Playing Augusta National: Brandon Cubitt's Viral Journey

[00:00:00] Tell me a little bit about like what happened with like this mic weird thing

[00:00:04] Are you guys are we like live now is it a live podcast or no no no we're recording second edit we can I can chop

[00:00:10] I can do all yeah, we're in the safe zone. No, we're we're live. There's a million they do

[00:00:14] There's four million people watching you right now

[00:00:20] Yep, this whole this whole Augusta thing I've been sitting on this is close enough to the screen. Yeah, he's got his did yam hat on. Look at that. You want closer? You're like that grandpa who doesn't know how to FaceTime who puts his head up against the phone. Correct. Dude, I'm I'm so old that I have friends that are like that now, including including Panda. So anyway, we've got a great episode in store for the people here because we've

[00:01:43] actually got an interview that's coming up really excited about this dude Brandon from It might be on tape. So it is. It is. I don't know how to get to it. So yeah, we can we can fact check it. What I love it. I'll let the shepherd go. Okay. What do you think? I think above anything, it was a brilliant negotiating tactic by the guys that live because they're still negotiating to try and make a merger happen with

[00:03:03] PGA. And they're just like, well, if you guys don't agree to some of these terms,

[00:03:06] we're just going to keep your story? Like I just love, I love everything about it. Let me do some introduction real quick, man. That's all right. So Shepherd, why don't you only introduce yourself? I thought you were introduced. Okay, all right, hey Brandon, I'd like for you to meet my friend Shepherd. Why don't you go ahead and tell him about yourself, Shepherd. I'll tell you about Panda. Okay, I don't want to talk about myself.

[00:04:20] That's weird.

[00:04:21] Okay, all right, all right.

[00:04:22] Yeah, let's, all right, you intro to Panda.

[00:04:23] This is a great idea.

[00:04:24] And then Panda, you intro him.

[00:04:26] All right, yeah.

[00:04:26] This will be a good.

[00:04:27] This is a weird, former professional tennis player and now like works at two performance, which now I work with. But Billy's my dog. Yeah, like, I mean, Billy's, Billy really got into performance coaching.

[00:05:41] So this is actually,

[00:05:42] one of the reasons we wanted to talk to you, man,

[00:05:43] is because I know that a lot,

[00:05:44] a big part of everything you're doing,

[00:05:45] even with new nine and some of the other,

[00:05:47] like even the stuff that you I was going to be, I thought I was going to be famous.

[00:07:01] Like I thought I was immediately going to be on ESPN. I thought Scott Phampelt was going

[00:07:04] to be interviewing me. Like I thought for sure of different content. So in the content space, it's just like a lot of trial and error, right? So I kind of double down on the things that work and then the things that don't work, I kind of try to come up with new ideas. So I've been sitting on this idea to just, what are the chances a regular golfer could play Augusta? Like you hear of people that have played it through maybe like a business

[00:08:22] connection or it might be like a third hand information.

[00:08:24] You know, I got a buddy who's got a buddy whose dad worked for Coca Cola and

[00:08:27] he got to play a to get onto, right? So I had, it's tough to make this series like a daily thing

[00:09:44] because I got, I have a full-time job, I have a wife

[00:09:47] and I have a family, like I shot him a message on Instagram. You know, sometimes if you send a message, it will say like sent or delivered. Yeah. This message, every time I send to my message, it wouldn't say delivered. And then I look at his message button, like the email, and it's to some like some sports management company. And I've reached out to other sports management companies

[00:11:01] and they're basically like, fuck off,

[00:11:02] leave us alone, like we want nothing to do with you.

[00:11:05] So I knew that Mike Weir is like a superhero to most Canadians. And he's the reason why a lot of us pick up the club. So I was thanking her, asking her to thank Mike just for having golf in my life, basically.

[00:12:20] I told her that I've had this video series take blew up. It was crazy. We had a call plan for a week. And it was just so funny to get a rock clip.

