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00:00And we are back for Elk Coast to Coast on a Wednesday.
00:04What must it be? A golf Wednesday on C2C.
00:07And if it's golf Wednesday, that means the Prime Minister,
00:10Tam Stewart, is here with us as we get ready.
00:13Only two weeks left here in 2024 swing season.
00:18We always love when they go to Bermuda,
00:20out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean,
00:23as we will head for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
00:27Always a fan favorite here, Cam.
00:30It is great to see you, as always.
00:33Quite the field we have here.
00:35Maverick McNeely, Seamus Power, who's won here before.
00:39Who won last year? Viagis won here last year, right?
00:41Yeah, Viagis won.
00:44Yeah, he was a huge hit a year ago.
00:48And we have a lot to do. And we have a DP World Tour,
00:50the World Championship that is going on this week.
00:53Me and Cam missed by this much.
00:57So many games in that tournament.
00:59You had a bunch of guys. I had Wallace,
01:01who was near the top.
01:03And we came so close on that one.
01:06I had the leaders in the PGA, one and two,
01:08like an exacto box. And again on Sunday,
01:10I'm doing a new thing. I'm betting my guys,
01:12leader after second round, third round, not adding.
01:15I just, I always do it three rounds.
01:17That's the way I'm doing it now.
01:19Sometimes that's what we need to do, Cam,
01:21in order to get ourselves across the line here.
01:24Let's get it going. Golf picks. Here we go, Cam.
01:26For me, it's a Bermuda. I'm going to go with,
01:28I believe that Keith Stewart calls this guy,
01:30Bermuda Ben Griffin.
01:32Guy loves playing on the Bermuda grass.
01:35That's my chalkier pick out of the group.
01:37Matty Schmid has a very good history here in Bermuda.
01:4230 to 1 for him.
01:43Jacob Bridgman at 35 to 1 has played some good golf.
01:47Oh, look, a couple of long shots, Cam.
01:48How about Higo? Hello. 90 to 1 for Higo.
01:53And Justin Suh,
01:54who's actually been showing some signs of life.
01:56I'll take it. 90 to 1 this week as well.
01:59Love it. I'm going to know what,
02:01I actually like Ben Griffin a lot for the top five,
02:03top tens and stuff, but I'm going with Daniel Berger.
02:04He's getting really close.
02:06Carver's barbecue. Put the meats on the grill.
02:08Andrew Putnam, short course.
02:11This guy loves short courses at 36 to 1.
02:13Watch out, Carver. A lot of my guys.
02:15Carson Young, 36 to 1.
02:16Michio Echeverria, almost won again last week.
02:19I'm riding this guy. He's just a hothead.
02:21Bridgman, we're riding him together.
02:23Jacob, don't call me Mel Bridgman.
02:25Higo! So, Carver, we got a few of the same guys.
02:28A lefty from South Africa playing very well recently.
02:31Let's get it. Wow.
02:33How about that? Reading the same Mel
02:36on a couple of these here for the outrights.
02:38Let's get it. The Bridgman would be great.
02:41Even Higo would be better for us.
02:42All right, placements for me, Cam. Let's go.
02:44Seamus Power has won here before.
02:47He's one of the top, he's a favorite
02:48at some books for this week.
02:50Top 5 at plus 400.
02:52Seamus will play well,
02:53and he's not bad in the wind either.
02:55Lucas Glover's been a swing season guy.
02:57He hasn't won, but he's been in the mix.
02:59T-10 at plus 260. You said it.
03:01Nico Echeverria, a top 10 at plus 230.
03:04This guy has been everywhere the past couple of weeks.
03:08Wesley Bryan, good wind player at top 20 at plus 210.
03:11Ben Cole's top 20 at plus 240.
03:14And you know, I got him one more time.
03:18David Skins for the top 20 at five on today.
03:23Let's go. Skins and shirts. Shirts and skins.
03:26Let's go.
03:27Honestly, if we ever meet Skins,
03:28we got to play Skins for cash with that guy.
