This PACKED Wednesday episode wanders around for an hour on a variety of important and inane topics on what should be an otherwise sleepy stretch of the golf year. Andy and Brendan begin with news of some truly horrific TV ratings from Sunday’s PGA Tour event, which were beaten by LIV’s own paltry ratings. Then they get to a Bloomberg report that talks between the PGA Tour and PIF might be held up on the notion that LIV players must return or forfeit their money from that enterprise, along with ...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 11 min
An awesome weekend of September golf has Andy and Brendan in great spirits for this Monday episode. To start, Brendan downplays a Browns Victory Monday in the Swag Sports Minute, but Andy is riding high after a great day at the ballpark and delivers the news that Andrew Price won the Crump Cup. After that, the two dive into a loaded weekend of golf, starting with the Irish Open at Royal County Down where Rasmus Hojgaard chased down Rory McIlroy and the Great Manassero for the win. Andy and Brend...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 18 min
A late Wednesday recording leads to a Thursday release for this episode, as three events tee off on a Friday-Sunday schedule this weekend! Brendan attempts to start this episode with a Solheim Cup preview, but excludes the Champions Tour’s Sanford International from the Friday-Sunday schedule and leaves Andy aghast. This turns into a lengthy edition of Champions Tour Minute with Producer PJ, as the three look to stay hot with their picks for the big weekend in South Dakota. It’s then revealed th...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 5 min
This Wednesday episode previews a beefy week of golf, with tournaments of interest taking place across the world from Northern Ireland, to Napa, to Virginia, to Bolingbrook, Illinois. Andy and Brendan begin with some early LIV talk as the league's Individual Championship makes its way to Bolingbrook Golf Club. Brendan reads through the pre-tournament notes, with some editorializing from Illinois local Matt Rouches as well as Andy's personal experiences. They discuss Phil Mickelson's appreciation...
Sep 11, 2024•47 min
It's a quick Victory Monday episode as Andy is riding high after wins by the Illini and Bears this weekend. Brendan is also celebratory as the BC Eagles are ranked, but is licking his wounds from a Browns blowout loss to start the NFL season. The two break down the much-anticipated debut of Caleb Williams, Illinois storming the field after beating Kansas, and Producer PJ joins to preview the Jets on Monday Night. Champions Tour minute leads the golf portion of the show, as the pre-eminent Champs...
Sep 09, 2024•32 min
It's a birthday episode of golf's preeminent birthday podcast as the show turns six! A Friday whimsy episode starts with an Andy story from his final fantasy football draft of the year before Brendan asks how he's feeling about the debut of Caleb Williams on Sunday. After Andy runs through the graveyard of Chicago quarterbacks, the two do actually talk about some golf news. Sun Day Red unveils a new line designed for "focus" and "limiting distractions," causing Brendan to wonder who these brand ...
Sep 06, 2024•58 min
It's the first true offseason episode of 2024 and nearly all attention has turned to the upcoming Presidents Cup. Andy and Brendan begin this episode with a Victory Tuesday celebration for Brendan's Boston College Eagles after a Top 10* road win at Florida State on Monday night to open the season. They then discuss the breaking news of the day, captain's picks for the Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal. Mike Weir decided to go heavy on the Canadians, selecting Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners, and s...
Sep 04, 2024•50 min
It’s Tour Championship Monday, a holiday here in the United States as everyone recovers from the excitement and celebration that was the season finale of the FedExCup in Atlanta. Andy and Brendan convene to chat about Scottie Scheffler’s “dominant” performance to cap off a truly dominant season. They, uh, may have a quibble or two with the format that had Scheffler win low net but not low gross, and the Tour throwing a bunch of “records” in our face that indicate a win. They also discuss the Cur...
Sep 02, 2024•53 min
It's an early Friday episode recorded before the Tour Championship teed off, but Andy and Brendan are back to break down the 2024 Creator Classic and Jay Monahan's "State of the Tour" address. The episode starts with Andy remarking that this is a new day in golf, the first day in the Post-Creator Classic era. Producer PJ chimes in to recap the event, including multiple finalists playing through the 10th fairway on East Lake's 18th hole - which is out of bounds for the Tour Championship - and an ...
