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🏌️♂️ Tee off with us on a heartfelt and humor-filled episode of "Did I tell you about my Albatross" where host Brandon Redding and guest Conner Boyd, The Tall Golfer dive into the glorious world where anything is possible... including Albatrosses for each. Conner shares the exhilarating rollercoaster of emotions when he made an albatross recently on a stunning Hawaiian par four joining previous guests like Matt Scharff who also documented their albatrosses on the show. Both guests explore the magic of manifesting dreams - from finding the perfect partner to purchasing dream homes, and achieving goals.
⛳ In this episode, we talk about the profound impact an albatross like moment can have on your life and perception of what's possible. Be amused as the Tall Golfer lets us in on a quirky secret of having an Interstellar tattoo.
Conner shares his journey from mini-tours, to commercial real estate, to sinking the most incredible moment in his life to date.
Conner shares his journey from mini-tours, to commercial real estate, to sinking the most incredible moment in his life to date.
🌟 Dive into the discussion about the surge in golf's popularity post-COVID-19, where Brandon and Conner contrast the skill levels of average joes against professional golfers. Engage with our curious debates over the number of eyes, legs, doors, and windows in the world - it's a quirky conversation but interesting.
✨ So, get ready to embark on this star-gazing, golf ball-swinging, and dream-manifesting journey. Hit 'play' and join the DITYAMA.FM team for an inspiration-packed episode that will have you aiming for fairways and reaching for the stars! Subscribe, stay tuned for amazing giveaways, and remember - life isn't all about the scorecard, it's about the stories we make along the way. #AlbatrossDreams #GolfPodcast #FairwaysAndGreens
00:00 Albi Introduces new friend to the show... The Tall Golfer, Conner Boyd
06:41 PGA-Liv deal polarizes, but creates publicity.
09:57 Darren, Aaron, Erin, Charlotte, Albatross Story has many heros
12:08 Surprised reaction at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel golf course.
15:06 Albi Shares his Albatross story for the Tall Golfer and his audience.
17:45 Nothing better than sharing Albatross like moments with those you love
22:20 Anything is possible, Everything is different after an albatross
23:04 Manifest destiny belief, dream home and partner.
27:11 Divot board, swing aids, speed toad, 240 plus ball speed in golf is silly
31:10 Mauna Kea is the most special place on the planet potentially
31:25 star geek, crazy, beautiful beach day.
31:25 star geek, crazy, beautiful beach day.
33:29 Discussion about Good Good Golf, Desert Classic -recent tournament and production quality.
36:20 Questioning survival of eating a golf ball.
43:30 Eyes or legs?
47:06 Unique perspective on albatross encounters at club.
49:10 Friends forever
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Thanks to Divot Board for supporting the show and creating a swing aid that actually works. They were also kind enough to offer our listeners 10% off and free shipping. Just use the code: "ALBATROSS" at checkout. www.divotboard.com
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What is Did I Tell You About My Albatross?
Host "Albi" made a 1/600 million, walk-off albatross (2 on a par 5) to win a 2 day golf tournament in Tampa, FL. So he started a podcast to tell the world about it and to find/share stories like his.
Welcome to ‘Did I Tell You About My Albatross’, the golf podcast that delves into the most incredible, improbable, and downright mind-blowing moments in golf.
Every episode feels like teeing it up with your favorite foursome, filled with laughter, storytelling, and the camaraderie that makes golf so unique.
The inception of this podcast is rooted in one of golf’s rarest feats: a walk-off albatross. In the 2020 Member-Member tournament at Carrollwood Country Club in Tampa, Florida, Albi (Host) defied 1 in 600 million odds, making a 2 on the final par 5, last hole/ last shot securing a miraculous win. This monumental shot wasn’t just a game-changer on the course; it transformed Albi’s life.
Join Albi and his Co-hosts: Sheppard (pro athlete whisperer/performance coach guru), and Panda (PGA Teaching Professional) as they uncover the best "did i tell you about...." moments in and around golf.
Discover the magic, the mayhem, and the moments that make golf the incredible game it is.
My girlfriend's going to hate me for telling this story, but I'm going to do
it anyways. I actually have an ass tattoo of
interstellar. It's great.
You know the spaceship he takes into the black hole at the end of the
movie? Yeah. So I have that spaceship going towards my black
hole. No, you do not, dude. I'm not going to show it here.
I'm not going to disagree. Come on, dude, YouTube. We're looking for subscribers. Come on,
dog. Hey, you know what? If you really want to see it, go request tall
Connor. That's my private account. I'll let you in. You can see it.
All right, cool. All right, I'll do it. I don't know that I actually am
going to do that. Don't worry.
You don't have to see my eyes, Brandon. It's okay. You do not. No,
not yet, anyway. I want to court you a little bit.
Did I tell you about my albatross? A yo, here we
go. Come on. Welcome to another episode of did I tell
you about my albatross? I'm your host, Albie. This is the golf
podcast for honest degenerates. It's like teeing up with your favorite foursome every week
and diving into the best stories in and around golf. You
guys ready to tee off? Let's go. We added chilling on the right side of
the green. Sip a little something, and we working on.
Welcome. Welcome, everyone, to another episode of did I tell you about my
albatross? I'm your host, Albie Boyd. We have a good one for you tonight.
We have Connor Boyd,
the tall golfer, on Instagram. The tall golfer is here,
folks. And you're probably asking, why would Brando,
better known as Albie, have the tall golfer on it? And it's easy because this
guy had a very special
moment last week, and we're going to dive all into it. I feel
like we're joined at the hip because you got an albatross, and
everyone knows that after you get an albatross, you got to come on. Did I
tell you about my albatross? First off, I just want to say I'm super excited
to be on this podcast. Like, the fact that Matt Sharp, one of my idols,
has been on this, the fact that you guys, there's a community of
albatrosses, whatever we're going to call each other. I love that
so much. So, yeah, I'm Connor. I'm from
the, you know, the tall golfer on Instagram. Nice and simple.
