Two Off The Tee

Jeff has a hill he's willing to die on: if you're a 20-plus handicap, you do NOT need a rangefinder — the cart GPS is free, front-middle-back is all you can actually use, and lasering every shot is why your group plays so slow. James pushes back hard, and the "do amateurs need a rangefinder or is a cart GPS enough" debate turns into the most hate-comment-worthy take we've don...

Golf turned into a courtroom this week. After Bob Does Sports' Joey Coldcut got accused of lifting an embedded ball (and threw a fit on camera), we spent the whole episode building rules to stop "sus" activity in our own league: declare your ball, mark your opponent's ball ("the Cowboy Rule"), and a "call sus" penalty where a wrong accusation costs YOU a strok...

We teamed up for Brother vs Brother, and it fell apart: James shot 116 — twelve drops, nine lost balls on the back nine, zero pars — two days after we both shot our best rounds of the year (83 and 84 walking the tips). Now we're on the longest losing streak of our careers, and we spent hole 10 arguing about who's the worst teammate. Then the hard truth: a kid three years into golf is beati...

Brother vs Brother is still unsettled — Jeff says the Bridges of Poplar round "doesn't count" because James switched the venue with no notice, and we never got a verdict. So you decide: counts = Jeff's 0-2, doesn't = 0-1. New twist for Game 3 — Jeff calls James with one hour's notice, names the course, and James can't say no. James says he'll sweep it 4-0 and stil...

Brother vs Brother Round 2 took place at Bridges of Poplar; Jeff lost again — and now he says it "doesn't count" because James switched the venue with two hours' notice. James says Jeff asked if it counts, agreed, recorded the whole thing, then backpedaled after getting spanked. So we're letting you decide: counts = Jeff's 0-2, doesn't = 0-1, and we replay at Mount Pr...

Our first-ever Path to Par major became the "Squawk at the T-Hawk." Tom won the Members Open at Thunderhawk by playing the senior tees as a single-digit handicap. Legal, but is it a championship or an asterisk? The brothers fight over tiered tee boxes versus a single standard tee for everyone. Then the receipts: Brother vs Brother Round 1 finally happened at Highlands of Elgin, and Jeff...

Brother vs Brother Round 1 is happening on camera Sunday at Highlands of Elgin — and Jeff picked the course on purpose because James plays well there. The whole plan is to beat him on his home turf and break him for Round 2. GoPros mounted, stroke play, same tee box. Before the reveal, the brothers fight about the PGA Championship winner showing up in iron covers AND two gloves, a $288 bet that tu...

The brothers finally drop the name of the indoor golf sim business — SIMMIES — and the landlord agreed to their terms on Location 1 in Carol Stream. Six bays. 24/7. Lease being drafted. Before the reveal, James locks Jeff into Brother vs Brother Round 1 next Wednesday at Mount Prospect with a $200 dinner on the line, McLaren is now selling $4,000 golf irons, Jon Rahm hit a volunteer with a divot s...

$80 to WALK a course in Chicago? Jeff and James open EP26 with a real rant on amateur golf pricing — Mt Prospect, Chevy Chase, Seven Bridges — and ask, "When did this get this expensive?" Inside the episode: Jeff shot 95 at Seven Bridges and walks through how a guy named Tom went minus-five on the front, then blew up the back with two ill-advised 3-wood decisions. James played Chevy Chas...

Jeff finally admits on camera that he's been letting James win for years — then the brothers lock in a 7-game Brother vs Brother series, first to 4 wins, gross stroke play, course picks week-of. Before that, James is tied for first in the Path to Par league for the second event in a row. The brothers argue Old Oak's pin placements were illegal, Nelly Korda dominates the Chevron, Charlie Hu...

Jeff and James finally reveal the golf project they have been working on: an indoor golf simulator business with multiple bays, 24/7 access, and extensive AI support behind the scenes. The episode starts with James having to admit Jeff beat him straight up, then moves into LIV Golf's future, Chicago handicap friction, Golf Genius, and the great golf cart vs. walking debate. Leave a review and...

Jeff played two rounds this weekend and both were a disaster. Not his game (okay, also his game) but the people around him. Six guys showed up to one tee time at White Pines. Speakers blasting. Groups skipping holes on a packed Saturday. A five and a half hour round. COVID golfers are out of control and we are not holding back. We also react to Rory McIlroy winning back-to-back Masters titles, Ser...

