6-time PGA TOUR winner Rocco Mediate is one of the most entertaining players in the game of golf. Go all-access with the legend at the 2025 Cologuard Classic.
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00:00As we walk through the first two, preparing to go into the cauldron, does it get any different
00:08as you get older?
00:09It's still fun, it's still, hi Stewie, it's still nervy in a good way, you know, you prepare
00:16for greatness and then go see if you have it, you know what I mean, that's all you can
00:22do.
00:23That's all we've done, this is my 40th year of trying to prepare to do something great
00:28or unbelievable in the event.
00:30Do the nerves still come up?
00:32Oh sure, you get, it's a difference, it's like, you know, at the first you're scared
00:36at first, you know, back in the first days, you're like, oh my god, what's going to happen?
00:40Get used to it, but you never, it's always, there's always something, you always feel
00:44it and it's good, no matter what.
00:46Our tour is just as competitive as any tour, so you have to come with it here or you'll
00:50get run down.
00:54And then stepped on.
00:55Yeah.
00:56Let's go see what you got.
00:57Yeah, so you were going to ask me, what do I think of before I tee off or the night before?
01:06Is there a game plan?
01:08No.
01:09There's only one plan.
01:11How in the hell do I put my ball in the first fairway I look at?
01:17That's all you can think about.
01:18But what if you miss a fairway?
01:19I really don't know.
01:20What if you hit the fairway?
01:21I really don't know that either.
01:22My job is, can I put it in this first fairway?
01:25It's all that you can really think about.
01:27I'm not going to think about the second shot on nine.
01:29I don't know where I'm going to be.
01:31So it's like, that's the only thing I can, I guess I can control that thought, right?
01:35Just what am I going to do on the first two?
01:36I want to try to drive in the fairway and go from there, period.
01:41And then move on.
01:43Move forward somehow.
01:45So that's what we'll do.
01:48I think this is like my 890-something tournament.
01:51I think.
01:52Are they still on the tee or what's going on here?
01:55I think I'm up.
01:57I think we're up, aren't we?
01:59Go, go.
02:00Dancing.
02:01This is about a straight.
02:02It's going this morning.
02:03Okay, done.
02:04Oh, here we go.
02:05I'm about to put the phone away.
02:10Just look at the girls all the time.
02:13Oh, yeah.
02:14Uh-huh.
02:15That's good.
02:16I mean, that's really what it's all about.
02:19Oh, yeah.
02:20Yeah.
02:21Let's see.
02:26Alright, turn off noise.
02:29Okay, done.
02:32See where's Pete.
02:35He's got that.
02:37How much time we got?
02:41Who's up first?
02:44Me.
02:45Okay, I'm as prepared as I can be.
02:50Of course it's starting to sprinkle now. Good, super.
02:52You can't just move the carts over too long.
02:54Oh, they're okay.
02:58Okay, off we go.
03:00Good morning.
03:02Morning. Come with us.
03:04Yes, I am. I'm Kim. Don't you have anything else to do?
03:06No, I took vacation to do this.
03:08Okay, good. Nice one. Thank you for that. Thanks for having us.
03:10Dave. How are you, Dave?
03:12What are you guys doing? Welcome, Rocco. Good to see you.
03:14Good to be here. No pictures.
03:16Yes, sir. We're going to do a team photo.
03:18Oh, no. These two?
03:20Well, they said they won't show up in photos.
03:22We'll see.
03:24Good. Go.
03:26Monkey in the middle. That'd be me.
03:28I met you several years ago.
03:30Oh, yeah.
03:32Good stuff, man. This is good, man.
03:34Gotcha. Okay.
03:36One more. Six miles. Gotcha.
03:38Nice work, y'all. Thank you so much.
03:42Have a good day. Always.
03:44You're looking sharp, sir.
03:46Nice cashmere.
03:48Oh, yeah. Always.
03:50At least you get to use it.
03:52Yeah, let me get this ready. Hold on.
03:54We have a minute or two, don't we?
04:02I've carried these. This is cool.
04:04I've carried these things
04:06for, good Lord, I don't know how many years.
04:08No, I don't use yardage books.
04:12Yeah, if Pete can't do the job,
04:14we're in trouble.
04:16I don't know how many pencils
04:18we've gone through in 40 years,
04:20but this is a lot.
04:22So, yeah, that's all I do. Boom, boom, boom.