Aug 30, 2024•58 min
Andy and Brendan are AMPED for the finale of the FedExCup season at East Lake. They ramble all over the place talking about the 2026 Presidents Cup and TPC Craig Ranch renovations before they get there though. At East Lake, they discuss some early player grumbles about Andrew Green’s restoration work for the home of the Tour Championship. They discuss the FedExCup Starting Strokes format now five years into the experiment. They make some picks for East Lake AND the Creator Classic, which is disc...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Andy and Brendan are back on a Victory Monday for the Ballfrogs to talk Castle Pines and the golf year's final major. They start at St. Andrews, where Lydia Ko pulled off the win to add to her Olympic gold from earlier this month. The two discuss whether Lydia won the Women's Open or if it was really Nelly Korda who lost it, the pace-of-play issues that plagued the tournament, and other odds and ends from a week at the Home of Golf. After that, the Swag Golf Sports Minute debuts, with Andy wonde...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 11 min
It is …Friday! Andy and Brendan are buoyant as they head into the weekend, discussing a smattering of topics including Bears strategy and a too-good-to-pass-up offer for Browns fans going to the Jags game to play at TPC Sawgrass. Then they get to Mr. 50, Keegan Bradley, leading the BMW, which is cause for sharing a mind-blowing FedExCup Fact of the Day that has Andy nostalgic for a prior era of the playoffs. Then they get to the Women’s Open and its snail-like pace of play in some delectable con...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 3 min
It's week two of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and Andy and Brendan are ready for Denver! This episode starts with a celebration of fall temperatures in August before some back and forth about where folks in town for the DNC are playing golf in the Chicago area. After the debut of "Lobbyist Minute" concludes, the two discuss the not-so-great TV ratings from last week's playoff event at TPC Southwind and wonder why the PGA Tour's "most consequential" tournament happens in Memphis in the heat of August. ...
Aug 21, 2024•57 min
Andy and Brendan recap an absolutely loaded weekend of golf with tournaments coming down to the wire across all levels of the game. Andy leads off this Monday episode by waxing poetic about Caleb Williams and his performance in Week 2 of the preseason, becoming far too excited about the Bears on August 19th. After an extended Caleb Minute, the golf recap begins with the FedEx St. Jude in Memphis as Hideki Matsuyama stayed afloat on the back nine to hold off a charging "Mr. August" Viktor Hovland...
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr
It's a beefy Friday episode in honor of the FedEx Cup Playoffs starting up. Andy and Brendan lead off the episode with some U.S. Am discussion as Andy's Illini have shown up to compete. This then turns in to a conversation about what an amateur even is these days, given that many top players have large NIL deals backing them. Next, it's an extended FedEx Cup Minute as they take a look at the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Pool and (lack of) prizes before discussing the mostly-unchanged 2025 PGA Tour sched...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Andy and Brendan are back on this Wednesday episode to recap the fallout from Matt Kuchar's solo Monday finish at the Wyndham Championship, among other things. They start with Andy's initial take on the whole situation on Sunday before getting into the range session, TIO drop, and three shots of Monday morning. Kevin Prise gets a shoutout for his outstanding Monday coverage from Greensboro before Andy and Brendan break down Kuchar's post-round comments. The conversation then moves to the FedEx C...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Brendan is joined by Joseph LaMagna to recap an astounding end to Sunday at the Wyndham Championship with Matt Kuchar abandoning his ball on the 72nd hole due to darkness even as the rest of the field finished the tournament. The two dissect every angle of this unique situation, including a live reaction to Kuchar's explanation for this move and have a conversation about all of the people who will be affected by Kuchar's one-hole return on Monday morning. They then wrap up the Wyndham by giving ...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 10 min
It’s Friday! Andy is delusional about the Bears after one episode of Hard Knocks and has great hope. Then they get to some of the golf of the week, the women’s golf competition at the Olympics and the delayed Wyndham Championship. But first there is an apology for Rickie Fowler after a mistake from last episode, and an attempt at an apology for Jordan Spieth. They also try to figure out what the plan is at the Wyndham after the Hurricane washed out day one. There is also a FedExCup Fact of the D...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr
It's the finale of the PGA Tour regular season, so Brendan and Andy are peaking at the right time. Andy begins the episode expressing his excitement about watching the battle for the Comcast Business Top 10 coming to an end this week at the Wyndham Championship. Brendan then shares an analogy comparing the photo-finish Men's 100m Final at the Olympics to the race to make the Top 70 in the FedEx Cup ahead of the playoffs. The two then share a note about the "Buy Two Get One Free" deal on hats at ...
Aug 07, 2024•59 min
An incredible Sunday at the Olympics prompts this early recording from Andy and Brendan, as they react to Scottie Scheffler getting the gold, Jon Rahm collapsing on the back nine, Rory making a run before splashing late, Xander bowing out, and Tommy Fleetwood upholding the legacy of the Silver Slovak. They discuss if Olympics golf has an official moment that will elevate its place in the sport overall, even asking some hypotheticals about whether this means more than a major. They relay the play...
