Breaking 80 Over 50 A Golf Improvement Journey
Jun 24, 2026 · 32 min · 10 segments
The latest podcast episode dives deep into the thrilling challenges of the US Open at Shinnecock, where the world's best golfers faced a grueling test of their skills. Highlighting Wyndham Clark's win…
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And what'd you think? Did you enjoy the Open? I gotta tell you, I love the US Open.
It is...
I like it better than Masters, better than the PGA.
It is my favorite golf tournament of the year.
And why is it my favorite golf tournament of the year? Because it's tough, and Shinnecock played tough this weekend.
So when it was all said and done, congratulations to Wyndham Clark for now being a two-time winner of the US Open.
But when it's all said and done and the tournament's over, there were three players, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, and Tom Kim, that posted scores under par.
You had three more that shot par over the four rounds, which means the rest of the field was over par.
And again, I just...
I love to see the best golfers in the world have to struggle, have to battle.
And look, here's...
I think if...
And going into the day, it was, it was Wyndham and Scottie Scheffler in the final pairing.
Wyndham struggled.
Uh, he had a hard time finding fairways.
Hit some not so great shots.
But Scottie never really got anything going.
I think if he had and he had put some pressure on Wyndham Clark, things may have ended differently.
Maybe not.
It ended up being Sam Burns that, that provided the pressure.
But a perfect example, the, the...
On the seventh hole on Sunday, Scottie Scheffler puts one in the bunker.
He's short-sided, hits his bunker shot, lands just on the fringe, and rolls back into the bunker.
And [chuckles] I'm not saying that it makes me happy to see that, but, and, and I'll talk about my golf weekend in a little bit.
So often these guys make everything look just so easy that every once in a while, and, and, and I know that they've gotta really work hard to make these courses tough.
And what'd you think? Did you enjoy the Open? I gotta tell you, I love the US Open.
It is...
I like it better than Masters, better than the PGA.
It is my favorite golf tournament of the year.
And why is it my favorite golf tournament of the year? Because it's tough, and Shinnecock played tough this weekend.
So when it was all said and done, congratulations to Wyndham Clark for now being a two-time winner of the US Open.
But when it's all said and done and the tournament's over, there were three players, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, and Tom Kim, that posted scores under par.
You had three more that shot par over the four rounds, which means the rest of the field was over par.
And again, I just...
I love to see the best golfers in the world have to struggle, have to battle.
And look, here's...
I think if...
And going into the day, it was, it was Wyndham and Scottie Scheffler in the final pairing.
Wyndham struggled.
Uh, he had a hard time finding fairways.
Hit some not so great shots.
But Scottie never really got anything going.
I think if he had and he had put some pressure on Wyndham Clark, things may have ended differently.
Maybe not.
It ended up being Sam Burns that, that provided the pressure.
But a perfect example, the, the...
On the seventh hole on Sunday, Scottie Scheffler puts one in the bunker.
He's short-sided, hits his bunker shot, lands just on the fringe, and rolls back into the bunker.
And [chuckles] I'm not saying that it makes me happy to see that, but, and, and I'll talk about my golf weekend in a little bit.
So often these guys make everything look just so easy that every once in a while, and, and, and I know that they've gotta really work hard to make these courses tough.
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