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Matt Fitzpatrick & Alex Fitzpatrick (+1000 favorites) — the brother act, third straight year together. Matt just won at Hilton Head and is world #3. Root for them.

Shane Lowry & Brooks Koepka (+1200) — Rory sat this one out to recover from his Masters win, so Lowry grabbed Koepka instead. Both Srixon guys, close friends, first time partnering up.

Ben Griffin & Andrew Novak (+1800) — defending champs. Hard to win this thing twice in a row but they have the chemistry to try.

Michael Thorbjornsen & Karl Vilips (+1800) — the young-guns sleeper pick if you want odds with a pulse.

Aaron Rai & Sahith Theegala (+2200) — Rai has four top-25s in four Zurich appearances. This is the steady money pick.

Johnny Keefer & Michael Brennan (+2000) — three clubs total: driver, wedge, putter. They'll throw birdies on the board in best ball and pray in alternate shot.

The course itself (TPC Louisiana) — 7,425-yard Pete Dye design, water everywhere, real alligators roaming the property. The last event before the Cadillac Championship and the PGA starts bearing down.

Charley Crockett — Age of the Ram (the final chapter of the Sagebrush Trilogy, produced by Shooter Jennings — put on "Kentucky Too Long" first) → Spotify

Paul Cauthen — Book of Paul (the deep voice, the pulpit energy, all of it) → Spotify

Luke Grimes — RedBird (the Yellowstone guy, and his new one is actually good) → Spotify

Ella Langley — Dandelion (follow-up to Hungover, the one everyone's been waiting on) → Spotify

Silverada — Silverada (the Texas band formerly known as Mike & the Moonpies — "Eagle Rare" is a top-5 song of 2024, still in heavy rotation) → Spotify

Zach Bryan — anything from The Great American Bar Scene (the porch album — skip around, you can't miss) → Spotify

Tyler Childers — Purgatory (old, but the spring-porch-whiskey album. Required listening in April in the South.) → Spotify

Grilled Skirt Steak with Chimichurri → Recipe

Grilled Asparagus with Parmesan & Lemon → Recipe

Grilled Chicken Thighs (Garlic Herb) → Recipe

Smash Burgers on the Grill → Recipe

Grilled Shrimp Skewers with Garlic Butter → Recipe

Grilled Corn with Cotija & Lime → Recipe

Grilled Peach Salad with Burrata → Recipe

Invite one friend over, not four. Quality conversation requires margin. Four people becomes a group chat; two people becomes something worth remembering.

Cook the steak yourself, even if it's worse. You're not impressing anyone — you're giving them the experience of being cooked for.

Leave the phone in the other room for one meal. Not the whole day. Just one meal. It changes the whole tone.

Call, don't text. Five minutes on the phone with someone you haven't talked to in a while beats forty texts. Especially on a Saturday when you have the time.

Take a walk with no destination. The move for a couple, for a parent, for a friend visiting from out of town.

Tell someone why you appreciate them — specifically. "You're a great friend" is a pleasantry. "I appreciate how you always check in on me after a big week" is a memory.

Don't fill the silence. Second-wave weekends thrive on comfortable quiet. That's the whole point.

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Falcons didn't pick Round 1 — remember, last year they traded this pick to the Rams for James Pearce Jr. at #26. Check the receipt: did Pearce justify it?

First Falcons pick comes tonight at #46 — Round 2. Atlanta needs secondary help and a true nose tackle. Expect Morris and Cox to go defense early.

The Raiders got their quarterback — Mendoza to Vegas. Good landing spot. Klint Kubiak offense plays to his strengths.

QB run was smaller than expected — only a handful went in Round 1. That means value bleeds into Day 2, which means the Falcons might have a quiet but sneaky shot at a developmental arm.

Dexter Lawrence trade ripples — Bengals gave up the #10 pick for a player. Unusual. The Giants used the pick, the Bengals got a cornerstone DT. Time will tell who won.

The NFC South sleeper draft — watch what the Saints and Bucs did. South is more winnable than the national narrative suggests.

Enjoy Day 2/3 with the TV on in the background — it's the better draft viewing experience anyway. The picks matter more, the hype matters less.

Greenville, SC — underrated Southern city, walkable downtown, Falls Park, two hours from Atlanta if you don't hit traffic.

Blue Ridge, GA — 90 minutes north. Trout fishing, cabin vibes, the kind of quiet where your phone stops buzzing because service is bad.

Highlands, NC — shoulder season before the summer crowds descend. Main Street is a postcard, Old Edwards Inn if you want to spoil yourself.

Tallulah Gorge — day trip, 90 minutes. Bring hiking shoes and a friend who doesn't complain on stairs.

Nashville — if you want to turn "reset" into "reset with live music." The honky-tonks never close, but a Sunday afternoon at 3rd & Lindsley is the real play.

Charleston — five hours, long haul, worth it. Spring in Charleston is the single best week of weather in the South.

Anywhere with a rocking chair and a view — this is a mood, not a destination. Pick accordingly.

Saturday: 45-minute walk, no podcast. Just you and the spring. You'll notice things you haven't noticed in months.

Sunday: 30-minute run (easy pace). The point is to sweat, not to set a PR. Keep it conversational.

Tuesday: 20-minute bodyweight circuit on the patio — 5 rounds of 15 push-ups, 20 squats, 30-second plank, 10 lunges per leg. Done.

Thursday: Play golf and walk the course. Walking 18 holes is a workout. Quit arguing.

Any day: A real stretching session. Ten minutes of honest hip and back work after a sedentary week is life-changing.

Bonus: Swim if you have access. Pools are opening this weekend at most Atlanta clubs.

The north star: move outside every day this week. Even for five minutes. It's the trick.