Episodes
Taylor Pendrith birdies the 72nd hole to win the Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch while Ben Kohles bogeys the final hole to miss a potential playoff. Meanwhile, at LIV Singapore (24:00), Brooks and Ripper GC win while TC's Cleeks made their first podium appearance of the year. We break down both events and a few other news and notes from the world of pro golf, Soly's trip to Bandon Dunes (53:00) before opening up the listener/reader mailbag to answer your questions (1:04:30). If you enjoyed...
Published 05/06/24
Coming off his first PGA Tour win and first Masters appearance, Austin Eckroat joins the pod to recap his trip to Augusta National, competing against Scottie Scheffler as a pro and during his junior career. We also cover his ascension up the rankings, playing into the Tour's signature events, managing his playing schedule and life on the road, and a ton more. fanduel.com/nluĀ  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 05/01/24
Published 05/01/24
This week on the recap pod we open with a recap of the better-than-expected-Zurich Classic where Rory and Shane Lowry win in a playoff. Then we call in KVV for a segment we've been workshopping all week in conjunction with the NFL draft: comparing pro golfers and pro quarterbacks and vice versa (24:00). From there we pivot to LIV Adelaide (54:00) as well as the LPGA at Wilshire, Rory's potential return to the PGA Tour policy board, tour players receiving equity, and more. This episode is...
Published 04/29/24
After winning the media lottery, Soly wrapped up his week covering the Masters with a chance to play Augusta National the day after Scottie Scheffler won his second green jacket. After some time to process the experience, Soly is joined by Neil and KVV to relive the anticipation leading up to the round, offer a hole-by-hole recount of his day on the course, and answer some listener questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/24/24
Nelly Korda joins the podcast (29:30) to chat about winning her 5th straight tournament at the Chevron, what's changed for her, the nerves of the final round, and the jump into the pond on 18. We also chat about the first women's major of the year, Woodlands, get a call-in from T3 finisher Lauren Coughlin (41:45), and discuss the coverage of the Chevron. We check in on the leaderboard as it stands at the RBC Heritage (1:31:20), the bizarre decision not to move up tee times, and other notes...
Published 04/21/24
We are 36 holes complete at the 2024 Chevron Championship with two atop the leaderboard. Jin Hee Im and Atthaya Thitikul are tied at -8 with Nelly Korda 1 shot behind. Our very own Lauren Coughlin played tough trying to keep the momentum going after her opening 66. She sits at T5 with a host of others. We run down the leaderboard, discuss the other events going on, and close with our ESPN+ experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/20/24
A double dip this week as we preview the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town, and the first women's major of the year at the Chevron. We talk course fit at both places, our favorite Harbour Town memories, what's changed at the Chevron, Nelly's run, and preview our travel series that debuts tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/17/24
The ninth installment of Tourist Sauce premieres Wednesday night on our YouTube channel as we return to Australia where the first season of our travel series was filmed. Our itinerary for our return down under: New South Wales: 34:00 Bonnie Doon 43:00 Royal Adelaide: 53:45 St Andrews Beach 1:17:30 Lonsdale Links 1:30:45 Penn Kingswood 1:38:00 Cape Wickham 1:58:00 Ocean Dunes 2:23:10 Royal Melbourne 2:35:40 Kingston Heath 3:01:45 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/17/24
Randy, TC and Cody are back with an LPGA preview pod as we gear up for the first major of the women's season with the Chevron Championship. To help us set the table for the week ahead, we call upon friend of the pod Justin Ray for some statistical research with his ten favorite stats from the dominant run of Nelly Korda who enters play this week winning her last four events. After our chat with Justin we look at the schedule for the week, some of our favorite potential storylines at the...
Published 04/16/24
Scottie Scheffler is now a two-time Major Champion, joining Tiger Woods winning The Players and The Masters in the same season and multiple times. He is the fourth youngest player to win his second green jacket (Tiger, Jack, Seve). We run through the day's events: Ludvig's solo 2nd at his first Major, a disappointing final 9 for Max finishing T3 with TommyLad, and Collin. Biggest stories of the week, a couple leaderboard rundowns, future Major predictions and more. We close it out with a...
Published 04/15/24
Scott Scheffler is leading the 2024 Masters Tournament through 3 rounds. D.J., Randy and Soly break down the day's action with special appearances from Tron and KVV. Plus we welcome special guest Johnson Wagner to break down Scottie, the chasers Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Aberg, and Max plus what weird stuff he saw Bryson do today. We close it out by picking winners and Jordan and Soly's Champions dinner menus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/14/24
The Pro John Maxwell Homa along with Big Bryson DeChambeau and Scott Scheffler sit atop of the leaderboard at -6 through 36 holes. We break down all of the day's action to include Bryson moving signs, Zatch not cussing at Patrons, The Rib and J. Spieth's troubles and more. TC pops in to shout out the young Swede Ludvig and Neil runs our lingering or loitering game. We close it out with Neil and Big Randy's Champions Dinner menus and the debut of the new hit song "Big Cans." Learn more about...
