This week, Kyle Porter and Hayden Martin revisit Kyle's 2026 season predictions. Now that the bulk of the professional golf calendar has concluded, let's see how those predictions shook out (spoiler: not well). 

The discussion includes ...

• Kyle's offensive coordinating tactics for flag football
• Scottie's dominance is unlike anything we've seen since Tiger
• Brian Rolapp is very much the captain now
• The impact of AI on traditional golf media
• Rory's new era in professional golf

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Kyle Porter and Hayden Martin are joined today by golf course architect and World Curling Federation President, Beau Welling. They dive into a wide range of topics from Beau's career to some of his other interests outside of the world of golf. 

The discussion includes ...

• Injuries/diseases we get from our kids
• PGA TOUR's announcement of new playoff structure
• Seed's personalized golf ball quiz
• Interview with Beau Welling

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Kyle Porter and Hayden Martin are back to talk about Scottie's dominance as well as what we actually like about the PGA TOUR playoffs. Plus, Kyle interviews Jack Whaley coming off of his historic U.S. Amateur win at Merion over the weekend.

The discussion includes ...

• Best/worst months of the year
• Another historic win for Scottie
• The uniqueness of professional golf
• Interview with Jack Whaley

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Kyle Porter and Hayden Martin are back after an extended break to talk about the biggest stories in golf from the past few weeks as well as what's ahead this week.

The discussion includes ...

• What we've enjoyed from the past few weeks in golf
• The new crop of young American talent
• LIV's lifeline for 2027 and beyond
• The PGA TOUR's 2028 Championship Series venues

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Kyle Porter and Hayden Martin their final thoughts on the 2026 Open Championship as well as reflect on the 2026 golf major season at large.

The episode also includes a closer look at ...

Ryan Fox, a proper Open Champion
Bryson and the inevitable content circus that follows him every where he goes
Sam Burns major season
Who the current Player of the Year is
LIV's uncertain future


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Kyle Porter and Hayden Martin break down a wild Open and are joined by Jason Page from England after his first experience at a major championship.

Their discussion includes ...

• Ryan Fox's improbable Open win.
• Tommy Fleetwood's amazing week at Birkdale.
• What to make of Bryson DeChambeau's performance.
• That wild 17th from Scottie Scheffler on Sunday. 
• And plenty more from the grounds in Southport.

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Kyle Porter and Hayden Martin break down The Open at the halfway point and go deep on the extraordinary two-shot penalty Bryson was assessed late on Friday after the second round.

The episode doesn't include much more than that (because what else do you want?), but they also touch on ...

• Lucas Herbert's 62 (and also Sam Burns')
• Who's going to make a run this weekend.
• How Royal Birkdale is playing.
• How this penalty is going to affect Bryson over the final 36.
• And why someone is going to shoot 57 at St. Andrews next year.

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Kyle Porter and Hayden Martin preview the 2026 Open Championship and look at which players they would be most excited to see win the final major of the year.

The episode also includes a closer look at ...

• Why Justin Rose is high on both their lists.
• Where they're at with Scottie Scheffler.
• Why The Open rules (and why it's so ... open).
• Where they're at with Jordan Spieth.
• Who they're picking to win.

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Kyle Porter and Hayden Martin drop an incredibly uninformed list of World Cup-golf crossover comps, highlighted by a Zach Johnson-Cristiano Ronaldo comparison that nobody in history has ever made.

The episode also includes a closer look at ...

Chris Gotterup's win at the John Deere
Scottie's major championship success in 2026
What success even means in golf
The future of the European swing 
And their most surreal golf moments of the last 10 years

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Kyle Porter and Hayden Martin reconvene to talk about the biggest stories going on this week. 

The discussion includes ...

• What to make of Viktor Hovland.
• Why gambling is a problem (but maybe not the biggest problem) in pro golf.
• A Race to Dubai update (of course).
• And some thoughts on separating the championship track and challenger track.

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