanting him to win.
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[chanting] Rory!
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[announcer 3] Could that be the start
{\an8}of Rory McIlroy's round today?
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{\an8}[Renner] When Rory is playing at his best,
I don't know who can beat him,
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but it's been eight years
since Rory McIlroy has won his last major,
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and he has come very close
at multiple majors.
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I don't know what to call it
except a drought.
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[announcer 3]
{\an8}Can he go back-to-back? Yes, he can.
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{\an8}[cheering and applause]
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[tense music playing]
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[announcer 4] It needs a soft bounce.
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Awesome shot for Rory! Will he do it?
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[cheering]
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[announcer 4] Rory McIlroy!
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Can you believe the scene?
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People are jumping up and down.
It's an unbelievable bunker shot!
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I cannot believe what we've just seen.
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{\an8}Rory McIlroy just leapfrogs everybody!
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[crowd chanting] Rory!
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[announcer 4] We've got a new leader at
The Open Championship, ladies and gents.
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[announcer 5] Rory McIlroy.
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Boy, he seems so comfortable this week.
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-[man] Well done, Mr. McIlroy.
-Thank you.
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[announcer 5] If he would win it,
you'd look back and go,
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"Yeah, makes sense."
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[announcer] Good morning.
The record crowds are gathering
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this Sunday in Scotland
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for this final major championship Sunday
and hoping to carry home
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the fan and betting favorite,
Rory McIlroy.
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He has said this is the one
he would love to win the most.
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[McIlroy] The support I've gotten
this week has been incredible.
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It's unbelievably cool to have a chance
to win The Open at St Andrews.
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I mean, it's what dreams are made of.
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But nothing's given to you.
And I have to go out there and earn it,
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just like I've earned everything else
in my career.
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[crowd chanting] Rory!
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[announcer]
{\an8}Listen to the energy of this crowd.
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{\an8}This could carry Rory right through
or it could make him a nervous wreck.
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[man] Go on, Rory.
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[announcer 2] And how about this? Oh!
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[crowd] Oh!
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[announcer] Great effort from McIlroy.
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When he's up by two,
maybe three at one point,
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everyone's just drinking and happy.
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{\an8}Look at that guy over there.
He's literally biting his nails.
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{\an8}Like literally biting his nails.
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[announcer] {\an8}Cam Smith to catch McIlroy.
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{\an8}[indistinct shouting from crowd]
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[pensive music playing]
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[crowd] Oh!
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[announcer 2] He's amazing.
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[announcer] Two-putt birdie it'll be
for Smith. That's five in a row.
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[announcer 2]
{\an8}And now he is the championship leader.
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{\an8}Just like that, Cameron Smith.
Anybody see that coming?
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[O'Flaherty] That's the green.
That's a makeable putt.
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[announcer 3] Never has he needed a birdie
{\an8}more than right here.
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Lets this one slip through his fingers.
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[McIlroy] 2015 till this present day,
seven years,
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I've played a ton of really good golf.
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[announcer]
{\an8}Now the final four ahead for McIlroy.
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{\an8}[McIlroy] But in those seven years,
I've done everything possible in the game
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apart from win a major championship.
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{\an8}So I feel like I'm trying
to win my first one again.
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[announcer 4]
That's not the shot he was looking for.
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Cameron Smith
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{\an8}leads by one shot.
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[announcer 3] The 17th, the most famous
hole on the entire golf course.
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It all depends on the bounce.
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-That's pretty impressive.
-[announcer] Yes, it was.
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Very well done.
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[announcer 2]
This is gonna be a really tough shot.
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[applause]
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[announcer] That's pretty impressive.
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-[announcer 2] Good touch.
-Heck yeah.
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Great touch.
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Crucial par putt for Cam Smith.
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-And he's done it again!
-[cheering]
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[announcer] And McIlroy will remain
{\an8}at 18 under, one back of Smith.
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[man] Let's go, Rory!
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[announcer 2]
All right, huge putt here for McIlroy.
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[announcer] And if he makes this,
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{\an8}this Road Hole will light up St Andrews.
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[indistinct shouting from crowd]
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[announcer 2] He's two-putted every hole
today. Nothing's gone in for him,
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and Cam Smith has run the tables on him.
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[O'Faherty] So if Smith birdies…
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Rory needs to drive the green, maybe.
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[announcer] Is that gonna be the birdie
{\an8}that wins the Claret Jug for Cam Smith?
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[announcer 2] {\an8}Wow. He is the spoiler.
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{\an8}I can't believe he played like that today.
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[man] Come on, Rory!
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[announcer] Now Rory has
to make eagle to tie.
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[cheering]
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Go! Go!
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[announcer]
He's gonna need to hole it out from there.
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[cheering]
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[crowd chanting] Rory!
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[announcer] And the scramble and the jumps
over the Swilken Burn
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is gonna fill up this fairway
behind McIlroy with one last stroke…
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[crowd chanting] Rory! Rory! Rory!
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…to try to capture
this elusive major at the home of golf.
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[crowd continues] Rory! Rory!
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[dramatic music playing]
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[announcer] He's gonna need magic here
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to force this to a playoff.
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[crowd] Oh!
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[applause]
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[announcer] And that will make Cam Smith
an Open champion at St Andrews.
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-Now you can hug me.
-[laughing]
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[applause]
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[reporter] How difficult
do you think it'll be to deal
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with the disappointment of this one?
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[McIlroy] You know,
it's one that I feel like I let slip away,
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but, you know,
there'll be other opportunities.
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[announcer] Completely on paper,
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Rory beats everyone
ten times out of ten this week,
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and he still didn't even finish second.
He got beat by two Camerons.
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It must be the most confusing,
debilitating result of his career.
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-Everything in the week has led to this.
-[announcer 2] Yeah.
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[man] Rory, we love you, mate!
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[announcer] I think he's gonna have
a hard time getting over it for a while.
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[reporter] Cameron, your name
continues to be mentioned
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to me this week about, uh, LIV golf.
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Um, what's your position?
Are you interested?
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Is there any truth to suggestions
that you might be signing?
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Um, I just won the British Open,
and you're asking about that.
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I think that's pretty not that good.
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I appreciate that,
but the question is still there.
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Are you interested at all?
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Uh, I don't know, mate.
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My team around me
worries about all that stuff.
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I'm here to win golf tournaments.
