PIP Squeaks, longitude or latitude, and a Franco Flashback Friday

Published: April 23, 2021, 3:55 a.m.

This Friday episode begins with some reaction to both \u201ctown crier\u201d and \u201cbaton boy\u201d references making it onto featured group coverage on Billy Tour Live. There\u2019s also some reaction to the Crier\u2019s contention that TPC Louisiana was not built to be played in wind. There\u2019s amusement over the explanation of the Bubba-Scheffler team and confusion over some brands of golf clothing. Then the news of the week, the revelation of a Player Impact Program on the PGA Tour, is dissected. Andy and Brendan break down the actual nuts and bolts of the program, as reported by Eamon Lynch. They giggle over some of the metrics being employed, which don\u2019t seem long for the formula. They offer their critiques and praise for different elements of it or at least what it\u2019s efforting to do, and then laugh at some of the early reactions. Early action from the LA Open is also praised, while Tony Romo\u2019s first round in Dallas is not. Flashback Friday is on the 1999 and 2000 winner of the Compaq Classic, then the name of the stop on Tour in New Orleans. They explore the mud shack upbringing of Carlos Franco, his hero status in Paraguay, \xa0his worldwide success, and then his breakthrough PGA Tour win in 1999 in NOLA.