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On this week's MEGA pod, Todd and Brian break down their recent trip to the mecca of public golf in the United States ... Bandon Dunes. The guys break down their 7.5 rounds in 4 days, hear Todd's thoughts on his first time at Bandon, why the boys weren't so sold on Pacific Dunes, and their epically terrible, miserable day out on Old Macdonald.Although despite the rain and some travel issues, both agreed this was some of the most fun they had on a golf course. If you've ever contemplated heading out to Bandon Dunes or want to know why we would subject ourselves to the torture of the weather out there ... give it a listen. 

This week, Doug joins Brian to talk about three major golf developments going on in his hometown of Madison, WI.First, they discuss the new Pioneer Pointe project; a 13-hole par-3 course featuring template holes done by the same group behind Hawks Landing. Built through a housing development, what caught Brian and Doug off guard was the hefty $4200 a year dues to belong to the club. Given the length of the golf season of WI that seemed awfully steep for a par 3 course.Next, we delve into the latest TPC project, TPC Madison currently underway. Club owner, and Steve Stricker's father-in-law, Dennis Tiziani is overseeing the project to revamp the old Cherokee Country Club that was fading into marshland and bring it back to glory.Finally, Doug celebrates the Keiser family's involvement with redoing the 9-hole Glenway Golf Course. The reason for the intrigue with this course is that the plan is to close the course on Sundays to make it available for the public to walk, picnic, and be an accessible public park in a nod to golf courses like the Old Course in Scotland. 

On this week's episode Brian and Todd talk about the 'false spring' weather that has hit the midwest and a few takes from last week's Super Bowl before diving into the main golf headlines of the week.This week, we try to make any sense of who's staying/who's going in the soap opera that is the PGA Tour and the Saudi Golf League. Apparently Donald Trump and his golf courses may be involved, players are desperately fleeing what seems a sinking ship, and we wonder where all of this leaves Phil Mickelson.Next we dive into Golf.com's claim that the height you tee your ball up may be costing you distance on your drives. We look at what they say you need to do to maximize your distance.And finally, speaking of distance, we spend a few minutes on the 6'9 pro golfer James Hart du Preez. His driving average last year was 375! yards on the Sunshine tour. Todd and I use his story to debate if being taller offers you an advantage in golf like it might in other sports.To close, Todd shares about the world of Harry Potter with his kids, we both commiserate about raising boys, and Brian brags about his son hitting a 'game winning' basket.

Tonight Brian gets Dave's reaction to Bengals fever in Cincinnati before we dive into Bryson's recent injury and wonder if this is a harbinger of things to come for him. Has his quest to be a demigod caused detriment to his golf game?Then we turn our attention to Phil Mickelson's comments this week about the 'greedy' PGA Tour and whether his claim that players should have access to their own media rights is ridiculous or something that should be entertained. Regardless it's obvious Phil is using the potential SGL as 'leverage' to try and extract more money from the tour.Finally, we wrap up with what our kids made us do over the recent snow days that hit the Midwest.

This week Doug and Brian begin with some non-golf talk. With Nadal's win at the Australian Open we spend a few minutes discussing this golden age of tennis and how we would rank the Federer, Djokovic, and Nadal era.Then we dive in-depth on how the NIL opportunities are impacting collegiate golf and what may be on the horizon moving forward. And we also discuss the resurgence of the local municipal course. Streamsong just announced a short course at their property, and various communities across the US are rethinking the muni concept, including one right in Madison, WI that Doug speaks knowledgeably about. Finally Doug takes a few shots at my new putter ... the LAB 2.1. It's a spaceship, but if I can make more 4-6 footers with it, I'm happy to take the ridicule. Because it has to be the club, right?

