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0:01 | A REMINDER, RORY RESIGNED AS A

0:04 | PLAYER DIRECTOR FIVE MONTHS AGO.

0:07 | LET’S CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION

0:09 | WITH THE “GOLF TODAY” ROUNDTABLE

0:12 | AND WELCOME IN REX HOGGARD SAND

0:15 | GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS, I WOULDN’T

0:18 | HAVE BET ON THIS FIVE MONTHS AGO

0:20 | A SURPRISE THAT RORY IS COMING

0:22 | BACK WHAT A BOON FOR THE TOO

0:24 | MANY, CONSIDERING HE’S A MEMBER

0:25 | OF THE PGA TOUR.

0:27 | AND HAS MET THE GOVERNOR.

0:29 | AND VIEWS THE GAME GLOBALLY.

0:32 | IS THIS A WANE FOR THE PGA TOUR

0:35 | IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PITH?

0:36 | >> OH, I THINK HIS VOICE IS VERY

0:38 | IMPORTANT IN THAT ROOM.

0:39 | I REMEMBER WHEN HE RAN FOR THE

0:45 | CHAIRMAN OF THE PACK TO GO ON

0:46 | THE BOARD AND EXTEND THE

0:47 | CONSCIOUS.

0:48 | THE IDEA HE LOOKED AT THIS A

0:50 | DIFFERENT WAY, KEEP IN MIND HE

0:52 | WAS THE FIRST PGA PLAYER TO BE

0:55 | ELECTED TO THE BOARD.

0:57 | WE ALL KNOW HOW OUTSPOKEN HE HAS

0:58 | BEEN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE

1:01 | THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT

1:03 | FUND AND LIV AND HE’S CHANGED

1:05 | HIS STANCE ON THAT.

1:07 | I DO FIND IT CURIOUS AND THERE

1:09 | WILL BE PUSHBACK WHEN THIS

1:10 | REPORT COMES TO PASS.

1:11 | WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN LAST YEAR

1:13 | HE WAS REPLACED BY JORDAN SPIETH

1:17 | AND THEN REPLACED BY CAMILO

1:21 | VILLEGAS.

1:22 | I THINK THAT’S IMPORTANT TO

1:23 | POINT OUT, WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE

1:24 | THE VOTE IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IS

1:26 | IT JUST POLICY BOARD OR BOARD OF

1:28 | DIRECTORS, I THINK WE’LL SEE

1:30 | THEM COMPLAIN A LITTLE BIT EVEN

1:32 | THOUGH RORY IS GOOD IN THAT

1:34 | ROOM, HE’S A VOICE THAT IS

1:36 | NEEDED IN THAT ROOM.

1:38 | HE’S A VICE THAT’S VERY

1:41 | >> LAV, I’VE LOOKED INTO SOME OF

1:44 | THESE REGULATIONS BECAUSE IT IS

1:45 | WEBB SIMPSON STEPPING DOWN WITH

1:47 | A REQUEST THAT HE BE REPLACED BY

1:49 | SOMEBODY ELSE.

1:50 | IT ACTUALLY BECOMES A SOLE VOTE

1:53 | OF THE BOARD RATHER THAN THE

1:55 | PLAYER DIRECTORS OUT OF THIS.

1:57 | I’M CURIOUS IF THIS MAKES ANY

1:59 | DIFFERENCE, RYAN?

2:00 | IS THERE A TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE?

2:02 | BECAUSE IT’S NOT AS THOUGH RORY

2:04 | IS COME ON THE BOARD BOARD

2:07 | SUDDENLY GETS RID OF ALL OF THE

2:10 | HURDLES WITH THE PITH AND THIS

2:14 | IT’S NOT JUST THE DYNAMICS AND

2:16 | THE BOARD BUT IT’S INTERESTING

2:17 | TO WATCH THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN HE

2:19 | AND PATRICK CANTLAY WHICH HE

2:21 | SAYS HE HAS AN ADVERSE

2:23 | DO YOU THINK IT ACTUALLY DOES

2:25 | MOVE THE DEAL CLOSER INTO VIEW?

2:28 | OR JUST BEING HEARD TO GET

2:30 | THERE.

2:31 | >> I ZORNLT THINK IT HURTS THE

2:34 | GOOD THINK ABOUT ADDING RORY

2:35 | McILROY TO THE POLICY BOARD, WE

2:37 | KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HIS VIEWPOINTS

2:38 | ARE.