03:30He'll give us like 40 strokes.
03:32Anyway, my guys, Carver, we have some of the same guys.
03:34I love it. You love Skins.
03:36I'm going with your guy, man.
03:37I'm going with who we got here.
03:39We got Power, plus 190.
03:41We got Ben Griffin, plus 200.
03:43I'm not as bold as Carver with a top five,
03:45but I got Glover, plus 260. Top 20s, Carver.
03:49I'm reading your mail. Schmid, top 20, plus 140.
03:52Norlander, plus 190.
03:54And Dangerous Joel Damon played well last week.
03:56Got a paycheck. I can get him for a top 20.
03:59He needs a couple more here.
04:01He's got to make sure he can get back on that TV show.
04:04He's got to get himself moving for it.
04:07All right. First round leaders for me.
04:09I will also put Ben Griffin here.
04:11I usually don't go chalky with the first round leaders,
04:13but I think Griffin's going to play really well, 33 to 1.
04:16Novocaine, Andrew Novak at 40 to 1.
04:18The Todd father at 60 to 1.
04:20There he is again. Here you go. Hello. 65 to 1.
04:23Brandon Wu played well last week at 80 to 1.
04:26And Kristo Lamprecht, 110 to 1.
04:29I'll take the kid from GT to maybe make some noise
04:33as a Thursday warrior this week.
04:35Carver, from Long Island all the way to South Africa,
04:37you're the new ambassador to South Africa.
04:39Let's roll with my first round leaders.
04:41I'm going with an Irishman.
04:42Carver can sink his teeth into that.
04:44Seamus Power, Novocaine at 40.
04:46Brendan Todd, short course, 55 to 1.
04:48Here we go. What is going on with us, Carver?
04:50Justin Soft for a first round leader.
04:52And I'm going big, deep balls
04:55with Aaron dressing battle-y, 140 to 1.
04:59There you go.
05:04The selection for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
05:13Now, as I mentioned, we do have the DP World Tour.
05:17Their championship is this week.
05:18This is their final event of the year
05:20that they are going to have.
05:21We came very close.
05:22And you have some heavy hitters here this weekend.
05:24Once again, Rory's playing.
05:27You've got Tommy Fleetwood playing this week.
05:29Tyrell Hatton is playing this week.
05:32Adam Scott will be there.
05:33Billy Horschel, lots of big names
05:35are going to be at this event to finish off.
05:37$10 million purse as well.
05:39Here's where I'm going.
05:40You know the Irish. I love the Irish.
05:42And it's been so many months
05:43since I've lost a couple of bucks on him.
05:45I figured, why not do it again this weekend?
05:4716 to 1 for him.
05:48Matt Wallace almost got me across the line last week.
05:51I'll go back to him at 20.
05:52Thurston Lawrence at 28 to 1.
05:55And then I went a little deep with Adrian Marant at 65 to 1.
05:59And then Joe Lisi's cousin, double M,
06:02Matteo Manassero, 110 to 1.
06:07Hey, he's played well this year on a European tour camp.
06:10Why not at $1.10?
06:12Let's go.
06:13He's following the Italian Tiger Woods.
06:15I'm going to go with Lowry, too.
06:16Irish Bear to another bear.
06:18Also Grande likes Lowry at 16.
06:20We're on Wallace together at 20.
06:22What's going on?
06:23Rasmus Hojgaard.
06:24Got to have a Dane.
06:25And I'll have two Danish's, please,
06:27with Thorborn Olesen, 28 to 1.
06:30And I got to add my guy, Hojgaard,
06:31who almost won for me last week.
06:33This guy, Carver, best three-round player
06:35you'll ever meet.
06:35He's at 45.
06:37Cam, once again, we got it all in.
06:40Two tours this week, we got it all in.
06:42I'm sad because it's almost over.
06:44But before we know it, Cam, Hawaii
06:47and the Tournament of Champions will call
06:49us the first week of January.
06:50It'll be here before we know it, and we'll
06:52be back in the saddle this week in the RSM
06:55before we take a little break.
