Intel on driver testing, a Rickie Tour Live audit, and hacking the Fall schedule

This Wednesday episode previews a beefy week of golf, with tournaments of interest taking place across the world from Northern Ireland, to Napa, to Virginia, to Bolingbrook, Illinois. Andy and Brendan begin with some early LIV talk as the league's Individual Championship makes its way to Bolingbrook Golf Club. Brendan reads through the pre-tournament notes, with some editorializing from Illinois local Matt Rouches as well as Andy's personal experiences. They discuss Phil Mickelson's appreciation for the course and Arthur Hills as an architect, and why LIV decided to change the routing for their tournament. Next up is the Irish Open, the Event of the Week, being played at Royal County Down. Andy runs down the field list, noting home clubs of notable players teeing it up in Northern Ireland this weekend. The two then discuss the coverage schedule for the event, with most of it airing on the NBC Sports App due to a loaded weekend of golf. Attention then turns to the Procore Championship in Napa, the first event of the new-look FedEx Fall and Brendan previews some Fall SGS Awards to keep an eye on as the fall swing gets underway. Producer PJ joins for a quick look at this week's Champions Tour event before Brendan and Andy wrap up this episode with the news of meetings between the PGA Tour and the Saudi PIF taking place this week in New York. Check back Thursday for coverage of this week's Solheim Cup and more as fall golf begins to hit its stride.

11 Syys 202446min

It's a quick Victory Monday episode as Andy is riding high after wins by the Illini and Bears this weekend. Brendan is also celebratory as the BC Eagles are ranked, but is licking his wounds from a Browns blowout loss to start the NFL season. The two break down the much-anticipated debut of Caleb Williams, Illinois storming the field after beating Kansas, and Producer PJ joins to preview the Jets on Monday Night. Champions Tour minute leads the golf portion of the show, as the pre-eminent Champs Tour gambling podcast had a great week in one-and-done picks. Andy then provides some Kevin Sutherland insight from the broadcast that gets everybody going and leads to some reminiscing about Sutherland's match-play career. To wrap things up, Matt Wallace's win at the European Masters is touched on, as he's finally back in the winner's circle after some struggles he spoke about at the Scottish Open.

9 Syys 202431min

It's a birthday episode of golf's preeminent birthday podcast as the show turns six! A Friday whimsy episode starts with an Andy story from his final fantasy football draft of the year before Brendan asks how he's feeling about the debut of Caleb Williams on Sunday. After Andy runs through the graveyard of Chicago quarterbacks, the two do actually talk about some golf news. Sun Day Red unveils a new line designed for "focus" and "limiting distractions," causing Brendan to wonder who these brand posts are even meant for. They re-hash the dishwasher discussion and decide that washing dishes before running them through a dishwasher is the way to go. The bulk of the podcast focuses on an Eamon Lynch report that Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler will square off against Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match at some point in December. Andy and Brendan discuss whether they're excited about this event as a golf product, what it could mean in terms of a re-unification of men's professional golf, and take some joy in the fact that, at the very least, this event will be something that fans have been asking for since the game split apart. They then dive into a Sports Illustrated article discussing the "power struggle" going on inside the PGA Tour as they attempt to reach a deal with the PIF. To wrap things up, a few Golf Advice emails are read before making final NFL predictions ahead of the season openers.

6 Syys 202457min

It's the first true offseason episode of 2024 and nearly all attention has turned to the upcoming Presidents Cup. Andy and Brendan begin this episode with a Victory Tuesday celebration for Brendan's Boston College Eagles after a Top 10* road win at Florida State on Monday night to open the season. They then discuss the breaking news of the day, captain's picks for the Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal. Mike Weir decided to go heavy on the Canadians, selecting Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners, and surprisingly Mackenzie Hughes in addition to Min Woo Lee, Si Woo Kim, and Christiaan Bezuidenhout. More qualms were had with Jim Furyk's picks for the American side, leaving Akshay Bhatia, Billy Horschel and Justin Thomas behind for Brian Harman, Max Homa, and vice captain Keegan Bradley, among others. Producer PJ comes on to defend his fellow Gen Z-er Akshay, and Andy shares a possible conspiracy theory regarding one selection for the U.S. After a walk through the history of Expos first basemen, the two then discuss the two events on TV this week, the Champs Tour stop in St. Louis and the Omega European Masters in Switzerland. One-and-done picks for the Champions Tour are made and Brendan shares two new facts about Frugal Fritelli, perhaps the best ones yet. To wrap things up, it's a quick NFL roundup before the season kicks off on Thursday night.