2:39 | HE’S BEEN FORECASTING THEM AND

2:40 | DISCUSSING THEM FOR MONTHS

2:42 | WHETHER THE DEAL WITH THE PITH,

2:44 | OR THE ASPIRATIONS WITH PLAYERS,

2:48 | THE GLOBAL CIRCUIT INVOLVES THE

2:51 | TOP 60 OR 70 PLAYERS.

2:53 | I THINK IT ONLY HELP THAT RORY

2:55 | HAS NOT JUST BUILT IN

2:56 | RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SPORTS

2:57 | GROUP IN LINE WITH THE PGA TOUR

2:59 | AND PGA TOUR ENTERPRISES BUT AS

3:01 | BUILT IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE

3:04 | PITH GOVERNOR IF YOU’RE MEETING

3:05 | WITH HILL, SHARING YOUR VISION

3:07 | FOR WHAT THE GAME OF GOLF COULD

3:09 | AND SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

3:11 | EVEN VOUCHING FOR HIM LAST MOLL

3:13 | AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP AND

3:14 | SAYING SOME OF THE FOLKS AT LIV

3:17 | HAVE KIND OF DONE A DISSERVICE

3:19 | WITH HOW THIS RELATIONSHIP HAS

3:20 | GONE THAT WAY.

3:21 | I DO THINK THE RELATIONSHIP HAS

3:23 | BEEN, OBVIOUSLY, VENDED OVER THE

3:25 | PAST TEN MONTHS, WE SAW WHAT

3:28 | RORY DID ABOUT BEING SORT OF A

3:31 | SACRIFICIAL LAM FOLLOWING THE

3:33 | JUNE PA AN ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH

3:35 | THE BOARD GOVERNING STRUCTURE,

3:39 | HE CAN BE AT LEAST BE PART OF

3:41 | THE SOLUTION AS OPPOSED TO BEING

3:42 | LEFT OUT.

3:43 | >> AND YOUR PART OF TGL, A TEAM

3:47 | COMPONENT AS WELL ON THE PGA

3:49 | TOUR FOR 2025.

3:50 | NOW, REX, IF YOU’RE A RORY

3:51 | McILROY FAN AND YOU’RE SEEING

3:53 | HIM GO BACK AND POTENTIALLY TAKE

3:55 | THIS STEP AS IN THE REPORT, ARE

3:56 | YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT

3:58 | IT MIGHT HAVE ON HIM, INSIDE

4:01 | THOSE, AS HE TRIES TO RESTART

4:04 | THIS MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY

4:05 | CLOCK, FOR EXAMPLE?

4:07 | >> I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO

4:09 | HAVE ANY IMPACT ON HIM FROM A

4:11 | WE TALKED ABOUT IT THE TIME LAST

4:14 | NOVEMBER WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN,

4:17 | HE LIKED TO BE BUSY, HE JUST

4:20 | WANTS TO BE BUSY WITH THE THINGS

4:22 | THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR HIM.

4:23 | FOR THIS REPORT, THAT HAS

4:26 | HE’S BEEN ON THE POLICY BOARD

4:29 | WE’VE SEEN HIM PLAY VERY GOOD

4:32 | GOLF ON THE POLICY BOARD.

4:33 | I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO

4:35 | IMPACT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

4:36 | AS HE GETS FURTHER AND FURTHER

4:37 | INTO THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP

4:38 | SEASON.

4:39 | >> RYAN, LET’S MOVE INSIDE THE

4:41 | ROPES FOR A CHANGE HERE, NELLY

4:54 | AND SCOTTSIEIE ARE DOMINANT, WO

4:55 | THE IMPRESSION THEY WANT TO

4:56 | EMBRACE THE MARKETING SIDE OF

4:58 | GOLF, THEY DO THEIR TALKING WITH

5:00 | THEIR CLUBS RATHER THAN ANY

5:01 | OTHER FORUM.

5:02 | DO YOU THINK THAT POSITIONS HAS

5:03 | TO CHANGE FOR THEM OVER TIME?

5:05 | BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE BECOME

5:07 | THE FACES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE

5:09 | SPORTS THERE’S MORE PRESSURE ON

5:11 | NELLY TO DO THAT THAN SCOTTIE,

5:15 | BECAUSE THE LPGA DOESN’T HAVE A

5:21 | THE APPARATUS TO THEMSELVES LIKE

5:22 | THE MEN’S GAME DOES.