I am six foot nine. If you're not watching this on video. Then
I'm sorry, but I'm going to show everyone at home, everyone doesn't believe me,
so we're going to just show everyone that a normal doorway is
six foot eight. For those wondering, wow, there's my
head above it, dude, you know what's crazy? So I can do that, too. Now,
look, this is an illusion. It's all an illusion here. So I'm going to turn
the camera. Watch it. Okay.
All right. Look at that. Now you're probably like, wow, he's tall, too.
I'm only 511, but the reason
that's like that is because I'm doing this out of a shed, dude, this is
a shed. So I'm literally in my backyard in a shed and in
tough shed. We're waiting on our sponsorship money. Send it. So you're in the LA
area, and actually, I think you used to play on some of the tours out
there, right? Yeah. So it used to be called
the golden state tour, and now they've combined, I believe, with
the outlaw tour in Arizona to be the Asher tour.
And so I was playing on that for about a year or
two of my life, and it was one of those. I've got no wife, I
don't have a kid. I have time to just pursue a
dream. Luckily, I got laid off from COVID so it kind of
pushed that dream forward and pursued that
was working, like I said, liquor store job at night and just
trying to pursue a dream. And unfortunately, there are some really
good golfers out there. It's crazy. Like, the different
layers of players I was sharing with you, man. We've
got some really good golfers at our club. Some of our friends, they
were on the corn ferry tour. They've been on some of the mini tours and
stuff, and they're the best golfers I've ever seen in my life. And then the
layer above that to be on tour, and then you have
a couple of layers, even between the number one compared to in
between the guys that just made it on tour. It's just crazy
to me. It is absolutely crazy. It
really is insane, because, for instance, I went to the good, good. Oh, you
did? Like, speaking of. Okay, how was it?
Was it awesome? It was a great time. They were all the nicest
guys I've ever met. Everyone who was there, who was a creator
was taking the time to take a picture with anyone and everyone. It was
great time. But they're really good. They
are some semi pro, and Luke Kwan used to play
on some of the asian tours. And so
it's insane to go to that. And then the next day, we went to
waste management, and it's like, okay, that was fun
golf. Those are guys are really good. This is another level. And when
you try and watch it and say, oh, well, I could shoot a
77 out there. Yeah, maybe in normal conditions. You're not shooting a
77 at waste management in tour conditions. I'm sorry.
I've done that life. I thought I was a good golfer. I was
plus two at one point. Plus 2.5 was just crushing
it. It didn't matter. These 14 year olds were smoking me. Like, charlie
woods would come around. Not actually Charlie woods, but the next
Charlie woods would come around and just wax me by ten strokes.
I was like, yeah, I'm going to get into another hobby, another job. This is
going to be, I should say, another career. This is going to be a hobby.
Now I'm older, I'm 43. So for me, growing
up, like, dude, you go get a scholarship. If you shoot the mid 70s,
it's crazy. Now it's like, dude, we have guys
at our club even. And I mean, again, these are like, plus three, plus four
players, and they can't even get a scholarship, dude, I. Think golf
truly exploded because of, I mean, tiger woods for
my era. I think during COVID people
were like, oh, wow, I have nothing to do. Let's go outside and be in
the most manicured, beautiful nature of all time. Which is why I love
golf. You're just in the most beautiful scenic
areas. And then after that happened, waste
management got shut down for alcohol sales and ticket sales.
That's a golf tournament. That's not Coachella. That's not EDC.
That's a golf tournament that's getting shut down for alcohol
sales and too many people crowding the gates.
The skill level of these players that are up and coming is
unbelievable because it's the new basketball. It's the new mean.
Personally, I don't know how people are going to think about that, but I think
it's blowing up. Well, I think even with full swing and you
have such momentum, I think live and PGA makes it more polarizing. I know a
lot of people are like, no, it's division now, and it's going to dilute it.
But, dude, I think it's great because it's in the news a lot more. All
right, let's get into the story
so everyone knows we've done this now two times.
My first investment in the first employee is going to absolutely be a producer.
We're going to buy a producer. We're not going to have this happen again. But,
dude, you just told me the most amazing story, and I want everyone to hear
this. And it just wasn't recorded. That's what happened. Okay, I'll just admit it. So,
yeah, if you can paint a picture of what happened last week, where were
you? For the first time ever, let me tell you this story.
We're at Montekea in Hawaii,
and we are at number nine, which is
342 yards away. And
things are going well. We're playing
against my dad and my uncle's
buddy, and I'm with another one of my uncle's buddy. What were their names
again? Yeah. Here's a funny little tidbit. That's Aaron.
And, you know, why wouldn't it be these two people for
this? Love that. Yes. So
my partner, Darren hits a ball right down
the middle, and I have a four iron in my hand, and he goes, dude,
come on. I've seen the way you've been hitting the ball. Like, you crush it.
You're gigantic. Just get your driver out. I'm in the middle.
Just go for the green. We'll win the hole no matter what. So I was
like, all right, great. So I run back to the cart, I grab my
driver, I run back. So pause. Tall goffer. All right, so this is just
brilliant to me. Like, darren is an unsung hero. You got a couple heroes in
this whole saga. Shout out, Darren. Darren. We love you, darren. You made this
happen, dude. All right, go ahead. I told
everyone it was also the shot heard around the hotel. We'll get
to that. But Darren is the only reason why the
Monteke resort knows of Connor Boyd and the Togo hall. That's
amazing, darren. Darren, I love you. Thank you. Shocka limb.
Shocker. So Darren tells me to get my
driver, go back to the t box, and I smash this drive. It was
awesome. It felt great. Little high draw lands right
in the fringe in between the two bunkers protecting the
green. I was just stunned. It
got there because I was like, oh, my God. That's a great shot. Right? How
far was it? It was a par, 442
yards. Yeah, pretty sure that's almost the same yardage that Matt
Sharif had on his second one. Think so? Which is wild. So
anyways, lands on the fringe.
Aaron starts going, oh, my God, that's going in the hole. That's going to go
in. I'm like, no, it's not. No, it's not. And it disappears.
