["Big Dawgs" playing]
♪ Uh, yeah ♪
♪ Wait a minute, get it how you live it ♪
♪ Ten toes in When we standin' on business ♪
♪ I'm a big stepper, underground methods ♪
♪ Top notch hoes get the most Not the lesser ♪
♪ Straight terror Product of your errors ♪
♪ Trend setter The one who get her wetter ♪
♪ Swerving while I'm bumping Project Pat, yeah ♪
♪ I'm rolling' through the city With the big dawgs… ♪
Big fan, mate.
♪ We ain't gotta call ♪
♪ Celly on silent But the product end up hella loud… ♪
-[Rory] How are you doing? -Very nice to meet you. Yeah.
-How are you? Nice to see you. -Nice to see you.
-Yeah. -All good?
-Congratulations. -Thank you.
-Yeah, it was pretty cool. -I can imagine.
-It's always nice to beat the Americans. -Yeah. [laughs]
I brought it along.
Yeah, well, that's…
[indistinct chatter]
[Rory] My appreciation of the Ryder Cup has grown
every time I've played in one.
It brings something out of you that you just don't get
in individual tournaments.
You experience things with those guys that you wouldn't necessarily experience
week in, week out playing professional golf.
You know, it just makes it feel that… that bit more special.
[car whizzes by]
[suspenseful music playing]
-Come on! -[cheering and applause]
[commentator] Rory McIlroy with the best Ryder Cup performance of his career.
[golfers] Champion! Rory is the champion!
[Rapaport] Rory definitely seems to fill up his emotional tank
with team events.
You see how much he loves it
and seems to really lean into that kind of leadership role.
And you know, it means something.
Come on, Europe!
[cheering and applause]
[Rapaport] You see a different side of these guys when they're on a team.
♪ Olé, olé, olé ♪
Since the Ryder Cup, I just haven't been getting the most out of myself.
[suspenseful music continues]
[commentator] This has been ugly.
[Dethier] Rory's a prisoner of his own success
in that, unless he's winning tournaments, everyone's like, "What's wrong?"
I need to be like that guy.
[Dethier] Rory's not the only one from the Ryder Cup team that's been struggling.
[commentator] Oh my goodness.
That is really gonna sting for Shane Lowry.
To be honest, we both need something.
[Balionis] I can't imagine a better place to find a spark than at the Zurich Classic
in New Orleans alongside your best friend
at the only team event on the PGA TOUR.
There's a lot on the line for these guys heading into the Zurich.
They're looking to find some team mojo.
They're looking for confidence.
Why not now? Why not kick it into gear?
Here we go.
[suspenseful music playing]
[gentle music playing]
Ah, there they are.
Hello.
[man] You guys, just pull it through. Most guys have put it over here.
-Thank you. -[man] No worries.
[Shane] How are we doing?
-[man 2] Thanks for coming tonight, guys. -[Rory] Pleasure.
Everyone's very excited.
[Rory] The tour can feel like a lonely place at times, so to…
to have a friend like Shane that's always up for a laugh
and, you know, always wants to do fun things and, um…
[man 3] Last door on the left.
[Rory] This year, more than any other year, um,
it's really showing its importance to me.
[woman] Nigel. So you're gonna hit this…
-Ilana. -Shane. Nice to meet you.
-They're both rising juniors. -Well, you better…
[Rory] Shane and I have known each other
from our junior days in Ireland, growing up playing golf together.
We were on the same Irish team and an Irish squad together.
Since '09, we've sort of been on tour together,
and we live very close to each other.
And, um, I'd say the weeks that we're home,
we probably see each other
five times a week. Um…
It's nice to have someone like that that you can pick the phone up,
tell him about anything, whether it's about golf, whether it's about
stuff going on away from golf.
[Shane] Known each other probably twenty… twenty-one or two years, I'd say.
When you're Rory McIlroy, who's the greatest player of our generation,
you know, people are not themselves around you.
So you meet people, and you go hang out with people,
and they're not themselves.
But when I hang out, I'm just myself.
And I think, yeah, I'm probably a breath of fresh air to his life at times,
where, you know, he can just get away and be himself and just be normal.
I feel like I'm good for him, but he's also really good for me.
[indistinct chatter]
These are Netflix.
If it was up to me, they would not be here.
