Kent and Scottie break down Nelly Korda’s Chevron Championship victory at Memorial Park. Scottie takes us right next to both winners of the week, playing nine holes with the newly minted World No. 1 Wednesday ahead of the major and caddying for Amari Avery, who became the first African-American winner in Epson Tour history, during Q-Series last year.

0:17: Introduction and Tournament Discussion

2:02: The Cheat Code- how to play with a lead

5:50: How to Break up a Round

8:32: Scottie discusses insights from Nelly’s Wednesday practice round and the change in Korda’s game

17:20: Discussion of performances of players at the top of a major leaderboard for the first time at the Chevron

19:15: The week as a torch handoff moment between Nelly Korda and Stacy Lewis as the face of the LPGA

20:37: Importance of Nelly defending the leap into the pond as a tradition and her role as face of the tour

24:10: Sunday broadcast not showing the beginning of Korda’s round and importance of national media opportunities

27:35: Nelly showing Rory McIlory like-qualities in how the U.S. Women’s Open is to her relative to the Master’s is to him

29:52: Are week-to-week LPGA course setups rewarding the best players in the world?

37:12: Comparison of men’s major contenders versus women’s

40:18: Amari Avery becomes first African-American to win on the Epson Tour

43:00: Scottie shares details of phone call with Avery after victory

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