And my pessimistic self thinks, no, that's probably in the.
That's behind the flag. It's got to be behind the flag. And
Aaron starts screaming to, like, the
freaking marshals and the people on hole 18.
Aaron believes.
Shout out to Aaron for believing in it. I love it. I love Aaron and
Darren. They're great. Aaron was so confident
from the t box, and me and my dad were. Don't. I don't know if
this is, like, my dad is the fourth of all people. It was amazing. So
my dad is there. He runs to the cart to get his phone. And that's
when the video started that I posted on Instagram. It was me on
the. Don't. I don't see a
ball, but I don't like. Aaron's freaking out.
Aaron is screaming. Like, the marshall is now following us down to the hole. Did
he see it go in? He must have seen it go in then, right? Like,
he must have actually seen. Marshall was right at the tee, like,
behind our carts, waiting for us to tee off. We were not playing slow,
by the way. We were very fast. He was just making the rounds. He's just
making his rounds, and he pulls it behind us, and he's just losing it with
us. He's like, no way. I can't believe it. I was like, I don't think.
I don't know. Don't get too excited. I don't know. Yeah, right? So,
the videos are just me driving down the cart path. I wanted to make the
run. I really did. But if you ever go to Monica number
nine, you'll know why I didn't. You'll know why I didn't.
So I jump in the cart. My dad's videoing. He's like, what just happened?
I'm like, I think I just hit a hole of water to par four. I
don't really know. I don't see a ball on the green. I
don't see a freaking ball on the green. I don't know what to do.
And then I pull up, and I sprint up to the hole. And
I couldn't see it at first because it was as close. It was, like, on
the close side, so I didn't know if it was there or not. And I
look over, and I see it, and I let out the. Like, I felt like
I just won the Super bowl. It was.
Johnson, like, flexing out of his Hercules chains or something. It
was amazing. So when it happened, like, when you saw that it went
in, do you even remember what that feeling felt like? Was it like,
blur? Hole in one and albatross in one.
You didn't have a hole in one before? I never had a hole in one.
I've hit flagsticks. I've zipped it back across the hole. I've lipped
out of a hole. It's just so crazy.
I've witnessed around twelve to 14 hole
in ones myself because I wore any albatrosses. Any albatross?
No albatrosses. And so
I literally just threw my hat and put my hands over my head
and just. I couldn't believe it. I started
looking. I'm in Hawaii at a resort course
at my dad's favorite hotel, where he used to go all
the time when he was being taken by his company
ten years ago. It was just surreal. It's surreal.
I don't know if anyone believes in the manifest destiny thing, but
my girlfriend and I, we shout out Aaron. Patrick, she's a
beauty. Thank you for loving me and supporting me. Oh, so that's your girlfriend. We
got another Aaron. So we got Aaron. Happy birthday, by the. No, that's your
sister. Oh, yeah. So that's a
wild part of the story. This was on my sister's birthday,
February 16. Shout out to Colleen Boyd.
And so my girlfriend, Aaron, who, thank you for loving
me when I was a semi pro golfer and
trying to make it on the PGA tour as a bad golfer. And I cannot
do that. But apparently, plus, 2.5 handicap doesn't make
it, but. So I facetime her immediately. I jump in the cart.
I facetime Aaron. Oh, that's cool, babe. I just got a hole in one on
a par four. And her eyes. Did she get it? She got
like. She knows. She knows. She's been chases all the
time. She actually is. She bought her own golf clubs
on Amazon without me even saying she should, without anything.
This is a keep. You need to put a ring on this one, dude. Hey.
We are actually moving in in seven days.
Is this is the one? Aaron? Is the one, dude. You heard it
here. Wow. This is.
Dude. Well, first of all, all right. A couple of things I just want to
back up a little bit, so. Okay. No, dude. No, this is great.
First of all, it's an amazing story. The thing I love about it, a couple
of things. You have lots of heroes in it. You got Aaron and Darren, right?
Wouldn't have happened without Darren. That feels like a movie.
Like, a lot of things had to happen here. He had to tell you to
go back to the cart to get mean. Dude, there's just something
there. All right, then the fact that your dad?
I've told the story before. I know everyone, by the way. You can fast forward
this part, but for context. The albatross I had
member, member tournament. Last day of the tournament, last hole,
last shot. Take your time. This is a good story. This is a good story.
Most people, if they're listening, they've probably heard us. Let me just tell your people,
since they'll be tuning in, because they'll be listening to you. So, yeah, for context,
we had a two day tournament. Member, member at Carolwood Country Club. We finished on
this whole pine one, and it was a par five.
I hit a good drive, 247 out. My second shot,
three wood goes in. And our buddies were waiting for us. Andy,
shout out. Sea turtle and Nick. They were waiting for us.
Yes. We got to the green, and Andy looked at me
and goes, hey, man, did you hit a good shot? And I'm like, it was
the best rewatch hit in my life. He goes, okay. Well, yeah, it went over.
So I start looking for this thing. Couldn't find it. Finally, I'm like, andy, where
the hell is this ball? And he goes, it went in the hole, dude. And
we coursely lost our mind, just like kind of what you described. But the crazy
part was when we went in and we turned our scorecard in and they said,
oh, yeah, you're actually three shots back going into that
last hole. So with that, you tied for the tournament win, and we do a
Calcutta here. It was like thousands of dollars. But
again, dude, I told you before, I forgot to hit
record, dude, I thought I was going to be famous. I say
that, and every time I describe this, I thought I was going to be famous.
Scott Van Pelt, shout out to. On every episode, I always mention Scott Van Pelt
and Chris Paul. I'll get to Chris Paul here in a minute because I want
to talk to you about basketball, too. In a minute. But I say that on
every episode because I thought I was going to be interviewed, buy them. I thought
for sure I was going to be on Jimmy Fallon. Like, I thought I was
going to be making my rounds. No one cared about my golf shot. So I
started a podcast about albatrosses. And more importantly, dude,
this is why I tell all of that in the backstory, because more importantly,
I tell it for those moments. That's like the albatross
like moments. Now, very rarely. The reason I want to have all the people that
get albatrosses on here is because they absolutely get it and you absolutely
understand the rarity of it. Like one in 6 million.
