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Jim Mackay on his NBC side hustle, who doesn’t call him Bones and more

Jim Mackay on his NBC side hustle, who doesn’t call him Bones and more

Nelly Korda of USA plays a shot during the pro-am prior to the start of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club on July 26, 2023 in Evian-les-Bains, . (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

JM: That’s a good question. I think I get the feeling that, you know, in an era of, you know, kind of bomb-and-gouge play a little bit on the men’s game, they’re not quite as interested in coming out of their shoes and just advancing the ball as far as they possibly can. There’s a little bit more strategy involved.

I get asked all the time, who’s got the best swing in golf? And I think the answer is Nelly Korda. I say that all the time, and people go, well you know, Adam Scott and all these amazing swings on the PGA Tour. Certainly Celine today, my goodness gracious, I mean, she hit it exactly where she was looking. And I it almost seems to me that a big part of the women’s game is just being patient because they’re giving themselves so many looks, you know what I mean? 

That I would think that you almost have to tell yourself OK, I’m not going to make every 15-footer I stand over and if I missed two or three in a row, I’m going to have to kind of you know, come to grips with that because my gosh, I might have 14 15-footers this round. They’re just so talented from a ball-striking standpoint.

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