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One week before the Solheim Cup, Alison Lee explains how a player who wasn't on Angela Stanford's radar in January played her way onto Team USA by June — after an emergency C-section, a first range session that ended in tears, and a driver that "looked like I hit a marshmallow." She goes back to the week she finished dead last in Dallas and nearly walked away, the swing coach who "brought me back from the dead," the Freddie Couples text thread that flipped a switch, and the broomstick putter she wishes she'd found three years earlier. Kent and Scottie get her on the points system she'd change, why she's never been on a losing U.S. team, what a 2015 rookie learned from Cristie Kerr and Paula Creamer, the WTGL, Golf Saudi's money and what it means for the LET — and Caddy Corner, where the most underrated tour stop stumps her cold. Plus: what she hopes her son thinks when he watches her play, and the retirement plan that kicks in the moment she finally wins.

0:00 Cold open — "I got dead last"

0:37 Welcome — Solheim Cup week

0:50 Alison Lee joins

2:14 How she got onto Angela Stanford's radar

5:41 The Golf Channel booth with Grant Boone

8:36 The points system she'd change

15:32 Never on a losing U.S. team

17:26 A 2015 rookie, starstruck — now the veteran

21:37 The last American mom at a Solheim was 2017

23:36 The marshmallow driver — coming back after Levi

25:35 Winning overseas and what a team room needs

30:21 How the LPGA has changed since 2015

33:17 A rookie class for the ages

37:08 The lowest point — dead last in Dallas

38:20 Chris Mason and the turnaround

39:11 Perspective: UCLA, friends, and her mom

41:57 The Freddie Couples text thread

44:18 The broomstick

49:21 WTGL — what year one has to do

52:03 Golf Saudi, LIV and the LET

55:24 Caddy Corner

58:46 "I hope he thinks I'm a cool mom"

60:19 Sign-off

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Sean Melia of Bay State Golf spent the week on the ground at TPC Boston, and he came

back with the story of the FM Championship that the broadcast didn't tell: Megan

Khang's father, who is also her coach, cheerfully absolving himself of any

responsibility for his daughter's putting — while half-swinging a club on the range

as she played. Kent and Scottie work through Ruoning Yin's sixth win and first in

over 600 days, what TPC Boston is actually like as a fan and a photographer, and

whether a tournament with this much investment behind it deserves major status. Then

the Solheim Cup, where both captains have already made calls worth questioning:

Anna Nordqvist retiring mid-captaincy and taking herself out of a roster she'd walk

onto, and Angela Stanford leaving the Angel Yin decision open far too long. Plus the

WTGL rosters finally land — five teams, twenty-five players, and one very loud

absence.

Chapters

0:00  Cold open — "I'm a great putter, I don't know why she can't make any putts"

0:24  Ruoning Yin ends 600 winless days at the FM Championship

1:23  Sean Melia of Bay State Golf joins from the ground

2:08  What TPC Boston was actually like all week

11:40 Playing half the public courses in Massachusetts

14:49 The Athletic's story on players and the people who follow them

19:06 Does the FM Championship deserve major status?

20:25 The mystery of Megan Khang

30:40 Both Solheim captains have already slipped

32:05 Angela Stanford, Angel Yin, and a cutoff set too late

43:21 The WTGL rosters land — and Nelly Korda says no

54:37 Sean's plug and sign-off

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One week before the Solheim Cup, Angel Yin sits down for her first podcast interview since

the illness that knocked her out of the KPMG — and tells the whole story: the

Thursday-night ER visit between rounds ("I told him, I have to leave — it's a

major"), the weeks that blurred together, and the agreement with captain Angela

Stanford that made Boston her test run. She breaks down why an 81-76 doesn't say

what you think it says, the 5-3-1 Solheim record she credits to her partners, and

why she refuses to look at Bernardus before she lands. Scottie brings the caddie's

answer to the form question — believe — and Kent tries to get a pairing out of her

(she's "secretive"). Plus: the diet ("I'm going to abolish 'restrictive'"), two

rotisserie chickens a week, a PS5 from Costco, the story behind the HACI hat, and

a Caddy Corner where Scottie rats out what she really shot at Norton. It ends the

only way it could: "This is your spot. You've earned this."

