Justin Thomas caps off the major championship golf season for 2017 with a victory at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Join Jim Sinicropi, Doug Brown and Rhett Ticconi to talk all about it as we once again revise our list of the best players to never win a major. Also, is Rory McIlroy done for the season or will we see him in the FedEx Cup Playoffs in two weeks?
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Jhonattan Vegas successfully defending his RBC Canadian Open title on Sunday in a play-off win over Charlie Hoffman. Now the PGA Tour sets up for two big weeks with the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone C.C. this weekend followed by the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Join Jim Sinicropi, Rhett Ticconi and Doug Brown to talk all about it…
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Rory McIlroy closes out the PGA Tour season with a FedEx Cup Championship in dramatic fashion at East Lake, Ryan Moore is Davis Love III’s final pick, a preview of the Ryder Cup matches at Hazeltine and remembering Arnold Palmer on a wall-to-wall edition of the GolfJay.com Podcast.
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Our annual recap episode of our local Club Championship with this year’s winner Doug Brown. Also, Rory McIlroy wins the second leg of the FedEx Playoffs but does he deserve to jump up 34 spots into the top five?
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Sergio Garcia won his 9th PGA Tour title at last weekend’s AT&T Byron Nelson and Rory McIlroy gets the monkey off his back at the Irish Open. Also, how do you get into “the zone” on the course, what’s up with Jordan Spieth’s struggles, our picks for the Colonial, and should Bernhard Langer be a European captain’s pick for the Ryder Cup?
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Jason Day breaks through in the season’s final major and Rhett Ticconi, Dennis Leahy and Doug Brown join Jim Sinicropi and Bob LaPrade to talk about all the action at Whistling Straits. Also, a review of what may just be the perfect polo, Criquet Golf Shirts and our Zen Tip of the Week.
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The U.S. Open heads to the Pacific Northwest for the first time for the 115th edition of our national championship of golf. That’s just one of the things that will be new and different about this year’s version of the season’s second major. Rhett Ticconi returns in-studio after playing the host course, Chambers Bay, last year to lend some insight into what we can expect from the links-style course, the coverage from FOX Sports, and who will prevail on Sunday night.
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Recapping Jordan Spieth’s wire to wire win at The Masters and evaluating Tiger, Mickelson and Rory’s week at Augusta. Also, local qualifying locations for Drive, Chip & Putt, some changes for the Post Standard Am, and why nobody really knows what is bad or what is good in our Zen Tip of the Week.
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This week we talk about Fall Golf… the best time of the year to play golf in the Finger Lakes… while it lasts! Also, it’s Ryder Cup week. We fill you in on the complete schedule and talk about potential pairings and match-ups as the US team tries to bring home the Cup for the first time in the last three attempts. Finally, Bob’s Salty Grip cork putter grip came in, we give hole #15 of our Finger Lakes Dream 18, a recap of our two rounds at Turning Stone, and we show you how to stop sabotaging yourself on the golf course.
Links mentioned in this episode:
.::. Turning Stone Golf
.::. Ryder Cup App on iTunes and Android
.::. Salty Grips
.::. Reservoir Creek Golf Course in Naples
.::. Geneva Country Club
.::. Seneca Falls Country Club
.::. Zen Golf by Dr. Joseph Parent
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This week we discuss a side to the game that many golfers don’t think about while playing their round… turfgrass agronomy and golf course maintenance. Steve Hyde of Agrium Advanced Technologies is in-studio to pull the curtain back on what goes into maintaining a golf course in the northeast and the single most important element of every golf course in the world… turfgrass! Also, we recap the Tour Championship and Billy Horschel’s Fed Ex Cup title, show you an attractive new putter grip, and give you hole #14 of our Finger Lakes Dream 18.
Links mentioned in this episode:
.::. Agrium Advanced Technologies
.::. The Tour Championship
.::. Salty Grips
.::. Bristol Harbour in Canandaigua, NY
.::. Geneva Country Club in Geneva, NY
.::. Seneca Falls Country Club, Seneca Falls, NY
.::. Zen Golf by Dr. Joseph Parent
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Turning Stone Head PGA Professional Eric Lorenzetti tells you the most common golf course management mistakes by the average amateur golfer. We discuss one of the best Sunday’s at a major championship in recent memory as Rory McIlroy holds off Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson and a host of others to capture the PGA Championship at Valhalla. Bobby’s pick of the week is a new grip for his putter and we’ll tell you why you need to fire your caddie in our Zen Tip of the Week segment.
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This week we review some common rules of golf that the average player may not be aware of. How many of these rules have you violated in your last round? Also, what a great Sunday at the Bridgestone event in Ohio and Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy squared off in the final pairing. Earlier on Sunday, Tiger Woods withdrew citing a bad back. Do you really think he was hurt or did he just quit. Then, Bob’s Pick of the Week focuses on how your eye sight may be fooling you over putts, hole #8 of our Finger Lakes Dream 18, and the Zen Tip of the week asks the question, “who knows what is good and what is bad?”
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