It's totally insane. It is. Dude,
if you tell someone that doesn't understand golf fully, or even people that golf, they're
like, oh, yeah, but a hole in one, I mean, that's hard. They don't even
fully get that. A hole in one is one in 17,000. So the difference
between an albatross and then I don't even know what the ods are. I'm going
to even give you more props because the ods on a one on a
par four have got to be even crazier. I don't even
know. I've watched the Matt sharp video. Both hole in ones, by the way.
Now that he has two, I can't believe that crazy and
par four. Seeing
it become real is a wild feeling. And so anyone out
there who doesn't believe that you can just do anything you want, I promise you,
you can. You mentioned Matt Sharp. The fact that he wanted to come on here
and talk about albatrosses just goes to show you what he thinks about how
rare he thinks. And I told him in the email, when I reached out to
him, like, hey, man, we've got this special bond. This is crazy. I sent him
the story, and sure enough, to his credit, he came
on, killed it. He was such a great guest. He felt
just like, I mean, he was saying the same stuff you are. He's just, like,
kind of still in awe. And he loved talking about it because it just helped
him remember that. You can tell he was reliving that moment over and
over. And I saw you mentioned it earlier about how he
was running towards the, like, I just love those videos because
it's just joy. It is screaming
like, no, I know. Really what my point was
is that you were able to share it. Obviously, we love Aaron and Darren, but
the fact you were able to share it with your dad, dude, is just. It
was bitter. Like, when I got mine, I was actually telling Matt this, like,
matt sharp when he was on, it was bittersweet for me because
I asked him, I'm like, who did you call when it happened? Obviously, you called,
hopefully your bride to be in the future. It sounds like you guys are on
a good track. And he said the
same thing. He said at the time, it was my girlfriend Maddie. But
when it happened to me, the one person that I really wanted to call was
my dad. He's the one that got me into golf. He's the guy that would,
like, he'd lose his mind. And unfortunately, he
had passed away. And I called my wife my wife was like, okay, that's
great, but I've had the kids for all day. Can you get back here
soon? Because I'm like, no, this is, like the most amazing moment. I'm like,
yes. Do you know what just happened? She figured
it out later. But I love that your wife or girlfriend,
I love that she understood it and that she actually
got it right away. That's pretty cool. After that moment happened,
you obviously are celebrating and everything. Everyone's losing their mind. Tell me. Walk me
through what happened next. Yeah, the weirdest
thing, I felt like I was on Mars because I
get a whole one on a par four albatross.
I facetime my girlfriend. She tells a story that I
was in shock. She was like, you weren't celebrating. You were just,
like, telling me what had happened. It was, like, just factual. There was
no celebration. I don't know, because for me,
I was like, in my mind, I was like, babe, I got a hold of
one and I'm, like, freaking out. But she said it was more almost
in shock. And so I am just looking at my
dad like, I can't believe that just happened. This is your favorite
hotel. You've come here your whole life. Crazy. This is
now going to be the place for us. And so drive
up to the clubhouse, essentially, there's like the
golf shop and then the resort clubhouse. And I pull
up and I walk in and I go, hey, I just
got a hold of one in a par 4342 yards.
Can you believe it? And I swear it was like I had said, the
sky was blue or grasses green. No one
cared. They looked at me like I was
just some normal guy. And I looked at the bartender like
anything, and he just goes, cool, what do you want to
drink? And I was believable. Okay, well, I guess this is going to be the
cheapest hole in one I'm ever going to get in my. Like, I haven't
had any others, but I know you're supposed to buy people drinks, but if nobody
wants anything, I'm going to buy me, my dad, Aaron, Darren, and anyone
else who actually gives a shit.
Sounds good. But other than know, it was just me and
my dad and Aaron and Darren drinking to celebrate. Oh, the cart
lady actually was the most supportive out of
anyone on the course. She was like, even the Marshall that was watching
you. I will say I tried to take a picture with the Marshall, and he
didn't really understand why I was trying to take a picture. He's like, oh, you
want a picture of you two? I was like, no, with you. You're the guy.
Like, that guy should want a picture with you. I want a picture with. Yes.
Yes, exactly. You're trying to help him out. Yes, exactly. The cart lady
at least gave us a free shot. It was like, I. Very cool. Never heard
of someone getting a hole in one on a par four. My wife and I,
then girlfriend, we had been dating for, like, I don't know, five or six
years.
She won the circle of excellence award, which is really hard to get in.
She works in the hospitality industry for a really well known brand.
And anyway, they celebrated it there. They flew, like, a handful of people out that
won the circle of excellence award. All right. Shout out to Krista. Congratulations once
again. But it got me out to this amazing,
like, I mean, dude, that place is heaven. And then I got there. We played
all those same courses that you probably played, and I was fortunate,
and it was unbelievable. I mean, one of my favorite places, obviously, to play,
but the fact that we were out there, I piggybacked,
and I actually asked her to marry me out there.
And it's funny, dude. It
blows my mind that it's the same place you asked your. Oh, dude,
totally. Oh, totally. I know. Well, the fact we
show the albatross. No, dude, I'm telling you. So this goes back to what you
were saying. In my opinion, there is something going on. I
mean, thoughts become things, dude. Literally, I've lived. And I sent you an email after
I saw your story and I saw your videos and stuff, and I was like,
I got to get you on. I mean, like I said, this should be hopefully
the place everyone goes when they get an albatross. It proved, Hunter, that
anything truly is possible. I was telling you
before we got started that I hired a data scientist. For those of you who
don't know, some of you guys heard the story tons of times, but I hired
a data scientist to figure out what the ods are on my shot, which was
to win the tournament or tie for the win on the last shot, and it
was one in 600 million. I took it way too far. I'm a complete lunatic
with this thing. But to me, I wanted to know the ods because,
dude, that just proved to me that really anything
is kind of possible as long as you don't discount or, like, as long as
you don't just blow something off and think it's not. And I don't know if
we had talked about this before, if it was an unrecorded version, but I'm
a big believer of the manifest destiny,
my girlfriend journals and wrote down every single thing we wanted
in a dream apartment or house or condo, whatever it was going to be.
