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00:00All right, placements for you.
00:01I'm on this same guy for the top 10 because, let's face it, Keith,
00:05he has been great in these big events this year,
00:07at least finishing in the top 10.
00:08Not winning, but finishing in the top 10.
00:10Well, Mike, let's be honest.
00:12Corey Connors isn't winning anything,
00:13but this course is a perfect fit for him.
00:15He's already had a third at API.
00:17I'm not sure if that's a perfect fit for him,
00:19but he had a third there, six at the Players,
00:2118th at Valero where he's won twice.
00:23That's his worst finish in over a month, eighth at the Masters.
00:26His last five have been across the board so well-rounded.
00:30This is the type of golf course where you have to be good
00:32at all the little things.
00:33Corey Connors has been great at them lately, top 10.
00:35Top 20, Daniel Berger, another guy.
00:37His last seven starts since Phoenix.
00:39He's had six top 25s.
00:41I'm taking him for a top 20 because I like the number.
00:43And then Bud Cawley, three top 10s in a row,
00:46didn't play the Masters,
00:47but I think he's still going to be spot on.
00:49The ball striking has been great, plus 220 for a top 20.
00:52Then top 30s, right?
00:53We all have 71 players in the field and we have no cut.
00:56Top 30s, I'm going with Patrick Rogers,
00:58and it's kind of an odd name out there,
01:00but here's another guy, TPC River Highlands.
01:02And here, he's been good throughout his career.
01:05You know, both Pete Dye designs,
01:06both places where you got to move the ball from A to B
01:09and you have to be particular about your ball striking.
01:12He was T5 last year.
01:13He kind of had a chance to win.
01:14I know Scotty in the end won by a couple shots,
01:16but there were some guys in there, Clark, Rogers,
01:18a couple others that had a chance to contend.
01:21And then the other guy, you know, we love him.
01:22Sammy Valamaki cannot be ignored for what he's been doing lately.
01:27I love him for a first-round leader tomorrow.
01:29You know, I'm not big on those bets, Mike,
01:31but he has an 8-10 tee time.
01:33He is statistically very good when he goes off early on a Thursday.
01:36He's in the second group, right?
01:38I'm going to talk you into this.
01:39Plus 12, plus 125, right?
01:42Plus 125 to 1.
01:45125 to 1.
01:47125 to 1 for an FRL, all right?
01:50And then, you know, placement-wise, approach, putting, down the board.
01:54The guy gets hot.
01:55He could be electric tomorrow.
01:58And finally, you never have to twist my arm
02:00if you've got a first-round leader that you like.
02:02Believe me, I'll be in,
02:03and I want to let the Prime Minister Cam Stewart know as well.
02:06Quickly, head-to-heads.
02:08Everyone loves Cantlay here.
02:09You said he was striping it well.
02:10He's got a bunch of top threes in the last five years.
02:14Well, just to back up the Valamaki thing,
02:16I saw him on the range today.
02:17He looks extremely comfortable.
02:18I mean, this is a young kid.
02:20He's a big bear.
02:21He is fantastic fun,
02:24and he's been playing really good for the last month.
02:26Now, Cantlay over Thomas.
02:28Thomas lost strokes at Augusta National,
02:30which has the widest fairways ever with his driver last week.
02:33Cantlay, it was a stripe show today on the range.
02:36I'm going Cantlay over Thomas.
02:37I mean, he's got six top sevens in his last, like, seven starts here.
02:41Come on.