06:57Let's have a big weekend in Bermuda
07:00and over in Europe.
07:01Actually, where are they playing?
07:02They're in, where are they this week, Cam?
07:04They're still over at the Emirates, right?
07:05They're playing in Dubai.
07:07I think they're riding camels in Dubai.
07:09Anyway, a lot of money in that tournament.
07:11Race to Dubai.
07:13Great job, Cam Stewart.
07:15And we are back for El Coast to Coast
07:17here on a Wednesday.
07:18Yes, it is a golf Wednesday on C2C.
07:23Only two left in 2024 before we come back
07:27the first week of January out in Hawaii.
07:29Can't get here fast enough,
07:31the Century Tournament of Champions.
07:32But we got a couple weeks to get through first.
07:35Keith Stewart from Read the Line is with us
07:37every week that there is a tournament,
07:39and we are heading out to the middle
07:41of the Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda, this week
07:44for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
07:48Keith, it is good to see you as always, my man.
07:52And I will start with this,
07:54because I usually do this.
07:55You have the course, you have the weather.
07:57What's going to be going on at Port Royal
08:00this week in Bermuda?
08:01I have seen some high winds
08:04the guys are going to be dealing with this week.
08:07Well, Carver, good afternoon on a golf Wednesday,
08:10and you're going to need to batten down the hatches.
08:12You are not going to be happy, my friend.
08:14The weather is going to be an issue this week.
08:16Thursday, we're looking at 30-mile-an-hour winds,
08:19gusts over that.
08:20Friday night into Saturday morning,
08:22we have heavy rains predicted.
08:23We're out in the middle of the ocean,
08:25and we are unprotected from the elements,
08:27and these guys are going to get tested
08:29over there at Port Royal Golf Course.
08:30And you know what?
08:31It's a PAR 71 golf course, 6,800 yards,
08:34and when the wind doesn't blow,
08:35like last year, the winner, Camila Villegas,
08:37was 24 under PAR.
08:39Brendan Todd reached that number as well
08:40in the first year of the event back in 2018.
08:43But, you know, otherwise, you need a little wind to blow
08:46to make this thing a challenge for these guys,
08:48and Vegas has the over-under for the week at 13.5,
08:51so we'll see what happens.
08:54Yeah, I mean, I guess a couple years ago,
08:56they were in the 15s, right?
08:57When Seamus Power won here, it was in the 15s.
08:59We've had some guys reach there, but you're right.
09:02It was a bit of a shootout last year
09:04when Villegas won for this.
09:06So you're going to be dealing with a lot of weather this week
09:09in terms of the wind and sounds like a little bit of rain
09:11Friday into Saturday out there in Bermuda.
09:15Let's start things off, Keith, as always,
09:17with the outrights for this week,
09:19and I, as I always like to do,
09:22if we're reading the same mail on somebody,
09:24I like to go there, and you have coined this guy,
09:27Bermuda Ben Griffin,
09:29and how could you not play a guy named Bermuda Ben Griffin
09:32when they're playing in Bermuda?
09:34Let's go, Keith.
09:35Well, and it's not just for the island,
09:37although it kind of fits.
09:38I mean, that guy, I could see him wearing pink,
09:40but the point is is that he is great on Bermuda greens,
09:43and that's what we're dealing with out there, folks.
09:45Yes, I know. It sounds obvious, but that's the case.
09:48It's Bermuda grass wall-to-wall,
09:50and that's a grainy-style surface to putt on.
09:52So a guy like Ben Griffin,
09:54who is second in the field in putting,
09:56I mean, he is absolutely at an advantage,
09:59and when you start talking about the wind is going to get wild,
10:02there's two things that I'm favoring this week.
10:03You've got to be able to putt Bermuda greens,
10:06and you've got to be a good approach player.
10:08He's top 15 on approach.
10:10I mean, Ben Griffin, he was third here in 2022.
10:13He slept on the lead on Saturday night, the 54-hole lead.
