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Welcome to the Sweet Spot, sponsored by AK Bets. Get the latest golf betting tips for the upcoming Wells Fargo Championship, Myrtle Beach Classic & Regions Tradition. Jack Reeve and Steve Palmer take a look at this week’s tournaments.

The team also look back on the The CJ Cup Byron Nelson from last week, won by Taylor Pendrith. They analyse who else stood out, as well as who underperformed. They also review the China Open and LIV Golf Singapore.

Steve gives us his best predictions for the Wells Fargo Championship, Myrtle Beach Classic & Regions Tradition , including other selections who could be worth backing in the markets.

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hello and all Welcome to The Sweet Spot your goto golf tipping show brought to you by the Racing Post it’s Jack geve it’s Steve Palmer with a busy show for you today three tournaments to look back on three to preview including a seniors major always good to check out what’s going on over there Steve I think you’re going to be softly spoken for the majority of this show um aren’t you talk us through why well yes this is the first sweet spot with Coco the dog in the shed uh there’s no other option today so she is sleeping behind me but uh once she gets into a sleep she she’s usually zonked out for for the duration so I shouldn’t have a problem and I’ve got the shed really hot it’s like a proper sauna today a lots of people say it looks like a SAA it feels like a sauna today U because the hotter it is the more chance she she stays asleep well that’s what that we we discussed last week one of those old wives tales isn’t it because you’re suffering with a little bit of tonsilitis and I’ve always been told if if you’re feeling a bit ill just sweat it out I’m not sure if it work but you can try it today yeah it does work it does work yeah I I like proper saers I like going into saers and then if there’s people in there like total strangers in there you can really freak them out by saying oh it’s like a sauner in here that’s one of my favorite sort of things to do in life um but yeah yeah hopefully the dog stays asleep absolutely uh before we get into the action today a big thanks to AK bets who are the sponsor of Sweet Spot I’m sure you all know about them by now but if not you can pick yourself up a lovely little offer you can place your first bet on a golf tournament and if your player misses the cut you get 50% of your stake back as a free BET up to 50 Quid that’s on screen now the code is Sweet Spot 50 big prices big limits with AK bets we’ll be reading their prices throughout the show Steve let’s take a look back then um at last week last week’s events it was a it was a mammoth week um and it was it was a brutal week as well um let’s start with Liv It Was Won by by Brooks kepka um this is a man who’s warming up for the for the uspga very nicely oh we’re massively on Brooks watch now but yeah it was a generally it was a really disappointing week we were talking before before coming on about Rono Sullivan weren’t we I mean Rono Sullivan losing in the snooker um that was the Wednesday wasn’t it that was the Wednesday um that was the Wednesday night this is an uphill battle from him yeah absolutely yeah because I was ill as well and yeah Ronnie Ronnie Ronnie going out was a was a real blow for for morale and then we needed the golf to be to be good and aside from bayong Hunan’s great final round he was the only gol that we managed to get placed um so yeah yeah it was a disappointing week all round I even B that horse did you did you watch the 1,000 guies on Sunday yes yeah yeah I was even on the horse that went miles clear the ra ramou and um got got done on the line so I feel like lady has really turning the screw on me at the moment but uh things will change this week but yeah live live golf Singapore Brooks kepa 16 to1 last week he was in he was in poor form he said he was embarrassed at the Masters you know he found the Masters and an an embarrassing experience Jack he finished 45th in the Masters you know this is Mr Mages isn’t it um 45th Augusta he said it was embarrassing so then his reaction to that has been to really knuckle down in the on the practice range he finished Liv Adelaide strongly finished ninth in Liv Adelaide last two rounds were great and then he dominated last week in Singapore so you cupka has switched him on Switched himself on for major season it seems like he so often does um we know what a huge danger man he is in the uspga he’s won that three times US Open he’s won that twice so yeah I think the other members of the golfing elite were really disappointed to see cooka suddenly burst into life well I was as well because Brooks is one of those players you mentioned that 16 to1 he is one of those players where if he goes off and wins you just go oh how on Earth have I missed that and you know it happens so often and you I rarely back Brooks but you know when he does go on a win you just go oh that was such an easy one to spot well you shouldn’t beat yourself up last week because he was in dire form but um you know he just has this Knack doesn’t he of switching on for the major season and um you know defending Champion for the uspga you know massive runner in the next two