Roundtable: Phil Mickelson’s threat, Talor Gooch’s PGA invite | Golf Today | Golf Channel [Video]

0:14 | >>> WE’RE BACK ON “GOLF TODAY,”

0:16 | CONTINUING OUR CONFERENCE WITH

0:18 | JOHNSON WAGNER AND REX HOGGARD.

0:19 | REX, BACK TO THE WEEKEND.

0:21 | PHIL MICKELSON TWEETED WHAT WAS

0:23 | A SLIGHTLY VAGUE THREAT THAT LIV

0:24 | PLAYERS MIGHT SOME DAY EN MASSE

0:27 | BOYCOTT MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

0:28 | UNLESS THOSE MAJORS CREATE A

0:30 | DIRECT PATHWAY FOR LIV PLAYERS.

0:32 | DO YOU EVER SEE A SCENARIO IN

0:35 | WHICH BROOKS KOEPKA OR JON RAHM

0:36 | IS GOING TO SIT AT HOME DURING A

0:38 | MAJOR BECAUSE TALOR GOOCH OR

0:41 | JOAQUIN NIEMANN IS NOT GETTING A

0:42 | START THAT WEEK?

0:44 | >> NO.

0:45 | I DON’T THINK PHIL MICKELSON IS

0:46 | THE ALLY THAT ANYONE WANTS IN

0:48 | THIS CONVERSATION TO BE QUITE

0:49 | FRANK WITH YOU.

0:50 | THE TAYLOR GOOCH CONVERSATION IS

0:52 | A MUCH DIFFERENT ISSUE.

0:53 | I THINK THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS,

0:55 | WE HEARD IT LAST MONTH AT THE

0:58 | MASTERS, IT IS UP TO THE MAJORS

0:59 | TO DECIDE WHICH PLAYERS THEY

1:00 | WANT INTO THE FIELDS TO MAKE

1:01 | SURE THEY HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE

1:02 | FIELDS THEY CAN.

1:03 | I THINK WE SAW THAT THIS WEEK

1:05 | WITH THE PGA OF AMERICA.

1:06 | EXTENDING INVITES TO MEMBERS

1:08 | WHO — OF LIV GOLF WHO PROBABLY

1:09 | WOULDN’T HAVE QUALIFIED

1:11 | I THINK YOU’LL START TO SEE THAT

1:12 | MORE AND MORE FROM THE GOVERNING

1:14 | BODIES, BUT, NO, I CAN’T IMAGINE

1:17 | BROOKS KOEPKA OR JON RAHM OR TOP

1:19 | PLAYERS WOULD PASS UP AN

1:20 | OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN A MAJOR

1:21 | CHAMPIONSHIP JUST TO MAKE A

1:22 | I DON’T SEE THAT EVER HAPPENING.

1:26 | >> THE LUDICROUSNESS OF THESE

1:31 | JUST RIDICULOUS.

1:32 | YOU HAVE GUYS GETTING SPOTS INTO

1:35 | COMPLAINING ABOUT GETTING SPOTS

1:36 | INTO THE U.S. OPEN AND OPEN

1:37 | CHAMPIONSHIP, YET THEY’RE NOT

1:38 | WILLING TO GO TO SECTIONAL

1:41 | QUALIFYING.

1:42 | I’M BAFFLED AT HOW — I HAVE NO

1:43 | PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE GOING TO

1:44 | LIV, TAKE YOUR MONEY AND GO.

1:46 | BUT TO THINK YOU CAN HAVE IT

1:49 | BOTH WAYS IS MIND BOGGLING TO

1:50 | ME.

1:52 | SOME NEED TO START DRINKING THIS

1:53 | SOME TRUTH SERUM, WHAT THEY’RE

1:54 | DOING RIGHT NOW IS MAKING THEM

1:57 | LOOK FOOLISH.

1:59 | >> YOU DRINK A LOT OF TRUTH

2:00 | SERUM.

2:01 | THAT’S WHY WE LOVE YOU.

2:02 | WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO TALOR

2:06 | GOOCH RECEIVING THAT EXEMPTION

2:12 | INTO THE PGA?

2:13 | >> I WAS PERSONALLY VERY EXCITED

2:15 | TO SEE JOAQUIN NIEMANN GET A

2:17 | SPOT INTO THE MASTER.

2:18 | HE MADE AN EFFORT TO PLAY IN

2:20 | AUSTRALIA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE

2:25 | WORLD.

2:27 | TALOR PLAYED WONDERFUL GOLF.

2:31 | HE SAID HE’S NOT GOING TO PLAY

2:33 | SECTIONAL QUALIFYING THIS YEAR.

2:35 | I’M SURPRISED THE PGA GAVE HIM A

2:37 | SPOT, BUT HE’S PROBABLY

2:38 | I’M SURE HE’S PLAYING WELL.

2:39 | WE’LL SEE HOW IT GOES NEXT WEEK

2:41 | FOR HIM.

