999: Big Letter Hats, Bucket List Trips and Musings From Around The World of Golf

Soly, Neil, and TC begin tonight's pod with a quick recap of recent travels to New Zealand and Northern Ireland before we take stock of Scottie Scheffler tying the PGA Tour's 72-hole scoring record at the Nelson.

Having the boys talk about 6 days at Tara Iti, with Cal Club being just a stop through warm up round has definitely made me regret my career decisions :joy: . Good for you boys

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@MerchCzar the comparison of big letter hats to pogs was brilliant. If you’re looking for a Christmas gift for @Tron…

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Welp, I’m inspired now! Just booked a flight to New Zealand because the Schusters told me “going to Tata Iti is worth it”!

Stoked for the trip, but having trouble navigating the Tata Iti website and booking a tee time. Must be some sort of country firewall issue. I’ll keep grinding, I’m sure its not a problem as the trip came highly recommended.

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This stupendous TPC River Highlands letter hat was highlighted on a recent Shotgun Start episode.

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Makes me almost regret sending a harshly worded email to one of their board members when he informed me that Tara Iti is now fully private.

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“it’s worth the trip even if you can’t play Tara Iti”

That’s applies to 99.99% of the world’s population. Really like the guys and almost all of what they do, but hearing them gush about being able to go there was a bit much. It’s probably some jealousy on my end as well, but geez, have a little perspective.

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The most egregious big letter hat I’ve seen:

(Foothills Golf Course on the west side of Denver.)

I did laugh at Tron’s list of regrets. Yeah we played Cal Club and multiple rounds at Tara Iti and hit up Te Arai, but I need to get back and play Waverley.

I can’t really begin to explain what a vastly different experience that will be.

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It is with a heavy heart I have to report Prairie Dunes has fallen with a “GUNCH” hat. Sad!

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They’ve had that for a few years. I noticed it probably 3-4 years ago. Not a great look Bob.

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