-[chuckles] -You were the one that asked me.
You were like, "Is it okay if Netflix comes?"
I didn't say if it was okay if they come. I was like…
Sorry, guys. You know, it's nothing personal.
This is what he said.
What did you say?
No.
You said, "What… what do you think of Netflix
wanting to come and hang out with us this evening?"
Yeah, what do you think?
And I said, "I'm okay with that if you are."
He goes, "Yeah, if it gets them away from me for a while."
[laughing]
[man] One.
Two.
Perfect.
[Shane] Fuck's sake.
[Rory] Come on!
[man chuckles]
[Rory] What did you think of that food last night?
[Shane] Very overrated.
Oh, really?
-[Shane] Like… -What did you get?
Pad Thai, but everyone was telling me how great this place was.
I wasn't expecting, like, it's fine.
[Dethier] Seems like as Rory goes on in his career,
he's trying to tap into the things that are important to him more.
And if you can go win with Shane Lowry at the Zurich,
what better way to go into the season?
To spend time with one of his best friends in New Orleans.
Maybe jump-start his season a little bit, find some mojo,
and get something that he could really build off of.
[Zuël] Shane has often said that he and Rory need each other,
and he isn't wrong.
You have to remember that Shane hasn't won a PGA tournament in nearly five years,
and he has this incredible goal to represent Ireland
alongside Rory McIlroy at the Olympics.
He's desperate to make that Olympic side.
And so this year, this could be his last chance.
[indistinct chatter]
Should I go full out here and just throw the golf shoes on too or what?
If you wanna nerd out, that's definitely an option.
[Adam] So with as far as the ball is going on this,
do we, like, lay up a little bit? Is that the plan?
Let's see if it's still doing the same.
I remember we stayed at a bed and breakfast with you guys,
maybe at Dawson Creek.
-Yeah. -[Nick] That maybe grade eight or nine.
[Adam] Nick and I grew up together in Central Canada.
We played a lot of junior and amateur golf across Canada together.
-[Nick] Remember the PNGA? -Yeah.
And you were always beating me in all the other amateur events we played.
I have nothing to say that. [laughs]
[Adam] It's 'cause you can't say anything. You know that.
When he turned pro in 2010,
we started living together in Arizona.
Oh, that's in the hazard. There you go.
It was always nice to have somebody from the same hometown.
That's when our friendship kind of took off.
[Nick] We have our golf family out here.
It's just a small little circus that travels around. [chuckles]
Adam and I play practice rounds virtually every week.
Done a lot of golf stuff together and to be able to celebrate good stuff together.
So it's been… it's been quite the ride.
This week, being a team event, it was a no-brainer to team up together.
[Adam chuckles] That's not being played right now, is it?
Are you kidding me?
Glorious and free!
[commentator] The RBC Canadian Open.
The story here that is getting a lot of attention,
the Canadian story.
[pensive music playing]
[commentator] Taylor.
One putt to win, 72 feet.
[crowd cheering]
-[crowd roaring] -[commentator] Oh my goodness!
Glorious and free!
Canada has a conquering hero.
[Balionis] Nick Taylor made history winning the Canadian Open.
But in a close second
to that memorable eagle putt heard around the world,
was Adam Hadwin. [chuckles]
[commentator] They're storming the 18th green now.
They just tackled Adam Hadwin,
his friend, not knowing that's exactly who it was.
[chuckling] I'd like to think it wouldn't be one of my finer moments, but…
He took the sack like a champion and didn't spill any of the champagne.
It was well done by him.
-Here you go. -Thank you.
[Adam] You can't help but compare yourself a little bit.
Certainly would like to put another trophy on the mantel
to maybe not be known as the guy that was tackled,
especially seeing Nick and what he's done in the last 18 months.
[dramatic music playing]
Nick Taylor for another win.
[boy] Where's his ball?
-Right down there. He's about to hit. -[man] Right there.
Having Hadwin, especially in the same sweatshirt that he wore.
He called it his Nick's good-luck sweater. So that's why he wore it.
Just, you know, a testament to friends and pretty special.
Everyone talked about the tackle, but the amount of support and passion
that he showed, you know, being right there, for how genuine it is
and really hoping me to do as well as I can,
has… has been amazing.
[crowd yelling]
[cheering]
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] Absolute unreal stuff in the desert.
