Playing from the Tips!

Playing from the Tips takes a golf road trip to Wine Country in Walla, Walla Washington. Brian and Jimmie attempt to rack up points in the OGA partner series tour circuit. They attempt to give their description and summarize their experience at the Dan Hickson designed Wine Valley Golf Club.  They talk about the playing through harsh elements, tournament green conditions, and their overall experience. 

The recording takes place at the Wild Horse Resort and Casino.

In this episode, we summarize the Zurich Open Partner series where Patrick Cantley and Xander Schauffele take the crown.  We also dive into our experience on our golf road trip and OGA Partner series.  We just played Wine Valley in Walla Walla, Washington, and will be playing Wildhorse in Pendelton Oregon.  

In this episode we introduce the Zurich Open. A unique team event where partners determine winnings.  We offer our take on the course, the pairings, and strategy on how to select players.

Course Preview of the Zurich Open at TPC Louisiana

What a fun format this week. 2022 we brought the WGC Barcket challenge, and now bringing the team format in the Zurich Open This is a unique event because this is a team event.. We’d like to take the time to break down as much as we can…This used to be called the Greater New Orleans Open Invitational…This is the name it had from 1958-1971.  How can it be an invitational and an open?The big thing about this week is the format. In 2017 this turned to a team event. So 4 team events…17, 18,20, and 21. (No 19 due to Covid)

Past Champs - 
2021 Cam Smith and Marc Leishman, 2019 John Ram and Ryan Palmer . 2018 Billy Horschel and Scott Piercey, 2017 Cam Smith and Jonas Blixt

Interesting Teams::

Colin and Viktor #2, and #3 in the world 

Xander and Patrick another top 10 pairing

Billy Horschel and Sam Burns compete again

Cam Smith and Marc Leishman come to repeat

Ryan Palmer and Scottie Scheffler

Will Zalotoris and Riley Davis

Bubba Watson and HV3  

 In this episode Jimmie and Brian discuss the rise Of Scheffler and his four wins  on the young season. Tiger, is he back and contending or just playing with the boys. Rory's final round, is it a sign he is coming out of his major malaise? And recap this weeks winner of Playing From The Tips overall tournament standings. 

In this episode, we cover all things Masters.  

Master Preview: Course description, Purse, Masters Dinner analysis, Tiger (because we had to), expert picks from the panel.

In this episode we recap of the WGC Dell match play, congratulating new world number 1 Scottie Scheffler. Cover the Playing From the Tips tournament payouts. Have an in depth discussion with Titelist Performance Institute (TPI) certified trainer Dr. Logan Walters of Rokke Performance Therapy. Where he explains the TPI framework, biomechanics and their relation to performance and longevity in golf. If you would like more information you can reach Logan on IG @logan_rokke.

A quick overview of the Dell Match Play with Brian, Adam, and about 40 seconds of Jimmie as he plays a round live in the Philippines. 

In this episode we recap the top storylines of the 2022 TPC Players Championship at Sawgrass.  We crown a new king, the 5th Australian to win the TPC, and Cam Smiths most crowning achievement. We also talk about the brutal weather conditions and how it impacted the players and the course. The signature hole #17 had signature moments.   We also do a segment called Screwed or Not Screwed. Where we revisit the controversial moments for Paul Casey. Daniel Berger, and others. We also talk  the Tale of two DJ's,  How DJ had mediocre Saturday and Sunday rounds only to tear up the course and tie the course record on Monday. 

In this episode, we kick off the new season 2.  We recap last years results, call out the new changes this year, analyze TPC Saw grass, analyze the players, and give our picks.

Enjoy!

In this episode, we recap our Epic Ireland Golf Experience.  On August 23rd, Dempsey, Aaron, and Kelley and I embark on a 10 day golf trip to Ireland.  We accepted a tournament invite to the  Donegal Links Classic, as only one of two American teams to participate.  We tell our journey of one of the most beautiful countries in the world.  We road trip though the journey less traveled.  Our itinerary was centered around driving from Dublin, to the Northwest part of the country. An epic Ireland roadtrip, where we got to meet some incredible people, stay in quaint coastal towns, enjoy the Irish craic, and take in some most breathtaking views from the land of links golf.