04:26And if I don't have it,
04:28I still can play. I'm not the guy,
04:30oh, my God, where's my scorecard keeper?
04:32What do I do? Did you put any water on there?
04:34No.
04:36Here's mine.
04:38Would you like a ribbon?
04:40Oh, yeah. Darn right I would.
04:42That's beautiful.
04:44You want that in the cart?
04:46Yeah, please.
04:48I think Brian's coming this week, too.
04:50He's not here already.
04:54He's checking today, so hopefully we'll get you guys
04:56introduced tomorrow.
04:58Whatever, it's fine.
05:00I've got Rocco, followed by Paul,
05:02followed by Alex.
05:04Let's put it right there.
05:06Oh, no.
05:08Please don't fall off.
05:10Oh, yeah, that looks good right there.
05:12Hold on.
05:14See, now I'm all disheveled.
05:18Might not need this all day.
05:20I don't know.
05:22How's that? Yeah?
05:30Checking out the movies
05:32and the magazines.
05:34Okay.
05:38I do.
05:40I'm yellow.
05:42Guys, you guys yellow or white? I forget. White?
05:44White.
05:46I'll be the one back anyway.
05:48I'll be hitting first anyway.
05:52It's true.
05:58How about the weather just cleared right out, Pete?
06:00Maybe I shouldn't have said that.
06:04Oh, yeah.
06:20You going to introduce
06:22the people yet?
06:24Just a little
06:26bit of help, if anything, huh?
06:28That'd be me.
06:30Yeah, the Metropolis
06:32of Greensburg, PA.
06:38Guys, have a good one.
06:40Regardless, we'll have fun.
06:46Okay, just like you
06:48practiced.
06:56Yeah, that'll do.
06:58That'll do.
07:00Look like yours, Alex.
07:02Except it's 50 yards shorter.
07:04That was a nice start.
07:06Is it?
07:08It's hard to contain me.
07:16That worked out nicely.
07:20Oh, yeah.
07:22Yeah, I think that's last year
07:24or two years ago.
07:30Fuck me.
07:38Beauty Polly.
07:42Nothing changed.
07:46I'm going to stay on that team play.
07:48Oh, no kidding. Was it like Tweedling?
08:00Yeah.
08:06Huh.
08:08Something new right down the middle.
08:10What a shocker.
08:16One of the best parts about this tour
08:18are our guys.
08:20They're the greatest guys.
08:22And such good players this tour.
08:24Such good players.
08:26I leave myself out of that equation.
08:28The rest of the guys,
08:30I'll help you with the rope.
08:34Mission one accomplished.
08:36Mission one accomplished, yes.
08:38Like I said, you practice
08:40or work on stuff,
08:42but then you really don't know.
08:44Like I was saying on the range,
08:46you can't do it in the range. You can't do it anywhere else.
08:48You can't do it when you're playing with your buddies.
08:50But it changes completely when you come here.
08:52When it matters,
08:54then you get to see what you have.
08:56So it's like,
08:58I know that
09:00that was as good a tee shot as I could hit, really.
09:02Put a new old driver in the bag.
09:04The 400. The Ping 400.
09:06Sorry, guys. 440 is awesome.
09:08I just like this 400. I don't know why.
09:10But yeah, you just...
09:12I don't know. You never know.
09:14That's the beauty of this.
09:16It's the craziest game ever.
09:20It's like how much longer...
09:22I was talking to a couple of guys this morning.
09:24How much longer...
09:26It'll be right there.
09:28You just simmer down, mister.
09:32It's like how much longer
09:34do we want to continue
09:36as we get older
09:38to prepare to come out here.
09:40When we get out here,
09:42we've spent hours and hours and hours,
09:44just like any other job,
09:46getting ready to come out here.
09:48It's like how much longer...
09:50You know, a little messy shoulder.
09:52We all have little things.
09:54And it affects you, so you gotta figure out a way,
09:56at least I do, of how to play around it.
09:58Well, that's a sharp question.
10:00How much longer?
10:02I don't know. I just love this part
10:04with the guys, obviously.
10:06But I like the competition
10:08and see if I can still win.
10:10And last year was good at 61.
10:12Oh, my God. I'm 62.
10:14And, you know, that's just all you're trying to do
10:16is see if you can compete
10:18because it doesn't last forever.
