Chasing Akshay Bhatia, Rai Into the Weekend – 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic Round 2 | The First Cut

Rick Gehman and Patrick McDonald recap the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic with scorecards, storylines and betting favorites.

0:00 Intro + simulator country clubs & presidential golf games
9:05 Morning Wave – Jake Knapp, Eric Cole, Min Woo Lee, Akshay Bhatia
18:00 Afternoon Wave – Cam Young, Erik van Rooyen, Aaron Rai
34:30 Betting Favorites

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freaking first cut golly welcome to the first cup podcast I’m rck gaming and this is your round two recap for this week’s rocket mortgage classic joining me to break it all down Patrick McDonald is here Patrick hello hello what’s going on Rick how you been I’m great you look so much more tan than I do well I live in uh a warm part of the country the UV is typically I’m in Southern California typ yeah but you’re dealing with the uh the fog I’m assuming there’s fog out there the June Gloom yeah my my camera might also be a little messed up today you have a great glow to you yeah I am looking orangey maybe maybe the debate from last night rubbed off on me in some way um but I I did have a question I wanted to run past you so the hot new trend here in Charleston South Carolina is simulator like country clubs have you heard of those yes where so there there’s one opening in downtown I think the Initiation fee is like 10 grand or something like that there’s ho crap yeah absolutely ridiculous there’s another opening next month in uh on an island one of the nicer Islands not kiaa and I just it makes no sense to me makes absolutely no sense to me so so wait wait wait it’s just for simulator golf right correct simulator golf the one downtown has a kitchen they said they’re going to hold events and all that there’s like a sauna no gym or anything like that how many how many simulator Bays oh I think like five okay that’s steep yeah so the ones are the ones that I’ve seen they kind of do that Country Club model or whatever where um but I’ve seen it be like okay $500 of initiation and then you pay I don’t know 200 bucks a month or something like that and it’s unlimited use of the Sims or and and you get access like the the place that I saw is open 247 so you get a key fob where you could go if it’s three o’clock in the morning you just put your name on the sheet you go in there you get your practice in they do have I guess food service not 247 but and it’s like they’re trying to make it a place to hang 10 grand is 10 grand obscene absolutely ridiculous and it’s nothing like that it’s more like hyy toyy pinkies up let me get you a glass of champagne Mr gaming when you arrive and then you can whack balls for four hours it’s absolutely ridiculous to me there are some like you mentioned around here like normal ones for people who just want to hit balls you pay 200 bucks a month or whatever and then like 10 bucks you can bring a guest stuff like that if that pans out we are we will be in we will be in the simulator Country Club business before you know it yeah racket it would work out in a city like Charleston because it’s kind of you need uh what’s the word I’m looking for people like to buy dumb stuff around here to to look look the part yeah but I don’t know if you’re really looking the part if you’re buying a country club membership at a simulator okay okay let me throw out um so the first place that came to mind but I think this is actually too far above what we would need but a place like the Hamptons where you’ve got a lot of people with a lot of money to spend on stupid stuff you cannot play golf there year round and you can get a place to go hang with the boys or whatever we maybe we should maybe we should open up a Sim Country Club in the Hamptons I think the problem with the Hamptons would be no one’s there for nine months of the year good call all right so we need a place where somewhere where the golf season is not year round but the residents the affluent residents are it’s probably like New York City yeah it’s probably New York City and they have five iron and all that stuff yeah that might be good because then you say GH you go to five iron I go to I go to NYSC New York Sim Club oh gosh oh gosh well that’s why Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake opened something similar which in retrospect bit of a red flag I do like by the way I do like five iron that I I like those places but that I’m I’m stunned if okay we need to keep a close eye on this Patrick could be our big this could be our big business move maybe I’ll uh pretend to be a prospective uh member yeah go get all the Deets be like hey I’m a CBS Sports I’m gonna do a story I’m thinking about joining myself I’d like also who the hell is running this place also who the hell is signing up for this place that’s what I’m saying man but there um the people around here you’d be surprised I’m intrigued I’m intrigued that’s crazy Al also before we get to the golf you watched the uh the debate last night I I couldn’t do it in one sitting I had to like break it up and uh I was flipping back and forth but I did I did finally get through the whole thing and it was just the the uh you know chef’s kiss to end with a handicap debate yeah what what what uh what were your thoughts on that you think they’re both telling the truth both lying I think they are both terrible I mean I don’t think I think you