And we're moving into a place in seven days that has checked every
single box off of those. And on top of that,
here's a weirder stat for anyone who doesn't believe that it works. Me
and her both wrote down what we wanted to find in our dream
partner, and then we found it and we didn't think either one of
us had done that. And we told each other about it about a year later,
maybe saying, did you know I journaled about you and you?
So it's a wild thing.
Me and her pick a word every year and it's like, what's our
word for this year? What are we trying to accomplish? Last year it was uncomfortable
for me and I put myself in uncomfortable situations. I started a new
couple. Give me a couple real quick. Okay. I got two huge
ones for you. Okay. All right. I quit my job trying to become
a semi pro golfer to become a commercial real estate agent in
Los Angeles, full of, quite frankly, some pretty toxic
people in Los Angeles. But you know what? I'm going to be the happy, fun
loving good guy here. Dude, you're going to kill it.
Two. Because I knew I had six months before I had to move in
with my girlfriend. I moved into my parents house at 29
years old because I was like, you know what? I'm just going to do this.
It's going to save me money. It's going to help me in my career.
And I don't care what anyone says. It is the best thing ever. Listen,
I got two little ones and I'm trying like, I'm going to get this podcast
blown up to the point where I can build a compound and I'm going to
build their houses right next to me because I don't want them go anywhere. Dude,
I love those two. Exactly. The word for this year was
surreal. My word for this year is surreal. And I've already
had countless surreal moments. I don't know how to describe it,
but on top of that, I now have a freaking hole in
one Montekea flag with. So talk about the flag. Where'd
you get the flag? So you left the bar that no one really cared about.
You bought a jack and coke or Jack and diet for your
dad. Shout out to what's his name again? Bill Boyd. Legendary Bill Boyd.
Bill Boyd, yeah. So pro shop had it waiting for me
because they had heard about the hole in one. And so we got Steve,
who got us a tea time up top. Shout out Steve. We got
Aaron with the greatest fucking shot ever. Shout out
Aaron. He's the first believer. We love that. He's the first
believer. And then we got Darren who convinced me to
take that four iron. Thank you, Darren. We love Darren. You made that. We got
Bill Boyd so proud of our favorite son. And by the way, I'm
his only son, so there's no hate here. I'm actually just his only
son. And then I signed it at the top. 342, number
nine on my sister's birthday. Dude, what a
cool. I used a yellow ball. I'm sorry, people. It's
a tailor made two tp five. I'm sorry it was
yellow. It still counts. It was totally. What do you mean?
We were talking about it earlier. The equipment is
not what makes the golfer. It's totally the swing and everything else. Now I'm a
swing aid guru. I didn't say this to you earlier, but I'm actually going to
do a whole segment on like, I'm just going to review. I've counted
them. I literally tall golfer have 37
swing aids in my garage. Like 37. I've got five
right here. I could show you. Oh, let's see it. Let's see it. Shout out
divot board. Divot board. I don't know if you've used this, dude. This thing actually
works. It's pretty cool. You seen the divot board? Is that the thing that shows
you exactly where you're club edit? Yeah. Yes, exactly.
Great idea. And dude, these guys are amazing. I've bought so much
snake oil and I've bought some decent ones. So anyway, we're going to do a
whole segment on it and give our honest feedback and reviews on these things. But
I brought up the fact that the longest drive on tour just happened
recently with Max home and he broke the record. But before that it was Davis
love. It was like not think about the equipment he played. You know, I had
these two guys on shout out to Sam and Bryce and
they have actually a swing aid, which is one of the reasons I wanted them
on because I'm going to be reviewing it and going through the process. But it's
called speed toad and what they do, these guys are,
I think Bryce last year had in competition, he had won
like 478 or something stupid. And
then Sam actually is one of like four or
five people on the planet that have a ball
speed 240 plus
miles an hour. So I'm talking to these guys. Oh, dude,
it's insane. I mean, I'm talking to these guys. Different level. I'm talking to these
guys. By the way,
I actually asked our corn fairy buddy. I asked Matt Sharf. I mean,
I asked them. Really decent golfers have you ever come close to.
Dude, they crack four or five golf balls every
session, and it's actually a problem because they have to think
about. Yeah. Oh, dude, totally. I had them send me pictures. It is
insane. And I'm like, dude, I've hit
some amazing drive. I've gotten a hold of a couple again. I'm like a four
or five handicap. I hit some good drives,
and I can hit the ball, like, fairly far. Dude, I've never come close
to cracking a golf ball. And they do four or five a session.
Yeah, dude, golf balls are built to compress and
withstand, like, 200 miles an hour.
Think about it, Rory. When he smashes one, they're like, oh,
187 bowl speed. Absolutely beautiful. From Rory there, it's like, okay, now
add 90 miles. Sorry, bad math. Add 60 miles
an hour to that. Think about going 60 miles
an hour in a car. You're adding that speed to Rory's drive.
I think it's Cam champ or someone. Cam champ might have,
like, the. He may have the fastest ball speed on
tour. 190 ish.
Okay. These guys are 50 miles an hour
faster than that. I just saw Sam post
something on, and they're great guys, by the way. You should connect with them. They
just posted something on social where he hit a pitching wedge.
212 miles. Sorry.
220 yards.
Not even a pitching wedge. I think it was, like a 52 degree or something.
It's insane. It's just crazy. Yeah, no, that's super
casual. Just an absolute. Exactly. Pitching
wedge. Going mile.
Did you go to the top of the mountain on
Montekea and do the expedition where you go see the
stars? Sadly, no. Okay.
I really wanted to because I'm a huge space
nerd. Me, too. All right. Interstellar is my
favorite movie of all time. Okay, you know what? My
girlfriend's going to hate me for telling this story, but I'm going to do it
anyways. I actually have an ass tattoo of
interstellar. That's great.
