Conor McKeown

And then when the players come with all the titanium and every advancement in the game,

The course is still the star, and everybody respects that.

And they've changed the course tremendously, of course, to accommodate it, but not the look and not the character of the golf course.

And, you know, you just feel Bobby Jones and Alistair McKenzie and all the founders.

And, you know, as the world turns so much, and modernity is not necessarily as well, I think, sort of wrought as...

as when people had more time to build things and put in the nice little touches, you appreciate what Augusta has retained.

And I just, it creates a great atmosphere.

And yeah, I don't even know if you can, I never appreciated it consciously as much, but I think it was there anyway, because like you said, when everybody gathers and all these rituals take place, I mean, I went to the first tee, you know, for the opening ceremony and watched Nicholas and Claire and, you know, Watson.

Watson's the young guy.

you know, they're not going to be here forever.

And you really feel the passage of time.

We're all mortal.

And I think...

Augusta gives you a sense of mortality in a way that makes you feel fortunate that you were able to go there.

And at the same time, a little bit of sadness that it can't keep going on forever.

And Tiger is now 50.

God, I remember when he was 18 at Augusta.

So it was moving.

And Rory's emotion and everything he's put into the game enhanced all that.

Well, you know, these projections are always... I mean, we thought Rory, gosh, in 2014, after he won his fourth, you know, well, he's on his way.