Sticks Podcast

Coming back after a week off we saw Brooke Henderson capture her 10th LPGA Tour victory and Mike Weir get his breakthrough win on the Champions Tour. 2018 Manitoba Golfer of the Year and Breezy Bend Country Club member Justin McDonald joins us to talk about the upcoming Mundie Putter season, why his team has had so much success over the last decade, and who to look out for this year.

Team Canada Young Pro Squad member and the latest winner on the Outlaw Tour, Jared du Toit joins us to talk about this past season competing on various tours, including Monday Q'ing into this year's Farmers Insurance Open, his top 10 finish at the RBC Canadian Open in 2016, and his tenure on the golf team at Arizona State University with Jon Rahm and coach Tim Mickelson. Stewart Cink joins Bryson DeChambeau as the only two players with multiple wins this season with his wire-to-wire victory at the RBC Heritage, and Lydia Ko finds herself back in the winner's circle with a 7 shot victory at the Lotte Championship, having only made a single bogey in her last 100 holes.

A quick turnaround and 10 shot difference from last year's Masters, Hideki Matsuyama became Japan's first major winner after not winning on tour since 2017. Everybody finally knows who Will Zalatoris is after his runner up finish in his Masters debut, and we are joined by Stew Bannatyne of Modern Golf to breakdown The Masters and the importance of getting fit for clubs with the Canadian golf season upon us.

Since the debut of the show, Adam Svensson becomes the first Canuck to win on a professional tour at the Club Car Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour. Billy Horschel was the last man standing at the Dell Technologies Match Play to earn his first WGC title, Joel Dahmen captured his first PGA Tour event and first professional win since the Mackenzie Tour in 2014, and a plethora of solid finishes by Canadians kept us on our feet all weekend.

A quick turnaround from playing in the first week of November, Manitobans were back out playing this past week with the boys getting out to play at Southside and John Blumberg. Matt Jones ended his 7 year win drought with a 5 shot victory at The Honda Classic, and a solid week for Canadian golf with Adam Hadwin and Adam Svensson snagging top 10s at The Honda Classic and Chitimacha Louisiana Open, respectively. Finally, Aaron Cockerill made his first cut of the season on the European Tour over at the Magical Kenya Open with 3 closing 69s.

After a tough start to 2021, Justin Thomas found himself back in the winner's circle at The Players after a record-tying weekend score of 132. We are also joined by 2021 Team Canada Young Pro Squad member and the current 2nd ranked player on the Korn Ferry Tour's point list, Taylor Pendrith, to talk about his stellar year on the KFT in the first half of its super season and his schedule coming up following the break. Finally, we close out by announcing the winner of our biggest giveaway to date courtesy of TaylorMade Canada.

Bryson DeChambeau exhibits his brute strength at Arnie's place to take home the Arnold Palmer Invitational with Corey Conners earning a solo 3rd finish after being in the mix all week. Bort talks about getting a tune up by Derrik Goodwin and Colwyn Abgrall just weeks away from the start of the Manitoba golf season, and the boys make their picks as they get ready for THE PLAYERS Championship.

With many players sporting Tiger red and black on Sunday at the WGC-Workday Championship in honor of The Big Cat, Collin Morikawa fended off the stacked field to capture his 4th PGA Tour victory and first since last year's PGA Championship. Mike Weir carded his second solo second finish this season on the Champions Tour at the Cologuard Classic, Branden Grace finished -3 in his final two holes at the Puerto Rico Open to nip Jhonattan Vegas by one, and Annika Sorenstam made the cut in her return to the LPGA while the Korda sisters went back-to-back.

Host of the John Racciatti Golf Show on WNSP Sports Radio 105.5FM in Mobile, Alabama, JR himself joins us to talk about Tiger's rollover accident this past week and updates regarding his condition and what the future holds for The Big Cat.