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00:00We actually have a pretty decent field here for the Pro Core Championship, another event
00:09that got a name change this year as we head out to Silverado Resort out in Napa.
00:16This is a really nice track, Keith.
00:18Tell us a little bit about this place in Napa.
00:21Well, one thing I don't want you to check with the name change is the purse change.
00:25Last year with the Fortinet Championship, it was $8.4 million.
00:29We're down to $6 million now for Pro Core, but hey, we're still having the event, Mike.
00:34It doesn't change how much money we're going to make.
00:36When we cash 50 to 1, it's still going to be 50 to 1, so don't you worry about it.
00:40But Silverado, we've been here since October of 2014.
00:44It's been a staple on the fall schedule.
00:46It's their north course.
00:47It's a resort out there in Napa.
00:49It's wine country.
00:50All of that.
00:51The same guys that show up here year after year that must love their grapes, well, they
00:55get the job done.
00:56The leaderboards have been very similar over the years.
01:00What does that constitute from a skill set perspective?
01:03You got to get the ball between the trees off the tee.
01:05Everyone talks about how tight the fairways are.
01:07They're not that tight because the rough here isn't as penal as a lot of other places.
01:12But you get outside that rough or you miss the fairway by a lot, you're going to be in
01:15these trees up there in Northern California, then you're punching out.
01:19Average winning score over the last five years is 19 under par.
01:22So keep it between the trees.
01:24Give yourself a straight shot at these greens.
01:26Hey, par 72, 7,100 yards.
01:29This thing is a wedge fest.
01:31We have nine par fours of the 10 under 435 yards.
01:35So these guys are hitting wedges in from the fairway.
01:37They're going to make a ton of birdies.
01:39So we got to have guys that are accurate off the tee.
01:43Doesn't have to be long.
01:44Just somebody who can put it in play off the tee.
01:47Great with the wedge.
01:48Great with the putter.
01:49The ability to go deep.
01:50That is the successful blueprint out there at Silverado.
01:55And we do have some names here this week, Keith.
01:57There's no doubt about that.
01:58A lot of guys who obviously are going to be in the President's Cup that want to stay sharp.
02:02Tagala won this last year.
02:04So that's part of the reason why he would, of course, come back.
02:07But Wyndham Clark, Corey Connors, Min Woo Lee, Max Homa, guys that are going to be playing
02:11in Montreal a couple of weeks from now.