Fore Play

Jack Nicklaus joins the show. Yes, the Golden Bear, with his 18 majors and 73 pga tour wins, sits down with Riggs to discuss distance issues in the current game, Tiger Woods chasing his records, how different the golf ball was in his day, how good his current golf game is and MUCH more. Then, the crew discusses Payne’s Valley and a potential HUGE interaction with Tiger!

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We react to Bryson DeChambeau pulling off the ultimate vindication and dominating the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Riggs & Frankie we’re onsite, spoke to Bryson, interviewed him, and even got a pizza review from him. In From The Gallery, if you got to play Augusta but had to use only special Augusta golf balls in the shop at $200 a piece, how many would you buy???

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The time has come. The U.S. Open, at perhaps its most grueling venue, is upon us. We discuss the turf crew who has so tirelessly prepared the golf course, the players who know they’re in for something wild, and our expectations entering the competition. We met and chatted with Patrick Reed for the first time. We broke the ice with Rickie Fowler. We exchanged back-patting with Phil Mickelson. This and much more as the 2020 U.S. Open begins!

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It’s here. It’s finally here. The U.S. Open at Winged Foot has arrived, and the hype is REAL about the course condition, the difficulty, the “classic” U.S. Open expectations. We speak with Jason Gore (24:16), the USGA’s senior director of player relations & a member of the setup team, about the course, what the players can expect, and how he manages those expectations. Then we’re joined by Winged Foot’s head superintendent, Steve Rabideau (73:42), to dive deeper into this iconic venue, its famous greens, and the stellar team and commitment it takes to keep Winged Foot’s 36 holes in championship condition day in and day out!

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The PGA champ (6:03) rejoins the show after first coming on April 27th. This is a really, really good one. We discuss Tiger telling Collin “welcome to the major club,” the back nine at the PGA, the decision to hit driver on 16, beating JT in a playoff at the Workday, the upcoming U.S. Open and MUCH more!

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The tour championship has concluded about exactly as everyone predicted. That’s cool. DJ is the best and it’s not close. We discuss Novak Djokovic smoking a line judge with a tennis ball and getting booted from the Open but we’re not a tennis podcast. We discuss Islanders vs Lightning but we’re not a hockey podcast. We’re onto Winged Foot and onto several From The Galleries including: do you wear headphones to the range, how loud do you yell “FORE,” and where did Bryson go???

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The tour finale is here. Dustin Johnson will tee off 10-under par and the winner takes home $15M. It’s an interesting week to say the least. Speaking of interesting, Phil dropped a praising-Tiger tweet from the clouds. We discuss all this, Jack’s 5.6 handicap index, a match play major, deadly snakes on the course and much more!!!

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Olympia Fields just delivered an all time finish with Rahm and DJ draining MONSTER putts on 18 with everything on the line. We breakdown the BMW Championship, the conditions of the course, the latest with the Barstool Golf Society on PGA TOUR 2k21 and the upcoming U.S. Open. We also take several From The Galleries, including: Could we beat an 80 year old Jack? What would you shoot at Augusta if you began every hole at the farthest point on each green from the hole???

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The most recent Major Champion, Sophia Popov (43:23) joins the show to breakdown her win and discuss her career. From overcoming Lyme disease, losing her LPGA Tour card, missing a short putt to get status last year, to just last week being ranked No. 304 in the world and winning at Royal Troon, Sophia’s story is amazing. Before, we discuss Frankie and Lurch’s experience at Winged Foot as things get heated, BMW Championship, Bryon’s odd fake dog story, and more!

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Doug Ellin (creator) and Kevin Dillon (Johnny Drama) (56:44) from Entourage join the show. We get tales of Kevin snapping Tom Brady’s driver, Doug’s first-ever golf round playing with Wayne Gretzky, how Kevin recruited Phil Mickelson for a cameo on the show, and much more. In Headlines, DJ shot 30-under and won by 11, a magician rocked the Barstool Classic, we have our own golfing society on PGA TOUR 2k21, Kiz finished T4, and a massive underdog won the women’s British Open!

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