Kevin Van Valkenburg

There was a thing going around Twitter recently.

It was like, oh, look at Matt Fitzpatrick's swing.

It used to be so much more prettier.

And why couldn't we stay?

Well, you know why?

In part, because like that swing wouldn't be able to compete on tour.

Right.

And, you know, that the swing was aesthetically beautiful, but you need speed and power to compete on the tour at the level that you want to compete at if you're Matt Fitzpatrick.

and he did that he changed he made his swing faster and a little more rotational and now like even though he's really not a physically imposing person in any way shape or form like he is a really good driver of the golf ball he doesn't hit the ball as high with his irons as some other people to do but he's able to make it work

i you know the cross-handed shipping thing still to me like logically i can't quite grasp it uh i just tried it the other day just to sort of see and it felt like holding a snake in my hands but it's awesome to watch him like turn that from being a liability into sort of us you know at least a break-even proposition or a strength i i just i don't i was expecting a little bit more at the masters this year but you know what like 14 top tens

as you pointed out, Andy, my faller, that almost reaffirms me in some ways.

I feel better about naming this person a faller coming up because that's an awesome sort of consistency that a lot of players do not have.

I just...

I don't know.

He's a good interview.

He's someone who's really willing to give you good quotes and that maybe that doesn't matter if you're just a fan of the game or whatever, but it's someone in my position who's trying to find interesting things about players.

I love talking to Fitzy.

I love listening to him give interviews.

Well, it's just speaks to like, we'll, we'll pinch and pod eater become like as good as Matt Fitzpatrick.

Like right now I would say very unlikely.