Is golf etiquette actually dead? Jeff and James break down the wildest stories from public courses this season — from solos blasting music on the tee box to balls flying at you before you're off the green. Plus: Tiger Woods gets arrested, Phil Mickelson pulls out, and the Masters is missing both legends for the first time since 1994. Jeff also doubles down on his standing 4v4 challenge to ever...

Jeff was at Augusta National for the Par 3 Contest last April. First time telling the full story on the show — the 3:30am departure, nearly falling asleep watching the Par 3 Contest, the food, the merch, and what it was like to walk that course in person. Then: YouTube golf announced a league and didn't invite us. Path to Par has been running one for ten seasons. We have thoughts — and the 4v4...

The Masters is three weeks away and Jeff and James are making their picks — including a $25 YOLO on Tiger Woods at +25,000 odds. Bryson DeChambeau just won back-to-back LIV events and James wants a LIV player to win Augusta just to make a point.   Then the hosts get into the golf ball debate that never ends:are amateurs playing the wrong ball? Jeff argues consistency matters at any level. James sa...

We hit the Chicago Golf Expo and had thoughts. Some good, some bad, and one of us walked away with a free round of golf at Sol Tan Run and Buffalo Trace in Indiana. First raffle win of his life. We break down Akshay Bhatia's comeback win at the Arnold Palmer down five shots on Sunday, Jon Rahm's LIV win, and what world rankings actually mean now, and why calling The Players a fifth major i...

Shane Lowry had a 3-shot lead with 3 holes left at PGA National and gave the tournament away with back-to-back water balls — and Jeff had money on him. Jeff and James break down the mental game collapse, what it feels like to protect a lead and fail, and how every amateur has a version of this story. Back in Chicago, the brothers hit the indoor simulator to get Path to Par GC Season 10-ready. The...

A stolen putter, a 16-year comeback, and 8 guys playing golf in February in Chicago. Collin Morikawa won Pebble Beach with a putter he borrowed from a friend. Anthony Kim came back after 16 years and beat Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau at LIV Adelaide. Then we played our first round of 2026, and the scores tell the whole story. Plus: Chicago's $50 million Megalodome indoor golf course, golf et...

EP 14 of Two Off the Tee. James takes the hosting chair as the brothers break down the WM Phoenix Open chaos. First up: streamer Jack Doherty gets a lifetime PGA Tour ban after paying a fan $100 to scream during Mackenzie Hughes' backswing. Is the ban too harsh or exactly right? Then the real story — Hideki Matsuyama's heartbreaking playoff loss after a chair drop disrupted his swing on 18...

Episode 13 is the turning point. We stop pretending this is just a casual golf league and start treating it like a real club . Handicap reductions, sandbagging, attendance issues — and the biggest change of all: only the Top 12 make the playoffs . Sung Kim joins as the unelected chairman and makes the case that flips the room. By the end of the episode, participation trophies are dead, and competi...

In this episode, James takes the host chair and puts Jeff on the spot. We break down how we actually got into golf, why perfection drives us insane, and how handicaps might be breaking amateur competition. We dive deep into: Why high handicaps keep winning leagues Whether match play is better than stroke play for amateurs The controversial “exceptional score” handicap rule Incentives (or lack of t...

This episode spirals fast. We sit down with Kawboy and dive straight into golf’s most toxic debate: handicaps vs straight-up play . What starts as league talk turns into a full-blown argument about gimmies, pace of play, tee boxes, rules, vanity handicaps, and whether golfers are actually getting better—or just hiding behind math. We debate: • Are handicaps making golf fair—or soft? • Should leagu...

Two Off The Tee gets heated. A public call-out turns into a real challenge, and we break down whether it’s confidence or desperation. From handicap debates to PGA vs LIV favoritism, this episode covers ego, data, and why everyone suddenly wants a piece.

Episode 9 gets heated. What starts as brother vs brother turns into full-blown golf league drama—handicaps, sandbagging, family loyalty, and ego all collide when we bring on our first-ever guest, MGGA Champion Tom Kim. We debate: Whether handicap golf is broken Why low handicaps are always the angriest League integrity, sandbagging, and “playing the system.” Playoff pressure, clutch putts, and col...

Ten years in, things get personal. This episode starts with brother vs. brother as Jeff and James set up a 7-round series to finally settle it on the course — straight up, no excuses, and three months to train. From there, we zoom out to the bigger picture. We break down where MGGA is headed in year 10, including playoff structure, attendance issues, handicap integrity, pace of play, and why some...