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Chapter 1: What recent golf events are highlighted in this episode?
Speaking of which, lots of golf going on. So there was a signature event on the PGA Tour. There was a live event and also a major on the LPGA Tour. And there's a US Open just around the corner as well. So I thought we'd touch base with Jimmy Emmanuel, who's a good friend of us here at SEN. Jimmy, welcome. Thanks, Whitey. Thanks for having me.
Now, the US Open, which was being held at Riviera for the women, it's only just finished and the cream has risen to the top. That's exactly right.
Nellie Corder, who is without doubt the best player in women's golf has won a second major from two starts so far this year. So, uh, she is showing just how good she is on a, on a really, really good golf course that we're used to seeing the men play. Uh, first time having the women there and, uh, Nellie absolutely showed her class there.
She, she did her best to give it away there at the end, almost missed a little short couple of foot putt that she had to win and took the left edge of the hole and just dived in the back of the cup. But, uh, It was a great finish, actually. It was Charlie Hull, who is a very popular player around the world, who was challenging.
Chapter 2: How did Nellie Korda perform at the US Women's Open?
Gabby Lopez from Mexico, who was right there as well. And say young Kim, who's won a couple of majors before. So it was a thrilling finish, but Nellie did really show just how good she is.
Now Nellie has got arguably the best golf swing in golf, men or women. It's so good, but she's becoming someone that's, that's winning a lot now. Um, you know, from a rankings point of view, she's right up there, but what makes her as good as she is in your view, apart from her swing and how good could she be?
Yeah, I think you touched on the golf swing. The golf swing's incredible. She's physically very gifted. She's tall and big long levers that helps hit the golf ball a long way, but she's got an incredible work ethic. She comes from a highly competitive and athletic family.
Her dad, Peter, won the 1998 Australian Open tennis, so obviously some good genes there, but also obviously bred into his children. Her sister is a professional golfer as well, who's won on the LPGA. Her brother's a good tennis player, so has obviously bred in a work ethic and and they work exceptionally hard at their craft, and Nellie sort of really rose to the top a couple of years ago.
2024, start of the year, she looked like she wasn't going to lose a golf tournament. She won seven times that year, and then last year, she actually didn't win, and she lost the number one ranking, and it was a bit of an interesting one. She's had injuries. She had a bit of trouble with a blood clot years and years ago that really slowed her progress, and
Uh, she seems to have these hot streaks, but when she's playing her best golf, she is without doubt the best player in the world. And, and, and I think that hard work, but she doesn't have any flaws in her game. You know, she, she, as I said, hits the ball long way, hits the ball well with her irons, chips and putts really, really well. And just manages her game very well.
And on the big, on the better golf courses is where she really shows up. And that's proven so far this year with two majors. Definitely.
Hottest player on tour. There's no doubt about that in the women's game. Now, I must confess, Jimmy, I thought coming into this week, it was a real chance for the Australians because Riviera is as close to the Melbourne sand belt as there is when it comes to life in American golf. And I thought Hannah would do really well.
Hannah Green, she finished tie for 28, Davidson tie for 22 and also Kim tie for 22. So that, that were the best of the Aussies. It, it wasn't the week it could have been. No, Riviera has been a very happy hunting ground for the Aussies.
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Chapter 3: What factors contribute to Nellie Korda's success in golf?
Now, I'm not sure how much you were following the Memorial with the US Open going on at the same time. JT Poston won in a playoff. There's so many talking points from this event because we're so close to the US Open at Shinnecock, which is one of the great golf courses to watch a major championship at. But at Memorial, signature event, $20 million on the line.
We saw some very strange things from Scotty Scheffler through the last four days. What is going on?
Yeah, a bit of frustration, I think, getting to Scotty. you could definitely feel the frustration coming from Scotty's words. He's obviously not playing quite to the level he believes he should be. And he's just expressing his frustration a little bit. You know, he still finished tied for 12th. You know, that's when you're one of the best players in the world.
You can still, you know, compete without your best stuff. But yeah, I think a bit of frustration in Scotty at the moment, which maybe is leading up to the, US Open, that'll be a big one that he's got to circle around at a golf course that should suit him very well, and things just aren't quite going to plan.
Is it because it had become so easy for him? He was winning so often that he's not as good as he was, and he might get back to that, but it's kind of... that pressure of expectation he's starting to get to him. Because we've seen it with other golfers that, I think of Jordan Spieth when he was, you know, head and shoulders best player in the world for a period of time.
But then he was expecting it to happen every week. It didn't. And he didn't cope with that too well. That Scotty might be on the edge of that as well?
Yeah, it's interesting. Padraig Harrington always said that pretty much every top player might get 18 months to sort of three years at their absolute peak, and that's when you've got to cash in. That's when you've got to win your majors. That's when you've got to win the big events. There's obviously exceptions to that. Tiger Woods has been an exception to that.
I'd say Nelly Cord is probably an exception to that right now as well. And Scotty Scheffler has looked like he would be an exception to that sort of a rule. But you do have peaks and troughs in golf. They play a lot of golf tournaments. They... They compete against very, very good players.
And a place like Memorial, this is Jack Nicklaus' event and his golf course, and he makes it tricky, makes it hard. And so when you're not playing quite that well, it can frustrate you more because the golf course is so difficult. And Scotty, I think, is just having a little bit of a, a little bit of a rough patch. Some things just aren't quite working as well as they should.
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