Masters check in | Rory's hot practice round | Conor's Augusta experience
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is an Irish Independent Podcast.
Now, welcome, everybody. We're coming to you Wednesday. Masters 90th edition gets underway tomorrow. Conor McKeown is on the course. We're going to speak to Conor very shortly. He's obviously concerned about who's going to win the tournament. He is more concerned to see, though, if his name comes out of the draw to play the course on Monday. So we'll see if there's any update.
What are the main storylines leading up to the Masters?
Will Slattery, hello. I saw he also put up a photo on his Instagram, kind of an Instagram story of him by the 12th green. So he's really gone full Masters tourist. And why not when you're engulfing heaven? Even Conor McKeown and the cynicism is melted away by the beauty of Augusta National.
Does this still feel as big a week for you as it did, I don't know, when you were younger, first getting into it?
Yeah, no, I'm really looking forward to it. It's just great, you know. It's a week where I love to thoroughly sit down and say to myself, I'm going to watch every single shot of this thing. I'm going to Will Slattery my way through this thing. What was the first Masters you watched, actually? Oh, gosh, I don't know. Did you watch the Tiger in 97 one? Well, I certainly remember vividly watching Norman Faldo. Okay. I would have been 11. Yeah. So that was when it was like, wow, this is incredible. And would that have been on BBC, RTE? Do you know what's funny? So BBC, I presume, although we didn't have BBC in the 90s in our house, we were an RTE1, RTE2 house. But I have vivid memories of being a kid, staying up late and watching Miles Dungan
narrate the highlights and then maybe some of the live coverage too. Miles Dungan seemed to do it during that era. That's just a weird memory that I have never confirmed. I could have imagined this as a kid. My first Masters that I watched was Mickelson winning in 04. And I think I watched that on... I think that was on RTE. Would that make any sense? Maybe it was a Thursday-Friday coverage was RTE and maybe I watched it on BBC then afterwards. Yeah, no, it was definitely on RTE for a good chunk of time around that era. I mean, everything was on RTE then. Watching Faldo Norman... I know you were 11, but that must have been crazy to actually watch that live. It was a hell of a gateway drug. Yeah.
Is it like this every year?
30 year anniversary? Yeah. Speaking of Instagram, Nick Faldo has been celebrating that 30 year anniversary a lot on his Instagram. I saw Greg Norman's unhappy about that. He's happy to talk about it, Nick. He's happy to talk about it. And so Indosport podcast independent.ie. Like I said, Conor McKeown is on the way very shortly. Let's just bring you a flavor of what's going on over at Augusta. Last night, the Champions Dinner was on. We'll come to that in a moment. But Shane Lowry, often forgotten when, you know, you're talking about the Irish contingent because McElroy sucks up so much oxygen. So let's start with Shane Lowry. He turned 39 years old six days ago. It was put to him by Jamie Weir of Sky Sports.
This is your last Masters in your 30s. He looks like he's about to throw up. I don't think of him as someone about to turn 40. I feel like he's a younger man. He's two years older than Rory. We all are these days. Yeah, two years older than Rory. Which surprises me for some reason. Yeah. This is Shane's 11th Masters. Best finished third. He had an interesting line I saw. I've never driven out of here on a Sunday happy with myself. frustrated with how he's played at times last year he was really in the mix again McElroy and dominates in our memories but he was really in the mix on Saturday and then had a bad Sunday shot 81 finished 42nd but his record here is very respectable especially in more recent times and here he is with Jamie Weir of Sky Sports he didn't do a full-on press conference Shane this was just on the practice range I feel like I'm in a good place like you know I've had
Probably in the lead-up to this, I'll probably have more chances to win tournaments. A chance to win a couple of tournaments this year, which is always nice.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:23
2
What are the main storylines leading up to the Masters?
0:23–6:16
3
How did Rory McIlroy perform during his practice round?
6:16–6:57
4
What insights does Conor McKeon share about Augusta National?
6:57–7:23
5
What are Shane Lowry's thoughts on his upcoming performance?
7:23–20:56
6
How is Scotty Scheffler preparing for the Masters?
20:56–22:36
7
What recent developments have impacted Tiger Woods' participation?
22:36–25:07
8
What strategies do players use to handle pressure at Augusta?
25:07–1:06:41
Speakers
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