Maverick McNealy

Mm-hmm.

Um, you know, may- may- maybe the opposite of Maverick McNealy, who we talked to his dad earlier this year in s- in, you know, season two.

Oh, they're awesome.

And, and, and they, they are wonderful people.

But there's a reason why they're well into the triple digits and, uh, you know, some of the better Japanese players are a lot lower than that.

But as far as name value goes, and we'll hit on some of these guys along the way, Xander at the top, Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas, Ryan Gerard, Doug Gim, Min Woo Lee, Jacob Bridgeman, Adam Scott, Mav McNealy, Thorbjorn Olesen, Im, Kitayama, Brennan.

I mean, there are a lot of familiar faces.

Uh, Rickie Fowler made the trip over.

Not a whole lot of data on either of these golf courses.

Collin Morikawa has the best history, uh, at Spyglass Hill, followed by Ryo Hisatsune, Jacob Bridgeman, Jordan Spieth, Taylor Pendrith, Nick Taylor, Hiroshi Iwata, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Maverick McNealy, and Tom Hoge.

Um, so pretty good list there.

Only one carry over, which is Christian Bezuidenhout, uh, who gets the first star on the board.

Who's the next?

McNealy.

Who's the next?

Penge.

So yeah, it's a little bit expensive for $9,700.

I think, you know, y- like, do you want Matt Wallace or Maverick McNealy? It's probably still McNealy.

I probably prefer Gim and Marco Penge over Matt Wallace, but maybe that's where the list ends.

Um, could be a very good three and done option, quite honestly, 'cause I don't think he's gonna be particularly popular.

Zach Blair at five.

Mac Meisner, Davis Thompson, Kristjan Bezuidenhout, Maverick McNealy, and Michael Brennan.

Uh, give Michael Brennan a star there.

He pops up again as the 10th best player in this field and the defending champion.

Uh, so th- this is a, a pretty narrow window here.

Matt McCarty number one.

Maverick McNealy number two.

They both earned their first star.

I expect JJ to be pissed because I don't know of a single player who's ever been left off.

I mean, I saw Mav McNealy's dad last year furious-

Mm-hmm

... at the s- at the Napa event when it was clear that Mav had been let off.

Any, any of these other guys.

And Akshay Bhatia and Maverick McNealy, who's been b- basically the, the last man out, or well, close to the last man out the last two team competitions.

My main overall thesis here is that there's, as you said, we gotta get this prepared to the Ryder Cup, and if we're gonna find someone that's gonna play with Scheffler, we need to find someone who's actually gonna be there.

We had the, the situation, I can't remember what year it was, when, when Rory was talking about Thomas Pieters, who made it to the team.

No.

You're not taking Maverick McNealy?

No.

There's quite a few players.