Trey McBride solely picked up golf shortly after he was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 2022.
Now, the tight finish is hooked, which has given him a brand new appreciation for watching the most effective gamers on the PGA Tour play the sport.
“Now that I play golf, I understand how good these guys actually are as a result of I’m like, s—, it’s arduous to what these guys do and the way exact and, , how shut they get to, , all these things,” McBride instructed GOLF Subpar co-hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz on this week’s podcast. “They’re simply so good. So now that I play golf, I actually have a a extra appreciation for for a way good they are surely.”
Apart from Wyndham Clark, who additionally hails from McBride’s homestate of Colorado, his favourite gamers to observe all share one trait with the Cardinals go catcher: They’re massive human beings.
McBride lists 6-foot-3 World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and 6-foot-1 220-plus-pound Bryson DeChambeau as his two different favourite gamers to observe.
“He’s a giant dude, so he simply hits the ball miles,” McBride mentioned of DeChambeau. “In order that’s like that’s type of once I’m finished taking part in soccer I’m going to be a golfer like him.”
That’s when Stoltz reminded the trio of how a lot weight DeChambeau misplaced after his bulk across the time of the pandemic lockdowns and when he received his lone main on the 2020 U.S. Open. He guessed DeChambeau weighed round 250 lbs throughout that point.
“Yeah, I’m 245 [lbs], so he may have been a decent finish,” McBride joked.
“That will have been a pleasant little battle,” Stoltz replied.
You may try the entire interview with McBride under, by which he breaks down rising up a year-round athlete in Colorado, life within the NFL, the most effective tight ends in soccer and extra.