majors absolutely they let’s live golf we’ll I’m sure we’ll talk about living the coming weeks but that’s enough for now you might want to talk about John ra I’m sorry sorry to interject but are we having a John Ron battering again are we well no we did we must mention how poor he was again you know people think I’m picking on John Ram but it’s important to mention because in all of these major markets he is so prominent in the betting and again D last week finished in 10th Place six shots behind kka never really in it made a slow start remains a live Maiden so he’s going to be a live Maiden going into to the next major the next live event is is Live Houston uh in the second week of June so you know how long will Ram remain a Liv made and yeah must be really annoying him though absolutely any more for live oh no no no sorry sorry to interject that I just I felt it important because we we are deep in major season now um lots of people like getting all their their bets planned out for the for the next three majors and and rah yeah I can’t have Rah on my mind for anything no no bang on um China open should we go over to China It Was Won by Adrian AI it’s I think it’s his fifth um DP World Tour Victory Sebastian sod going close once again his form figures in recent weeks 223 but can’t get over the line um we’re getting to the point now Steve where we say thanks but no thanks to Tom mckibbin I wonder where I’m still seeing him in my dreams I thought you were going to say thanks but no thanks to the DP World Tour because yeah it’s just last week’s China open was just rubbish absolutely rubbish tournament ravaged by bad weather uh Saturday’s play totally wiped out yeah I woke up on Saturday morning all my players made the cut and I was really looking for to moving day and then you know nobody moved at all you know 54 holes of tedium I thought it was one of the most boring tournaments ever um and it was won by one of the most boring players in the world I mean that’s harsh he’s not that boring is he he’s slow he’s a plotter he’s got an ugly putting stroke borderline Yips you Adrian aay Adrian aay yeah I feel like that China open got the champion it deserved it was um yeah I don’t want to be too downbeat but I just thought that was an appalling golf tournament and um yeah Adrian notay he wasn’t easy to find you’re 35 to1 winner I have no regrets about leaving that one alone no how poor old Agri he’s just won his tournament and cheing Into The Sweet Spot been called the most boring plan boring on it I don’t for he was a live Defector for a bit as well wasn’t he sorry yeah he’s he’s caught me he’s caught me on a bad he’s caught me on a bad he’s caught me on E tide what where are we out with with Mr mckibbin because he is a sweet spot favorite and God love him we do you know we do have a lot of time for him but yeah he wasn’t far behind in the end did he finish on 23rd was it um you know in a 72 all event you know he probably would have you probably would have been another backdoor top 10 for the for the lad wouldn’t it no don’t give up on Tom mckibbin don’t you dare give up on Tom mckibbin no no it’ll come good okay okay Faith with Tom M kibin at the CJ cup Byron Nelson um let’s move on from from the from the Shina open that was a damning review of that um CJ C Byron Nelson that I was getting all confused about last week thinking it was the CJ cup or was it the Byron Nelson or we don’t really know what it was what we do know it’s w by Taylor pendra he was to one pre Tour held off a stacked field actually I mean this was an exciting tournament Steve and um oh there was a there was a I’m not sure what that facial expression was but you disagree my tonsils are still not in good condition that that facial expression probably had more to do with them than than anything else but I thought Taylor pendri rode his luck on the front line there was a couple of shots he he got away with he held a bunk of shot there was another another shot before that that perched on the edge of the green if it rolled back it would have been a disastrous double bogey um so I thought he was fortunate then he needed a lot of help from Ben Kohl’s on the on the final hole of course Ben Kohl’s had a One-Shot lead going up the last um so yeah pendri I don’t know I think he’s a clumsy player isn’t he he strikes me as a he’s too clumsy for me these days um but yeah it’s a massive monkey to get off your back and it made in PJ tour title maybe pendri would go from strength to strength but no it wasn’t the most impressive Victory I’ve ever seen um and Ben Kohl’s I mean he was about 400 to one last week Ben CO’s um you know great effort from him to get in front of pendri and Jake knp um pendri a nap one miles ahead of him off every te Cole’s not not not a big hitter um you such a defiant performance from Cole’s I was impressed with him four-time corn Fury tour Champion just went all wrong on the last but he took the positives from that that runner-up check is is a big big one for him I quizzed you on um on Jordan spe last week because he was I think he was favorite wasn’t he and you were like no love for Jordan spe whatsoever that I think there was love out there for him as I guess there always is with these top players but disappointing again yeah yeah Fitness issues form