Get a Grip with Shane Bacon

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What's Get a Grip with Shane Bacon about?

Hosted by broadcaster Shane Bacon, Get a Grip is a golf-centric podcast making light of a rather stuffy sport with legitimate insight into the game. It’s essentially the public golf course of podcasts. The show will offer a look into the PGA Tour week in and week out and have some fun at both the players' and golf fans’ expenses.

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Episode 99: The disappearin...

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After a weekend that belonged to the Nice Guys with Max Homa and Rory McIlroy winning around the globe, Shane has PGA Tour player turned commentator, James Nitties, on to discuss the golf villain. With LIV vs. the PGA Tour ...

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02.02.2023 Episode 99: The disappearing golf villains with James Nitties After a weekend that belonged to the Nice Guys with Max Homa and Rory McIlroy winning around the globe, Shane has PGA Tour player turned commentator, James Nitties, on to discuss the golf villain. With LIV vs. the PGA Tour ...
01.18.2023 Episode 98: Host Reversal with Claire Rogers On the latest Get a Grip, Golf.com's Claire Rogers (@kclairerogers) stops by and takes over hosting duties, asking Shane questions about him getting into golf and how all that happened. The two discuss plenty of early career moments, talk about ...
01.13.2023 Episode 97: Marina Alex (and Shane's buddy Rusty!) Shane is back from his annual January buddies golf trip and catching up with two-time LPGA winner Marina Alex. The two talk about the weird phenomenon that is getting older, Marina's ombudsman approach to golf Twitter, what men tend to ...
12.28.2022 Episode 96: The Five Moments of 2022 with Amanda Rose With just a few days left of a lengthy and exhausting 2022 in the golf world, Shane chats with Amanda Rose about the five moments that we’ll remember most from 2022. Not the most important, not the most combative, just ...
12.09.2022 Episode 95: Things We Can't Stop Thinking About with Claire Rogers This week's episode is an interesting one; Shane welcomes back the always-entertaining Claire Rogers of Golf.com (@kclairerogers on Twitter/Instagram) to talk about things that we can't stop thinking about. Maybe it's a golf shot, maybe it's an outfit, maybe it's ...
12.02.2022 Episode 94: The Scramble Podcast On this week's Get a Grip, Shane welcomes a friend of the program Brendan Porath (of Shotgun Start and Fried Egg fame) to the show to discuss something that is a big part of a golfer's life; scrambles. We discuss ...
11.23.2022 Episode 93: Claude Harmon The pod is back this week with Claude Harmon, who is fresh off a flight from Dubai to discuss a wild year in his life. From reuniting with Brooks Koepka to traversing the globe working a LIV-heavy schedule, Claude gives ...
11.18.2022 Episode 92: Scottish Golf + The Old Tom Morris Trail Golf historian Stephen Proctor joins Shane to discuss his summer in Scotland playing all 18 courses on The Old Tom Morris Trail, his move from senior editor at The San Francisco Chronicle to studying the history and birthplace of golf, ...
11.02.2022 Episode 91: Shane's new book + Mark Hubbard Get a Grip returns from a bit of a hiatus with news that Shane's new children's golf book, The Golfer's Zoo, is available to order and is shipping out right now. You can order at back9press.com/bacon, so do that right ...
09.28.2022 Episode 90: Presidents Cup hero Max Homa Returns! It is always a good day when Max Homa returns to the Get a Grip podcast. Max and Shane discuss the Presidents Cup, the perfectly executed post-birdie celebration on Friday, and plenty more from an epic week (and epic Max ...
09.15.2022 Episode 89: Napa Chats with Justin Suh After the best season of his career, Justin Suh is a full-time PGA Tour member. His reward? Joining Shane in person from Napa as the PGA Tour gets going once again. Justin talks about the change in how he thinks ...
08.26.2022 Episode 88: Football, golf and life chat with Joe Buck Our old pal and friend of the program Joe Buck of (checks to confirm this is accurate) ESPN joined the podcast to talk his career move, the job of Monday Night Football, saying goodbye to baseball, his sneaky low handicap ...
08.18.2022 Episode 87: From Baltusrol with Aaron Beverly & Kamaiu Johnson The APGA Tour is at Baltusrol this week for the Cisco Invitational and I was lucky to go out and play a little golf in the pro-am and chat with two of the rising stars on the tour, Aaron Beverly ...
07.29.2022 Episode 86: David McLay-Kidd on his new project, GrayBull On the latest Get a Grip, Shane opens the show talking about playing in the Connecticut Open and missing the cut by 1 before being joined by the great David McLay-Kidd to talk about his new project in Nebraska, GrayBull. ...
