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CLASSIC IN 2021, AT WHICH POINT HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY PGA TOUR VICTORIES. NOW HE’S GOT EIGHT IN HIS LAST 52 STARTS, HAVING GONE 0 FOR 66 BEFORE HE CONNECTED WITH TED SCOTT. AND SPEAKING OF GREAT SHERPAS OUT THERE ON TOUR FOR YEARS, OUR

COLLEAGUE JOHN WOOD WAS ON THE GROUND FOR NBC ALL WEEKEND AND JOINS US NOW FROM AN EXOTIC LOCATION IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. JOHN, WHAT DID TED SCOTT ADD TO SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, YOU LOOK AT THOSE RESULTS, I GUESS SCOTTIE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT WAS CLEAR.

WHAT DOES TED SCOTT BRING TO THAT PARTNERSHIP? >> TED IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. BUT TED CHECKS ALL THE BOXES AS A CADDIE. HE DOES A TON OF HOMEWORK. I SAW HIM OUT THERE TUESDAY NIGHT ALL BY HIMSELF AFTER SCOTTIE FINISHED WHATEVER

PRACTICE HE WAS DOING, GETTING SOME RUN OUT YARDAGES, SOME CARRY YARDAGES THAT WEREN’T NECESSARILY IN THE BOOK. HE IS A TIRELESS WORKER. HE’S A FUN GUY TO BE AROUND. HE’S GOT GREAT STORIES. AND HE’S BEEN IN EVERY SITUATION. I CAN’T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH.

HE’S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, NOT GOING TO SHRINK FROM ANY SITUATION. RYDER CUPS AND MAJORS WITH BUBBA. IT IS NOT LIKE HE’S GOING TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE HE’S GOING TO BE TIMID OR AFRAID TO SAY WHAT HE NEEDS TO SAY, WHAT HE

FEELS HIS TRUTH IS. AND I THINK THAT THE PERSONALITIES CLICKED RIGHT AWAY. AND IT JUST — IT JUST HAS BEEN A MAGICAL PARTNERSHIP FOR BOTH OF THEM. >> WE BOTH KNOW SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD, WORLD NUMBER ONE, BACK-TO-BACK PGA TOUR PLAYER OF

THE YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN HIM WIN THE PLAYERS BEFORE, WIN A MAJOR, HAVE A FOUR-WIN SEASON. OUT OF THIS WEEK, WAS THERE ANY TAKEAWAY WHERE YOU SAW SOMETHING FROM SCOTTIE WHERE HE WENT, WOW, OKAY, THAT’S EVEN ANOTHER WRINKLE THAT I HADN’T SEEN BEFORE? >> THE INJURY IS ONE THING.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT SCOTTIE IS TOUGH. NOT GOING TO BACK AWAY FROM ANY SITUATION PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY. THE NECK ISSUE SHOWED THAT. I JUST THINK HIS CONTINUED GOOD PUTTING WITH THAT NEW PUTTER IS SCARY, FRANKLY, FOR A LOT OF GUYS.

IT ALMOST IS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE SCOTTIE HAS GOTTEN HIS A-GAME, THERE ISN’T ANOTHER ONE WHO CAN WIN RIGHT NOW. HE’S THAT GOOD AT ALL ASPECTS. SO I THINK THERE IS THE FACT THAT THE PUTTING CONTINUED WHAT HE SHOWED AS THE PUTTER GOT

INCREASINGLY BETTER AND API AT BAY HILL, IT GOT — WAS GOOD ALL WEEK THIS WEEK. AND THE INJURIES JUST ANOTHER THING ON TOP OF IT, HE CAN GET IT DONE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS AND HE’S NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN. >> ON THE SUBJECT OF OTHER GUYS

GETTING WORRIED, IF YOU’RE THE NUMBER TWO RORY McILROY OR NUMBER FOUR WYNDHAM CLARK, LEAVE OUT NUMBER THREE IN THE MIDDLE JON RAHM FOR RIGHT NOW, ARE THOSE GUYS WAKING UP THIS MORNING FEELING A LITTLE BIT SOBERED UP THAT HOW ARE THEY

GOING TO ELEVATE THEIR GAME TO COMPETE WITH A GUY WHO ONLY HAS TO BE MIDDLE OF THE PACK ON THE GREENS TO EXCEL? >> YEAH, I THINK SO. I THINK THERE IS — I DON’T THINK IT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY’VE BEEN PREPARING.

THEY’RE PROBABLY PREPARING THE BEST WAY THEY KNOW HOW. IT MAY ADD A LITTLE RESILIENT TO IT, A LITTLE BIT I NEED TO DO MORE TO CATCH THIS GUY. RIGHT NOW HE’S OBVIOUSLY THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD, NOT REALLY CLOSE RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK WHEN IT IS CLOSE, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE GETTING BEAT HERE OR THERE BY THEM AND BY HIM A FEW TIMES, YOU KNOW YOU’RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. I THINK A LOT OF GUYS WHO ARE RIGHT THERE WITH SCOTTIE IN THAT TOP FIVE, TOP TEN, ARE LOOKING

AT IT NOW AND GO, ALL RIGHT, I NEED TO CHANGE SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT I’M DOING TO GET CLOSER TO THIS GUY. >> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT JON RAHM THIS YEAR NOT BEING ON THE PGA TOUR. THE NARRATIVE LAST YEAR WAS VERY

MUCH SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, JON RAHM, DOMINATING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR. THERE WAS SOME SENTIMENT EARLY IN THE WEEK THAT THIS IS A TOURNAMENT UNLIKE THE MAJORS WHERE THE LIV GUYS CAN’T AND WON’T BE COMPETING, JON RAHM IS NOT THERE, BROOKS KOEPKA IS NOT THERE.

