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.

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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. 

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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

Wyndham Clark (-7) leads the 2026 U.S. Open by four shots over Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele, Sam Stevens, and Young Tom Kim. Collin Morikawa (-2) fired the round of the day and sits solo sixth. Harry Higgs (-1) joins the show to discuss travel logistics and his round as he sits at T7 alongside Justin Thomas, Sam Burns, and Sahith Theegala. Join us as we break down all the action from Shinnecock Hills Golf Club: On the Ground with Neil, Down the Leaderboard, HFBITFB, the day's biggest movers, notable missed cuts, news and notes, and much more. Presented by Titleist. 

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Wyndham Clark (-7) leads the 2026 U.S. Open by four shots over Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele, Sam Stevens, and Young Tom Kim. Collin Morikawa (-2) fired the round of the day and sits solo sixth. Harry Higgs (-1) joins the show to discuss travel logistics and his round as he sits T7 alongside Justin Thomas, Sam Burns, and Sahith Theegala. Join us as we break down all the action from Shinnecock Hills Golf Club: On the Ground with Neil, Down the Leaderboard, HFBITFB, the day's biggest movers, notable missed cuts, news and notes, and much more. Presented by Titleist.

1175: Friday at the '26 U.S. Open

1174: Almost-Round 1 at the '26 U.S. Open

Wyndham Clark (-6) opened a four-shot lead before play was suspended due to darkness. Seven players sit T2 at -2, including Matt Fitzpatrick, Dustin Johnson, Gary Woodland, and Jon Rahm. Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, and Bryson DeChambeau are among the notable names at -1.

Join us as we break down all the action from the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, including Down the Leaderboard, fog/wind/weather discussion, news and notes, and much more. Plus, Zac Blair (T29) joins the show to discuss his round and his expectations for the week. Presented by Titleist. 

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Wyndham Clark (-6) opened a four-shot lead before play was suspended due to darkness. Seven players sit T2 at -2, including Matt Fitzpatrick, Dustin Johnson, Gary Woodland, and Jon Rahm. Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, and Bryson DeChambeau are among the notable names at -1. Join us as we break down all the action from the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, including Down the Leaderboard, fog/wind/weather discussion, news and notes, and much more. Plus, Zac Blair (T29) joins the show to discuss his round and his expectations for the week. 

1173: Kicking off the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills GC

Early news from Shinnecock! Join us as we get you set up for the 2026 U.S. Open: ball talk, course updates, reaction to a bunch of pre-tournament press conferences, news & notes, final picks, and a bunch more!

Early news from Shinnecock! Join us as we get you set up for the 2026 U.S. Open: ball talk, course updates, reaction to a bunch of pre-tournament press conferences, news & notes, final picks, and a bunch more! Presented by Titleist. 

TC joins the Seamsters as we review some of our early-season predictions and discuss the biggest storylines thus far from the 2026 MLB Season.

TC joins the Seamsters as we review some of our early season predictions and discuss the biggest storylines thus far from the 2026 MLB Season

400: Seamsters Union

Foulis, Floyd, Pavin, Goosen, and Brooks: Hitters only as we return to Shinnecock Hills GC for the U.S. Open. Join us as we set up the 2026 edition: Storylines of the Week, Course preview, players to keep an eye on, a rundown of the notebook, players draft, and a bit of trivia, and more! 

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Foulis, Floyd, Pavin, Goosen, and Brooks: Hitters only as we return to Shinnecock Hills GC for the U.S. Open. Join us as we set up the 2026 edition: Storylines of the Week, Course preview, players to keep an eye on, a rundown of the notebook, players draft, and a bit of trivia and more!

1172: The U.S. Open Preview Show

Bud Cauley wins his first PGA Tour event in his 239th start to claim the Canadian Open. We recap all the action from Toronto, plus the future of the event and other news from elsewhere in the PGA Tour ecosystem. We also cover Joel Beall’s reporting on Phil Mickelson, the latest on LIV’s attempts to secure future funding, the Curtis Cup at Bel-Air and a few other notes headed into the U.S. Open.

Bud Cauley wins his first PGA Tour event in his 239th start to claim the Canadian Open. We recap all the action from Toronto plus the future of the event and other news from elsewhere in the PGA Tour ecosystem. We also cover Joel Beall’s reporting on Phil Mickelson, the latest on LIV’s attempts to secure future funding, the Curtis Cup at Bel-Air and a few other notes headed into the U.S. Open.

1171: Canada, Cauley, and Curtis Cup

Our majors draft series returns as we make our picks for the best U.S. Opens of all-time before calling upon the services of two very special guest judges to rank our picks.

Our majors draft series returns as we make our picks for the best US Opens of all-time before calling upon the services of two very special guest judges to rank our picks.

1170: Best U.S. Opens Draft

Randy and TC, at long last, welcome THG back to the Trap Draw as we chop for a half hour on some mea culpas and monitoring items before the main event - THG’s guide to the 2026 World Cup. We start with a look at the US squad before a group-by-group breakdown of the 48-team field and our picks to win.

399: World Cup Preview with THG

Our content preview of the 2026 U.S. Open begins with a look at the famed site of this year’s championship - Shinnecock Hills. We hear from Neil and Soly, who recently played the course, plus a couple of interviews with John Bodenhamer and Jeff Hall from the USGA, as we look ahead to the start of the tournament next Thursday.

Our content preview of the 2026 US Open begins with a look at the famed site of this year’s championship - Shinnecock Hills. We hear from Neil and Soly, who recently played the course, plus a couple of interviews with John Bodenhamer and Jeff Hall from the USGA, as we look ahead to the start of the tournament next Thursday.

1169: Previewing Shinnecock Hills

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