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[Dethier] There had been rumors
swirling all week,
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and everyone in the room
takes that to mean this guy's going.
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[cheering]
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[Dethier]
Cameron Smith leaving the PGA TOUR,
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that would be different than almost anyone
that has come before him,
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because other guys you could dismiss as,
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"Oh, they're at the end of their career.
Or they're not really that relevant."
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Cameron Smith
is clearly at the peak of his powers.
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LIV Golf may have a 2022 major champion.
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This is something
that demands a serious response.
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[man] He's just come back from Scotland,
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and we want to have a super special day
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with Rory McIlroy!
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[cheering]
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{\an8}Welcome to a very special pop-up clinic.
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We're here for a wonderful foundation
today, the Youth on Course,
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which allows juniors to play
certain golf courses at only $5 a round.
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It puts golf within the reach
of everybody.
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[McIlroy] I think what Youth on Course
are doing and their initiatives,
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making golf more accessible to everyone,
especially kids,
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is really important for, you know,
keep the game moving forward.
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[McIlroy] Being one of the faces of golf,
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I realize the responsibility I have.
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If I want the game that I love
to be sustainable
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and want it to be played
by future generations,
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the game needs to be pushed forward.
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-Nice to meet you.
-Hey, nice to meet you.
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-[Hall] Are we gonna reset back?
-[McIlroy] All right.
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-What clubs do you guys have?
-[boy] Six.
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I've got a six too. Good, uh… Good choice.
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[Hall] Okay, kids, let's go to work.
Are we ready? Here we go!
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Not easy, this, by any means.
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Oh!
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Look at that! Keep going, kids.
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Ooh! That was close, Morgan.
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I think one more and we're gonna
have to officially announce
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that Rory has managed
to win this contest.
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-Oh, Morgan!
-[cheering]
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[Hall] Well done, Morgan!
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-Nice job.
-[chuckles]
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[McIlroy] I think
when you reach this stature,
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there's a responsibility
that comes with that.
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Good job.
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I'll always remember
when I won the U.S. Open in 2011.
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Jack Nicklaus wrote to me,
and Arnold Palmer, and they said,
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"You now are in a place in the game
where you have a responsibility
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to, you know, grow the game of golf
and inspire others to take this game up."
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I'm happy I can play some small part
in furthering this sport and growing it.
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[man] Rory, we're going to try
to transport you to Kiawah.
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{\an8}-Okay.
-See anybody?
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{\an8}Hi. [chuckles]
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[Engle] So that's my cofounder, Rob.
He's in Austin.
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[McIlroy] Oh, sweet.
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How you doing? Good to see you.
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This is… This is unbelievable.
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[McIlroy] I think the traditions
of the game are so good,
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but I think also
the traditions of the game hold it back
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from being as good as it could be,
especially in this day and age.
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You can tell I've been playing in Europe.
The greens are slower.
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[laughing]
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[McIlroy] If we want to get more people
to play the game of golf,
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you need to have it more modern-facing.
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Oh, big slice.
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[Engle] We haven't tested
that swing speed.
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[laughing]
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You need to make it interesting
for as many people as possible.
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-Whoo.
-[Engle] Back to the real world.
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-[laughing]
-I got out of the metaverse. I'm okay.
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[Engle] We made it back.
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[McIlroy] When I'm done
with the game of golf,
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if I can hand the game off
to the next generation
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and it's better than where I found it,
then I've done a good job.
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{\an8}[contemplative music playing]
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[announcer] Yeah, let's… Should we get
to the real stuff, Luke? You ready for it?
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{\an8}Last week, Tiger and Rory convened
a players-only meeting in Delaware
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{\an8}with about 23 of the biggest names
on the PGA TOUR.
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It was more Tiger and Rory
leading the discussion, saying,
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"Folks, this what we're doing.
Hop aboard."
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[McIlroy] I think the one thing
that came out of it was
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all the top players on this tour
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are in agreement and alignment
of where we should go going forward.
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[reporter] Where should you go?
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I don't think
that's for a public forum right now.
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I think that's between the players
and between the executives at the Tour
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to try to, um,
sort of manage a way forward.
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[announcer] That seems to suggest
that what they're proposing here
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is going to make them
stay committed to the PGA TOUR,
456
00:23:23,735 --> 00:23:27,239
and in this ever-growing battle
with LIV Golf,
457
00:23:27,322 --> 00:23:29,282
I think that's… I think that's important.
458
00:23:29,366 --> 00:23:34,162
[Renner] This year the spotlight has been
on Rory McIlroy more than any other time
459
00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:37,624
because of these circumstances
that we've never seen before.
460
00:23:37,707 --> 00:23:39,876
He has done everything he can
461
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,713
to really speak to what he believes
is the right thing to do.
462
00:23:43,797 --> 00:23:45,674
But I think with that passion
463
00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:49,094
also comes that want
to perform on the course,
464
00:23:49,177 --> 00:23:53,348
to show those guys who are choosing
not to be a part of the PGA TOUR
465
00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:56,476
what they're missing
when time is running out.
466
00:24:02,399 --> 00:24:04,192
[announcer] For the 19th consecutive year,
467
00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:08,321
East Lake Golf Club here in Atlanta
marks the end of this tour season.
468
00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:11,533
The stakes are as big as they get
on the PGA TOUR this year,
469
00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:14,369
with an $18 million bonus
on the line for the winner.
470
00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:15,745
{\an8}Will it be Scottie Scheffler?
471
00:24:15,829 --> 00:24:17,497
{\an8}He's won four times this year
472
00:24:17,581 --> 00:24:19,541
{\an8}and was number one
on the FedExCup points list.
473
00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:23,378
[Renner] Out on the PGA TOUR,
there's this underlying race.
474
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:25,755
And that's the race for the FedExCup.
475
00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:27,883
It's a season-long competition
476
00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:31,470
where finishing as high
as you possibly can on the leaderboard
477
00:24:31,553 --> 00:24:34,055
is going to translate to FedExCup points.
478
00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:37,058
And the ultimate goal
being playing well enough
479
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:41,271
to work your way inside the top 30
in the FedExCup standings.
480
00:24:41,354 --> 00:24:45,817
And that means you've punched your ticket
to Atlanta for the TOUR Championship.
481
00:24:46,610 --> 00:24:48,987
-You're gonna win this one.
-I hope so.
