The Course Of Life

2025 PGA Championship Preview and Sports Broadcaster Grant Boone

Episode Summary

A preview of this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, and an interview with Grant Boone from the LPGA on NBC.

Episode Notes

• This week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow has almost too many possible storylines, and Alex is on the course in Charlotte, letting us know what he's seeing and what he might ask at the press conferences early in the week. Alex and Michael inspect the course and give predictions on which star has the best chance to claim the season's second major.
• The Truist Championship was moved to Philadelphia ahead of the PGA Championship, where Sepp Straka claimed his second victory of the season and stole a spot in the Top 10 in the World.
• Meanwhile, the ONEFlight Myrtle Beach Classic went into a 3-man playoff, where all Ryan Fox needed was a chip-in to second his first Tour victory.
• The LPGA was in Jersey City for the Mizuho Americas Open, and the hottest golfer in the game finally got back to the winner's circle.
• Alex's travels across the country continue, and he shares more stories of people running through the airport from his flights to Charlotte.
• In Tuned In, Michael shares his review of "Thunderbolts*," while Alex is rewatching the popular show Lost.
• This week's guest is Grant Boone, known for the LPGA on NCA Sports, plus the Amen Corner live stream for The Masters. Grant chats with Alex about what it's like being at Amen Corner all week, how he got the job at NBC, and more from his time calling multiple sports for radio and television.
• The NBA Playoffs roll on, and Michael asks Alex what is happening with the Boston Celtics.
• In Football, the Bill Belichick/UNC/Jordon Hudson drama continues to boil, and Michael wonders if Bill will ever even coach an actual game at UNC.
• As the guys #AlwaysEndWithFood, Alex wants to know if he should visit Cookout while in Charlotte, while Michael tries out the mid-west staple Culver's for a butter burger.