Jeeno Thitikul, Tom Kim, Nelly Korda and Daniel Berger on the Grant Thornton Invitational
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Hey associates and glad Saturday night time from Naples, Florida! I write to you all from my lodge, the place dozens of 11 and 12-year-old boys are on some kind of discipline journey. I’m fortunate sufficient to be within the room they selected to all congregate outdoors 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 workforce Nelly Korda and Daniel Berger in addition to workforce Tom Kim and Jeeno Thitikul.
Group Korda and Berger
I might have titled this section of the Rogers Report with Nelly Korda and Daniel Berger’s official workforce title right here on the Grant Thornton Invitational, however they’re protecting that to themselves this yr.
I respect it! I can solely assume it’s one thing hilarious. We could not have gotten their workforce title, however we did get loads 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 is going to star her associate on the PGA Tour app.
That is likely to be the final word praise, though I’d most likely be somewhat 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 realized about one another this week as a substitute.
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 occasions this yr so I’d say the outcomes converse for themselves. She might be on to one thing.
We additionally realized 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 suppose it’s crossed my thoughts since I did a venture on Balto in elementary faculty.
Tom Kim and Jeeno Thitikul
There’s just one workforce within the discipline that has been coordinating outfits all week on the Grant Thornton Invitational, and that’s Tom Kim and Jeeno Thitikul. In response to Thitikul, she bought to choose 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 degree). They have been having a lot enjoyable on the market and it’s clear that they’re nice buddies. It made me miss workforce golf!
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Do your self a favor and take a look at these moments from their post-round interview.
Some highlights embody Thitikul explaining that she was making an attempt to get in contact with Kim final week so they might coordinate their outfits, but it surely seems she had the unsuitable quantity. I additionally overheard Kim’s caddie, Paul Tesori, referring to Thitikul as “Jeeno Woods,” so I requested for a proof 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 at present,” Kim mentioned. That’s some excessive reward!
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The Grant Thornton Invitational is likely to be ending up at present, however fear not, my associates. We’ve bought one other workforce 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.
