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The Memorial, Muirfield Village GC, Colombus, Ohio

Morning. How are you?: Not bad, got...hic...terrible...hic...hiccups though...
That's a pain. You OK to do the preview?: I'll be...hic...fine...
So where are we this week?: It..hic...says up there...hic...in big bold...hic...letters...
So it does. But this is a biggie, right?: Oh...hic...yeah...
Finally, a tournament that everybody wants to play in?: Yep, it's...hic..one hell of a...hic..field. Tiger...hic...Phil...hic...Vijay...Ernie...hic...Sergio...Boo..hic...
Boo?: Hey, they're gone! Thanks!
No problem. Who won this last time round?: Carl Pettersson, remember? He won by two from Zach 'Jack' Johnson and Brett rhetoric last year.
Did you know that his dad worked for Volvo?: Yes. I did. He got me a staff discount on a 440 a few years back...
Did he?: Course he didn't you dolt...
This is Jack Nicklaus's bash isn't it?: Sure is. It's been going since 1976...
Hot summer that?: And breathe...
So, Tiger and Phil going head to head then?: Hopefully. If anything, I'd say Mickelson starts as favourite this week. All that behind the scenes work with Butch Harmon seems to be paying dividends and you can't really argue with a win and two top three finishes in his last three starts.
And the course?: 7,366 yards of trickiness. The speedy greens, deep rough and furrowed bunkers are going to make life difficult.
Why will it make 'life' difficult? It may make playing golf more difficult but once the players leave the course, it's not like a furrowed bunker is going to start bombarding them with nuisance phone calls, is it?: OK, it will make playing the game more difficult. Do you know what?
What?: You're taking all the fun out of this you know...

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