482
00:24:49,571 --> 00:24:52,824
[Dethier] Because the TOUR Championship
is the culmination of the entire season,
483
00:24:52,908 --> 00:24:57,370
players that have played the best
up to that point get an advantage.
484
00:24:57,454 --> 00:25:00,457
It's the only staggered start in golf.
485
00:25:01,041 --> 00:25:05,504
That means that Scottie Scheffler
starts with a two-stroke lead
486
00:25:05,587 --> 00:25:06,963
at ten under par,
487
00:25:07,047 --> 00:25:09,466
then the two seed starts at eight under,
488
00:25:09,549 --> 00:25:12,511
and so on and so forth,
all the way down to even par.
489
00:25:12,594 --> 00:25:16,139
I joked a few times this year when people
asked what it's like to be number one.
490
00:25:16,223 --> 00:25:19,518
I was like, "You don't get any strokes,
so it doesn't mean too much,"
491
00:25:19,601 --> 00:25:22,187
but this week, you know,
I actually do get some strokes, so…
492
00:25:22,270 --> 00:25:25,190
My philosophy is going into this event
is to treat it like a four-day event.
493
00:25:25,273 --> 00:25:29,069
I'm kind of gonna ignore the leaderboard
and go out there and try to do my best.
494
00:25:29,152 --> 00:25:33,573
[Scheffler] This tournament holds more
weight, the end of a season-long race.
495
00:25:33,657 --> 00:25:35,283
There's only 30 guys,
so it feels different
496
00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:38,036
than when you got
a full, you know, 156-man field.
497
00:25:42,499 --> 00:25:44,668
[McIlroy] I think winning a FedExCup is…
498
00:25:44,751 --> 00:25:47,212
is right alongside
winning a major championship.
499
00:25:47,295 --> 00:25:51,383
A major championship, you have
to play well for one week out of the year.
500
00:25:51,466 --> 00:25:54,594
{\an8}To win a FedExCup,
you have to play well the entire year.
501
00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:55,512
[man] Good.
502
00:25:57,430 --> 00:26:00,642
[McIlroy] You have to keep your mind
in a good spot, your body in a good spot,
503
00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:03,979
to compete for the season-long race.
That is a tall order.
504
00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:07,190
[cheering]
505
00:26:07,274 --> 00:26:09,359
[McIlroy] FedExCup has a shorter history
506
00:26:09,442 --> 00:26:11,403
than some
of the other tournaments that we play.
507
00:26:11,486 --> 00:26:15,323
[announcer] And Rory McIlroy
is a two-time FedExCup champion.
508
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:18,201
[McIlroy] But to share two FedExCups
with Tiger Woods,
509
00:26:18,285 --> 00:26:20,120
I thought,
was a really cool accomplishment.
510
00:26:20,203 --> 00:26:24,708
[announcer 2] And just seconds away from
pulling off the most improbable comeback
511
00:26:25,458 --> 00:26:27,127
{\an8}in sports history.
512
00:26:28,044 --> 00:26:30,922
[announcer 3] Tiger Woods, a winner again!
513
00:26:31,006 --> 00:26:33,883
[McIlroy] But to even separate myself
from that tie and get to three
514
00:26:33,967 --> 00:26:37,762
would put up that up with some of the
biggest achievements I've had in the game.
515
00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:46,021
{\an8}[Monahan] I know there's
a lot of curiosity and speculation
516
00:26:46,104 --> 00:26:47,689
{\an8}as to what was discussed
517
00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:50,942
and what was decided
at the player-only meeting
518
00:26:51,026 --> 00:26:53,194
during last week's BMW Championship.
519
00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:55,614
With their commitment and input,
520
00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:59,117
I'm excited to unveil
four key items today.
521
00:26:59,784 --> 00:27:03,580
First, in addition to the elevated events
we announced in June,
522
00:27:03,663 --> 00:27:06,291
we're planning to elevate
another four events
523
00:27:06,374 --> 00:27:09,961
within the 2023 FedExCup regular season.
524
00:27:10,045 --> 00:27:13,423
And they will feature an average purse
of $20 million.
525
00:27:13,506 --> 00:27:14,966
The second item.
526
00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:19,554
Our top players are making a commitment
to play in all 12 elevated events.
527
00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:24,225
They will also add
at least three additional PGA TOUR events
528
00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:25,560
to their schedules.
529
00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:28,063
Third, the Player Impact Program…
530
00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:31,483
[Foley] I would say that
because of what LIV Golf has done,
531
00:27:31,566 --> 00:27:33,735
that has benefited PGA TOUR players
in a big way.
532
00:27:33,818 --> 00:27:37,405
These purses that are gonna happen,
they were gonna happen at some point,
533
00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:38,948
but I think that this pointed out
534
00:27:39,032 --> 00:27:41,451
that players had more power
than they realized.
535
00:27:41,951 --> 00:27:45,664
[reporter] Rory, what do you foresee
this action doing
536
00:27:45,747 --> 00:27:49,042
to further benefit the health
of the PGA TOUR starting next season?
537
00:27:49,125 --> 00:27:52,545
[McIlroy] You know, apart from the major
championships and maybe the players,
538
00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:55,548
you know, the top 10 players,
top 20 players in the world
539
00:27:55,632 --> 00:27:59,844
get together to play against each other
one other time during the year.
540
00:27:59,928 --> 00:28:02,555
And I think what came out of the meeting
541
00:28:02,639 --> 00:28:06,017
is the fact that we've all made
a commitment to get together more often
542
00:28:06,101 --> 00:28:07,811
to make the product more compelling.
543
00:28:08,311 --> 00:28:11,523
[reporter 2] Rory, do you think
your commitment would've been there
544
00:28:11,606 --> 00:28:13,566
if not for the threat of LIV?
545
00:28:15,777 --> 00:28:16,736
Um…
546
00:28:17,445 --> 00:28:20,198
I don't know. I don't have a crystal ball,
547
00:28:20,281 --> 00:28:23,993
but I think everyone in that room realized
this is the best way forward.
548
00:28:24,577 --> 00:28:25,787
[McIlroy] Crazy.
549
00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:29,374
Crazy what the whole thing
has sort of got to.
550
00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:33,086
[McIlroy] The position
that I've sort of taken this year,
551
00:28:33,169 --> 00:28:35,672
I think my message is legitimate anyway,
552
00:28:35,755 --> 00:28:38,425
but I think by winning
gives it more substance,
553
00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:41,386
and the FedExCup
is a really good chance for me.