10:20The thing about this is our days are numbered.
10:22Competitive-wise.
10:24They're numbered. You know, 25 years ago,
10:26they weren't numbered, really.
10:28So now you're like,
10:30you just have to take advantage
10:32of the times where you can play.
10:34But that's the worst part.
10:36It's the weirdest part.
10:38And we're all getting to it.
10:40How much longer can we do this?
10:42How much longer?
10:44And that's the whole key.
10:46And it is crazy, though.
10:48You know, I'll play less,
10:50be home with the girls, see the kid,
10:52my other boy, some grandchild.
10:54So that's definitely
10:56what I'm doing, playing less
10:58and trying to play good when I do.
11:00You still having fun?
11:02I'm having a ball. I'm having a ball.
11:04I hate being not home.
11:06But I love being here, if that makes any sense.
11:08I don't want Paul to get mad.
11:10He gets really angry.
11:12Maybe the nicest guy ever.
11:14Oh, look, right at the flag.
11:16Atta boy.
11:18Beauty.
11:24Mm-hmm.
11:28Me, Alex.
11:30I couldn't get my driver to the 3-wood, could I?
11:32Son of a...
11:34You bring your gun, too? Yeah, I did.
11:36Want me to use it?
11:38Is he going or something?
11:40OK. Want me to check it?
11:42OK.
11:46OK.
11:50What'd you get?
11:52110.
11:54You know, you're like a gun.
11:56You're like the gun. What are you like a...
11:58I can't get 52 there, can I?
12:00There's five behind you, OK?
12:02No, you can't get 52. You don't think?
12:04A little soft pitch.
12:06A little soft,
12:08one of these.
12:10110? Yep.
12:12OK.
12:16Yeah.
12:24Should be a reasonable
12:26distance, I'm hoping.
12:28Yeah, reasonable.
12:30Whoa, right there. OK.
12:32It's a little soft pitching wedge.
12:34Not bad for me. Good swing. Thank you.
12:36It's Alex out of the divot.
12:46Oh.
12:48That was really nice.
12:50Out of that divot.
12:52Go up there.
12:54Beauty, Alex.
12:56Thanks, Petey. You got it.
12:58Beauty.
13:00You can't stop.
13:02He's in a divot. You can't stop him.
13:04Look, you're in a hole. Look what you did.
13:06That's the way he is.
13:08That's the worst thing, though.
13:10When you hit a beautiful tee shot like he did,
13:12you go out there and you're in the one divot that's in the way,
13:14but if you let it get you,
13:16it will. It's got to hit the best shot you can
13:18and deal with it. He did.
13:20I guessed well on that second shot.
13:22It's all a guess.
13:24People are going,
13:26it's a guess? It's not a science?
13:28No. There's no science here.
13:30I always say,
13:32once you put your hands on the club,
13:34all science goes away.
13:36How far back do you let yourself
13:38get? It's all feel.
13:40Feel, yeah. I mean, there's obviously
13:42some things you have to do to make
13:44the ball do certain things, but
13:46I ain't got time to think about those.
13:48Just work on it and
13:50go. That's all you can do.
13:52How much do you rely on Pete?
13:54Oh, I've always relied on Pete. That's why he's here.
13:56He's the best. I mean, I don't know what else
13:58to tell you. Guys,
14:00there's no doubt
14:02there.
14:08Great shot, man. Thank you, sir. You too.
14:10Oh.
14:12Okay.
14:28Okay.
14:30Let's fix this stupid bummer.
14:32Leg it out.
14:36Oh, that's a good one.
14:40That's a good one.
14:52That's a wide one.
15:10It's getting warmer.
15:38I mean,
15:40it's absolutely perfect
15:42right now.
15:46Perfect.
16:02Thanks.
16:09I think this one
16:11is good.
16:39Break.
16:41No break.
16:43Zero break.
16:51Yeah, thank you, Pete.
16:53I can't putt with it in. I've tried.
17:08Oh.
17:26Mm-hmm.
17:30Okay.
17:34Mm-hmm.
17:38Mm-hmm.
17:46Mm-hmm.
17:48Mm-hmm.
17:50All right.
17:52That worked out rather nicely.
17:54Maybe you should stay with me
17:56the entire 18 holes now.
17:58Then I won't be able to talk
18:00to my guys.
18:02All right.
18:04Next.