10:16He's very comfortable here,
10:18and by all means, at plus 2,000,
10:21I know there's a couple guys that had him as favorites,
10:24but in my mind, he is the favorite to win this event.
10:27Who else do you have for the outrights
10:30for us out here in Bermuda?
10:32All right, how about this?
10:33How about Daniel Bermuda Berger, right?
10:36I mean, I'm going to wear this thing out today
10:38because he's won a couple times in Memphis.
10:40That's all Bermuda grass.
10:41He's great in Florida.
10:43You know, Berger, he's got to be there.
10:45He is 124 on the FedExCup points list.
10:47He needs to get inside that top 125,
10:50and we've got two weeks to go.
10:51Now, Berger, he's played well all fall,
10:53and he's got really good trajectory control.
10:56He's a great wedge player,
10:57and he puts the ball in play off the tee with that low fade.
11:00I love Berger in this field at plus 3,500.
11:03You know, there's not a lot of guys
11:04that have played on Ryder Cups
11:05and President's Cup teams in this field,
11:07so I think with the way that Berger's been trending
11:09since he came back from the injury almost a year ago now,
11:12I really like his form,
11:14and I really like him in the elements.
11:15Another guy, Andrew Putnam, second in the field in approach.
11:18He's also plus 3,500.
11:20He can roll the rock as well.
11:22He's great on positional golf courses.
11:24He's had a good fall.
11:25I mean, he's got four top 30s in his last six starts.
11:28He's definitely a strong player there.
11:30He's got good history at Port Royal.
11:32I like him as well, and then one more.
11:34On Monday, Wes Bryan.
11:36Yes, the YouTube golfer, but guess what?
11:38This guy's won a PGA Tour event,
11:39and he won it at Harbortown where it gets windy,
11:42but guess, you know, he was sixth last week
11:45at the Worldwide Technology Championship.
11:47He's been good all fall
11:49since he played in that Creator Classic.
11:51He is a wizard with the wedge carver, okay?
11:54And this week, you're going to miss some greens.
11:56You're going to play in the wind.
11:57He's born in South Carolina.
11:59He knows Bermuda grass.
12:00He started the week at 70.
12:03He's down in the 50s.
12:05We're not the only ones that are on him.
12:06I think he has a chance to pull off
12:08something special over there.
12:09He's my long shot of the week.
12:11I like it.
12:12Listen, 55 to 1 for him.
12:14Let's get involved in Adam.
12:15Anybody who's good in the wind,
12:17if the winds are blowing, you got to get there.
12:19We go to the placements next,
12:21and listen, we've been riding Lucas Glover here
12:24in terms of placements.
12:25He's had himself a good fall.
12:28And he looks to continue that out here in Bermuda.
12:31And here's another guy
12:32that's got a little outside motivation.
12:34He's 62nd on the points list.
12:36You get between 51 and 60,
12:37and you get in those early signature events,
12:39and that's where Lucas wants to be.
12:41He's got a 13th, a 3rd, a 3rd, and a 24th last week.
12:44He's a ball striker.
12:46He's going to be able to handle the wind
12:47and get the ball on the greens.
12:49If the putter works, he's in the top 10.
12:51Top 20, Carson Young hits a ton of fairways.
12:54He was second last week.
12:55I love his form.
12:56And the other guy, Jacob Bridgman,
12:58great approach player and a great putter.
12:59First in the field in Bermuda grass putting.
13:02Both of those guys for a top 20.
13:03And then I'm going to go blast from the past, all right?
13:06Brant Snedeker, top 40 at plus 188.
13:10I mean, since the fall started,
13:12he was 12th at the Checkmasters.
13:14Yeah, over the DP World Tour.
13:1626th at the Procore, 16th at the Sanderson.
13:19And he's the type of guy
13:20who can play well in the wind with that compact swing,
13:22and he's a great little pop putter.
13:24I love him on Bermuda greens.
13:25A couple other fun ones for you.
13:27I mean, this event, it doesn't have a star-studded cast.