Chapters

0:00 Cold open

0:31 Taco trucks first, golf second

1:57 "You are going to the Solheim Cup"

2:32 The ER visit between rounds at the KPMG

5:34 "Very resolvable" — what recovery actually looked like

10:08 One week of prep and a leap of faith

12:58 The Friday call to her caddie

14:35 "Everyone and their moms have an opinion"

16:15 Three captains: Juli, Stacey, Angela

17:39 "Golf is life" — never separated

20:38 Not all 81s are created equal

24:13 The caddie's answer to the form question

27:40 Consistency — and the fortune-teller at the takeout counter

29:27 Abolishing "restrictive": the two-rotisserie-chicken week

33:37 The only thing that could stop her

34:47 The SoCal gang goes to the Netherlands

35:32 5-3-1: the partners behind the record

36:51 Who's she playing with? "I'm secretive"

38:50 Reading roars on the road

40:25 Teamwork, unity — and Lady Luck

41:39 Why she won't Google the course (ask JJ Spaun)

43:15 The captain's ask: putt and chip

44:13 Team Angel: Jesus, Carmen, and the group chat

45:54 A PS5 from Costco: Borderlands, Spider-Man, GTA

50:03 Caddy Corner: the HACI hat and what she shot at Norton

53:54 Eight under through nine — and banned from ESPN's Top 10

54:36 Who should be next?

56:51 "This is your spot. You've earned this."

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The U.S. Solheim Cup team is set. Captain Angela Stanford spent her three picks on Megan Khang, Rose Zhang and 35-year-old rookie Lindy Duncan — and Kent and Scottie have thoughts.

The guys react to the full 12 headed to Bernardus Golf (Sept 11–13), argue over who the two alternates should be, name their X-factors, replay the "what if qualifying had ended at the AIG?" question, and put final scores on the record. Plus: Miyu Yamashita's record-tying 23-under rout in Canada.

Hosted by Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard.

Chapters:

0:00 Cold Open

0:21 A Nine-Shot Rout and Three Captain's Picks

1:58 Why Khang, Zhang and Duncan

8:28 Who Are Your Two Alternates?

12:16 The X-Factor

15:24 The AIG What-If

18:39 The Megan Khang Question

22:08 Top-Line Talent After Nelly

27:03 Score Predictions

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Six Americans are locked in, Angela Stanford has three captain's picks left, and

this is the week the arguing stops being hypothetical. Megan Khang, Rose Zhang,

Lilia Vu, Lucy Li, Lindy Duncan and Jenny Bae are all live for three spots — and

Kent and Scottie do not agree on how to sort them. Worldwide also brings the view from inside the ropes in Portland,

including what Rose Zhang's caddie told him on Sunday about her back. Plus:

Jeeno Thitikul closes with a 64 to win the Standard Portland Classic — her third

title of the season, the 10th of her career, and the eighth player ever to reach

ten before turning 24. Angel Yin still hasn't played in two months and nobody can reach her,

which drags the two-alternate rule into the conversation. And Kiara Romero

becomes the second player ever to earn a card through LEAP, one year after Lottie

Woad — a pathway Kent calls long overdue, and the reason the best amateurs can

now finish school without gambling on Q-School.

Chapters

00:00  Cold open

00:19  "Separation anxiety" — a week off, and Spain

01:51  Jeeno's 64 in Portland, and the 10-win club before 24

06:35  The Hall of Fame question — and an 88% answer

08:55  Three more Americans punch their Solheim tickets

15:44 The captain's-pick argument neither host wins

21:34 Where is Angel Yin?

24:03 The alternates nobody thinks about until they matter

29:08 Kiara Romero, LEAP, and the card that skips Q-School

33:18 Why college stars stall when they turn pro

35:33 The loneliness nobody warns a 21-year-old about

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Esther Henseleit's 40-footer on the 72nd hole changed the composition of the European Solheim Cup team. Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard breakdown the impact, Shiho Kuwaki's playoff victory, and take a snap look at the now-finalized European roster at Bernardus.

