Dog Days Of Summer

Recorded June 29th, 2026

Sports don’t slow down in the summer, they just get weirder. We start with a simple weekend check and somehow end up in a whirlwind of nostalgia, scandal, and real-life perspective shifts that hit way harder than a box score.

We talk about Linda Cohn signing off from SportsCenter and why that matters to anyone who grew up building their sports fandom around ESPN highlights and familiar voices. From there we vent a little about the Mets, the manager firing, and why fans always end up arguing about the same question: is it the roster, the clubhouse, or the front office pulling the wrong strings?

Then the tone changes with Chris Johnson (CJ2K) sharing his ALS diagnosis. We look back at how unreal his peak was and how sobering it is to watch an all-time athlete face something bigger than football, including the technology that helps him communicate. After that, the chaos returns with Phil Mickelson’s ongoing fallout, the PGA Tour’s late tee times, Victor Hovland getting back in the winner’s circle, and a pace-of-play rant about AimPoint putting. We also hit the Champions Tour spotlight with Michael Block, shout out Mike Tree chasing another U.S. Senior Open, and close with the modern sports betting reality check as the Malik Beasley story brings the “you can’t hide anymore” era into sharp focus.

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Transcript

Grab It Crack It Kickoff

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 is the dog days of summer, but hey, we're here. We got sports to talk about. How are you doing, brother?

Scott 0:26

Hey, and thanks to Phil Mickelson, Beasley, and all this other shit. We got stuff to talk about. I mean, I'm just gonna go out on a limb and say thanks, guys, for being douchebags. So hey, you know, I'm like, what are we gonna talk about? And then all of a sudden, but anyhow, before we hey, grab it, crack it, let's go. Let's go. Come on. I mean, but like I said, thank God to these guys being asshats. We got a little extra shit to talk about tonight. Uh anyhow, you know, like we always do, we grabbed it, we cracked it. Graham, weekend

Weekend Check And Movie Talk

Scott 1:05

summary. What was up? I mean, did you go see 37 movies this weekend? Because there won't much to do. I mean, your boy went to a movie. What? And that is you're allowed to do that. When I go to a movie, you're allowed to do that. The last movie I went to, the next day, Kristen went in to have her gallbladder removed. That's insane. Right? And that was the Bob Marley movie.

Graham 1:32

Yeah. Which that feels like two years ago.

Scott 1:36

It was. Ding, ding, ding, ding. You are the winner.

Graham 1:39

Oh my god.

Scott 1:43

Yeah. But anyhow, what'd you do this weekend? I mean, you were I know you sat around waiting for a god dang pool to get delivered and whined to me about that for hours. And I know you probably went on Google to find out the answer to the question of who won the College World Series because you asked me that the other night.

Graham 2:02

Oh my God.

Scott 2:04

I didn't what I mean, I had to remind you that the game three was going on last week when we were recording our episode. Totally forgot. It's okay. Just tell me about your goddamn weekend and shut up.

Graham 2:24

I thought it was game one, not game three. I didn't realize that was the final game. But anyway, you're right. I worked most of the weekend. I was able to watch some golf. After what last week was with the US Open, it was nice to see guys go out there and go low. Folks, Scott's shaking his head. I agree.

Scott 2:43

I agree. Birdies are entertaining, but struggling to make bar is also entertaining.

Graham 2:49

Yes, I I I understand. I'm just saying, I'm just making light of the reference between what happened last week and what this week was all about. Um, but I will say this. You know, you uh made fun of the movies. Your boy did see Jackass the movie on Friday night, and it was what it was. Look, what do you expect? I mean, it's jackass.

Scott 3:15

I mean, the funny thing is we were talking about it, Ava and Kellen and I, and they have no clue what jackass even is. Or too young for that, right?

Graham 3:26

Right, yeah.

Scott 3:26

And and you know, uh it was just like, wow, it's crazy to think about that. And hearing a podcast with Johnny Knoxville on the Kelsey podcast, and how he's done with doing stunts and stuff, you forget of all the shit that happened with him, and uh I I don't know. Yeah, all he said was episode five, I hope you're all okay with seeing a lot of buttholes. And the I said it to you, and you were just literally like, he ain't wrong.

