Second hour of the program x'es and Bros. Throughout the great State of Michigan
here on the Michigan Sports Network. Matt Sheppard with you Ben as our producer.
You can call him on the Admyer hotline eight sixty six eight three eight
forty eight forty three. You can text the program sports Radio to twenty one
thousand. There was some really good theater over the weekend, awesome stuff.
I don't care what sport you're talking about. It was phenomenal at one point
or another, including hockey. The Game seven between Boston and Toronto was sensational,
just absolutely adored it. Now, you get a Boston team that is
really good, really balanced against a Toronto team that is offensively gifted, but
seemed to figure it out when they were down three games to one, seemed
to figure out what they were going to need to do. Just that and
it got him back in the series. Part of it was perhaps their head
coach calling out one of his star players. Jim Montgomery is the head coach
of the Boston Bruits, and following the loss in Game six, Boston's second
straight loss in the series, here's what he had to say about his two
time All star and ten year veteran David Pastrnak, or in general. He
said, your best players need to be your best players this time of the
year. I think the effort is tremendous. They need to come through with
some big time plays in big time moments. I think Marshan has done that
in the series. That's a reference to his captain, Brad Marshan. Pasta
the nickname for David Pastronak needs to step up personally. I hate that cliche.
Who's going to step up, Who's going to elevate their game is a
better way to say it, because Pastrinak has stepped up a number of times.
Anyway, a lot of people, a lot of athletes, and I
think a lot of people I'm not just referring to hockey players or athletes in
general. If you get called out by your boss, there's a lot of
people who just kind of wilt. If your boss takes exception to what they're
you're doing, or actually singles you out, you get pissed off, you
might immediately start defending yourself, and to a certain extent it might be human
nature. David Pastronach did not do that. This is what David Pastronach said
following the game seven win two one in overtime against Toronto by the way,
in which Pastronach scored the game winning goal. This is what he had to
say. Listen with Jimmy. You know he said the stuff he did after
was it lot after the game six, And you know I was you know,
I told him like, if I'm the coach and you or me,
I would say the same thing. So I had no problem of him saying
that. You know, he's trying to bring the best out of every single
player, you know, and and he expects uh more. And how I
said, I just took it, doesn't manly know and uh tried to be
better. I admitted I need to be better, you know so, and
I still have ways to be better. How refreshing is that he's twenty seven,
By the way, he did have three goals in the series, probably
not what he's used to. But how refreshing is that he's trying to bring
the best out in every single player and he expects more. I took it
as a man. I tried to be better. I admit I need to
be better and I still have a ways to go. That is awesome.
There's no finger pointing there's no give me a tissue. I need some solace.
I'm feeling uncomfortable right now. Why are you pointing the finger at me?
There's twenty four other guys here. Why not bring none of that in
a world right now where it's almost dangerous to say. I took it as
a man and tried to be better. Pastronach went there. Good for him.
We got a day and age where if you say that, you're almost
concerned because you don't want to offend anybody. Got news for you, man.
In that sport especially, but in sports in general, it's just the
way it has to be. Meanwhile, other coaches are getting fired and their
athletes are nowhere to be found. Now full disclosure, all right, I'm
gonna be honest with you here. Darvin Ham, Michigan native. I like
him. What kind of coaches he He's been a head coach for two years.
One year he took his team to the conference finals. The other year
his team lost to the defending world champions in the first round and did so
despite having double digit leads in the first three games. Is that coaching?
I don't know, man, I tell you, when a team wins,
people are talking about the players more oftentimes than not. In the NBA when
a team wins, I mean after last year, honestly, anybody talking about
Mike Malone. Hell no, nope, you know who they're talking about,
Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, guys like that. That's who they're talking about.
Dallas wins in advances. Anybody talking about Jason Kidd, noop, They're
talking about Luka Doncic. They're talking about a lot of different players on the
Dallas Mavericks. They're not talking about the coach if they lose. Absolutely,
Now that comes with the territory. I think a lot of coaches know that,
they understand it, but I truly believe that's what it's about. If
the Lakers beat the Nuggets, you and I are probably talking more about Lebron
James, Anthony Davis, D'Angelo Russell, and the like. No, probably
we are. I've mentioned how good the Knicks have been numerous times on this
show. How many times you hear me talk about Tom Thibodeau. Maybe once,
I'm talking about Jalen Brunson, talking about Josh Hart, talking about Dante
Devincenzo. Hell I've even mentioned Julius Randall, who's hurt. So I guarantee
you if the Lakers had pushed Denver or beaten Denver, nobody expected them to
had anyone, how many people? What would we be talking about? The
almighty Lebron James and Anthony Davis. Lebron James was really good in the series,
but he sure wasn't going to p tech Dave Darvin Ham? Was he
a year ago when they got to the Western Conference finals? He was?