issues uh he’s got some strange problem with his wrist where ATT tendon just pops out and he says he just pops it back in there he’s talking as if there’s no surgery that can resolve this um which surprises me because you know you you think the surgeons could could get to work on that and sort it out but um he seems to be happy going continuing with his career with a tendon in his wrist that pops out and then he just pops it back in and it hurts for sort of 24 hours or so um but that’s not very sustainable is it no no it’s really offputting for me you know if if you know there’s a player there that’s going to have potentially 24 hours of pain in a golf tournament um any moment then um you know speef is nowhere near my plans and of course us PJ coming up you know we get we get our in a Twist about Rory maroy before the Masters don’t we career grand slam it always seems to get forgotten that Jordan SP is a is a uspg win away from the slam so um yeah he must be going into this one pretty pretty pretty downbeat okay uh that was last week’s events it was it was a tough one Steve wasn’t it it really I mean as you say we wouldn’t have picked out a tagy or or Taylor pendri kka Maybe no no no it was a tough one no I don’t think you you could have you could have um won a lot last week anyone who did I really doth caps absolutely uh well brighter days ahead the only way is up three tall this week should we start with the Wells Fargo yes sir okay chronological order I’m learning it’s only taken me 18 months this is a really tough one I mean they’re all going off very similar times but you have nailed it thank you um Quail Hollow talk us through the track Quail Hollow Club Charlotte North Carolina 7,558 yards we’re a little bit longer this year par 71 three par fivs qua Hollow hosted the uspga championship in 2017 the president Cup in 2022 they are the only two years where since 2003 that this course has not stage the Wells Fargo so we got loads of course for it’s a ball Striker Course Long treelined holes Thursday will be a bit Breezy calm from Friday onwards we’ve got a field of 69 going to post now ludig Oar a sensational withdrawal last night no cut elevated designated signature event 20 million in the prize pot 3.6 million to the winner lovely job uh let’s take a look at the top of the market with AK bets Rory M Ro you’re 15-2 favorite jander chaet 10 to1 Windam Clark 16s Patrick CLE 18 to1 Max Homer 22s colmer car with 25 to1 bigger prices the rest top prices with AK bets no Scotty Sheffer this week when Clark won here last year how many selections for the Wells Fargo Steve two two excellent and who is the main one Rory maroy 15-2 with AK bets who can take over on the US PJ tour the US PJ tour that is a new one isn’t it he can take over on the US PJ tour in the absence of Scotty Sheffer and L goar I think marroy must be so relieved to see those two go I mean l goar stunned punters last night by by withdrawing from this a knee injury citing a knee injury oh no um so um you big concerned for for the Oar Camp Sheffer of course awaiting the birth of his first child meredi still hasn’t um released the still not still not here no no no no the Sheffer kid has not arrived yet so Sheffer is off for the foreseeable um alar has got some issue with his knee you know maroy when he boarded his private jet yesterday to to to come to one of his favorite golf courses if not his favorite Golf Course um must be absolutely buzzing yeah I see it as Sheffer was the king of spring as he as he so often is you know Bruce calls him the crocus doesn’t he yeah shef shef is the king of spring this year I sense this is mooy’s May uh and then uh then we’ll come on to Johnson’s June um I’m getting very excited about our major Zach ja yeah you’re gonna have to contain me here because it’s looking we need another Jay for July yeah we’re struggling get we’re on Xander chaf for the open I haven’t quite worked out to get alliteration into that but you know Sheffer won the Masters maroy is turning up a gear in time for the uspga Johnson finished seventh in LIF Singapore last week finished strongly um I think the bookmaking industry will be in Ruins by the end of July when our major AA wins um but um let’s not get ahead of ourselves so what you’re essentially saying is if we ball all of that down we’re going to be rich at the end of the summer yeah yeah I think so I think so and I think the the bookmaking industry are being ruined but we won’t care because we’ll have enough money to to live for the rest of our lives abolutely so yeah but I yeah I suppose we should take each week as it comes and this week this week maroy in my eyes warms up for next week’s usbga with a morale boosting Victory is beloved Quail Hollow the last time maroy won the US PJ was at Val Haller in 2014 and he won the preceding week’s PJ Tour event the Bridgestone invitation I think marroy must be sensing history is about to repeat itself I think he would love to win this week go to Val with the same Vibes of 2014 you we’re back at Valhalla next week I think the way sheer and oar have Departed the scene you know is just a dreamy scenario for Rory um this is a golden opportunity to to end this long major win in drought you he hasn’t won a major since 2014 uspga I think he’s going to win this week I