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0:00 | we’re continuing our conversation here

0:01 | with go week senior writer bethan

0:03 | Nichols and Sirius XM radio Taylor zaror

0:06 | bethan we’ve seen some interesting

0:08 | storylines in the last couple of

0:10 | weekends we’ve seen a 16-year-old make a

0:12 | cut on the PGA tour we saw a 15-year-old

0:14 | do it earlier on the corn faery tour

0:16 | you’ve seen this a lot on the LPGA Tour

0:18 | over the years where extremely young

0:20 | Talent seems ready to compete at the

0:23 | highest level and is probably easily

0:25 | convinced that they’re ready to compete

0:27 | at the highest level but are there best

0:29 | practices out there that you’ve seen in

0:31 | the women’s game that we ought to be

0:33 | keeping in mind just to stop these kids

0:35 | getting I guess out over their skis too

0:37 | early in their

0:39 | careers well I definitely think there’s

0:41 | a big difference between the men’s and

0:42 | the women’s game first of all in terms

0:44 | of depth it’s it’s unlikely that you’re

0:46 | going to see a surge of teenagers in the

0:48 | men’s game you know playing to that kind

0:50 | of level from a physical standpoint

0:52 | obviously boys mature uh at at a slower

0:55 | rate in terms of their their physical

0:58 | abilities uh compared to women where as

1:00 | as a 17 18yearold old on the LPGA can

1:04 | can can can compete pretty much against

1:07 | anyone from a physical standpoint so I I

1:09 | think you know the lpj has a a

1:11 | commissioner’s role you know you have to

1:13 | be 18 to play on tour but you can

1:15 | request to play it earlier but you

1:17 | pretty much have to win a tournament in

1:18 | order to get on tour before the age of

1:21 | 18 which is a really high threshold to

1:23 | meet and I think it’s hard to tell a

1:25 | player like that look you’ve already won

1:26 | on the LPGA I’m sorry you’ve got to wait

1:29 | a year six months to come out I don’t

1:31 | really think that that helps anyone uh

1:33 | so I definitely think the LPGA actually

1:35 | has a good rule in place here Taylor

1:37 | what do you think I mean as a father of

1:38 | three 12y olds I can tell you that boys

1:40 | mature much slower physically and

1:42 | mentally if at all compared to women you

1:45 | comfortable seeing these teenagers out

1:47 | there with the best players in the world

1:49 | you know if a Scotty Sheffer or George

1:52 | or Jordan spe or somebody plays in a

1:54 | one-off Tiger Woods from time to time we

1:56 | saw him playing as a teenager then I

1:58 | think that’s okay I I like to see them

2:00 | playing every single week AA batia maybe

2:03 | is an exception to the rule that seems

2:05 | to have handled going through every

2:08 | single phase of professional golf in the

2:10 | last five years to get to the highest

2:11 | level of men’s golf where he’s here with

2:13 | us now in Charlotte this week but he had

2:16 | to go through every single level he

2:17 | didn’t get to the big time and stay in

2:19 | the prime time of the game um right from

2:22 | the word go like Alexi Thompson or Lydia

2:25 | Co or some of the others that we

2:27 | referenced earlier it just feels like

2:29 | more time more often than not those

2:32 | players get burned out and they wish

2:34 | that they would have gone through all

2:36 | the normal phases of their life so I

2:39 | think it’s fine to see them play a

2:41 | couple of times a year the best

2:43 | teenagers but on a regular basis I think

2:46 | there’s some danger that comes with that

2:47 | Taylor big week at Quail I would imagine

2:49 | with Wells Fargo on the way out some

2:52 | potential sponsors paying close

2:53 | attention do you have that sense that

2:55 | this is an important week and sports

2:57 | week in the city of Charlotte and how

2:59 | important what happens inside the ropes

3:01 | could be for the future of this event

3:03 | yeah everybody that’s ever come to this

3:05 | town knows just how golf crazed we are

