Sam Burns (-10) leads the 2026 Open Championship by two going into Sunday. Ryan Fox (-8) and Si Woo Kim (-8) sit two back. Join us as we break down all the action: Down the Leaderboard, Lingering/Loitering, Rory's comments on Bryson, news and notes, and much more. 

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Sam Burns (-10) leads the 2026 Open Championship by two going into Sunday. Ryan Fox (-8) and Si Woo Kim (-8) sit two back. Join us as we break down all the action: Down the Leaderboard, Lingering/Loitering, Rory's comments on Bryson, news and notes, and much more.

1189: Saturday at The Open

Not so fast! Bryson's penalty controversy and more! Lucas Herbert (-8) and Sam Burns (-5) both post 62s, but that wasn't the biggest story of the day. Bryson DeChambeau was assessed a two-stroke penalty after his round, dropping from solo second to T5. And his third-round status is in question. We break it all down and react live. Plus, we discuss Cameron Young (-6), Scottie Scheffler (-4), Tommy Fleetwood (-4), and Jon Rahm (-4). Down the Leaderboard, news and notes, and much more. 

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Not so fast! Bryson's penalty controversy and more! Lucas Herbert (-8) and Sam Burns (-5) both post 62s, but that wasn't the biggest story of the day. Bryson DeChambeau was assessed a two-stroke penalty after his round, dropping from solo second to T5. And his third-round status is in question. We break it all down and react live.

1188: Friday at The Open

The Detective Jackson Suber (-5) leads by one over Sungjae Im and Dan Brown after the first day at Royal Birkdale. Join us as we break down all the action from the 2026 Open Championship, including Down the Leaderboard, news and notes, and much more. 

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The Detective Jackson Suber (-5) leads by one over Sungjae Im and Dan Brown after the first day at Royal Birkdale. Join us as we break down all the action from the 2026 Open Championship, including Down the Leaderboard, news and notes, and much more.

1187: Thursday at The Open

1186: Kicking off The Open at Royal Birkdale

Join us as we get you set up for the 2026 Open Championship: Course conditions, player reactions, news & notes, team draft, final picks, and a bunch more! Presented by Titleist. 

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Join us as we get you set up for the 2026 Open Championship: Course conditions, player reactions, news & notes, team draft, final picks, and a bunch more!

The Seamsters welcome Dom Cotroneo to the pod for an All-Star break edition of the pod as we discuss the top storylines from the 2026 season. We also get into Dom’s podcast Service Time, which explores the history of baseball’s complex labor negotiations as the MLBPA and Owners look to sign a new CBA ahead of the 2027 season.

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404: Seamsters Union with Dom Cotroneo

Thomson, Palmer, Trevino, Miller, Watson, IBF, O'Meara, and, of course, Spieth. We are back at Birkdale for the 2026 Open Championship. Join us as we run down Storylines of the Week, a course preview, players to keep an eye on, a rundown of the notebook, a bit of trivia and more! 

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Thomson, Palmer, Trevino, Miller, Watson, IBF, O'Meara, and, of course, Spieth. We are back at Birkdale for the 2026 Open Championship. Join us as we run down Storylines of the Week, a course preview, players to keep an eye on, a rundown of the notebook, a bit of trivia, and more! 

1185: Open Championship Preview Show

1184: Linksmaster Tom Kim and Haeran Ryu goes back-to-back

Tom Kim is the Scottish Open champ after a marathon Sunday at the Renaissance Club with a final round 64, which gave him a two-shot win over Min Woo Lee. We assess Kim’s bounce-back after a rough 2025, poke at TC with a Tom Kim v Ludvig comp before going down the leaderboard, including Scottie’s missed cut and the Trackers getting in their feelings.

From there, we head to France to recap the Evian, where Haeran Ryu defeats Brooke Henderson in a playoff to win her second consecutive major. We close with some takes on Scott O’Neil’s latest interview as he looks to secure future funding for LIV, and some assorted news and notes headed into Open Championship week.

1:13:00 - Reaction to Scott O’Neil Interview + News & Notes

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We conclude our major drafts pods with The Open - as Randy, Soly, TC, D.J. and Neil vie to draft the best foursome of Opens in the eyes of our three UK-based judges.

We conclude our major drafts pods with The Open - as Randy, Soly, TC, DJ and Neil vie to draft the best foursome of Opens in the eyes of our three UK based judges.

1183: Best Open Championships Draft

THG returns for a second 2026 World Cup TrapDraw as we debrief and conduct a thorough post-mortem on the USMNT’s performance against Belgium on Monday night. On the back half, we take a look at the entire tournament thus far ahead of the start of the quarterfinals and some non-soccer monitoring items.

