This week's episode features TC & Randy chopping it up about the most important, relevant stories around the world. Before getting there though, the two offer some mea culpas, reflect on the Olympics, and catch-up on what's been going on in life. Enjoy!

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302: TC & Randy Chop Session

881 - Max Homa on the 2024 Masters, mental game improvements and team golf

He's back! Max Homa stops by for a look back at his 2024 season to date, highlighted by the top 5 finish at the 2024 Masters. We also talk through his process and journey towards a stronger mental approach to the game, some Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup discussion and more.

880 - Wyndham Chaos, Lydia wins gold, and DJ’s trip to Sand Valley

This week on the recap pod: Aaron Rai wins in Greensboro after a wild finish to the PGA Tour's final regular season event of the 2024 season and an all-timer from Matt Kuchar, meanwhile in Paris, Lydia Ko claims a gold medal and locks up her hall of fame credentials at the Olympics. We offer some thoughts on Olympic golf looking ahead to 2028, cover a great finish to the US Women's Am, recap DJ's trip to Sand Valley, and give some personal golf updates as well.

The union members, DJ, Soly and Randy discuss the trade deadline, including the best trades, worst trades, and most intriguing trades. After that they check in on the MVP, Cy Young and RoY races, as well as hand out some made-up awards. Finally, they wrap the show naming some dudes. Enjoy!

301: Seamsters Union

879 - Golf Sponsorships 101: Why Brands Sponsor Golf Events and Players

Soly is joined by a special guest for an off-the-record look at corporate sponsorships in professional golf. We dive into what makes golf an appealing audience despite declining ratings, using a title sponsorship as a vehicle for other business interests, the increased value around major championships, the unrivaled appeal of the Masters and more.

879 - How Sponsorships Work

878 - Olympic Men's Golf Recap: Scottie wins Gold!

Scottie Scheffler claimed Gold, Tommy Fleetwood Silver, and Hideki Matsuyama Bronze at the 2024 Men's Olympic Golf competition held at Le Golf National. We discuss the week's highs and lows, Rahm and others' collapses, Olympic fashion, some news and notes, other events around the world of golf, and more.

Thank you to High Noon, Titleist and the new GT Driver Lineup, and Pinehurst Resort.

Randy joins the Booth as the crew gets around to voicemails. Prior to diving in, though, Randy updates Neil and Cody on his first two weeks as a dog owner. Enjoy!

300: The Booth Vol. 15

877 - Justin Thomas on links golf, Royal Troon, and bouncing back from his 2023 struggles

Justin Thomas returns for his annual visit to the podcast to discuss the bonus golf he played in Scotland and Ireland, reaction to his week at Royal Troon, bouncing back from his 2023 struggles, what the US team has learned at the Ryder Cup, his involvement with Keegan Bradley getting selected as the next captain, how he wants to see the golf wars resolved, and a ton more.

876 - Lauren Coughlin wins the CPKC Women's Open! (+3M Open Recap, and LC calls in)

Our Young Hitter Lauren Coughlin wins the 2024 CPKC Women's Open!!! We recap Lauren's maiden LPGA title and after many close calls, how she finally broke through in her two-shot victory - and Lauren gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how it all went down.

We also recap Jhonattan Vegas' victory at the 3M Open, Jon Rahm and LIV UK, sneak an Olympics preview in, talk TC's Scotland trip, and cover some other big golf stories coming out of the week.

876 - Lauren Coughlin wins the CPKC Women's Open!  (+3M Open Recap, and LC calls in)

875 - Lauren Coughlin Interview, LPGA News and Notes

Cody and Randy are back ahead of this week's LPGA Canadian Open with a recap of the last few weeks in women's pro golf, plus a look ahead to the upcoming Women's Open Championship and some Solheim Cup discussion as well.

Then in part two, we welcome NLU Young Hitter Lauren Coughlin (43:00) coming off her second top five major finish in 2024. We recap her 4th place finish at the Evian, having her husband John as a caddie, preparing for a potential first Solheim Cup appearance and more.

Neil, Randy and Cody bring you a preview of the 2024 Paris Olympics as only the TrapDraw can. We start with a look at the previous Olympiads hosted by Paris and some ongoing questions around the security and plans for the opening ceremony for the 2024 games. We also get into some new events, a review of the recent games dating back to 1996, our favorite and least favorite events and a look at the biggest storylines in Paris and our favorite under the radar events.

299: Olympics Preview

874 - Getting Better at Golf with Nico Darras

874 - Getting Better at Golf with Nico Darra

 to talk through his rapid progression from beginning to play the game in his early 20s to working as a performance coach with some of the best players in the world. We also cover his academic background and how he's worked with partner Dr. Kevin Moore to create a program that applies their research to create unique and specialized practice plans for their clients.


Xander Schauffele is Champion Golfer of the Year, holding off Justin Rose and Billy Horschel at Royal Troon. We discuss the year Xander has had as he now sits with two Major Championships, run down the leaderboard, cover some segments, clean up a mess or two from the week, and more. Cheers!

873 - Sunday Open Championship Live Show

872 - Saturday Open Championship Live Show

Billy Horschel leads the 152nd Open Championship by 1 with 18 holes to play. We run down the leaderboard, discuss a day of weather, play lingering/loitering, and make our final round picks as we gear up for the final round of the year's last men's Major Championship. Cheers!

Shane Lowry (-7) leads the 152nd Open Championship through 36 holes at Royal Troon. Daniel Brown and Justin Rose sit two back of Lowery, with former Major Champions Scottie Scheffler, Jason Day, and Xander Schauffele chasing. We run down the rest of the leaderboard to include some notable missed cuts and have KVV call in to discuss his day around the Postage Stamp. Cheers!


871 - Friday Open Championship Live Show

870 - Thursday Open Championship Live Show

Dan Brown (-6) is your solo leader through 18 holes at Royal Troon, followed by Shane Lowry (-5) and Justin Thomas (-3). We talked through the day that was for Shane, JT, Scottie, and Spieth and not for Ludvig, Rory, Tiger, and Tommy. TC attempts to apologize for Tommy Lad before we bring KVV in from the bullpen to talk Bryson. We close out the show with a couple of segments, discuss viewing options, and more.

We are one night away from the opening round of the 152nd Open at Royal Troon. KVV calls in from Scotland to join us for the Open edition of Happy Hour. We run down some news and notes, talk weather and Royal Troon, play some trivia, and make our final picks.

869 - Open Championship Happy Hour

Folks, we need to apologize up front. Some of you have been begging for us to bring back renowned soccer expert and leading Tim Ream hater, THG, to offer his unique insights into the USMNT after their disappointing performance at the Copa America. We have listened to you, but also caution to be careful what you wish for...

THG joins TC & Randy to break down some news of the day, unpack the big international soccer tournaments just completed, updates us on the coaching search for Team USA, before going in a totally weird direction and sharing his current favorite conspiracies on TikTok. Enjoy?

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