3:08 | in the Queen City this is a very big

3:10 | deal what Johnny Harris and the members

3:12 | of Quail Hollow have established is one

3:15 | of the Premier tournaments on the PGA

3:17 | tour we have the PGA Championship coming

3:19 | back here next year but your question is

3:22 | a good one two years from now what if

3:24 | anything does the tournament look like

3:26 | will it be a signature event will it

3:27 | have a new sponsor will we still have

3:29 | the best players in the world coming

3:30 | here will we have more of the best

3:32 | players in the world coming two years

3:34 | from now if unification happens um it is

3:37 | it’s a very big week for the tournament

3:39 | and it’s a very big week for the PGA

3:41 | Tour aan mentioned earlier that Scotty

3:44 | sheffler isn’t here everyone’s impressed

3:47 | with what Scotty Sheffer is doing but

3:49 | maybe that means we’ll have some drama

3:50 | with some of the other bigname players

3:52 | over the weekend that have a chance to

3:54 | win this we certainly need it bethan

3:56 | speaking of big players Brooks kepka won

3:58 | again at the weekend on the live in

4:00 | Singapore he’s defending the PGA next

4:02 | week over the weekend Phil Mickelson

4:04 | tweeted and then deleted a vague threat

4:07 | that at some point Live players might

4:08 | boycott Majors if a direct pathway is

4:11 | not actually created for them and that

4:14 | none of these guys would show up can you

4:16 | ever envisage a time when a John Ram or

4:19 | a Brooks kka will choose to boycott a

4:22 | major championship because a Taylor G or

4:24 | W Neiman is not getting a start in the

4:27 | field no not at all I think that’s a uh

4:31 | that’s a bunch of Bluster you know I I

4:33 | don’t I don’t anticipate something like

4:36 | that happen I mean look you know the

4:38 | majors are what Define greatness that’s

4:40 | that’s the ultimate Legacy for any

4:42 | player male or female it’s it it all

4:44 | comes down to to to the majors and so I

4:48 | I I don’t see players bypassing a chance

4:51 | to Tee It Up an even one um because of

4:54 | that look at how many are going to Us

4:56 | open qualifying they’re doing what they

4:57 | need to do to get there Taylor listen

5:00 | when a lot of guys left for live they

5:02 | talked about growing the game and making

5:04 | it Global listen they took the bag okay

5:07 | it it’s pretty obvious to a lot of us

5:08 | but your thoughts on what Brooks Kea has

5:10 | been able to do stay major championship

5:13 | sharp in winning four times out there

5:16 | yeah I with Wen Neeman or Taylor gu or

5:20 | other players that have had success on

5:22 | live I don’t know that that necessarily

5:24 | translates to success in major

5:27 | championships but you’re right Damon he

5:29 | Keva seems to be an exception to the

5:31 | rule it seems like when he finds a

5:33 | little bit of form like he did before

5:35 | last year’s Masters on live it did

5:38 | translate into an almost VI almost

5:41 | winning the Masters last year and then

5:43 | obviously winning the PGA Championship I

5:46 | don’t uh keep up with the odds as maybe

5:48 | as much as some others do but I think I

5:50 | saw over the weekend guys that he’s 20

5:52 | to1 going into the PGA Championship how

5:55 | on Earth could he be 20 to1 if you’re

5:58 | listing the people that have the best

6:00 | chance to win next week at Valhalla

6:03 | you’ve got to think sheffler and then

6:05 | maybe after that I think you would think

6:07 | Brooks Kea and Rory mroy and ludvig

6:10 | oberg and wendam Clark and some others

6:12 | but I fully expect him to have a chance

6:15 | to win a fourth PGA Championship next

6:17 | week I’d be surprised if he isn’t in the

6:19 | mix given what he just showed us in

6:21 | Singapore right with you he went from 20

6:22 | to1 now 16 to1 ahead of the second major

6:25 | of the Year bethan Taylor we always

6:27 | appreciate it have a great Monday

6:30 | thank you guys thank you

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