0:00: Intro and analysis of the playoff

25:51: A quick review of Team Europe

42:56: Why over half the American roster might be finalized before the qualifying period ends and Rolex Annika Major Award discussion

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Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard close the major season with their final draft of the year, splitting a 25-player pool ahead of the 50th AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Kent — carrying a 3-1 Majors Poker series lead and two days removed from the San Francisco half marathon — opens with Nelly Korda on her birthday week, noting that a win there hands her the LPGA's Grand Slam and a straight ticket to the Hall of Fame, then stacks Brooke Henderson, the world number two and Lydia Ko behind her. Scottie counters with Charley Hull, defending champion Miyu Yamashita and Alison Lee, and brings the view from inside the ropes: a forty-minute call with his player, who walked eighteen at Lytham that morning and put both a three iron and a four iron in the bag for a course playing fast and firm enough that almost nobody is hitting driver. He walks the holes that will decide it — the wind pushing right-to-left at 8, the blind tee shot at 16, the right-hand bunkers at 18 you cannot reach the green from — and puts the winning score at 13 under. In between, the two build competing top-five lists of the LPGA players who should launch YouTube channels, a segment Charley Hull's own Sweet Spot Golf launch sets up, landing on Megan Khang, Ariya Jutanugarn, Linn Grant, the Iwai twins and, at the top for both, Nelly and Lydia. They also map Team Europe's last open Solheim spot down to the two players still in range with one week to play, and Scottie names the four captain's picks he believes Anna Nordqvist would make if the team were set today. Kent's hot take lands last and has nothing to do with any of it: he does not want a golf course to start with a par three.

0:00 — "Just eat at Chipotle. None of this stuff is that good"

2:07 — Majors Poker: a 3–1 lead and 25 names

2:54 — Lytham recon: a new three iron and a new four iron

4:50 — Nelly Korda on her birthday week

6:44 — "Charley launched her YouTube"

9:37 — Brooke Henderson and the engagement boost

14:22 — Jenny Shin won — and why Kent still passed

16:12 — Who else should launch a YouTube channel?

16:56 — Megan Khang, the first to ask how you're doing

25:49 — Nelly with control of the edit

28:13 — The Iwai twins and the Dallas Cowboys

29:57 — "Drum roll please" — Lydia Ko at number one

32:36 — One Solheim spot, 35 players who could take it

37:57 — Fast, firm, and no drivers: Lytham hole by hole

41:31 — Georgia Hall shot 17 under here

42:53 — Kent's hot take: don't start me on a par three

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Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard sit down with Grant Boone, the lead play-by-play voice of LPGA broadcasts, for a wide-ranging hour and forty on a tour he argues has never been deeper — or harder to win on. Boone, who called his first LPGA event in March 2000 and has worked alongside Donna Caponi, Judy Rankin, Dottie Pepper, Morgan Pressel and Karen Stupples, uses that span as a measuring stick: in Rankin's era you beat eighteen or twenty great players and all the Sandras; now the depth runs so far down the field that a rookie can lose her card before she's had fifteen real starts. Kent drives the analysis — ranking Nelly Korda's three most dominant seasons against each other, pressing on whether the schedule has drained the emotional juice out of the tour, and mapping the Solheim Cup math down to four players for three captain's picks. Scottie brings the view from inside the ropes, including a 270-yard uphill three wood at last year's International Crown he still doesn't quite believe. Along the way: what's genuinely under-discussed about Nelly, why Haeran Ryu's putter — not her ball-striking — is what finally changed, whether Minjee Lee's 85 at Scottish means anything at all, and a spirited argument over whether four of five majors can really be a Grand Slam. Boone's commissioner-for-a-day answer is the one to stick around for, and it isn't about television. Kent's hot take lands late and cuts against the guest: Boone insists a broadcaster's work doesn't matter much next to a teacher's or a social worker's — and Kent pushes back hard, because unlike the men's game, the LPGA has no beat corps on the ground, which means the stories Boone tells are the only ones many of these players will ever get told.

CHAPTERS

0:00 — "Everyone's fighting for the Iron Throne"

1:24 — Beat the Sandras and you could win

5:55 — Ranking Nelly's three best seasons

10:58 — Everybody wants a piece of Nelly

16:08 — "We didn't have mental health coaches"

22:32 — "How many times can you hit a five-foot putt?"

26:06 — Haeran Ryu shot 78 on a Saturday

31:38 — "Can I go for it?" — 270 uphill

33:40 — The breakout pick for Lytham

35:37 — Four of five majors — a Grand Slam?

39:45 — "Wait, who are they?"

