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Randy and Cody are back with another LPGA pod as we look back at Hannah Green's win at Wilshire, preview this week's Founders Cup and next week's Mizuho Americas Open with tournament host Michelle Wie West.
We also catch up with Maja Stark (30:00) about her progression from college golf to the LPGA tour, growing up in the Sweden golf system, last year's Solheim Cup and a ton more.
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In our High Noon Happy Hour show, we chat Quail Hollow with esteemed member Johnson Wagner as we preview the 2024 Wells Fargo, answer some questions, check in on some guys having sneaky good and sneaky bad seasons, chat about Rory's comments Wednesday about him not returning to the board, and a ton more.
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Four years after his first appearance on the pod, we welcome back Jim Nantz of CBS to detail the changes in the network's golf coverage, offer some context around the growth of the Masters coverage and infrastructure, Scottie Scheffler's recent dominance and the current fractured environment in pro golf.
We also get some amazing stories from Jim's time on the road, his favorite meal spots at various tour stops, and an incredible story to close us out surrounding an encounter from early in his career with an iconic actor at an iconic course.
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Taylor Pendrith birdies the 72nd hole to win the Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch while Ben Kohles bogeys the final hole to miss a potential playoff. Meanwhile, at LIV Singapore (24:00), Brooks and Ripper GC win while TC's Cleeks made their first podium appearance of the year. We break down both events and a few other news and notes from the world of pro golf, Soly's trip to Bandon Dunes (53:00) before opening up the listener/reader mailbag to answer your questions (1:04:30).
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Coming off his first PGA Tour win and first Masters appearance, Austin Eckroat joins the pod to recap his trip to Augusta National, competing against Scottie Scheffler as a pro and during his junior career. We also cover his ascension up the rankings, playing into the Tour's signature events, managing his playing schedule and life on the road, and a ton more.
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This week on the recap pod we open with a recap of the better-than-expected-Zurich Classic where Rory and Shane Lowry win in a playoff. Then we call in KVV for a segment we've been workshopping all week in conjunction with the NFL draft: comparing pro golfers and pro quarterbacks and vice versa (24:00).
From there we pivot to LIV Adelaide (54:00) as well as the LPGA at Wilshire, Rory's potential return to the PGA Tour policy board, tour players receiving equity, and more.
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After winning the media lottery, Soly wrapped up his week covering the Masters with a chance to play Augusta National the day after Scottie Scheffler won his second green jacket.
After some time to process the experience, Soly is joined by Neil and KVV to relive the anticipation leading up to the round, offer a hole-by-hole recount of his day on the course, and answer some listener questions.
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Nelly Korda joins the podcast (29:30) to chat about winning her 5th straight tournament at the Chevron, what's changed for her, the nerves of the final round, and the jump into the pond on 18. We also chat about the first women's major of the year, Woodlands, get a call-in from T3 finisher Lauren Coughlin (41:45), and discuss the coverage of the Chevron. We check in on the leaderboard as it stands at the RBC Heritage (1:31:20), the bizarre decision not to move up tee times, and other notes from the men's golf side.
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We are 36 holes complete at the 2024 Chevron Championship with two atop the leaderboard. Jin Hee Im and Atthaya Thitikul are tied at -8 with Nelly Korda 1 shot behind. Our very own Lauren Coughlin played tough trying to keep the momentum going after her opening 66. She sits at T5 with a host of others. We run down the leaderboard, discuss the other events going on, and close with our ESPN+ experience.
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A double dip this week as we preview the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town, and the first women's major of the year at the Chevron. We talk course fit at both places, our favorite Harbour Town memories, what's changed at the Chevron, Nelly's run, and preview our travel series that debuts tonight.
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The ninth installment of Tourist Sauce premieres Wednesday night on our YouTube channel as we return to Australia where the first season of our travel series was filmed. Our itinerary for our return down under:
New South Wales: 34:00
Bonnie Doon 43:00
Royal Adelaide: 53:45
St Andrews Beach 1:17:30
Lonsdale Links 1:30:45
Penn Kingswood 1:38:00
Cape Wickham 1:58:00
Ocean Dunes 2:23:10
Royal Melbourne 2:35:40
Kingston Heath 3:01:45
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