Jeeno Thitikul, Tom Kim, Nelly Korda and Daniel Berger on the Grant Thornton Invitational
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Good day associates and completely satisfied Saturday evening from Naples, Florida! I write to you all from my lodge, the place dozens of 11 and 12-year-old boys are on some type of subject journey. I’m fortunate sufficient to be within the room they selected to all congregate exterior of as soccer balls are kicked up and down the hallway. There was a lot of very sudden rain on the Grant Thornton Invitational on Saturday, however that didn’t hold the groups at Tiburon from having a blast. The 2 that caught out to me probably the most on Saturday have been crew Nelly Korda and Daniel Berger in addition to crew Tom Kim and Jeeno Thitikul.
Group Korda and Berger
I’d have titled this phase of the Rogers Report with Nelly Korda and Daniel Berger’s official crew title right here on the Grant Thornton Invitational, however they’re maintaining that to themselves this 12 months.
I respect it! I can solely assume it’s one thing hilarious. We might not have gotten their crew title, however we did get a number of enjoyable details about the 2 of them throughout their post-round interview on Saturday. Korda and Berger had excessive reward for one another’s video games, and Korda even joked that she’s going to star her associate on the PGA Tour app.
That may be the last word praise, though I’d in all probability be just a little nervous to know that the World No. 1 is checking in on my scores. I used to be tempted to ask Korda what different gamers she has starred on the PGA Tour app, however I made a decision to ask what she and Berger have discovered about one another this week as an alternative.
Korda instantly chimed in that Berger had “chirped her heat up.” She went on to clarify that she doesn’t hit a shot for half-hour earlier than her tee time, and that Berger was shocked by it. Hey, Korda received seven instances this 12 months so I’d say the outcomes converse for themselves. She may very well be on to one thing.
We additionally discovered that Korda enjoys dogsledding and that Berger is on a journey to 185 kilos so he’s crushing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches out on the course. I’m not very intrigued by dogsledding, as I don’t assume it’s crossed my thoughts since I did a mission on Balto in elementary college.
Tom Kim and Jeeno Thitikul
There’s just one crew within the subject that has been coordinating outfits all week on the Grant Thornton Invitational, and that’s Tom Kim and Jeeno Thitikul. In keeping with Thitikul, she acquired to select what colour they wore on Friday and Saturday, and Kim will get to decide on for the ultimate spherical.
Watching them play golf jogged my memory of my highschool golf days (though admittedly, that is at a a lot, a lot larger stage). They have been having a lot enjoyable on the market and it’s clear that they’re nice friends. It made me miss crew golf!
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Do your self a favor and take a look at these moments from their post-round interview.
Some highlights embrace Thitikul explaining that she was making an attempt to get in contact with Kim final week so they may coordinate their outfits, nevertheless it seems she had the incorrect quantity. I additionally overheard Kim’s caddie, Paul Tesori, referring to Thitikul as “Jeeno Woods,” so I requested for an evidence on that nickname.
“We have been deciding Jeeno Scheffler or Jeeno Woods and we determined clearly with 82 wins and 15 majors, she performed like Tiger Woods immediately,” Kim stated. That’s some excessive reward!
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The Grant Thornton Invitational may be ending up immediately, however fear not, my associates. We’ve acquired one other crew occasion subsequent week on the PNC Championship, the place I’ll be on-site and able to write about Group Woods, Group Korda and extra.
