Kiara Romero

So I think they might, Europe might have more retention than, than the U S I think we're about to see some decent turnover on the U S side.

Cause look, who's coming asterisk tally, Kiara Romero, like people that were kind of dancing on the, like, Hey, we're new to the game.

They're not gonna be new to the game in 2028.

Right.

Look at Carlota, someone who didn't play good golf, but knew how to turn it on.

I think that's what you're hoping is if I got to play someone probably two sessions, let me trust someone who is a former number one player in the world, major winner and has been on foreign soil.

I don't think it's fair to put Kiara Romero in that seat.

I think people get super excited about like, Oh, put her in for the future.

And you have sitting there, you have just sitting there, the former world number one amateur, who has major firepower, who just turned pro like a few months ago, got top 10 at the US Open, top seven in another event.

Kiara Romero, who can make birdies, just sitting there and you don't pick her.

What, what, what are we doing? Like, what, why do we do this? The Euros had no problem throwing out rookies.

They w- they, they threw out four rookies in a row in the middle of their lineup and just trusted them to go play, and they won like almost every one of those matches with the rookies.

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I'll be like, "Angela, please.

Please put Kiara Romero on this team.

She's more talented than anybody-

It felt like a, it's like a transition year for the US side, right? Like, no- the first one without Lexi.

Uh, you've got likely Asterisk Tally, Kiara Romero, um, you know, likely a few other young ladies coming up.

I think the European side, you're gonna have a-

Jenny Bae, who should've been here

Sorry.

Probably, you know, I think there was a strong Kiara Romero, uh, amongst like ...

Yeah, in-

Well, uh, just on points

That's where I net out.

Like, there, there was nobody really banging down the door.

I mentioned before Kiara Romero.

Um, she's unproven, right? I, uh, the, the, the biggest case for taking her is she could be somebody that's involved in the next five, six of these events.

Uh, digging into it.

Big allegations of a gal's club, uh, over there with, you know, sort of players that are kind of banged up getting spots, or players that are deep down the world rankings, outside the top 200, getting, getting spots on the team or alternate spots ahead of maybe more suitable options that are higher ranked or, or have more promise like a Kiara Romero, others.

So big allegations coming.

We're gonna get into a full debrief on that for the Thursday/Friday episode, uh, later this week.

I had Se-young Kim.

You had Kiara Romero.

Se-young chipped in for birdie on the 11th hole on the back nine on Sunday and took the lead, and then dropped four shots in the next three holes and just evaporated, like just a double bogey, bogey, bogey.

It was there, and then it wasn't so fast.

This one certainly played AJGA.

We got a Kiara Romero.

There's a lot of wins.

Do you need me to pull it up?

And I would I would get rid of the two qualifying spots since you mentioned it, Kent, like for the L.E.T. because that I think hurts them in some ways.

Like if Esther doesn't make that putt and Kiara is on this team, they're probably not as good of a team statistically.

So I'm all for giving the captains way more flexibility and power.

And then we could really – if you have to pick 12 people or if you have to pick eight people – Like that is your ass on the line as a captain, right? Like it's way more than the four who like traditionally we know three of the four picks already going in.

Yeah.

To be fair, you would know like your top line picks too.

I think you'd still be debating three or four spots, but you feel like you'd have more flexibility to say take a Kiara Romero if you've got eight spots to pick from versus the three that they had.

Scotty, I know Sean is a professional podcaster because we both clocked what you said about the envelope and that Jenny Bay may not be on it.

I mean, I think especially when it was hard because I really wanted Megan's opinion, but I couldn't really call her and be like, hey, we're probably going to pick you.

But also you have to remember the Kiara Romero thing kind of threw us for a loop.

Like, you know, when our media team, our, you know, our comms team tells me, hey, look, if she wins, she's in.

Well, then I couldn't tell a few people on Friday.

You've done this before together.

So I'm leaning heavily on chemistry.

And how do you evaluate the rookie seasons, like Gianna Wilson or Kiara Romero or Melanie, who've had a short season, right, six months so far, but they look to be the future members on teams moving forward?

I love it.