Stuart FranklinYou gotta give Scott Van Pelt credit for being able to get Tiger Woods on the phone. Getting the 15-time major champ to come on a podcast, though? That's a different story.
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For the second time, the SportsCenter host attempted to corral the Big Cat—who is the white whale of the podcast community—for a phone interview. And for the second time, SVP was politely turned down. Here was the short, but humorous exchange between the two friends:
SVP: “TW!”
TIGER: “Hey SVP, I'd love to help, but today's a big short game day, and I think you remember the last podcast you called me out of the blue. . .”
SVP: “Oh, yeah. . .”
TIGER: “Yeah, so, with that in mind, I'm going to pass and I will see you at Augusta. Later. Out.”
SVP: “Alright, so we're 0 for 2.”
Hey, it was worth a shot. Anyway, here's the clip:
https://twitter.com/TWlegion/status/1217283786918047745
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https://twitter.com/SNYtv/status/1217124113245986816
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