It was while they were both in college.
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I am kind of late on finishing the Sunday show but DJ calling the PGA Championship venues “megachurches of the game” was the line of the episode for me.
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I’m pretty sure I just listened to an ad for the Travelers that was disguised as an interview with Finau. Gross.
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Vik Hovland and Scottie Scheffler are headed to a Monday morning playoff at the Travelers. We break down a busy week in golf: Haeran Ryu wins the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, Eugenio Chacarra goes back-to-back and wins the DS Automobiles Open, and Blockie makes his Champions Tour debut. Plus, we get a new Fedora 5, discuss Phil Mickelson news, cover down on notes, and a bunch more.
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Attended the KPMG all four days this weekend and you got most of the vibe. Some notes if helpful for future discussion on Women’s events and the Ryder Cup in 2029:
- The threesomes and split tees and leaders teeing off in the morning was a travesty. Pace of play felt glacial with the threesomes on the weekend. Also created chaos at 9 and 18 as the crowd might cheer at 18 green while someone was putting on 9.
- No indication of a walking entrance. When it’s not free parking might want to have an option for those who live close and can walk.
- The crowd seemed good and the energy for the final groups felt mostly energetic despite Nelly being two groups ahead.
- I know TC commented on the corporate grandstands at 18. 16 was far worse. The closest an average fan could get on the only hole with any teeth was 80 - 100 yards out.
- Half of the merch tent was Ryder Cup 2029 merch or general Hazeltine merch. Would love a single T shirt for my daughter under $50.
- Only three non corporate grandstands, all on the front 9 in the sunniest parts of the course
- It doesn’t excuse the prices for food/drink and the $60 for single day tickets, but a package of four tickets that could be used same day or on different days came out to $42 per ticket so in theory a family of four could get in for $170. Of course then they were gouged to eat anything.
- Tons of water stations and restrooms
- Re-entry was free and easy
- The rain was unfortunate early in the week as holding greens seemed pretty easy all week. The wind was great forcing players to hit woods into par 4s to break up the driver/wedge combo.
- Mostly agree with the Hazeltine course criticism. 16 is the only truly memorable hole. It was immaculately maintained, but the Chaska Town Course (municipal) nearby has far more character and given the same maintenance would be a superior golf course.
- Overall, as you all mentioned KPMG clearly cares and the golf was great to watch, but it could be so much more and truly a family event with a little more effort from organizers around things outside the golf itself. The golf is obviously the main event, but a full day out there was a slog and I can’t imagine being a ten year old out there all day.
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Soly, TC and DJ break down Chris Gotterup’s fifth career win - and third in 2026 - as he claims the John Deere with a final-round 62. We also discuss Max Homa’s strong week and some of the other top finishers before we dive into a grab bag of topics, including the Hollywood Reporter article on future PGA Tour media rights strategy. We also discuss Padraig’s win at the US Senior Open, the DP World Tour in Germany and Open Championship qualifying before closing with a look ahead to this week’s LPGA Evian Championship and Scottish Open and some quick thoughts on the statement from Phil Mickelson’s lawyer earlier in the week.
Okay potential “TL;DR” comment on its way, but I’ve been noodling on this for awhile.
Pertaining to the schedule and pga “playoffs.”
@Soly I take issue with your F1 comparison.
The biggest issue with the connection between the PGA Tour the proposed playoff structure is that it basically nullifies the meaning of what the PGA “regular season” means.
I know we all think the starting strokes stuff in the Tour championship is stupid. The two championships in one tournament was also a very stupid thing.
But without either one of those elements, the way someone performs throughout the season doesn’t actually mean anything. Hypothetical: Scottie wins 6 tour events but loses the Fedex cup by 1 stroke to someone who never finished better than 10th in a bunch of events and just got into the FedEx cup and played well in 1 event who’s only win was the FedEx cup event.
Okay back to the F1 analogy where I do not understand how you can draw any parallels. You mentioned during this pod and I think during other episodes as well that you like how each and every F1 race feels like it has a major impact on the season.