It's almost like a bit of a coach killer. You want to be considered
the greatest of all time. I mean, it's interesting again, Michael Jordan.
People know how I feel about it. Phil Jackson for a long long
time. Man. Now maybe Phil Jackson just massaged egos better. Darvin Ham's
have been there for two years. Lebron James seems to wear out coaches?
Does he not? Accountability by David Pasternak? How much accountability were there or
was there by Lebron James? Probably not enough? Phone number on the Meyer
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twenty fifth through the thirtieth at Detroit Golf Club, sixth straight year. Ricky
Fowler will be there, Colin Morrikowell was there a year ago, so that
was always fun. Tom Kim will be there this year, so will will
Zlatorres. So it's the start of a really good field of players. And
Fowler, in case you missed it, wanted a year ago in a playoff
hole on the first playoff hole he had a birdie eighteen and did and then
won the playoff hole for his first tour win. In about four years.
So we will do that with Jason Langwell at the bottom of the hour here
on X's and Bros. Nineteen after the hour, right now the Meyer hotline
eight six eight three eight forty eight forty three. You could text the program
sports Radio to twenty one thousand. We've touched on a lot of different things
to start the day. Let's get to a couple of texts, Ben,
what do we got? Yeah, the Tigers current eighteen and sixteen record projects
to a season ending eighty six and seventy eight, not likely to win the
division? What do you think it'll take to win the division? Before the
season began, what did you think it would take to win the AL Central?
Now, first thing you got to ask yourself? Is the AL Central
a little bit better than you thought? Right now? Yeah? I think
it is. It is. It's honestly, I mean, Cleveland's better than
I thought they would be. Minnesota winning twelve in a row, wouldn't have
expected that. For a reference point in case people were wondering, last year,
it took eighty seven wins to claim the division title, eighty seven.
The year before it took ninety two, and the year before that it took
ninety three, So do you want to would would you think ninety wins would
win it? Absolutely? I believe ninety can win it. I don't believe
the wild card is coming out of the division as of right now. It's
just my opinion. I don't think that's doable. Who were the wild cards
a year ago? How much do you have to get to get? Look,
I wouldn't even worry about that right now. I think the best case
scenario is you win your division period it. Originally, like you, I
thought it was a very winnable division. I still believe it's a winnable division.
I still am not convinced that Kansas City can keep this up. Although
I like Bobby Wood Junior a lot. But every time I say that,
I saw it like Minnesota's going to go on another twelve game winning streak.
I tied the franchise record for crying out loud or tied second. It's second,
I think their second longest winning streak. Ever. When I say that,
and when I say the same thing about Cleveland, I need to remind
myself that people in those markets who are doing exactly what I'm doing and who
feel like you feel, aren't they looking at the Tigers and go that offense
isn't good enough. Honestly, that's what you have to consider. You can't.
We can't look at everything just from our point of view and say,
Wow, Kansas City's not good enough, Minnesota's got flaws, SODA's Cleveland.
Hey man, the turn that mirror around a little bit and people will be
going, I don't think the Tigers are very good. I think their pitching
is really good. I'd love to have their pitching. But dot dot dot
you could say what they're on pace for that not good enough to win the
division? Yeah, that's because look at Cleveland's pace, look at Minnesota's pace,
and as of right now, look at Kansas City's pace. Any other
texts? Yeah, how did Scott Harris not get into the Marlins hitter trade
talks? That's a Harris type of player to lead off this lineup and push
everyone down a spot. I I assume you're talking about Luis our eyes.
Did you see, by the way, what the Miami Marlins general manager said.
I don't know. Did you read that at all? Ben? How
would you like to have that situation? Now? Remember Kim ing Is was
out. They did a nice job of she did a nice job of putting
a team together a year ago. Peter Bendex is their new general manager.
