Carlos Torres and Fred Altvater are joined by the European Golf Guru, Kieran Clark, to check-in the world of golf and provide the latest news, insight, analysis, interviews, recaps and previews.
On The Weekend Backspin, they recap In Gee Chun’s wire-to-wire win at the Evian Championship, in record-setting fashion; Michael Thompson won the Albertsons Boise Open, and the PGA Tour will get more Beef; Italian Francesco Molinari held off Danny Willett to win his native Italian Open; and Paul Broadhurst birdied the famed par-5 18th at Pebble Beach to win the PGA Tour Champions’ Nature Valley First Tee Open.
On The Par-5 News, golf retailer giant Golfsmith and Michigan’s large golf outlet and wholesaler, King Par Golf are going out of business; Tiger Woods is headlining the news again, rumors swirl about him redesigning a golf course in Chicago and buying TaylorMade; .European Tour CEO Keith Pelley is at it again by announcing a new tour event in Australia, with six-hole matches for the final; Plus World No. 1, Jason Day, inked a $10M deal with Nike and gets to keep his TaylorMade gig.
The Practice Range, offers a wall-to-wall preview of the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale, The Tour Championship. Every different scenarios, storyline and much more are covered in a round robin discussion. Also, they offer ideas on who will be the US Ryder Cup team’s final Captain’s Pick, and Kieran gives his take and predictions on next week’s event.