Published 04/13/24
The opening day of the 2024 Masters saw the artist formerly known as The Big Golfer jump out to an early lead. Bryson is one ahead of Scott Scheffler and two clear of Nicolai Hojgaard as round 1 is not yet complete. We run down the leaderboard, get caught up with Soly and KVV, call in Big Randy from the bullpen, try not to ice Max Homa and talk a little Tiger Woods. We close the show with some fashion takes and Cody and D.J. present their Champions Dinner menus. A ton of fun, a whole lot more...
Published 04/12/24
We are back with the High Noon Happy Hour Preview show Augusta edition. We run down news and notes, pairings and featured groups, reaction from early week pressers and more. Plus our final picks at the end of the show on the eve of the first Major of the year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/10/24
Soly, Tron and KVV fire up our preview pod for the 2024 Masters with a look at what we're most excited for this week at Augusta and offer some darkhorse picks to claim the green jacket on Sunday. We also go through some listener questions, data points for the week, our Who Won't Win picks, the odds sheet, course changes and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/09/24
We have a jam packed pod this weekend as Akshay Bhatia wins the Valero, Nelly Korda wins the LPGA Match Play, and Lottie Woad claims the 5th Augusta National Women's Amateur. We start in San Antonio where Bhatia won in a playoff over Denny McCarthy after McCarthy's back nine 28 (!!) to force extra holes. We talk Akshay's career outlook in light of his second win on tour and try to make sense of McCarthy's incredible run of birdies before his chunked wedge in the playoff. We also talk Rory,...
Published 04/08/24
Soly and KVV are back with another deep dive episode - this time we look at four specific Masters tournaments: 2011 - a year famous for Rory's collapse, Tiger's Sunday charge and Charl Schwartzel's closing run of birdies to win 1977 - Tom Watson holds off Jack Nicklaus to win the first of his two green jackets (59:40) 1980 - After winning the Open the year before, Seve Ballesteros goes wire to wire to win by four strokes (1:38:00) 1989 - Faldo emerges as the winner in a playoff after Scott...
Published 04/04/24
We've got a busy episode tonight as Randy, Cody and Jordan preview the upcoming LPGA Match Play in Las Vegas and the 5th edition of the Augusta National Women's Amateur with both events getting underway on Wednesday. We also catch up with Stanford's Rachel Heck (1:11:00) to discuss her recent essay, "Why I'm Remaining an Amateur." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/03/24
Scottie Scheffler's win streak is no more as Stephen Jaeger wins in Houston by a shot over Scheffler and four others for his first PGA Tour win. KVV, Randy and Cody make sense of Jaeger's win, Scheffler's putting down the stretch and the comps to Tiger. We also talk Alejandro Tosti and Memorial Park before we shift gears to the LPGA Tour (39:00) where Nelly Korda won for the third time this year. We look at the dominant start to the year for Nelly, Lexi's close call, and some other news...
Published 04/01/24
Over recent months the phrase "improve the product" has become a crutch phrase for players, tour officials, TV executives, and virtually anyone with a stake in the health of professional golf. We try our best to actually define the phrase and its various forms, the biggest hurdles standing the way of progress, and what we view as most important to actually making meaningful improvements for the benefit of golf fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/27/24
Peter Malnati is the Valspar champion - his second win on tour and first in over eight years. We break down Malnati's triumph, plus a look at the week for Cam Young, Keith Mitchell and JT, amongst others - plus some listener questions. Then it's time for a great deal of speculation around the meeting in the Bahamas between the Tour / SSG and the PIF (43:00). After a careful review of the flight tracking data and how close - or not close - a potential investment deal may be, we move on to...
Published 03/25/24
Randy, TC and Cody are back with another LPGA check-in as we recap the tour's Asian Swing highlighted by a pair of wins for Patty T and some other notable performances from the last three tournaments. Then it's time for a look ahead to the upcoming event at Palos Verdes and beyond as the tour returns stateside for a three week run of events before a week off ahead of the first major of the year - the Chevron. We also touch on the rumors regarding a mixed event at the 2028 Olympics and some...
Published 03/21/24
Soly catches up with former PGA Tour pro Ken Green who has some amazing and hilarious stories about his career on tour, his numerous fines, sneaking his family into Augusta for the Masters and getting to play with the biggest superstars of his era. We also hear about the traumatic events over the course of his life which he has detailed in his book Hunter of Hope: A Life Lived Inside, Outside, and On The Ropes. Soly has an editorial note at the 55:45 mark that introduces this portion of the...
Published 03/20/24
Scottie Scheffler's final round 64 has us creeping into uncomfortable territory with some of the comparisons that we make. Plus, we discuss how Wyndham's putt stayed out, his last 12 months, who the top 5 players are in the world right now, what makes the Players special, and a ton more. Thanks to everyone who tuned in live all week, these are always a blast to do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/18/24