[00:13:44] If you remember when Michelle was saying,, you haven't been yet? Okay. No, no. So yeah, so Mike obviously invited me to go to the Monday practice round. I'm fairly confident in the introductions that he will give me could potentially leave to something.

[00:15:00] He's basically like, no, I'll lead you to water, but I can't make you drink more or less.

[00:15:04] Well, that's just super nice. Like that's great that he'd even do that.

[00:16:05] grand to play Augusta. So members aren't supposed to do this. The fact that I'm kind of lifting a curtain on this super exclusive golf course. Potentially, I might never play just because

[00:16:13] I made this series, right? That's what a lot of people are seeing in the comments, like you're

[00:16:16] fucked, you're black. It's not going to happen. Right? But it's like, prior to making this video

[00:16:22] series, I didn't have a chance of getting onto Augusta and the fact that some of these clips night there all night. Could you spend the night at Augusta without getting caught anywhere in Augusta? I thought about scenarios similar to this. And I think what worries me, or I think the repercussions are just so great that it would ruin all chances in all the years to come, right? So the last thing I want to do is make a bad impression.

[00:17:40] The last thing, I think it would be cool for one video to make a real quick. I can take my shirt off real quick and then put it back on and no one will ever be a big deal. And so I did, I took my shirt off. Of course it gets twisted around my big head and I can't put it on fast enough. I got my bare belly hanging out at Augusta. And Augusta. So afterwards this guy comes up to me. So Tiger comes and hits. Yeah, I'm actually a long term member here.

[00:19:00] And I'm like, dude, this is great.

[00:19:02] I'm gonna be a friendly,

[00:19:03] you can see my really nice guy.

[00:19:04] And he's like, yeah, I saw you men

[00:19:06] and go with your shirt.

[00:19:07] Don't do that again, man.

[00:19:08] Don't do that. your guys went on the PGA show. Yeah, I was gonna ask if you're going to the warland. We're gonna be there. Yeah. Okay, sweet. Yeah, we should link up. Yeah, I'm bringing a bunch of buddies down there and we rented a house. We're gonna golf and just network with some people down there. Oh, nice dude. Yeah. But like, a year ago, I wouldn't have considered myself media, really. Like I'm not a news outlet, but, you know,

[00:20:20] we have enough channel views,

[00:20:22] even on like on our YouTube channel.

[00:20:23] Like I do work with like,

[00:20:25] Title S Taylor made a lot of the big OEM manufacturers

[00:20:28] on my YouTube channel. 40 some putters. I'm a swinging guy. I spend all my money on swingades. What made you think of that? That's what a great idea that is, even though it's, I love it. That same thing, that's just a funny story. I'll tell you exactly what made me think of that. So I got hired, this is a year ago, a year ago, last Black Friday. I got hired by Golf Town. Golf

[00:21:41] Town is like the biggest golf outlet in Canada. They're like, we don't want, the perception of golf is that it's expensive and we don't want to highlight expensive stuff. So they shut it down. So I let it pass like you know what you're doing because I mean, you knew that that one was gonna be good viral. But the things that kinda get, they'll pick up on a trend or that they'll get followers or even likes is just, to me it's completely random. It doesn't seem like there's any rhyme or reason, it's just so crazy. What you think won't pop off sometimes does and then vice versa.

[00:24:22] So anyway, man, four and a five year old now. They also grow fast. It happens really quickly, but I had a daughter. She was our first and there's just nothing, nothing better than it man. Then he's getting ready to have one and has a son. I'm a little boy and then a little girl on the way. I ask it's because dude golf for me, like it's, I don't know if it's changed for you. It slowed my golf game down for sure.

[00:25:42] I played less, but my wife understands that this is like my life. Can swallow sword. You can swallow. Well, that's right. That's what he always says. The swallow sword thing, which is true. I don't know, man. It's crazy. I've gone back and forth with the brand and I don't know what to make of it, but it's to me. It's a great question because it's literally 50 50. So the other question are there more? This is random. Like, so we just asked completely random questions here a lot of times.

[00:27:02] I love silly dude.

[00:27:03] That's why I love your stuff.

[00:27:04] I love the silly.

