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In this episode of the pod SkinnyB and AP broke down their golf season, areas of improvement (spoiler alert there were a lot!), favourite courses played, talked tech and how Liv has been able to grow niche brands, the TUGR rankings system which Liv is using for their play in tourney in December, wrapped up the Liv Team Finals and what the offseason will look like and finally its great to see a strong field for a mixed event for the Grant Thornton Invitational.  Pull up a stool and enjoy!Intro1:05 - Skinny and AP breakdown their golf season and focuses for the offseason improvement4:35 - Favourite Courses played8:35 - TPC Sawgrass $900 and is this the top for the golf industry?11:45 - Zozo Winner Collin Morikawa's new putter shaft and gets us down the rabbithole on hard good sponsorships and where is tech taking us21:21 - TUGR (dead brain saying TGU) Link Below to rankings26:30 - Liv Team Event Wrap Up, Off Season with the Liv and what are the teams using their slush funds for and self promotion for players36:20 - Youtube golf growing the game39:00 - Grant Thornton Tourney is shaping up to be a fun eventTUGR Link - https://tugr.org/ 

Wanted to start off by thanking Jhared for taking the time to come on with the Good Buddies.  Jhared has been at this a long time, turned pro at 18 and has been chasing the dream of making it onto the PGA Tour for the past 16 years.  Through that time Jhared has faced highs and lows in career, but has come out of it with a great perspective for golf and a lot of life lessons we can all draw upon.  Jhared will be going through Qschool this fall and we can't wait to have him back on as he goes through that process.  Without further ado pull up a stool and enjoy!1:50 - Mentality for a Monday Qualifier vs a 72 Hole Tourney - Attainable Processes and Goal Setting4:45 - Jhared Breaksdown Q School, Korn Ferry and Mini-Tours to Qualify for PGA Cards12:20 - Hockey talk, Vegas Knights Opening Night and Jhared's prediciton for the year14:25 - Some of Jhared's favourite McKenzie Tour Tracks15:35 - Turning Pro and Jhared's Western Amateur win that included taking out Fowler and DJ19:45 - The 57 22:45 - What's the course record?  To beat Pat Perez course record at Quintero24:45 - Spoke to the mental process of being thankful to be able to play the game he loves and being kind to yourself in golf and daily life which helped turn his game around38:40 - Socials and GoFundMe in the show notes below for Jharedhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-give-this-one-last-run

This weeks episode is a raw and uncut episode.  Unfortunately did not have time to do any editing with work and Canadian Thanksgiving and a chance to see behind the curtain.  We got something special coming for next week so stay tuned!

Intro-:30 - Solheim Cup-1:30 - AP Doubles down on his 17-11 Euros Predicition and SkinnyB goes with a 15-13 Euros-2:00 - Back to Solheim Cup and the Golf Speaking for Itself and the Greatness of Match Play-4:25 - Ran through the two clinching Solheim matches-7:30 - Side tracked to chat through how match play can work for PGA / Liv going forward-11:45 - 3 Takeaways from Solheim Cup, 1. Spectator Conditions 2. Giving a 4 foot on 18th Sunday 3. Should Tie's be Allowed at RC or Solheim-15:45 - Al with the smooth transition!  Home course advantage and how the Euros take advantage of it (Youtube Link Below)-19:00 - Marco Simone course set up and breakdown***Podcast was recorded at 1:30PM PST Monday Sept 25th, before a pairing leak came out***-25:00 - Al hosting the show with another transition!  European pairings-31:00 - US Pairings-37:00 - What happens when the shit hits the fan for the Euros??https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVgOpD_nZjg&t=234s

Intro 1:00 - Shadow Creek $1500... WHAT?!  Where would we play for that much? 6:486:40 - LPGA, Charley Hull vs a 3 Handicap and  Mingee Lee vs Min Woo Lee the Match 2023, who you got?16:13 - Irish Open Wrap, Rory with the Sunday let down21:15 - Giving the TGL a fair shake.  Where does it fit in the sport??  Use it to unite the game again!32:50 - Fortinet and BMW - Sepp and JT show me what you got going into the Ryder Cup

Intro and Big shout out to our Listeners for helping us get to Episode 10 and 200 Downloads!3:35 - LPGA Q School cheating scandal10:30 - DP World Tour, Aberg Solidifying his spot on the Ryder Cup Team and some Ryder Cup Comparisons16:20 - Appeasing the chosen few for PGA and DP on Ryder Cup Teams19:00 - Far too early Ryder Cup Winners Picks and War by the Shore Documentary Recommendation23:30 - Meronk, Rory and Billy Ho pairing, coincidental?24:30 - Hot take on why Rory hates Liv... Protecting his moneys?31:45 - OWGR and implications on Majors and Olympic squads37:40 - Lions Win