think he might win next week you know Quail Hollow is a playground for Rory maoy he’s won three of the last 11 Wells Fargos at this course three of the last 11 editions of the of the qua Hollow event his Maiden PJ tour title came here in 2010 he won by seven shots in 2015 he won again in 2021 and this time he’s arrived with his tail up isn’t he he played really well he played really well in the Zurich Classic um you know Shane Larry was so thrilled to get Rory as a partner and Rory did what Shane was expecting to to Rory was the main man in that partnership you know it really helped Shane Larry because Shane Larry I didn’t realize but Shane Larry ended up qualifying for events that he wasn’t even in like Signature Events he was in because of that win so Rory really helped Shane out and it’s like positive vibes just flowing through the pair of them um they had such a fun week and he also maroy also played well in the Texas open the week before the Masters easy to forget I finished third in the in the Texas open the week before the Masters and then in the Masters nobody’s under more pressure than him nobody in The Field’s under more pressure than him at Augusto he finished 22nd not really a bad effort with with that much weight on your shoulders um the course this week playing long and soft we’ had loads of rain it just looks set up perfectly for for maoy May to start in style it’s going to be a delight Rory maroy 15-2 with AK bets to go and we’re in the Wells Fargo this week one more for this who is it yes my backup is Maxwell Homer 22 to1 with AK bets who relishes qu Hollow as well you know it’s the scene of his Maiden PJ tour title in 2019 he was a three Victory he was ranked 417th in the world when he won at qu Hall in 2019 he won the 2022 Wells Fargo at a different course he excelled in the 2022 president cup at at Quail Hollow remember that one yeah that was that was home’s first time representing America he won four points from four matches and then he was eighth in the last year’s Wells Fara so home massively course proven like maroy you know is is typically Stellar iron play shows up well here this time he tees up as world number 10 so he he won this as world number 417 now he’s teeing up as world number 10 this week um and and the confidence he gained from the Masters you know that was the first time he contended in a major everyone was waiting for Homer to to contend in a major he’s big time player now and he delivered it Augusta finished third loads of positives to take from that he was exhausted for the RBC Heritage the following week don’t worry about that he’s refreshed for this yeah I mean I think this is a maroy v Homer contest talking about that that pairs win for for Rory and Shane Larry what what would be your dream for subs partt and what would you need it doesn’t even have to be a person but what characteristics would they need to show not even necessarily ball striking ability what kind of mental attributes they need to break I suppose positivity positivity yeah I can get dragged down easily on a golf course um particularly with my my my injuries that I developed in my 40s uh so I need someone I need positivity and and massage skills yeah did yeah someone someone with a good brain and a good hands okay yeah yeah Happy Happy Hands is What Happy Hands I loved um I loved there was a um an interview with Padre Harrington the other week and he said he loved playing with Tiger Woods because he never spoke to her on the course I would only say good Shob you know Padre when it was a good shot he said there’s nothing that I’d hate more than when someone says oh good shot Patty and it’s like you know he deems it not good enough I think that Happ in for a lot yeah it does can yeah my my dad my dad is is so positive on the golf course you because I’ve had problems in the past with my attitude on the golf course I’m much better these days in the past you a club thrower or in my distant past yeah I’m much calmer now I realize it doesn’t really matter but my my my dad was always very positive and if I hit anything you know if I got it Airborne he’d be very keen to explain it was a good shot to try and make instill happiness in me I I feel sorry for my dad he went through some difficult times on the the golf course when I was a headstrong youngster but um yeah I’m much calmer now and um he doesn’t need to do that so much excellent I must just compliment your jumper as well when you’ve lifted your arms you’ve got that’s a proper sort of golf design is it oh it’s glorious yeah the logo uh Royal Dublin OH lovely yeah it looks like just a generic jumper from the top then you lifted your arms and it was a delightful sort pass yeah it’s got the classic golfing yeah yeah that’s Royal that’s when I played with Rory maoy I had a round with Rory maroy at Royal don’t about it don’t like the name drop don’t talk about um but yeah had a round with Ryan Ma and then we went on a night out in Dublin had dinner in Dublin Town Center this he was world number seven or world number nine at the time so not quite as famous as he is now but um obviously when we were out in Dublin I obviously have more people come out to me for autographs yeah um and then he had a couple of people come up for him for autographs and uh we had a nice dinner