554
00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:44,723
I'm really happy and proud
of the way you've spoken up. Thank you.
555
00:28:44,806 --> 00:28:46,141
Good luck, Rory.
556
00:28:50,353 --> 00:28:52,856
[announcer] Now on the first tee,
from Northern Ireland,
557
00:28:52,939 --> 00:28:56,651
your 2016 and 2019 FedExCup champion.
558
00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:58,945
Please welcome Rory McIlroy.
559
00:28:59,028 --> 00:29:01,364
[cheering and applause]
560
00:29:03,074 --> 00:29:05,618
[announcer 2]
Rory going for his third FedExCup title.
561
00:29:05,702 --> 00:29:08,413
[announcer 3] Came over the top.
This is double cross towards the trees
562
00:29:08,496 --> 00:29:09,664
and the fencing on the left.
563
00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:10,957
[crowd] Oh!
564
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,251
[announcer 2]
That is out-of-bounds over there.
565
00:29:13,334 --> 00:29:15,086
So a reload on one tee.
566
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,506
[announcer 3] This one is also left.
567
00:29:19,174 --> 00:29:21,718
-[announcer 2] What an awful way to start.
-[crowd] Oh!
568
00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:26,639
[McIlroy] It was a weird day.
We teed off in a really big downpour.
569
00:29:26,723 --> 00:29:28,558
I tried to guide the driver
up the fairway,
570
00:29:28,641 --> 00:29:31,144
and the ball went straight left of me.
571
00:29:31,644 --> 00:29:33,146
[man] Here we go, Rory!
572
00:29:33,229 --> 00:29:34,898
[McIlroy] Not the ideal way to start.
573
00:29:34,981 --> 00:29:36,983
{\an8}[dramatic music playing]
574
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:40,320
-[crowd] Oh!
-[announcer 2] {\an8}Here it'll be triple bogey.
575
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,283
{\an8}Tough start.
576
00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:50,371
{\an8}[McIlroy] At that point, I may as well
just wing it from here.
577
00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:51,915
I mean, what else can I do?
578
00:29:53,249 --> 00:29:57,086
[announcer 2] Trying to rebound
{\an8}after that horrendous start.
579
00:29:57,170 --> 00:30:00,757
{\an8}Beautiful shot. Got it to run out
and then backdoored it.
580
00:30:01,257 --> 00:30:04,427
[McIlroy] I think once you take
that weight of expectation
581
00:30:04,511 --> 00:30:05,720
off of your shoulders,
582
00:30:06,429 --> 00:30:08,181
{\an8}you can start to play freely.
583
00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:09,682
[announcer 2] {\an8}Okay.
584
00:30:09,766 --> 00:30:13,061
{\an8}How about his last four holes?
Played them in four under.
585
00:30:19,275 --> 00:30:20,109
[cheering]
586
00:30:20,193 --> 00:30:23,238
-Kinda Jekyll-and-Hyde day for Rory.
-[announcer 3] Wow.
587
00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:25,448
[McIlroy] There's a lesson there
588
00:30:25,532 --> 00:30:28,660
about even when you're not sure
about what you're trying to do,
589
00:30:28,743 --> 00:30:32,831
sort of going full send for me
is the best way forward.
590
00:30:36,376 --> 00:30:40,338
[announcer 2] It's been a crazy beginning
to this Tour Championship for McIlroy.
591
00:30:40,922 --> 00:30:43,383
At 67, despite that brutal start,
592
00:30:43,466 --> 00:30:46,427
keeping himself in the conversation
for the rest of the weekend.
593
00:30:49,305 --> 00:30:52,267
How's the reaction been
to your announcement yesterday?
594
00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:57,105
I don't know if Jay's communicated this
to you, but about the "mandatory."
595
00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:59,732
There's been a lot of blowback on that
by the guys in the room.
596
00:30:59,816 --> 00:31:02,193
{\an8}-[man] Really?
-They were sort of blindsided by it.
597
00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:04,362
{\an8}That's sort of the gut feeling.
598
00:31:04,445 --> 00:31:06,823
{\an8}"We knew there were gonna be
four extra elevated events,
599
00:31:06,906 --> 00:31:09,826
but we didn't know anything
about them being mandatory."
600
00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:13,872
They said they can't administer it.
I said, "If I'm willing to do this,
601
00:31:13,955 --> 00:31:14,998
so should you."
602
00:31:15,081 --> 00:31:17,208
But I say to these guys,
603
00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:21,254
"No other athletes in the world
get to choose when and where they play."
604
00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:23,882
"We've all just gotten a little soft."
605
00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:27,427
Getting there. Yesterday was a huge step.
606
00:31:28,303 --> 00:31:29,679
-[Pazder] Big step.
-Yeah.
607
00:31:31,431 --> 00:31:33,141
[announcer] And we welcome to Atlanta.
608
00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:35,768
Day two of the TOUR Championship.
609
00:31:35,852 --> 00:31:39,355
{\an8}Cameron Smith and Rory McIlroy set to go.
610
00:31:39,981 --> 00:31:42,525
And Scottie Scheffler
is now five clear of the field.
611
00:31:42,609 --> 00:31:43,693
[man] That's beautiful.
612
00:31:44,277 --> 00:31:47,530
{\an8}You see a swing like that,
somebody's like, "Know what?"
613
00:31:47,614 --> 00:31:50,199
{\an8}[Rick Ross]
No one else can swing like that.
614
00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:54,454
[announcer] Rory, who's obviously been
one of the faces of the PGA TOUR
615
00:31:54,537 --> 00:31:56,456
and trying to keep the guys together
616
00:31:56,539 --> 00:31:59,834
as the LIV Golf Series
has been out there poaching players.
617
00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:02,795
And Cam Smith has been rumored
to be going there.
618
00:32:02,879 --> 00:32:04,422
[O'Flaherty] Seventeen are going?
619
00:32:04,505 --> 00:32:05,757
Seventeen.
620
00:32:06,674 --> 00:32:08,092
Absolutely brutal.
621
00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:11,721
When I saw Patrick Reed went to the Asian
Tour event, I was like, "Oh my God."
622
00:32:11,804 --> 00:32:15,767
And dropped spots in the world rankings.
Beautiful. Beautiful.
623
00:32:17,393 --> 00:32:21,105
[McIlroy] I had a conversation with
Cameron Smith two days after The Open.