How about the last two wins for Nick Taylor?
[Adam] Genuinely happy for him.
Is there a little bit of a fire in me that is annoyed that I'm
maybe not as good?
Yeah. For sure.
[music fades]
Should we spray some champagne or…
-Do it. -Will that give you PTSD or…
[all laughing]
[electronic voice] Turn left onto Mt. View Rd.
[Shane] I never go this early. I never liked getting up.
As much as I don't like getting up early, I don't like playing in rain.
The forecast is pretty bad this afternoon, so…
Try and get as many holes in this morning as we can.
Rory always likes playing early, and he likes playing 18 holes practice.
And I'm kind of the opposite.
Playing with someone like Rory,
uh, I feel the pressure a little bit.
I love playing golf in the UK and Ireland, to be honest.
I feel like golf is more accessible here.
And me and Rory showed our…
all our upbringings or whatever, so, um… I think that's what you get over here.
For an Irish kid growing up playing the game,
I didn't see myself as the best.
I was quite a late bloomer in golfing terms.
When I got the breakthrough on the Irish national teams
when I was like 18.
I only got picked up on the Irish team 'cause Rory didn't wanna be on it.
There was 14 people on the squad, and I was number 15.
[man] Did you ever thank him for dropping out?
[chuckles] No. No.
No, we never actually never really talked about it, so, uh… no.
Who knows if I would be here right now if it wasn't for that, so…
In Ireland, we love our sports people,
and we certainly put them on a high pedestal when they're doing well.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] And now a massive moment in Shane Lowry's golfing life.
[commentator 2] An amateur, a 22-year-old,
teeing up with the pros for the very first time.
Well-known in Ireland but unknown to the rest of the golfing world.
[commentator] This to become the 2009 Three Irish Open Champion!
-And he's done it. -[cheering]
[commentator] The pride of County Offaly.
[commentator 2] Rory McIlroy delighted for his old amateur buddy.
[Shane] Rory is just someone that I look up to as an amateur golfer.
You know, he was the level.
[commentator 2] They embrace, Rory and Shane.
[Shane] It was… it was something like the stuff of dreams.
To win the tournament with one of your best friends by your side is…
is probably the ultimate place, uh, to be. Yeah.
[Joel] How far do we have?
Ninety-seven.
[Joel] With some wind blowing?
[Nick] With seven-miles-an-hour wind.
[Joel] Uh, pretty good.
Oh! Really good?
The best? Go in.
-[Nick gasps] -Oh-ho! Wow.
-[Nick] Hot start. -You're still hot.
[Nick chuckles]
[man] Who's the better roommate, Adam or Joel Dahmen?
[laughs]
Oh, better roommate, Adam or Joel?
That's a… that's a good question.
[Joel] Nick Taylor and I were roommates in college.
-Plug. Go in. Go in. -[Nick chuckles]
[Joel] We spent a lot of time together playing video games
and, um, staying up way too late as college kids.
You've been beating me at everything we've ever done for 15 years.
[Nick] Mario Kart, Blitz, grades.
Grades.
I'm well up on grades. [chuckles]
Fade a little.
College is a different time than, uh…
than living, trying… trying to figure out pro golf with Adam.
[Joel] Tied at one, with a push.
Oh, crispy. Needs a big hop, right?
-Oh! -[Joel] Oh! That was the worst bounce.
I feel like you deserve a little better than that.
[Nick sighs]
[Joel] Any game we play, he's hyper-competitive.
And he almost always wins. The very frustrating thing.
He's the nicest guy, but he's gonna beat you.
-Oh no. That's in the woods. -[Nick] That's too hard.
-Too hard. -[Joel] Bite.
With this being a Presidents Cup year, a week like this at the Zurich Classic,
Nick and Adam can show that they're a great team.
Presidents Cup is something that I've always wanted to play on,
and it'd be incredible to play with Adam.
[Wilson] Presidents Cup this year, it's super important.
It's Team USA versus everybody,
minus Europe, so the stakes are even higher.
[commentator] Tom Kim. Can't imagine what he'll do if this one lands to win it.
[indistinct yelling from crowd]
[commentator] Got it!
[Balionis] This year, Presidents Cup is being held in Canada.
And it's the first time there's ever been a Canadian captain in Mike Weir.