5:23 | >> I THINK WE PROSHT OUR HOPES

5:25 | AND DESIRES ON NELLY KORDA, WE

5:28 | WANT HER DESPERATELY TO HAVE A

5:30 | CAITLIN CLARK MOMENT FOR WOMEN’S

5:32 | GOLF, AND CREATE THIS MOVEMENT

5:34 | IN WOMEN’S GOLF IT ISN’T JUST A

5:36 | MOMENT IN TIME, BUT IT’S

5:37 | SUSTAINABLE FOR THE NEXT FIVE,

5:39 | TEN, 15 YEARS, WHATEVER.

5:40 | IT’S GOING TO BE.

5:41 | SO IT’S VERY INTERESTING BUT IT

5:43 | ONLY WORKS, THIS MOVEMENT, IF

5:45 | NELLY KORDA IS EMBRACING IT.

5:48 | IF SHE IS GENUINELY PASSIONATE

5:51 | ABOUT GROWING THE GAME, GROWING

5:52 | THE SPORT, GROWING HER PLATFORM

5:54 | ON THE LPGA.

5:55 | SO, YOU HAVE THE EXPECTATIONS

5:57 | FOR HER PLAY WHICH ARE ONE

5:58 | THING.

5:59 | BUT I THINK EXPECTATIONS FOR HER

6:00 | TO BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE

6:02 | SPORT ARE IN PROBABLY A

6:04 | DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

6:05 | AND IT’S NOT REALLY HER BURDEN,

6:08 | IT’S THE LPGA’S BURDEN TO HAVE A

6:10 | PLATFORM FOR HER IN WHICH SHE

6:12 | CAN SHOWCASE HER EXCELLENCE.

6:14 | I DO THINK THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE

6:16 | WILL KIND OF COME MORE NATURALLY

6:17 | TO HER AS SHE CONTINUES TO

6:20 | MATURE, AS SHE CONTINUES TO GET

6:21 | MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE

6:23 | BUT I THINK IT WILL REALLY BEGIN

6:25 | TO SUIT HER, AS LONG AS THEY

6:28 | THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

6:29 | SHE CAN DO NOW.

6:31 | I THINK NELLY KORDA IS DOING THE

6:33 | RIGHT THING THIS WEEK, SITTING

6:35 | OUT, REFRESHING, REFOCUSING AND

6:38 | TEEING UP AGAIN IN NEW JERSEY

6:40 | BECAUSE THIS CAN ONLY LAST AS

6:41 | LONG AS SHE’S A DOMINANT

6:44 | SUPERSTAR IN THE LPGA.

6:45 | >> REX, I WANT YOUR THOUGHTS ON

6:49 | SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, WE’VE TALKED

6:51 | ABOUT HIM QUITE A BIT AS HE’S

6:52 | DOMINATED THE SPORT.

6:53 | I SEE A PLAYER WHO IS EVOLVING

6:55 | IN HIS ANSWERS WHEN ADDRESSING

6:57 | THE MEDIA WHEN HE’S IN A PRESS

7:00 | SITUATION, ONE-ON-ONE AFTER A

7:02 | ROUND THAT HE’S GIVING A LITTLE

7:04 | MORE.

7:05 | HE’S EVOLVING AS SOMEONE WHO IS

7:08 | ASKED QUESTIONS TIME AND TIME

7:09 | ARE YOU SENSING THE SAME OR ARE

7:11 | YOU SEEING THAT HE’S A BIT

7:13 | RESERVED?

7:14 | >> NO I THINK HE’S COMING OUT OF

7:16 | HIS SHELL A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE

7:17 | BIT MORE FAMILIAR, A LIT MORE

7:19 | COMFORTABLE ON SPOTLIGHT.

7:21 | WE SAW HIM EVOLVE.

7:22 | WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ON

7:24 | THE PODCAST.

7:25 | COMING OUT OF THE PLAYERS

7:27 | THE LIV PLAYERS HE WAS QUICK TO

7:30 | COME BACK WITH THE IDEA WHY ARE

7:32 | YOU ASKING ME, YOU SHOULD ASK

7:34 | THE LIV PLAYERS THE PGA TOUR.

7:37 | I THINK THERE ARE PARTS OF HIM

7:39 | GETTING COMFORTABLE IN THE

7:41 | HE’S CLEARLY NOT GOING TO BECOME

7:43 | AN OUTSPOKEN PLAYER LIKE RORY

7:45 | McELROY.

