00:00And he's well within his rights, of course, to play when he wants to play.
00:04And that's totally fine.
00:05That's kind of how it used to be on the tour.
00:08Oh, and I think it's interesting because if you look at the way he wants to spread his playing calendar
00:12out,
00:13he's going to probably play a lot of DP World Tour events this fall.
00:16He's committed to the Australian Open already in December.
00:20He's played the Irish Open in the past few years.
00:22I think we're going to get to a point where, you know, and I think the thing to be fair
00:27to Rory
00:28is that it feels like the ground is also shifting beneath him a lot of the time.
00:32Like, you know, the most famous example of that being essentially being trotted out by Jay Monaghan,
00:38the tour to be the poster boy of going against Liv.
00:42And then a year later, you know, when that was announced in 2022,
00:44and then a year later, there's this deal struck where all these things he said,
00:48he has to kind of do a 180 on because now the tour is kind of in fruition, but there
00:53was a partnership.
00:54And so I just wonder if there's sort of a...
00:56He's going to do what he's going to do.
00:58He's a Grand Slam winner at this point.
01:00He can do what he wants to do.
01:02And I think that, you know, and I think, too, there's probably part of it that, you know,
01:06again, this is really guessing as to what's going on in his head, but, you know,
01:10his stature in the game is total impact, not just playing, but just as a figure,
01:15as people root for as a fan, is not super far off from Tiger, you know.
01:21And so I think you can have an impact on the game that is not just in playing, you know.
01:26And there's a lot of ways where he's contributed commercially to the PGA Tour product
01:30through all these, like, you know, made-for-TV events, through TGL, things like this.
01:34He probably feels like, hey, I'm entitled to kind of tell you what I'm going to do,
01:37and I'll help you when I can help you.
01:39And when I can't, that's going to be my decision.
01:41Yeah, I can understand that.
01:44It's definitely the events he's playing, I think, is more so, like, how does he want
01:49to view his legacy or how does he want to continue to shape his legacy as the years
01:56goes on.
01:56And I don't think it's playing, you know, more than, you know, I think around 15 PGA Tour
02:02events is going to be the norm for him.
02:03Yeah.
02:04I don't see him playing anywhere close to 20.
02:06You know, Scotty Sheffield plays more than he probably should for the top player in the
02:12world.
02:12You know, I think Tiger, he didn't play all that much.
02:17What did he play?
02:18Maybe 15 to 18 times a year at most.
02:23So, yeah, definitely interesting.
02:26But still, Scotty will be there.
02:27We got, we're getting the normal signature event band back together.
02:31And based on what we've seen this year, you know, Scotty hasn't won a signature event.
02:34Yes, no.
02:35Yes, no on protesters.
02:36Do you think we're going to get this year?
02:37Yeah, no.
02:37I think we're going to get a...
02:38No protesters.
02:39But travel is one of my favorite events.
02:41You'll be there, right?
02:43Yep, I'll be there.