45:07 — Saying her name the way she wants it said

52:32 — Kent pushes back: nobody's writing these stories

57:08 — Who's playing for a Solheim spot at Lytham

1:04:56 — Four players, three picks

1:09:12 — The Alison Lee Fan Club

1:12:28 — Commissioner for a day

1:23:22 — One word for Lexi: "potential"

1:32:14 — The Hall of Fame math that keeps Cristie Kerr out

1:37:18 — Power-ranking ice cream (#heresTheScoop)

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Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard sit down with U.S. Solheim Cup captain Angela Stanford, just back from Team USA's scouting trip to Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands ahead of the September 2026 matches against Anna Nordqvist's Europe. The 2018 Evian champion — now captaining after six Solheim Cups as a player and three as an assistant — breaks down what the recon confirmed: a firm, fast course she expects to be defended by wind and hole locations, and a young American core that genuinely likes being around each other. Scottie draws out the human side of the job — the first time she stood in front of the players as the decision-maker, building trust one private conversation at a time, and why she'd rather each player understand why they matter than simply "bond." Kent works the strategy: how Stanford weighs a hot hand against a trusted veteran for her captain's picks, why so few Americans having won in Europe reshaped her thinking on rookies, and whether she'd send a player out for all five sessions. Along the way — Alison Lee's late-summer surge into the conversation, Jenny Bae's grit, Auston Kim in the mix, and how KPMG Performance Insights lead analyst Justin Ray's analytics ("I'm probably 50/50") sit beside the eye test. Plus a Mike Tyson mantra about plans and punches, the loneliest call she'll have to make, and the one thing Stanford wishes everyone understood: the Solheim Cup deserves to be spoken of in the same breath as the Ryder Cup.

Chapters:

00:00 — "Everybody has a plan till you get punched in the mouth"

03:10 — Fresh off Bernardus: the real read on the course and the team

05:36 — The par 3 that could blow a session wide open

07:22 — "Where's Stacy?" — the day the buck stopped with her

09:02 — Earning trust, one private conversation at a time

12:19 — Hot hand or ride-or-die vet? Inside the captain's picks

14:30 — The stat that flipped how she sees this whole team

17:08 — Alison Lee's red-hot audition

20:31 — What keeps Anna Nordqvist up at night

22:13 — The gut-punch calls nobody sees

23:20 — Forget "bonding" — why she wants buy-in

28:25 — Numbers vs. the eye test (and not overreacting)

31:27 — Four events left: who's grabbing a spot?

34:12 — Europe's quiet edge & leaning on her assistants

36:55 — Her assistants' eyes, and the advice she lives by

42:04 — The loneliest call — and going all-in on five

47:54 — Legacy, 2028 & golf's respect gap

54:54 — What she needs locked in by the first tee

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Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard review the 2026 Evian Championship, where Haeran Ryu won a playoff over Brooke Henderson for her second major of the season — the first time in LPGA history two players have each won multiple majors in the same year. Scottie, fresh off the flight home from Evian-les-Bains, brings the on-site read on the finish and a Solheim Cup scoop from his connecting flight; Kent brings the numbers, breaking down Henderson's six-eagle weekend (three on Sunday, including an ace) and a tightening Player of the Year race between Nelly Korda and Ryu. Secondary threads: Lydia Ko's caddie situation for the week (why her regular caddie stayed on Lindy Duncan's bag instead), a running debate over whether the LPGA is seeing "too many 60s" lately, and Solheim Stock Watch — team-points math for both sides off Scottie's spotting of several prospects on his flight out of Geneva. Kent's hot take: he pushes back hard on the idea that players are under any obligation to talk to media after a tough round, arguing it's core to being a professional athlete — Scottie disagrees. Plus a lighthearted Major Poker recap and the hosts' running bragging-rights tally.

CHAPTERS

0:00 — Show Open

9:41 — Henderson's six-eagle weekend

13:36 — Player of the Year race tightens

14:53 — Do players owe the media anything?

25:11 — Lydia Ko's caddie shuffle

29:25 — Too many 60s?

33:21 — Solheim Stock Watch

51:15 — Major Poker & sign-off

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Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard preview the 2026 Evian Championship live from Evian-les-Bains, France, where Worldwide is on-site overlooking Lake Geneva. The duo revisit last year's finish — Grace Kim's eagle on 18 to force a playoff, then a chip-in eagle to win it, in what Worldwide calls one of the best closes he's ever watched in any sport — before breaking down what's changed at Evian for 2026: a new fairway bunker guarding the tee shot on the closing par five and softened, resurfaced greens on 1 and 5. Then it's on to the Major Poker draft, with both hosts building five-player teams. To close, Kent and Worldwide debate a hypothetical: if Evian weren't a major, what would replace it? Their answers range from South Korea to Boston to Los Angeles, with more overlap than either expected. Plus: a beer-garden upgrade (Stella replaces Heineken this year) and the running tally of Worldwide's post-round celebrations.