and whatnot well it’s lovely he um you know you take time for your fans Steve and uh Rory is exactly that um any other notable mentions in the uh in the worlds Fargo I mean that as you say ludvig and Scotty weakens the top of the market but jander wind them Clark can’t they I thought Adam Scott was tempting um we were on Adam Scott last week he’s just playing really solid golf uh and he’s got a good record at Quail Hollow so if you wanted one more I’d go of Adam Scott but no one else remotely interests me okay that’s what I’d like to hear let’s move over to another PGA Tour event this week from one massive event to another m Beach Classic what brilliantly named tournament um the Junes Golf and uh Beach CL I mean this sounds this sounds exciting Steve it looks lovely yeah it looks a lovely place to hang out yeah the Junes Golf and Beach Club Myrtle Beach South Carolina 7,347 yards par 71 three par fivs a PJ tour Deo we saw it on the champions tour though for their Tour Championship from 1994 through 1999 it’s a largely Treeline track with loads of water hazards the fairways look generous to me i’ I’ve been studying the fly over the greens are all wide I think it’s made for an attacking Powerhouse to to rip it apart we got a field of 132 going to post Breezy and thundery for the first few days but then we got a sunny calm weekend okay let’s take a look at the top of the market then with AK BS Bo hosler 28 to1 alongside a few others here Ben Griffin Daniel burer and Eric Van Roy and Davis Thompson 30 to1 Andrew Novak 35s alongside Matt Wallace he’s having a good few weeks actually um Roy Huna there you go that’s cleared that up bigger price is the rest this is a wide openen event Steve it’s an exciting event yeah I’m I’m much looking forward to this I wish it was on the television I mean you know the stick Community will probably come into their own this week you know all the all the illegal stick welders not with a limp that’s another form of stick we’re talking about no yeah yeah it’s bound to be on somewhere on the stick I mean I I’ve got friends who give me all sorts of abuse for paying fortunes to the sky when they’re waving their silly sticks about but yeah saying I’m watching this I’m watching that yeah the most obscure Dart Tournament in the world oh yeah I’ve got it on my stick um so um yeah yeah so I’m just venting about Myck stick always be concerned about those friends waving their sticks about in public um how many selections for this one a good we don’t want to wait Co how is Coco quit Coco checking yeah totally asleep brilliant yeah fast yeah yeah I mean I I didn’t do a lowkey for there for for um for Coco that was just for the throat yeah that was for you yeah do it in the style of a Dying sometimes they um they say that dogs like classical music are calm down maybe it’s your your your dulet tones in your kind of new calm you know Serene voice that you that you displaying over the last couple weeks maybe that’s what um what she needs maybe yeah we could play classical music while sweet what’s going on can we with that annoy viewers let us know in the commentor let let commenters decide on that do you want classical music in the background while we’re doing this some people might go for that four picks who’s the main one Eric Van Rowan 28 to one with AK bets I fancy he’ll fall in love with this week’s assignment probably the most similar course to Myrtle Beach that we’ve had on the PGA tour before is keree which hosted the one-off 2021 Palmetto Championship that was a long past 71 in South Carolina staged in June and Van Ruan finished 10th in that event and it came after he had missed four consecutive cuts on the PJ T he was in dis dismal form fell in love with Kar I think it could be similar this week he he’s also finished 10th in the RBC Heritage another event in in South Carolina and more comp ID than ever at the age of 34 he’s won twice on the PJ tour now he won by the beach in the worldwide technology championship last year I think he might win by the beach this week he loves Coastal tracks he he says how much he loves lyx golf this is not lyx golf but he loves playing by the coast he finished second in the cognizant classic in March he was 33rd last time out in the Heritage doesn’t sound much but remember it’s a designated elevated signature event he’s a massive runner in a weak field this week okay Eric Van royan 28 to one three to go who’s up next Davis Thompson is your next best 30 to one with AK bets Ultra comfortable in this part of the World Georgia man loves the Deep South this could be the location for a maiden PJ tour tdle was always destined for the top former world number one amateur he won on the K Ferry tour in 2022 he’s threatened on the PJ tour ever since he’s been in yeah rock solid form this season just needs to step up a gear I think they are this grade this location is is is is made for Thompson he’s one of the best players in in a really poor lineup the course looks ideal for him is Corf tour title came in North Carolina I think his first PJ tour title may come in South Carolina on Sunday would you say this is what sort of like a a a DP World Tour sort of level field or slightly stronger than that slightly stronger than that I’d say yeah yeah yeah has attracted a few members of the