Graham 4:01

Yeah. It's but yeah, I'll just say, yeah. I mean, there was a few good bits. Look, if you've seen one, you've seen them all. It's just they're a little bit older now. The one good thing was they showed unreleased clips that they did from a long ways back. It was nice. Uh, it's it's jackass. It was what it was. There's a couple parts that were like, oh my god, that's so disgusting. And then it's look, it's dumb guy humor. It's if you like seeing guys getting kicked in the balls and and laugh, it's just that's what it is. But it was fun, and that's pretty much it. What about you, brother? How was your weekend?

Scott 4:38

Uh, it was good. We went and saw a Toy Story 5. You know, I'm a Toy Story guy. Uh I don't know. I told you the other night the movie was what it was, it had a good story to it. Yeah, not my favorite of the five of them. But for 2026, it was spot on.

Graham 5:03

Yeah.

Scott 5:04

Kids don't play with toys anymore. They do what? Everything's technology.

Graham 5:10

Yeah.

Scott 5:11

You know, and it had it had a good story, you know. The the my best part of it was that I took away from it was don't cyberbully. Because that shit happens all the time.

Graham 5:23

Yeah.

Scott 5:23

You know, text in in a group thread, and home girl wanted to play with toys, and they were laughing at her. And, you know, sorry, spoiler alert, whatever. Our listeners aren't gonna go see. Well, I hope they go see it. But it was just like, I like that, you know. I liked it. Kristen loved it, Ava loved it, Kellen and I were like, eh, we like other ones better. But hey, it was still cool, you know, went and saw a movie, hadn't been in the movies in forever, and is what it is. But jumping into

Linda Cohn’s SportsCenter Farewell

Scott 5:55

the weekend, you know, Friday night, you went and saw Jackass. Uh I literally made it a point to watch Linda Cohn's last sports center Friday night. Ah.

Graham 6:08

You didn't send me that.

Scott 6:10

Well, that's because I'm a sports fan and I know things. I forgot. So her 11 o'clock Eastern show was her last sports center. TP and I are back and forth talking about it, and it was awesome, dude. I don't even know what to say. Quick stat. My girl did 5,600 plus sports centers. Most of anyone all time at ESPN. Yeah, she's an OG. And the best thing about it was I thought, you know, she's a huge Mets fan. She's a huge Rangers fan in hockey and huge Giants fan. And what happened early Friday morning? The Mets finally fired Mendoza. Did he deserve to be fired? Probably not. David Stearns, you should have been the one booted. But her last thing she talked about before everybody started doing the tributes to her was the Mets and Mendoza being fired. It was legit, dude. It was awesome. Like you said, she's an OG. She loves hockey. She talks a lot about hockey. Her Instagram, if you don't follow it, follow it. It was awesome. It was just like, my gosh, dude. Like, who are these people now on Sports Center? You know? I mean, back when you and I were kids growing up and falling in love with sports. Who was it? Linda Cohn. Who else? As cool as the other side of the pillow. Oh. You know, I mean I I dude, these are people that we'll remember forever. And it was just like, wow, dude, this is insane.

Graham 7:59

But it's tough. I mean, we're talking about something that we've been watching her for 25 years. I mean, look. Uh up. Okay. I was being courteous. Uh 30 plus. 30 plus. Yeah. I'm just look, we're older, they're older. I mean, there's it's time for change. It's um it's like one of those things where, dude, I still remember the first episode of PTI when it came out.

Scott 8:27

It's crazy to think Shigong, you know. I I mean, who's one of the OGs? Chris Bergman. All he does is what? Sun NFL Live on Sunday nights.

Graham 8:40

And very little bits about that. He just does his Bergman's fastest two minutes.

Scott 8:45

At halftime. You know, it's like, wow. But it was insane to watch it. It was cool. Uh she said how ironic it is for my last thing on Sports Center that my favorite baseball team hits rock bottom this year and fires Mendoza. You know? And I'm not even gonna get into that. You know, all I know is it ain't his fault. He was a scapegoat. David Stearns, the GM, he should have been the one gone, dude. Where's he come from? Small market team. Milwaukee. Well, guess what? You're in New York. Is that a small market? Not so much. Not so much. Right? Oh, Alonzo wants this.

