Austin Eckroat's Wins 2nd Career Event: Smylie Kaufman's Recap

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00:00Worldwide Technology Championship. We have Austin Eckrode, a two-time winner on the PGA

00:10TOUR NOW. Shoots 63 on Sunday, despite bogeying the par 5's 18th, where we saw a little bit

00:17of intrigue last year. Eric Van Rooy winning, making, I think I made an eagle on 18 to win

00:23the thing. And it was maybe a little bit in play here as well. Carson Young had a shot

00:31made on the green and two on 18. Two shots back of Austin Eckrode, had a tricky eagle putt,

00:36but eagle putt nonetheless misses it. And Austin wins by a shot over Justin Lauer and Carson

00:42Young for his second TOUR win. Also won the Cognizant in Palm Beach back in March. So,

00:48I mean, this is Austin Eckrode. Back then we talked about his talent, his amateur pedigree,

00:55a guy who played Oklahoma State, I believe. So Oklahoma or Oklahoma State?

00:59Oklahoma State. Yeah. So, I mean, a second TOUR win, even in the fall for me, this feels like

01:03a guy that has a ton of game and continues to trend as far as the young American stars go.

01:10Absolutely. And this is what I talked about after he won the Cognizant, that the game just comes

01:14very naturally to him. For some guys, it just doesn't look that hard. Like when you watch

01:20Russell Henry go play golf, it just doesn't look hard. They just find the center of the face.

01:24They find the fairways. And for Austin Eckrode, when I played with him before, when I watch him,

01:31that's what it looks like. And he was one player too, Charlie, where I was playing in a U.S. Open

01:36sectional qualifier. And this was in Dallas. And this is like right when he had finished up at

01:41Oklahoma State. He's trying to go, you know, make to the U.S. Open, get his professional career,

01:46kick-started nicely, and we're paired together. And I was fighting for my life out there.

01:53Like I am hitting it all over God's green earth, but I still have a chance to make the U.S. Open.

01:59Like I'm doing things that would not shock you, right? Like my ones that go out of play,

02:05stay in play, make a par, but then on the other holes, I hang in there. Austin played the exact

02:10same hole every time. It was just like fairway green, but it was just so simple. So not surprised

02:16to see since then him being able to make it to the PGA Tour and already winning twice.

02:22But the other thing too, when we just talk about the FedEx Cup fall, I think any of the guys inside

02:26that 125 number are loving a guy like Austin Ekro winning this golf tournament. They want the points

02:32to go to the guys who are already in the signature events next year. And I don't know why, it makes

02:41sense, right? Like that there's guys that play, that are in the signature events next year,

02:46they go and play these events. And it's not shocking to see them win, right? Because there's

02:51no pressure. All they're playing for is money, official world golf ranking points,

02:56and just going to play golf. So not shocking to see Austin Ekro win.