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Brandel Chamblee (23:32) joins the show and breaks down a lot. He describes the situation with brooks Koepka and the pardon my take guys. He dissects Bryson’s distance gains and, more importantly, his swing changes. And he gets into Tiger, Rory, Rahm and many more!

Once again it’s been an eventful 5 days since our last show. Frankie was in the Oval Office, Finau posted another non-winning top-10 finish, and Major League Baseball has returned only to immediately suffer a COVID outbreak. We hear all about the White House experience, discuss how soccer was on Golf Channel on Sunday morning, react to Michael Thompson’s elite 40-yard bunker shot, and debate if you play the 18th hole or not if you’re 1-under through 17 and your pregnant wife calls and says her water just broke. Interesting show. Let’s go!

Bubba Watson, 2-time Masters winner and 12-time PGA TOUR winner, joins the show. It’s his first time with the entire crew. We talk about his mental struggles on the course, his insecurities both on and off the course, his confidence in his physical golf abilities, players who are bad and good to be paired with, prioritizing family and professional golf and much more. Bubba opens up and we’re here for it. In From The Gallery, if an Augusta member invited you to play but said you could only bring 4 clubs, which 4 are you bringing and why???

Poor Trent is ill and misses the show. RIP. Brian Baumgartner (61:52), known widely as Kevin from The Office, joins the show to talk golf matches, filming The Office, and time tell all kinds of behind the scenes stories. In Headlines we breakdown A LOT from the Memorial: Rahm wins while taking a penalty, Tiger returns, Phil conducts classic Phil antics, Bryson records a 10, the course stands strong and much more!

Breaking News: Turns out our very own Frankie Borrelli might have dishonored the rules of golf and besmirched his name amongst fans of the show. We get into bunker-gate with Frankie, including a call from his Pinehurst caddie Logan to find out if Frankie really did in fact cheat. After, we discuss Bryson’s comments on Tiger, Jack Nicklaus texting JT congrats after his 50-foot putt last week, and more. Then friend of the show, Kyle Rudolph (40:53) joins us to talk about his experience at a variety of pro-ams including last week's American Century Championship!

A thrilling finish between Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas at the Workday Charity Open leads to a debate. Why? Because the memorable finish complete with the 3-hole playoff wasn’t on TV! We get into coverage, the beauty of “dad golf,” Bryson causing a stir among the R&A, Tiger returning and much more!

Brook Koepka throws perhaps his strongest shade yet at Bryson DeChambeau and we’re here for it. In From The Gallery, who would win: The Fore Man Scramble or Dave Portnoy with unlimited mulligans? We also weigh in on calling an Arnold Palmer drink a “half n half,” the tour playing Muirfield Village back to back weeks, the Ryder Cup officially postponing until next year, and how to rule on COVID putts that “should” have gone in!

DeChambeau wins for the first time since transforming into a jacked, monster-drive hitting machine, and did it while sounding off on a camera operator for operating a camera and damaging Bryson’s “brand.” We weigh in on everything Bryson, on Kiz’s solo 3rd, and more. We also recap our 4th of July weeks including Riggs and Lurch playing Cypress Point for the first time, Frankie releasing a Knives Creek teaser, and Trent’s NYC apartment air conditioning breaking during a record heatwave!

A great throwback episode as we chop it up amongst ourselves. We react to Dustin Johnson having TWENTY ONE wins, the TOUR logging another positive COVID-19 test, the U.S. Open going back to NBC and dropping Fox, the Barstool Classic controversy and much more. In From The Gallery, what statue of each of us would be created and where would it be located???

We are joined by the hysterical comedian Nate Bargatze (63:44). It’s amazing. Before Nate, we discuss the TOUR’s increasing COVID situation, Frankie’s “ace” on the Cradle, Riggs’ Pinehurst send-off video, and much more!

Country singer and songwriter Cole Swindell joins the show for the first time. Cole is a huge golfer, has fantastic stories, and delves into the process and background of songwriting. In Headlines, the PGA TOUR has its first COVID case since returning, Golf Channel is sadly laying many people off, and white socks are apparently now a loser look!

Pat Perez (34:16) — glass of wine in-hand — tells stories on Michael Jordan, PXG, his former college coach, Tiger, winning on tour, racking up big Vegas tabs, and MUCH more. We also talk playing during the pandemic, Colonial and Hilton Head. Without PP, we weigh in on a PGA Championship and Ryder Cup without fans!

Our favorite Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick (35:14) joins the show while driving a minivan across South Carolina to discuss what it was like to be back out on tour with no fans, social distancing among the tour crew, designing his home course on The Golf Club video game, taking on the Fore Man Scramble and MUCH more. Before Fitz, Sir Nick is rattling Riggs’ cage, Frankie updates progress on Knives Creek, and we breakdown everything from this past week’s Charles Schwab Challenge including Berger’s win, Bryson’s bombs, Spieth’s resurgence and everything else!

Shay Mooney (44:50) from Dan + Shay joins the show. Remember the Jonas Brothers story about the Grammys speech bet? We get Shay’s perspective, and the FULL tale. We also hear some great stories from the industry, from Shay’s on-course experiences, and basically become best friends. In From The Gallery, what’s our scramble team’s official world golf ranking, and which professional tournament will be the first to give us a tee time???

After 91 days off, the PGA TOUR is back. We discuss this week’s event, what we expect on the tour going forward, a preposterous Golfing dot com headline comparing Rory to Tiger, and when we think Tiger will tee it again. Then we’re joined by our good friend and former UNC QB Caleb Pressley (56:19). Caleb played golf for the first time 3 weeks ago and decided he’s going to become a pro golfer!

The hilarious Rob Riggle (62:37) joins the show to talk golf stories, playing in Hollywood circles, and what it’s like for him getting roles. Without Rob we tell a fantastic “fake ace” story, discuss what golf accomplishments deserve photos, and discuss our personal best golf achievements!

The John Deere Classic is canceled. Does anybody care? Anyone? We discuss the tour returning and why so quickly, pre-round routines, and if we could beat the 19th century’s best golfers. Then we’re joined by USGA Chief Brand Officer Craig Annis (75:07) to breakdown rescheduling the U.S. Open, changes to the live viewing experience, fans onsite, and more!

The Fore Man Scramble beat Kevin Kisner at Pinehurst No. 2. We are here to talk about it. From Trent’s first tee jitters to Rigg’s final putt, we detail the iconic match from the U.S. Open tees at Donald Ross’ masterpiece. Then, we discuss Rory’s “personal hunch” the Ryder Cup will be moved to 2021, the stigma surrounding pushcarts, what we think our personal official world golf rankings are, and much more!

The Tiger, Phil, Brady, Manning match, in our opinion, delivered. We’re joined by tournament director for the match, Kevin Hopkins, and breakdown our own thoughts. Then we preview everything about our own match, as a four man scramble, against Kevin Kisner at Pinehurst No. 2!

The Jonas Brothers (6:17) join our golf podcast. Yes, that’s right, the 3 Jonas Brothers — Nick, Joe, and Kevin — join our show for the first time. Turns out the brothers play A LOT of golf. They discuss brotherly love on the course, tell an unheard Grammys bet story, roast Riggs for losing to 12-year-old Pete, and MUCH more. After the brothers, we discuss the upcoming Match II and, in From The Gallery, debate breakfast balls, playing Augusta but having to skip Amen Corner, and more!