13:29I mean, it's more like, I don't know,
13:31the cast from the cantina scene at Star Wars, you know?
13:33You just don't know what you're going to get.
13:35But the fact of the matter is this.
13:36I came up, I love to dive deep.
13:39I came up with a couple props for you.
13:40Low South American, Nico Echevarria, okay?
13:44Plus 150.
13:45The guys he's going against, Toasty, all right?
13:47He's been toast.
13:48No offense to Joe, but Toasty's been terrible, right?
13:52Vajagas, the defending champion, not great.
13:54So he's got to beat Johnny Vajagas
13:56at a plus 150 for Low South American.
13:58And then the other one, Continental Europe,
14:00low guy, Matty Schmid.
14:01Everyone's talking about Matty Schmid this week.
14:03How about plus 150,
14:04and all he's got to do is take down Henrik Norlander?
14:06Paul Barjahn isn't walking through this door.
14:09Neither is Martin Treanor.
14:10I love Matty Schmid right there in this field.
14:13He was third there last year.
14:16I'm on Matty Schmid as well.
14:18I have him in one of my placements
14:20because he has played well at this course before.
14:22Obviously, the wind's going to be a little bit different.
14:24And Nico Echevarria has been great.
14:27The win at the Zozo a couple of weeks ago.
14:30So, and he was involved last week, too, as well.
14:33So Nico's been pretty good.
14:36Head-to-heads, who are we going after?
14:38All right, Battle of the Andrews.
14:40I have Putnam over Novak.
14:42Both guys, great ball strikers, all right?
14:44We know that, but Putnam is a much better putter,
14:47especially on Bermuda Greens.
14:48I think that he out-distanced Novak
14:50over four rounds, minus 120.
14:52And then the other one, I'm going to go
14:54Bermuda Ben Griffin over Mav McNeely.
14:56Now, here's the thing.
14:57Everyone says, oh, Mav McNeely should win.
15:00He should win.
15:00He's one of the favorites this week.
15:02You know, Ben Griffin, we already talked about.
15:04He's played in 70 tour events,
15:06and he's got a couple runner-ups,
15:07and he's got about five top fives.
15:09Mav McNeely has played in 140.
15:12He's played in twice as many tour events,
15:14and he's only got two runner-ups.
15:15They got the same amount of runner-ups.
15:17Ben Griffin, he contends more often,
15:19and I like him out there on the island
15:21where he's comfortable.
15:22Mav McNeely, I mean, everyone that we keep,
15:26keeps tailing him, right?
15:27Is it ever going to happen?
15:29I don't know, but I just don't like him as a favorite.
15:31So, plus money on a head-to-head
15:34with one of the favorites in the tournament,
15:35I'm taking Ben Griffin.
15:37I'm done with Mav.
15:39I can't have it.
15:40Only on the West Coast, maybe, for me, Keith.
15:43That's about it as far as Mav McNeely goes.
15:4530 seconds.
15:46Give me someone for the ladies.
15:47They're in Annika's tournament this weekend.
15:49I'm sure everyone saw Caitlin Clarke
15:50almost take someone out on the left fairway
15:53this morning at the Pro-Am.
15:54Who do you like for the ladies?
15:56Yeah, you're right, though.
15:57I mean, West Coast, Mav.
15:58If it's Miramar, I'm taking Maverick.
16:00Otherwise, I'm not taking them, right?
16:02As far as the ladies go, they're down there in Tampa.
16:04I love Sae Young Kim.
16:06She's got a great history there.
16:07She's got a win.
16:07I also like the defending champion, Lilia Vu.
16:10She's at plus 3,000.
16:12Throw me a little Hannah Green.
16:13She's got three wins already this year.
16:15And one more for you, deep two-time winner,
16:18Lauren Coughlin.
16:19We had her back with Scottie Vegas in the Canadian
16:21when we won twice on a Sunday.
16:23She's 50-1.
16:25And the type of ball stracker that can get it done.
16:27Keith Stewart ripped the line.
16:29Let's get it done in Bermuda this week.

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