2:42 | I’M JUST — I’M OVER THE

2:45 | NARRATIVE OF THEY’RE TRYING TO

2:46 | BECOME THE VICTIMS NOW AND

2:48 | THEY’RE THE ONES THAT KIND OF

2:49 | CAUSED THIS WHOLE STRUCTURE OF

2:50 | THE PGA TOUR TO BREAK DOWN.

2:52 | SO, THE FACT THAT THEY WANT IT

2:54 | BOTH WAYS IS JUST NOT PLAYING

2:55 | WELL WITH ME, AND IT IS NOT

2:57 | GOING TO FOR A WHILE.

2:59 | >> REX, GOING BACK TO THE WELLS

3:01 | FARGO THIS WEEK, THERE ARE A LOT

3:02 | OF GUYS IN THE FIELD WHO REALLY

3:03 | NEED A BIG WEEK BEFORE THEY GET

3:05 | TO VALHALLA NEXT WEEK.

3:06 | ONE OF THEM IS GRINDING OUT

3:07 | THERE ON THE RANGE RIGHT NOW,

3:09 | VIKTOR HOVLAND, WHO HAD — BY

3:11 | HIS STANDARDS, A PRETTY POOR

3:12 | YEAR COMING OFF THE FEDEXCUP WIN

3:14 | LAST YEAR.

3:15 | DOES HE — IS HE THE GUY TOP OF

3:17 | YOUR LIST WHO NEEDS TO FIND

3:19 | SOMETHING THIS WEEK BEFORE HE

3:22 | HEADS TO KENTUCKY?

3:23 | >> YES, DEFINITELY VIKTOR

3:24 | HOVLAND WOULD BE ON THE LIST.

3:25 | IF I HAD TO START, IF I’M BEING

3:27 | HONEST, IT IS JORDAN SPIETH.

3:28 | JOHNSON WAGNER AND I BOTH WERE

3:30 | IN DALLAS LAST WEEK AND WATCHED

3:31 | HIM PLAY THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS

3:33 | AND HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ON

3:34 | AIR JUST ABOUT THE IDEA THAT IT

3:35 | IS PROBABLY TIME FOR JORDAN TO

3:37 | MAKE A DECISION TO GO IN A

3:38 | DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

3:39 | I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT A SWING

3:41 | COACH, I’M TALKING ABOUT THE

3:43 | IT IS A PROBLEM.

3:44 | IT IS CLEARLY SOMETHING THAT IS

3:45 | KEEPING HIM FROM PLAYING THE

3:46 | GOLF THAT HE WANTS TO PLAY, THE

3:48 | GOLF WE ALL KNOW HE’S CAPABLE OF

3:51 | PLAYING.

3:52 | NOW, I SPO EKEKE WITH JORDAN AB

3:53 | THIS LAST WEEK.

3:56 | HE DIDN’T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A

3:58 | SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT WAS

3:59 | GOING TO MAKE IT WORK, BUT WHEN

4:00 | HE TALKS ABOUT THE IDEA THAT HE

4:01 | DOESN’T KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO

4:03 | POP OUT, AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

4:04 | THE LIGAMENT POPPING OUT OF THE

4:06 | SHEATH, IN HIS WRIST, THAT SEEMS

4:08 | TO BE TERRIFYING.

4:09 | I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU CAN PLAY

4:11 | PROFESSIONAL GOLF WITH THAT

4:12 | I THINK THAT’S WHAT WE’RE SEEING

4:14 | OUT OF JORDAN SPIETH RIGHT NOW.

4:15 | IF WE DON’T SEE A TURN AROUND,

4:18 | THIS WEEK OR VALHALLA FOR THE

4:20 | PGA CHAMPIONSHIP OVER THE NEXT

4:22 | FEW WEEKS, I THINK HE HAS TO

4:24 | MAKE A DECISION ABOUT HOW HE’S

4:25 | GOING TO TREAT THIS PARTICULAR

4:26 | INJURY, MAYBE TAKING SIX MONTHS

4:27 | OFF IS THE BEST OPTION.

4:28 | >> JORDAN SPIETH, FEDEXCUP

4:30 | CHAMP, JOHNSON, VIKTOR HOVLAND A

4:33 | FEDEXCUP CHAMP, THE WAY HE

4:34 | CLOSED LAST SEASON WAS SOMETHING

4:36 | I’LL NEVER FORGET.

4:37 | TO SEE HIM ON THE DRIVING RANGE

4:39 | THROUGH ALL THESE FUNKY SWING

4:40 | MOVES WHEN HE HIT THE BALL THE

4:42 | WAY HE DID LAST YEAR, I’M

4:43 | COMPLETELY BEFUDDLED AND

4:45 | YOU’VE WON THREE TIMES OUT

4:46 | THERE.

4:47 | WE KNOW THIS GAME IS TOUGH.

4:48 | CAN YOU TAKE US INSIDE THE MIND

4:50 | OF A PLAYER WHO PLAYED AS

4:52 | BRILLIANTLY AS HE DID AND IS

4:53 | BREAKING IT ALL DOWN AND TRYING

4:54 | TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY?