07.18.2022 Episode 85: Open Championship recap with Claire Rogers What a week at St. Andrews! Shane checks in from the Old Course with Claire giving her full rundown of an excellent week of Open Championship golf. The two discuss Shane’s club fiasco, the Max-Tiger pairing, Rory’s Sunday and the ...
07.11.2022 Episode 84: Caddy tales from St. Andrews With the Open returning to the Old Course, it made perfect sense to bring back an old Clubhouse episode that Shane published in 2020 with his good friend Will Froelich. Will and Shane, after college at the University of Arizona, ...
07.08.2022 Episode 83: The incredible efforts of Roger Sali You might not know the name Roger Sali, but after this episode, you most definitely won't forget it. Roger lives in Uganda and took to caddying when his father passed away and the family needed extra income. Starting in 2020, ...
06.27.2022 Episode 82: Lexi's collapse + Claire the Caddie On this busy Monday episode, Shane and Golf.com’s Claire Rogers talk at length about the Lexi Thompson collapse on Sunday at Congressional. They transition to Claire looping at the Northeast Amateur, her best and worst moments on the bag, some ...
06.06.2022 Episode 81: U.S. Women's Open Recap with Claire Rogers It was an awesome week at Pine Needles for the U.S. Women's Open with Minjee Lee taking home her second major title in as many years. Shane and Golf.com's Claire Rogers recap the week, talk about Minjee's trajectory, the awesome ...
05.23.2022 Episode 80: PGA Championship Recap (with Claire Rogers) From a snoozer to a playoff in a matter of minutes! The 2022 PGA Championship took a while to get going, giving us a meltdown at the end and an epic playoff with two of the best young players in ...
05.18.2022 Episode 79: PGA Championship preview with Gil Hanse It's another major week with another major guest. Gil Hanse, the incredible golf architect that was in charge of the Southern Hills restoration project, jumps on the podcast to chat with Shane about this week, what was the philosophy in ...
05.10.2022 Episode 78: Max Homa is back! Another awesome week on tour and another win for Max Homa. The legendary podcaster jumps on the phone to talk about the week at the Wells Fargo, how crazy life is right now, the confidence he feels now versus a ...
04.21.2022 Episode 77: The 10 Best Players of the last decade with Andy Johnson With the recent victory from Jordan Spieth (his 13th since 2013), Shane thought it would be a great time to look over the last 10 years of professional golf and rank the 10 best players of the last 10 years. ...
04.11.2022 Episode 76: 2022 Masters Recap with Claire Rogers Wow, what a week! The 2022 Masters Tournament did not disappoint and we have some instant reactions to the Scottie Scheffler win. Golf.com's Claire Rogers (@kclairerogers) joins Shane to recap the event, discuss the moment we will remember in five ...
04.04.2022 Episode 75: Masters preview with ESPN's Scott Van Pelt Carrying over from the old Clubhouse podcast days, ESPN's Scott Van Pelt joins Shane to preview the 2022 Masters Tournament. The guys start off talking Tiger Woods before turning their attention to who needs this Masters title the most, how ...
12.31.2021 Episode 74: Best of Tour Winners Another "Best of" episode to finish off 2021. From The Clubhouse and Get a Grip archives, we've pulled interviews with players coming off big wins on the PGA Tour, including Max Homa, of course, Joel Dahmen, and Nate Lashley. Have ...
12.23.2021 Episode 73: Max Returns: A holiday miracle! Max and Shane catch up on all the happenings the last few months including the Fortinet win by Mr. Homa to kick off the season. Max then reveals the five keys to a solid ski vacation when you don't ski. ...
12.09.2021 Episode 72: Best of Broadcasters While we get the next season of Get a Grip ready for 2022, we've put together a few "best of" episodes covering some of the greatest interviews and moments from both Get a Grip and Shane's other podcast, The Clubhouse. ...
09.08.2021 Episode 71: Aces and pod adjustments On episode seventy-one, Shane Bacon opens up with confirmation that he finally accomplished the one thing in his life he was hoping to accomplish before death: a hole in one! Since it's been a minute, Max Homa dives into the ...
08.11.2021 Episode 70: Shanks for listening 2.0 On episode seventy, Shane Bacon opens up explaining to Max Homa why he's on the verge of quitting competitive golf after a horrific sequence of events happened in his previous tournament! Then Max dives into his week playing in the ...
07.20.2021 Episode 69: The anti-wet eggs podcast On episode sixty-nine, Shane Bacon opens up asking Max Homa about his first experience playing golf across the pond! Max shares his thoughts on links golf; the opening hole double-bogey and how he rebounded after that; and the biggest adjustment. ...
07.05.2021 Episode 68: Airplane mode On episode sixty-eight, Shane Bacon opens up asking Max Homa about his week in the Rocket Mortgage Classic and playing in the same pairing as Bubba Watson! Then the guys dive into the Bryson DeChambeau news and the value of ...
