Sticks Podcast

The season-long race for the Race to Dubai ends in a nail-biter finish with Lee Westwood capturing his third title at the age of 47 with his solo second finish at the DP World Tour Championship only behind Matthew Fitzpatrick. Fargo native Amy Olson falls just short of A Lim Kim and her stellar finish at the US Women's Open, and the team of Matt Kuchar and Harris English level the field by setting a new record at the QBE Shootout.

The boys watched anxiously on the weekend with past guests Tom Hoge finding himself in the final group on Sunday at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, and Aaron Cockerill being in contention at the South African Open. With a birdie on the 72nd hole at Mayakoba, Viktor Hovland joins the company of Rory McIlroy, Seve Ballesteros, Sergio Garcia, and Jon Rahm by becoming a European with multiple PGA Tour victories before the age of 24. Finally with the last event on his schedule in the books, we recap Aaron Cockerill's first season on the European Tour.

Friend of the show and Manitoba's own Aaron Cockerill notches his first top 5 finish on the European Tour at the Joburg Open in South Africa, Robert Streb captures his second PGA Tour victory at The RSM Classic both coming from the same event 6 years apart, and Michael Feagles in his Outlaw Tour debut gets the best of Edmonton's Wil Bateman which included an uncanny bogey-free 61 on the final day.

We are joined by University of Manitoba Bison Alumni Noel Ngo as we get prepared for the 2020 Masters.

Carlos Ortiz becomes the third Mexican-born player and the last in 42 years to win on the PGA Tour at the Vivint Houston Open after outlasting No.1 player in the world, Dustin Johnson. Canadian Riley Wheeldon captures The Alta Shootout on the Outlaw Tour in Mesa, Arizona, and we give our thoughts on the recently decided Manitoba Golfer of the Year awards for the 2020 season.

Brian Gay notches Wyndham Clark in a playoff at the Bermuda Championship to capture his first victory since 2013, but Darren Clarke ends a longer drought after winning the TimberTech Championship for his first win worldwide since The Open in 2011. Aaron Cockerill also ties his career-best finish on the European Tour at the Cypress Open after making his cameo appearance on the pod just last week.

Patrick Cantlay captures his 3rd PGA Tour victory at the Zozo Championship with only making two bogeys all week. Ally McDonald fends off Danielle Kang to capture her first LPGA Tour victory at the LPGA Drive On Championship. And finally, after much anticipation, elite Manitoban and European Tour member, Aaron Cockerill, joined us in the studio during his last visit home to talk about life on the tour and what he has coming up until the conclusion of the European Tour season (interview starting at 39:28).

'03 and '04 Masters Champions Mike Weir and Phil Mickelson go head-to-head at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic with Weir looking for his first Champions Tour victory and Phil looking for his second in two starts. Jason Kokrak finally gets into the winner's circle on the PGA Tour after 233 starts at The CJ Cup, and we look forward to next week's Zozo Championship where Tiger will be looking to defend his title and set a record for most PGA Tour victories of all time.

Coming off his best finish of the season at the Shriners Open, Tom Hoge sits down with us to chat about The CJ Cup at Shadow Creek. We also touch on his first professional victory at the Players Cup in 2011, coming up through the Korn Ferry Tour to eventually playing with Tiger Woods in a final group and on Sunday in a major championship (interview starting at 28:10). Martin Laird ends his 7-year win drought on the PGA Tour, Ernie Els surpasses Bernhard Langer in season earnings after capturing the SAS Championship, and Sei Young Kim snags her first major title at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.