Kisner's POV of J.J. Spaun's Winning Putt at the U.S. Open

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00:00But what were your percentages as far as what you thought J.J.'s chances were to just two putt?

00:06Because I tried to teed up the best I could that I thought it was a hard, hard lag putt.

00:10Yeah, you know how we are in the booth.

00:12We're like scribbling notes back and forth to each other while we're on the air.

00:16And basically Terry Gannon, in fact, said put up like 50-50 on two putt, right?

00:21And then, you know, I'd seen that putt probably 10 times throughout the day.

00:25And most guys were getting it within four or five feet.

00:28It wasn't like it was impossible to get to a makeable second.

00:31But I kind of could, we had the same camera angle on everybody's putt.

00:35So I could kind of tell when it crested the ridge whether the speed was good or not.

00:38And so Dan is kind of leading as it's rolling, like, you know, needs a two putt to win the U.S. Open.

00:45And it crests the hill.

00:46And I'm like, oh, man, this is perfect speed.

00:49Like, it's not going, it's a two putt, right?

00:51And I just stick my thumb up right in front of Dan's face like, it's good.

00:55Yeah.

00:56And because I know he's got to make some crazy big moment right there if it does something good.

01:00And none of us, nobody in that booth was thinking this putt's going in, right?

01:04You're not thinking it.

01:05No one in America is thinking it.

01:06And so I'm like, what is Dan going to say if it goes in as it's rolling and hits the pin?

01:10And he goes, how about one?

01:12And I thought that was the coolest call ever.

01:15So kudos to Dan for being out.

01:18That's why he's so good at what he does.

01:19And he filled in perfectly in that spot.

01:21I would have been like, what just happened, you know, on air in an incredible watching

01:26him go after that.

01:28Yeah, it's incredible.

01:29It's incredible to see that he can just roll with it and know the situation.

01:33And that's why he's such a good guy at that.

01:36But yeah, I would say 50 50 on three putt is what we were guessing in the booth.

01:40I wanted to see like the inside cam reaction of all four of you guys after the putt went

01:45in.

01:46I just wanted to see you guys just, you know, stand up and just try to keep your composure

01:51knowing that Dan's got this call.

01:53But at the same time, you probably just witnessed one of the most, gosh, I don't know if there's

02:00going to be anything that ever tops it on an 18 green for a long time for a major championship.

02:05The one that comes to mind for me is, is the 2008 on Torrey Pines with Tiger Woods, the

02:11putt he had to make.

02:12But golly, I mean, where does this stack up for you?

02:17Dude, it's got to be at the top for me to win the first major when the US Open, like

02:22six, I don't remember, I don't even know exact footage of the putt, but it had to be over

02:2560 feet.

02:26And it went in like a two footer, dude.

02:28It was like perfect speed, dead middle.

02:30So, uh, I mean, it's just incredible to me that, you know, when you saw it, I saw another

02:36angle from the other side of the hole and I know you were talking it up about how hard

02:40the putt was, but it breaks a lot late.

02:43Oh God.

02:43Yeah.

02:44And, uh, I mean, it was out there like six feet left of the hole at one point.

02:48And I'm like, how did he know this is going in?

02:50But, uh, I mean, it went in, it would have gone in a thimble.

02:53And as far as I'm concerned, you know, Tigers was incredible and we see that putt roll how

02:58many times and it's bouncing all over the place and goes in.

03:02But, uh, you know, situationally knowing what JJ was trying to accomplish in his first major

03:08championship, I think it's probably top of the list.

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