Well it does and that’s because the season is the only thing that matters. There is no post season. There is no seeding, there is no head to heads, no match play, etc.
For example; last year Max lost the WDC to Lando by 2 points. Because each race is so meaningful, you can point back to exact and specific races where he could have had slightly better outcomes to ultimately win.
My issue with this whole match play PGA playoffs, etc. is that they make the regular season less meaningful.
If Scottie loses the final match to Rory by 1 stroke; no one is going to be like “man, if he had made one more putt at Torrey back in February” he would be the champion.
I feel like this new proposed playoff/matchplay structure would be analogous to MLB. A team needs just a “chip and a chair” to get in the playoffs and then the slate wipes clean and the regular season means nothing.
No one looks at their team losing a playoff series and says “if they had just won that one Wednesday game back in April.”
Especially if the PGA Tour post season goes to Matchplay where almost anything can happen, the regular season means even less to the ultimate champion because all someone needs is to get to the Matchplay series.
Tom Kim is the Scottish Open champ after a marathon Sunday at the Renaissance Club with a final round 64, which gave him a two-shot win over Min Woo Lee. We assess Kim’s bounce-back after a rough 2025, poke at TC with a Tom Kim v Ludvig comp before going down the leaderboard, including Scottie’s missed cut and the Trackers getting in their feelings.
Thomson, Palmer, Trevino, Miller, Watson, IBF, O'Meara, and, of course, Spieth. We are back at Birkdale for the 2026 Open Championship. Join us as we run down Storylines of the Week, a course preview, players to keep an eye on, a rundown of the notebook, a bit of trivia, and more!
Couple of takeaways here @Soly @djpie @Tron @Randy :
- When do we have the conversation about Jordan officially being a mule on tour?
- You gotta listen to what TC said about never picking Tommy again. He said “in a major on this show” so I fully expect him to later justify picking Tommy again by saying he promised to never pick him on a “live” show. We know he can’t quit Tommy and will be picking him again in April.
- If Reed wins, TC needs to have strawberry syrup/juice ready on 18 green to go with the butter chardonnay
- I feel like we’re giving away “great man” status like Oprah. If we have this many great men, do we even have one?
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Between @Tron’s absolute look of disgust when @djpie picked the 2019 Open in the draft and then saying Scottie might need to validate his win because Portrush “isn’t a proper venue” is just some aspirational hating. Approaching Bill The Butcher level of disdain for the Irish.
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I think we’ve generally all but had that conversation in bits and pieces and come Sunday, surrounded by friends and family, his ashes will be spread amongst the english dunes.
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Join us as we get you set up for the 2026 Open Championship: Course conditions, player reactions, news & notes, team draft, final picks, and a bunch more!
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The guys watching the coverage tomorrow morning:
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One of the many conversations we @DryHeat guys had recently focused on the list of mules who have won an event since he last won. Add in three top fives since the start of 2024 and (sorrysorrysorry) the mule label might actually be generous
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The Detective Jackson Suber (-5) leads by one over Sungjae Im and Dan Brown after the first day at Royal Birkdale. Join us as we break down all the action from the 2026 Open Championship, including Down the Leaderboard, news and notes, and much more.
Not so fast! Bryson's penalty controversy and more! Lucas Herbert (-8) and Sam Burns (-5) both post 62s, but that wasn't the biggest story of the day. Bryson DeChambeau was assessed a two-stroke penalty after his round, dropping from solo second to T5. And his third-round status is in question. We break it all down and react live.
Sam Burns (-10) leads the 2026 Open Championship by two going into Sunday. Ryan Fox (-8) and Si Woo Kim (-8) sit two back. Join us as we break down all the action: Down the Leaderboard, Lingering/Loitering, Rory's comments on Bryson, news and notes, and much more.
Bryson “Big Ern” DeChambeau will forever be stuck in my brain now.
There’s honestly a lot of Bryson here:
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@MerchCzar …St. Rappeo walked so the Joseal could run.
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