and I would whip those two up and down any golf course anywhere anytime there is those two guys there’s no chance that if they had to play by the rules they could they could remotely come close to whatever they say their handicaps are Trump hasn’t puted a putt from inside five feet I think in three decades also I have now seen like a hundred VI he he he uses the line after he hits a shot of do you think sleepy Joe could do that every single shot he uses it like a hundred times around I told you guys that I saw him Memorial Day weekend at the club I was on number two got on and two part five not a big deal hit a 4arm about 220 hit it 25 feet I’m lining up my Eagle putt he’s on the 10th hole from the black te’s actually which was surprising um hits his drive into the group that he’s passing through you think sleepy Joe can hit a drive like that I don’t think so right in my back swing I run it by four feet not knocking the comebacker of course yeah those we we we would what they are uh what do they call those reverse sandbaggers right vanity caps yeah vanity like you don’t want it fellas I will say one of the uh before we get completely out of hand one of the funnier stories about Trump that I can tell um so when he was elected in 2016 he went to the White House one of the first things he did he looked at the golf simulator and he was like this sucks this is not good enough for me and they’re like well Mr President we just replaced this for Obama you don’t need a new one he’s like fine I’m just gonna pay for it myself so he pays for the simulator himself it has all the works it’s beautiful yada yada yada doesn’t get reelected in 2020 first things he takes from the White House his golf simulator know where it is Rick it’s at Trump National DC it’s at the Country Club and it has the big fat presidential seal on it all of that is entirely on brand yes that makes perfect sense now only he use it or are you allowed to use it too it it’s open for the membership okay everyone can use it it’s hilarious president feel feel like president for the day yeah oh all right well you know who else felt like president for the day Jake n and his seven his seven under 65 it was not the round of the day in fact there were four separate 64s but it was one of the big moves that we saw nap already uh who you know he he won earlier this year right he won Mexico Mexico Mexico open so already a PGA Tour winner this year but as not had a lot of sustained success Patrick maybe this is the round that gets him into the top 10 going into the weekend this is his opportunity to kind of put another uh hey don’t forget me onto his resume yeah he’s been pretty bad since that one to tell you the truth had the uh good run at PGA National the week after and then outside of the Byron Nelson or the CJ cup where he kind of faded over the weekend to a top 10 finish I think he led at the halfway point there uh with where pendrith won after that tournament TPC Craig Ranch the iron Play Rick has really taken a step back yeah that’s what I’m looking at on my screen too he lost in four out of the last five the off the te play you think about someone who can hit it so far losing Strokes off the te and the short game’s always been a little bit of an issue for him it’s not like he’s a great chipper of the golf ball but it’s been really really bad as of late granted at some tougher golf courses like Piner number two and mirfield Village not so much about Halla whatever but uh there seems to be like some sort of correlation between the Mexico open course it feels like and here for some reason completely different layouts right one’s like 7500 wide open this one’s kind of shorter closed uh but great round from H day gained four and a half on approach like I said the chipping was a problem I think he lost a stroke chipping and he missed a couple short putts so it could have gone even deeper but it’s good to see him kind of back uh back on the horse because he’s he’s a fun player to watch very fun player to watch indeed now he is currently sitting at nine underpar for the tournament 7065 one better than that is Eric Cole our reigning PGA Tour Rookie of the Year 6668 what are we doing here are we buying Eric Cole uh unbelievable year last year his last top 20 finish Patrick Riviera yeah really bad that was in February and he has seemingly missed more Cuts than he has made since then so so what happened because it wasn’t really a heater it was 12 really great months from Eric Cole but nothing to show for 2024 yeah I’m I’m honestly not too sure he he’s gonna turn into a trivia question here shortly based on how ludvig’s playing and how he’s playing where who won the 2023 PG tour Rookie of the Year over ludvig o Berg be like no one lvic won that but has anyone ever has anyone ever won the Rookie of the Year than missed the playoffs the next year oh I’m sure honestly the rookies of the Year recently not doing a lot of winning their rookie year uh so so cam young didn’t win zalot torus did not win sunjay I think won once Scotty sheffler did not win did not win Eric Cole did not win so I think that’s four in a row and I guess sunj was before that uh sunj was before that yeah okay um am I buying Eric Cole the man who has missed four out of his last six Cuts does not have a top 30 finish since the API I’m going to say no I’m not going to buy him what what’s his stat profile look like so far this week it is uh no it’s it’s not it’s lot of potting a lot of putting