Fore Play

Out of the clouds, Phil Mickelson wins the 2021 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, taking down Brooks Koepka and a handful of others down the stretch to earn his 6th major championship title. We react to it all: the scene coming up 18, the holed out bunker shot, the bombs, the hold-your-breathe moments, leaving Streelman hanging and more. We also relive the Let Them Play Classic. Big weekend in golf - tons to cover.

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It’s go time in a lot of ways. Trent, Frankie, and Jake have been all over Kiawah Island gearing up for the PGA Championship, running into Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Joel Dahmen, Brooks Koepka, Scott van Pelt, (whoever else I forgot), the TaylorMade truck, and more. How’s the course look? What’s the feel? What’re the predictions? And Riggs is live with his team from Whirlwind Golf Club, site of the first ever Let Them Play Classic. We get updates as the ladies finish up practice rounds and prepare for the last tournament of their season.

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Huge show. We’re joined by Mississippi State women’s head golf coach Charlie Ewing (25:28) to talk through the debacle in Baton Rouge and the subsequent birth of the Let Them Play Classic. What led to the infamous staircase announcement? How did a program like Mississippi State first react to Barstool getting involved? How is the team preparing now? What is their excitement level like? Also, it’s a MAJOR WEEK. Trent, Frankie and Jake are at Kiawah Island. Who do we like this week? Who are our picks? Favorites vs dark horses? Lurch has played Kiawah — what’s he think? All this and, obviously, much more.

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Golf is a better sport when Rory wins. Trent & Frankie had an epic day golfing on Long Island and mingling with Joe LaCava. Riggs played Torrey Pines again but from 1,200 less yards this time. Rickie watched the first round of the Masters with Tiger at his house. U.S. wins the Walker Cup. We catch up on all this and much more on the last show before yet another major championship week.

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Trent has begun his assault on double digits. Rory wins again. And we are joined by golf statistician & strategy consultant Scott Fawcett (31:24), who works with Will Zalatoris, Stewart Cink and many others, about course management. Where should you aim? Why? When should you go for it? Should you ever attack pins? All this and much more.

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The Miz (57:44) from WWE, Real World, and reality TV fame joins the show for the first time. We discuss turning “15 minutes of fame” into a 20+ year career, the humility of golf, and even get a little sparring between The Miz and The Butter Knife. Before the interview, we peek behind the curtain to detail our production process, debate the Premier Golf League’s latest news, and preview both Trent’s first “Breaking 100 Series” trip to Georgia to visit instructor John Tillery and the upcoming Barstool Classic west coast swing.

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Will Zalatoris (41:09), coming off a 2nd place finish at last month’s Masters, joins the show for a full hour. We dive deep into 2021 Masters week, coming up just a stroke short, navigating Augusta with statistics as your guide, Happy Gilmore and much more. Before Will joins, we react to Sam Burns winning for the first time on Tour, players’ latest social media games and wonder if any murderers follow us on Twitter.

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Live from the 18th green of Torrey Pines, we’re back. We’re joined the second half of the show by NHL legend, 7-time Stanley Cup winner Bryan Trottier (25:07). Before then, we give knee-jerk reactions to playing 2021 U.S. Open venue Torrey Pines from 7,800 yards: the bad, the ugly, and the even worse.

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The first Tiger photo post-accident has emerged and he looks... great. We react to Tiger’s post, the Zurich Classic ending in alternate shot playoff, and Brooks Koepka lefty vs Dave Portnoy (with Frankie on the bag). And we do this all live from the patio at Olympic Club, minutes after playing it. We also discuss that round without spilling all the juice. We’re all together in person again, so it’s one of those kind of shows.

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A very unique and fascinating guest on today’s show. Dr. Jared Van Snellenberg (54:40) was Happy Gilmore’s caddie, and today is a doctor conducting important research on the brain. As you may imagine, this takes us down a lot of different roads: what was the Happy Gilmore role like, how does the brain affect good golf versus bad golf, how can we better control our own brains, and much more. Before Dr. Van Snellenberg, we have a lengthy discussion on the PGA Tour’s new “Player Impact Program,” rewarding a $40M bonus pool to the players who are most impactful on moving the needle.

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