06.23.2021 Episode 67: Appreciate the Present On episode sixty-seven, Shane Bacon and Max Homa open up discussing the value of instant replay in sports! Then, the guys dive into how Torrey Pines played and Jon Rahm's impressive win in the U.S. Open; they share their thoughts ...
06.10.2021 Episode 66: Treat people like puppies On episode sixty-six, Shane Bacon gets Max Homa to dive deep into the Memorial Tournament, his takeaways from the week and Jon Rahm's withdrawal. The guys talk about Lexi Thompson and the U.S. Women's Open, Shane's "Longest Day," Rickie Fowler ...
06.02.2021 Episode 65: The magic number is 25 On episode sixty-five of Get a Grip, Shane Bacon opens up asking Max Homa about his experience playing with 'Bones' on the bag in the PGA Championship; then the guys get into Joe Greiner's impressive run in the four-ball, Cameron ...
05.13.2021 Episode 64: Rory's legacy On episode sixty-four, Shane Bacon and Max Homa open up the podcast sharing mini-breaking news; then the guys get into Rory McIlroy's dominance in the Wells Fargo Championship and the legacy he's creating; Shane touches on his U.S. Open qualifier ...
05.03.2021 Episode 63: Paint cans and death turkeys On episode sixty-three, Shane Bacon opens up talking with Max Homa about his week in contention at the Valspar Championship! Max talks about his red hot putter; his hole-out from the fairway; and the energy at the golf course! Shane ...
04.28.2021 Episode 62: Double Eagle yeehaw On episode sixty-two of Get a Grip, Shane Bacon opens up asking Max Homa about the Zurich Classic and his pairing with Talor Gooch! Then Max shares the details of his double-eagle, the guys talk about the new PGA TOUR ...
04.15.2021 Episode 61: Enjoying Augusta On episode sixty-one of Get a Grip, Shane Bacon and Max Homa discuss their previous week at the Masters! The guys talk about the test Augusta National presents compared to the other major championships and the impact Hideki Matsuyama's victory ...
04.07.2021 Episode 60: Masters rewind On episode sixty of Get a Grip, the podcast features numerous clips of Shane Bacon and Max Homa talking about the Masters at Augusta National in the previous year! It's MASTERS WEEK! Follow the guys on Twitter @ShaneBacon and @MaxHoma23. ...
03.31.2021 Episode 59: Dahmen and the boys On episode fifty-nine of Get a Grip, Joel Dahmen joins Shane Bacon and Max Homa to talk about his PGA TOUR victory in the Corales Puntacana. Then Shane asks Max about his week in the WGC match play; Max shares ...
03.23.2021 Episode 58: This pod didn’t make it to 18 On episode fifty-eight of Get a Grip, Shane Bacon and Max Homa preview the WGC-Match Play. The guys talk about the allure match play presents to players and viewers; Shane asks Max about his philosophy on giving putts; and then ...
03.18.2021 Episode 57: Live from Get a Grip On episode fifty-seven of Get a Grip, Shane Bacon and Max Homa open up talking about their experience at the Players Championship. Shane asks Max about the caddie competition on 17; Max ranks the toughest golf courses he's played in ...
03.03.2021 Episode 56: Priceless On episode fifty-six of Get a Grip, Shane opens up asking Max about the criticism he received for not being able to wear Tiger colors last Sunday in the WGC. Then the guys talk about the impact of Arnold Palmer ...
02.22.2021 Episode 55: MAX WINS AT RIVIERA! On episode fifty-five of Get a Grip, Shane and Max talk about Max's 2nd PGA TOUR victory, the Genesis Invitational, at Riviera Country Club. Shane asks Max about his best shots of the tournament, his putt on 18 and his ...
02.17.2021 Episode 54: Hairless platypus On episode fifty-four of Get a Grip, Shane opens up asking Max about his play at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and his T-7 at Pebble Beach! Then the guys dive into Jordan Spieth's recent resurgence and what makes him ...
02.02.2021 Episode 53: At Homa this week On episode fifty-three of Get a Grip, Shane and Max open up addressing the situation at Torrey Pines surrounding Patrick Reed and the embedded ball. Then the guys get into Max's top-20 performance in the Farmers Insurance Open and the ...
01.26.2021 Episode 52: Roller Coaster On episode fifty-two of Get a Grip, Shane and Max open up sharing their Feel Good Friday and discussing who's had the best career: LeBron James, Tom Brady or Tiger Woods. Then the guys do a deep dive into Max's ...
01.20.2021 Episode 51: We Back On episode fifty-one of Get a Grip, Shane opens up talking about golfing in Connecticut and Max opens up talking about his preparation for the American Express. Then the guys weigh in on Tiger's injury, Chris Kirk's big-time finish in ...
01.12.2021 Episode 50: Mahalo for listening On episode fifty of Get a Grip, Max opens up talking about a walk-off double-eagle and Shane talks about the first week of his new show on Golf Channel! Then the guys dive into distance and statistical advantages players look ...

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