half of his Strokes have come with the putter he’s been positive throughout the bag so that’s that’s good but heavily reliant on on the flat stick right now yeah yeah I think he mentioned something after his drown just how well he’s rolling The Rock So 10 under a few back I am not buying the coold train I’m not punching a ticket on the co train Min wo Lee had one big blemish on the card it was his second to last hole of the day it was a double bogey on hold number eight because he started on the back nine other than that Flawless he made three birdies going out three more coming in including his final hole of the par three ninth minwu is in at eight under heading into the weekend he does not rise to the level Patrick of uh uh guys who who need it more than like I think very clearly cam young needs this more than just about anybody right now but we we’ve got to start seeing some better play from Mr minw yeah he you look at his past results like the last couple months it’s been t21 to t26 just kind of in that uh that Purgatory almost and you know it’s weird how his stat profile Rick always flumes me super long off the te he makes a ton of putts but his iron play for the most part really isn’t it isn’t that good right you could you could argue it’s probably the weakness of minwu’s game and yet it th his game thrives in multiple conditions I mean he had a great major championship run last year he played well at the Players Championship as well last year he played well at the US Open this year too and now eight under in a birdie Fest he’s won deep right on the Asian tour he won po post 30 under got past 30 under won the Australian Open or the Australian PGA deep as well it flumes me Rick and uh yeah outside of that one drive out of bounds on number eight he bounces back with a really nice chip in on number nine to finish his round he’s been great um as for needing it he’s 64th in the FedEx Cup and he’s the type of guy that I would love to see in Signature Events next year I think it’s baffling he didn’t get one sponsors invite through the eight of them you think about a young electric player social media Savvy who the kids like who get who they get excited for and he didn’t get one it’s a joke and so hopefully he does it on his own accord and can uh finish this week off strong and uh creep inside that top 50 by the end of the BMW it’s been about 26 hours since someone not named OA patiz LED this golf tournament he put it together late on Thursday took the lead went out early on Friday and continued it uh the five under 67 was bogy free he leads the field in Strokes gained approach through two rounds he’s gaining everywhere else and OE is in the midst of a lot of golf but a lot of impressive golf yeah we talked about Tom Kim going going nine straight missing the cut rip to the global Superstar OE this is week number eight for him and yeah like you said the trend coming into this week was great played good at Jack Place played well at the US Open was paired with Scotty Sheffer in the final two rounds at The Travelers Championship as well was in in the mix uh late on Sunday just kind of fell off the pace there and it’s looked really easy for him Rick it looked really really easy to get to 13 under you look at today five under did not putt well gained maybe nothing on the greens maybe a little bit if you want to call it that made par on three of the four par fives as well these are some of the easiest par fives on the PJ tour schedule and still was able to shoot five under and so I think if he maintains his T to Green level which I I see no reason why he won it he’s going to be really tough to beat this weekend yeah he’s got plenty of Firepower uh all throughout that bag now he did get caught by someone in the afternoon wave plus we’ve got some of the pre-tournament favorites that we need to talk about we will get you up to date on the latest leaderboard in Detroit but first we’re going to take a quick break and hear a word from our [Music] partners gentl [Music] [Applause] [Music] and we’re back let’s hit one of the big notables guy who uh was one of the probably three T pre-tournament favorites that’s D young here he opened up with a 67 yesterday Patrick and uh finished off his weekday rounds with a 66 what B on the card it came on the par 3 11th uh we talk about the need for getting one we are long overdue from the Camy young Victory he’s got two rounds to go he’s two shots off the pace if it doesn’t come this weekend in a field like this where yes OA batia is a great young player phenomenal Talent cam young has to look him look the man in the mirror if it doesn’t come this weekend in my opinion he got off to a great start today 5 under through his first nine just looked awesome was making a ton of putts bogy on 11 okay the back nine a little slow but despite all that you hit 16 greens 11 Fairways your cam young your two back at of course where you have factored before I think he goes a runner up there to Tony Fen now uh in 22 perhaps and so if you’re Cameron young I think if it doesn’t happen this weekend you gotta look look the man in the mirror yeah yeah yeah it’s just it’s just it’s too many go out go go win one I don’t I don’t care how you get it done go go win one you need it the what what would you say is better for Cameron young a birdie Fest like this weekend it’s supposed to rain this weekend is that g to help someone like him or will he have a better chance at a more difficult test it’s a good