0:00 — Open

2:42 — Revisiting last year's miracle finish

8:24 — What's changed at Evian: the new bunker on 18 and softer greens

13:33 — Major Poker: drafting our teams

26:20 — The debate: if not Evian, what's the LPGA's true 5th major?

44:11 — Beer garden banter, a Stella-over-Heineken upgrade, and sign-off

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Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard recap the 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Hazeltine National, where Hae Ran Ryu closed the deal on her first major — trailing by 10 shots after an opening 73, then going back to the putter that had worked for her before. The hosts break down a wild final round with the lead changing hands repeatedly on the front nine, a 36-hole record-setter who led by as many as seven strokes before fading to second, and a major-poker week that neither host actually won outright for the first time all season. Along the way: Nelly Korda's relentless climb up the all-time career-earnings list, a ten-year-anniversary nod to Brooke Henderson's maiden major (with a new family name to go with it), and a full Solheim Cup Stock Watch — Europe's stock running into an LET-membership eligibility snag despite a career week, and the American points race tightening behind the tour's seventh-and-final automatic qualifying spot. The back half digs into a Golfweek column on the LPGA's purse-vs-fan-experience tension, with the hosts debating ticket prices, on-site activations, and what the tour could learn from the Savannah Bananas — before setting their sights on Evian.

0:00 — Show Open

1:55 — Major Poker recap: a week nobody picked the winner

8:37 — Nelly Korda's record-setting climb up the career money list

12:25 — The final-round leaderboard chaos & the runner-up's raw reaction

15:56 — Brooke Henderson's 10-year major anniversary

18:14 — Solheim Cup Stock Watch: Europe's eligibility crisis

29:14 — Solheim Cup Stock Watch: the American points battle

38:33 — The Golfweek debate: purses vs. fan experience

49:58 — What the LPGA could learn from the Savannah Bananas

54:10 — Looking ahead to Evian

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Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard preview the 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship from Hazeltine National — where Worldwide is on the bag this week and Kent returns to the site of Hannah Green's 2019 win, a result he frames as a changing-of-the-guard moment for the LPGA. Worldwide brings the caddie's-eye view: course setup, a wet forecast softening the greens, why length will be at a premium, and a little intel from the champions' dinner. Kent brings the analyst's lens, tracing Hazeltine's history from Inbee Park's dominance to defending champion Minjee Lee, then unpacking the Solheim Cup math — points vs. world rankings, captain's picks, and the three-major summer that will decide Anna Nordqvist's European and Angela Stanford's American rosters. Along the way: the duo's running KPMG poker draft (pool only — no picks spoiled here), a debate over which players most need a strong stretch, and a reminder of how far the women's game has come, from a $3.85M purse in 2019 to $13M today. With the season's poker crown on the line, the bragging rights have never mattered more.

Chapters

0:00 — Welcome to Episode 9: Worldwide's Hazeltine homecoming

1:37 — Hazeltine, 2019 & the LPGA's changing of the guard

4:19 — The KPMG Championship poker draft

17:32 — Solheim Cup math: points, standings & the road to the rosters

20:56 — Three players who need a big major stretch

35:20 — Then & now: a $3.85M purse becomes $13M

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Nelly Korda is a four-time major champion. Kent and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard break down her win at the 81st U.S. Women's Open at Riviera Country Club — from the 71st-hole birdie to the three-footer that nearly let Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez force a playoff. Worldwide spent the week on-site as a caddy (including ESPN+ Featured Groups coverage with Ingrid Lindblad and Lottie Woad) and explains why Riviera played like a ball-striker's paradise. Plus: why this is the LPGA's third — and best — chance to market Nelly, a Curtis Cup preview at Bel-Air with Kiara Romero's LEAP push, and Schedule Watch on the compressed major stretch ahead. Kent's hot take: move the Chevron to LA or New York for good.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Cold Open: "That Nelly Three-Footer"

0:19 Welcome / U.S. Women's Open at Riviera

1:13 Nelly Korda's Historic Fourth Major

5:36 The Perfect Storm: Riviera + Hollywood + Nelly

7:57 The LPGA's Third Swing at Marketing Nelly

14:55 Riviera: A Ball-Striker's Paradise

18:25 Strokes Gained: Why This Setup Rewarded Nelly

21:35 Birdie Fest vs. Ball-Striker Test

24:56 Charley Hull & Gaby Lopez Nearly Force a Playoff

28:10 Worldwide's Featured Groups Cameo

31:37 What LPGA Broadcasts Still Need

32:07 Curtis Cup Preview at Bel-Air / Kiara Romero's LEAP Push

36:22 Schedule Watch: Three Majors in Four Events

42:43 Fix Ideas + Move the Chevron

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Kent and Scottie are joined by The Edge’s Fearless Leader, Scott Walker, for another round of majors poker. Nelly Korda’s pick is a given, but who else does the trio choose for their teams of five*? The group then breaks down which selections would most impact the LPGA with a win at Riviera this week.