When asked about the trade with Luis Rays to San Diego for minor leaguers,
three minor leaguers and a bullpen arm, he said, being that we're not
going to make the playoffs this year in all likelihood, In so many words,
that's what he said. I thought to myself, Wow, you you're
giving up that easily, that fast. You're not looking to improve your team.
What you're looking to do is to bleed your team and build for the
future. Now they are ten and twenty six. They have the worst run
differential in the Division and the second worst in the National League. Only Colorado
is worse, and only Colorado and the White Sox are worse than Miami.
They are fourteen and a half games back. They can't compete with Philadelphia and
Atlanta and the Mets not in the division, but on payroll. So I
understand why you may think that privately, you may say that behind closed doors,
Why you would say that in the media and to the public is beyond
me. That's ridiculous. Again, you may think that you don't say it,
do you honestly would you say that? And if you're a fan,
how about how would you take that? That's incredible. You want people to
buy tickets walk through your ballpark, and that's the stuff you're saying. Amazing
And at some point, at some point you're going to say, what what
are you gonna say? How come we're not drawing any fans? Well,
here's why. You just basically told fans you guys are not going to make
the postseason, so we have to get what we can right now for our
best hitter and one of the game's best hitter. How ridiculous is that?
That's asinine, absolutely asenine to me. You're talking about You're talking about a
business here, they really are. You're talking about a business, and you've
got a guy coming out and saying we're not making the playoffs, so our
business isn't good enough. What an outrageous statement. Again, you may think
that it may be something that is in the back of your mind and the
reason you did the deal, but be careful his exact quote, we are
unlikely to make the playoffs this year. You may believe that to your core,
you never never say that out loud. Meyer Hotline eight sixty six,
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have gotten in on that because of what Miami was requesting. And you know
what, I like Luisa Rais. Could they use him absolutely play second base?
Then what do you do with Cole Keith? Perhaps you move him to
third. I don't know, you need power. I don't need power.
Gotta get power in the middle of the lineup. Markan Is hitting third,
Jason Langwell on the other side. We'll talk Rocket Mortgage Classic the sixth Annual
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eighty six six eight three eight forty eight forty three, and welcome, of
course to the Rocket Mortgage Classic that'll be taking place in June twenty fifth through
the thirtieth at the beautiful Detroit Golf Club. The executive director of that fine
event is Jason Langwell. He joins us here on ex'es and bros. Jason,
thanks for the time, appreciate it very much. This will be the
sixth straight year you guys put on this fabulous event. What are you most
proud of of what you guys are be able to do so far? Hey
Matt, good morning. You know, yeah, it's hard to believe it's
been six years. Or I'm proud of a lot of things. That's a
tough question to answer, but I'd say ultimately it has to be the impact
that we've made. You know, when Dan Gilbert had the vision to bring
the event to Detroit, you know, he was like, look, let's
shut a bright spotlight on the city Detroit and find a way to impact the
outcome and do so in a significant way. You know, many people don't
know that PJ torvents are five to one C three organizations and all their net
pros needs to go back to doing just that impacting the outcome. And we
you know, we went on a mission in twenty twenty and that mission was
in the Digital Divide here in Detroit, which for us means how do we
provide access to the Internet and other supporting technologies to folks in the Detroit area
within the ten minute walk of their home. And we're proud to say that
a handful of years in, maybe probably the most prom ful of is what
we've been able to do there. We've invested in technology hubs. We started
this effort there was make a handful of technology hubs throughout the city Detroit.
There's over twenty two technology hubs today. We've enrolled over one hundred and fifty
thousand residents in the federal government's Affordable Connectivity Program help lower the cost of internet
access. And so I definitely think it has to be the impact when you
can come out. It's one thing to go out and through a great experience
and have people having a great time. It's another thing to make a lasting
impact in the community that's really making a difference. And we're really proud of
that. Yeah, you should be. It's amazing what you guys have been
able to accomplish. It's one of the crown jewels of this area. I've
said this for as long as I've lived here, in this my entire life.
Look, Detroit does things right. You guys have done it right.
Tickets are on sale right now, people can get them. How do they
go about getting them and how much is it going to cost them? Yeah?