This week Todd joins Brian on the podcast to discuss CBS golf producer Sellers Shy recent comments on what he hopes to bring to golf telecasts beginning in 2022. We welcome modernization to golf on tv, but after hearing what Shy is 'changing', let's just say we're still cautiously worried about how all of this will benefit how most of consume professional golf, from our couches. HOWEVER, talking about CBS' changes allowed us to wander off-topic and announce our billion dollar golf idea. Any interested venture capitalists out there, take a listen, and get back to us.Also we talk about Wilson's latest golf ball release, Triad, which purports to do the magical, the impossible, and straighten out your golf shots to hit more fairways. We'll talk about the technology behind this and if it truly is the miracle cure it purports to be.

This week we finally catch up with Dave and hear about life in Cincinnati. Brian cries about the tragic end to the Cowboys game while Dave basks in the glory of Burrow magic. Dave then breaks down the state of his golf game currently and we talk about best strategies for getting up and down better.Then we spend the bulk of the episode breaking down the PGA Tour's announcement of its partnership with Netflix to produce a golf documentary. We break down the people it will follow over the 2022 season, who is conspicuously absent, what's in it for the top players, and what the hope for the players might be for this. Then, during parent corner, we talk youth rec league basketball and the highs and lows it affords as a parent.

Today Doug and Brian use the Tournament of Champions tournament to question if real life golf has finally caught up to video game golf. Can the low scores on tour be sustained? Is this just Kapalua? Or is the intersection of athletes, statistics, and equipment ushered in a new normal for golf?We also get some insight into Doug's golf game at the moment, including a drill he hopes to practice in his basement during the bleak Wisconsin winter.Finally, we use Kapalua as a jumping off point to discuss our top courses on tour that embrace the region they're in. When you turn on the tv, it's obvious you are in Hawaii for this tournament. Listen in to see some other courses we name that do the same for their part of the country.And as a bonus after I smacked Todd down last week in the season ending quiz, Megan is back to pit a new challenger for me. The results may shock you.

This week we usher in 2022 with each of us choosing one golf drill that we are eager to try out in an attempt to strengthen our game. We discussed a full swing drill, bunker shot practice, and putting drill we are looking to implement as we turn our attention to 2022. Hopefully one of these ideas will inspire you, or to find that one tactic that might work well for your own game.Then Megan comes on and asks us a 10 question quiz from the 2021 season to test our knowledge of events that transpired. Turns out following golf twitter definitely helped one of us in our trivia knowledge.

On today's episode I am joined by my son and we talk Tiger ... and Charlie. I was curious to get his perspective as a 10 yr old, how he viewed Charlie's game, I ask him how he views Tiger compared to me and talk about the event as a whole and what the takeaways for his own game are. Then we celebrate/break down his round at Westin Kierland in Scottsdale, AZ where Colin shot his first sub-100 round. Have a great holiday weekend coming up!

On this week's episode Brian and Dave break down their trip to Kohler, WI to play in a two day, two man event at Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run. The boys give Doug crap for his Milwaukee dinner recommendations, Dave talks about his putting woes, and Brian explains how it's possible to hit a ball multiple times into Lake Michigan. Despite some up and down golf, the boys were actually pretty competitive and share their thoughts on the two courses and what it was like playing Whistling Straits a month after the Ryder Cup.

This week most of the boys are on hiatus, so Brian decided to interview his 10 year old son on the state of his golf game after his first full golf season. They talk about the positives/negatives of the year, some favorite moments from the season, and Colin offers some authentic criticism of playing with his dad that might be good for other parents of junior golfers to hear. Hope you enjoy!

On this week we welcome David back to share with us the results of his daughter's middle school golf team taking on the boys teams this past weekend and what the future looks like for his golf program in the future.We then shift gears and debate the Bryson v. Brooks match coming up, as well as hear some interesting things Bryson has to say on why he was missing putts from inside of 5 feet. You won't believe me if I tell you, so please listen.Then our new favorite golfer, JR Smith, teed it up today for North Carolina A&T and we discuss his first 36 holes of collegiate golf.