All of Canada is going to be wanting as many Canadians as possible on this team.
Mike Weir has said,
"I could have up to six Canadians on this team,
but they have to earn their way in."
"No one's just gonna be handed a spot."
[Rapaport] Nick is a proven quantity in golf.
Adam, not as much.
And now there's only four months left until the Presidents Cup.
So if they could play well at the Zurich,
that would send a clear message to Captain Mike Weir
and maybe result in both of them making the team and playing in Montreal.
Merci.
Will you sign? Thank you.
Good luck for the weekend. And see you in Montreal.
[seagulls squawking]
[dog barks]
[Shane] The biggest thing in golf is
no matter what you do this week, there's always next week.
You can win this week, but you still have to go and compete next week.
You could have the worst day of your career,
and you've got to go and compete next week.
The week in, week out of professional golf can just grind on you.
And I think something different is always very welcoming.
Going to Zurich is going to be a bit more fun.
[man] How did this twosome come about? I believe it was over a drunken lunch.
Some… I get my… He might be able to tell you better, um,
'cause he can hold his drink a little better than I.
[laughs]
[Shane] Post Ryder Cup, he texted me, "Do you want to come for lunch tomorrow?"
And I'm like, "Yeah."
So we went over, and he said… It was like twelve o'clock.
"A drink?" I'm like, "Yeah. Why not?"
Hey, how are you?
-[man] I'll meet you on that side. -[Shane] Okay, cool. Thank you.
So we sat there at the bar at his house, drank a few bottles of wine.
I think I left his house about ten o'clock that night in pretty bad shape.
But he had said, "Why don't we play the Zurich Classic together?"
And I'm like, "Yeah, absolutely."
Okay, see you.
[Rory] I just threw it out there.
I've never played Zurich. I'm sort of in this headspace
where I want to try to do some things that I've never done before.
[Shane] He texts me around Christmastime. I was back in Ireland.
"Are we still doing the Zurich Classic?" I'm like, "Absolutely." [chuckles]
[upbeat jazz music playing]
Ah, New Orleans, as beautiful as ever.
It's nice. There's not as much pressure, is there?
We had such a great time last year, and we played well.
It was an enjoyable week. Did you enjoy it last year, Al,
or did you not enjoy it last year?
Uh, I did enjoy it last year. Are we gonna keep playing it?
[Matt] I wanna keep playing it.
-[Alex] Okay, good. -Unless you--
[Alex] I'm hoping you don't get a better partner.
Well, no, I was gonna say, unless you want a better partner.
[Alex] No, well…
I understand if Rory… Rory messages you.
[chuckles]
[man] You guys sitting down together with PGA TOUR.
It's just gonna be stuff about this week.
-[Shane] Gonna order a Diet Coke. -[man] Have a seat.
Give us ten minutes.
[indistinct chatter]
[man 2] What makes you guys such a great team out there this week?
I think we will be good together.
I think, um, we feed off each other well.
I think we're good for each other.
[Rory] I'll know when to leave him alone on the course.
I'll know when, you know, it's… I can speak up.
And, um, I think just sort of having that understanding of your partner
is a good thing.
I play a ton of golf with Shane.
But I think to tee it up together in a tournament and be teammates,
is… it's a little different.
I think there's… there's a part of both of us that, um,
you know, makes… makes the other a little better.
-[man] Appreciate it. -Thank you.
[indistinct chatter]
[Shane] You know, any PGA tournament you rock up to,
Rory McIlroy is probably gonna be on the leaderboard.
So if this week he's not there, it'll be my fault.
[laughs]
Which is a tough place for me to be, but here we are.
[jazz music playing]
[commentator] From TPC Louisiana, the Zurich Classic.
Change of pace on the PGA TOUR.
First and third rounds, that's best ball.
The second and final rounds, alternate shot.
We have 80 teams, so 160 players in total teeing it up.
Thank you.
Any Trackman?
[Joel] Mm…
No, I'm just gonna make it up.
[Rory] I'm committed to the coordination here.
I'm texting Shane what hat color he's got on.
[Collin] You're coordinating?
Well, I mean, we've coordinated everything else, so…
What a team.
[Rory] I know.
Couldn't tell you what my partner's wearing. [chuckles]
Did we say white?
Figure it out.
-[man] Thanks so much for being with us. -Pleasure.