question he has been pretty setup agnostic in his career you know he has played very well at a lot of different setups and a lot of different conditions and courses so I don’t know but if they do if they were to play let’s call it preferred lies on Saturday uh he hits it far he’s been fairly accurate this week he’s putting better with that new I think it’s both he’s made changes to the actual putter end he’s going leftand low at times I don’t I don’t mind this weekend for him okay I I think I mean the guy just shot 59 last week I mean it’s not like he’s incapable of holding his breath I know I coming into the week I labeled it as a too good to be true type of deal course setup course fit coming off a super hot weekend in Cromwell course he’s played well at not the best field every sign ding ding ding pointed to Cameron young winning this week which is Rick I know you’re tapped in on the betting Community would just be hilarious 14 to One cam Young when everyone’s betting him every week yeah he’s been he’s been bet every two years at much longer odds and he’s gonna snap off at this one you wouldn’t even get you would not even get your your money back for all the you if Cam young wins this week you get your like like you are 20% out of the hole it’d be perfect it would honestly like from that regard it’d be a perfect cam young one God don’t even I didn’t even think about that that would be scary stuff the probably the round of the day in the afternoon had to have been because there were as I mentioned oh now 5 64s But Eric Van royan is the one that I want to talk about here Patrick because this got scorching uh he was only two under when he made the turn he was only two under when he stepped on the T boox of 11 and then he may Birdie on 11 13 14 15 16 and 17 that is six out of eight to end his round he flies up the board he’s currently up 49 spots in a tie for third he is part of that closest Chase pack between batia and uh golfer yet to be named professional tease there yeah he he’s one of those guys in uh a field of this caliber you look at his results top 10 at the Mexico open runner up there at PJ National I think he kind of rised to the Finish Line if I remember correctly had to pause his uh seminal member guest uh drive there and top five in Myrtle Beach as well obviously a winner was that this past fall in Mexico yes um and so he’s been driving the ball great recently the results haven’t really been there and the iron play has been spotty and the putters always kind of Hit or Miss but today everything really came together and uh was a a really solid round even uh even the Third he technically missed the green there right chipped in or uh he Hol out from the bunker I believe and that really seemed to Spur him towards the end with h taking advantage of both those par fives not quite the 313 challenge but got a three on 16 so he’s got a little work to do there needs the hole in one in the eagle over the weekend but uh really good finish has anyone in their career at Detroit Golf Club completed the 313 challenge a given week I think the first question that needs to be asked is who has made a hole in one on the 15th right that would narrow it down to a very short list and then we could work off of that yes because 17 oh wait no you need the eagle on 14 not 17 dang um yeah probably I would guess in five and a half turn tournaments one one or two people have a hole in one on that hole maybe right and then they would need to have at any point in the other rounds eagled 14 birdied 16 that’s the order right yeah I think my favorite part of the 313 challenge is originally it had to be done in a single round who signed off because the first time I heard it I was like oh this is for the entire field like if anybody makes an ace if anybody makes an eagle if anybody makes a birie we’re it’s it’s not it should be33 million not ,000 if somebody does it what is this like unbelievable thing that they have to do for not that much money I saw I saw today that the uh because obviously the the guy on the US Senior Open made backtack holes in one sick which do you know it’s holes in one yes just always throws me off it’s like it’s Runners up yeah always throws me off multiple holes um I think the odds of making two holes in one in one round not back toback was 67 million to one wow 67,000 I no has be 67 million no it’s definitely 67 million yeah so so the other thing is what percentage of golf courses the world do you think have back-to-back part 3s that’s what I was thinking too that is odd it’s got to be less than 1% I I was only thinking maybe like nine and 10 like Congressional back in the day I think they rerouted it I’m not too sure I haven’t been there since the redo but 10 was a part three but nine was a I can think of one course that I’ve ever played that has back-to-back part 3es what’s that what is it yeah what’s of course I mean it’s like a it’s It’s called Spring Hollow it is in like Suburban Pennsylvania is like it’s like a nothing special I can assure you you think anyone has gone back-to-back holes in one at Spring Hollow I’m sure someone’s claims they have what uh what is your at your Club what is the hole-in-one kind of reward does the person who make it have to pay the Bab so there’s a hole-in-one Club so if you’re in the hole-in-one club uh you pay I don’t know it’s like 10 bucks or something I don’t know what it is but if you if someone makes a hole-in-one everyone in the hole-in-one Club gets