4 Syys 202450min

It’s Tour Championship Monday, a holiday here in the United States as everyone recovers from the excitement and celebration that was the season finale of the FedExCup in Atlanta. Andy and Brendan convene to chat about Scottie Scheffler’s “dominant” performance to cap off a truly dominant season. They, uh, may have a quibble or two with the format that had Scheffler win low net but not low gross, and the Tour throwing a bunch of “records” in our face that indicate a win. They also discuss the Curtis Cup, a truly fantastic match play watch on the weekend that had the GB&I team eke out only its 9th victory in the history of that competition. They also recap the LPGA and DPWT events from the weekend, discuss some Ludvig news, and an unsubstantiated rumor about the SSG people starting to look under the hood at the PGA Tour.

2 Syys 202452min

It's an early Friday episode recorded before the Tour Championship teed off, but Andy and Brendan are back to break down the 2024 Creator Classic and Jay Monahan's "State of the Tour" address. The episode starts with Andy remarking that this is a new day in golf, the first day in the Post-Creator Classic era. Producer PJ chimes in to recap the event, including multiple finalists playing through the 10th fairway on East Lake's 18th hole - which is out of bounds for the Tour Championship - and an ask for relief on the competition's final hole. Attention then turns to Jay Monahan's Wednesday press conference, where Brendan has reached the acceptance stage of grief when it comes to the current state of the PGA Tour. The two then dive into some Golf Advice, learning more about the PGA Tour's fantasy golf prizing system, helping a college golfer, and deciding what country club event would be the worst to get in a fight at.

30 Elo 202458min

Andy and Brendan are AMPED for the finale of the FedExCup season at East Lake. They ramble all over the place talking about the 2026 Presidents Cup and TPC Craig Ranch renovations before they get there though. At East Lake, they discuss some early player grumbles about Andrew Green’s restoration work for the home of the Tour Championship. They discuss the FedExCup Starting Strokes format now five years into the experiment. They make some picks for East Lake AND the Creator Classic, which is discussed at length and what it means to the PGA Tour. They also discuss the great Curtis Cup rota, an incredible claim made at the DP World Tour event this week, and a new LPGA event at a TPC Course that maybe delivered the usual discount to the ladies.

28 Elo 20241h 5min

Andy and Brendan are back on a Victory Monday for the Ballfrogs to talk Castle Pines and the golf year's final major. They start at St. Andrews, where Lydia Ko pulled off the win to add to her Olympic gold from earlier this month. The two discuss whether Lydia won the Women's Open or if it was really Nelly Korda who lost it, the pace-of-play issues that plagued the tournament, and other odds and ends from a week at the Home of Golf. After that, the Swag Golf Sports Minute debuts, with Andy wondering why Week Zero exists in college football before he reveals his new secret weapon for fantasy football success. The conversation then seamlessly shifts to the FedEx Cup Playoffs, where Captain Keegan Bradley made his Presidents Cup case stronger with a win at the BMW Championship. They break down Adam Scott's post-round comments about his struggles and the impact his age may be having on his current form, the likelihood that Keegan is going to play for the United States in Montreal, and Brendan comes up with the "club-toss test" to see if an event really matters to those playing in it. After a look at the DP World Tour's stop in Denmark, Producer PJ gives an update on where Bob Papa was this weekend in the latest Senior Tour Minute.

26 Elo 20241h 11min