Thanks Matt. Like you said, we're really excited to have fans back
to the Tray Golf Club this year. Are to believe It'start sixth playing June
twenty fifth to thirtieth. As you mentioned, tickets are available for purchase starting
today at ten am, so shortly they want to go to Rocket Mortgage,
Classic dot Com. Tickets start at sixty five dollars and they go up from
there. As we get a little closer to the event, prices will go
up, so fans are wise to go now and get their tickets. You
know, the last time we were in this date window, which is the
last week in June, a full week before the fourth, was our inaugural
year back in twenty nineteen, and Lashly won and we sold out all of
our hospitality and sold out a couple of days on the weekends, so you
know, we're excited about that. Got a great list of offering for you
know, Mother's Day gift, of Father's Day gift. If you're a fan
of golf and honest of your fan of some good summer time fun in Detroit,
we've got something for you. You also don't have to pay for some
of the days. We're really proud we're the only PGA Tour event it's offering
two consecutive days for free. We call them our Detroit Community Days, and
you can get complementary parking and admission and not even going to your wall at
all for those two days. You can come out on Tuesday, attend our
youth clinic, but the first tea sponsors We typically have some lions and celebrities
at that and then make your way over to the area three one three celebrities
scramble which our top players play in. We've had, you know, Barry
Sanders, Calvin Johnson, We'll have some mother. I'm going to tease a
little bit some other current lions that everyone's going to want to come out and
see that day for free. And then they'll be able to come back on
Wednesday for our Death and Dental pro am and get that front row seat.
Every seat of the golf tournament is a floor seat. You can get right
up along the rope line, and they'll be able to do that for free
on Wednesday, watch our top players play in the program. We'll have some
celebrities playing there as well, and making me of that inclusive and accessible somethingose
are real prior for us, real priority for Rocket Mortgage, and we got
some great paid options. We've got some free options as well on Tuesday Wednesday.
But they should get the Rocket Mortgage Classic dot com right now to get
their tickets. Jason Langwell, the executive director of Rocket Mortgage Classic, joining
is here on ex'es and bros. Sixty five dollars per day. That's nothing
to have a great time with your family. And then you've got the Lending
Tree Lounge too, that's a little bit more, but well worth it.
And then when you look at the field a year ago, what an exciting
event it was with Ricky Fowler winning on the first playoff hole, needed a
thirty eighteen wins on the first playoff hole. You had big names like Colin
Moricowell part of it a year ago. This year, you've got some big
names too, as Foller comes back to defend his title, don't you.
Yeah, we're really excited about our initial offering for our field here. You
mentioned that that Ricky'll be back. He's excited to be back. Spoke with
him at RBC a couple of weeks ago. He's jack to make the victory
lap through and see if he can't do another. I mean he's expecting a
second child now. Ian Alison is, you know, expecting their second girl
in the November time frame that he I think would love to host his second
Rocket Mortgage Classic Trophy at the end of Junie at a heck of a season
last year with eight top ten finishes. But yeah, as you mentioned,
we've got another couple of other great guys has committed early. Tom Kim is
going to be at our field this year. He's already won three times on
tours, not even twenty two years old, yet great player. Last time
when he made his debut here in twenty two he finished seventh, So he's
got a nine for this golf course. Feels like he can win and we'd
love to see him do it and then will Zela Taurus has committed top thirty
player in the world. Has been battling some back injuries last year flared up
on him a few weeks ago, but he feels like he's on the mend.
And someone who's just a great player, but really strong in the majors.
You know, he's only played in ten majors in his career thus far,
he's got seven top ten finishes in those. And someone who really has
fallen in love with the city in the area. He's an honorary member out
at Orchard Lake Country Club. You know, he loves the staying at the
Shy, I know the downtown, just loves being in the city. So
a really strong initial lineup and one that we think will only get better as
we make our way into the PGA and on the back end of the US
Open. What do players like most about not just the event, but the
course in general, because obviously the high scores. We love seeing birdies,
just like we do in any sports. You'd like to see runs in baseball
and points and all the others. What do players like most about playing at
Detroit Golf Club? Do you think, yeah, you know, the I
hear a few things on that Matt One is that many players grew up playing,
you know, either on or in and around the Donald Ross golf course.
We got a classic Donald Ross track here takes players back a lot to
their youth when they were playing, you know, back home. It's a
classic style clubhouse, classic style of golf course. Fits their eye. They
love the green complexes. We've got a Bent Poe mix that they really like
and as you said, they get after it and they love doing that too.
