Our calendar year majors pods have crossed into the current millennium with the year 2000. Join Soly and KVV for this Y2K deep dive as we look back at Vijay's win at Augusta followed by a trio of Tiger wins with his dominance at Pebble and the Old Course and the duel with Bob May at Valhalla.
9 Likes
I wish I could link the Jack Nicklaus interview from Golf Digest that I talk about before the Open, but it’s behind a paywall, which I am thrilled to subscribe to. I cannot tell you how delighted I was to find the story of Jack getting high off a friend’s joint.
32 Likes
The story about Barbara and the prairie dogs had me in stitches.
Also loved that the first 20 minutes of the 2000 Masters was spent on a Tiger interview story that had nothing to do with the Masters.
6 Likes
It was part of SI’s and GD’s Masters previews! Had to set the stage for the year.
7 Likes
Friday 2000 was my second time at the Masters. That’s where I learned what a scoreboard roar really was. We were down around Amen Corner, and they start changing the scoreboard behind 11 green. The name “Woods” disappears, and you get a wave of “OoooOooooh” from the patrons. When the name plate is replaced, they flip it up and it reads “Nicklaus” and you’d have thought someone had just holed out right there. Massive roar. I’m pretty sure David Duval was in the group either right in front of or right behind Arnie, Jack, and Gary, and I want to say John Daly was in that group as well. Friday might be the best tournament day to attend.
7 Likes
Barbara! I can’t feel my fuckin’ legs! Oh is that a cheeseburger?!
As soon as KVV started with the Reilly and Tommy Aaron story, I knew where that was headed. What a great line.
Not gonna lie KVV and @Soly, kinda sad you guys are running out of years to cover.
7 Likes
We’ve realized that we really only do like two of the Deep Dives a year, so in theory we have like five years to get through 2010. But I really do think we should challenge ourselves and do like 1953 for one of them.
I was thinking about this at the Masters this year as I was reading the newspaper report (framed in the press building) of when Sarazen made his double eagle and the lede of the story referred to him as a “swarthy Italian.”
21 Likes
My favorite sandwich when I visit family in Philadelphia.
8 Likes
If you go far enough back you could make up anything (other than perhaps the winner) and we would believe it due to a lack of knowledge and scarcity of sources to fact check
That would actually be fun as hell. Do a year and sprinkle in some stuff that’s wrong and run some sort of contest that requires us to separate the fact from the fiction.
4 Likes
Barbara taking out prairie dogs like me hunting in an Oregon trail game as a kid.
7 Likes
Such a fun pod to listen to, the stories you can dig up are just hilarious.
3 Likes
These are so sick and thanks for calling out “this is better on YouTube”. Enjoyable watch
JL Lewis shoutout too. IYKYK.
6 Likes
If there was a Friday live show back in 2000 I wonder if @Randy would’ve pulled Tiger’s tour card for trailing a 60 year old Jack after 36 holes
7 Likes
Solid core balls ruined pro golf.
This is the best use of AI I’ve ever seen
2 Likes
I know you try to use an off the wall question for Gary at the Masters, but what would it take to get you to ask Jack about the joint next year? If we all agree to pay one more dollar for the Nest with the understanding it go directly to your salary, I’m in.
4 Likes