624
00:32:22,273 --> 00:32:26,027
You know,
guys that are thinking one way or another,
625
00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:29,614
I would at least like people
to make a decision
626
00:32:29,697 --> 00:32:32,116
that is completely informed…
627
00:32:32,742 --> 00:32:33,993
-[man] Hi, Cam.
-[woman] Hi, Cam.
628
00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:36,955
[McIlroy] …and basically know
this is what you may be leaving behind.
629
00:32:37,038 --> 00:32:38,206
[man] Come on, Rory.
630
00:32:38,706 --> 00:32:40,625
[announcer] Rory, wild day yesterday.
631
00:32:40,708 --> 00:32:42,543
{\an8}Steadiness today.
632
00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:45,129
{\an8}Fifteen pars, three birdies.
633
00:32:46,339 --> 00:32:48,299
He's gonna shoot 67 again.
634
00:32:48,383 --> 00:32:49,801
[cheering]
635
00:32:49,884 --> 00:32:51,219
[announcer] A 71 for Cam,
636
00:32:51,302 --> 00:32:54,555
so he and McIlroy, after spending
the first couple of days together,
637
00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:57,558
will not be out in the same duo tomorrow.
638
00:33:01,521 --> 00:33:03,147
[upbeat music playing]
639
00:33:05,858 --> 00:33:07,735
{\an8}♪ Dashing through the snow ♪
640
00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:09,487
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh ♪
641
00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:12,115
♪ O'er the fields we go ♪
642
00:33:12,198 --> 00:33:13,950
♪ Laughing all the way… ♪
643
00:33:14,033 --> 00:33:15,326
[indistinct chatter]
644
00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:23,251
Sorry if this is a redundant question,
but why is there Christmas music on?
645
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:27,005
Is it 'cause it's the start of college
football and it's like Christmas Day?
646
00:33:27,088 --> 00:33:28,006
Is that why?
647
00:33:28,089 --> 00:33:30,216
-Pretty dang close.
-[McIlroy] Is it?
648
00:33:30,299 --> 00:33:34,012
When was the last time
the Cowboys were in a Super Bowl?
649
00:33:34,095 --> 00:33:36,472
-[man] 1996.
-[man 2] Twenty-six years ago.
650
00:33:37,140 --> 00:33:39,684
Based on your Josh Allen post,
you're a Josh Allen fan.
651
00:33:39,767 --> 00:33:41,519
[man 3] And he's a PGA TOUR fan.
652
00:33:41,602 --> 00:33:43,855
Yeah, but he's a Phil Mickelson fan,
so I don't know…
653
00:33:43,938 --> 00:33:47,150
[man 3] That's true.
Sounds like this guy's losing credibility.
654
00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:49,569
[laughing]
655
00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:53,239
Fuck you, Phil!
656
00:33:53,322 --> 00:33:54,490
[laughing]
657
00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:57,118
[McIlroy] I hope that makes it in.
658
00:33:57,201 --> 00:33:58,995
[man 3] I guarantee that makes it in.
659
00:33:59,662 --> 00:34:00,955
♪ Jingle bells ♪
660
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:02,582
♪ Jingle all the way ♪
661
00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:05,001
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪
662
00:34:05,084 --> 00:34:07,045
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh ♪
663
00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:10,548
[cheering]
664
00:34:10,631 --> 00:34:13,676
[announcer] Good afternoon.
And it is "Hotlanta" on this final Sunday.
665
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,012
Because of the showers last night,
666
00:34:16,095 --> 00:34:17,972
third round
had to be finished this morning.
667
00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:21,976
And Rory McIlroy, one of the 14 players
wrapping up, did what he needed to do.
668
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,812
Made two birdies
to finish off a round of 63
669
00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:27,690
and try to put pressure
on Scottie Scheffler.
670
00:34:27,774 --> 00:34:29,150
[man] Good finish, man.
671
00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:30,318
Thank you.
672
00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:31,861
[indistinct chatter]
673
00:34:31,944 --> 00:34:33,738
{\an8}Yeah, I birdied three. Yeah.
674
00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:35,073
{\an8}Thank you.
675
00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:40,703
[announcer]
{\an8}And just like that, the lead is now five
676
00:34:40,787 --> 00:34:43,206
as they head over to the 18th tee.
677
00:34:43,289 --> 00:34:45,583
What's the average age on tour,
do you think?
678
00:34:45,666 --> 00:34:47,376
[McIlroy] Mid-30s, is it? Thirty-five?
679
00:34:47,460 --> 00:34:49,420
When I turned pro at 18, I'm like,
680
00:34:49,504 --> 00:34:52,298
"There's no way
I'm gonna play golf after 40."
681
00:34:52,381 --> 00:34:55,635
Like, this week, everyone I've played with
I've been older than,
682
00:34:55,718 --> 00:34:58,429
which is, like, nuts.
683
00:34:58,513 --> 00:34:59,430
It's… Yeah.
684
00:34:59,514 --> 00:35:02,975
I sat in a press conference here in 2016
685
00:35:03,893 --> 00:35:07,605
and described Tiger and Phil
as on the back nine of their careers
686
00:35:07,688 --> 00:35:10,817
and got absolutely, like, roasted for it.
687
00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:11,943
[laughing]
688
00:35:12,026 --> 00:35:14,070
-And they were both in their 40s.
-[Rahm] Yeah.
689
00:35:14,153 --> 00:35:14,987
[Morikawa] Yeah.
690
00:35:15,071 --> 00:35:17,073
And my 40 doesn't seem that far away.
691
00:35:17,156 --> 00:35:19,784
{\an8}There's no way I'm quitting yet.
692
00:35:19,867 --> 00:35:21,410
[announcer] …exactly what he wanted…
693
00:35:21,494 --> 00:35:24,080
[McIlroy] If this does not go in,
I am in the final group.
694
00:35:24,163 --> 00:35:26,582
[announcer]
{\an8}Birdie putt on the way for Schauffele,
695
00:35:26,666 --> 00:35:29,377
as that goes under the hole
and to the right.
696
00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:31,003
[applause on TV]
697
00:35:31,087 --> 00:35:33,965
[announcer] Rory ends up
in the last group with Scheffler.
698
00:35:36,050 --> 00:35:38,761
{\an8}[Fitzpatrick]
It's been an unbelievable season.
