Stewart Cink views hosting Mitsubishi Electric Classic as a ‘mulligan’ | Golf Today | Golf Channel [Video]

0:00 | FOR THIS YEAR.

0:06 | >> GREAT TO HAVE STEWART WITH

0:08 | US.

0:09 | YOU WENT TO GEORGIA TECH.

0:10 | YOU LIVE IN THE AREA.

0:11 | YOU’RE PLAYING, YOU’RE HOSTING,

0:13 | WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING

0:14 | FORWARD TO THIS WEEK?

0:15 | >> WELL, LIKE EVERY WEEK, IT

0:17 | REALLY IS JUST ABOUT THE

0:18 | COMPETING AND THE COMPETITION.

0:21 | THAT’S THE PART OF NOT BEING A

0:24 | HOST IS STILL WHAT WE LOOK

0:26 | FORWARD TO THE MOST.

0:28 | I JUST LOVE PLAYING, COMPETING

0:30 | AND HAVING A CHANCE TO GET IN

0:31 | THE MIX.

0:32 | ASIDE FROM THAT, THIS WEEK, TO

0:34 | BE HONEST, WHEN WE HAVE A PGA

0:36 | TOUR EVENT HERE, BACK IN ’97 AND

0:40 | ’08, A PLAYED EVERY YEAR.

0:41 | I LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

0:43 | AND I DIDN’T HAVE THE BEST

0:46 | ATTITUDE ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT

0:47 | BACK IN THOSE DAYS.

0:49 | I SAW IT AS EXTRACURRICULAR

0:51 | ACTIVITIES I WAS DOING WAS A

0:53 | LITTLE BIT OF A BURDEN I FELT

0:54 | LIKE AT THE TIME.

0:55 | AND I WAS TOTALLY WRONG ABOUT

0:57 | AND I REGRET IT.

0:59 | I’M USING THIS NEW HOSTING

1:01 | SITUATION AS WAY TO SORT OF HAVE

1:03 | A SECOND CHANCE, A MULLIGAN ON

1:05 | THAT.

1:06 | I HAVE A LOT BETTER ATTITUDE.

1:08 | I’M IN A DIFFERENT PLACE IN MY

1:09 | LIFE IN MY CAREER, IT’S JUST A

1:13 | LOT OF FUN AND I HONORED TO BE

1:14 | ABLE TO DO IT.

1:15 | >> STEWART, YOU MADE A HALF

1:17 | DOZEN STARTS ON THE PGA TOUR,

1:19 | THIS IS YOUR THIRD AS PGA

1:22 | CHAMPION, IS THAT WHAT YOU SEE

1:24 | YOURSELF CONTINUING FOR THE

1:25 | FORMER SEEABLE FUTURE.

1:27 | >> I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT IT

1:28 | SPECIFICALLY, THE WAY IT’S

1:30 | WORKEDED OUT SO FAR THIS YEAR, I

1:31 | SEE IT CONTINUING.

1:33 | YES, I WAS NOW NOT IN A

1:35 | SIGNATURE EVENT AND NOW ONLY IN

1:38 | AN EVENT.

1:39 | THERE ARE A LOT OF TOURNAMENTS

1:41 | I’D LOVE TO PLAY THAT I’M JUST

1:43 | NOT GETTING ACCESS TO.

1:44 | FOR ME, I’M IN A GOOD SPOT THERE

1:47 | ARE A LOT OF PGA CHAMPIONS, I

1:50 | HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY

1:51 | THOSE TOURS HOPEFULLY, I LOOK TO

1:53 | CLAW MY WAY BACK INTO SIGNATURE

1:55 | EVENTS LIKE ANY GOLFER WOULD.

1:57 | BUT IN THE CASE IT DOESN’T

1:58 | HAPPEN, I’LL HAVE A LOT OF

2:02 | STARTS.

2:03 | >> VERY FEW GOLFERS ARE HAPPY

2:06 | WITH THEIR GAME, SCOTTIE AND

2:09 | YOU PLAYED WELL, TONY, VALERO,

2:13 | WHAT IS THE STATE OF STEWART

2:15 | CINK’S GAME?

2:18 | >> I’LL BE 51, I’LL BE 51 IN A

2:20 | FEW WEEKS.

2:21 | I APPRECIATE EYE NOTICING, I’VE

2:26 | HAD GOOD GAMES THIS YEAR.

2:27 | I’M MATE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

2:29 | THE CONSTANT TUG-OF-WAR BETWEEN

2:31 | FEELING COMFORTABLE AND BEING

2:33 | ALL OUT IN GO MODE AND MAKING

2:36 | CHANGES IS EVER PRESENT AND IT

2:37 | SHOWS UP THE MOST WHEN YOU GET

2:39 | INTO A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE

2:41 | SOME NERVOUSNESS AND SOME

2:42 | AS YOU KNOW, GOLF IS WITH YOU

2:44 | ALL THE TIME.