Graham 9:30

He wants who effing cares? Sign the guy. You know? They were booting people out of City Field the other night that had signs that say fire sterns. Hey, Uncle Cohen, what's up? What are you doing? You're someone that was a man of the people. And the richest owner in baseball. And hey, he gave out money. He gave it to Soto.

Scott 10:00

And like I told TP the other night, the worst thing that happened since he's been there was all the rumors here and there about who was going to be the next captain. It was going to be Lindor. He was going to be the next captain of the Mets. We haven't had a captain since David Wright. And then all of a sudden, Soto gets signed for that ridiculous amount of money. They didn't name anybody a captain. The clubhouse was lost. Yes, he's an amazing player, but he's also about Soto. And like I said to TP the other night, the Met struggles, dude. They took the fire away from the clubhouse by trading away Nemo, McNeil, Alonzo. These guys have been with them forever. And they were the fire of the franchise. Yeah, we have a couple young guys that are solid. But you gotta have that camaraderie, dude. I mean, look at the Phillies. We had the same record in April when the Phillies fired their manager.

Graham 11:15

Who has the most wins since the day they fired their manager?

Scott 11:18

The Phillies.

Graham 11:21

I mean, look, one guy doesn't win games.

Scott 11:26

No, it doesn't. But you gotta have a manager in there. I uh hey, you gotta make plays. Yeah, we traded for Peralta. Yeah, he's a piece of shit. Hopefully we trade him back to the god dang Brewers. Dude, Alonzo, I mean, the fans are at City Field the other night chanting Pete Alonzo. Think about that, dude.

Graham 11:49

We had six errors. Every person in our infield made an error that night.

Mets Meltdown And Front Office Blame

Graham 11:55

And the fans are chanting Pete Alonzo. A homegrown kid.

Scott 12:01

But anyhow, wasn't even thinking about getting into the Mets in their bullshit season this year. But before we even get into anything else, I gotta throw this out

CJ2K Shares ALS Diagnosis

Scott 12:12

there. Chris Johnson, CJ2K, dude. Wow, Carolina guy, my boy, loved him since his pirate days in the purple and gold. Came out this morning on Good Morning America and announced to the world that he has ALS. 39 years old when he was diagnosed, he's 40 now. And I'm watching this interview with Strayhand, and I'm like, is he typing this, dude? Like it's his voice. And then I do the research. They recorded his voice before he lost it. And the way he answered the questions and had his voice were by his eyes.

Graham 12:50

Yeah.

Scott 12:51

Technology. Like that's insane. Absolutely insane. And just sitting there thinking about it, obviously Kristen and I are talking about it, and I'm like, dude, he was insane. And if you think about it, he ran, what was it, 4.24 40 time.

Graham 13:13

Yeah.

Scott 13:15

Yeah. Insane. 24th overall draft pick in 2008 from the Titans. Play with the Titans from 2008 to 13. Dude, offensive player of the year in 2009. All pro 2009, three-time approval for his first three years. And here's the stat of all stats. Dude, he broke Marshall Fox all-purpose scrimmage yards in a season in 2009 with 2,500. Think about that.

Graham 13:49

And that was back when they only played 16 games.

Scott 13:52

Yeah. 2009. He was a beast that year. Dude, so fast, man. So fast. Uh I was just looking up if he was the sixth person to hit 2,000 yards rushing at that point. I mean, I've dude, you forget he went to the Jets after he left the Titans, and then he went to the Falcons or the Cardinals, sorry, for a couple years.

Graham 14:20

Yeah.

Scott 14:20

Before he finally retired in 17. It's like, wow. Homeboys 40 years old. Yeah. And to see all the ECU social media. And dude, the guy was insane from Orlando. Not a big dude, but my God, faster than shit.

Graham 14:43

When I woke up earlier today, I was just scrolling Reddit and I saw that clip. And I'm like, what is this? I was like, this can't be real. And then like I did some more research and I'm like, oh my God. Like, you just never know. Like anything could happen.

Scott 15:00

Brutal. Four kids, dude, young as shit. And you're watching the interview, and you're just like, wow. You texted me, I'm like, yeah, dude, it's insane. Absolutely insane.

Graham 15:17

I completely forgot he went to East Carolina. So when I sent that to you, I was just like, oh, maybe he hasn't seen this. Now knowing that, I'm like, you probably knew that eight hours before I sent that to you.

