Jim Nantz joins to discuss the challenges the CBS crew is facing in the current environment, commercials on television, some takes on the coverage takes, how CBS compares to other networks, and basically anything we asked about. We also discuss the 2019 Masters, rebroadcasting with Tiger, how he knows so many people's names, Tony Romo, and a ton more. Thanks a ton to Jim for taking the time and being willing to come on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 18, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 322
From a dairy farm in Australia to the PGA Tour, Stuart Appleby takes us on a journey that spans how he learned to play American golf, what it was like being in Isleworth with Tiger, Cat's trophy room, and the bizarre playoff at the 2002 Open Championship. He also discusses tragically losing his wife in 1998, almost quitting golf as a result, to finding happiness years later, and sustained success on the PGA Tour. He also discusses how much the depth of professional golf has changed, his back inj...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 321
Daniel Berger wins, Collin Morikawa misses, Bryson smashes, and everything else from a wild week in golf. We talk about Spieth's up and down week, Rory's fade, Varner's run, Kokrak's near miss, mic'ing up the players, and a ton more. This was a relief to be able to recap some golf again, and a lot of fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 320
Professional golf returns this week, and we discuss the OWGR starting back up, the enormous field at the Charles Schwab Challenge, what makes Colonial unique, some picks, and a lot more. We also discuss Spieth's success here, Bryson, Rory playing here for the first time, testing procedures, Augusta buying land, the Korn Ferry events here in Jax, and plenty more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 319
Olin Browne is dusting off his plaid jacket and playing the Charles Schwab Challenge this as a former champion of the event. We talked to Olin about why he decided to play, what Colonial is like, golf's return, technology, the PGA Tour Champions, picking up the game at the age of 19, lessons he's learned along the way, shooting 59, and a lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 08, 2020•50 min•Ep. 318
We dove back into the archives to better understand four of the greatest golf collapses of all time. DJ takes us through the 1966 US Open (7:00), Randy on Adam Scott's downfall at the 2012 British Open (32:30), Neil on a flurry of collapses at the 2005 US Open (57:30), and Soly on Greg Norman's defining unraveling at the 1996 Masters (1:11:30). We set the scene, mined some old quotes, and reacted to some shocking details along the way. This was more fun than the collapses probably were. Learn mo...
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 317
Henrik Stenson has often been one of the most requested guests in our podcast history, and he's joins us to chat about his new podcast, growing up in Sweden, emerging from not one but two enormous slumps, and of course the 2016 British Open. We talk breaking clubs, how he spends his summers, the new tour schedule, the challenge it presents for Europeans, and a lot more. Thanks a lot to Henrik for the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 01, 2020•41 min•Ep. 316
Rob Collins from King Collins Golf Course design joins us again to tell the Sweetens Cove story from the top. The little nine hole course with a shed for a clubhouse has become a cult favorite, and now features a celebrity packed ownership group, but it was many years of challenges, blood, sweat, and many tears before that became the reality. Rob takes us on this journey, and updates us on his latest project (Landmand) in Nebraska, a new site for The Buck Club, and a lot more. Thanks a ton to ou...
May 27, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 315
How good was that!? We recap a wild and fun Sunday by chatting through our favorite parts, the format, Brady's shaky play, Tiger's stripe show, cart cams, and a ton more. We also talk to producer Jeff Neubarth (19:30) who takes us inside the booth, and on course commentator Justin Thomas makes a great appearance as well (53:00). We discuss what made this successful, Phil's commentary, the wild moments, and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 314
"The Match" returns, pitting the Big Cat and Peyton against Phil and Tom Brady this Sunday at Medalist. In our preview show, presented by DraftKings, we talk with Jeff Neubarth, the producer of The Match, about what to expect with the television product, JT, Barkley, the carts, the mics, and a lot more. On the back end, we share our thoughts on the format, whose partner we'd rather be, Brady and Manning as pro golfers, handicaps, and a ton more. This was fun, and we're pumped for this thing to k...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 313
Live golf is back! We recap Sunday's skins game, from Seminole, to the golf played, to the positives and negatives of the entertainment product. We take some questions from listeners, discuss the upcoming PGA Tour challenges, Vijay Singh, and a lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 312
We dove into the annals of history to each find a past event that featured some special carnage. We detail where things went wrong (or right, depending on how you look at it) in course setups, the high scores that ensued, the funny occurrences, and of course the classic quotes. The events include the 2004 US Open, the 2017 Bahamas Great Exuma Classic, the 1901 US Open, the 1979 Players Championship, and the 1999 Open Championship. This was a lot of fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 311
The 2003 Masters champion joins us to talk about the lessons he learned from playing with Tiger at the '99 PGA, his many Q-school attempts before breaking through, golf in Canada, the Champions Dinner, stack and tilt, how injuries derailed his career, turning 50, and his future on the Champions Tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2020•54 min•Ep. 310
We each went our separate ways, researched a topic we wanted to talk about, and presented it to the group, show and tell style. Neil tackled Bryson's alarming weight gain, DJ takes us on a history tour of Pebble Beach, Soly goes deep on the OWGR, Tron explores future possibilities for the European Tour, and Big Randy tells us about the 2010 Crystal Downs Club Championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 06, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 309
Webb Simpson joins for the first time, and we go deep on his golf swing, the Birdman, texting Tom Watson, his golf swing, the belly putter, and a ton more. Webb talks about how different it is trying to close out tournaments now compared to a decade ago, some of the other highlights and lowlights of his career, playing with Bubba in Ryder Cups, playing with Reed at Royal Melbourne, and what his games are like at home. Thanks a ton to Webb for the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
May 04, 2020•59 min•Ep. 308
This one is going to be a bit more controversial. Who has gotten more love for resumes that might be a little light? We have a lot of different definitions of "overappreciated", and we fleshed these out over and hour and half, and narrowed it down to five overappreciated guys in golf history. You're not going to like some of the names thrown out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 307
The names Nicklaus, Palmer, Jones, Snead, Sarazen, Tiger, and Phil all roll off the tongue easily when talking about some of the legends of the game. But who are some of the more underappreciated players in the game, both past and present? We each make our case for three guys, and ultimately decide on five underappreciated players. Some are names you might expect to hear on this list, and some may surprise you. This was a lot of fun. Next up, overappreciated! Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 306
The mental side of golf is complicated, but Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott have set out to make it easier to understand and comprehend. Their book "Be a Player" is a great guide towards gaining confidence on the golf course. We don't do a lot of game improvement stuff on this podcast, but Soly swears that he cut measurable strokes off his game just by going through the exercises that this book lays out. Soly chats with Pia and Lynn about the concepts in the book, and there's plenty of information...