You know the spaceship he takes into the black hole at the end of the
movie? Yeah. So I have that spaceship going towards my black
hole. No, you do not, dude. I'm not going to show it here.
I'm not going to disagree. Come on, dude. YouTube. We're looking for subscribers. Come on,
dog. Hey, you know what? Really want to see it? Go request tall
Connor. That's my private account. I'll let you in. You can see it.
All right, cool. All right, I'll do it. I don't know that I actually am
going to do that. Don't worry.
You don't have to see my eyes, Brandon. It's okay.
Not yet, anyway. I want to court you a little bit when you get back
out to Hawaii. I'm going to go with you. I think it'd be a great.
It'd be so much fun to go back out there and play it with.
Bring the. Let's bring the girls with this. I think they'd love it. I'm going
to take you to Mont, dude, if you're that much of a star geek, dude,
you got to go to Monte. Like, Montekea, just for the people. I'm gonna go
off golf here, dude. It was one of the most
crazy experiences in my life. You take this, by the way.
I was actually at the beach in the water. Warm water, beautiful at the
beginning of the day. And then in the afternoon, evening. My beautiful
bride. She arranged this because she knew how into it
I was. She arranged for us to go on this van tour.
And they take you, and you keep going up this mountain. Now, that's like a
13,000 foot elevation, if you think about it. 14,000. It
freaking snows up there. I didn't even know it.
Totally. They give you parkins because. Yes. No, totally. Snow was all over the
ground. And then when you get up there, they pave. This
is the crazy part. They pave the last mile and a half
of road when you get up there. Because that's
where all the high powered telescopes are in the world.
I'm talking about all the top.
Yes. And they're all up there. And so they don't want any dust or anything
getting up there. So you get up there, and once you're up there, it's kind
of hard to breathe. You have to kind of, like.
Acclimate. Thank you. I was trying to think of the word. Thanks for saying that.
I got you. I'm a couple of drinks in. No, but once
you get acclimated, then you're like, oh, my God.
And then it gets dark because it's a dusk. They get you up there at
dusk. Then it turns is.
You can see. It's just amazing because we have a lot of light pollution here
in. And I'm originally from North Carolina, went to school
at Appalachian State, up in the mountains. So in Boone,
I remember you could see the stars and shooting stars. It was amazing. Different
level up there, like, different level. You can see the Milky
way up there. You can see the Milky Way.
When you can see the Milky Way, I swear to God, it makes you feel
so small. And it's like everything just puts in perspective
because you can literally just see this white band across
the sky. It's like, no, dude. And
then there's more planets just in our Milky Way galaxy that
are earthlike than there are grains of sand
in. My favorite facts, one of my favorite. Facts that, to me,
when I heard that, I'm like, what? That's how
massive ambassador. Anyway, but my point is, we got to go back
there. So when you went to the good, good tournament, you mentioned you went to
the good tournament. Tell me a little bit about it. I really wanted to go
out there. We had him on, I guess it was like a week and a
half before that tournament. And again, this is just
to kind of paint a picture for those who don't connect the dots here. Initially,
this was only a month removed from when they did the live
broadcast on YouTube, where I thought the production quality
on all of this is just. I don't know how they're doing it. Dude. It's
just amazing. But, I mean, what did you think? What was your experience with
it? It was amazing. I thought it was awesome.
It was, like, sprinkling a
little bit here and there. It wasn't raining quite like it was at waste management
the next day. Was it cold? Yeah, it was cold,
but it wasn't unbearable. I think I was in just
regular joggers and a long sleeve shirt. It wasn't like, oh,
my God, I'm freezing. Okay. And
so I thought it was run well. I thought
it was done well. I thought the fact that
this is not a knock, this is a good thing. There was
very little resistance to interaction. It was like,
oh, hey, they just teed off. I'm just going to wait by their cart.
Whether it be Martin Borgmeyer, Johnny Manziel. I didn't know
Manzie was there. I didn't realize he was there. Wow, that's crazy. Oh, I have
a great picture with Johnny. He's the nicest guy ever. He smiled bigger than.
He's, like, he's cheesing huge. He didn't have to do
a. He's a famous football player.
So it was an awesome time. I thought it was super
intimate. It was very, you know. Can I get a
picture Martin Borgmier? Can I get a picture of Mac Boucher? Can I get a
know anyone? And they were all super open to you know, because I'm
so big. A lot of them were like, oh, my giant. Even
Martin Borgmier was like, holy crap, you're taller than I am. I was like, I
thought you'd be giant. Like, I'm a little taller than you. It's awesome.
The bus to Jack, guys. Nicer than ever. Same thing. Mason nut shout
out to you. He was like, wow. I'm looking eye to eye to you. I
was like, yes, we are. I've always wanted to meet you, my man. This is
awesome. So I thought it was awesome. It was a really fun time.
They had bars, restrooms, snacks set up kind of
everywhere. It's at a grass clippings, par three, par four course.
This is supposed to be fun and interactive. It's not supposed to be waste management.
It's not supposed to be some giant production. Like, NBC is here, which is
wild. I couldn't believe, like, I'm standing next to this giant
camera taking video. I'm like, this is like waste management. But
it's a fun interact. Like rigs and the bar stool just. It was
an awesome time. It was a really good time. Our two
main questions for me, like, everyone, when I started this thing, they're like,
panda, especially the traditionalist.
He is okay with these questions. He likes more golf related, like savant
questions. But this is more important to me. So can
a human being eat a golf ball
and survive? Now you're a big dude. This is actually a great question for you
because, yeah, you could probably do
it. Could a human being eat a golf ball and
survive? Swallow a golf ball, I guess.
Or eat. I mean, chew. Not a feathery, a titleist or one of your
orange balls or yellow ball. So, yeah, I was thinking. I was like, I'm trying
to think. I don't think you
could swallow it. I'm trying to think about a big
pill I've taken or like a big. If you took a golf
ball, you wouldn't be able to swallow it, let
alone, what about coming out?
