What we learned on the eve of the PGA Championship

Ryan Lavner· Host0:00

[upbeat music] Hello and welcome into this edition of the Golf Channel Podcast with Rex and Lav. Happy Mother's Day to all, uh, of our followers and listeners, uh, over on the YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Rex and I, we are all pa- uh, all packed up for the PGA Championship, looking forward to getting to Aronimuk. You'll be getting there very late, uh, on Sunday evening. I'll be arriving about midday on Monday. But you and I are both very, very excited for that. But first we had some business to attend to in Charlotte, where you are for the Truist Championship. It looked like, Rex, we were gonna get a, a slew of sensational stories, whether it was gonna be Alex Fitzpatrick, maybe Rickie Fowler. Instead, it's actually a first-time winner in Christopher Raiton who emerges on a pretty frenetic, uh, final couple hours on the back nine at Quail Hollow. You just talked to him. What's the biggest takeaway here?

Rex Hoggard· Host0:57

Biggest takeaway is I think this is an, an indication of what you sh- touched on last week. I think you've said this a couple of times, and the PGA Tour's greatest superpower is creating superstars. And I'm not saying Chris Raiton's going to be a superstar, but if you look at this field, signature event, if you look at what the expectation is at these signature events, it's the top players going head-to-head. I don't think anybody's putting Chris Raiton in that category up until today. I don't think anybody was sitting around going, "Man, I really hope he gets into contention on Sunday." This is nothing against Chris. You have to develop yourself into a superstar, and I think