Aug 04, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Andy and Brendan close out the week, and open a new month, with this Friday episode checking in on the Olympics golf competition from Paris. First, there’s a check-in on the Bears, Jets, and some questions about 3-on-3 basketball and how an alt-event like that might work in golf. There’s also some gatekeeping about what should be an actual Olympic sport, like speedwalking? They discuss early action from Le Golf National, such as Wyndham Clark’s early troubles, the discourse around him and who sh...
Aug 02, 2024•41 min
Brendan is back from vacation and joins Andy to catch up on all that's happened in golf. The episode starts with some thoughts on how pools have been operating and why society has decided that beaches are a travel destination. Andy then shares a note on Caleb Williams' first week of camp with the Bears as he begins his surely illustrious NFL career. The two transition into Olympic talk, as Brendan is concerned about the USA Golf uniforms for this week's festivities. They make some picks and shar...
Jul 31, 2024•58 min
Andy is joined by Brentley Romine to discuss the weekend that was in the world of golf. The show starts with a 2024 Olympic Minute, where the two debate what other sport the American men would compete in, how Tosti will fare at Le Golf National, and more. After wrapping up a Paris preview, attention then turns to Jhonattan Vegas's win at the 3M Open, his first PGA Tour win in seven years. Andy and Brentley then discuss Jon Rahm's first-ever LIV victory at JCB before moving on to the US Junior Am...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 8 min
It's another jam-packed Friday Golf Advice episode as Andy is joined by pro Vince India. To start, the two discuss Vince's week at the Colorado State Open and how this week's competition compares to other state opens around the country. They then touch on the breaking news of Southwest Airlines going to reserve seating, something that will surely impact these world travelers. Vince shares a quick story from his first time playing with Blockie before Andy acknowledges forgetting that LIV London w...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Andy is joined by Shane Bacon of the "Get a Grip" podcast to wrap up lingering questions from the Open Championship and so much more. After a rousing discussion about Andy's texting habits, the two begin with a proper recap of the Barracuda Championship and what a second win this year means for Nick Dunlap moving forward. They then cover any remaining Open takes, including which current star with two majors ends their career with more before getting into a Player of the Year discussion about Xan...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 15 min
It was the kind of weekend that made you think about the big things as it relates to men’s golf, its star talents, its playing fields, and its past, present, and future. Andy and Brendan bob and weave through this Monday episode that runs the gamut after the last men’s major of the year. They begin with some important questions on the FedExCup before getting into Xander Schauffele’s win, his season, and what this victory does for the rest of his career. Then they discuss Scottie Scheffler and th...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 43 min
What an unforgettable day of golf-watching at The Open and Andy and Brendan are giddy to talk about a day that sorted the contenders and pretenders as we head to the final round of men’s major championship golf. They discuss the absolutely brutal conditions at Royal Troon that punished the final groups coming in and left the Baton Boy, the Town Crier himself, Billy Horschel sitting in the solo 54-hole lead. They discuss Scottie Scheffler’s maddening day, Shane Lowry’s pouty way to the finish, an...
Jul 20, 2024•50 min
Andy and Brendan are soaring into the weekend after watching an awesome day of golf at The Open, where the wind came up again and brutalized some of the best players in the world. They angrily shout down anyone moaning about the draw creating a disparity. Then they get into the conditions that ejected Rory, Bryson, Tiger, and many more. They outline some of the older vets on the board while praising the work of Shane Lowry and especially Justin Rose. Scottie and Rahm are given their flowers, too...
Jul 19, 2024•54 min
Andy and Brendan are buzzing after a bountiful first day at the Open at Royal Troon. They begin with the first tee time of the day, which offered its own stimulant in place of coffee in the form of Todd Hamilton’s electric swing. This leads to a running Hamilton facts segment, some Dan Bradbury woe, Dan Brown praise, and Ernie apologia. They also discuss Shane Lowry, JT, and some of the other leaders on what was a very tough day at Troon, especially early. There are some ample course notes about...
Jul 18, 2024•47 min
It is almost here! The final men’s major of the year is nigh and Brendan and Andy are full of energy for this beefy but constantly entertaining Open, or British Open, preview podcast. They begin with some thoughts on what makes the Open special, relying on player testimony, their own interactions, and some of the challenges of Royal Troon that they cannot wait to see in action. They discuss some of their favorite and not-so-favorite storylines, including the heavyweight contenders like Rory, Rah...
Jul 16, 2024•1 hr 37 min
