Hour 3: PGA Tour’s Wyndham Clark Talks Broncos & Oregon Ducks, plus Comedian Sam Morril In-Studio

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1:45Senior writer for the MMQB, Albert Breer. Coming up, BMW championship winner Wyndham Clark. Comedian Sam Murrell. and now it's Rich Eisen.

2:00Rich Eisen:Hour number three of the Rich Eisen show is on the air. Sam Murrell, the comedian, is in our green room. We'll bring him out in about 20 minutes time. We've been chopping up this whole Cleveland Browns quarterback drama for the last two hours. Our YouTube channel is there if you missed it. Our Disney Plus page is there if you missed it. Our podcast that's available wherever you go. Podcast is there if you missed it. And 844-204-RICH is there. the number for you to dial on all of that front. But our guest to kick off our number three is somebody who I'm really happy for. What a last few months that this man has had.

2:38Rich Eisen:And it's time to chop it up with the man who just took down the BMW championship. He's also your United States Open champion. That was after he took down the Byron Nelson Classic as well. Wyndham Clark is here on the Rich Isle Show. All right. How are you, brother? Good to see you again. How's it going? Yeah, good to see you. Ever since we had dinner together, I played some good golf. Well, Wyndham, that's part of the reason why we're chatting right now. It's not just your success because your success is my success is the way I view it. Because, you know, and I'm happy to bring up the fact if you need anybody's coming up and say, what's gotten into you, Wyndham Clark?

3:13Rich Eisen:It's the fact that you watched me win Skins Cold Hard Cash on Long Island back in May. Correct. Was this inspiring as I think it is? So inspiring. The$260 you have right there really said, wow, I got to be like Rich Eisen and go win some tournaments. That's what it was. And then you played. Then you went and you practiced at Shinnecock just two days later. Correct, Wyndham? Yeah. That trip. The whole reason for that trip was to, other than seeing you, was actually to get a practice round in at Shinnecock. And then the next week was the Byron Nelson. And we won. And it's been great golf since then.

3:53Rich Eisen:Well, I guess the two words are you're welcome. You know what I mean? Like you're welcome. These things have happened since we got to share the taste of championship money. You know what I'm saying? Like that's the way it works. Correct, Wyndham? Yes, 100%. I actually, I haven't said in any interview I should have done it, but thank you, Rich Eisen, for the start of my great play. Yeah, drop that, drop that, you know, next week. Drop it next week. Drop it at the president's cup. Drop it everywhere you go. OK, then if I drop it anywhere I go, my bad play, I'll have to also say this. Then there's four words I have for you.

4:34Rich Eisen:New new phone. Who dis? That'll be I love it. But things things have seemingly been awesome for you, Wyndham. So congratulations on that. And other than, you know, watching me succeed. what do you think has changed for you that's worked? Windham. Honestly, my swing's gotten into an amazing spot, and I'd say the difference between kind of 24 and 25, I just wasn't hitting it very good, and I made a great change with the swing coach, Pat. And since then, I've really started hitting it better. And then that specific week at the Byron, my iron game felt good. My putting had been good, but I hadn't hit the driver good.

5:18And that week I hit a ton of fairways and ended up winning. And then that kind of propelled my confidence going into the rest of the season and then show up to Shinnecock. And I did a lot of great stuff for three days and then had a tough Sunday, but still got the champ, you know, still won. And then I just kind of kept it going. And, yeah, my confidence is sky high. And it's amazing what momentum can do in golf.

5:42Rich Eisen:Yeah, man, I love that moment at the Open where your dad was there. You didn't know, right? You had no idea that your dad had shown up for that? Yeah, everyone asked, like, you must have known. And I was like, no, my dad hadn't been to many tournaments, and he didn't want to jinx anything. And my agent and girlfriend and sports psychologists and friends, everyone kind of hid him from me. So I didn't know until I hit that last putt and saw him when I was walking off the green. And again, in all seriousness, that night where we were having dinner together There were the group of guys that I was hanging out with who you also know.

6:16Rich Eisen:And, you know, I guess we should shout out Ben Silverman because he'd be really pissed if we didn't do that right now, who put us all together that night. That, you know, you were really cool and sharing with everybody what your journey was like, you know, over the last few months and how, you know, you've been hearing it from golf fans and you're kind of letting it go in one ear out the other and going to and, you know, continuing to move along. is there anything that you can share with the audience here about what you have worked on you just mentioned your whole group of people girlfriend and sports psychologist your caddy like what you have worked on on that front yeah i mean outside of the the physical um you know mentally it's amazing what happens when you know you're everything off the course is taken care of you know i'm uh very happy i have an amazing amazing girlfriend that's been by my side mentally have been working on a lot of things, kind of limited the distractions, you know, and then it's amazing when you have everything taken care of off the course, then when you're on the course, all you can really do is focus on golf and it makes it really easy.