2:45 | SO IT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR

2:47 | ME TO BE LEARNING AND TRYING,

2:49 | TESTING MYSELF OUT.

2:51 | TRYING NEW THINGS.

2:52 | AND MAKING THE CHANGES THAT I

2:54 | BUT AT TIMES I’VE PLAYED WELL

2:57 | AND GOTTEN MYSELF INTO SORT OF

2:59 | THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE ON THE

3:03 | LEADERBOARD ON BOTH TOURS.

3:04 | I HAVEN’T REALLY PUT IT

3:06 | I’M HOPING TO KEEP GOING AND

3:07 | SETTLING IN ON THE CHANGES I’M

3:10 | MAKING, THE WORK I’M DOING, THE

3:12 | PROGRESS, THAT I’LL BE ABLE TO

3:14 | CON, GET TO THE FINISH LINE

3:16 | STRONG AND PICK UP REALLY GOOD

3:19 | FINISHING THIS YEAR.

3:20 | >> YOU MENTIONED YOU’RE ALMOST

3:22 | WE JUST SAW A 15-YEAR-OLD MADE

3:27 | THE CUT ON THE KORN FERRY TOUR.

3:29 | DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL OLD WHEN

3:32 | YOU HEAR THESE KIDS CREEPING UP

3:36 | ON YOU?

3:37 | >> I STILL FEEL HEALTHY THAT I

3:39 | CAN HOLD MY OWN.

3:40 | I’M ALSO VERY IMPRESSIONED BY A

3:42 | YOUNG KID COMING OUT THEY’RE NOT

3:45 | JUST MAKING THE CUT.

3:46 | HE HAD A GREAT WEEK, HE PLAYED

3:48 | CLUTCH GOLF.

3:49 | TURNED EVERYONE’S HEAD

3:52 | DEFINITELY MADE A NAME THAT WILL

3:53 | BE AROUND THE GOLF GAME FOR A

3:56 | LONG TIME.

3:57 | I HOPE SO, ANYWAY.

3:58 | BUT GOLF IS ONE OF THOSE SPORTS

3:59 | WHERE IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE

4:01 | THAN JUST THE ABILITY TO HIT THE

4:03 | YOU NEED TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT

4:05 | YOURSELF OVER THE YEARS.

4:06 | AND LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE WAY

4:09 | THE GOLF BALL REACTS UNDER

4:11 | CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND HOW YOU

4:13 | REACT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

4:14 | THE ONLY WAY IS TO TEST YOURSELF

4:16 | TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

4:18 | MILES, I DON’T KNOW MILES, BUT I

4:20 | KNOW THAT HE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL

4:22 | TALENT.

4:23 | AND HE’S GOT THE FOUNDATION TO

4:24 | BE ABLE TO MOVE ON AND DO

4:25 | AMAZING THINGS IN THE GAME.

4:27 | BUT TIME WILL HELP HIM REFINE

4:29 | THOSE ABILITIES.

4:30 | >> SPEAKING OF TIME, I WANT TO

4:34 | TALK ABOUT TIME COMMITMENT.

4:36 | REPORTS ARE THAT RORY WILL GO

4:38 | BAG TO THE PGA TOUR.

4:41 | YOU’VE BEEN ON THE PGA TOUR.

4:43 | OUR COLLEAGUE TIM ROSE IS SA FOR

4:45 | THE SAID IT TOOK A CERTAIN TYPE

4:48 | OF PLAYER THAT WANTS TO SIT IN

4:49 | THE BOARDROOM FOR SIX TO EIGHT

4:51 | HOURS AND LISTEN TO DIFFERENCE

4:53 | GRUNTLED PLAYERS.

4:55 | WHAT KIND OF TIME COMMITMENT

4:56 | WOULD IT BE LIKE FOR YOU AND

4:58 | UNSESSIONS TIMES?

4:59 | >> I THINK THE TIME COMMITMENT

5:01 | IS A LOT GREATER NOW THAN THEN.

5:03 | GOING FROM THE BOARD TIMES, OUR

5:05 | BIGGEST ISSUE WAS WE WERE MOVING

5:08 | FROM A LOAN MISS BASIS TO

5:12 | PERFORMANCE CUP.