Coming out, I think, is easy. I love this
question because you ask 100 people this and 50 people are going to tell you
one thing, the other 50 are going to tell you the other. And I just
love it because I've flip flopped now twelve times. I don't know,
dude. I think, personally, I think you're dying. I think you're going to
suffocate. I'm going, no,
think about digesting food. Even just like in
your stomach. It's already dissolved as you chew it. You can't chew
this thing and it ain't dissolving in your stomach,
that is going to be like, I'm saying
no. I'm saying absolutely no. So
the reason this came up, dude, it's funny. The
reason this came up and shout out to Monica and the
whole golf thing, because they gave you a flag and stuff, dude, when I got
this, I had to make my own trophy, Connor. Okay? So I'm
like, again, I thought I was going to be famous. No one cared. Everyone
tells me I should be on some cover of some magazine. I'm like, no one
cares, dude. No, you will be. I'm telling you, we're going to
make this thing. People are going to start realizing how special it is. But I
got an email from the club and let me just read it to you. It
says, dear members, we hope all member member participants have
recovered from a big weekend. And congratulations to all winners. But
they weren't all winners. Actually, with that being said, we
would like to recognize an albatross that was made on pine one during
Sunday's final round. Brandon Redding holed out his
second shot with a three wood from 247
yards out. Please congratulate Mr. Redding on the significant achievement when you
see him around the club. Now, what is wrong with
leave? They left something out. Please congratulate Mr. Redding
on his significant achievement. He hit an albatross on the
final round, pine one.
To come back from a three stroke deficit.
They didn't mention it. They didn't mention that. They didn't mention the most
important, like, the craziest part of
me. Anyway, look, there
might be football fans. Out there, but that's better than the Tom Brady Atlanta Falcons
28 to three comeback. I'm sorry. Thank you.
You hit a one in 600 million shot.
It's so lucky. That's
unbelievable. And, dude, it's not like, to me, I'm not
even trying to brag on it. All I really want is people to. Realize
this is the brag time. This is literally when you're supposed to brag.
Well, you brag. This is your. I have started a podcast about
it to brag. So I can't really say that, but I'm just saying. So I
had to make my own trophy. This is the ball. And I'm not good at
trophy making. I'm about as good at trophy making as
I am producing podcasts. But look, dude, look at this thing.
But the whole reason I did this. And so the reason the golf ball scenario
came up is because Panda said he has a story where. And it makes complete
sense he's like, and I'm like, if I get a certain number of subscribers,
then I'm not going to have to work anymore. And I'll be able to talk
about golf and go play golf courses and film it, and that'll be my life,
right? And that'd be amazing. I won't tell the albatross story anymore. He was
like, you're mean to tell me you're not ever going to share that story with
anyone? And I'm like, no. And he's like, bullshit. What are you going
to do if you do? And I'm like, dude, I'm a man of my word.
Honest degenerate. He's like, no, what are you going to do if you
tell that story? He said, you're going to have to eat a golf ball, and
you have to eat that golf ball, the one that's in here. And I'm like,
are you trying to kill me? I think it'll kill me.
I think we've settled on the fact that after I get a certain number, I
don't know what that number is, do we got to figure that part out? But,
yeah, I'm never going to tell the story again. And he brings up this point
where you mean to tell me if you're playing pine one with a bunch of
gibronis, and somehow he got paired up with them, and one of the
jokers hits a random t ball. Then he hits a second shot.
It rolls onto the green, and he ends up getting a birdie.
Two putts for a birdie. And one of the guys in the group goes,
that's the most amazing shot or score I've ever seen on this
hole. You mean to tell me you're not going to jump in and be like,
wait a minute, I got an albatross to win a tournament. There's no
way. You just got to tell people around
you what the bed is so that you can just point to them and be
like, please, just point. All right, we're in
Montekea, and it's our 10th year going, and someone asks about
your albatross. When I tell mine, you have to just point. And I'll be like,
so get this, Brandon. 18 pole down, three
pine one. Bam. Love it. I can't
wait to tell your story. When we're at Monte K, I'll be like, dude, these
two guys, Aaron, they're going to be with us. Aaron and Darren.
All right, so then the other question. One more. So the other one
is so not a
golf question. I love it. My wife rolls her eyes every time she hears me
tell it. Are there more eyes or
legs in the world? Now I want you to think of, you're a science guy.
I can tell you love weird stuff like this. I'm not talking
about like humans. Anything that's alive.
Are there more eyes or legs in
the world? I
love this so much, dude. This stumped Matt
Sharf, by the way. He was amazing. That golf ball
question. He went and grabbed a golf ball and put up to his throat kind
of like you did. He was like trying to figure out. He's like, I don't
know, man. He spent like 510 minutes on it. I loved, it was great. He
loved this one, too. Okay, so
initially I was thinking like, okay, it's probably
legs because a lot of things that have two eyes have four legs
or more. But then you got to take into
account the ocean, which makes up way
more percent of our earth and we
don't even know the population of the. We're not even
close to knowing, dude, that's like the greatest unknown.
And on the flip side, the ocean is bigger than all the
land. And think about driving to this is
for the west coast people from La to Arizona. You
go through absolute nothingness. There is no
legged creature, there's no eyed creature, there's no nothing. So
I'm going eyes, because on top of the ocean
you have things like spiders which have eight eyes. You
have things that just,
I think the ocean has to take the eyes thing because
if you're just accounting mammals and ants, all these other
insects. No, because everything with legs
has eyes. But not everything with eyes has
legs. Yes, totally. Initially
you're thinking like centipedes, you're thinking crabs. You're thinking like, but dude,
fish don't. I'm not counting fins as legs. Fins are not legs. No, that's not
a leg. I'm sorry. Tentacles. I mean, I'll give you tentacles. Fine, take it.
But I'm not going to give you like, I think you got to have legs
in order to comfortless. So I totally, in my opinion, you got
thousands and thousands of species, to your point, of fish that we probably don't even
know mean there are a lot of legs.