7:27And then you go week to week and you're fine tuning things and, you know, the next thing you know, you're in contention and you might not win, but you're like, okay, I'm so close. And then, And then you break through and win. And then as you continue to play, you start building off that momentum. And what's fun is the more opportunities you give yourself to win, you get comfortable and more and more comfortable in that position. And it's not surprising guys like Rory and Scotty usually win when they are in contention on the weekend because they get used to it and they love it. And I'm starting to learn how to do that and starting to feel more comfortable.

8:05Rich Eisen:So it's a comfort thing, huh? That's basically what you're saying. Yeah, I mean, it's honestly, you know, I wasn't as focused yesterday as I had been the first three days. But, you know, in my past, I've had good Thursdays and Fridays. I just, you know, maybe didn't take care of it on the weekend. And Saturday, I just got really into a groove and separated myself from the field. And then Sunday didn't have my best, but I just stayed patient. And in years past, you know, I might have lost my cool or gotten impatient on a Sunday and, you know, would have turned that into maybe a second, third or fourth place finish.

8:42And instead, I just stayed patient and waited and waited and said, you know what, I'm going to make, you know, I can't miss every putt. I'm going to make a birdie. And, you know, then it came in bunches at the end.

8:52Rich Eisen:Not just to mix things up and then we'll get to some football in a way that you kind of wouldn't mind talking about it. you know deshaun watson getting booed and he got really upset about it and he you know he really went at the people who were booing him now that's a different story he was being booed or cheered by some people when he got hurt um how do you handle all of that when you're hearing that sort of stuff from fans yeah i mean i'm not gonna lie it sucks you know i want to be cheered for um i would prefer that it's it's a lot nicer and makes you feel better but with that being said I played other sports and basketball being one of my other best sports I loved an away gym I loved silencing the crowd and you know and I figured I can win the crowd over being humble and just keep my head down and smiling and then when you win they go okay well you know maybe we should start rooting for this guy and then I said this recently and a buddy of mine just said this and it was funny he's like hey you know what keep your head up it's all right if they don't root for you just remember darth vader had more fun and i was like all right i guess that's one way to look at it and so i i just kind of jokingly have kept that in my mind and said you know what regardless i'm just going to do what i do and hopefully the fans start rooting for me yeah and as at the end of the day darth you know spoiler alert kind of came back around you know what i'm saying to the yeah exactly to the good side if you will to the force use the force wyndham clark use the force as you have All right.

10:21Rich Eisen:Let's talk about your Broncos a little bit here. They're looking really good so far in the preseason. I know it's preseason, but this is the real deal. It seems like. Yeah, I mean, the big asterisk is obviously Bo, just if he's healthy. If Bo's healthy, I think we could be really good. Obviously, last year we blew away everybody with how good we were. And, you know, it was unfortunate Bo got hurt. But what I will say is our schedule is tough. I mean, our first six, seven games are brutal. And if we're right around 500 through those games, I feel confident. And I've said this to people. If we win 10 games, I think we win the Super Bowl.

11:01Just because, I mean, you look at that schedule right there. So many of our tough games are away, and they're teams that are favored to win the Super Bowl or have been great teams in the last couple of years. So it's going to be tough, but I'm excited with the addition to Waddle and some of the guys we picked up on defense.

11:17Rich Eisen:Now, you're a Denver native, correct? Born, raised, correct? Yes, raised, yeah. Right. And so I'm looking at here, man, you were like four when Elway helicoptered. But, you know, when Manning won it with Von Miller, you were just out of college, pretty much, when you were at that age, if I'm not mistaken? Yeah. I mean, the year before was devastated. The Seahawks just shut us up. And then the next year, Von Miller, I think, single-handedly put Newton in retirement. it pretty you're not you're kind of not wrong about that i mean yada yada yada the few other things happen uh did you hear this soundbite from bo nicks after he finished up this weekend probably you didn't because you were getting ready here play it for me my own thing what do you say here you go here to hit it it was um just very smooth very easy to get back out there and go and um honestly the other guy 10 guys in the huddle made it pretty easy for me as well and just going out there and doing my job and treating it like a practice rep and um the most difficult part was you know not preparing a whole lot for a preseason game because of the time constraints and you know you only get a day or so and um so that was the toughest part is just getting my eyes in the right spot and that was the that was the mental challenge but I thought physically it was it was pretty easy physically pretty easy Wyndham what do you think that's what you're saying right I love it yeah I mean like I said if he's he's been getting some uh I guess maybe similar to me He's not getting any love.

12:45And last year he had a similar stat season as Patrick Mahomes and Josh, or actually Justin Herbert. I've seen some of those stats and people say those guys are MVPs or the best up and coming. And he's kind of doing the same numbers and hasn't been getting the love. So I expect both. He's healthy to have a great year.

