In the very last preview episode before the first tee shot of the 2023 Ryder Cup, Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme react first to a Team USA lineup that will surprisingly bench Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas in the first session. SK and CH then break down each matchup (with betting odds!), Smylie details his favorite holes on the course - including a detailed explanation of the 16th - and Charlie suggests that there should be presses in the Ryder Cup.

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme react to Luke Donald's Team Europe captain's picks, and discuss whether this Ryder Cup will launch Ludvig Aberg into stardom. Smylie and Charlie also discuss Justin Thomas' practice routine, and what to expect from his next start at the Fortinet Championship. The show closes with a recap of the season-opening L that Smylie's LSU Tigers took, and Charlie's UNC Tar Heels starting off the season with a big win.

In a sea of speculation and analysis, we are pleased to report today that something actually happened: Zach Johnson made his captain's picks, and Team USA is now fully formed. Here at Radicals Headquarters, we are not necessarily surprised at the six picks who round out the squad, but we have some thoughts. Incendiary, revolutionary thoughts. Plus, Luke and Shane engage in partisan squabbles as we discuss the value of a rah-rah captain, and Joel tries to survive a Phoenix hotel room with dire curtains. All this, plus a tortured Hoosiers reference—what's not to love?

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme watch live and react as Team USA captain Zach Johnson makes his six picks to fill out the rest of his roster for the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome - Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas to go with the already qualified list of Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa and Xander Schauffele. Smylie and Charlie discuss the players who were hard done to get left out, what Team Europe's roster could look like, and take questions and prompts from a very lively chat.

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme react to Viktor Hovland's dominant win at the PGA TOUR season finale, the Tour Championship at East Lake. Smylie goes in-depth on the technical changes Viktor has made to his short game that have opened up the floodgates for success on Tour the second half of the season. Smylie and Charlie debate who the final six captain's picks will be for the Team USA Ryder Cup team, and get in the swing of college football season by comparing schedules for LSU and UNC.

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme discuss the putter change that led to Lucas Glover's win at the Wyndham Championship, Justin Thomas narrowly missing the playoffs after a strong finish to the weekend, Tiger Woods joining the PGA Tour policy board, and Charlie's weekend at Cypress Point.

Smylie is joined by a fellow LSU Tiger, Sam Burns, who is currently the 14th-ranked player in the world with five wins on the PGA Tour. Sam tells Smylie about playing with Tiger Woods in his first year on Tour, going head-to-head with his good friend Scottie Scheffler, and goes in-depth on his swing mechanics.

(1:37) Reminiscing on time spent in Baton Rouge

(10:11) Playing with Tiger Woods in the 2018 Honda Classic

(19:15) His friendship with Scottie Scheffler

(30:29) Discussing the work he's done on his swing this year 

(35:04) Using AimPoint and what makes him a good putter

We caught up with eight-time Pro Bowl defensive back Patrick Peterson, one of the NFL’s best golfers, to chat about his best golf stories with Larry Fitzgerald, which includes the two changing in the car to go play Chicago Golf Club. Peterson tells us why Fitzgerald stopped playing him for money, how his handicap (and Aaron Rodgers’) might be a little iffy, plus what it’s like to play matches with Michael Jordan. Plus, Peterson makes his case for (finally) getting into the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am field.

George McNeilly with Taylor Moore, Adam Schenk and Jordan Speith as the final stop on the PGA TOUR's Florida Swing went to a Texan other than Speith.

This week, David Duval joined us for one total question before his service got spotty and the call cut off (we promise he’ll be back next week). Fortunately, we were able make a call into the bullpen for Golf Digest’s resident swing nerd Luke Kerr-Dineen, who broke down all the chaos that is the USGA and R&A’s golf ball rollback announcement in great detail. We also recapped another “boring” win from Scottie Scheffler and made a few picks for the Valspar (and the NCAA Tournament).

The United States builds 4-1 lead over the International Team at the Presidents Cup.  It was an opening day featuring five alternate shot foursome golf matches here at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Here's a recap we just produced for VOA Sports.

Hank Haney previews the Presidents Cup by taking a look at how lopsided the matchup is. Hank shares what the average world golf ranking is between the two teams and then explains what real intrigue the Presidents Cup has.

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First, Hank Haney reacts to Cameron Smith's come-from-behind victory to win his first major championship and then he explains how Smith did that. Later, Hank also provides reasons behind believing that Cameron Smith is the best putter in the world, right now. 

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First, Hank Haney explains why luck is such a major factor in deciding the winner of the Open Championship and then Hank runs through his list of favorites to win and also suggests a few names you should stay away from at the Open.

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