world’s top 100 Eric Van Rowan is the second highest ranked player in the field behind a massively outsourced Ryan Fox yeah saw Ryan Fox and this we’ got Bobby McIntyre Sammy Val no okay who’s up next Adan D 125 to one with AK bets an absolutely enormous price yeah this is the best value option in the field for me a Florida based 24 year old Belgian bursting with power and potential he won on the cor FY tour last June that Victory came in South Carolina he found the corn fery tour an absolute Dole quick fire promotion for him I think he’s about to take off on the P tour sixth place in the Puerto Rico open in March was encouraging there’s been plenty of the like about his last three appearances 23rd in the corales punter car missed the cut by a shot alongside Jimmy Stanger in the in the Zurich Classic you know not a great partner of course and really difficult to make the cut in that tournament only 33 three make the cut um and then 30th Place in the Byron Nelson last week four rounds in the 60s dandia yeah he seemed likely to make an impact on the PJ tour he looks really really talented this fell um you he’s going to take off soon it could happen this week you say bursting with power and potential I mean that’s what everyone wants to be described as really yeah Power potential what brilliant combo that is yeah yeah yeah I don’t know whether I’ve ever had power I don’t know my my son said something to me last night which I found so heartwarming um the dinner table he he goes I think you should go on Gladiators dad because you you got good strength and I just like yeah you know he’s absolutely no idea I can hardly walk on most days yeah I have aches and pains until I take it like 150 pills and he’s he he genuinely thinks I’m strong enough to go on Gladiators I it’s great you’re tall aren’t you you you you’ve got you know a gladiator build um name be because they’re all they’ve all got like Legend and sort of warrior haven’t they what would yours be ludvig I wanted to call the dog ludvig but yeah if I go on Gladiators which would be the most pathetic performance in the history of the show um yeah going as ludvig what what was your response did you like kind of keep your dream alive or just shut it at first I was thinking you taking the piss man are you mocking me here but then I was realized he’s four years old it’s it’s actually come from a genuine place um because yeah obviously still marginally stronger than him he think he thinks I’m he thinks I’m powerful enough to do that but yeah Power and potential is is is certainly not something I’ve got at the moment oh brilliant well Steve Palmer on Gladiators watch this space um fourth and final selection for the mytle beach niiko eter therea 80 to one with AK bets who won his Maiden PJ tour title in Puerto Rico last year swashbuckling 29y old Colombian great putter prone to super low rounds and I’ve seen a lot of like from him in the last few weeks he was 14th in the carala punana he was fourth in the Zurich Classic pairs event alongside Max graer man so an amazing effort to finish fourth with the Zur classic with Max grer man then 24th in the bar and last week rounds of 67 68 67 67 I think ET is a massive runner in a low grade this week um really happy with my four did did you find it an exciting proposition this one because when you see that you know incredibly competitive at the top of the field sometimes that’s a bit overwhelming but you you’ve taken the other option here and gone actually I’m embracing this yeah yeah no I I’m really excited by these four I think they’re all four of them are great bets uh fully expect them all to contend just devastated it’s not on the telly may I may have to go and find one of these friends with a with a big stick and and go around there and and watch it with them watch Gladiator reruns there we go that’s the the Myrtle Beach um we’ve also got a seniors event we’re going to be previewing Steve aren we I always like these ones because you just see some names on there and it allows you to get a little bit nostalgic and I think we all deserve a bit of nostalgia in our lives We R you wello and yeah we will always preview Champions Tour Majors on here we will always preview VI LPGA Tour measures on here okay so um yeah it’s very rare that we get you a two tournament week these days you know with the Liv schedule the ladies Majors the seniors Majors you know it’s just all go and um we have to embrace that and and I enjoyed it Steve because you know you on to onto Mr AK very quickly going look we need the prices and we need them immediately for this one and I think he said he’s on holiday but still managed to get to get it sorted so uh he reacted well yeah re did well he mobilized the troops and yeah we have a show of the for the Region’s tradition talk us through the track we’re going to be watching this one out this week the founders course Greystone Golf Club Birmingham Alabama has hosted this tournament since 2016 there was no tournament in 2020 due to covid-19 it’s 7,249 yards par 72 5 par FS five par 3s Breezy and thundery on day one sunny and calm from Friday Al we got a field of 78 going to post and there’s no cut five par Theses that’s a lot isn’t it yeah yeah yeah there only eight par fours okay let’s take a look at the top of the market