5:00 | >> I’M NOT GOING TO SFPECULATE

5:01 | WHAT HAPPENED W ED WITH HIM AN

5:07 | COACH.

5:08 | I GO FORWARD TO THE PLAYERS

5:09 | CHAMPIONSHIP, AND IT WAS

5:10 | WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, I WAS ON

5:11 | THE BACK OF THE RANGE, AND HE’S

5:13 | OUT THERE LAST GUY ON THE

5:15 | DRIVING RANGE WORKING WITH HIS

5:16 | COACH AT THE TIME, GRANT WEIGHT.

5:19 | HE PLAYS FOUR HOLES TO FINISH

5:21 | HIS WEDNESDAY PREPARATION, INTO

5:23 | THE GLOAMING AND OUT EARLY THE

5:25 | NEXT DAY, CLEARLY A GUY THAT IS

5:27 | I THINK HE FOUND ANOTHER COACH

5:28 | TO GO WORK FOR AND FROM WHAT I

5:30 | UNDERSTAND, VIKTOR HOVLAND IS

5:32 | TRYING TO GET BACK TO WHERE HE

5:33 | HAS ONE SHOT AND THAT’S THE FADE

5:35 | HE WAS SO GOOD AT AND HOPEFULLY

5:37 | HE GETS THERE SOON.

5:38 | IT IS CONFUSING WHY HE WOULD

5:39 | WANT TO MAKE THE CHANGES HE DID

5:40 | AT THE END OF A BANNER YEAR.

5:43 | >> AND, REX, ONE OF THE GUYS

5:47 | VIKTOR HOVLAND WENT UP AGAINST,

5:48 | BROOKS KOEPKA, HE WON IN

5:49 | SINGAPORE OVER THE WEEKEND.

5:51 | HE’S GOT TO BE ON EVERYBODY’S

5:53 | LIST OF GUYS MOST LIKELY TO WALK

5:55 | AWAY WITH THE WANAMAKER TROPHY

6:04 | IT HAS GOT TO BE WORRYING FOR

6:05 | SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS WHEN YOU

6:06 | SEE BROOKS KOEPKA START TO ROUND

6:07 | INTO SOME FORM AND SOME

6:11 | >> YEAH.

6:12 | I THINK AFTER SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER

6:13 | AND WE CAN ALL AGREE HE’S GOING

6:14 | TO BE ONE ON THAT LIST, I THINK

6:16 | BROOKS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE

6:17 | NUMBER TWO GOING INTO THE PGA

6:18 | CHAMPIONSHIP.

6:19 | AND I KNOW THAT’S BEING A BIT OF

6:20 | A PRISONER OF THE MOMENT BASED

6:21 | ON WHAT HE HAS DONE SO FAR THIS

6:23 | BUT I THINK THE NARRATIVE COMING

6:25 | OUT OF THE MASTERS, THE IDEA

6:28 | WAS, WELL, HE CAN FLIP THE

6:30 | SWITCH.

6:31 | HE DIDN’T FLIP THE SWITCH.

6:33 | MAYBE HE’S NOT FOCUSED THE WAY

6:35 | THIS REMINDS ME OF WHAT HAPPENED

6:37 | LAST YEAR, JUST BEFORE THE

6:38 | MASTERS.

6:39 | HE WON THE LIV EVENT IN ORLANDO,

6:41 | CLEARLY IN GOOD FORM WHEN HE

6:42 | SHOWED UP AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL

6:43 | AND THAT CARRIED OVER TO THE PGA

6:45 | CHAMPIONSHIP.

6:46 | I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF HE DOESN’T

6:47 | GIVE HIMSELF A CHANCE TO WIN AT

6:49 | VALHALLA.

6:50 | >> WHAT DO YOU THINK?

6:51 | IS THERE SOME LEVEL OF

6:53 | ADMIRATION OR APPRECIATION FOR

6:54 | HOW BROOKS KEPT HIMSELF SHARP

6:56 | AND IN THE FIGHT AND FOCUSED EN

6:58 | WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT

7:00 | TO HIM, EVEN IF HE DOES NOW PLAY

7:03 | ON A DIFFERENT TOUR?

7:05 | >> YEAH, IT IS KIND OF MIND

7:07 | BOGGLING WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS

7:08 | CAREER AS A WHOLE, HE’S GOT AS

7:11 | MANY MAJOR WINS AS REGULAR WINS.

7:13 | WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE, IN

7:14 | HIS CAREER, HE’S GOING TO GO

7:16 | DOWN AS SOMEWHAT OF AN ENIGMA

7:18 | ALREADY HAS THREE PGA

7:20 | CHAMPIONSHIPS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO

7:21 | THINK BASED ON THE PLACES HE’S

7:22 | WON THAT VALHALLA WOULD BE A

7:24 | GOODPLACE FOR HIM AND CLEARLY

7:25 | COMING OFF A WIN IS A GOOD

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