a free drink at the bar so an email goes out and says hey John Doe made a hole-in one go get your drink from the bar are you in the hole-in-one club uh no I’m not I I never got around to asking like how do I get involved I’m sure I just have to like pay my I think it’s like $7 oh wait do you not have to make one you just have to be in the club oh no you just have to be in the club Oh I thought it was like uh if you make one you’re in no no no so everybody makes no no no no no you just pay like seven bucks to get I think it’s might be seven bucks a month I don’t know what it is but so if you made a hole in one I would get a free drink at the club and every and like the three UND other people however many other people are in it would get their free drink I’m gonna be honest Rick I I don’t like that you’re in a hole in one Club if you haven’t made a hole-in-one well I mean it’s not a club of Hoin one e it’s a club of hole-in-one supporters also I I think you get I think you get uh if you make the whole in one I think you get a uh $250 Pro Shop credit or something like that okay that’s pretty nice somebody makes a hole in one like every day I get email I get an email constantly that someone’s made Ace and it’s always really it’s always like I’m exaggerating a little bit but it’s always like John Doe Ace number seven uh uh his 12th Ace of his career uh this time with driver from 168 yards and he’s like 90 years old what they all they all are so ours is uh one hour all drinks are free wow that’s good and so like we get the group message will blow up be like hole in one and people are just rushing to get to the course get down here yeah get down here running downhill that’s pretty good we had a uh I don’t want to out him but we had a just two weeks ago a former uh now retired major league baseball player uh spent like 10 seasons in Major League Baseball made one and that that kind of got everybody’s juices all fired up his first what he ever made what uh what team a lot of teams okay utility guy Shan figgins not a horrible guess uh think he won a uh he I believe he’s won a World Series okay yeah hoe Kendricks no no not a bad guess dang utility guy uh man Shane Victorino no no no no Shane Shane plays out of Shane does play out of Vegas um okay where was I finished EVR sorry the man who caught OAA late in the day was Aaron Ry 6665 he birdies each of his last two to get there the trend line for Aaron Ry has been quite good fourth at the Byron Nelson makes the cut and finishes inside the top 40 at the PGA Championship top 40 at the Charles Schwab 14th at the Canadian open top 20 at the US Open all with very good stat profiles Aaron Ry twice a winner on the European tour looking for that Maiden PGA Tour victory yeah he looks really really good a little bummed personally that he caught oxe just because now I have to rework the lead of my article which is a bit of a bummer but really strong round out of him I mean great finishes to both nines as well rattles off three in a row to polish off that front nine turnning four four under nice up and down on 15 kind of short sided himself there doesn’t pay off a laser Blazer into 16 had about five five and a half maybe six feet into one of one of the quote unquote tough holes there at Detroit GC but uh comes back Bird’s 17 Bird’s 18 as well 17 Greens in regulation today only miss was that part three 15th one of the most accurate drivers here as well and uh looks like he he’s finally getting the Potter rolling especially today looks like he’s top 15 in terms of putting on the week first down approach he’s missed two greens so far this week and so uh yeah it looks great he’s he won that Scottish open I think it was during covid times they moved it to October I believe really bad weather beat uh Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff if I recall correctly wow great memory that’s all correct kids hot and uh ever since the the transition to the PGA Tour he’s played a lot of very good golf there’s no doubting that right was close at the Canadian open last year I think he almost won at Wentworth as well one of those many people T2 okay behind uh Ryan Fox so he he pops up and he contends and he doesn’t seem like the type of guy to to wilt winning contention he tends to put his best foot forward so good start for him and I think he has a ton of staying power this weekend I like his his two wins on the European tour a playoff where he beat Tommy Fleetwood and a one-stroke victory over Matt Fitzpatrick he’s nipped he’s nipped two big boys where was that one Italy that was the 2019 Hana Hong Kong open that was actually played at the end of 2018 h h h h remember that Patrick come on I I do not the weirdest part of like the covid times for me was definitely Garrick higo winning like three times remember that yeah because I remember because I was at the US Open so he won he won Hungary the week before and he had already won twice on the European tour like back to back the Canary Islands yes and like the tfre open or something like that I was like this guy’s gonna be amazing yeah so then he won coner and and went and got into the US Open and I got there I remember I saw him on the Range and I was like he’s this guy’s gonna be just buying all the stuff big thing yeah spoiler alert bot at the top bot at the top did not happen and I also remember because he got in wait so he was PR he was priced in the US Open on draft games like he was like the Min price and everyone