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OF THE BORDER. GOT SOME PROMINENT CANADIANS IN THE FIELD INCLUDING THERE HE IS, NICK TAYLOR. OUR FRIEND JOHNSON WAGNER WEARING OUT HIS SNEAKERS THIS WEEK. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THERE YOU ARE WITH A CANADIAN STAR AND A WINNER ON THE PGA TOUR THIS SEASON. >> YEAH, TODD.
GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU. FOUR-TIME PGA TOUR WINNER NICK TAYLOR HERE, WE ARE ON THE 2nd HOLE. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THIS PAR 5 TEE SHOT. I FIND IT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING ON THIS GOLF COURSE? >> IT DOESN’T FIT MY EYE.
TYPICALLY GOES LEFT TO RIGHT OFF THE TEE. HIT A STRAIGHT BALL. IF IT FALLS RIGHT HOPEFULLY I CATCH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FAIRWAY THERE. IT’S ONE YOU KEEP BETWEEN THE TREES AND HOPEFULLY HIT THE FAIRWAYS. >> SEE WHAT YOU GOT. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> MUST BE A GOOD LUCK CHARM. THERE YOU GO. NICE FADE THERE. >> NICK, THIS IS YOUR SEVENTH PLAYERS APPEARANCE. I KNOW IT’S YOUR EIGHT THE BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO COUNT 2020. I THINK YOUR BEST FINISH WAS 216 BACK IN 2019. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS GOLF
COURSE THAT YOU LIKE ARE IS CHALLENGING TO YOU? >> I THINK THERE’S A BUNCH OF BIRDIES OUT HERE WHEN THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT, BUT THERE’S A LOT OF OTHERS I THINK IN PLAY. YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF MY TOURNAMENTS I’VE HAD GREAT
ROUNDS, HAD SOME NOT SO GREAT ROUNDS, SO I’VE KIND OF BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP. IF I CAN LIMIT THE MISTAKES, I THINK THAT’S THE BIGGEST THING OUT HERE. PETE DYE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB OF VISUALLY INTIMIDATING. ONCE YOU PLAYIT ENOUGH YOU REALIZE WHERE THE HOLES ARE,
WHERE THE SHOTS NEED TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE ON. THERE ARE BIRDIE OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE HOLES. >> I WOULD LIKE TO REFLECT ON LEFT TO RIGHT. GO BACK TO 2023, WM PHOENIX OPEN. AT THAT POINT IT WAS CALLED A DESIGNATED CONVENIENT.
YOU WERE IN THE FINAL GROUP WITH SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER AND JON RAHM NUMBER ONE AND TWO IN THE WORLD AND YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE IN THAT FIELD TO PUSH SCOTTIE TO THAT POINT. WHAT DID THAT WEEK DO FOR YOU CONFIDENCE WISE? >> IT WAS HUGE.
IT WAS — NOT ONLY WITH WORLD RANKING POINTS AND THAT TO GET INTO A POSITION WHERE I COULD PLAY IN A BUNCH MORE BIGGER EVENTS, BUT CONFIDENCE WISE PLAYING WITH THOSE TWO GUYS, YOU KNOW, FEELING MY GAME MATCHED THEM GOING HEAD TO HEAD, YOU KNOW.
IT WAS DISAPPOINTING I WASN’T ABLE TO WIN, BUT I THOUGHT I GOT BEAT, I HAD TO PLAY A PERFECT ROUND THAT DAY TO MATCH SCOTTIE, TOOK A LOT OF CONFIDENCE FROM THAT AND THAT HAPPENED ME IN THE FUTURE TOURNAMENTS OF BEING IN POSITIONS WHERE I WAS TRYING TO
WIN A GOLF TOURNAMENT KNOWING I DID EVERYTHING I COULD. IT JUST DIDN’T FALL MY WAY THAT DAY, BUT FELT LIKE I PERFORMED WELL UNDER THE PRESSURE. >> AS A PLAYER, I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT LIKE PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT MOMENT LIKE THAT’S
WHERE NICK TAYLOR TURNED HIS CAREER AROUND. YOU WERE ALREADY A TWO-TIME WINNER AT THAT POINT. WAS THERE A LOT OF BUILD UP LEADING INTO THE WM PHOENIX OPEN IN 2023 THAT PUT YOU IN THAT POSITION? >> THE PREVIOUS FALL I WAS
EXEMPT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, BUT I FINISHED MAYBE 120th IN FEDEXCUP. I HAD A DISAPPOINTING SEASON, AND THAT OFFSEASON WHEN I KIND OF LOOKED AT THINGS MADED A FEW TWEAKS, ADDED A FEW PEOPLE TO MY TEAM, DAVE WAS CADDYING FOR ME,
STARTED THE NEW SEASON IN THE FALL AND HE’S BEEN PHENOMENAL WITH A LOT OF STUFF ON THE COURSE, MORE POSITIVITY, AND HE’S A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE. WE’VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR 15 YEARS. THERE’S A FEW CHANGES AND AN EARLY COMMITMENT TO DRILLS THAT
MAKE ME BETTER AFTER DOING A FEW THINGS, AND JUST STICKING TO THE BASICS. A LOT OF PROCESS STUFF THAT FOR A WHILE I THINK I BOUNCED AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, WORK ON ONE THING ONE DAY, THE NEXT WEEK DIDN’T FEEL RIGHT. I DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHERE I
JUST HAVE BEEN DILIGENT IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF STICKING TO WHAT I KNOW WORKS BEST FOR ME. IT’S EASY TO STICK TO IT WHEN THE RESULTS ARE COMING AS WELL, BUT IT WAS PROBABLY SEPTEMBER OF THE FALL BEFORE WHERE WE SAW
THINGS AND I HAD GOOD FINISHES IN THE FALL, YOU KNOW, AND THEN REALLY THE HUGE CONFIDENCE BOOST WAS THE WM PHOENIX OPEN. >> AS A PLAYER YOU DESCRIBED YOU’RE CONSTANTLY SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT’S HARD TO HAVE STAYING POWER. I HAVE TO GO TO THE CANADIAN OPEN.