699
00:35:38,845 --> 00:35:41,639
{\an8}Felt like I put a lot of work in
at the start of the year.
700
00:35:41,722 --> 00:35:44,267
[laughing]
701
00:35:44,350 --> 00:35:47,228
[Fitzpatrick] For it to pay off
and to be sat here as a major winner
702
00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:50,106
is, uh, an unbelievable feeling.
703
00:35:50,606 --> 00:35:52,608
[cheering and applause]
704
00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:56,237
{\an8}[Finau] It's a tale of two seasons.
705
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,323
{\an8}First half, I didn't execute
the way I know I'm capable of.
706
00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:01,868
But I stayed patient with myself,
707
00:36:01,951 --> 00:36:04,662
put together
a really nice second half of the season.
708
00:36:04,745 --> 00:36:06,414
[woman] Love you, proud of you.
709
00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,708
{\an8}Can we take a picture with you?
710
00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:12,003
{\an8}[Spieth] Going into 2022,
711
00:36:12,086 --> 00:36:15,047
I was looking to try and win
multiple events.
712
00:36:15,131 --> 00:36:16,632
Thank you so much.
713
00:36:16,716 --> 00:36:19,135
[Spieth]
But that's the ebbs and flows of golf.
714
00:36:19,218 --> 00:36:21,804
The highs are really high,
and the lows are really low.
715
00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:26,184
If you try and live somewhere, you know,
towards that top as often as you can,
716
00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:28,019
you have a pretty phenomenal career.
717
00:36:29,604 --> 00:36:31,814
{\an8}[Thomas] I mean, I know
it's so clichéd, it's so obvious,
718
00:36:31,898 --> 00:36:36,110
{\an8}but the best piece of advice my dad
gave me is just to keep playing golf.
719
00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:37,695
Anything can happen on a Sunday.
720
00:36:37,778 --> 00:36:40,740
And really just control the things
that you can control.
721
00:36:41,324 --> 00:36:44,243
Tiger's Tiger, but how important
is Rory's voice to the younger generation?
722
00:36:44,327 --> 00:36:47,747
It's very important. I mean, he's
the second-biggest star we have out here.
723
00:36:47,830 --> 00:36:49,999
It's not like he was given that title.
724
00:36:50,082 --> 00:36:52,752
He's done that with really,
really good golf and great work
725
00:36:52,835 --> 00:36:54,545
and time with the fans.
726
00:36:54,629 --> 00:36:58,382
And he does everything you're supposed
to do be in the position he's in.
727
00:36:58,466 --> 00:37:01,093
[cheering and applause]
728
00:37:03,804 --> 00:37:06,515
[announcer] On the first tee,
from Holywood, Northern Ireland,
729
00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:09,393
please welcome Rory McIlroy!
730
00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:11,479
[cheering]
731
00:37:14,106 --> 00:37:16,275
[cheering]
732
00:37:16,359 --> 00:37:18,527
[announcer 2]
With $18 million on the line,
733
00:37:18,611 --> 00:37:21,614
is it any wonder they both came out
in green today?
734
00:37:22,573 --> 00:37:23,908
This is 8-iron.
735
00:37:23,991 --> 00:37:26,452
Starting well to the right
and not turning over.
736
00:37:26,535 --> 00:37:28,829
This is not the miss he's looking for
on the first hole.
737
00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:30,706
[announcer] Wow. Oh boy.
738
00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:32,833
[announcer 3] Right of the gallery rope.
739
00:37:35,419 --> 00:37:37,129
[crowd] Oh.
740
00:37:37,213 --> 00:37:39,674
[announcer] Well, it hasn't been
a good start for Rory.
741
00:37:39,757 --> 00:37:43,094
It doesn't matter how many times
you've been there, you cannot escape
742
00:37:43,177 --> 00:37:47,181
the pressure of being in the hunt
on Sunday afternoon…
743
00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,557
[man] Make it three, Rory.
744
00:37:48,641 --> 00:37:51,686
…'cause there is nothing on this planet
these guys want more
745
00:37:51,769 --> 00:37:52,770
than to get it done.
746
00:37:55,064 --> 00:37:57,066
{\an8}[spectators murmuring]
747
00:37:57,733 --> 00:37:59,986
[announcer] There we go.
{\an8}McIlroy walks one in.
748
00:38:00,069 --> 00:38:02,280
[announcer 2] He's not afraid
{\an8}to walk through the door.
749
00:38:02,363 --> 00:38:05,908
{\an8}He has a great record
of catching people from behind.
750
00:38:06,826 --> 00:38:10,037
[announcer] Scheffler started the day
with a six-shot lead.
751
00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:11,247
Three bogeys,
752
00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:14,625
and all of a sudden it is down to one.
753
00:38:16,377 --> 00:38:17,795
[Scheffler] Stress kind of kicks in,
754
00:38:17,878 --> 00:38:21,132
then it's, "You gotta calm down.
We got more holes to play."
755
00:38:21,215 --> 00:38:23,009
[announcer] {\an8}Now Rory McIlroy.
756
00:38:24,051 --> 00:38:24,927
[man] Oh!
757
00:38:26,053 --> 00:38:27,013
Oh!
758
00:38:27,096 --> 00:38:29,390
[cheering]
759
00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:31,892
[announcer]
Did you think in your wildest imagination
760
00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:34,312
{\an8}that after he bogeyed the first hole
761
00:38:34,395 --> 00:38:37,023
{\an8}that at the seventh hole he'd be tied?
762
00:38:37,606 --> 00:38:39,984
[McIlroy] Five years
since that final group with Tiger.
763
00:38:40,067 --> 00:38:42,570
-That was wild, walking up the last.
-It was scary.
764
00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:44,447
You could've been trampled.
765
00:38:44,530 --> 00:38:46,532
[suspenseful music playing]
766
00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:49,493
{\an8}[man] Get in the hole!
767
00:38:49,577 --> 00:38:50,870
{\an8}[crowd clamoring]
768
00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:54,582
-[cheering]
-[announcer] Oh! McIlroy's done it!
769
00:38:54,665 --> 00:38:57,668
{\an8}McIlroy answers the call
770
00:38:57,752 --> 00:39:00,046
{\an8}and lights up the crowd at 15.
771
00:39:00,129 --> 00:39:01,589
{\an8}[crowd chanting] Rory! Rory!
772
00:39:01,672 --> 00:39:04,884
{\an8}Rory! Rory! Rory! Rory!