This week the good buddies broke down all things Ryder Cup from the US team's captain's picks to take our best stab at being Luke Donald.  A big call out for the Bev to give our boy MC his well deserved Club C parking spot, didn't know there were clubs that still didn't give out a spot.  And finally did a year end wrap with some our picks for the highs and lows.  Pull up a stool and enjoy.Intro - No parking spot for the champ?  Seriously Bev!4:00 - Tour Championship Wrap, Xander underachieving? Schenk being a hack on the range and cold top Sam14:00 - Player of the year picks18:30 - Most disappointing season23:34 - Who can use 2023 as a springboard into 2024?  Some bold predicitons28:30 - US Ryder Cup Breakdown - AP has some strong opinions42:35 - Our European Captain's Picks50:35 - AP's Mickelson National RecapSam Burns Cold Top Link - https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwdTYy9R7SG/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

In the wake of the wildfires engulfing the Interior of BC and getting far too close to home for the good buddies, we got together to chat golf and lift our spirits.  Pull up a stool and enjoy some fun golf banter.Intro - Interior BC Wildfire Updates (the boys are safe and sound)3:00 - Hole in 1 reform!  7:10 - Alex Fitzy on a heater with some Ryder Cup fun takes... going down the European team rabbit hole11:00 - SLOW ASS PLAY!  AP's favorite topic18:00 - US AM Wrap, the well rounded pro prospect vs the bomber, teenage decision making and Improve the Coverage!23:35 - BMW Championship Wrap, Rory's Thursday save, Hovland, Hatton Fuming, naturally back to Euro Ryder Cup chat29:35 - American Ryder Cup AP and Skinnyb channel their inner ZJ and make their captain's picks36:00 - Can Scotty turn that flat stick around?  Are Scotty putters overrated?44:00 - Is all anchoring the same?  

In this weeks episode we take a deep dive into all 4 major tourney's happening this past weekend, getting into some emotional debates about the Fedex and how to make it great again and Monahan's head getting called for and the state of the women's game.  Pull up a stool and enjoy!Intro - Okanagan Hiking Guide and Harvest Review6:45 - Another Week Another Win for Glover7:22 - Fedex Cup and How to Make it Great Again14:25 - Calling for Monahan's Head, Not a Leader20:30 - Can Tommy Ever Win on the PGA?31:00 - Liv Results, Pat Reed Continues His Form for Ryder Cup Spot, and 2024 Trades41:00 - AIG Women's Open Recap, Congrats to Lilia Vu, Does the LPGA need a dominant player or does parity make it more fun to watch?50:00 - US Women's AM - The choice of course for the women's game is drawing eyeballs, Great Week and Weekend of Matches

The buddies have been on the road for a couple of weeks including the Good Buddies Invitational, lots to catch up on.2:50 - Shout out to MC for being the King of the Bev3:54 - Breaking down South Muskoka and Taboo9:43 - Extras to make a boys trip great 12:15 - Wyndham and the Henley divot lie18:30 - JT missing the fedex and possibly the ryder cup...20:23 - Bones shoulda pulled the pin28:10 - Changes to make the Fedex Cup more interesting and an All Star Weekend32:30 - Liv wrap and Bryson's 5834:30 - Krank drivers and geeky equipment talk42:20 - Al rants on pants43:34 - American Ryder Cup team, who's in and who's out?54:00 - Shout Out to our Listeners

In this weeks episode Skinnyb and AP got together to break down our most recent round at Shuswap, a dominate performance from an American over Britain that we haven't seen since 1776, disgruntled golfers talking through the decision to change the bunker sloping at Hoylake on Friday... why you making it easier?, the bottom 4 for the American Ryder Cup team is a mess... what's that team gonna look like, reviewing our good, bad and ugly picks from the British, revamped 17th what a fun hole that was, and the a preview for the Good Buddies Invitational. -1:36 Breaking Down our Day out at Shuswap-3:35 British Open Recap-4:34 Let's Talk Bunkers-10:05 Harman's En Fuego Putter-18:00 JT - Are past results indicative of future performance for the Ryder Cup-AD Time! -24:57 How Bad Were We With Our British Picks...-34:43 Reactions to the New 17th Hole at Hoylake-41:20 Good Buddies Invitational MVP Favourites and Golf Preview

Pull up a stool for another episode... in this episodes the boys talk where their games are, Canada's Top 100 courses hot take, play a classic game of high/low to whip around the weekend that was, wrap up the Scottish Open and our picks for The Open1:53 - Skinnybertts Hot Take on Banff Springs6:23 - High / Low Game13:00 - Scottish Open Wrap

In this episode Skinny and Al get into Annika's last drop of her US Open career was she acting a fool?  Sepp Straka's win at the Deere which led us into the European Ryder Cup locks and what does that 12th man position look like... Paddy anyone??  Finally a wrap on Liv London while tying in how Liv is a positive for the 18-30 crowd coming into the golf world.

Recap Rickie's first win in nearly 4 years, expanding the reach of the PGA tour and how Liv is expanding in a fun way and breaking down who shall we see on this years American Ryder Cup team.

The boys jumped straight into the Toronto Raptors bloated 3 spot, lack of depth at point and hoping to get a bunch out of a young Dick to fill the 3 point shooting gap.