Apr 22, 2020•58 min•Ep. 305
Patrick Cantlay rose quickly through the amateur ranks, and burst onto the professional golf scene as a young amateur before leaving UCLA. He then encountered adversity on top of adversity with injury and personal tragedy, and has clawed his way back inside the top-10 in the world. He takes us through the near career-ending back injury, how he's still dealing with that today, Augusta National, the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne, playing for Tiger Woods, his comments that were caught by hot mi...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 304
The PGA Tour is scheduled to return at the Charles Schwab Challenge in June, and we discuss the new schedule, the downstream effects, what golf is going to look like when it comes back, and a lot more. Plus we take your voicemails on HR related issues, handicaps, captain's picks, and a bunch more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 303
**In Part II of our deep dive on Tiger's major history, we cover everything from 2002 onward, including the two majors he won that year. the two in '05, the '06 British, '07 PGA, '08 US Open, Y.E. Yang, the slump, and of course last year's Augusta triumph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 302
In Part I of our deep dive, we go through Tiger's major championship history from his amateur days, to the triumph at Augusta in '97, the Tiger Slam, and into 2001. We put each win into perspective, and touch on his close and not so close calls in between. We also highlight some often forgotten moments of these majors, the "contenders," the great media quotes, and a ton more. This episode went way longer than we anticipated, so it's divided up over two parts. Stay tuned for Part II coming Tuesda...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 301
With Ryder Cup qualification in complete flux, Tron (Team Europe) and Soly (America all the way) take turns drafting their respective teams, throwing points out the window. They also fill out the assistant captaincies, talk course setup, the rationale behind their picks, and a lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 300
Danielle Kang is back to take on your best questions from Twitter, including some great stuff about her relationship with Butch Harmon, specifically how he helped her, her controversial Solheim Cup comments, what she's doing with her time off, how she handicaps games with Maverick McNealy, and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 08, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 299
Resident Phil fan Big Randy takes us on a journey through Phil Mickelson's career, from winning as an amateur on the PGA Tour, his major heartbreaks, his breakthrough, gambling, controversy, equipment tinkering, and a ton more. There's so much to cover with this one, we struggled to keep it under two hours. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 298
Be the right club, today! YES! Hal Sutton joins us to talk about how much the game has changed in the last twenty years, the 2000 Players Championship, how much he respects what Tiger Woods has done, the 2004 Ryder Cup, and a bunch more. We cover his amateur career, quickly becoming a winner on tour, what contributed to an almost decade long slump, and how he got it back. Thanks a ton to Hal for the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 03, 2020•58 min•Ep. 297
LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan joins the podcast to talk about the decision making process that lead to the LPGA Tour season being postponed, how his team gathered information, the considerations, what it's like to try to reschedule an LPGA Tour event, and how he sees this playing out. He discusses what golf might look like when it comes back, the possibilities of "2 for 1" events, the conversations he's had with sponsors, and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
Apr 01, 2020•46 min•Ep. 296
Another new format being put to the test this week, as we each come to the table with three of our best "What If?" guys. There's a lot of different interpretations of what that means, but we explore some of the great "what if?" moments of our lifetimes, how differently a few careers would look with just a stroke here or a stroke there, and some likely forgotten stories and events from over the years. This was a lot of fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 30, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 295
JT is back sooner than expected due to the quarantine, and he takes (excellent) listener questions in stride for an hour. Topics include playing with Tiger at the Presidents Cup, joking around with Patrick Reed, how he eats during rounds, filling out a schedule, being the son of a club pro, swing thoughts, go-to shots, playing left handed, and a lot more. Thanks to everyone for sending in the questions and to JT for the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 294
Neil pulled some books off the shelves and went to work, doing a deep dive on the life and career of Greg Norman. We go into his background, the tremendous successes and the incredible volume of close calls, as well as his many business adventures, Instagram thirst traps, marriages, and a lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 293