Sliced Golf Podcast

We have another bonus episode for subscribers as 2012 US Open champion and Ryder Cup player, Webb Simpson joins the podcast. He tells us where is game is, why he still believes he can compete at the highest level, his dreams of Ryder Cup captaincy and memories from both Bethpage and his appearances as a player including that shot at Gleneagles. We discuss what the proposed changes to the PGA Tour...

Sliced snaps quickly out of World Cup fever to recap the real sport i.e. Michael Hollick winning the BMW International Open and Ben Kohles making a complete hollicks of the closing hole of the John Deere Classic, where Chris Gotterup won yet again. In the news we cover LIV players looking for a home and Zach Johnson's misplaced priorities which will see him skip a major to play in a senior major,...

Sliced brings you almost instant reaction to a Monday finish in the Travelers, where Viktor Hovland won for the first time in more than a year, in the process taking Scottie Scheffler past six months without silverware. Before that we dig into a double for PGA Tour and Open-bound Eugenio Chacarra plus there's talk of the Women's PGA, a breakthrough winner on the HotelPlanner Tour, and a lefty on t...

We're back with another bonus top 20 and this time the question is: who are the most surprising major winners this century? It took a little while to refine this list and in the end we eliminated anyone who went on to bag another, plus a certain surprise Masters champion whose subsequent career has been blighted by injury. There's talk of a 750/1 winner in the women's game, some who were playing i...

Sliced begins with analysis of the US Open, hitting all the key talking points: two majors for Wyndham Clark, his defiance of some crowd abuse, Sam Burns' putter failing him when he needed it, Scottie Scheffler making some uncharacteristic mistakes, and Joaquin Niemann being named the moral winner after a two-stroke penalty for a code of conduct violation. After that we spin through a tough near-m...

It's a massive week in the world of golf and the US Open takes up a good chunk of the podcast, but Sliced is about more than the majors so before we get to Shinnecock, you can expect: Bud Cauley's Canada win and how great it was to see him complete a remarkable journey; Jesper Svensson's improved second try at the PGA Tour; Matt Fitzpatrick's ideal prep; how the big names keep flattering to deceiv...

We've got another bonus episode for our subscribers and we're officially making it a series now, as we follow last week's top 20 national opens with another. This time we're asking, who are the best active players without a major championship win to their names? Yes, we do somewhat stretch the definition of active to ensure one surly Scot takes his place but where exactly does he fit in? Which cur...

We're back to relive some thrilling finishes across the world of professional golf at the weekend, starting with Eugenio Chacarra's one-shot win in the KLM Open where he took a big step towards realising his PGA Tour dream. JT Poston enjoyed a dream handshake with Mr Nicklaus when winning the Memorial after a gutsy recovery, while Nelly Korda denied Charley Hull her dream major breakthrough but on...

We've got another bonus episode for our subscribers and it's the first in a series, if you want it to be a series, as we rank the top 20 national opens. Why does one word in the title see one event punished? How much does the course rotation influence things? What has Flory Van Donck have to do with it all? Should one of them be a major? Should two of them sit back-to-back? And, above all else, wh...

The jingles are back but we say farewell to the Highest Bidder scoreboard at the end of today's episode of Sliced. Before all that, we start in Austria with a thriller in the mountains, Kota Kaneko's first DP World Tour win, positive words for two youngsters, and a what if for one Portuguese veteran. Then it's over to Colonial and a what if for Eric Cole, who looked set to win before Russell Henle...

Sliced sticks to the schedule on a Bank Holiday Monday, but there's a price: this is, we're sorry to say, a jingle-free episode. That and other technical issues aside, we're on hand to reflect on Sam's wonderful weekend away and Richard Sterne's stunning Soudal triumph, and how tough it will have been for his compatriot, Zander Lombard. We talk Wyndham Clark's putting masterclass and discuss where...

We're back a little later than usual to cover the biggest story in golf... plus Aaron Rai's PGA Championship win. Yes, that's right, Ben is the proud owner of the real Green Jacket but worry not, details of his success are brief before we crack on with congratulating Rai for an all-time great finishing burst to win at Aronimink. Course set-up complaints are considered too before we move through th...

Is it really a major if we don't really talk about it? That's the question fans of the PGA Championship must reckon with as we stick to our formula of covering last week's action and key news lines first, which means that Yurav Premlall, Chris Wood and Brandt Snedeker all earn priority status. Eventually, after analysing Jon Rahm's settlement with the DP World Tour, Bryson DeChambeau's desire to b...