2:44: Poker Draft Begins

15:50: Scottie breaks down Riviera’s conditions this week

20:39: Which winner would most boost LPGA marketability this week?

35:58: The gang all has the same No.1. Why it’s Nelly Korda

40:13: The importance of driving with a spare tire

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Kent and Scottie are joined by U.S. Women's Open Champion Allisen Corpuz for a lengthy discussion that mentions bathrooms more times than you’d expect. Corpuz delves into what a life-changing experience winning a major is like, the Pebble Beach perks she’s received, and the influx of LinkedIn connections she got. The USC grad breaks down the challenges of Riviera, before Scottie gets some intel for European Solheim Captain Anna Nordqvist, as Allisen explains the chemistry between herself and Nelly Korda to be the first Americans to win their first four straight matches together: no other tandem won more than two. Scottie closes with Caddie Call it rapid-fire questions, before making another prediction on the winning score this week.

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0:48: Allisen joins the show and discusses Riviera fresh off an 18-hole practice round

3:15: Discussion of Corpuz winning at Pebble and the challenges of winning a major

17:10: Allisen discusses how she and Nelly have been such a dominant foursomes force at the Solheim Cup

25:08: Allisen’s perspective on the player meeting in Cincinnati

34:11: Why Allisen focuses on carrying herself with kindness on tour

39:13: Caddie Calls it- five rapid fire questions

44:40: Corpuz and Scottie predict the winning score

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Kent and Scottie break down the Kroger Queen City Championship after Scottie gets an appropriate amount of rest after navigating the hills of Maketewah Country Club. In an up and down conversation, the pair discuss Woad’s victory, how an average player can handle hilly lies, the tour’s stars continuing to win as we head towards the U.S. Women’s Open, who are the LPGA’s household names. They zag back briefly to the Mizuho America’s Open to discuss the importance of moms on tour before paying homage to Leonie Harm’s journey on the LET.

00:25: Woad’s Victory Discussion

5:41: The cheat code in handling hilly lies

14:51: The LPGA’s stars are dominating: any reasons why relative to 2025?

23:20: Amanda Doherty’s impressive T-5 and the game within a game for status she had to play with a 36-hole lead

30:04: The Mizuho America’s Open finished on Mother’s Day and the imperative for finding ways to get Mom’s competitive on tour again

37:18: Leonie Harm’s victory on the LET and why it’s what we root for in sports

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Kent and Scottie are joined by Ryan French of Monday Q to discuss his article from the Mizuho Americas Open, Playing it Safe, highlighting the many layers that prevent the LPGA and its players from connecting with its audience. The conversation was not played safe. The trio passed the buck around between the tour, the players, and the media on who is responsible for the current disconnect.

1:03: Ryan joins the show as they discuss Scottie and Ryan’s pro-am victory before discussing Playing it Safe

9:42: The challenges in properly covering the LPGA from the media side

20:25: What do we know about World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul and how that reflects how much the fans don’t know about top players

27:40: Challenges for players to be vulnerable in press conferences and for media to earn player trust to tell deeper stories

36:00: Wrestling with Nelly Korda’s responsibility as the overwhelming talent to be the face of the tour

39:45: Rose Zhang’s career as a microcosm of missed opportunities from the tour and media on properly covering her

43:00: Ryan shares his phone call with LPGA Commissioner Craig Kessler and Chief Marketing Officer Chad Coleman and the tour’s perspective on his piece and what the tour wants to do to solve some of the stagnation

56:22: What does a perfect world look like and how to create it to solve the disconnect and discussion of being available to media being brought up during the player meeting in Cincinnati

1:11:09: Kent and Scottie debrief to wrap up the episode

Ryan’s article: https://www.mondayq.com/story/playing-it-safe

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Kent and Scottie discuss Nelly Korda’s third win in six starts this year: does it feel like 2024 all over again when she won five in a row and seven events? The pair discuss Nelly’s national media ventures onto the Pat McAfee show and its impact on the LPGA. Scottie takes us inside the caddie meeting with LPGA commissioner Craig Kessler on Tuesday at the Mizuho LPGA Open, while the pair discuss PIF’s stopping their investment in LIV for 2027 and how that might impact the women’s game. They close discussing the six names added to the WTGL for a total of 14 players, contemplate additional names, and Scottie shares insights from Michelle Wie West’s practice ahead of her first LPGA tournament in three years.

