A new year and we’re ready. Well, after a slow start we are. We discuss academic experiences that led us to where we are, Hideki posting 35-under, Tiger winning the PIP (and Scottie somehow not), TGL beginning, the Tour considering a bracket style Tour Championship (after our recommendations), and much more.

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Cody “Beef” Franke, our newest hire, joins the show (41:57) for the very first time. We discuss Beef’s hiring process, his life path, and what’s to come. Alistair also joins the show (1:11:08) to chat close calls, a career year in 2024, and ambitious goals for 2025. The crew also finishes out the podcasting year talking Scottie’s injury, our holidays, and all sorts of plans for 2025.

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Billy Horschel (01:21:16) & Wyndham Clark (01:40:45) join the show. Plus we talk PNC tee boxes, Charlie’s ace, Tiger’s golf outlook, Santa’s workshop’s depictions in Christmas movies, drones, & much more.

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Rickie Fowler joins the show (1:25:21) for a few short but entertaining minutes. We talk fatherly advice for Frankie, embracing the early cool guy fame, and being “Rick” vs “Rickie.” Before Rickie, we discuss experiencing the TGL stadium for the first time, the positives and negatives from “The Showdown,” more on Alistair, our very own panelists, and this week’s rematch video with Joel Dahmen.

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Alistair Docherty finishes 1 stroke short of a PGA Tour card for the second time in two months. We discuss the gut-wrenching final round of Q-School, the great year that Alistair had, and the greatness that is ahead. We also delve into: PNC Championship week; our upcoming TGL visit; U.S. Ryder Cup players being granted a $200,000 stipend; Trent playing golf in meters; and we take some From The Gallery questions.

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Alistair & 170 other players are playing for PGA Tour cards and their professional golf livelihoods at Q-School this week. Yet the UnitedHealthCare CEO’s killing and subsequent coverage, commentary and sensationalism steers us down a deep path debating what’s right, wrong, true, false, and much in between. Plus: Playing with Gruden; Closest To; Tour/LIV reports.

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The fellas have been named to the first ever PGA Tour Creator Council. We discuss what this means aka if we even know what this means. We also delve into: Juan Soto going Mets; guaranteed contracts in sports hanging in stark contrast to Tour players’ compensation; Scottie’s NINE worldwide wins in 2024; appreciating things in life; the European Ryder Cup documentary; Trent’s golf game; getting hit in the nuts; and much more.

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Kevin Kisner is announced as the 2025 lead analyst for NBC Golf. Trent has been chosen to be Santa for no particular reason. Tiger Woods addresses his future — when will he compete again? Bryson completes his incredible hole-in-one challenge. A new episode of Breaking 85 is out now. A new edition of Closest To The Pin. And much, much more.

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