In our latest bonus episode, we’re joined by DP World Tour winner and PGA Tour rookie John Parry, who took time out of preparations for the Myrtle Beach Classic to tell us what it’s like being on the PGA Tour and how he saved his career from near-retirement. We hear about the round of his life, how the DP World Tour differs, his plans for the rest of the year, and plenty more. Get 15% off with TRU...

We've a new DP World Tour champion after the Turkish Airlines Open and a future one who impressed on his first go in the mix on Sunday and that's where today's episode begins. Things were more straightforward at Doral where Cameron Young won but we suffered some Signature Event fatigue, Nelly Korda won again to keep up her phenomenal run in Mexico, and there was a major controversy on the Asian To...

This week's update on all things professional golf begins with a painful look back at how the China Open flipped in favour of Bernd Wiesberger at the expense of the oh-so-slow Adrian Otaegui, before Sam and Ben discuss yet another win for the Fitzpatrick family and how it all happened in New Orleans. Sam then digs into the USA's decision to give Jim Furyk another crack at Ryder Cup captaincy, Ben...

Fitz at the double, formidable Green, what next for LIV Golf after funding issues emerge Since last week's episode the world of golf news has been dominated once again by LIV Golf, and we're on hand to provide a timeline, the key facts and speculation, and ask what next as reports suggest PIF will pull the plug. Before that there's ample time to talk about Matt Fitzpatrick's second Harbour Town wi...

We're on hand to run through all the key talking pointers following another gripping renewal of the Masters, as Rory McIlroy defended his title, Scottie Scheffler finished a staying-on, record-breaking second, and Justin Rose had another chance to win a Green Jacket. We talk all those contenders plus Cam Young and Tyrrell Hatton, what to make of the set-up at Augusta, and where McIlroy now sits am...

Masters week is finally upon us and after a brief word about Sam's birthday and JJ Spaun vs Bob MacIntyre II, we focus on the first major of the year, beginning with how on earth do we follow McIlroy's grand slam win? With that dealt with, we talk trends and key stats and ask which of the many different preparations is best, before working our way through all the big names, from Scheffler, Rahm, B...

Our second bonus interview in quick succession is a chat with LET star Meghan MacLaren, which covers her career highs, her career lows, and much more. We discover what the financial realities of being even an in-form LET player are, why Meghan believes better access to majors is required, and just what it feels like to be standing on the tee wanting to be anywhere else. We find out how her form ha...

We begin this week's episode of Sliced where we like to, on the DP World Tour, with a recap of Alex Fitzpatrick's breakthrough win in a typically chaotic Indian Open at DLF. But the bigger stories follow, first with Gary Woodland's Houston Open win, a triumph in the face of personal adversity and one all of golf seemingly got behind. Then it's the rather more solemn news of Tiger Woods' car crash...

We begin our episode with praise for Jordan Gumberg and his career turnaround before getting stuck into the Valspar Championship, where Matt Fitzpatrick proved the pick of a particularly strong English challenge. We discuss his Augusta prospects and why his game is so well-rounded before taking in LIV's new event and a play-off between two world-class operators. But will both of them be at the nex...

Ewen Murray, the legendary Sky Sports commentator, joins Sliced for our first bonus interview of 2026. He tells us what happened at the Ryder Cup and why it made him want to walk away, what makes good commentary, and where the PGA Tour's international feed is going wrong. There's insight into life inside the commentary box including when Rory McIlroy made history, where that puts him among the gre...

The Players Championship delivered a thrilling finish and we spend a good chunk of time analysing Cameron Young's win, where it went wrong for Ludvig Aberg, and the shots Matt Fitzpatrick will regret. There's talk of Robert MacIntyre's improved form with Augusta in mind, likewise Xander Schauffele, and what made it such a great tournament to watch. We then discuss the future of the PGA Tour after...

Dan Bradbury denied Casey Jarvis a hat-trick in Joburg before Akshay Bhatia denied Daniel Berger in the Arnold Palmer. But are they anchoring the putter and should long putters even be allowed? That's one of the many topics covered along with Rory McIlroy's fitness, Viktor Hovland's quest for something out of reach, and Jon Rahm's comments on extortion. There are some lighter matters too like whet...