5:13 | STARTING TO PAY OFF WITH THE

5:16 | WHILE IT WAS A BIG ITEM ON OUR

5:19 | PLATE, IT REALLY DIDN’T COMPARE

5:20 | MUCH TO WHAT THE GUYS ON THE

5:22 | BOARD HAVING GOING THROUGH THE

5:23 | LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH LIV

5:25 | GOLF AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT —

5:27 | I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO

5:28 | DESCRIBE IT.

5:29 | IT’S A CONVERSATION ON ITS OWN.

5:30 | BUT I THINK THAT’S A BIGGER TIME

5:38 | LIMIT NOW, AND EVERYBODY SEEMS

5:40 | TO HAVE THOUGHTS.

5:41 | FOR GOOD REASON, ALL OF THE

5:43 | PLAYERS WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR

5:45 | THEY WANT THE PLAYERS TO BE THE

5:47 | AND THEY WANT THE ENVIRONMENT

5:48 | OUT ON THE PGA TOUR TO BE THE

5:50 | BEST AND THEY WANT THE BEST

5:52 | RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SPONSORS

5:54 | SO IT’S VERY COMPLEX AND IT

5:56 | TAKES A LOT OF TIME.

5:57 | AND I PERSONALLY FOR ONE ARE IN

5:59 | HUGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR THE

6:01 | GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BORE

6:02 | THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

6:04 | >> STEWART, THERE’S SO MUCH

6:05 | UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE TOUR

6:06 | THESE DAYS.

6:08 | THERE IS A DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC

6:10 | INVEST ON THE SIDE OF SAUDI

6:12 | ARABIA, THERE IS A PRIVATE

6:14 | EQUITY OWNERSHIP ON THE TOUR.

6:16 | THERE ANY TREPIDATION AMONG THE

6:18 | COLLEAGUES ON THE CHAMPIONS TOUR

6:19 | ABOUT WHAT CHANGES WOULD BE

6:21 | COMING DOWN THE ROAD IF ANY

6:23 | IMPACT POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FROM

6:25 | THE CHAMPIONS TOUR?

6:26 | >> I HAVEN’T REALLY BEEN PRIVY

6:28 | TO MUCH CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

6:31 | I REALLY DON’T KNOW THAT THERE’S

6:32 | A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THIS —

6:35 | ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE FUTURE

6:37 | GOING FORWARD WITH THE PGA TOUR

6:41 | I THINK IT’S A REALLY GOOD

6:42 | PRODUCT OUT HERE.

6:43 | AND I KNOW WE OPERATE COMPLETELY

6:47 | WITHIN THE PGA TOUR’S PORTFOLIO,

6:49 | SO TO SPEAK.

6:50 | SO, I LOVE THE WAY — I’VE SEEN

6:52 | IT NOW FIRST HAND.

6:53 | I’VE PLAYED IN, I DON’T KNOW,

6:55 | SIX OR SO STARTS OUT ON PGA TOUR

6:58 | AND I’VE SEEN THE INTERACTION

6:59 | BETWEEN THE PLAYERS AND PRO-AM

7:02 | GROUPS AND SPONSORS AND FANS HAS

7:04 | REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO THE WAY

7:07 | IT OUGHT TO BE, AND THE WAY IT

7:09 | USED TO BE ON THE PGA TOUR.

7:12 | I THINK THAT’S A VALUABLE ASSET

7:14 | THAT THE PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

7:15 | IT’S A MUCH MORE PERSONAL

7:17 | I’M NOT GOING TO PAINT IT IN A

7:19 | LIGHT THAT IT’S NOT.

7:20 | IT’S A SMALLER SITUATION OUT

7:21 | HERE THAN THE PGA TOUR HAS

7:24 | ABOUT THAT.

7:25 | BUT FOR A PLAYER MY AGE AND

7:27 | OLDER, 50 AND OLDER, IT’S A

7:29 | REALLY GREAT WAY TO SORT OF

7:31 | EXTEND YOUR CAREER AT THE END OF

7:33 | YOUR COMPETITIVE DAYS ON THE PGA

7:35 | IT FEELS THE SAME WHEN YOU GET

7:37 | IN CONTENTION OUT HERE THAN

7:40 | ANYWHERE ELSE.

7:41 | THAT’S WHAT WE ALL HOPE FOR AT

7:43 | THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.

7:44 | ALONG THE WAY, WE’RE GOING THE

7:52 | PRO-AM PARTIES AND GOING BY

7:55 | FIRST NAMES THAT’S KIND OF BEEN

7:57 | MISSING ON THE PGA TOUR OVER THE

7:59 | >> TOMORROW IS AN EPIC DAY IN

8:01 | THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE IN THE

8:03 | PGA TOUR, JAY MONAHAN IS GOING

8:07 | TO INFORM ALL OF THE PLAYERS

8:08 | WHAT THE EQUITY VALUE IS IN THE

8:12 | PGA TOUR ENTERPRISES AND YOUR

8:14 | PROFIT STATE IN THE TOUR.