This week is all about the Ryder Cup reaction and trying to drum up interest in the most lopsided Ryder Cup in history. How do you create that excitement? By bringing in our youngest co-host ever. Brian's 10 year old son Colin, who watched more of the action than anyone this weekend, joins us to offer his takes on event.Doug shares his take from being on site during Thursday's practice round, we discuss our favorite holes, if Jon Rahm is a robot, and if the USA is set to be a juggernaut for the next 20 years.

On this week's episode we hear a brief recap of how Todd battled Dave's 13 year old daughter down to the wire. You'll have to listen to see how it plays out.Then we turn our attention to all things Ryder Cup. We talk about the role of the captain, who are the leaders for the US team, and why the Euros have been so successful.Next we turn our attention to the course itself and which holes on the front and back that will probably be the swing holes before trying to take our guesses on who Stricker and Harrington will pair together in the foursomes/fourball matches.

This week, we use the golf break to discuss the start of the NFL. season and the F1 race before diving in to the official European Ryder Cup team. As an appetizer to our Ryder Cup preview podcast next week we wonder if this year's Euro team can compete with the US and whether Patrick Reed will ever be a captain's pick on any team ever again.Then we talk about whether comments by Mel Reid that for juniors of a certain level, they should spend more time on the course playing versus practicing. Finally, we wrap up wondering if our belief that shooting a lower score will lead to a greater happiness. Or have we been going about it all wrong.

Today's episode is all about the Solheim Cup. We recap a great weekend of amazing competition, despite the USA coming up short to the European team 15-13. We rave about Inverness Club's set up of the course, the shotmaking brilliance under pressure, and the appropriate mix of exhibition/competition with the first tee DJ, Juli Inkster dancing,  and players doing karaoke. We came away from the weekend really impressed with Brittany Altomare, Matilda Castren, and Leona Maguire as players who really came up big over the course of the event.Okay ... fine, we did talk about the Tour Championship for a brief minute, but only to bemoan the fact, yet again, that this was not really a playoff.  And guess who the captain picks for the Ryder Cup will be and whether Brooks is healthy enough to play.Finally we wonder if the PGA Tour will stay out of their own way with the announcement of a "Drive to Survive" like show with Netflix over the coming year and who might be part of the 12 man roster they will work with.

On this week's episode one of the ForeFathers did the improbable and made a hole in one. Listen to find out the details and whether it should really count. We spend a few minutes on DeChambeau and Cantlay's playoff drama at the BMW Championship before analyzing our season long one-and-done contest and Brian bemoans his place in the order heading into the final week.Lastly, we share some laughs over the two rounds that Dave, Brian, and Todd played in Cincinnati over the weekend while celebrating Todd's surprise 40th birthday party.This light-hearted episode is one of our favorite's yet and gives a good portrayal of how golf helps solidify friendships. Hope you enjoy!

On this week's episode we welcome back tour professional Will Grimmer to act as a co-host and talk through issues in the golf world this week. The boys ridicule Brian for losing at mini golf this weekend before talking about the FedEx Cup playoffs, if they would ever consider playing 100 holes of golf in a day for charity, and Tin Cup's place in the pantheon of golf movies.In addition, Grimmer shares stories of his opening day 64 at the Barbasol last year, how tour golf is more mentally demanding, and what makes a course like OSU's Scarlet course (the next stop on the Korn Ferry Tour) so difficult.

This week Brian deals with the trauma of his survivor pick, Russell Henley, inability to close out the Wyndham Championship. And we congratulate a Spartan (ick), James Piot for coming back and winning the US Amateur. Plus we question whether Kevin Kisner should be a Ryder Cup pick despite the Barstool boys' backing.But this week we primarily discuss our rounds this week with our ten year olds. Dave highlights the merits of playing not for score with his daughter while Brian dealt with the tension of taking on his kids in a handicapped scramble match which wasn't decided until the final putt.Lastly we look at Golf Digest's 13 dumb things in golf and weigh in on whether their take on things like trees in the fairway, throwing clubs, or hitting out of a divot are dumb.