I WAS WORKING THE “GOLF CENTRAL” DESK THAT WEEKEND. NOT MANY REALIZE YOU SHOT 75 THE OPENING ROUND. YOU WERE IN 120th PLACE. TO MAKE THE CUT WAS A HISTORIC THING AND WHEN YOU FINISHED DID THE WALK AND TALK WITH CBS, MADE BOGEY ON THE HOLE YOU PUT THE EARPIECE IN.
BIRDIES ON 17, 18, THE WHOLE PLAYOFF, THE VIBE AROUND THAT PLACE, HAVING SUCH A PRO NICK TAYLOR CROWD CHEERING FOR YOU, LIKE EVERY PROFESSIONAL GOLFER’S DREAM. >> YEAH. IT WAS — I’VE, YOU KNOW, I HOPE TO EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN. AT THAT POINT NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE IT.
THEY WEREN’T BOOING TOMMY BUT THEY WERE CHEERING WHEN HE HIT BOTH PUTTS. TO COME BACK AFTER THE FIRST DAY AFTER MAKING THE CUT WAS GOOD, BUT I SAT ON THAT MOMENTUM. PLAYED WELL FRIDAY, BUT FINISHED THE ROUND OFF SATURDAY. STARTING THAT DAY I WASN’T NECESSARILY THINKING LET’S GET
INTO CONTENTION TODAY, BUT REALLY JUST KEEP GOING WITH WHAT I HAD BEEN DOING FRIDAY. TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PUTTS, GET THE MOMENTUM GOING AND SHOOT THE GREAT ROUND SATURDAY TO HAVE A CHANCE SUNDAY AND THEN EVERYTHING FELL TOGETHER THAT LAST DAY. >> ADAM IS OVER THERE.
GOING FORWARD, PRESIDENTS CUP IS IN CANADA AT ROYAL MONTREAL. DO YOU THINK YOU’RE PLAYING WITH ADAM HADWIN AND COREY CONNERS, MacKENZIE HUGHES HAS A CHANCE, TAYLOR PENDRITH WAS ON THE TEAM AT QUAYLE. IF WE CAN GET THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE IS THE VIBE GOING TO BE
LIKE WHAT WE SAW AT THE CANADIAN OPEN? >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT’S WHAT WE’RE STRIVING TO BE. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THE HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE. YOU KNOW, THE CAPTAIN WILL ADD TO THAT AS WELL. WE’RE ALL WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN TO BE ON THAT TEAM.
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? >> OFF THE LAST 213 FRONT EDGE, 233. >> THIS TEE SHOT REQUIRES A DRAW AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT YOU HAVE TO HIT YOUR FADE. >> EXACTLY. >> WHICH IS KIND OF SOMETHING SAWGRASS DOES BETTER THAN ANY OTHER?
>> YOU HAVE TO SHAPE IT BOTH WAYS, FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE START LINE. THIS IS ABOUT MY HYBRID, IT’S ABOUT A 3 IRON CLUB, HIGH 220s, 230ISH. IT’S A GOOD CLUB FOR THIS SHOT. >> STARTING LINE? >> STARTING LINE IS PRETTY MUCH
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN. WHAT I THINK PETE DYE DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB ON THE PAR 5, THIS IS A PRACTICE ROUND PIN IN THE MIDDLE, ALWAYS A SPOT TO MISS TO GIVE YOU THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE BIRDIE AND YOU’RE JUST
TRYING TO MAKE PAR BECAUSE YOU’RE IN JAIL. THIS IS EASIER MIDDLE OF THE PIN, PIN ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT LEFT AND VICE VERSA. HE’S VERY CLEVER IN THAT WAY. >> YOU GUYS CAN STICK AROUND ALL YOU WANT. >> BE A 2.
>> NICK, I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GREAT WEEK HERE. YOU’RE THE BEST. >> THANK YOU. >> I CAN’T REMEMBER ROOTING SO HARD FOR SOMEBODY TO WIN A GOLF TOURNAMENT, EVEN WHEN I WAS A KID WATCHING TIGER AND PHIL AND
ALL THOSE GUYS, I WAS ROOTING HARD FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I KNOW HOW MUCH I
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I thought he was going to say, this is your 7th shot… 😂