They love coming here, playing this golf course and enjoying the experience in
the area. But I tell you too, you know, more and more,
year in year out, the more players that come, the more players
that walk away feeling awesome about the experience away from the golf course. Would
I would tell you without any bias that the Shinola Hotel is one of it's
not the most popular hotel on the PGA tour for players. We got fireworks
that are happening on Monday night of tournament week. And you know, the
fireworks showed out here is incredible that they throw in players, don't you know,
Keithan Bradley, you know, you know we had a few. Brendan
Todd actually came in early last year, made it a point to bring his
family in to take take advantage of the fireworks celebration in town. So it's
a mix. They love the golf course, but they also love what's happening
in the city. How have you been able to change the perception that people
have outside of this area about Detroit and about your golf tournament, Because,
let's face it, when it was first announced, people outside this area think,
oh, man, who wants to play in Detroit. That's not how
they feel any longer. There has to be a different vibe. Now,
what is it and how did you get it? Well, I mean,
I'll started with Dan Gilbert, his vision for what he's done in the city
to build an incredible, incredible downtown area where it's fun to walk around,
fun to be around, and with the players. Honestly started with that narrative.
Look, these guys, they're going to play in the four majors,
they're going to play in the signature events. They're going to play a couple
of times out West. They're going to play a couple of times down in
Texas. They're going to play a couple of times down in Florida. When
you get through all that, you're up to some twenty events, right,
and these guys are going to play twenty five ish events a year. So
all the remaining you know, twenty some events in the PGA Tour, they're
only going to select a handful, so they get a choice on where they're
going to call their home. And a lot of it comes down to not
just the golf course, but how what kind of trips are going to be
with. You know, I have a convenient airport to come to do I
have a Communian experience downtown? You know, where's my what's my caddy experience
going to be? Like? We leaned in heavy to the caddy experience.
We give some of the caddies courtesy cars. No other PGA Tour event does
that. We give caddies a locker inside Detroit gob Club's locker room. Very
few, if any other PGA Tour events don't do that. So we took
a first, best only mentality. We wanted to be the first to do
things. We wanted to be the best at what we did, or we
wanted to be the only ones doing certain things. And that free pronged approach
in the narrative and the reality that's come with. It has really widened people's
eyes and I think given us, you know, the fields that we've been
able to enjoy and have and that we think will continue to have. But
it started with Dan and the vision for what he's built in Detroit, and
then we turned into the Chamber of Commerce and went out and told that story
and got enough people to come. And now the players are doing it.
We got Key and Bret, we got a lot of other players out advocating
for what an incredible experience they are going to have. You know, during
the week, you know, debating on whether you know London chop house or
private property is going to be the stake place they come and eat at.
And that's the kind of things you need to do to get people to come
a year in and year out. That's such a great perspective. Jason Langwell,
the executive director of Rocket Morgs Classic Joiners here on Exis and Bros.
That's this is how it's done. This is how it's done right. But
you want to grow the game. You want to grow what you've done in
your contributions to the community, which you've done an excellent job at, but
you want to grow the game too. Kids fifteen and under receiving complimentary grounds
admission when a company by a ticketed adult is really important. Can you speak
a little bit more You'd mentioned it briefly, but can you speak a little
bit more about what you're offering to young kids as you try to grow the
game of golf in Detroit in the metro area. Yeah, a ton of
things. You mentioned, the youth fifteen and under getting in for free.
You know, we're also you know, one of the things we've launched and
we're really really proud of would be the John Ship and which will take place
the weekend before the Rocket Mortgage Classic. We bring in the top black men
in the country that are competing or one exemption into the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
We're excited to have Chase Johnson win that event last year. He was actually
our first John Shippen player to make the cut last year at the Rocket Mortgage
Classic. And Sunday is actually a free day there too, so a lot
of Detroit youth are coming out. We're not just a great americancity, We're
a great American Black city, and young black men and women are coming out
watching, you know, these great black competitors compete and earn exemptions into the
event for free on Sunday before our event, and then you know, the
Community Days is where we really offer great opportunities for youngsters to come out and
get familiar with the game and enjoy it. Our youth clinic is very fun
and interactive. We've got kids out there, you know, trying to knock
vignatas down and get candy. We've got celebrities out there. We've got lions
out there that are coming in to do that and then roll into our celebrity
Scramble on the back end of it, and then we're doing a ton of
things. We have a lot of young Standard Bears that are carrying those signs,
those scoring signs. Those are all youth, right, and it's a
really unique volunteer opportunity for them to come out and spend the day, have
their families following, and they're not just watching the players. The families are
all watching these kids that are carrying these scoring signs, having a once in
a lifetime experience that we offer on an annual basis. And so, you
know, it's a combination of those things. You know, we also do
a big bussing program when we go down to the YMCA. We have buses
show up there and bring youth that are part of programming within our city out
to the event for free. So a real inclusive, intentional approach to engage
youth and offer them a really, really amazing experience at the Troy Golf Club.