0:13: Intro

1:15: Scottie brags about winning the Mizuho LPGA pro-am caddieing for Ingrid Lindblad

2:10: The LPGA cheat code: not getting overwhelmed with rare opportunity as Alana Uriell makes first LPGA cut in over two years while now working full time for Visa

8:11: LPGA players picking their schedule allowing for Nelly to play in Mexico while most stars stayed home

9:38: Value of events where players with less playing opportunities can make a start

12:18: Breaking down Nelly’s win and the importance of national media opportunities like going on the Pat McAfee show

17:23: Korda is four points away from the LPGA Hall of Fame, what percentage chance do the hosts give her to make it in 2026?

18:31: Scottie shares what the commissioner discussed with the caddies, particularly future tournament routing and the challenges TV windows present on the weekend

25:50: The PIF announced they’re no longer going to fund LIV golf after 2026. How might this impact the women’s game?

29:45: The limited resistance the PIF has had in investing in the women’s game versus the men’s

32:10: The hosts debate the most and least surprising adds of the six players added to the WTGL roster

35:00: Who might the WTGL add?

36:52: Scottie had lunch with a natural fit- massive Boston sports fan Alexa Pano

39:10: Scottie reports on Michelle Wie West’s game heading into the Mizuho and the first bet of the show ensues

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Kent and Scottie break down Nelly Korda’s Chevron Championship victory at Memorial Park. Scottie takes us right next to both winners of the week, playing nine holes with the newly minted World No. 1 Wednesday ahead of the major and caddying for Amari Avery, who became the first African-American winner in Epson Tour history, during Q-Series last year.

0:17: Introduction and Tournament Discussion

2:02: The Cheat Code- how to play with a lead

5:50: How to Break up a Round

8:32: Scottie discusses insights from Nelly’s Wednesday practice round and the change in Korda’s game

17:20: Discussion of performances of players at the top of a major leaderboard for the first time at the Chevron

19:15: The week as a torch handoff moment between Nelly Korda and Stacy Lewis as the face of the LPGA

20:37: Importance of Nelly defending the leap into the pond as a tradition and her role as face of the tour

24:10: Sunday broadcast not showing the beginning of Korda’s round and importance of national media opportunities

27:35: Nelly showing Rory McIlory like-qualities in how the U.S. Women’s Open is to her relative to the Master’s is to him

29:52: Are week-to-week LPGA course setups rewarding the best players in the world?

37:12: Comparison of men’s major contenders versus women’s

40:18: Amari Avery becomes first African-American to win on the Epson Tour

43:00: Scottie shares details of phone call with Avery after victory

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The LPGA Edge at the 2026 Chevron Championship

Kent Paisley (@kentwpaisley) launches the inaugural episode of The LPGA Edge with co-host "Worldwide" Scottie Leonard (@worldwidescottie). Scott Walker joins as well to welcome the newbies to The Edge, and talk Majors Poker for the first LPGA major of the year. In “Chevron Poker,” the crew picks their players for the championship, while explaining course-fit factors like driving and around-the-green play. The episode highlights Scottie's boss Ingrid Linblad’s candid press conference about losing her driver swing, panic over misses, and how honesty and acceptance can help golfers.

Enjoy the first episode here, before The LPGA Edge gets its own feed.

00:00 Show Open

02:03 Mission Of LPGA Edge

03:32 Poppie's Pond Tradition Debate

06:58 Tour Identity And Venue Future

10:33 Chevron Poker Draft Begins

12:07 Early Picks And Course Fit

16:20 Mid Draft Stats And Sleepers

20:23 Late Round Major Contenders

25:16 Ingrid Opens Up

31:01 Caddie Mind Games

32:12 Acceptance For Amateurs

34:26 LPGA Growth Debate

41:18 Chevron Course Outlook

42:41 Winning Score Prediction

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