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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's time now for the Chipping Forecast, in association with Peter Millar. Brought to you by Andrew Cotter, Eddie Pepperell, and special guest Ian Carter.
Hello there and welcome to a Wednesday pod ahead of the US Open, US Open Eve and the dedication. The dedication of the TCF team is such that we are missing Ian Carter, regular special guest, and I are missing Portugal against the Democratic Republic of Congo for this. And I've been a big supporter of DR Congo, Dr Congo, as I call him, for a long time.
Ever since they were Zaire?
Zaire? Well, did they not play Scotland in 1974? There's not a draw against Zaire that cost Scotland in that one.
It was, yes. Yeah, that was a group that, that very gilded Scottish team was expected to... To come through, wasn't it? Very disappointing.
Although by that stage, Dennis Law was just a bit over the hill, but it was still a very good side. The sides that Scotland had in 74 and 78, genuinely, and people laugh when you say this, but generally with the players they had, they could have won the World Cup if they had, you know, had a good structure, good coaching, etc. But they didn't.
They were just a talented bit, a sort of disparate bunch and...
Those were the World Cups that made me a Scotland supporter. Because obviously I had Scottish heritage. My mum was Scottish. So I've got a Scottish spelling of my name. And in 1974 and 78, England were nowhere near the World Cup finals, but Scotland were in. And I was, what, 9 and 13 then? So that's when you form your allegiances for life.
It is, really. So it's thanks to the poor managerial skills of Don Revy. Was he manager for a while for England, Don Revy?
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Chapter 2: What insights do Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick share before the US Open?
And I think whoever was ahead of the USGA or the US Open at the time said, no, no, we're playing. We can play with you or without you. So that was quite, strangely, progressive at that time. So John Shippen, you don't hear his name often, but he was the groundbreaker, the pioneer. Good history.
Really good history. The history books are going to tell us that if a golf ball is going to be dialed back... Because to try and combat distance, it won't happen until 2030 at the earliest. And I remember telling you this on the pod in April when I was in a Southport Premier Inn. And I'd gleaned that day that there was going to be a... A delay?
Well, it's now been formally announced by the USGA and the RNA. And so we're not having that phased introduction of 2028 for the pros to have the dialed back ball. It will be 2030 at the earliest and it will all come in at the same time. So for the recreational game as well. assuming that ongoing discussions are productive. So the whole debate has been reopened.
The DP World Tour, the PGA Tour, the PGA Tour's Player Advisory Council, they're all getting involved, obviously manufacturers, the whole lot. And this thing, which has been going on for eight years, is still nowhere near resolved. Mike Wan said today, we're not going back to another eight years of this. And there is a sense of urgency about it.
But it is quite clear that we do not have a resolution. Other options are being considered. Whether that's looking at what Eddie's been saying all along, that you have to look at driver head sizes, club specifications. As well as the ball, we'll have to wait and see. But yeah, it's a mess, I think is the way to describe it.
And for those who've campaigned and really advocated for the ball rollback, I think their only hope is that it's going to be more draconian action. than what is being proposed, which is effectively a rollback of 15 yards for the longest hitters for recreational players. It'll be maybe five yards, something like that. But something has to be done, I think.
And we just don't know quite what it's going to be. So it's a mess. That's all I can say about that.
We're back to that mode. Well, very much so. It's kind of tiresome.
That was very Monty.
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