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MONTREAL — The speak turns to Sunday, although it’s now Monday. They’re taking part in professional golf, however the chatter is about professional soccer.
About Tom Brady. The GOAT-turned-TV-analyst seemingly nonetheless dominates dialog, even when he’s simply tossing out nouns and verbs now, slightly than pigskins. Or not less than TB12 did right here, on the twelfth inexperienced of stately Royal Montreal, as 4 People readied for Thursday’s begin of the Presidents Cup, which biennially pits the U.S. in opposition to one of the best on the planet outdoors of Europe.
“Did any of you catch what Tom Brady stated yesterday?” stated caddie Ted Scott, whose employer, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, is presently shredding golf programs to an analogous stage as Brady as soon as did defenses. Scott then continued his anecdote about Brady’s ideas on Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys-Baltimore Ravens sport, and laughs adopted from Scheffler and Sam Burns, a Scheffler teammate this week and a detailed good friend.
The takeaways listed here are a number of. For one, Brady is not less than getting some people to tune in, although whether or not he’s value 9 figures is a debate to be argued on one other net web page. This, after all, is a golf article. And the thought on the golf is that the short back-and-forth provided a peek into the Scheffler-Scott dynamic, which shouldn’t be underestimated within the professional’s ascent — and that the American temper seemed mild Monday, when spectators have been restricted to numerous officers and a handful of reporters.
Together with this one, who’s hoping to supply 17 extra observations on the week forward within the paragraphs to comply with.
Within the phrases of Brady then, let’s goooo!
2. When you’re into the historical past of this occasion, know that the U.S. facet has received 12 of the 14 playings of the Cup, shedding as soon as and tying as soon as. This additionally fascinated me, although. That is the second time that Royal Montreal has hosted, following 2007, when memorably Tiger Woods was defeated in Sunday singles by Mike Weir, this yr’s captain, on Weir’s home-country soil.
Two years later on the Presidents Cup, and 15 years in the past now, Woods and accomplice Steve Stricker then defeated Weir and accomplice Tim Clark in a match — the place Woods authored THE membership twirl on his technique to sealing issues, which you’ll be able to view beneath.
3. Extra historical past!
Additionally on the 2007 occasion, throughout Friday four-ball play, whereas making an attempt to drive the driveable par-4 14th gap, Woody Austin hit his tee shot into the water to the left of the inexperienced, then this occurred on his second swing — and he grew to become often known as Aquaman: