From Home Run Derby Heat To Open Championship Bets

Recorded July 13th, 2026

A weekend recap turns into a full-speed July sports grab bag, the way it always does when you’ve got friends in town, cold drinks on deck, and a TV stuck on whatever event has the most chaos. We start with the Home Run Derby happening live, reacting to the swings and talking about why the format actually matters if MLB wants the night to feel like a real contest instead of a time-trial with commercials.

Then we lock in on golf, because it’s Open Championship week at Royal Birkdale and the lead-up is already weird. Tom Kim closes out the Scottish Open in style, Scottie Scheffler somehow misses a cut, and it sparks the bigger question we can’t stop asking: why do fans love yelling “choke” when golf is the one sport where the ball just sits there and still manages to embarrass the best players on earth? We dig into Rory’s ugly miss, a great Hank Haney story about Tiger, and why links golf exposes every tiny weakness.

From there we go full picks mode for The Open: favorites we actually like, “middle of the pack” value plays, and a true long shot dart throw. We also hit the quick summer staples, including All-Star break baseball takes, a Pirates stat that sounds fake, fantasy football research ramping up, and a late UFC detour that ends with Patty Pimblett delivering a nasty finish while the main event leaves everyone annoyed.

If you’re betting The Open, tracking golf form, or just want a sports hang that feels like a real conversation, queue this one up. Subscribe, share it with your group chat, and leave a review with your Open Championship winner pick so we can steal it.

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Transcript

Cold Opens And Weekend Check-In

Graham 0:00

Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench podcast with your hosts Graham Cohen and Scott Wasco. What's up, everyone? Welcome back to another episode of the Bald Guys on the Bench. Scotty Waaa. It's All-Star Homer Derby right now. What you watching?

Scott 0:24

Um lots in the finals. I'm surprised you are because you're not a baseball guy, and you normally say who when I bring up baseball, but you know, before we even get into that, hey, let's grab one. Let's crack one. It's open week. The last manger of the year. Man. How fast did that shit go? God.

Graham 0:46

Right.

Scott 0:47

About as depressing as watching this shit on Netflix with all these goddamn ads. I mean, when it says two of seven, like, really? I mean, dude. Whatever. Grab it, crack it. Let's go.

Graham 0:58

Let's go.

Scott 1:00

I mean, can we get some more ads? Sorry. Just kidding, Netflix. I know you'll probably throw it at us.

Graham 1:07

Uh, Graham, what's going on? How was your weekend? There weren't ads when they were on TV? I don't exactly.

Scott 1:16

Whatever. Go back to Fox and let me listen to terrible ass Joe Buck and whatever. How was your weekend, guy?

Graham 1:25

Weekend was good. Weekend was busy. Was at work most of the time. Wasn't exciting as yours. So, I mean, let's just fast forward to that. How was your weekend?

Andy Arrives And The Booze Tour

Scott 1:34

Well, my weekend was awesome. You know, last week we talked about it in the show. Grammar police, aka Andy coming into town. He got here Thursday afternoon, and let's just say uh my liver needs a break. Uh, I mean, he literally pulled into the driveway and he was like, Let's go to the liquor store. Oh man. So we did. We got some vodka, got some bourbon, drank, and hung out, and drank, and hung out, and drank and hung out, and drank and hung out. Played a little golf on Saturday. Uh even though we got rained out. But it was still fun. Uh yeah. I mean, five, six holes, whatever. I mean, it is what it is. It was so funny though, him being in the southeast. I was like, dude, that storm's coming right there. And he's like, it's not even on the radar. I'm like, yeah, dude. It's the southeast. It doesn't need to be on the radar. When it's hot, humid thunderstorms pop up. Thanks for playing. Boom, boom, boom. It was a fun trip, dude. Hadn't seen him in a while. Since March, I guess, when we went up there for the Penguins Nights game. T-Bone came over, hung out, ate some pizza, watched some soccer, then watched UFC and that scam job from Connor McGregor. But uh other than that, you know, we'll get into that in a little while.

Graham 3:06

Uh Bruce Buffer. What?

Scott 3:10

Yeah, let's get ready to rumble. There was hopefully there's a better rumble than there was in the main event on Saturday night. I feel so bad for all those people that paid for those tickets at T-Mobile. My God.

Graham 3:23

So, real quick, when you're talking about Andy coming into town, you said something that just sparked a memory. What trip was it that you were with him and he's just like, oh, before I come over, I need to stop and get alcohol? It seems like it's just like a regular thing with him.

Scott 3:38

Well, yeah, of course. And the thing is, dude, he he shows up, we go to the liquor store, and you know, I love Andy, but nothing the guy does is fast.

Graham 3:50

Right?

Scott 3:51

Like we're hitting up the the liquor store, and I'm getting a bottle of Tito's and he wants to get some bourbon. Dude, it's like a 15-minute decision of what bourbon he's getting. I'm like, dude, you can get the cheapest bottle on the shelf, or you can get the best bottle on the shelf, and it's gonna taste the same to me. You know, I'm not a big bourbon guy, you know. Whatever. It is what it is. By the time I take a sip of it, I'm gonna be three sheets to the wind. It's all gonna taste the same. Then, dude, we go to the god dang grocery store, and let me tell you, it's literally maybe five degrees cooler than the surface temperature of the sun here in Virginia when he gets here on Thursday. And the grocery store's got no air conditioner going. And I'm trying to get some dude. I'm trying to get some beer, I'm trying to get this, some mixers for Kristen. He's looking for tonic water. Dude, we walk all over the goddamn creation looking for tonic water. I'm like, bro, just drink some, I mean, little ice drinks, you know. No, we gotta get tonic. Dude, I'm like, I'm in a grocery store. Normally the grocery store is what? Cold as piss, right? Or cold, yeah, cold as cold can be.

Graham 5:00

Yeah.

Scott 5:01

No, it's like I said, five degrees cooler than the surface temperature of the sun. But anyhow.

Graham 5:09

Was his ego so strong he didn't want to ask an associate?

Scott 5:13

Like, no, we finally did, and then we had to walk back to where the beer was.

Graham 5:17

That's where tonic order was.

Home Run Derby Reactions

Scott 5:20

But anyhow, you know, as we're recording right now, it's the finals of the home run derby. Schwarber, hey, he did his home crowd well in Philadelphia. And he's made the finals. And I love the fact that they switched up the format. You know, as we're speaking, TP's like, what are your thoughts on the format since you've watched it all? I think it's good. You know, the time limit sucked in the old way. Uh I don't know. It's funny, like you got 20 swings in the first round, 15 if you advanced, and on your last swing, if you hit a home run with it, you kept hitting home runs until you got an out. Nobody on their last wing hit a bomb. Yeah, that's crazy. That's crazy to me. Yeah, it's crazy to me. Dude, I will just say Contreras just got eliminated in the semifinals. My guy put on a show in the first round. Uh absolute show. Granted, Citizens Bank, whatever it's called, Park, is like, you know, there are some high schools in Philadelphia who have longer dimensions in that stadium. But dude, my guy, my guy hit one 490 feet. I mean, I don't care what stadium you're playing in, 490 feet, it's 490 feet. Facts. Yeah, him and Walker did put on a show. But anyhow, uh, a couple things to talk about before we even get

Scottish Open Shock And Tiger Stats

Scott 6:50

going. Uh, we had the Scottish Copen last week. That ended yesterday, actually. And is Tom Kim winning a bigger story than Scotty missing the cut? Wow. I mean, I I mean, Tom Kim winning, I love it.

Graham 7:09

But bro, six under final round boogie free? Is that any good?

Scott 7:16

It is good. It's very good.

Graham 7:18

I mean, shooting 64.

Scott 7:21

But but I mean, I mean, what is good is a couple stats here. I mean, this is crazy. Dude, the first time that both the men's and women's number one players each missed the cut in the same weekend since the women's world golf rankings were introduced in 2006. Insane. Corda missed the cut too. Not only that, uh, last time Scotty missed a cut, uh Taylor Swift was dating some dude named Joe Alwyn. Is that his name? Who? Yeah, exactly. Tom Brady was playing for Tampa. The World Cup hadn't started in Qatar. Elon Musk didn't own Twitter.

Graham 8:16

I mean, so is it safe to say Tiger's record of how many weeks in a row now? What's his cutscene?

Scott 8:26

142.

Graham 8:28

Yeah, that's pretty safe.

Scott 8:29

Yeah, won't be broken. You know, it was Torber just hit his fifth with eight swings, seven swings left. Wow, he's gonna win.

Graham 8:39

You know, after Scheffler was out, I was watching on SportsCenter, and SportsCenter, you know, as you were rattling off those stats, they just were, you know, so many outlets were just like, oh, you know, since Scheffler lost, you know, he was the closest to Tiger in this stat. Now they're just going over the other stats that Tiger had and and and also some just basically unbreakable stats. And it's just like hey, Tiger was that guy, but also I guess the thing is, and we we were saying it all off air, you know, the other day.

Scott 9:16

When Scheffler's minus eleven hundred to make the cut, the one person in my make the cut parlay that doesn't make the cut. He's just that throw-in, you know. And the crazy thing about it is the throw-in, it didn't even change the number. That's the thing that sucks the most. It's like I just throw him in, just to throw him in. Yeah, why? I don't know. Oh, Schwarber's gonna win this thing. Oh, he's got seven bombs with five swings left.

Graham 9:51

I'm sorry. And two days ago, when I asked you who's winning the home run derby, who did you say Kyle Schrober and Oh?

Scott 9:57

Yeah, of course. But the heat was on him.

Graham 10:00

Yeah. Jeez, he went down for that and still almost hit it out.

Scott 10:05

Yeah, I mean, well, when your right field dimensions are shorter than high school fields in the state of Pennsylvania, of course. But anyhow, uh it was just insane. Scotty to miss a cut. Oh, there's number eight. Yeah, sorry, Walker or whatever your name is, Jordan Walker.

Graham 10:25

Boom!

Scott 10:26

Yeah.

Graham 10:28

But all those silly fans are so excited right now.

Scott 10:31

I know nothing will be better than Walker just come out and just hit 15 in a row. Thanks for coming and walk off, and all the silly fans will be crying and throwing batteries at Santa Claus again. But there's number nine, and it's not happening.

Graham 10:50

Maybe he'll hit the golden ball.

Scott 10:54

Anyhow, uh Scottish Open, Tom Kim gets the dub. Dude, a couple things that were crazy. Oh, there's number ten. Uh dude, Goddard continues his hot play. Yeah. Dude. Wyndham Clark, same thing. Had a bad fourth round. We got a lot of dudes up there, man, that are playing hot going into the open. The last major of the year. That's exciting. It's amazing.

Graham 11:29

It's better when there's more guys in it. You know, there's number 11. Was that the Red Bull too?

Scott 11:36

Yeah. One swing left. Number 11. That dude just caught it. Good for you. You're probably an idiot and choke on cheesesteaks.

Graham 11:45

But you love a cheesesteak, Shadow.

Scott 11:48

I do. Get foul. Get foul. Oh, is that a home run?

Graham 11:54

I mean, that's 11.

Scott 11:57

That's 11.

Graham 11:58

Oh, wow. They don't give it to him. Wow.

Scott 12:01

Alright, Justin Walker, plus 600 live. Can my guy hit 12?

Graham 12:09

I mean, hey, let's throw a couple ducats on it right meow. Can my guy hit 12? Now it's plus 700. Go, go, gadget, bet MGM. Hurry up. Not sponsored yet. Plus 700.

Scott 12:26

I mean, I like a good challenge, especially a Phillies heartbreak in the final.

Graham 12:35

No, I only have a plus 600. Boo.

Scott 12:39

I mean. But we got some fun this coming week. A lot of dudes are playing hot. You know, my boy Aiden, you know, I actually texted him. He's in Philadelphia in grad school. And I was like, yo, were you working the All-Star game anything this weekend? And he's like, Yeah, I actually did the futures game on yesterday, doing the derby tonight, and doing the all-star game tomorrow. And I was like, hell yeah. And he texted me, he goes, dude, who do you like in the open? He texted me right back. And I don't know if I was telling you earlier, if I was telling my dad, hold on, let me find. I was like, dude, I got no idea. Fleetwood's playing well, it's in his hometown. Fitzpatrick's playing well. Wendham Clark got her up, all of them. And then wouldn't be surprised if Scotty won by 10 after missing a cut last week.

Graham 13:36

Yeah. The worst part is that's not even an outlandish statement. It really isn't.

Scott 13:47

It's not, dude. I mean Scotty doing what he's been doing. He's won what, one event in Palm Springs?

Graham 13:57

Yeah.

Scott 13:57

He's had a lot of solo, a lot of seconds. Has he had a bad year? No.

Graham 14:04

No, but here that's the thing. Like, we're just so brainwashed from what he's done the previous couple of years that, like, this season would be a career season for how many players on tour?

Scott 14:18

A whole lot.

Graham 14:19

Like, they would kill a whole lot for his type of season. And we're just like, I don't know. It's just something that just doesn't feel right about it. You know, it's just like it's like we're just not seeing him dominate the way that he normally does. You know, his putting really hasn't been there. His swing, he's had some, you know, just errant swings here or there. You know, he's been tweaking. I mean, he's been tweaking his swing or a little bit, I wouldn't say a swing, but he's been having little tweaks with his coach more often this season than he's had in the past. And I mean, it's been helping him. I mean, he's gotten back on track, but when we're just used to seeing him dominate. Right. It's and it's not even the fact of like consistent top ten or top fives, it's just how he's playing the game. It's just his approach shots into the green, him making putts, him not making mistakes, you know, just the everyday, like nonchalant Scotty, you're just like, okay. Like, it is what it is.

Scott 15:22

Yeah, I I don't know. Like I said, if he won by 10, would it surprise you?

Graham 15:30

I I mean 10, yes, but if he won by, you know, if he won by two or three, no, not really.

Rory’s Chunk And Why Golf Humiliates

Scott 15:36

Not at all. By any chance, did you see on Saturday Rory's shot that he hit so fat?

Graham 15:45

I was gonna bring that up just now.

Scott 15:47

40 yards short of the green. Dude.

Graham 15:50

That was a par three, right? Off the T, the one you're talking about?

Scott 15:53

I think so. I just know it was fatted.

Graham 15:57

He didn't even make it past you know, the ladies' T's.

Scott 16:00

No, he made it past the ladies' T's.

Graham 16:04

Between that shot and another shot, he hit so poorly. It's just it's so weird when you see a player of his caliber just, you know, I don't want to say be human, but like, I don't know, look like a 15 handicap every once in a while.

Scott 16:20

Hey, hey, it goes back to the craziest thing I ever heard Hank Haney say. And we've talked about it on this show numerous times, and that was out of all the dudes Hank Haney's taught, Tiger was the worst student he ever taught from taking it from the range to the first T. And that just goes to show everything I hate when people say people choke and golf. It ain't easy.

Graham 16:51

Oh, absolutely not.

Scott 16:54

He said, Hank Haney said, dude, the the fourth round at Tory Pines when Tigers playing on half a leg, his range session for his warm-up. You could have thrown a quarter out on the range and Tiger was two yards from the quarter with every club in the back. And then he gets out on the first T shot and hits it left of left of left.

Graham 17:20

And I know we've I mean, I don't want to say it's a a a dead horse we've beaten with that, but it's just like to comprehend what he said and then comprehend Tiger doing that for someone that plays golf, like that is insane. It's just mind-boggling insane.

Scott 17:45

Dude is golf, man. Like I've said on this show a harder million times. Every sport that we watch most of the time is what? A reaction sport.

Graham 17:59

Yeah.

Scott 17:59

Golf is not. The ball's just sitting there. Hey, dickhead, hit me. Yeah. It it's not easy.

Royal Birkdale Preview And Past Winners

Scott 18:14

But it's open championship week, you know. Oh, come on, Walker, get out of here. Oh, he's gonna lose. But I I I as we go in, Royal Burk Burkdale, sorry, host in the open for the first time since 2017. Uh Jordan won it in 17. One by three over Kucher. Dude. Amazing, amazing track, amazing venue. Uh I was looking it up. Last time in 17, get out. Ooh, we got lucky with that one. Let's go, Walker. Uh last time in 2017 it was there. Uh dude, some names that are amazing to me.

Graham 19:11

High Tung Li finished in third. What?

Scott 19:17

Dude, Jordan shot 12 under Couture 9, Hai Tong Li 6, Rory 5. It's crazy to see these people. A name don't forget about. Uh Alex Nord finished T6 with Brooks. Ugh. Crazy. A name you haven't heard in a while, uh, since he went to live. Mark Leishman, my Virginia Beach boy, finished T6. I mean, dude, I don't know. Uh the boy that I love, you know, our boy, Rick, T22. I mean, it's a hard week. It's the British Open. As they call it, the Open. It's a hard one to uh, you know, pick somebody, you know. Uh the weather looks good. They're actually having a heat wave over there in Europe. I mean, it was wild to watch live from today, and the guys are in practice rounds playing wearing shorts. Yeah, he's done. He's got seven swings left, and he's at four. Dude, how amazing would it be if it came down on his last swing and he beat Schwarber.

Graham 20:35

Right? That would be especially considering what no one's hit went out on the last one. Yeah.

Scott 20:44

But I mean, it's tough, dude. Winners at Burkdale, you know, oh get out of here. This guy's been so good. Jordan, 17, Patrick, 2008, Marco Mira in 98, Ian Baker Finch, 91, Watson, 83, Johnny Miller, 76, Trevino, 71, Peter Thompson, 65, Arnold Palmer, 61, and Peter Thompson in 54.

Graham 21:16

Peter Thompson, that's my guy.

Scott 21:20

Guy. You don't you don't even have a clue. You don't even have a clue. We eat ribs with this dude. I mean.

Graham 21:32

Speaking of not having a clue.

Scott 21:34

Oh, here we go. There's six bombs. Get out, I guess.

Graham 21:38

Come on. What? I think you overhyped these surf sides.

Scott 21:46

They're good just because they're not they're no carbonation.

Graham 21:49

I know, but they don't it's like not very, you know. This l the lemonade flavor is not very strong.

Scott 21:57

None of it's strong, dude.

Graham 22:00

No, I know. I'm just I don't no I guess I don't know. Just kinda s uh bland is not the right word, but I mean like, you know, hey. It's it's a sample. It's the first time trying. I'm just I don't know.

Scott 22:12

They're they're tasty. They're good golf they're good golf course drinks.

Graham 22:16

Yeah.

Scott 22:17

Yeah. Speaking of golf course, my boy Bobby Wilder, Tennessee Tech.

Graham 22:21

Yeah.

Scott 22:22

Just threw it out on his gram today, Instagram today. Tennessee Tech is now on Nike University. Just sign with Nike.

Graham 22:30

Let's go.

Scott 22:31

Send him a little text earlier. He's he's all fired up. Hopefully. Uh-oh. There's eight. Come on. He's got one swing left. Get out of here. Come on. He's got to hit three on his last swing. That ain't happening.

Graham 22:46

I mean, it's possible.

Scott 22:48

Yeah, it is. Saying there's a chance.

Graham 22:52

It's Jordan. There's always a chance.

Scott 22:56

Hey. This dude has put on a performance tonight. I don't care what happens.

Graham 23:02

The Cam's pointing to what looks like his parents, but his parents look like 10 years older than him. I'm like.

Scott 23:10

Come on, my guy. He doesn't want to swing the bat. I don't either. I wouldn't either.

Graham 23:17

Well, you can't take 30 pitches.

Scott 23:19

Oh, that's gone. Go on! Go! Get out! Nope. Oh, that's gone. Come on, my guy.

Graham 23:27

I think it hit the top of the railing. Oh my god. Come on. Come on, Walker. Upset Philly. Let's go.

Scott 23:39

Come on. Make him throw batteries at Santa Claus.

Graham 23:43

In July.

Scott 23:45

Hey, Christmas in July. Hallmark. Oh, that's gone. That's gone. Go. Go. Go. Let's go on. Let's go.

Graham 24:00

Uh oh. There's ten. Come on, my guy. Come on, guy. And they're gonna go to a three-swing.

Scott 24:10

No chance. At least go to a playoff. Playoffs? Playoffs? We can't even win a game. Come on.

Graham 24:24

Uh, make it interesting. Oh, that's gone.

Scott 24:29

See ya. See ya. Get out! Now one person in Philadelphia is cheering right now. I know, right? Except for homeboys' mom and dad. Yes! Come on. Come on, guy. Walk off. Let's go.

Graham 24:41

Let's go, Daddy Walker. Schwerber's just like, don't put the camera on me.

Scott 24:48

Oh, come on. Nothing would make me happier as a Mets fan. Right? Come on. You need some excitement. Come on. Yeah. Whatever. I'm getting at that in a minute.

Graham 25:02

Oh, get out.

Scott 25:03

Single!

Graham 25:05

Wow. Wow. And I didn't place that bet, son of a bitch.

Scott 25:12

What has two thumbs and did?

Graham 25:14

This guy. You did one on at 600 or 700?

Scott 25:19

Oh, yeah. Plus 550. I got him live plus 400. Oh, pay me. Oh, that stadium is so dude. Hey, you want to hear what that sounds like? You just did. You're welcome. I love it. I love it. My guy Walker, don't even know. I mean, this guy. Dude. The first round. The first round was effortless. It was awesome for my guy. Night, night. Wow. Down to the dude. Oh, dude. That was sick.

Open Championship Favorites Long Shots

Graham 26:08

Uh Open Championship. Like we were just talking. Royal board tale. You know, we always do this before every major.

Scott 26:18

We give our favorite our long shot. And as of the US Open, we started, what do we call it? The middle of the pack, right? Yeser. We'll start with you. What do you like? What do you like as a favorite? And you know, we can't call Scotty. I mean, I guess you can call him a favorite. He hadn't done anything this year. I mean, well, he's had a great year, but I mean, what do you like?

Graham 26:45

Uh look, these last couple of tournaments, really, the second, I mean, I can't even say the second half of the season. Mr. Consistent played really well this week, played well the last couple of weeks. I think he's due. I'm going with uh Maddie Fitzpatrick.

Scott 27:07

It's hard to argue, dude.

Graham 27:09

Dude, he's been playing so well. So good.

Scott 27:12

What does he have? Three dubs? Yeah.

Graham 27:16

Dude, he's plus 1600. I mean, I mean, Scotty's plus what, 750? So, I mean, he's like top five.

Scott 27:25

Yeah. I've got Fitzpatrick at plus 1850.

Graham 27:30

Oh, okay. Of course you get the better odds with your damn you bet MGM.

Scott 27:35

Hey, I can't argue that. I mean, how do you argue that? The guy's been playing his ass off.

Graham 27:40

Yeah.

Scott 27:42

I don't know who I I like, dude, as a favorite. I don't know. I'm just gonna go out and say it just because I'm gonna say it. It's in his hometown. He hasn't won a major.

Graham 27:59

Oh.

Scott 28:00

Tommy.

Graham 28:02

Fleetwood. Okay.

Scott 28:06

I just like the way the guy's been playing. You know, I'm not gonna take Scotty. I'm not gonna take Rory. You know, as a as our favorite. I just laugh at these odds. Anyone that bets John Rahm at plus 1850, like, can you just call Graham and I and just Venmo me your money?

Graham 28:30

Dude, MGM got them plus 22.

Scott 28:34

Yeah, they're smart. I mean, I mean, but once again, like the U.S. Open, I like so many people. Dude, I also I can't believe it. I like the way this guy plays golf right now. Goddard up. Yeah. And how do you argue with Wyndham Clark, dude? Yeah. He played bad on Sunday. Um the guy's been hot as hot can be. He's at plus 4100.

Graham 29:07

Yeah.

Scott 29:08

He's my middle of the pack guy.

Graham 29:10

Yeah. I mean, my middle of the pack guy, I got, you know, Hatton. He's been consistent. He plays well in the majors. He, you know, he plays well over in Europe. He's really good.

Scott 29:24

He plays well in big events.

Graham 29:27

Yeah. You know, I'm going through the list right now, just over on BitMGM. There's a couple guys that I wouldn't mind throwing a couple ducats on. How about just like a top 20 finish? Dude, how about Fitpatrick's brother, Aaron? Like I would have said Alex, you mean?

Scott 29:47

Alex, sorry, yeah. Yeah, sorry. Alex, yeah. Yeah, Kurt Shelling said, Shut up, Graham, it's Alex.

Graham 29:54

No, well, I'm looking at the screen, Aaron Rias right underneath him, and I just said the wrong name once.

Scott 29:58

I would have said the same thing, but his performance last week. No bueno.

Graham 30:04

Yeah.

Scott 30:06

I don't know. How do you I mean, whatever. But then again, Scotty's missing the cut, and we're praising him for next week. But the difference between Scotty and Fitzpatrick or that'd be like, hey, Tiger Woods missed the cut last week.

Graham 30:20

How do you think he's gonna do? Uh favorite? Yeah. Yeah.

Scott 30:24

I mean, I don't know. Somebody that I hate to even say that I like this week after his performance at the Masters, and I said he was dead to me and all this stuff. Uh-oh. McIntyre? You know what? I'm not even saying it.

Graham 30:44

I'm not even saying it.

Scott 30:46

Because he's actually playing with Rick on round one and round two. Rick, Pacy, Bob McIntyre, and Alex Fitzpatrick for the first two rounds.

Graham 30:57

Oh, wow. That'd be a nice little threesome to watch.

Scott 31:03

Not bad, but that'd be fine. I don't know it and say it in public, but Pasty Bob and his non-dressing ass. I like him for a top 20. I mean, whatever. I hope he misses a cut, but you know, whatever. Wow. He played well. Yeah, he always does until I pick him.

Graham 31:25

But how do you feel about Cashmere Keith? Folks, if you can see the eye roll right now.

Scott 31:35

Dude, I love Cashmere. I know you do.

Graham 31:38

I know you do.

Scott 31:39

You know I love him. He's always one of my guys. The weather over in Europe right now, you know, they keep saying it's a heat wave. Look like any rain over there this week. You know, last week, and for the Scottish, it was pushing 85 degrees, which is a heat wave over there. You know, I don't I don't know, man. I Sam Bernard's never had a lot of luck over there. You know, I I don't know. I just so who's your long shot?

Graham 32:16

You know, someone that's uh surprisingly real long at plus what is this? I'm doing the math. Is that plus twelve thousand? Plus twelve thousand five hundred. Adam Scott.

Scott 32:33

Yeah. 101 straight majors. So open championship week. Dude, this is the one time of the year where I really hate not being in California when I can stay up until 11 o'clock and watch the first t-shot.

Graham 32:55

You know what? Now that you mention it, uh your boy's gonna be able to watch some G.

Scott 33:04

Okay. I'm just gonna leave that as it is.

All-Star Break Baseball Takes

Scott 33:09

Uh something I told Andy I would mention, you know, as it's the all-star break. Here's a fun stat for everybody that's a baseball fan. Uh the Pirates are the number one scoring offense in Major League Baseball heading into the all-star break. 516 runs so far this season. Last year they had a total of 583. That's pretty amazing. And Andy also says Graham is not allowed to cheer for the Pirates anymore. He already switched to the Dodgers. Or he can stop making fun of me about cheering for the Steelers and the Saints.

Graham 33:52

First of all, when was the last time I rooted for the Pirates? When they were good. Which was when? I don't know. The one time that they made it to the wild card. I'm sorry. What they've made the wild card two times in the last how many years? They haven't been relevant in the playoffs in how many years? But you know, you always claim them. I I don't when do I ever claim the Pirates?

Scott 34:20

And the Yankees and the Doyers.

Graham 34:22

I don't I doubt what I'm just throwing it out there. I claim it out there.

Scott 34:30

Oh god.

Graham 34:31

Living. Hopefully that means I won't have to root for the athletics in two years. Sheesh. I hope not to.

Scott 34:45

But I will say they got a better chance than the goddamn pirates are you.

Graham 34:51

Yeah, because by that time you know Skeens is gonna be booba.

Scott 34:58

Dude, the way he's pitching right now, I don't know. Which brings me to another point.

The Motorboat Segment And IG Crushes

Scott 35:05

Uh please. My boy Skeens.

Graham 35:09

You know, let's hear it.

Scott 35:11

We introduced it, we introduced it last year, last week, and I sent a text out tonight to our boy Jeff. Jeff, uh, we're recording the podcast tonight. Need a motorboat and girl for us. Uh and he's like, dude, oh shit, too much pressure. I'm having a dinner tonight with the fam of the house. You have to do it proper for me. So, since I just mentioned skeins, you know what goes hand in hand with skeins. It's like peanut butter and jelly, ham and burger.

Graham 35:44

Ham and burger? Who says that?

Scott 35:47

Uh, the greatest movie ever, Friday. They said it. Uh, what's my guy's girlfriend's name? Livy Dunn. Livy Dunn, you are officially Jeff's motorboden son of a you're welcome. Jeff, I just gotta say this. This is two weeks in a row.

Graham 36:10

Thank you. I was just gonna say this. If this is his own effing segment, bro, step your game up.

Scott 36:17

Jeff had a lot of pressure on him today, you know, getting in the member gas that Duck was.

Graham 36:23

He's had a week.

Scott 36:26

Dude, I'm not gonna say you're wrong. I'm just saying it was a rough day for Jeff. You know, he had to get up early.

Graham 36:33

You know, Jeff, I'm gonna have to start busting your bolts if you're gonna keep doing this shit. I I'm just, you know.

Scott 36:39

I mean, I don't I don't well, I don't know. I don't even know. All I know is if you follow Amanda Ballionis on Instagram, left turn. If she wasn't the motorboating girl of the year. We all know that. I mean, come on, dude. Jeez Louise.

Graham 37:02

You might as well call this the Amanda Ballionis' hot chick of the week. Picking someone else. I mean, we're not replacing you, Jeff. We're not replacing you. We're just saying step your game up.

Scott 37:15

Yeah. Anyhow, gun to your head, who wins the open championship?

Gun-To-Head Winner And Betting Tiers

Graham 37:21

I like my pick. Let's go, Fitz. I like Matty Fitz.

Scott 37:27

I like it. I don't dislike it at all. I don't know if I could pick one person. If gun to my head, who do I think is gonna win? Give me Fleetwood.

Graham 37:40

I love it. I'd love to root for Fleetwood.

Scott 37:43

Give me Fleetwood. Uh I just I don't know. You know who else really I like a lot? I'm waiting. Morakawa. His back injuries done. His baby's finally born. They've been waiting on that. He played well in the Travelers. He's won the open before. You know, what is the open championship known about? You don't have to be the greatest putter in the world. Morakawa.

Graham 38:20

Ball placement. Hit those fairways.

Scott 38:23

Yeah. It's amazing to me how far Bryson has dropped in everything.

Graham 38:29

Well, when you can't make the cut at any of the majors.

Scott 38:32

I mean, even in my boy Ricky's pool that he does every every major. Dude. You know who's dropped out of the first tier? Uh Bryson and Ludwig.

Graham 38:51

I mean, does that encourage you to take him in the second tier?

Scott 38:55

Not really. Justin Rose jumped to the first tier.

Graham 39:02

Now, see, that's interesting.

Scott 39:06

Got her up first tier. But Rom's still sitting there in the first tier.

Graham 39:12

Well, it's because he's going off what the odds are.

Scott 39:16

No, it's the it's the easyoffice pools.com.

Graham 39:20

No, no, no. I get that, but I'm just saying, like, the people in the first tier, most of them are favorites, no?

Scott 39:30

Scotty, Rory, Rom, Fitzpatrick, Fleetwood, Shoffley, Cam Young, Goddard, Morikawa, Rose. Second tier. Brutal. Ludvig, Hatton, Pasty Bob, Wyndham, Sam Burns, Bryson, Hovlin, Neiman, Brooks, Lowry. Can'tly drop to the third tier. Somebody I was talking about earlier and said his name.

Graham 40:08

Norin. Norren's in the sixth tier, dude. World ranked 25.

Scott 40:16

He's 125 to 1. And what I say, finished last time the the open was there. I think it was pretty up there. It was close. I mean, I don't know, dude. It's a it's a tough event. The Open Championships always a tough one. But I don't know. Here we are. It's Monday night. You

Fantasy Football Season Starts Now

Scott 40:44

know. My club, dude, grand reopening on Wednesday. Let's go. Uh fun weekend with Andy in town. All-star break. You know. What do you do? What do you do? Football's right around the corner. We're already starting to blast out text messages and the fantasy threads. Doing research on keepers and stuff. Almost done with that, by the way. You're welcome, co-commissioner. Uh that's dude. It's it's almost that time, you know.

Graham 41:22

Hey, I'm not gonna lie, your boys already started doing the research. Uh, it's that time of the year where off time, car time, fantasy football network on Sirius XM, baby. Let's go.

Scott 41:36

Yeah, it's close. It's close, real close. Yeah, but uh I can't believe this fantasy stuff, uh, dude. Uh it's it's almost there.

Graham 41:50

I know. I'm so excited. I I'm just like, I'm ready to get this going. I got a couple people at work like, so you want to join our survivor league? And I was like, yes, sir.

Scott 42:01

Yeah.

Graham 42:01

You want to join this league? Yes, sir. I don't know. I just feel like now that you and I are not co-managing the San Diego League, two leagues is not enough for me. I mean, I don't want like five to seven, but like two is not enough. Considering one of the two is just like it's as you say, it's the air quote fun league. Like, I need a little more action.

Scott 42:22

Yeah, I mean, now that we're not in San Diego, it definitely opens up things because that was my main focus. That was my main focus. Right now, right. And I'm glad we're not in it anymore for multiple reasons.

Graham 42:38

You're right. You know, uh, but there's a void to be filled, don't you think?

Scott 42:43

Yeah, absolutely. Because we had uh that league, we had the vinegar strokes league, which is our fun league, yeah, and then the CBS League. Well, now I feel much better about not having a stress over the San Diego League, you getting there for the draft, yeah. You know, the whole deal. Even though that was probably the most fun league I've ever been in.

Graham 43:07

Well, that's the but the thing is that's just like and no knock on the league that we have with our friends, you know, in the CBS League, but it's just like it felt more competitive. Well, yeah, because they knew what they were doing.

Scott 43:23

And I didn't have to manage legal lineups and explain the rules 37,000 god dang times, like etc, etc. But you know, I do wanna, you know, Audrey, your Survivor League, definitely getting back in that.

Graham 43:44

Thousand percent.

Scott 43:45

You know, I don't know. It's that time. It's it is you know, it's July. What what's the day? I mean, thirteen. Thirteen. Yeah.

Graham 43:57

It's three weeks in the Hall of Fame games. Let's go.

Scott 44:01

Yeah, speaking of which, I need a public apology from you.

Graham 44:06

Why?

Scott 44:07

When you called me a moron when I said Aaron Donald was gonna be a Ram this year. It's not official, but it's official.

Graham 44:16

Well, when it's official, apologize.

Scott 44:20

Yeah, okay. And if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.

Graham 44:24

Hey, you still owe me a shot from four months ago, so don't even get on me about it.