[announcer] Welcome the team of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry.
[cheering]
[commentator] A dream link for this opening round
of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
[commentator 2] It's the only team event we have on the PGA TOUR.
[commentator] Such a high standard 'cause we have so many headliners this week
among the top in the world.
[commentator 3] It's such added pressure. You don't wanna let your teammate down.
[commentator 2] You're fine letting yourself down,
just don't let your partner down.
[commentator 3] Exactly.
[man] Rory!
-[applause] -[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator 2] Big putt, I think, for Shane Lowry.
The stroke sends it up at the hole. Dead center. He walked it in.
And Rory's clapping for him as he walks off.
These guys are having a blast.
[commentator 4] For these two, relaxed, having a bit of fun.
They're gonna be tough to beat.
[commentator 2] McIlroy pours in another.
It's seven under through ten.
These guys are putting on a show in Rory McIlroy's tournament debut.
[man] Rory, you going to Bourbon when you win?
[Adam] Rory is a very impressive person.
He's kind of one of the few guys that, even when you play with, you go,
"Holy shit, I gotta play against this guy? Like… okay."
"I'm gonna try, but I don't know." [chuckles]
[commentator 2] How about that shot from Adam Hadwin at the tenth?
You got Team Canada with Nick Taylor.
[commentator 3] Potential Presidents Cup pairing.
[commentator] One back at the pace we've seen out of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry.
[suspenseful music continues]
[commentator 2] Looks pretty good.
Oh, what a shot from McIlroy, within a couple feet.
Shane, don't worry.
I'll go ahead and kick that in. You can pick that ball up.
[commentator] They seem so relaxed,
just having a good time and going about their business.
[commentator 3] Oh, this looks tasty! Oh! Nearly holes it!
[commentator 2] Beautiful.
Lowry-McIlroy making their presence felt early.
Eleven under 61.
Impressive opening round.
[commentator 4] I like how relaxed they are. That relaxed attitude
is gonna carry them on into maybe even a victory.
-Close. -Duet?
[man] A little closer?
Can we get any closer than this?
[man laughs]
-Aw. -[Shane chuckles]
-I'm gonna just move. Yeah, there we go. -There we go.
[man] Rory, it sounds like you guys have had a good time so far.
-Was this your aspiration for this event? -[Rory] Yeah, absolutely.
You know, it's nice to come here and try to get a win on the PGA TOUR
with, uh, you know, a friend beside me. So looking forward to it.
[man 2] Speaking of your friend, is that beneficial to playing good golf,
being out there and just having good vibes on the course?
I… I definitely felt, um, today I was less hard on myself
than I've been in the last few weeks when I hit a couple of bad shots. Um…
It's nice to know you've got Rory McIlroy, so I definitely feel like, you know,
there's a nice vibe out there with the two of us.
-So yeah, it's a nice match. -[applause]
[man] What's up, Rory?
-[woman] See you tomorrow. Okay? -Hey, guys.
[Adam chuckles]
Easy, tiger.
No, no, no, no, no.
Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Getting a little brave in the parking lot.
[car beeps]
-What are you going to do at school? -[girl] They have lots of coloring books.
[Jessica] Okay, that's a good idea.
[girl] Hundreds.
[Jessica] Hundreds.
-That's… -[girl] Three of them.
-[Adam] Three? -Yeah.
-Daddy, why are you going so slow? -[Jessica chuckles]
[Adam] 'Cause there's cars in front of us.
[Jessica] Remember we were in Hawaii on your birthday?
Yeah, but you weren't at school. [chuckles]
[Adam] Where did… where did we go? Where did we stay?
-Disney? -[Adam] That's right.
[Jessica] We saw Maui.
No, Mommy, not Maui.
[Jessica] Yeah. Yes.
-Moana. -[Jessica] Oh, okay. Moana.
-Yes, sorry. -[sighs]
[Adam] I don't fear
being overlooked.
I'm scared that I will let the moment get to me
and I won't do it enough that I've solidified my spot.
I probably got away from doing the things that I needed to be doing
in order to be qualified,
but I've got a chance.
I mean, there's a possibility of getting into the top six still at this point,
but if I'm not in the top six,
that I just do enough to say,
"You need me on this team."
It'll be a real shame if I let the moment get to me.