13:03Rich Eisen:All right. We, we play something on this show called the win loss game where we put the schedule of somebody's favorite team up on the screen. You go week by week by week. and then with win-loss and we find out what you think their final record is. I'd like to do that with you at the Denver Broncos right now, if you don't mind, Wyndham Clark. I'll be as unbiased as possible. Let's do it. Let's put the schedule up. Let's give some music to Wyndham Clark. Ladies and gentlemen, we're playing the win-loss game for the Denver Broncos with the recent BMW Championship champion and U.S. Open champion, Wyndham Clark.

13:32Rich Eisen:First up, what happens, Wyndham, when the Monday night game on ESPN, visiting Kansas City, what happens? Win-loss. You know, it obviously depends on Mahomes, but he's coming off an injury. That's a win for the Broncos. That's 1-0. Now, home for the Jaguars. That's also a win at home. Jaguars got us last time, but I think we'll make adjustments. All right. Now, the Rams visit on Sunday night football. I'm going to go with an L. The Rams, I think, are the favorite to win the Super Bowl on the other side. And, yeah, that might be an L. 2-1 visiting San Francisco. oh that's tough i mean if san francisco stays healthy i'm a big c-mac fan i'm gonna go with a win that's three and one now visiting the chargers that's an l chargers gonna be good this year three and two sunday thursday night kickoff wow week six now the seahawks visit that might be uh an l2 that's gonna be tough that's what you said the schedule's tough to start now three and three visiting the cardinals uh i'm gonna go with the win i have the cardinals I bet them on the under for the season.

14:38So we definitely need to win.

14:39Rich Eisen:Let's be careful, certainly, if somebody lives in the state of Arizona normally. All right, now 4-3. Home for the Chiefs. Do you sweep them? I think we sweep them. We're turning the tie. We didn't beat them for about six years, and I think we're going to turn the tie. 5-3 at the Panthers. Another win. 6-3, home for the Raiders. Another win. 7-3, day after Thanksgiving at Pittsburgh. I think we might stub our toe. That's a lot. 7-4, home for the Dolphins. Definitely a win. We're back. 5-4 at the Jets. As much as I love Darren Mugi, his brother's my agent, and I think he's going to do great things at the Jets, we're going to beat him.

15:19Rich Eisen:Yeah, the personal, we've got to put this aside, man. This is win-loss game stuff. 9-4 at the Raiders. Yeah, I think we got the Raiders. 10-4, Christmas, home for the Bills. Gosh, Josh Allen's too tough to beat twice. I think we lose that game. Okay. At the Patriots. We got vengeance for last year, and Bo's going to be healthy. That's a win. All right. 11 wins now. Home for the Chargers. Home for the Chargers. It depends on what that game means. I don't think it'll mean a lot if you're 11 at 5. Yeah. I'm going to go a loss. Really? Oh, wow. Okay. 11 and 6. Wyndham Clark says he's going to be unbiased.

15:59Rich Eisen:There you go. Win-loss game for his Denver Broncos. 11 and 6. We'll see how they do. 11-6 makes the playoffs, and then I think because of that schedule, I think we win the whole thing. Okay, there you go. Before I let you go, Wyndham, you're an Oregon Duck. So my friend TJ Jefferson is a diehard Penn State fan and Florida State fan, but we had Dan Lanning on the program the other day. And you mentioned, Dan, about the shoes, right? Yeah, Oregon's known to have their own supply. Right, so he asked for some Ducks shoes. Lanning said, if I give them to you, you need to kick out one of your teams and root for us instead.

16:38Rich Eisen:Sure enough, that's the old flags behind TJ. He's now an Oregon Duck fan because he provided the shoes. The shoes are right behind you, right, TJ? They are. They are. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. How can you have that many teams? Okay, Wyndham. I like sports, Wyndham. You're on to it. We love Wyndham Club. We're on to it, Wyndham. We love it. That seems like a front runner right there. No. Oh, easy, Wyndham, easy. Look, most of these are college teams, Wyndham. No, no, no, no. A lot of different colleges. The Cowboys are his team. But do you want to hold the shoes up there for Wyndham? Do you accept him as a Duck fan because he's now a Duck fan because of these shoes have been delivered by Dan Lanning, man of his word?

17:21Rich Eisen:Wyndham, do you accept him? Well, the real question would be when the Ducks play one of his teams and see who he roots for. TJ, how do you answer that question to Wyndham? I mean, you know, I'm a loyal person. And, you know, me and Coach Lanning and I, we like to think that we build a bond. But for me, just to turn my back on everything I've always believed in. Now that you got the shoes? Now that you got the shoes? I didn't say I would not, like, root for Oregon. I did not say I would not take a, you know, a little bit of an interest in what they're doing. But you want me just to give up everything?