7:46 | HE SIMPLY DOES NOT HAVE THAT IN

7:48 | I THINK THERE’S A LOT TO BE SAID

7:49 | ABOUT HIM BECOMING MORE

7:52 | HE’S A DOMINANT PLAYER.

7:53 | THOSE OF US IN THE MEDIA ARE

7:55 | GOING TO CONTINUE TO START

7:56 | ASKING THESE QUESTIONS MORE

7:59 | WE SAW IT WITH TIGER WOODS.

8:01 | WE SAW IT WITH PLAYERS THAT

8:02 | MOVED INTO THAT CATEGORY AND

8:04 | HE’S STARTING TO COME TO GRIPS

8:06 | WITH THAT.

8:07 | >> TO THE CHEVRON, NELLY KORDA

8:09 | SAID THAT WAS THE LONGEST BACK

8:12 | NINE IN HER LIFE.

8:13 | I DON’T THINK IT’S ABOUT THE

8:14 | POWER GAME.

8:15 | IT’S A SIX-HOUR RUN, CERTAINLY

8:18 | UNCOMMON ON THE LPGA TOUR.

8:20 | DO YOU SENSE THE GAME ON THE

8:21 | LPGA TOUR SPECIFICALLY — IT’S

8:24 | MOVING INTO THIS ERA WHERE THE

8:26 | TOURS SEEM TO BE FOCUSING MORE

8:28 | ON THE FAN EXPERIENCE AND THE

8:30 | PRODUCT AS ENTERTAINMENT.

8:31 | DOES MORE NEED TO BE DONE ON

8:34 | THIS IDEA OF PICKING UP THE PACE

8:36 | A LITTLE BIT?

8:37 | >> I LOVE THE IDEA, EVERYTHING

8:39 | THAT WE TALK IN THE ROUNDTABLE,

8:41 | WE GET BACK TO OLD-FASHIONED

8:43 | PACE OF PLAY GOING ON BETWEEN

8:44 | THE FOUR OF US.

8:45 | I WILL SAY THIS, IF YOU GO BACK

8:47 | TO THE LAST 20 TO 30 YEARS,

8:49 | WE’VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION SO

8:50 | MANY TIMES.

8:51 | IT’S NOT AN LPGA PROBLEM, IT’S

8:54 | NOT A PGA PROBLEM, IT’S A GOLF

8:56 | WITH THE GAME VERY SLOW AT THE

8:58 | HIGHEST LEVELS.

8:59 | THERE’S TEN REASONS WHY THAT IS,

9:01 | GOLF COURSE SETUP, THE WAY

9:02 | PLAYERS ARE TAUGHT.

9:04 | NEVER WASTE A SHOT, CERTAINLY IN

9:05 | COLLEGE, PART OF THE EQUATION

9:06 | THAT THEY NEED TO LOOK AT.

9:08 | IF YOU NEED A PARADIGM OF HOSTS

9:11 | IN THIS CONVERSATION, LAST WEEK,

9:14 | THE MANAGER OF THE BOSTON RED

9:17 | SOX WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH

9:18 | THE MLB THE LAST FEW YEAR SPOKE

9:21 | WITH PLAYERS ON THE PLAYERS

9:24 | TALKED ABOUT WHAT EFFORTS DO YOU

9:26 | THINK IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE GOING

9:28 | ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS PACE OF

9:30 | PLAY.

9:31 | IF YOU GO BACK LAST YEAR IN

9:32 | BASEBALL, SHE ACTUALLY SHAVED 24

9:34 | MINUTES OFF THE AVERAGE GAME.

9:36 | A COUPLE OF RULES, PITCH CLOCK,

9:38 | THERE WERE THINGS THAT WENT INTO

9:40 | 24 MINUTES IS AN ETERNITY.

9:42 | I CAN’T MATCH YIN DOING THAT TO

9:43 | THE PGA TOUR ROUND.

9:44 | I REMEMBER WHEN THIS CAME UP A

9:48 | FEW YEARS AGO IN THE PGA.

9:50 | THEY’D BE LUCKY TO SAVE THREE OR

9:51 | FOUR MINUTES.

9:52 | THINK ABOUT THAT, IF THEY CAN

9:53 | COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO

9:55 | REDUCE A ROUND ON THE PGA, LPGA,

9:57 | BY 20 MINUTES.

9:58 | THAT’S CERTAINLY GOING TO

9:59 | IMPROVE THE FAN EXPERIENCE.

10:01 | >> WE’RE

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