And… and it's, you know, it's too much to… to separate
from what I'm actually doing on the golf course,
and I'm too worried and too focused on Presidents Cup
that I can't, uh, get the job done.
But, um… we'll see what happens. [sighs]
Whoa!
You get your backpack, or does Mommy have it?
-[Maddox] Mommy. -[Adam] Okay. Okay, let's roll.
[Shane] What is that?
[Joel] Well, Keith Mitchell's a visor guy.
So in solidarity,
as a great teammate, I might as well go with a bucket.
[Shane chuckles]
And I still have hair, so I can still do it.
-See you out there. -[Rory] See you out there.
[mysterious music playing]
[boy] Can I have your hat?
[commentator] He has been spot-on with wedges this week.
[commentator 2] Pretty hot run to start this second round.
[commentator] These two, today, have shown the way
team golf is supposed to be played. Two players playing really well,
not making mistakes, and taking advantage of the good shots.
-[cheering, applause] -[commentator 2] Okay!
[commentator 3] Climbing the leaderboard. Let's go.
[dramatic music playing]
I feel like with this, I'm starting at that bunker right.
I'm just not comfortable doing that shot.
[Shane] I, obviously, want to feel that I help the team out as much as I can,
but, you know, I am conscious that I'm playing with Rory McIlroy.
You're gonna have to try to feel this with what you were saying.
Ah, f…
-[Rory] Go! Go! -[woman] Go!
Sorry, Rors.
[commentator 4] And wow, did they get lucky?
[laughs]
[Dethier] In the Zurich, weird things can happen.
Fucking hell. I thought… I was like, "Sorry, Rors."
[chuckles]
[Dethier] So even though, on paper, Rory and Shane seem like,
yeah, they'd be the best team there,
there is no guarantee that they're gonna contend
and certainly not win.
[commentator 2] This is a really big putt for Lowry and his confidence.
[commentator 4] And he just hasn't been close.
[Dethier] But if you're looking at the Canadians, at Adam and Nick,
they had a great day.
[commentator 5] Taylor and Hadwin, one back.
[commentator] Look out for these two.
[commentator 2] And this would be for a share of the lead.
[commentator 3] I like to guess percentages, Gary.
What do you think the chances are of this putt going in?
[Gary] 30%.
[commentator 2] Make that a hundred.
[applause]
[commentator 6] Canadian duo Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor
play well down the stretch, aim to climb into contention.
[Adam] We're right in it there through 36. We're confident.
If we put ourselves in a position come Sunday,
we know we're gonna have a chance.
[background chatter]
Is there any way we can put some hockey on that TV?
Sure!
[Adam] Thank you.
[Nick] Hell yeah. Let's go.
[Adam] There's extra motivation with the team event.
[Adam] Oh!
[Nick] Oh boy.
To play really well and impress Mike and the other captains
will kind of showcase what potentially could happen in September.
Honestly, though, if we are both in Paris, both at the Presidents Cup,
it's kind of like I can be done at 40 and be pretty happy. [chuckles]
[Adam] To potentially tee it up with him in a Presidents Cup,
which is
our highest team event that we can play,
I think it'd be a lot of fun, but I think it'd be a little emotional.
I try not to think about that too much. I wanna make sure we're there first
before, uh… before I think about it too much.
[mysterious music playing]
[machine whirring]
[Rory] At least they see me being healthy, which is good.
Me sitting here having a Diet Coke.
Watch your table manners now, Rors.
-Your mom is gonna be able to see this. -Yeah, I know. It's fine.
[Shane] I remember saying years ago, "Do you ever take a day off?"
He sat there and thought about it, and he was like, "No."
So he's very driven to be one of the best, and I think that's why he is.
[man] Do you feel protective of Rory in some ways?
No one's ever asked me that.
Now that you say it, I probably would do. Yeah.
[Rory] I'm eating like an American with one hand.
-Like one fork. -[Shane laughs]
Like, Americans don't eat with two hands.
I'm, like, eating… I'm actually gonna eat normally.
[Shane] He gets a lot of unnecessary criticism
from the general public, the golf media, the other players.
Stuff like that can weigh heavily on people,
and I just feel like, uh… like he gets a lot of
shit. [chuckles]
[Rory] Sometimes I've struggled with the balance
of trying to be the best golfer,
trying to be the best husband or the best dad or the best…
And sometimes I get overwhelmed, and it can get all a bit too much for me.
