Eric Cole Talks His Unexpected Turnaround in the FedEx Cup

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00:00Well, Eric, I just I mean, let's just unpack the day yesterday, right?

00:04I mean, when you started the day, I mean, expectations for the round.

00:08Did you have a number in your head?

00:09Did you know what you needed to do or just show up?

00:11He said, you know what?

00:12I'm just going to go try to make a bunch of birdies and see where the chips fall.

00:15Yeah, no, it's kind of funny.

00:16I played really poorly on Saturday

00:21and actually did well to shoot two over.

00:22I got a shot way higher than that.

00:24So my expectations were very low.

00:27I Saturday night, I booked a flight home on Sunday afternoon,

00:32so I wasn't wasn't feeling it really.

00:34That's a pro trick.

00:35Yeah, I wasn't wasn't feeling just my ball striking wasn't there.

00:39And then, you know, I mean, obviously I wanted to play well

00:42and I warmed up kind of just OK and then got off to a crazy fast start.

00:46And then once that happened, I was like, all right, now I'm kind of in it.

00:49And, you know, just kept trying to hit one good shot after the next.

00:53And yesterday, what time did you tee off?

00:56I'm seven fifty or something.

01:00So that to me was a fairly big advantage because in the morning

01:05I was out there, there was hardly any wind.

01:07Yes, it was so hot.

01:08But later, as the day went on, I mean, we were getting gas up to 15,

01:1220 miles an hour.

01:13Yeah, I obviously wasn't out there in the afternoon,

01:16but it definitely seemed like the forecast was for it to get windier.

01:20And, you know, it looked like it was playing tougher

01:23later in the day versus when I was there.

01:25Exactly.

01:26We got sort of a detailed sketch of that day.

01:29I think it's worth going through because it's a real roller coaster.

01:32So just for everyone, keep it score home.

01:34Three, three, three to start today.

01:35Yeah, just birdie birdie eagle.

01:37You move from 58th to 52nd on the FedExCup list.

01:41You make a birdie on eight to go from 54th inside to 48th. Right.

01:46So you are your 50th when you make par at 10.

01:49But by the time you get to the 11th tee and put a tee in the ground,

01:52you're back to 52nd.

01:53You're on the outside and birdie at 13.

01:56You go 52nd to 47th birdie at 15,

02:01go 48 to 44 and birdie at 16 to go 45th to 38.

02:05So sitting comfortably inside.

02:07How do we feel after the bogey at 18 to go from 41st to 48?

02:12Yeah, I mean, I didn't know a lot of that stuff going on.

02:14You know, there's some leaderboards out there

02:16and there's some projections that come out.

02:18But like when you're playing, you don't see really

02:22anywhere near that type of volatility.

02:25So I obviously knew that I was doing good stuff.

02:28I was making birdies.

02:29And every time I looked at it, it seemed to be getting a little better.

02:33And then, you know, bogeying 18 wasn't what I had in mind.

02:37But with the tee shot, I think I did well to do that.

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