Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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ladies and gentlemen welcome to an extremely extremely special episode of the no laying up podcast solly here joined by a couple co-hosts and a guest today uh who is going to take us through something i don't know if i've ever been more like anxious and nervous for a podcast dj pie is here with me hello beach hello solly i yeah let's just get into it good to be here big randy is here the only remaining strap boy hello big randy
Hi, guys. My guys played Cyprus last year.
What are we talking about?
And the man of the hour, Mr. Icarito, Neil Schuster. What are you going to be telling us about today, Neil?
Oh, man, I played Augusta National Golf Club. I played golf out there yesterday. Hit the shots, gentlemen. Absolutely hit the shots. Fantastic day. It was awesome. It was hot. It was a battle. I think we rocked them, though, is what I'm going to say. We absolutely rocked them.
For the listeners' sake, we have zero details as we are about to break this down with Neil. We are in the exact same spot that you are in. We have no idea what he shot. I'm now inclined to believe he played well based on that statement, but I don't know anything of any one single shot. This is all going to be news to us as it is news to you.
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Chapter 2: What was Neil's experience playing at Augusta National?
Yeah, it's, it's a very, it's like everything, you know, you gotta print out your, your press credential on paper. Uh, I was number 57, you know, you, you tear a, a lottery ticket, you stick it in a, uh, like a suggestion box and.
Uh, yeah, I was out on the golf course and I was, I came in pretty frazzled and Sally, I know you said like when you walk in from the course, there's a TV that was displaying the names, but it, it, I hit it just at the time when it said, uh, phones are prohibited in the interview room.
know and so i walked by and and didn't see my name so sally uh i actually let carson my wife know she uh you know she's like you need to call me so i called her and and uh or sally called her acting like it was cody gave me the phone i thought something was wrong she let me know that i was playing augusta national on monday so You know, I did a lot of recon. You know, I'm in the ARCOS app.
I'm looking at, like, what are we going to do here? So I had some specific shots I was looking forward to hitting. But let's just get to it. Pre-round, my tee time was 1230. You are allowed on the property at exactly 1130. No questions asked. I had a nice little sit down. I had a great stretch session. I had a nice little sit down at the Waffle House. I then drove up Washington Road.
So I ended up sitting in a Salvation Army parking lot because I wanted to make a right turn and then a quick left into Magnolia Lane. I didn't want to wait at a light. I know you were in the Christian bookstore. So I went down, kind of scouted out, drove past Magnolia Lane, took the first left.
These are the kinds of things that champions file away.
What time did you pull it? I pulled it at exactly 1130. And there's one car ahead of me. And it was quick. I had my physical invitation.
piece of paper i had it ready to go the uh the guards waved you through i mean it's like they got these pillars like uh steel pillars that come out of the ground like really fast they'll just like pop up uh i mean i've never been to the white house but it kind of felt like that but in the salvation army parking lot i sat there for about 25 minutes uh and i did i was just putting a little playlist together i couldn't decide on what song so i i had uh megalomaniac by incubus
shout out to dj kilmore who was on site um and i just felt like My energy was, you know, I needed, I tried to play some jazz. Like, that jazz isn't working. Like, I need some juice. I had Heart in a Cage by The Strokes. Sure. Shout out to Spieth. I had JTR by Dave Matthews, the Boulder 2002 live version, which is a pretty feel-good, high-energy song.
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Chapter 3: How did Neil prepare for his round at Augusta National?
Don't do it. Very like, you know, just don't do it. And then a quick picture of the foursome, which I have here. I had a nice fit. I liked, I had a red shirt on red stripe shirt, uh, you know, some stone colored slacks, which were very comfortable.
and uh you know i was very comfortable in my uh my quantums uh my foot choice so i was i was it was kind of a built for comfort round it was hot so the pants they they are factor late in the day and then i was like oh man did i wear the right color am i gonna get a lucas glover situation um you know but we we didn't so that at least not that i know of so i feel like we kept that
I kept that away. So first tee. I was second guy to tee off.
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i did change the a couple months ago the settings on my driver so i probably need to re-grip it because the the you get the the alignment i got one right here yeah the golf pride logos at the bottom now which is it's throwing me off a little bit but uh so you so yeah uh let's get to it first tee i teed off second guys i felt so good great little practice swing i had an awesome move and i hit
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Chapter 4: What were the key moments during Neil's round at Augusta National?
I was literally on the paint that outlines the lower part of the crosswalk on the upslope. I had 91 yards to the flag. It rolled over to the right side. We wanted a 100 to 102-yard shot.
Are we thinking spin control here? Yes, we are.
We can't see one rolling back. I hit 54, back of my stance, choked up. Gorgeous shot. Probably landed it. You can't see it, but I asked Francisco, he said landed like eight feet, eight yards past it and came back to seven feet. Just upright on the proper shelf, slightly downhill slider. Yeah, boy. Missed it on the high side. Come on. You can't tease us like this. I missed it on the high side.