with AK bets Steve Stricker 4 to one he’s your favorite Steven ala 13-2 my favorite Padre Harrington 7 to one stewart s nines Miguel Angel gimenez 16s Jerry Kelly 18 to1 Ernie El’s 20s bigger the rest how many for this one just a one who’s it going to be Steve Stricker 4 to one is a hugely generous price I was delighted when I saw the prices go up I assumed that Stricker would be completely unback For the Working Man but 4 to one is is is full of juice his record at this course is ridiculous um yeah and and let’s mention quickly puns you like playing doubles and trebles is this week is very exciting for us you know stick Stricker in your in your doubles and trebles and you won’t be disappointed I mean one of our regular commentors is a is a huge Steve Stricker fan Scott wheeler he’s always back in him I mean he Scott wheeler probably be having a wheelbarrow full of Rey’s on on on Stricker this week strick’s his hero and I can see why I mean he just won virtually everything last year um and he’s just about to warm the engines for for this year u i mean what’s the right price about Stricker this week I don’t think is 4 to one I think it’s it’s much shorter than 4 to one because a lot of his rivals are in poor Nick and he is looking to build on this amazing Greystone record let me just take you through it now strier was second in 2018 he won by six shots in 2019 there was no event in 2020 he lost a playoff in 2021 he won by six shots again in 2022 he won by six shots last year so form figures of two1 211 and a streak which is has included three six shot victories wow I wouldn’t want to lay odds against about Steve strier this week he’s only got 77 to beat um and he’s Nick he’s healthy he’s 57 years of age he’s yeah he keeps himself in tremendous Nick he’s got daughters who who are budding professional golfers stays very active he played in the Zurich Classic with Matt cucho the other day narrow Miss cut um yes Steve strier in in in in great Nick he he’s not one of yeah this is known as the round belly circuit isn’t it Steve strig is never had a round belly he’s uh probably still got six-pack I’ve not inspected that my research has not gone that far I’ve not inspected Steve Stricker’s midriff there there are certain people Steve aren’t there where you you just assume they’re much younger than they are do you watch that Clarkson’s Farm you watch that you know Jeremy Clarkson’s got a farm but I’m not I’m not inferring that Jeremy Clarkson looks far younger than he is but there’s a guy on there called Gerald who’s who’s who’s a bit he doesn’t speak very well but he basically makes walls like oldfashioned s Drive walls he’s 74 and he’s still like working the land I mean you know my knees and shins are shot and I’m 26 yeah do it well it’s just how you live your life there’s a huge contrast on the round belly circuit I mean you have got some players that are really really massive I mean Darren Clark obviously lives the high life um you know he he likes to to get stuck into a Hearty dinner every night and um but Steve Stricker is the complete opposite he’s way for thin um yeah I have no concerns about Steve strier Health um I just think four to one is um yeah just golden isn’t it because it’s very hard to find Rivals for him you know Harrington’s gone off the boil I mean I know we all love Harrington but um this year he’s been uh he’s been unimpressive uh he just loves golf though Patty doesn’t he I mean he constantly pracs and he’s constantly tweaking the only thing I don’t particularly like about Harington over the last few years he’s he’s he’s chasing speed and I’m like why is everyone going after the distance it’s just so tiring yeah absolutely yeah yeah yeah yeah I mean we’ve been on pod before in this he has finished runner up in this um Steve ala is probably the main danger as reflected by the prices Steve Ala plays his course well and is in decent Nick but yeah I think four to one is it’s a surprisingly generous price about Steve Stricker and then you know when we get on to our multiples when you stick him in multiples I mean it’s it’s lovely you when lud Oar pulled out of the of the Wells Fargo you know Luffy goar was gonna be the main danger to maoy Luffy goar’s gone um you know maroy becomes an even you know maroy only shortened a point he was 8 to one before ludvig pulled out and then generally seven to one um yeah I think when your main danger comes out you yeah to c a long story short you know our treble this week Rory maroy Eric Van ruin and Steve Stricker uh an each way treble on that uh it’s over a thousand to one um you playing the doubles as well massive opportunity I have had a I I have had a mooy van Ruan double as well but um it’s it’s the each way treble which excites me most because I I struggle to see strier finishing outside the top five um thousand to one it could be our passport to Freedom Jack I don’t know how you’re feeling about passports to freedom but this is potentially it well I think if I had a sort of passport to freedom I probably my body would start to reflect more of Darren Clark than than Steve Stricker after a few years I suspect I don’t think it’d be good that I think it would do me the world of good you I I just don’t have I know I know people say I you make time I I I hear this from um my