was like oh how could how could he possibly not destroy this real 15% 5K yeah it was outrageous so good oh there you go golf is weird uh Josh release the odds please OE last night I believe he was 3:30 to one or excuse me 3.3 to one plus 330 he’s now plus 260 Aaron Ry sneaks his way up there he is now plus 320 cam young at six to1 Eric vanroy and 12 Cam Davis 20 Taylor Montgomery who we have not mentioned and I refuse to mention unless he wins this thing on Sunday 25 to1 Troy Merritt 25 to1 Eric Cole 30 my Dog Taylor Montgomery Airport airplane buddies um I think OA baa is goingon to win this golf tournament so do I but for the sake of show business two and a half to one Joel Damon’s 10 under didn’t even know that Jake knp from four back with his Firepower 401 here’s the thing there were like two dozen guys today who moved up 40 or more spots on the leaderboard yeah I I believe OE is going to win but I’d be throwing darts right now they’re they’re gonna go out in threesums tomorrow it’s going to be split T’s you’re gonna see weird stuff you might get stoppages and starts like I’m I don’t feel the need to be involved in a 12 to1 Eric Van royan when I can get a 40 to1 Sam stevens or you know what I mean just like I think this might get a little weird okay let’s get weird what about I’m gonna throw some names at you rapid fire yes or no okay at seven under Davis Thompson yes Chris Kirk no okay at eight under Nick Dunlap yes Twitter sensation Michael Kim no no love you Michael it’s one Nikolai hogard uh seven under today yeah see he kinda I think that might be I don’t think he played well enough on Thursday but I’ll say I’ll say no but that’s just because he’s like he wasted the good round the good round uh Patrick Rogers no oh I thought I thought I don’t know why I thought that one would the guy zero wins since he graduated I think that says more about me um and I mean minu Lee that feels like a yes yes minu okay um who is who are you okay of these three at 10 under who are you most confident in Eric Cole Cam Davis Joel Damon yeah Cam Davis yeah which is weird he he’s been horrible since the Masters yeah I mean well like Joel Damon and Eric Cole are lighting the world on fire all three of them aren’t like very good they’re good obviously yes and this Cam Davis has won here before his stat profile is is good enough I just think he’s super talented and also he’s weird remember remember when he he had like that five we stretch where he missed every single cut and then he finished like top five he’s like oh yeah I just like wasn’t feeling myself for the last five weeks and now I’m good like he just like he almost won the Players yeah he’s capable of doing weird stuff he’s weird in a good way I think uh I think he lives in Washington I was reading somewhere I think he does too rainy Seattle doesn’t he which is to your point weird they they embrace the weirdness right yeah it must be uh yeah Seattle’s very uh how do I put this delicately crunchy Washington not even me crunchy like uh other crunchy towns in the United States would be oh crunch toown U uh USA Asheville North Carolina crunchy you ever been no I still don’t I still don’t know what that means uh it’s like there’s a brewery on every corner oh okay everyone’s wearing birken stocks oh okay yeah it’s like a uh crunchy Town yeah I got you now yeah crunch USA Asheville North Carolina for sure imagine the differences between so so Cam Davis born in Sydney Australia lives in Seattle Washington Stark feels that way but both actually I’ve never been to Seattle I would imagine though right on the water he’s an ocean guy Rick you’re gonna have when you go to Australia you’re gonna have a day with with the fery system it’s unbelievable in a good way yes phenomenal you can go to any Island you want you could check out uh what is it called the prison Colony that uh that movie was shot out maybe kakatu Island I believe if you want to take a tour there of an old prison pretty cool got it thank you uh yeah I might never come home I might just say the only down side uh the spiders there’s a lot of stuff can kill you there like I don’t like the huge spiders huge snakes huge rodent creatures uh koalas do you know they have uh they have an STD just beware of that well they get if you get close to them get away with it because they’re so damn cute that’s what I thought and I was taking a picture with one and I was like oh my God maybe like as a joke like for the picture I’m gonna like oh I’m G to fake kiss this koala right and the GU like oh oh might you better watch out that koala got uh well I don’t know what it was syphilis maybe and that’s transferable to humans I don’t know I didn’t find out I also surprisingly when you gotta three uh see the the Blue Mountains when you’re there okay the three sister Peaks but uh surprisingly shockingly I made enemies of the uh AB Aboriginal people when I was there no I’m not surprised at all you make enemies everywhere you go they do it all right we got a lot of work to do we gotta go we need to infiltrate this country club thing I gotta go do some Australia research there’s there’s a lot of stuff that has to happen so we will have to rendevu rendevu this at at some other point uh big thanks to producer Josh does very hard work behind the scenes thank you very much that right there is Patrick McDonald you can find at McDonald CBS and you can find me at Rick rungood this has been the first cut we’ll catch you next time [Music]