403: World Cup Reaction with THG

Our preview content for next week’s 154th Open Championship begins with a look at Royal Birkdale, which hosts for the first time since Jordan Spieth’s win in 2017. Soly, Neil, TC and DJ discuss the changes to the course ahead of this year’s championship and their experience playing there a couple of months ago as part of our video covering golf in Northwest England, which premieres Wednesday night on our YouTube channel.

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Our preview content for next week’s 154th Open Championship begins with a look at Royal Birkdale, which hosts for the first time since Jordan Spieth’s win in 2017. Soly, Neil, TC and DJ discuss the changes to the course ahead of this year’s championship and their experience playing there a couple of months ago as a part of our video covering golf in Northwest England which premieres Wednesday night on our YouTube channel.

1182: Previewing Royal Birkdale

1181: Gotterup gets a 5th dub + a fun week in golf

Soly, TC and DJ break down Chris Gotterup’s fifth career win - and third in 2026 - as he claims the John Deere with a final-round 62. We also discuss Max Homa’s strong week and some of the other top finishers before we dive into a grab bag of topics, including the Hollywood Reporter article on future PGA Tour media rights strategy. We also discuss Padraig’s win at the US Senior Open, the DP World Tour in Germany and Open Championship qualifying before closing with a look ahead to this week’s LPGA Evian Championship and Scottish Open and some quick thoughts on the statement from Phil Mickelson’s lawyer earlier in the week.

59:30 - US Senior Open, DP World Tour, Open Qualifying

1:18:00 - LPGA Evian and Scottish Open look ahead, Lefty’s lawyer speaks

In celebration of the USA’s 250th anniversary, we continue our year of draft pods with a draft of the fifty states before calling upon Ben and Cody to critique our choices.

402: United STATES Draft

Rich Lerner joins Soly to discuss his career broadcasting golf for NBC and Golf Channel and shares some of his favorite stories detailed in his book “Aren’t You That Golf Guy?: Doglegs and Detours from a Life in the Game.” From the early days of Golf Channel, the Tiger boom, working on “Life From” and a ton more, we really enjoyed having Rich on the pod for the first time.

1180: Story Time with Rich Lerner

1179: Vik & Scottie go to a playoff, Haeran Ryu wins the KPMG

Vik Hovland and Scottie Scheffler are headed to a Monday morning playoff at the Travelers. We break down a busy week in golf: Haeran Ryu wins the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, Eugenio Chacarra goes back-to-back and wins the DS Automobiles Open, and Blockie makes his Champions Tour debut. Plus, we get a new Fedora 5, discuss Phil Mickelson news, cover down on notes, and a bunch more. 

We’re halfway through 2026 as the calendar moves into July, so it’s time to assess how we’re tracking on our personal goals for the year and talk through our successes and failures thus far.

We’re halfway through 2026 as the calendar moves into July so it’s time to assess how we’re tracking on our personal goals for the year and talk through our successes and failures thus far.

401: Mid-Year Goals

1178: PGA Tour Announcement Reaction + KPMG Storylines

Substantial changes are on the way for the PGA Tour as Brian Rolapp announced a new competitive structure beginning in 2028. Join us as we react to the new two-tiered system, the February-to-August season, the match-play postseason, and more. Plus, we get you ready for the third major of the LPGA season as the best women in the world head to Hazeltine National for the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Nelly Korda is chasing three in a row, Minjee Lee returns as defending champion, and Lydia Ko looks to complete the career Grand Slam. Presented by Titleist. 

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1177: Wyndham Clark Wins The 126th U.S. Open

Wyndham Clark (-4) claims his second U.S. Open, holding off Sam Burns (-3) and Tom Kim (-1). We break down the entire week at Shinnecock Hills, discuss the biggest winners and disappointments, look ahead to future U.S. Open venues, dive into Hamsterdam, cover some PGA Tour news, and more. Presented by Titleist.

Wyndham Clark (-7) takes a six-stroke lead into the final round of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Scottie, Sahith, Tom Kim, and Sam Stevens all sit at T2 (-1). Join us as we break down the day: Leaders, On the Ground with Neil, Lingering/Loitering, Hamsterdam, and much more. Presented by Titleist. 

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Wyndham Clark (-7) takes a six-stroke lead into the final round of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Scottie, Sahith, Tom Kim, and Sam Stevens all sit at T2 (-1). Join us as we break down the day: Leaders, On the Ground with Neil, Lingering/Loitering, Hamsterdam, and much more. Presented by Titleist.

1176: Saturday at the '26 U.S. Open

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