Aaron Rai is your 2026 PGA Champion — and we've got a LOT to talk about. Cole and Stefan break down a wild week at Aronimink, from the controversial "Diet Coke US Open" setup, to Garrick Higgo's now-infamous 1-minute late tee time that cost him the cut by a single shot, to the FootJoy rain gloves and iron headcovers heard around the world.

Plus: Cole returns from the Flagstick Open at Equinelle with a tale of "Ireland-level wind," a missed 6-inch tap-in, and an honest C+ grade for his weekend.

Stefan tees it up at Lookout Point in Fonthill, and we go deep on whether Rory's back on the "bitchy train," why Cam Smith is the Australian Patrick Reed, and how Eugenio Chacarra walked off a US Open qualifier playoff to catch a flight to Belgium.

Throw in a Jordan Spieth pitch shot only five guys on Tour can hit, a heartwarming win on the LET (13 years after being given a 4% chance to live), Bridgestone's new black golf balls (??), Kingston's own Noah Steele Monday qualifying on PGA Tour Americas, and a full breakdown of the International Presidents Cup race where the Canadians are in trouble.

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⏱ Timestamps

• 01:47 — Cole's weekend at the Flagstick Open at Equinelle (Kemptville, ON)
• 05:31 — Stefan plays Lookout Point in Fonthill: tiny Royal Dornoch-style greens on the escarpment
• 08:50 — What IS an escarpment? (For our international listeners)
• 09:40 — PGA Championship at Aronimink — the big breakdown begins
• 10:32 — The "Diet Coke US Open" setup debate + Data Golf's rough stats
• 15:30 — Aaron Rai wins his first major: work ethic over natural talent?
• 17:11 — The FootJoy rain gloves, iron headcovers, and "me and my golf" logo
• 20:48 — "Working hard is a talent" — Stefan's takeaway
• 21:55 — Garrick Higgo's 2-stroke penalty for a 1-minute late tee time
• 23:00 — Cole's rant: easy to be early, impossible to be on time
• 27:36 — Jordan Spieth's 67-yard pitch shot — "only 5 guys on Tour can hit that"
• 29:14 — Justin Rose, JT's 65 Sunday, Rahm + Cam Smith resurface from LIV
• 31:36 — Patrick Reed gunning for the PGA Tour card via the DP World Tour top-10
• 32:13 — Rory kicks a fan out — is he back on the "bitchy train"?
• 33:35 — Schedule talk: Canadian Open, Memorial, US Open, the Scottish Open question
• 36:28 — Leonie Harm's LET win — 13 years after a drunk driver gave her a 4% chance to live
• 37:31 — Kingston's Noah Steele Monday qualifies into PGA Tour Americas
• 38:15 — Eugenio Chacarra leaves a US Open qualifier playoff for a DP World Tour flight
• 40:58 — Bridgestone's new black golf balls — what are we doing here?
• 42:46 — Picks time: Blades Brown vs. Si Woo Kim for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson
• 45:23 — Is Corey Conners cooked? The Canadians' Presidents Cup standing
• 47:21 — International points top 6 + Geoff Ogilvy as captain + the Snedeker playing-captain idea