TGL, the tech-heavy virtual golf league spearheaded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, makes its long-awaited debut in January of 2025. With a purpose-built indoor arena in Palm Beach Gardens and investment from the heaviest of heavy hitters in business and sports, the new league has lots of reasons to succeed. But I use the analogy of opening a new restaurant in my hometown of Winter Park, where TGL’s parent company has an office — once the novelty wears off, will patrons still come?

We did it — “Making The Cut,” with Whit Watson” announced a partnership with Streetrod Golf Cars for the radio show on Orlando’s 96.9 The Game. Click on the links to learn more about Streetrod and listen to segments of the show!

A Tampa two-fer as I attended Media Day events for two very different upcoming golf tournaments in the Tampa Bay area — the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship and the Aramco Team Series Presented by PIF - Tampa, the only Ladies European Tour stop in the United States this year. Free golf was involved.

Had plans to record a brilliant season finale podcast, but life got in the way. A pulled wisdom tooth gave way to a sore throat, which thrashed my vocal cords for a few days. It pushed me up against a long-scheduled vacation with my wife and our two grown kids.

Our son is 23, and our daughter is 20. We booked this trip knowing that there’s a limited shelf life on chances for the four of us to travel together. Given the vacation schedule and my newly gravelly voice, my planned intensive three-part-interview with Jon Rahm will have to wait (shut up). Instead, you’re reading something that I wrote over the course of several nights in different hotel rooms, which is the story of my professional life.

It’s December 2023, and nobody knows anything when it comes to negotiations between the PGA Tour and the PIF, or the Tour’s Policy Board and the new interlopers who may or may not invest in golf. William Goldman had it right.

I took a trip to Miami last October to experience all the fuss about LIV Golf. Eight months later, the PGA Tour announced it was going into business with LIV’s backers, and professional golf was tossed into disarray. I decided on a return trip to South Florida to see what else has changed.

College football is about to change, dramatically. Here’s one version of how it might play out.

Spent a lot of time in Stamford in June and July hosting Golf Central and Golf Today. Seemed like every week brought a new Golf Emergency. The first week of August was no exception.

I’ve been delinquent on updating the blog. Turns out, starting a podcast is time-consuming.

Brooks Koepka fends off all challengers to capture his third PGA Championship, and his fifth major title. Brian Katrek, who called the action for Westwood One Sports, joins me to recap the final round. We also delve into the Michael Block phenomenon, and tip our caps to Viktor Hovland, who has now finished in the top ten in three consecutive majors.

Brooks Koepka, a two-time PGA Championship winner in 2018 and 2019, surged to the top of the leaderboard at Oak Hill after shooting a 66 on Saturday. Koepka is six-under through 54 holes.

Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland are one stroke back at five-under for the Championship.

Whit Watson and Johnson Wagner catch you up on all the action.

Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland and Corey Conners share the lead at 5-under through two rounds at Oak Hill. They also represent three distinct classes in the current structure of professional golf.

Scheffler is the dominant force – searching for his second major championship to pair alongside an already prolific PGA TOUR season that includes wins at THE PLAYERS Championship and the WM Phoenix Open. Hovland is the up-and-comer that everyone agrees could reach the tier Scheffler currently presides in but needs a win like this one to prove it. Then there’s Conners. Already a winner on the PGA TOUR this season, Conners has held a lead/co-lead of a major just once before. But while it’s always been assumed Scheffler and Hovland will rack up majors throughout their career, that same can’t be said for Conners.

Whit Watson and Mark Carnevale get you caught up on a frost-delayed opening round of the PGA Championship.

Fresh off last month’s triumph at Augusta National, 2023 Masters champion Jon Rahm will hit the course at the PGA Championship starting Thursday looking for the third major title of his career. But he’ll face a field chock full of international stars – including defending champion Justin Thomas.

Whit Watson and Hunter Mahan get you set for all the action from Oak Hill Country Club.

A trip to the NBC Sports Group headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.

There’s a lot going on behind that fence at PGA Tour Entertainment.

The GCSAA Conference and Show is most assuredly not the PGA Show.

The PGA Show is back.

The goodest of good boys.

No matter where you stand on LIV Golf, it’s a near certainty that you’ve never seen it in person.