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00:00Johnny Vegas, who when we talked, we talked 24 hours ago, and it didn't look like he was
00:07going to even be the first round leader when we got finished talking.
00:11He ends up finishing with a flurry and being the first round leader at seven under, comes
00:15out today, plays great golf for most of the day.
00:19He got a couple of lucky breaks on 14 and 17 when he hit that rake and then doubled
00:24on 18 going in.
00:25He's at eight under.
00:26I'd say he's either going to probably be tied for the lead or have the lead, depending
00:31on what happens here over the next couple of hours.
00:34But I got to tell you, Keith, Johnny Vegas has been very good to us.
00:38He's put some money in our pocket in the past.
00:40True.
00:41But I could easily see him shoot 75, 76 tomorrow, Keith.
00:47Or more.
00:48Or over the weekend, just shooting even par, even par and not being a factor, right?
00:52This golf course has continued to get harder, but these guys are the best players in the
00:56world.
00:56And everybody was freaking out yesterday because they didn't know anybody on the leaderboard
01:00when we spoke.
01:01But the fact of the matter is, by the time this thing is 54 holes over at, you know,
01:05after moving day on a Saturday, you are going to see the cream of the crop rise to the top
01:11of this leaderboard.
01:12There's no doubt about it.
01:13And I mean, Scotty Scheffler, he looms larger than anybody sitting there in perfect position.
01:18He's coming into some of the birdies holes.
01:19He's got to survive number 12 right now.
01:21Number 13, tricky pin on 12 today and tricky pin on 18.
01:25But 12 has gotten a lot of guys, but he's going to hit the birdie zone of 14, 15, and
01:29then hold on for dear life at the green mile.
01:32I think Scheffler, he'll probably be almost even money by the end of the night if you want
01:36to bet him outright.
01:38Yeah, I've been tracking it almost every like half hour, Keith, just trying to see when the
01:46bottom is going to fall out with the Scheffler number.
01:48I thought he would get to, I thought he'd get to at least five under by the end of the
01:53day, right?
01:54And I think it probably looks like six might even be more realistic.
01:57And if he gets to six, that's probably where the number you just said will happen.
02:02He's still plus 240 right now as we're talking.
02:07Now, Rory's made a little bit of a run to get himself back under par, but I just watched
02:12him take his club and smash it into the ground on whatever hole he's on right now.
02:16I guess it's 12, so Rory might be in a little bit trouble, Keith, and might be giving a little
02:21bit of that back.
02:22So Rory had a great start.
02:24He's 400 through 10, and then he three putts the 11th, and then he just hit a bad shot on
02:2912.
02:30So now all of a sudden, he's backed the car up in reverse.
02:33And really, when you talk about that group, and you know, you're right, Scott, he can go
02:36birdie-birdie on 14, 15.
02:38But you know what?
02:40He's only hit like three fairways today, Mike.
02:42So at some point, I think there's another bogey in the works for him.
02:46I think maybe he finishes at five, which still puts him in a good position.
02:49But the fact of the matter is, is that Xander Shoffley, who's the third guy in that group,
02:54has 63 cuts in a row, consecutive cuts in a row.
02:58He's the tour leader, right?
02:59He's got 10 more than Scottie.
03:00That's on the line today.
03:02And he's probably got to get to plus one, maybe with a gift he gets to plus two.
03:07And right now, he's got the car in reverse as well.
03:09I mean, that's a storyline that's really significant because he's not only, it's not
03:13only the cuts, he's the defending champion of this event.
03:17And you know, to me, I think that's significant because all year with the injury and everything,
03:21there's always been something kind of missing for Xander.
03:24If he misses the weekend here for his camp, two majors in in 2025, it's far different than
03:30it was a year ago.
03:32Now, I'm looking at it right now, Keith.
03:34If they have it at plus one right now, top 61 in ties at plus one for the cut.
03:41So top 74 and owner, 74 is at plus two.
03:46Do you think we stay at plus one or are we going to get there to these guys in the two
03:50getting on board?
03:51I mean, this is really where the theater is going to come in this afternoon, right?
03:54Okay.
03:54So the PGA is a little different than weekly on the PGA tour.
03:58It's the top 70 and ties.
04:00It's not top 65.
04:01I'll say that again, it's the top 70 in ties that make the weekend in this major championship.
04:06And when you start to look at the green mile, and if you're not familiar with what that
04:09is, then you just haven't been watching.
04:11But if you're not familiar with it, it's hole 16, 17, and 18 down here at the Quail Hollow
04:16Club.
04:16Yesterday, those holes played 1.1 strokes over par.
04:20So just to give you an idea, Mike, they played 171 over par.
04:24Those three strokes, those three holes, right?
04:27Holes one through 15 only played 100 over par for the field, right?
04:30And today, they're playing more difficult.
04:33The 18th hole alone with that pin position in the front left is playing more difficult
04:37than all three of the par fives that are on the golf course.
04:40And that's a par four.
04:42I think that these guys are going to struggle coming in.
04:44And I think there's a very good chance that it could slip to two.
04:47That being said, somebody like JT is still out of the picture.
04:50But Xander's got to get some serious work done.
04:53Rory's got to stabilize the ship.
04:55And we would love to see that number get to plus two.