Bud Cauley Makes Remarkable Comeback to Play at Memorial

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00:00So this week, Memorial Tournament, really, really cool storyline here

00:06when you're looking at that Aeon Swing 5, Aeon Next 10.

00:10Third, finishing solo third this week, Bud Cawley at 9-under.

00:13And it was, I believe, seven years ago this week

00:15when Bud had that car accident at Memorial that derailed his career.

00:18That's right.

00:18And now he is 35 years old, had that medical extension.

00:25This week, with that third-place finish, he moves 14 spots up to 36 in the FedEx Cup,

00:29now in the Memorial Tournament.

00:32I just don't really have a great specific prompt for you other than how cool is this?

00:37I mean, just Bud's season and just the way he's playing

00:39and a guy that could easily just hang it up

00:42and not have to go through all the hardship and grind of working back through injuries.

00:45But here he is in line to make it to the Tour Championship

00:48and playing the Memorial this week.

00:49Oh, it's awesome, man.

00:50Bud, he's been a good friend for a long time.

00:53So to know what he's been through

00:56and obviously not to be seeing it day after day of how difficult it was.

01:01And, you know, this is a guy that was considering getting out of professional golf

01:06not too long ago and getting a job.

01:09This is to transition now from Ben Griffin to Bud Cawley.

01:12For two guys that have, you know, seen how difficult life can be

01:18when either you're not healthy, you're not having the opportunities,

01:22but when, you know, things start to go your way,

01:25you can see a bend, you know, parlayed this thing

01:28and do, you know, an incredible PGA Tour career thus far

01:32with a couple wins and Bud Cawley.

01:35Gosh, 36, that's awesome, man.

01:37It's just so good to see and I couldn't be more proud of him.

01:41So I'm excited.

01:42And also, I did say he was going to play well this week,

01:45if you recall, in our one and don'ts.

01:47You did indeed.

01:47You called that.

01:48You were one of the guys that you liked.

01:50I should have used him.

01:52It would have been nice.

01:54I mean, I forget now.

01:56Who'd you use?

01:56I use Harris.

01:57He finished like 50th.

01:58Yeah.

01:59Eight points.

02:00I think you used Postman, didn't you?

02:02I did use Postman.

02:03Yeah.

02:04I'm not sure how he played.

02:05He made the cut, but I think he was like top 20, top 25-ish.

02:08I need a little bit more.

02:09It's the same thing as you said about these guys in the Ryder Cup.

02:12I need a little bit more than a made cut at this point in the year for what I'm done.

02:15I need guys who are top 10-ing, top 5-ing, winning, things of that nature.

02:20Yeah.

02:20I mean, I think.

02:21And then, you know, we've talked about this a lot in a larger context.

02:24But in the structure of the way this tour works, a guy that's sitting there at 36 and now he's

02:30in a signature event where, and I believe, you know, obviously this is one of the signature

02:34events that has a cut, because it's, you know, Jax has a cut, it's API, and it's Genesis.

02:41Which I love.

02:42Which I love, too.

02:43But, you know, it's a cut for less players.

02:46So, he's got a good chance of making it to the weekend and then getting much more points

02:50relative to a regular PGA Tour event to solidify that status and move in the top 30.

02:56So, it's huge for him.

02:57Really, really good story.

02:58Well, I guess, I know you kind of transitioned to the Memorial, and we could continue to talk

03:04about it, too.

03:05And, I guess, four players that we just briefly talked about.

03:11I'm just looking at the FedEx Cup, because I was just curious, after you said Bud Colley,

03:14I wanted to check it out.

03:16Dude, Ben Griffin's all the way up to fifth in the FedEx Cup, and Novak is sixth.

03:22That's also a telling sign for me.

03:25When you see a player that high up in the season-long rankings, let's say they both, Novak

03:32and J.J. Spahn was the other guy.

03:34He's 12th.

03:35I know he got a lot of points for the players, but Harris English is 11th.

03:39Mavericks, 15th.

03:40Berger is 16th.

03:42I mean, is Keegan, I know I'm going back to this, but is Keegan just going to take the

03:47guys who've been playing really good this year?

03:50Well, and maybe this is being too sort of arbitrary or nitpicky, but I'm more inclined

03:57to go with the guys on that list that have played good and won than just the guys that

04:02have played good.

04:04Just because...

04:05You need to see J.J. win.

04:07I need to see J.J. win.

04:08I'd love to see Daniel Berger win.

04:10Yeah.

04:11And I'm not saying that I'm ruling them out if they don't win, but I'm just saying I'm

04:16a lot closer to...

04:17I mean, shoot, you know...

04:18Do you think a win for J.J. and Daniel Berger?

04:21If either one of those guys win, are they locked, do you think?

04:23I think they're close to.

04:25Maybe even qualified at this point, given where they are.

04:27I mean, they're top 12.

04:29I guess I thought Berger is...

04:32Berger is 14, and Spahn's 11.

04:34So yeah, I mean, they maybe have to do a little...

04:36It also depends on the event.

04:37If you tell me one of those guys goes out and wins...

04:39Oh, if they win a major, they're in.

04:41If they win a major, they're a lock.

04:42But if they win a memorial this weekend, okay, yeah, that matters to me a lot more than

04:45like if they go play in John Deere this summer.

04:47Yeah.

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