You know what it feels like, Jason, It feels like a Midwest
event. It's because you have Midwest people putting it on just you know,
very friendly and welcoming. It's exactly what the area calls for needs and you
guys deliver. Thanks for the time and thanks for doing what you guys do.
It's great stuff. Thanks, Matt, appreciate it. You bet.
That's Jason Langwell. He's the executive director of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. If
you want more information, go to Rocket Mortgage Classic dot com. You can
follow them on Instagram, on Facebook, and on Twitter at Rocket Classic.
Take place June twenty fifth through June thirtieth at the Golf Club. I have
been there. I've been part of it. I've been fortunate to be a
celebrity starter there. It was exciting, it was fun. It was awesome
to meet so many people, not just golfers, but I mean fans as
well, and to follow certain golfers around the course. I think it's one
of those events too. I suppose golf in general is like this because so
many of us play it. And I use that word loosely. Loosely by
the way, because so many of us play it, we think we can
relate to what those guys do. I can't shape shots like Tom Kim,
I can't drive the ball like Wills Alatorres. I can't score like Ricky Fowler.
But when they line up from one hundred and seventy yards and they're taking
a wedge or a nine iron, immediately think what what club would I use
here? How in the world are they getting it one hundred and seventy yards
with anine iron? How is that possible? Oh? Amazing to me.
They are simply amazing, And you get a chance to watch them up front,
right there in person. It's cool because it's one of two big golf
events in the month of June in the great state of Michigan. Just prior
to the Rocket Mortgage Classic is the tenth Aniel Meyer Classic June thirteenth through the
sixteenth at Blackfield Country Club, So you've got that on the thirteenth and sixteenth,
and then not long after twenty fifth through the thirtieth you get the Rocket
Mortgage Classic. If you love golf, and I think you and I both
do. If you love golf, June's a pretty good time to be around
this state to gorgeous courses, to fantastic events that do exactly what you would
hope they would do, giving back to the community. Look, every golf
event, every sporting event, likes to claim that they do, and I'm
sure they do. I mean, I haven't done any investigative work where we're
trying to figure out whether or not they're exactly giving you. Teams are giving
what they're supposed to be giving to the community when they claim it. Rocket
Mortgage Classic does that. The Tenthaniel Meyer Classic will do that, and it's
because you've got Michigan based people handling it. You have Michigan based companies making
the promise and fulfilling it and giving back to michiganers. For the Rocket Mortgage
Classic, it is doing exactly what Jason just told us, and trying to
get the Wi Fi to everybody, for example. I know it doesn't seem
like much, but it is. That's a big deal and for the Meyer
Classic, it's about getting people the necessities from a food standpoint in life.
It's given back. God. I love that. It's so cool, so
important, so needed, and you should all be very proud of it.
It's fantastic stuff. Our phone number on the Meyer hotline eight sixty six eight
three eight forty eight forty three. Our text line is sports Radio to twenty
one thousand are thanks to Jason Langwell for joining us, and we wish them
the very best. That's a good start to the It's a really good start
to the field, okay, because as he mentioned, everyone's going to play
in the majors or want to play in the majors, and you've got to
be good enough to qualify. But and then you've got certain places because you're
going to start the year in Hawaii and California and Florida, and you're gonna
go to Texas and Arizona and places like that. How do the other areas
that don't have that sunshine in eighty five degree weather just about year round,
how do they draw you? Well, this is one way. And when
you start with Ricky Fowler, big name Will Zelatorus, big name Tom Kim
eventually will be a big name, but a decent sized name. Right now,
that's a good jumping off point, so we hope they get even more
and more are taking a note of what this area has to offer. Again
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