wife in particular you make time for exercise and that but I would just think if I had unlimited time I would exercise and I would get all these aches and pains sorted and I’d spend a you know a day a day a week just you know a full 24 hours in the spa okay is that Coco yeah that was Coco she woken up um yeah yeah she has woken up that’s great timing cuz we we we finished our our previews is she time yeah yeah just demanding to leave the premises oh okay come here then you can say you’ve done well there yeah well this is a lovely ending because I was about to ask oh there she is look means I can turn the heating off a little bit now I only had the heating up to sort of zonker out she’s grown a bit yeah yeah yeah yeah they do they do they do they shoot up that’s brilliant well for those listening on audio please do head over to our YouTube channel this is a good plug and uh see Coco I mean she she looks excited about the treble as well yeah I’m excited about the treble this could be a really good week the only thing is that Thursday weather all the tournaments there’s a there’s a little bit of Thursday weather in all of them and we just need to get through that if we can get through that Thursday unscathed um you know tea times could be a a factor uh from there yeah I’m hugely confident we’re going to do the business yeah it was Wednesday and Thursday last week wasn’t it that got us off to a bad start so let’s get through to the weekend with with everything in order and then we can start to get excited there we go let’s recap the uh the selection for this week starting in the Wells Fargo Steve Palmer Rory Daniel Mary and John Maxwell Homer Merle Beach Classic I’m hoping you know all the middle names of the I didn’t bother checking the others but I just find it interesting that Max Homer is called John Maxwell Homer if you wrote John Homer on your bet and slip might cause a bit of confusion don’t do that but his real name is John yeah Myrtle Beach Classic Eric Van Ru da Thompson Adan dumon Deasia probably got the best name in in golf and niiko eia we shouldn’t be worried about people getting Max Homer um wor let’s let’s hope the producer Sals put that name up on screen because anyone you know walking into their local betting shots scribbling that on never you’re absolutely right betting shot pun is everyone every bet and shot pun knows about 50% of the pens work so well I had it the other week I us lot haven’t been in a betting shot for ages but I was at Yarmouth races the other week and they’ve got like a little I won’t name the the book maker but you know a little slot there I haven’t written on a betet for ages and your handwriting I not what the worst handwriting but it’s just suddenly turned into a doctor don’t you’re scrolling over it’s just an absolute mess nobody writes anything these days do they the the youth to the Youth of today probably don’t even know how to write because they don’t have to they just all done on the but I had I had an issue the other day Steve where I I’ve developed this horrible trait where I only write in capital letters I don’t know where it started and I tried to do it I tried to do a little F the other day I couldn’t remember what it looked like I was just I had to do a bit of prati it was like going back to first school embarassing well I tell you I’ll email producer to make sure we get that name in there but yeah Adan Dumar theia and uh just the one in the uh in the regions tradition Steven Stricker there we go what’s the rest of the week got in stall for you Steve recovery RNR yeah I’m just desperate to to to get healthy again and then follow this each way treble with great interest um yeah I feel like this could be our passport to to Freedom jaet um but I have felt like sport to to get us down you know we always dabble don’t we in snooker and darts all that rubbish and actually it’s the golf that brings us joy yeah yeah yeah I mean the Euro the European championship’s creeping up isn’t it I mean that’s not going to bring us joy well I don’t know you you’re you’re down beat on England’s chances i’ just got a horrible feeling Harry Kane’s going to get injured in the Champions League semi-final um which would really D my confidence we need we need Harry Kane to hopefully Bayern Munich get knocked out and then Harry Kane won’t have much action left will he will he have any action left maybe he won’t have any action left um so uh yeah yeah we we’ll come on to the Euros but um yeah yeah don’t let anything get you down no absolutely not there we go Jack yeah why not be called far worse um with got a watch along next week oh that’s creped up isn’t it we’ve got the major next week we’ve got a major next week um be fit for that then we’ll be fit for that we’ll be fit for that and we’ll be rich for that okay we’ve got the Tuesday show we’ve got a watch along um next week a reminder that the sponsor AK bets are offering a brilliant new offer for Sweet Spot viewers that’s if you place your first bet on a golf tourament and your player misses the cut you get 50% of your state back as a free BET please do G more responsibly um yeah only have a gamble with money that you can afford to lose Steve and I plus guests will be back next week but until then stay safe and enjoy the golf bye everyone [Music] w