Yeah, there are a lot. And I love questions like this. Another one that we
don't necessarily have to answer tonight. We can tackle this next time. But another one
to think about. And by the way, what's on
Jordan Speed's mind? Like, I'm a big golfer. What's on Jordan's speed's mind is important.
To me, dude, this is way, way more important to me than
I would much rather someone be like, tell me a definitive answer. So
this one got me. So are there more doors or
wheels? Wheels are a great one.
No, you're right. Wheels are actually really good. I was thinking
doors or windows. Actually, that's a really
good one, too. I don't know about that. I think I've heard the doors or
wheels, but okay,
the doors are windows. One is good, too, because I'm looking
at two doors that have ten windows each.
Like small, little. I'm looking behind
you. You got three doors there.
I was a windows guy at first. Let me tell you my mentality here. I
was a windows guy at first. But then you start thinking. You go into a
big office building and you got a couple of doors there. When you walk in
all of the office, like, you got all those offices that have doors
going into the conference rooms. You've got doors that go into the kitchen. Then you
go in the kitchen. Now all of a sudden, I'm counting drawers as doors. So
all of a sudden, you pull out, like, the silverware drawer. That's a door.
You pull out the cabinet door. That's a door. You pull out. Now all of
a sudden. Then you go into the bathroom. Now all of a sudden, all the
stalls have doors. There's no windows in there. You've got like, dude,
all of a sudden you start looking and you're like, I really don't know.
I really don't know, man. Honestly, that one might be
the hardest one because I think we're on the same
wavelength for the ball and the fish and the eyes.
For sure. That might be one of the hardest ones because
working in commercial real estate, I walk through doors and windows all the time.
That's tough. That is really tough. Well,
dude, listen, man, I want you to think about it. You don't have to answer
tonight, but I want you to think about. Get back to me. Listen, Connor, this
has been an absolute blast. We've done this three times now tonight. So this
is great. We had a couple false starts, but no, man,
I really do appreciate the story is just amazing. I want this
to be our thing. I want anyone to get an albatross to come on here
and talk about it because it's going to sound
silly and stupid to everyone else that hears that doesn't have one. But
it is something just so unique and crazy
that it does sort of change your perspective on things. At least it did for
me. And I love having people on that have had them. Dude, you know what's
crazy is, like, here at our country club, we've got, like, my co host has
had one. Here's the. This, dude, this will blow your mind. My
buddy Nick, who was there to see it go in, it was waiting on us
on the green. Dude, I saw him get an albatross less than
a month earlier at a different hole.
What are the ods of that? You want to hear a
wild part, too, is that I have a friend, Nick, who has
dunked a hole in one at my club. Signature hole. And there
was no mark on the green. No anything. So, Nick, shout out to the Knicks
in the world. You guys are great golfers. Yeah. Oh, he'll love
hearing
then. Let me ask you this. So I got a hole in one. The only
hole in one I've ever gotten. That same summer. What a great summer that was.
Dude. That was like, you know what?
Brando Albie peaked in that summer because it was crazy.
That summer, I got my only hole in one. It was from 158 out,
but it was during COVID Well, yeah, it was, like, right at the tail end
of COVID And then I don't know if you guys
have had these out there, but we had, like, pool noodles, and they
would cut the pool noodle cap off, and they put those at the bottom of
the hole so people weren't. Like, touching them, which was super
genius, by the way. I don't know if you guys had the curtains in the
cart. Like, they would put curtains, like, little showered curtains,
but it went in, like, it was 158 out, wind blue tees. It went
in and it stayed in. My thought was that
that's a harder shot because it could easily hit the phone.
That is way harder. Dude, that's, like, that
tall. Dude, if I could jump through here and hug you right now, I would,
because my friends are like. They told me they were
like, well, actually, there's an asterisk with your hole in one. I mean, your albatross
room, but your asterisks because there was a pool noodle in there. I'm like, what
are you talking about? To me, it made it harder. I thought
that you were going to tell me that it was, like, during the time where
the holes were above the ground.
No, I agree with that. I agree with that because I remember playing
with holes like that where I would hit a putt and it would roll into
the noodle and bounce. Bounce out. Me, too. Yes. Harder
to do that because there's less room for it to go into the hole. That's
just science. People tell your friends they're not scientific minds. They don't understand.
I need to get new friends. I can get new friends like you, buddy. Listen,
so, Connor, this has been an absolute. Anything you want to plug, man.
Anything you want to throw out there. What can we do to help you? We
got to support our boy here. Yeah. No, I mean, I
appreciate it. Like I said, it's the tall golfer. Shout
out to bogey champs. They're the ones who sent me some free shirts. And I
opened that package that morning, and then I wore their shirt for the hole in
one, dude. They're part of the story, too. There's so many heroes to make this
thing happen. This is crazy. There's so many heroes. There's so many
heroes. What are their names? Bogey. What's their shout
out? Bogey. It's bogey champs.
Like, bogey champs. Bogey champs. I'm a size
medium large, depending on how they're cut, but whatever.
Yeah, I was just going to say bogey champs. And then I think it's genuinely
just a shout out to the Montekea. What an awesome place. Thank you for the
know. Thank you for that. And Aaron, my girlfriend, Aaron,
Darren. We got everyone in my billboard. Like,
everyone involved. It was just so surreal. Believe in
everything you can. Like, everything you want you can get. Just believe in it.
I promise it's coming. Write it down, dude. Write it down. Write it down. More
importantly, just live bold. I mean, I think you already got that going for you,
dude. And absolute pleasure, man. Let's definitely stay in touch.
I'm not bullshitting you, dude. Let's plan a trip. I know you guys just got
back, so I know it might be a while, but, dude, let me know you
guys are planning. Let's run it back, dude.
Monica. Monstrous. Monica.
Come on. Yes. No. It'd be fun, man. Well, anyway,
thanks for hopping on here, dude. And until next time, we'll stay in
touch. And until next time, man. Appreciate you hopping on here.
Thank you, bro. I really appreciate it. And thank you for having me. This has
been an awesome time. Did I tell you about my
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