8:15 | YOU’RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE

8:16 | OF THOSE GUYS HAVING A SET

8:18 | RECORD OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS

8:20 | WITH A COUPLE OF WINS.

8:21 | DOES THAT INTEREST YOU OR A

8:23 | TALKING POINT AMONG TOUR PLAYERS

8:25 | IN TERMS WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT

8:27 | MIGHT BE EXPECTED OF THE PLAYERS

8:28 | AS THEY BEGIN TO SELL THE

8:29 | PRODUCT OVER THE FOLLOWING FEW

8:32 | YEARS?

8:33 | >> INTERESTING QUESTION, BECAUSE

8:34 | IT’S NOT BEEN A TALKING POINT

8:35 | AMONG PLAYERS.

8:37 | AND I AM VERY SURPRISED ABOUT

8:39 | THAT, BECAUSE I ALSO, TO ADDRESS

8:41 | THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION,

8:43 | YES, IT’S OF VERY HIGH INTEREST

8:44 | AND I’M SURE I SPEAK WITH EVERY

8:47 | PLAYER THAT THEY’RE ALL

8:48 | INTERESTED.

8:49 | AND I’M SURE THEY PROBABLY HAVE

8:51 | ALL GONE TO THEIR OWN

8:52 | CALCULATION, JUST LIKE I HAVE,

8:53 | AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE

8:56 | THE HECK AM I GOING TO FALL ON

8:58 | BUT IT’S SOMETHING THAT PLAYERS

9:00 | REALLY HAVEN’T TALKED TO EACH

9:01 | OTHER ABOUT, AT LEAST NOT IN MY

9:05 | GROUP, IT COULD BE PLAYERS,

9:06 | THEIR CLOSEST PALS ARE TALKING

9:08 | IT’S KIND OF A PRIVATE THING.

9:10 | I THINK, OUT HERE, THE CULTURAL

9:12 | OF PLAYERS IS THAT YOU DON’T

9:14 | REALLY TALK MUCH ABOUT FINANCES.

9:17 | I MEAN — YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT

9:20 | OH, I FINISHED THIRD LAST WEEK

9:25 | AND MADE “X” CEMEAMOUNT OF DOLL.

9:29 | IT’S COMPARED IN POINTS NOW THAN

9:33 | WHEN BACK IN MY DAYS IT WAS ALL

9:35 | THE MONEY LIST.

9:36 | IT’S NOT THAT ALL IMPORTANT

9:37 | TOPIC BUT I KNOW IT’S A TOP PING

9:40 | PLAYERS AREN’T MUCH DISCUSSING

9:41 | THAT, I THINK THAT’S MORE A

9:42 | CONVERSATION THEY HAVE WITH

9:43 | THEIR FINANCIAL TEAMS AND THEIR

9:45 | FAMILIES AT HOME THAN MAYBE

9:46 | THEIR PEERS OUT HERE.

9:48 | >> SITTING OUT THERE ON THE

9:51 | VERANDA IT MUST FEEL LIKE LIFE

9:52 | FULL CIRCLE FOR YOU, YOU’RE

9:55 | HOSTING A MAJOR CHAMP, GEORGIA

9:58 | TECH YELLOW JACKET, WIFE LISA

10:00 | WITH YOU AS HOST, WHAT ARE YOU

10:02 | MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO?

10:03 | >> I THINK RECONNECTINGING WITH

10:06 | THE 23FAN BASE I HAVE.

10:09 | IT’S A GRAY AREA ABOUT WHO IS A

10:12 | I’VE GOT LOTS OF FRIENDS IN THIS

10:16 | 2020 YEARS, EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T

10:18 | LIVE HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

10:20 | ANYMORE, IT’S SORT OF LIKE MY DE

10:22 | FACTO HOME BASE IN ATLANTA THAT

10:23 | I STILL HAVE THE MOST TIES IN

10:25 | THIS GWYNETH COUNTY, IT’S LIKE 1

10:29 | MILLION PERSON SUBURBAN COUNTY

10:30 | THIS IS WHERE MY DE FACTO HOME

10:33 | I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES, I

10:37 | KNOLL I’VE GOT TREMENDOUS

10:38 | SUPPORT.

10:39 | I HAVEN’T PLAYED AN EVENT HERE

10:41 | SINCE 2008.

10:42 | BETTER QUITE A LONG TIME AND

10:43 | SIGH GET TO REKINDLE THE

10:46 | RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE

10:47 | OUT HERE, SOME ARE

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