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“I do not want to feel that bad the next day. Yeah, that was aggressive. I won't go into the details of what state I woke up to... if you want to know I'll tell you.” - Tyrrell Hatton on the "tear up" he went on with Rahm after getting the Ryder Cup team call... or me at work the next day trying to describe to my much younger coworkers what weekend mornings with two kids under 4 is like.
The power of walking in with confidence
A RYDER CUP "WALK-ON"
The big news this week is that basically the entire US Ryder Cup team agreed to play in the Procore Championship up in Napa. Twist their arms... The event is typically quite sleepy and filled with rising stars and the grinders who need to earn some off-cycle points to maintain status. Sorry fellas, the grading curve just got set and it's absurdly high.
Kaptain Keegan is already talking up the kind of team vibes being curated. Even Bryson, who was deemed ineligible to play in said event, showed up in Napa to support and hang with the team. Twist his arm...
But the story that really caught my eye was a nugget tucked into a PGA Tour article. Apparently, a local with a staff bag decided to just sneak out during the practice round and play. They basically just walked up to the edge of the resort, walked out, and teed it up.
The "interloper", as the article describes, played at least a few holes before finally being discovered on the 17th when he caught up to Seamus Power. The interloper then proceeded to shank his tee shot into a house. A dead giveaway.
Obviously it would never work during actual play, but I have always wondered about these PGA courses with super nice houses that back right up to the tee boxes. Why couldn't those residents just slip out with their clubs during the lazy practice rounds? Turns out, they could with the right looking staff bag.
A legend walks among us
SMYLIE LIKES TO FLIP
In a Golf Digest article posted this week, we get some boots on the ground intel about the American Century Championship back in July—aka the one in Tahoe with all the sports stars and celebrities.
Apparently, NHL star T.J. Oshie hosts a pretty infamous beer pong/flip cup/baseball event at the ACC in a rented out lounge at a local casino. So infamous that people approach him on the range trying to get an invite. The guest list has included stars like Miles Teller, Colin Jost, and most unsurprisingly, Baker Mayfield.
In an interview on the Spittin' Chiclets podcast, Oshie revealed they even have offers from sponsors for the event now. Not bad for a bunch of buddies playing flip cup.
But even despite the loaded guest list, the best drinking game player of the bunch came as quite the shock.
Smylie Kaufman. Like, the dude pictured above.
"He's by far the best player, flip cup player, beer pong player, I've ever seen," said Oshie.
Impressive.
It's always the unassuming, kind of nerdy but uber competitive ones. Says the unassuming, kind of nerdy, uber competitive writer of this exact newsletter.
Apparently, NHL star T.J. Oshie hosts a pretty infamous beer pong/flip cup/baseball event at the ACC in a rented out lounge at a local casino. So infamous that people approach him on the range trying to get an invite. The guest list has included stars like Miles Teller, Colin Jost, and most unsurprisingly, Baker Mayfield.
In an interview on the Spittin' Chiclets podcast, Oshie revealed they even have offers from sponsors for the event now. Not bad for a bunch of buddies playing flip cup.
But even despite the loaded guest list, the best drinking game player of the bunch came as quite the shock.
Smylie Kaufman. Like, the dude pictured above.
"He's by far the best player, flip cup player, beer pong player, I've ever seen," said Oshie.
Impressive.
It's always the unassuming, kind of nerdy but uber competitive ones. Says the unassuming, kind of nerdy, uber competitive writer of this exact newsletter.
Roar, score, and play some more
UNDERPAR DROPS A GOLF SAFARI
Long time readers know how much I love a good wildlife on the golf course moment.
Long time readers also know that the GOAT of wildlife on the golf course venues is Skukuza Golf Club in South Africa—dubbed "The Wildest Course on Earth."
Need I elaborate?
Okay, well, listed on Underpar at this exact moment is an 8-day golf & safari package that includes 4 rounds of golf around South Africa (INCLUDING SKUKUZA!!) as well as a visit to the legendary Kruger National Park.
This is not a drill.
For the less-than-I-would've-thought price of $4250, you get basically all lodging, golf, experiences, transportation, meals and even clubhouse drinks paid for.
Besides this trip being my literal dream—how about Underpar breaking from the usual resort stay and play promos I get pumped with multiple times per day, every single @#*&$^ day of the year. Give me more of this. And then give me the right combination of words to use with the team at BBHQ to send me on this trip for—uh—"content purposes."
Is it insightful? Or is it just McConaughey talking?
MCCONAUGHEY THE GOLF GURU
Click through the link for the full viewing experience but Zire dropped an archival clip of McConaughey waxing poetic about golf.
And for the life of me I can't figure out if it's spot on or if it's just the sound of his voice that makes it feel important.
Where it falls apart is when you break out the quotes without context...
"The game of golf is king."
"It's (Golf) navigation."
"You don't bring your swing tricks."
"When you show up on the course, it's there. Now go ahead and swing."
But also, yeah that all tracks.
