The Course Of Life

2024 PGA Championship Recap with Jesse Mueller, Barstool Trent, and more!

Episode Summary

A few days at the PGA Championship at Valhalla gave host Alex Lauzon the chance to ask questions of some of the games best.

Episode Notes

• The PGA Championship at Valhalla. The first major championship Course of Life has credentialed media for. And that meant Alex got to ask questions of Jon Rahm, Ludwig Aberg, Brooks Koepka, and Scottie Scheffler. Alex and Michael look back on the week for Scottie, the disappointment for Rory, and the big win for Xander over Bryson DeChambeau (1:49).
• The PGA Championship includes 21 club professionals who qualified at the PGA Professional Championship, and Alex chats with the 2022 champion of that tournament, Jesse Mueller, from Valhalla as he prepared for his fourth Major Championship (26:30).
• Known as Barstool Trent or Luggage Guy Trent, Trent Ryan chats with Alex from behind the 10th hole at Valhalla and shares one of the best 19th hole answers Michael has ever heard (26:30).
• The LPGA was at Liberty National for the Mizuho Americas Open, where illness struck early in the week, and Nelly Korda struck at the end with her 6th win in 7 starts (29:48).
• The PGA Tour heads to Colonial for the Charles Schwab Challenge, and Alex thinks locals like Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Speith will look to make a splash (33:!4).
• Michael was all-in on Caitlin Clarks WNBA debut this week as the new season got off to a hot start, but not for her Indiana Fever, who continued have poor outings against some of the league's best teams (34:20).
• Alex was Tuned In to the series finale of "Young Sheldon" that included a lot of emotion and some finale cameos from "The Big Bang Theory" (37:04).
• The NHL Playoffs roll on, now without the guy's Boston Bruins who let us down again in May. The NBA Playoffs continue as well, but the guy's Celtics are still in the hunt as the Conference Finals begin (42:41).
• The NFL released their 2024 schedule, and the Kansas City Chiefs schedule is very Taylor Swift friendly. Alex and Michael share early takes on their team's schedules (46:14).
• As the guys #AlwaysEndWithFood, Alex shares how great the food was for the media at Valhalla, including an amazing afternoon snack spread (47:49).