17:54Rich Eisen:Wyndham? Well, what if Florida State or Duke, you know, a couple teams you like, are only eight and four and the Ducks come in and play them and we're undefeated? Oh, if Duke football is playing the Ducks, I'm the quack. There he goes. Okay, there we go. That's what I'm looking for. He's accepted. He's accepted. All right, Wyndham, it's so great to run into you as I did back in the spring and then to see what you've done since we connected. I am taking credit with anybody that will listen and I am excited for you and can't wait to see what you do from here on out awesome thank you guys appreciate you having me on that's Wyndham Clark everybody don't get him awesome to watch awesome to watch can't wait to see what he does next week as well I like that you're taking full credit why wouldn't I excuse me Skins money doesn't just wind up in an envelope by itself one must hurt it and ever since this moment it's kind of crazy he's been on the roll days later he's basically at shinnecock i know then seven days later wins at the byron nelson and then a month later wins at shinnecock and now here he is the day after winning the bmw championship how many more trophies can a man hold well there's one more left that's right so that one it all started he takes that He's fired by my success.

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23:28That was game one against the Cavs? Oh, my God. We were down like how much we were down? Oh, I remember that. Yeah. I remember that. Stav and Judd Apatow. That was right after we won. Yeah. That Stav's baby? That Stav's baby and Judd Apatow. Yeah, we had fun, man. That was pretty epic. You know what's fun about that? So that outfit that I'm wearing with Stav's before the last pick and Stav's outfit is the exact same outfit we wore when we beat the Celtics in game six the previous year because we were at that game together and we're superstitious. So we didn't even coordinate that. We just showed up that way.

24:03Rich Eisen:Listen, this run was just as magical as it gets. And, you know, it's amazing that, again, that they started dominating, though. I know that, like, again, the Hawks series looked like every other series that the Knicks have been playing in the playoffs to only serve to leave us all disappointed forever. Pretty much forever. It had the hallmarks, CJ McCollum starring as Trey Young or Halliburton or Reggie. Like, it's just, okay, here it goes again. And then a switch hit only to have Cleveland, as you point out in game one, come in and just rain points on them until they just watched the Knicks come back on him and then just 120 points here, 130 points here, 140 points there.

24:54Rich Eisen:And it's just like, what the hell is going on? It was crazy. And I didn't expect to really dislike Wembenyama because I was like, yeah, he seems like kind of fun. And then I was like, I really don't like him. Like I started just spiraling. I was like doing research. I'm like, oh, his dad's 6 '7", his mom is 6 '3". It feels like they did this on purpose. It feels like eugenics. It feels like Hitler would have liked it. and uh yeah that's a take that's my take okay hitler would have liked wemby maybe not he didn't like he didn't like black people so that's a reach i guess but you know french in the french yeah he didn't like any now it's okay i took a reach probably didn't like basketball either probably probably not throw it out there yeah certainly not new york but um but yeah but no i did not like wemby pointing his head oh you're the clear villain that's it right there when he He told, because like Mitchell Robinson, you know, committed the offensive foul.

25:45Rich Eisen:Yeah. Points like I'm in your head. And then it devolved from there only to have OG pop one in on him, you know? OG, if Brunson doesn't have that game five, OG is the finals MVP. I mean, he was dominant, man. He was so good and fearless, dude. Throwing down dunks. And I mean, that tip in was. Were you there for that one? I wasn't at that one. All right. Which ones did you go to? I went to game one in San Antonio. What was that like? Epic. It was amazing. So I flew down with my friend, one of my childhood friends, Chase. We fly down to Austin. You couldn't get a ticket into San Antonio. It was all booked.

26:23I get a text from Shane Gillis, a comedian. He was like, are you going to the game? I said, yeah, I just landed in Austin. He goes, come over. I'm going. So we had like a drunk bus with all these other comics. No kidding. Matt McCusker, Tommy Pope, all these comedians. Yeah. And we were pounding drinks. We go there. we end up in a Knicks row, thankfully. I'm next to a bunch of Knicks fans that made friends. I didn't realize this until after the game because I guess I was behind Chris Tucker. I was like, man, that guy looks like a fat Chris Tucker. And then after the thing, they were like, this is Chris Tucker.

26:51And I was like, holy shit, I love Chris Tucker. You know? And clearly a Spurs fan. He's a Texas guy. Right. And then, you know, Knicks are down. It's one of those things I'm like, oh man, are we going to lose? And I will say the San Antonio fans, there's like a few crazy ones, but for the most part, they were pretty cool. They were pretty friendly. They were like, and they were talking trash, but I was like, guys, you've won five in my lifetime.