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Kevin Van Valkenburg

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
536 total appearances

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

And if you do listen to him talk about swing geek theory stuff, like there is no one smarter.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

I've been present for, you know, a few of those conversations that even weren't recorded.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

And it's even more fascinating.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

It's even more nerdy because it's not like performing for any kind of camera.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

Okay.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

And I, you know, I just don't know.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

He is someone whose instincts was a big part of his golfing to his feels.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

And so I don't know that I believe that he would embrace the intellectual side of the data stuff that, you know,

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

has been so essential in making the Europeans like gain every single 1% advantage that adds up over the, over the course of the tournament to a big advantage.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

I just think that his idea of playing golf is often more like, we'll just get it done.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

Like just be a man and suck it up and go do it.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

And I don't know that that's the, certainly not the way to win in Europe,

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

where the energy of the crowd is going to be against you most of the time.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

So I don't know.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

I mean, I just think his... You mentioned it before, his attitude towards the tournament.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

I do think he cares, but I don't think he's ever really kind of grasped how to make others care or how to make others feel comfortable around him.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

And this idea...

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

that the boys will be inspired to win for him.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

Yeah, maybe, but also, like, you still got to be the right pairing.

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Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

You got to hit the right shots.