[00:27:05] I love like the out there.

[00:27:06] Like I just to me, that's what like I justgged creatures. Yeah, but there's a lot of fish out there with just me. There's a lot of fish out there with just fins that don't have legs or arms and stuff. So that's you know, you guys have obviously debated this. This is my first chance. I'm going to go out here. I'm going to smoke a big bat joint. Yeah, no, sorry, dude. Eyes or legs. I don't even remember what my answer was at this point. I know. I just love. I love

[00:28:23] that question so much. Man. Anyway, well, dude, thank easy and good for you guys to give it into access the hardest part. I do, that means a lot, man. It really does, because yeah, I've poured, I mean, we've poured a lot into this thing, man. So it means a lot, man, coming from you. So yeah, and by the way, we'll, let's definitely, I'll shoot you over some details when we get closer to the PGA show, but we'd love to connect, man. How many buddies you got coming with you to Orlando?

[00:29:42] There's eight of us total.

[00:29:43] Do you guys need some recommendations? Do we make your dreams? We could go there right now. We could. We are playing

[00:31:01] tomorrow. If either you want to know, I can't laugh too much shit. No, Cyprus point. I'm

[00:31:05] sorry. These are your employee did you know. What does she call soccer? A footballer. Oh, what does she call American ballers? A footballer is very confusing.

[00:32:22] You have to know what context she's talking in. That's like the sweetest thing ever.

[00:32:26] Shout out to Jackie, man, I can send you an email. But when I go this way, then Brandon says the camera goes away. Yeah, you don't have like a computer? Not on me, but I can do it when I'm done. Yeah, I'm curious if you can actually do this task. And then while I need to set up in your phone. I got you. I got you. I got you.

[00:33:40] My mom just went through this.

[00:33:41] She got a new cell phone.

[00:33:42] I had a set up her email.

[00:33:43] I can totally do this for you.

[00:33:44] Yeah, I could help you.

[00:33:45] So, okay, so Cyprus hard, you know, I guess it's super hard to get on there too. So like, how can I say that's my dream course? I don't know one thing about it. Yeah, I mean, there are some YouTube videos out there of it.

[00:35:03] Really? I've never seen. Yeah. Yeah, And I honestly don't know what they're saying to each other. Are they using like emoticons and stuff? And literally like, I'll send a picture of like a cool hat that we want. And Zach will be like, oh, that's tough. And I'm like, like tough to wear is like that's bad. Tough, good. Like I didn't, I didn't, I don't know.

[00:36:20] Tough shed.

[00:36:21] Like I said, I was sponsorship of shed.

[00:36:23] Shut up.

[00:36:24] Apparently got me felt.

[00:36:25] I've shed.

[00:36:26] When you say that's tough, that means it's like think it's going to be really interesting to see like, we don't really know what's going to ultimately happen right now. So I mean, it's 20, 28 and they might amend that rule like three different times. So once we get closer to it, I'll start worrying about it. But I'm at this exact point. I'm not really freaking the fuck out.

[00:37:41] I'm going to.

[00:37:42] I think it's a no.

[00:37:43] I'm not.

[00:37:44] I'm not vehemently anti rollback.

[00:37:47] I get where they're coming from.

[00:38:42] off ball, I'm not going to play the rollback off ball because we're still going to be playing together in 2028. If you're going to have the hot ball, I'm going to have a total underground

[00:38:47] market of like hot, hot, hot, hot balls. I need to start stocking up right now,

[00:38:54] yeah, sorting them. Yeah, and then sell them and then flip them later on, we'll get like a storage

[00:38:58] container. Exactly. We'll get a pod. We's a competition between Brandon and Panda, Albie and Panda. Head to head, uh, head to head who breaks first and just wants to quit. So it's all, all day. We'd have to take the day off. We'd have to start it. Like what time they open over there.

[00:40:20] Do you know if you can find out the deets?

[00:40:23] I mean, you know, we can just go out first light, like, um, you got keys.

[00:40:28] Boy either.

[00:40:29] Okay.