“I didn’t play well the first day, so I wanted to go practice, so that was fine.” - Rory on why he didn't address the media during the PGA Championship... or me on Monday after firing a cool 100. 

This stunt will be tough to top

BDOTUS: THE CONTENT KING

Footage emerged this week of Bryson hitting practice shots on the White House lawn. And rumors are that he will be doing a hole in one challenge OVER the White House. 

Attention all content creators... this is going to be tough to top. It would also be a tough shot to literally top, as it could potentially kill a visiting diplomat or destroy some priceless White House artifact.
 
And what a world we live in where people are filming golf YouTube videos at the President of the United States’ home office. 

I wonder what someone like Aaron Sorkin would do with this as a plot line in West Wing. The ball breaks through the Roosevelt Room window just as CJ finishes her impassioned monologue about people treating the office like a country club.  

Sorry, I always get antsy this time of year when we have no good shows to watch. 

'Tis the Season of Dreams

GET YOUR MASTERS TICKETS HERE

Consider this your annual public service announcement. The Masters lottery is now open through June 20th—because you never know if this is going to be your year. 

(On a completely different note, longtime readers should know that I’ve always loved using the em dash. It’s the super long hyphen — that can seamlessly connect sentences without losing the flow. It is also now the calling card of things written by AI and I am devastated.)

Back on the Masters tickets.

I don’t know if it’s a sign I am getting older or priorities are shifting or what. But is it crazy that my preferred ticket day now is Wednesday? Less crowds, par 3 challenge, closer to the pros, merch tents before it gets insane. 

Wildlife on the Course Alert!

WELCOME... TO KANGAROO PARK

At this point, I’m pretty confident that I’ve seen most every wildlife based golf video. The gator sitting frozen by the lake as a golfer walks up to tap it with their 7 iron, it snaps and then goes back in the lake. Seen it! 

Skukuza is the GOAT wildlife course as hyenas and elephants and all sorts of African safari type animals roam freely, leading to consistently wild animals on a golf course content. 

But this latest video from Australia of a stampede of kangaroos running down the fairway is legit. There must be 500 of these guys! And it all reminds me of the scene from Jurassic Park where the family ducks behind the log as the stampede of dinos leap over their heads. 

(Can’t wait to watch that movie with Jack. Jack would also be able to tell me what kind of dinosaurs were running in that scene but he's asleep so I'll ask him this weekend.)

Golf's Longest Day Recap

BLOCKIE 2.0—DDS

This week featured the final rounds of US Open qualifying aka Golf’s Longest Day. It’s a blast to read the grassroots stories of the non PGA players who made the field. 

The first that caught my eye was the high school senior who fired a 63-63 to make the US Open at the age of 17. Yikes. 

And the second batch were the names you know who weirdly didn’t make the list prior like Erik van Rooyen and Marc Leishman. The best story from this crew was Cam Young who beat both Max Homa and Rickie Fowler in a playoff to earn his spot. 

Finally, the star of the show was a dentist from Indianapolis who punched his ticket in the Walla Walla Washington qualifier. A city that I could’ve sworn my son made up in his latest Paw Patrol reenactment. 

The dentist's name is Matthew Vogt and you can see his emotional post round interview here. 

His story is that he actually was a caddie at Oakmont in his youth and if that wasn’t enough, the heart strings really get tugged when he revealed his father passed away just two months prior. 

So as you fill out your US Open tiered pool picks and find yourself reading a bunch of names you’ve never heard of in the final amateur tier… grab some Vogt stock and do it for dentists everywhere.