773
00:39:05,801 --> 00:39:09,472
[announcer 2] Sounded pretty clean.
{\an8}It's right at it. May need to get down.
774
00:39:09,555 --> 00:39:10,931
[announcer] Oh my gosh.
775
00:39:11,682 --> 00:39:14,727
[McIlroy] You get to that point
of now you've tied the golf tournament up.
776
00:39:14,810 --> 00:39:16,187
[announcer] Adrenaline, maybe?
777
00:39:16,270 --> 00:39:18,314
[chuckles] I don't know. That went a mile.
778
00:39:19,315 --> 00:39:21,650
[McIlroy] All of a sudden,
I'm playing with more tightness.
779
00:39:21,734 --> 00:39:23,652
I'm playing with a little more thought.
780
00:39:26,572 --> 00:39:27,865
[clamoring]
781
00:39:27,948 --> 00:39:29,784
[announcer 2]
Caught on right on that downslope.
782
00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:31,869
-[clamoring]
-[announcer 2] Wow!
783
00:39:31,952 --> 00:39:34,163
[announcer] A lot of people
just came out of their chair.
784
00:39:34,246 --> 00:39:36,123
-[announcer 2] Including you.
-[announcer laughs]
785
00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:39,627
[announcer 3] Scottie Scheffler
just inside of nine feet here for par.
786
00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:41,420
[Rapaport]
Once the pressure starts building
787
00:39:41,504 --> 00:39:42,963
and you have the finish line in sight
788
00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:46,092
and you start thinking about the trophy
and about the paycheck,
789
00:39:46,175 --> 00:39:50,805
{\an8}that's when you really have to prove
that you can handle it. Not everyone can.
790
00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:52,932
-[announcer] It's come to the left.
-[announcer 2] No.
791
00:39:53,015 --> 00:39:54,809
A terrible hole for Scottie.
792
00:39:56,477 --> 00:39:57,770
-[man] Go, Rory!
-[cheering]
793
00:39:57,853 --> 00:40:01,065
[announcer] For the very first time,
{\an8}somebody other than Scottie Scheffler
794
00:40:01,148 --> 00:40:04,485
{\an8}has the outright lead
in the Tour Championship.
795
00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:06,112
{\an8}[crowd chanting] Rory! Rory!
796
00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:07,822
[man yells indistinctly]
797
00:40:09,782 --> 00:40:11,659
-[whistling]
-[man] Whoa!
798
00:40:11,742 --> 00:40:13,536
[announcer] That's very nicely done.
799
00:40:13,619 --> 00:40:16,789
[crowd chanting] Rory! Rory! Rory! Rory!
800
00:40:17,373 --> 00:40:19,458
[man] Get in the hole! Oh!
801
00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:21,419
[crowd] Oh!
802
00:40:21,502 --> 00:40:24,004
[announcer]
Scheffler now with a chance to tie.
803
00:40:25,339 --> 00:40:26,215
[man] In the hole!
804
00:40:26,298 --> 00:40:27,508
[crowd] Oh!
805
00:40:27,591 --> 00:40:31,053
[announcer] His putter has betrayed him
here in these last two holes.
806
00:40:31,137 --> 00:40:32,847
[announcer 2]
Yep, he's just not seeing it.
807
00:40:34,223 --> 00:40:35,724
[indistinct chatter]
808
00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:39,478
[announcer] McIlroy
with a one-shot cushion over Scheffler.
809
00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:43,816
[announcer 2] Scottie Scheffler has tried
{\an8}to play a conservative round today,
810
00:40:43,899 --> 00:40:46,652
{\an8}and, uh, it backfired on him a little bit.
811
00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:51,282
-I got this.
-[caddy] Perfect.
812
00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:53,993
{\an8}[man] Come on, Scottie!
813
00:40:56,036 --> 00:40:57,705
[announcer] Oh, this is going right.
814
00:40:58,706 --> 00:41:00,249
It's probably in the bunker.
815
00:41:00,332 --> 00:41:01,542
[crowd] Oh!
816
00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:03,043
[crowd chanting] Rory!
817
00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:05,796
[announcer] This next shot by Rory McIlroy
818
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:11,302
could end up
slamming the door shut on Scheffler.
819
00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:16,724
It's not good. It's really low over there.
820
00:41:17,266 --> 00:41:18,642
[announcer 2] Oh man!
821
00:41:18,726 --> 00:41:21,562
He's left himself
one of the most difficult
822
00:41:21,645 --> 00:41:23,731
up and ends on the whole property.
823
00:41:25,399 --> 00:41:27,151
[McIlroy] Doesn't matter
how big your lead is.
824
00:41:27,234 --> 00:41:30,738
It's important to never get complacent.
Anything is possible.
825
00:41:30,821 --> 00:41:33,657
[announcer] He's gotta make up a shot
on Rory here. One back.
826
00:41:34,783 --> 00:41:36,869
[announcer 2] Oh, he's carried it too far.
827
00:41:36,952 --> 00:41:39,371
-No, no.
-[announcer] This is a big-time mistake.
828
00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:41,832
When you put… This is 11.5 million…
829
00:41:41,916 --> 00:41:43,501
[man] It's yours, Rory! Take it!
830
00:41:43,584 --> 00:41:44,835
[announcer 2] What a shame.
831
00:41:45,794 --> 00:41:47,338
What a shame.
832
00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:53,969
[announcer] Perfect.
That's what he needed to do.
833
00:41:54,053 --> 00:41:57,264
[McIlroy] I was just trying
to keep my nose ahead of Scottie
834
00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:59,934
and just try to react
to anything that he did.
835
00:42:02,978 --> 00:42:04,146
[man] Oh!
836
00:42:05,231 --> 00:42:07,858
[announcer] The best
that Scheffler can do is make a five.
837
00:42:07,942 --> 00:42:09,818
{\an8}[man 2] Come on, Rory!
838
00:42:09,902 --> 00:42:11,237
{\an8}[man 3] Go, Rory!
839
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:12,947
{\an8}[applause]
840
00:42:14,281 --> 00:42:16,116
[announcer] Eighteen million dollars.
841
00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:19,036
Second place, six and a half million.
842
00:42:23,749 --> 00:42:25,042
[man 4] Get in the hole!
843
00:42:25,709 --> 00:42:27,711
[clamoring]
844
00:42:28,587 --> 00:42:30,214
[announcer] And that is gonna do it.