And then, you know, I see
how Shane does it with a lot of ease.
And sometimes you have to focus on one or the other.
And, you know, he's really good at that,
and I see him as, like, a good role model for me in some ways.
And yeah, I can learn…
I can learn a lot from him and how he handles everything in his life.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] Back on the bayou
in what's been a banner week for New Orleans.
[indistinct chatter]
[commentator 2] The headliner group.
Rory McIlroy has pulled a lot of people through the gate.
[commentator 3] They're off to a slow start today. Couple early bogeys.
They'll have to put their foot on the gas pedal
if they want to catch these guys.
[Rory] There's some days where, no matter how hard you try,
it just starts sort of going the other way a little bit, and it can spiral.
And right now, it feels like, um… we were out of it a little bit.
-[Rory] I needed that. -[boy] Go, Rory!
[Rory] I needed that one.
[Shane] I'll get you.
[Rory] When I'm playing well…
Oh, go.
…I always think to myself, "How can I ever play badly?"
And then when I play badly, sometimes I think to myself,
"How can I ever play well?"
[commentator 3] Oh my, Trevor, that's a big mistake.
[Shane] Rory! It bounced!
[Trevor] He's hoping for a nice lie for his partner.
[Shane] To be honest, I'm here to support Rory.
You go out, and you don't say sorry. You get on with it,
play, and I'm here to back you up if you need me.
[man] Keep it going!
[Trevor] Excellent shot.
[cheering and applause]
[Trevor] Very makeable.
[commentator 4] Heck of a shot from Lowry and a pretty good look for birdie at 16.
This place will erupt if this goes in.
-How about it, Frank? -[Frank] Here they come.
Maybe the pendulum switches it towards them.
[commentator 3] Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, obviously got to keep your eyes on them,
but Team Canada, Nick Taylor, Adam Hadwin at 20 under par.
Can they shoot low enough to get themselves in position?
[Gary] To nine.
[commentator] Big putt coming for this Canadian team.
It'll be Taylor trying to save par.
-[crowd] Oh! -[Nick] Fuck.
We were maybe forcing it a bit Sunday.
[Gary] Now Hadwin.
[crowd] Oh!
[Gary] Gave it plenty of speed, no?
[commentator 5] Oh, I'll say.
I don't know.
Uh, the putts just weren't falling.
[commentator] And a big putt coming for this Canadian team of Taylor and Hadwin.
So a drop shot for Taylor and Hadwin.
[cheering, applause]
Um, it felt like I didn't have my… my best stuff that final round.
[crowd] Oh.
[Nick] That last ten or twelve holes is disappointing.
Um, we just lost a lot of mojo energy there.
We were pretty frustrated.
[Adam] There was something for us to prove.
And have we done enough
to secure spots on the team?
We'll see what happens.
[indistinct chatter]
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] Big club twirl from Rory. He loves it.
Now Lowry.
[crowd clamoring]
[commentator] Gonna need something special to tie.
[commentator 2] Checks up. What a shot!
Rory turned into Rory McIlroy. I was there cheerleading with my pom-poms.
[commentator] An Irish flag blowing in the wind
as this Irish team for birdie.
[Shane] But now the tournament's in my hands.
We're putting to get into a playoff.
[man] Come on, Shane!
[commentator] Yes!
[cheering and applause]
[commentator] A bumpy start from McIlroy and Lowry,
but they have more golf to play.
And we're gonna have a playoff in New Orleans.
[cheering]
[commentator] Playoff coming at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer against Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry.
Two guys that were friends and competitors growing up,
and they partner up for the first time.
How they come out and respond is going to be fascinating to see.
[Shane] I'm driving down for the playoff, and Rory goes,
"When's the last time you were in a playoff?"
And I was like, "2009." [laughs]
The Irish Open.
And I won it, so I'm like, "I'm one for one." [chuckles]
Good frame of mind to put me in.
[man] Rory!
[Rory] There's things to me in the game that are important.
Yes, people are gonna remember you for your major titles,
but there's other things in the game that are important to me.
The friendships that you form along the way.
And we've dreamed about,
yes, winning the four majors but also winning titles that are important to us.