WAS IT DIMINISHED BY THE FACT THAT THEY WEREN’T THERE AS GOOD AS IT WAS? >> NOT FOR ME. NOT FOR ME IT WASN’T. ONCE YOU GET PGA TOUR HAS TO HAVE SO MANY OF THE TOP PLAYER AND AS A WHOLE, YOU GET THOSE

BIG FIELDS, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWED. THEY ALL CAME UP TO THE TOP, ALL THE BIG GUYS, YOU KNOW. YOU HAD FOUR OUT OF THE TOP 12, I THINK, COMING DOWN THE STRETCH YESTERDAY. I’M SURE IF YOU’RE ON LIV’S SIDE YOU’LL SAY IT IS DIMINISHED. BUT, NO, NOTHING COULD MAKE THAT

TOURNAMENT MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS. YOU HAD BIG NAMES IN FRONT, THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER TRAILING, PLAYING INCREDIBLE ROUND, I NEVER THOUGHT ONE SECOND ABOUT ANYBODY FROM LIV YESTERDAY DURING THAT TELECAST. I THOUGHT IT WAS THAT GOOD. NOW, WOULD I LIKE TO HAVE THEM THERE?

YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYBODY PLAYING TOGETHER AGAIN. BUT I DON’T THINK IT TOOK ANYTHING AWAY FROM THAT GREAT CHAMPIONSHIP YESTERDAY. >> JOHN, YOU CAN FLIP A COIN FOR YOUR TAKEAWAY WITH XANDER SCHAUFFELE. ONCE AGAIN, HE’S PUTTING HIMSELF IN THAT SPOT, IN THE FINAL

GROUP, IN A BIG EVENT, OR IT IS MORE SCAR TISSUE BUILT UP ONCE AGAIN COMING UP SHORT. THE CONCERN LEVEL THAT HE HASN’T GOTTEN TO THE FINISH LINE IN THESE GOING FORWARD. DO YOU THINK THAT’S GOING TO LINGER WITH HIM? >> I THINK IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I DON’T THINK SO. HERE’S WHY. I WATCHED HIM YESTERDAY, AND OTHER THAN THAT ONE LITTLE STRETCH ON 14, 15, HE DID EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO DO TO WIN THAT GOLF TOURNAMENT, BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD, DOING THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD THINGS TO BEAT HIM.

I DIDN’T THINK HE LOST THAT YESTERDAY. I THINK HE GOT BEAT AND THE WAY I JUST WATCHED XANDER ALL WEEKEND, HE DIDN’T LOOK LIKE HE WAS GOING TO BACK UP. DIDN’T LOOK LIKE HE HAD ANY BACKUP IN HIM. HE LOOKED LIKE, OKAY, I KNOW

WHERE I AM, WHO I AM RIGHT NOW AND I’M GOING TO PLAY MY GAME AND IT IS GOING TO BE DARN CLOSE. I THINK IT WAS — HE DIDN’T GET THE WIN, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HE CLEARLY WANTED, BUT I THINK THIS WAS A DIFFERENT XANDER YESTERDAY.

AND I THINK HE KNOWS HE’S OKAY IN THOSE SITUATIONS AND THAT WAS A FREAK OCCURRENCE OF THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD. >> WE DID SEE A LOT OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD, A LOT OF THE TOP RANKED GUYS SHOWED UP

FOR WORK YESTERDAY AND PUT ON A GREAT SHOW BUT WAS THERE ANYONE THIS WEEK, THAT YOU WERE SURPRISED THAT THEY WERE KIND OF A NO SHOW IN THE TOURNAMENT THAT YOU EXPECTED MORE FROM? >> YEAH, I THINK THE OBVIOUS ONE WOULD BE J.T. I THINK J.T. HAS BEEN TRENDING

VERY GOOD, VERY UPWARD THIS YEAR. AND IT IS A COURSE HE WON ON. I REALLY FELT LIKE HIS GAME WAS PEAKING AT THE RIGHT TIME. AND MAYBE STILL IS IN A FEW WEEKS AT AUGUSTA. I THINK HIS GAME IS ON THE UPSWING. I WAS SURPRISED HE DIDN’T PLAY

BETTER THIS WEEK. MAX HOMA, HE GOT OFF TO A REALLY GOOD START ON THURSDAY AND DIDN’T REALLY FOLLOW ITEM AFTER THAT. THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE BIG NAMES WHO DON’T NECESSARILY HAVE THE TOURNAMENTS YOU THINK THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE, BUT I

WOULD SAY J.T. AND MAX HOMA WERE THE TWO FOR ME THAT STOOD OUT. >> JOHN, WHERE DO YOU RANK THE FINISH ON SUNDAY AMONG BEST PGA TOUR EVENTS WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR THIS SEASON? >> I THINK — THIS SEASON, I THINK IT WAS THE BEST.

YOU HAD SO MANY BIG NAMES WITH A CHANCE TO WIN WITH THREE HOLES TO PLAY AND EVEN GUYS LIKE WYNDHAM CLARK WHO ALMOST FELT LIKE HE PLAYED HIMSELF OUT OF IT MIDROUND CAME BACK WITH BIRDIES ON 16, 17 AND A BIRDIE AND A HALF, LET’S SAY, ON 18.

I DON’T KNOW HOW THAT PUTT DIDN’T GO DOWN. BUT IT WAS THE BEST FINISH TO ME JUST THE FACT WHO WON AND WHO WAS UP THERE AND HOW HE DID IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL. >> WYNDHAM CLARK LOOKS LIKE HE COULD BE A