845
00:42:30,297 --> 00:42:31,590
[applause]
846
00:42:31,674 --> 00:42:33,050
[announcer 2] What a win.
847
00:42:34,301 --> 00:42:35,594
You know, it's not easy.
848
00:42:35,678 --> 00:42:38,138
He was behind by six starting the day.
849
00:42:38,847 --> 00:42:41,183
♪ The stars way up… ♪
850
00:42:41,267 --> 00:42:44,270
[announcer 2] But when Scheffler
started struggling, Rory was ready.
851
00:42:44,353 --> 00:42:46,105
He kept making the pressure putts.
852
00:42:47,231 --> 00:42:50,943
♪ Forgive me if I sit and stare… ♪
853
00:42:51,026 --> 00:42:53,571
-[announcer 2] Now look.
-[announcer] Beginning… It's sinking in.
854
00:42:53,654 --> 00:42:54,989
♪ Had to be there ♪
855
00:42:55,447 --> 00:42:57,575
♪ You just had to be there ♪
856
00:43:00,202 --> 00:43:01,245
[cheering and applause]
857
00:43:01,870 --> 00:43:04,623
[announcer 2] Heartbreaker for him today.
No doubt about it.
858
00:43:05,541 --> 00:43:08,335
{\an8}♪ You won't face the days
Like we had done ♪
859
00:43:08,877 --> 00:43:12,339
[announcer]
{\an8}And in an extraordinary PGA TOUR season,
860
00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:17,511
{\an8}it is Rory McIlroy
that wins a third FedExCup title!
861
00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:19,513
{\an8}[cheering and applause]
862
00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:22,016
{\an8}♪ You had to be there ♪
863
00:43:24,143 --> 00:43:26,228
♪ You just had to be there… ♪
864
00:43:26,312 --> 00:43:27,813
Take care. Great year.
865
00:43:29,857 --> 00:43:31,317
It was a pleasure.
866
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,402
-Fuck, we did it.
-♪ I can't forget the days ♪
867
00:43:33,485 --> 00:43:34,612
♪ That we had… ♪
868
00:43:34,695 --> 00:43:38,115
[chanting] Rory! Rory! Rory!
869
00:43:38,198 --> 00:43:41,619
[McIlroy] I care deeply about our sport.
I care about its history.
870
00:43:41,702 --> 00:43:45,581
I care about its legacy.
I care about the integrity of the game.
871
00:43:46,165 --> 00:43:47,499
♪ You had to be there ♪
872
00:43:47,583 --> 00:43:51,003
[McIlroy] And there's a lot of players
out here that share those same views.
873
00:43:51,086 --> 00:43:52,963
♪ You just had to be there… ♪
874
00:43:53,047 --> 00:43:54,757
[cheering and applause]
875
00:43:56,216 --> 00:43:58,886
[McIlroy] I feel like Scottie deserves
at least half of this today.
876
00:43:58,969 --> 00:44:00,846
[man] I'm so proud of you. I love you.
877
00:44:00,929 --> 00:44:03,432
[McIlroy] He has had
an unbelievable season.
878
00:44:03,515 --> 00:44:06,060
He's a hell of a competitor.
He's an even better guy.
879
00:44:06,143 --> 00:44:09,521
It was an honor and a privilege
to battle with him today.
880
00:44:09,605 --> 00:44:11,440
And I'm sure we'll have many more.
881
00:44:11,523 --> 00:44:13,859
You fucking deserved every bit of that.
882
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,237
The entire world knows why you're
number one player in the world.
883
00:44:18,781 --> 00:44:20,366
♪ It's doesn't quite get there ♪
884
00:44:20,449 --> 00:44:23,035
♪ But the morning's washed away ♪
885
00:44:23,535 --> 00:44:26,914
♪ Anything
That we've been going through… ♪
886
00:44:26,997 --> 00:44:29,249
[Renner] Golf is an individual sport.
887
00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:33,587
There's never been a need for a captain
in a locker room until this year.
888
00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:35,631
When you talk about loyalty,
889
00:44:35,714 --> 00:44:39,009
when you talk about commitment,
when you talk about leadership,
890
00:44:39,677 --> 00:44:41,595
this man exemplifies that.
891
00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:45,307
Let's have a toast
to the 2022 FedExCup champion,
892
00:44:45,391 --> 00:44:46,517
Rory McIlroy.
893
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,310
[cheering]
894
00:44:52,356 --> 00:44:53,190
Whoo!
895
00:44:53,941 --> 00:44:54,775
Oh!
896
00:44:54,858 --> 00:44:55,734
[laughing]
897
00:44:55,818 --> 00:44:57,820
-[McIlroy] What have we got?
-What do you want?
898
00:44:57,903 --> 00:45:00,781
[McIlroy] I'll take a glass
of whatever that red is.
899
00:45:01,615 --> 00:45:03,409
[McIlroy] It's been a weird year.
900
00:45:03,492 --> 00:45:06,120
I never thought
that I'd be in this position.
901
00:45:07,955 --> 00:45:11,250
I guess, for me, like, I have to remember
the reason that I'm in this position
902
00:45:11,333 --> 00:45:13,293
is because I win golf tournaments.
903
00:45:14,837 --> 00:45:16,630
♪ I can't predict the days… ♪
904
00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:18,882
[McIlroy] And that's still
the most important thing.
905
00:45:18,966 --> 00:45:20,342
♪ Of that bright glimmer ♪
906
00:45:20,426 --> 00:45:22,678
♪ Then we left the room in time ♪
907
00:45:23,887 --> 00:45:25,848
♪ From when we lived without a care… ♪
908
00:45:25,931 --> 00:45:28,434
He's always the first. Always.
909
00:45:28,517 --> 00:45:29,476
Tiger.
910
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:32,813
Like, he'll text you, like,
before the last putt drops.
911
00:45:32,896 --> 00:45:33,981
Always the first.
912
00:45:34,648 --> 00:45:35,899
He's unreal.
913
00:45:40,696 --> 00:45:41,655
Yeah.
914
00:45:42,406 --> 00:45:45,325
Got a busy day on my phone tomorrow.
Back to Northern Ireland.
915
00:45:45,409 --> 00:45:46,368
[man chuckles]
916
00:45:46,452 --> 00:45:47,745
Pretty sweet, though.
917
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[upbeat music playing]