Blew my mind that Sea Island is closer to Jax Airport than Nocatee…
I sorta want to move to Sea Island after hearing him sell it even though I’m not a tour player nor do I fly private. It sounds awesome though.
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What a pleasant surprise of a pod. Definitely tuned in after seeing this thread and the positive reviews. I think Keith was one of the best guests in his conversation with Soly. He made it more two-way and less interview like, especially during the distance talk. Well done @Soly
Disappointed you didn’t bring up sustainability issues in the distance debate, or rebut his premise that regular people get excited by long drives with relativity. Meaning people got just as excited watching Greg Norman drive it 270-290 as they do Rory hitting it 330.
Regardless, it was a great listen from start to finish.
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I really enjoyed when he was talking about the importance of golf shafts vs the distance debate. I know that @Soly has his thoughts on this topic and he’s made those clear. But loved the back and forth with an established PGA Tour Pro’s opinion. Great pod
Literally wanted to look at Sea Island real estate after listening to this!
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I kept wishing I could interject and say I wanted to see Rory or DJ hit 4 iron into par 4s.
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After @Soly posted some insta-stories tonight, I fired open the Redfin app.
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Keith is an awesome guy. I caddied in a group he was in on no2. Watched him play the back nine with hickories.
Great pod episode. Concur with others that @Soly is a tremendous interviewer. Did you ever get training on how to do it or is it natural? I love the episodes hearing about guys’ experiences early in their careers. The story of the struggle is captivating.
I will say this: I think the “debate” over the distance problem was a no contest. Soly prevails (unlike TS6). I’m not sure tour pros understand what the average viewer wants. I think the average viewer likes risk and reward. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Driver wedge doesn’t look hard. Pulling off a three iron into 13 at Augusta, now that’s exciting.
@Soly I know you’ve mentioned before trying to balance letting the interviewee control the interview vs becoming an interrogator, but I do think you missed the boat on getting a solid answer from Keith on what should be changed.
KM seemed to dance around saying a combination of things but fell back on saying “we’ll just adapt”. I left unsure if he was saying that the ball, clubhead and shafts all need rivision, or nothing should change, or only driver heads?
What if he didn’t think anything should change, because he’s not pro-rollback? His “we’ll adapt” comment was in regards to changes they could make. Not changes he wanted to see made. I think.
That’s fine. It was just unclear what Keith thought. He made comments about a smaller sweet spot and growing in rough? If he thinks nothing should change, that’s fine by me, but leaving the conversation without closure took away from the podcast.
I don’t know that they were going to get closure. I don’t think Keith has thought about it a bunch, and they disagree, ergo no closure?
I don’t think he was the best “anti-rollback” guy to have on, either. He’s a Tour pro. His view of golf is a bit different than most.
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To be fair, a majority of that 3-4 career was “in the shadows”, not winning. He gained significant traction after his win at the Honda, just the nature of the beast.
Agreed, that’s where I was bummed though. Soly built it up to be a good back and forth and that Keith had one of the better arguments for being anti-rollback, but then the conclusion was a let down. Keith was very honest and open about other topics, so that section seemed more like Soly letting him off the hook for giving his view.
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That’s true, and it never really came to be.
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Curious what you thought was KM’s great argument. I kept hearing him say, essentially, that it won’t change who the top ten pro golfers are. He also threw in that he thinks viewers like watching long drives.
On the first Point I don’t think many who want the distance problem reigned in are arguing to do so to identify the best players. I think the main argument put forth by @Soly and @Tron is that professional golf is an entertainment industry, and the entertainment value goes up when pros have to think force about trying to clear a fairway bunker, or hit it over a dogleg, or hit long irons into tough greens.
We want to see them take on heroic shots, not bomb 340 yard drives. That looks the same on Tv as a 280 yard drive. If you named the top 5 shots from the last year on tour, would any of them be a drive someone hit?
Agreed completely. My point is that Soly hyped that portion of the interview as KM having made a good argument. If he did, Soly was unable to get him to explain that view in a way that was clear to the listener. KM didn’t stand behind any single idea (including not changing anything).
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Oh I see what you were saying. Then yes I agree 
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