[cheering and applause]
[Rory] I feel incredibly grateful that I play golf for a living.
I'm not trying to lose sight of the fact of what's really important.
[commentator] Lowry on the par-5 18th.
-[Trevor] This looks pretty good. -[commentator] He's walking after it.
It catches the bunker.
[Frank] Rory may be standing with one or both feet out of the bunker there.
I thought that was the hammer, didn't I?
-[Rory] Where is it? -Bunker.
[Rory] Is it bunker?
Fuck, I thought that was…
Okay. Well, it's… it's a good lead. A really good lead.
[Rory] I would be a pretty miserable human being
if I judged myself just on winning.
As much as golfers would say
that they try not to define themselves by their job or by what they do,
I think it's hard for me not to define myself
as trying to be one of the best golfers in the world, so…
I've had a great career.
I feel like I'm playing just as good of golf as I ever have,
and I still feel like I've got a few more cracks at it.
[commentator] He's won 24 times in his PGA TOUR career.
[emotional music playing]
[crowd clamoring]
[applause]
[commentator 2] This is when you dig deep.
[indistinct yells from crowd]
[commentator] Oh wow!
Rory McIlroy had a great line earlier this week.
He said, "It's my 17th year of professional golf."
"And to still be able to do something for the first time is cool."
[Rory] There's a consistent theme to it all.
The one thing that I need is being comfortable out there
with the guy I have beside me.
[cheering]
[commentator] And it's an Irish party in New Orleans.
McIlroy and Lowry win the Zurich Classic.
It's a milestone win for McIlroy,
the 25th of his PGA TOUR career.
[Shane] You little fucker, you did it!
[laughing]
[Balionis] First time in New Orleans, Rory McIlroy, first win in New Orleans.
It's a milestone one for you.
What does it feel like to get this one done together?
Uh, absolutely amazing.
It's been an awesome week, and obviously it's…
I feel like it's a bonus to win at the end,
but, um, uh, couldn't… couldn't be better to have this man alongside me
to get a PGA TOUR win together.
We're gonna come back and defend next year.
I hope so. I hope so. I'll be here. Let's hope Rory is with me.
Matching uniforms.
We'll see these two guys right back here next year, Andrew.
[Shane] When you experience stuff in life, and you experience it with friends,
it's always better.
-[Balionis] Well done. Congratulations. -[Rory] Thank you.
To be honest, at the end of it, it's like, overall, there's a lot of joy there.
It's certainly felt on my behalf. There's a lot of relief.
A lot of relief there.
♪ It's been a long, long day ♪
♪ Are we in Heaven, Heaven, Heaven? ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't feel pain ♪
♪ I guess that this is ♪
-♪ Heaven, Heaven… ♪ -[crowd chanting] Rory! Rory! Rory! Rory!
Rory! Rory!
[cheering]
The most incredible time in New Orleans.
You guys have been amazing, so hospitable.
Um, we already can't wait to, you know, bring it back and do it all again in 2025.
Thank you so much.
Um, cheers.
[Rory] It was a really special moment for me to get a win with Shane.
I was becoming quite frustrated with the game and…
♪ If anyone hits you You hit back harder… ♪
[Rory] A week like that, it can turn everything around.
And you start to have fun again.
Start to smile a little more on the golf course.
You get confidence 'cause you've played well.
I definitely feel like I can use this win to, um…
you know, to sort of springboard myself into… into the next part of the season.
-[crowd chanting] Rory! Rory! -♪ I guess that this is… ♪
-Rory! Rory! Rory! -♪ Heaven, Heaven ♪
Rory! Rory! Rory!
[announcer] Rory McIlroy…
[Rapaport] The narrative quickly changed from "Is Rory McIlroy back?"
to… "divorce?"
[man] He will not be making any additional comments
on his private life.
[Scottie] Terribly sorry.
[reporter] World number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler, arrested…
He's going to jail. Ain't nothing you can do.
[Dethier] Bryson always has done things differently.
Other than Tiger Woods, he is the most popular player on the planet.
-Whoo! -[crowd chanting] USA!
[Dethier] The U.S. Open, it's a complete mental and physical test.
[cheering]
[commentator] What a run.
[commentator 2] The U.S. Open pressure makes everybody crumble.
[crowd] Oh!
[dramatic music playing] Open pressure makes everybody crumble.