Scott 44:29

I'll check your shot with the apology. You're woke.

Graham 44:32

That's fair. That's fair.

Scott 44:34

And what who was it? If my grandma had tires, she'd be a car.

Graham 44:39

Is that what it was? If my grandma had wheels, she'd be a bike.

Scott 44:42

Yeah, or something like that. Exactly. Jeez. Um, dude, it's a fun time. Golf's wrapping up. You know, last major, then we go straight in. You know, we got a couple weeks and then FedEx Cup playoffs. Our boy needs to do work. Fowler, let's go. Need a good week. And need to get in that top 30 so I can see you next year at Augusta. Speaking of Augusta, I looked it up the other night when my dad was here. Uh all they said was the lottery, they announced the lottery late July. It never they didn't they don't give a date.

Graham 45:23

You just gave me a mini heart attack right there. I'm like, I didn't see an email. So it's close.

Scott 45:27

It's close. It's close.

Graham 45:29

Oh my god, please, sweet baby Jesus.

Scott 45:32

It's close, dude. So let's go. Like I told my dad the other night when he's here Saturday, I'm like, you know, all of our everybody's gonna hit.

Graham 45:43

This is the year it's gonna happen because we got nowhere to stay. I hope not.

Scott 45:50

Guaranteed.

Graham 45:51

Hope it's just me. F everyone else.

Scott 45:56

Oh, speaking of a funny comment, Badger, the other day when Andy and I were playing, where the hell is it? Oh, here we go. We went out, we used that website, the Grant or whatever, you know, to do our scores.

Graham 46:10

Yeah.

Scott 46:11

And Badger goes, dude, hold on. He sent a screenshot and he goes, and Andy's handicap was a 34 playing handicap, playing index on the course we were playing was a 34. And he goes, Holy shit. Graham might be better than Andy at something. And I'm like, nope.

Graham 46:35

Graham beat Andy the last time we played together.

Scott 46:37

And he goes, Graham has a higher handicap than a 34. And I'm like, Graham doesn't play golf badger.

Graham 46:44

Yeah, that's not fair. Trust me, I'm working on it.

Scott 46:50

And by working on it, he means hanging out in the backyard in the pool.

Graham 46:55

Yeah, when it's 115 degrees outside, you're damn right I'm doing that.

Scott 47:01

On that note, Graham, get us out of here. It's the last major of the year. It's the all-star break. Let's go. Football is right around the corner. And dude.

UFC Card Takes And Patty’s Finish

Scott 47:15

Can I say we didn't talk about UFC. We did a little bit earlier. Oh. Can I talk about my new favorite UFC fighter?

Graham 47:24

I wouldn't say it's new, but my new. My new. Yeah. Yeah. I know who it is. My guy, Patty. What's his nickname? Patty Hattie or something. Oh my god, it's not your guy. Patty the Baddie. The baddie, whatever. Don't care.

Scott 47:49

Dude, how was that guy the underdog in that fight Saturday night? When he came out walking down, the energy my guy brought, I was like, oh my god, ain't no way this dude's losing.

Graham 48:04

Patty caught him in the sickest, nastiest chokehold. I mean, if he didn't catch him in that, that fight would have been I mean, look, woulda coulda shoulda. I'm just saying.

Scott 48:17

But like Yeah, if my aunt had a wheel, she'd be a car.

Graham 48:20

Yes, I get that. I'm just saying. Patty's submission was filthy. Nasty. Amazing. The guy that he fought, I mean, like, he was the badass. I I mean, like, he was no joke. That's what like that's what's great about when you have two, and I'll air quote this, healthy fighters. Literally anything can happen. Dude. I mean, dude, the whole card was really good. Except that last fight.

Scott 48:52

Yeah. I I just hey I I mean, the last two fights lasted a what grand total of under two minutes? Yeah. At least uh co-main event was legit versus the main event. And how do we forget, dude? My ring girl. What's her name? My girl Sophie. I motorboat girl a couple weeks ago. Dude, did you see the story about that? No. Tell me. Dude, I guess she walked in and Dana was her and Dana White are are friends.

Graham 49:30

Yeah.

Scott 49:31

She's like, I want to be up in the ring. He goes, in eight minutes he signed her a contract. And she he was like, You're up there. She couldn't wear a bikini like the other girls? I mean. I mean, she is a member of the itty bitty titty committee. So nobody was looking at her boobs, guy. We were looking at legs. You know how to use them. Anyhow, I mean, I was like, she was more exciting than the goddamn little leprechaun up there faking like he tore his ACL when he did it before the fight. Little fraud ass.

Graham 50:12

Hey, he made $10 million just for showing up.

Scott 50:15

Yeah. And so did Mike Tyson when he was biting dude's ears. On that note, Graham, get us out of here. Love you. I mean, whatever.

Graham 50:26

Oh, Scott. I always love when you end with a laugh. It's always a pleasure doing the podcast with you. Super excited about the open. Super excited about what's to come. And hey, as the best homie always says, booba.

Scott 50:42

Good night, friends. Good night, Leprechaun. I hope you enjoy your lucky chums. Love you all.

Graham 50:51

Booba.