Couldn't make any putts.
I mean, it looked like it was going to rip. After the putt on eight, I wanted to get it to the hole. It was a good putt. I mean, I thought it was going to fall in. I kind of had the Phil meme with the guy in the background. You know, like, I'm down. You know, my caddy standing behind me like... Uh, yeah. So that one, that one stunk.
Cause I was hoping, I was like, God, let's get a birdie head in the back nine. We're going to be running downhill. Randy could have shot a 32 coming in.
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Chapter 5: How did Neil feel about his performance on the front nine?
I know. So 42 on the front gentlemen, 42, four, I'd say, you know, four of seven fairways, seven greens, 21 putts. Ain't going to get it done.
um putts i well i made a you know five footer on four and uh slider like a little three foot slider on three so i felt good about about those but yeah i just didn't lag putts on five and eight cost me big time and then i just didn't make the ten footers it's uh seven greens shooting 42 is like oh yeah well that's that's the experience there you go that's it man but i mean like i say this all the time golf's fun from the fairway like i had a blast like i feel like i hit some
Like, definitely hit more good shots than bad ones. I had one just rogue miss on the first tee. You know, you take that away, and that's a, you know, you're probably shooting 40. So, hey, it's going to happen. So, I'm thrilled heading into the back nine. Great. You saw Rafael Nadal coming off 18. He's finishing up his round. And I got to give credit again to Nadal.
He was walking step for step with Rory Saturday and Sunday out there. That guy got his steps in all weekend. Yeah. So roll down to 10T, grab a Snickers bar, some peanut butter crackers, chug the water. We're ready to go. I hit three wood.
How long did it take you to play the front nine? Any idea?
I didn't have any watch or phone on. But I would say it was two hours. It wasn't... Not bad for a four ball. Pace was tough on... Four, five, and six. And then a little wait on eight, and then we were good. No wait on 12? Well, I haven't gotten there yet. I got a little slow through A-man corner.
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Chapter 6: What challenges did Neil face on the back nine?
But the front nine, there was just a couple choke points, which the caddies kind of called out. They're like, we're going to get two par threes coming through here. It's a pace problem. All right, so 10. I hit three wood. Definitely the right club. I hit a really good one. I over-executed, Deej. Turned it around the corner tight. But it went okay? Yeah, yeah.
We thought it was going to be in the second cut. It leaked into just into the pine straw, blocked out by a bush. So I had to punch it out sideways. Took my medicine. Got it almost up to a flat spot on the right side of the fairway. but still just a little bit of a hanger. So right center of the fairway, I had... We had 163, 164 in to that back left pin, kind of middle back left on 10.
Ball's slightly above my feet. We put in nine iron because wind's now coming. Feels like it's coming in. And this is where, again, I just subtly... I kind of canceled out my baking recipe a little bit. I put... The nine iron, I needed, I felt like with the wind, I need a little juice on the nine, but I'm aimed. I don't know. I thought I would cancel out.
I hit a, like, a really well-compressed shot, but it starts moving left on me, which is the cop's ball. Like, oh, my God, no, get on the ground. Like, just feels like the world's falling away from me there.
Down by where Dan Poole putted it in the playoffs, according to Craig Sadler.
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Chapter 7: What reflections did Neil have after finishing his round?
That's right. Uh, yeah. So I, it landed just on the fringe left side. So it wasn't a huge, like it wasn't a tidal wave, but I just, I got to line that one up on the left edge of the right bunker. And I just, I was misaligned there for that, for how that ball's going to come out. I didn't account for the ball being above my feet.
I, it trickles down into the state in the grass, uh, just into the second cut, uh, a little bit of a clanky chip, got it up to about five,
14 probably 14 15 feet up the hill for bogey um that that was for bogey left that one about a cup short made double damn it that just was like a like you know a couple again nothing on that hole that was egregious three wood just to overcook the three wood a little bit and that you know take my medicine and then i just didn't i was gonna have to hit a really good recovery shot uh on that approach and i didn't execute so how far kind of a kind of a granny kind of a pinehurst number two double
Like, huh? Yeah. Like, damn. They're way too easy. I didn't see. That was a very elegant double.
Yeah. How far was it playing from your tee?
It was 450. And probably playing exactly that. So, you know, because I chipped out almost like 90 yards.
I was going to say, you had to punch it out like dead sideways, it sounds like.
But I'm guessing it got held up, you know, turning left. I probably would have had, like, 130, 120 into that if I hit that 3-wood a little straighter. So, right club, you know, just maybe not the best swing, but I'm just going to repeat, like, not when I watched that ball, I was like, oh, that felt like a decent shot, you know? I just overturned it. I did what I was trying to do.
I was trying to turn it, and it just was just a tighter draw than I wanted. Sure.
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