Golf’s Big Comeback: Happy Gilmore II and Scottie Scheffler’s Triumph

364 more days until next year's hockey tryouts.

Well, after almost three decades, Happy Gilmore is returning to the big screen set for release on Netflix tomorrow.

And this does come at a clutch time for golf fans, as were 259 days away from the Masters, the next major golf tournament.

And this after Scotty Scheffler won the Open championship, a 4 stroke victory that will hopefully be fulfilling enough for the world's number one golf.

Joining me on this Thursday morning is Rick Horo, CEO of Horo Sports Ventures.

Rick, good morning.

Thank you so much for joining us.

Well, 1,197, the amount of days between the 1st and 4th major victories, a lot of numbers here, the same for both Tiger Woods and Scotty Scheffler.

So take us through the Open Championship last Sunday and also now a long wait until next April with only Happy Gilmore to to hold us over.

What do you think, Rick?

First of all, how are you doing?

Who did you rope into counting all those days on the calendar?

That's a lot of work heading into the opening bell.

Yeah, but the bottom line is, yeah, that's not an avid golfer because if it was, we would have the FedEx Cup playoffs, we have the Ryder Cup and the Masters next April.

So we have some stuff to keep people in.

Interested even if it's not a major on the major perspective, it's great for Northern Ireland.

It's great for the country, amazing for Scotty Scheffler.

There were 6000 volunteers, but from a business perspective, there were 400,000 square feet of commercial space rented and available in the Belfast area in Port Rush for this.

And more than any open ever, so they've done a lot of commerce.

They've inserted themselves into the rotation and as important, and I would know this, there are 382 courses on the island of Ireland, one every 7 miles.

So it is a big deal for golf, big deal for Rory, and certainly a big deal for that island and that country.

Well, Rick, a lot of stats for the summer Thursday.

I do want to ask you about the PC battle, and we're not talking about computers, but we're talking about personal correctness, and that's raging on over the last decade when it comes to advocates finally getting the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians to lose their names.

Now Trump is threatening these organizations to bring them back.

So do you think this could really happen?

Well, first of all, the Redskins commander's facility is going to be about a $4 billion facility on the spot of RFK Stadium and about a billion dollars of it for infrastructure from public money.

When you get public money, I've done it for 30 years, there are always unexpected consequences, and the fact that people are asking for name changes and all.

Well isn't surprising.

The response of we'll see and we don't say no is one that is an obvious one.

The Indians guardians, Redskins commanders has had considerable debate and discussion.

At the end of the day, Washington needs a new facility, and they may have to jump some significant hurdles to get it.

Well, it's all about dollars and cents, Rick, but the WNBA All Stars turning heads by wearing warm-up shirts that read Pay us what you owe us, referring to the lackluster salaries WNBA players received.

So how did this statement come together and where does it go from here?

I promised your producers that I wouldn't demand that you wear a Pay me what you owe me shirt for the next interview that we do.

I know that it'll get you in trouble, so I won't even go there.

But for the WNBA, that was a little bit of an attention grabber.

After all, 23% increase in viewership, 26% increase in attendance, 40% increase in merchandise, and even more important.

80% of the current WNBA players are going to become free agents at the end of this year, and a $2.2 billion television contract with ESPN and otherwise on the horizon.

So certainly they've got to get something done pretty quickly, and they've got to get it done now.

Caitlyn Clark and the group have brought it to immediate attention.

That's what those shirts were all about.

Well, Rick, here on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, I'm not quite sure if I could wear a shirt like that, but looking ahead to Saturday game day, you.

You think of Lee Corso, donning mascot headgear on ESPN.

So Fox's big noon kickoff has had a tough time competing for Saturday morning viewers.

Now Big Noon kickoff is bringing in Barstool sports founder and Michigan man Dave Portnoy.

So how is this going to work, especially if he slips across from former Ohio State coach Irby Meyer.

Well, there's going to be some sparks flying, and that's what the debate is going to be all about.

Imitation is the purest form of flattery, and so ESPN has done it for years with Pat McAfee and that show.

So big noon kickoff is done.

It's a change of format.

Portnoy's going to bring some spark and.

Energy, but Fox is changing their lineup.

No more breakfast balls speak, the facility.

All of those shows are giving way to an edge, if you can believe Fox will have a bigger edge, and they're going to try to emulate what people want.

I think they probably want controversy, debate, and loud shouting.

Well, Rick, we will have to leave it there for today, but as always, thank you so much for joining us and always great talking with you.

A what you owe her.

She didn't put me up to that.

I just wanted to say, see you next week.

See you in 8 days.

See you next week, right.

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