Scott 15:28

It's just sad. It's sad, dude.

Graham 15:31

Oh, absolutely.

Scott 15:33

I mean, the guy was oh, I was looking up stuff earlier today, getting ready for tonight, and I was just like looking at his stats, looking at highlights from when he was at ECU, and I was just like, oh my lord, dude. The guy was insane. Insane what he did. I mean, like I said, six of nine players to rush for over 2000, breaking Marshall Fox, all purpose, ridiculous.

Graham 16:04

Look, he's one of those handful of players that in his peak, how do you not pick him? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I I mean, think about the all decade team. Would he be in the 2000 or the 2010 to 20, you think? Because he's like right there in the beginning.

Scott 16:23

Well, he was drafted in 2008.

Graham 16:25

2008 and his heyday, so probably still back then, but it's just like 2K back in the day. Shoot, right? You could make an argument that it's just like between him, LT longevity obviously changes the conversation, but like if you needed someone in their peak for a game, you know, apples and oranges. He was just so electric. The amount of times you'd see him break a run for 30 yards or to take it to the house, I think that year he had 2,000 yards. He had more like not even rushing touchdowns, but touchdowns over 20 plus yards than anyone in the league. That's insane.

Scott 17:10

Yeah. And his last collision game for ECU against Boise State and the Hawaii Bowl. 223 rushing yards on 28 carries. What is that? Like nine yards a clip?

Graham 17:24

Like, is that any good?

Scott 17:26

Yeah. I mean, dude was his FUD, man. Yeah. It's like, God bless. But hey. Keep his family in your thoughts. It sucks, dude. I was looking it up. Once you get diagnosed, you got three to six years. Which is crazy.

Graham 17:47

Isn't the guy from the Saints still alive?

Scott 17:50

Who's that?

Graham 17:51

The guy that has ALS. He was the good dude that made the tackle, the saving tackle for the Saints when they had the year after the hurricane. I have no idea. I can't think of it.

Scott 18:02

I'm not sure.

Graham 18:03

Andy's gonna kill us right now. Whatever.

Scott 18:07

He listened three weeks later, so don't care.

Graham 18:14

Boom!

Scott 18:15

Yeah. I mean, he rushed for a thousand yards in all six seasons for the Titans.

Graham 18:22

Yeah. There's no denying that he wasn't a stud.

Scott 18:27

Yeah. Crazy. But I just thought I'd bring that up early and bring up the Linda Cohn thing. Yeah. And just uh start laughing about shit. Oh, damn, we got a tie game here in the World Cup. Zero zero? One-one. Dude, we talked about it earlier and we were like, hey, thank God for a couple things happening to give us something to talk about.

Phil Mickelson’s Reputation Collapse

Scott 18:52

Uh Mickelson. Bro. We talked about it earlier in the year. Uh got booted from one club, and then another article came out, and he had some other shady shit going on. And by shady shit going on, we're talking about his mentor, it must have been Brett Favre sending those dick pics. Because my boy Mickelson throwing some you know pictures of Pat Perez's wife at dinner. This is creative here, dude. He had one of the guys, and dude, rumors are out there saying it's that Grant Horvath guy at the club that would grab Mickelson's phone and drive around the club for four hours because his wife was checking his location while he was out doing his thing.

Graham 19:43

What, before he's famous?

Scott 19:45

Yeah.

Graham 19:47

What?

Scott 19:48

Yeah. There's a lot of rumors out there.

Graham 19:51

That's insane. He paid the dude seven hundred to go drive around the golf course for four hours with his phone to act like he was there. All day. I'm taking it. Oh, because you know it's just straight cash, homie. Oh, yeah. That's straight cash.

Scott 20:12

Do you want to talk about somebody that went from, and we've talked about this so many times. I'm so pissed because I was getting ready to bet over two and a half in this game, and it's one to one, it's gonna guarantee it now, it's one to one.

Graham 20:27

No. Yeah. They tie and they go to penalty kicks.

Scott 20:30

I know, but guess what? Somebody gets an extra goal.

Graham 20:33

It doesn't go to the goal. They just can't do it.

Scott 20:36

If you if you take extended time and kicks.

Graham 20:40

Oh, all right. Well, fair enough. That's new to me. It's not like I bet soccer very often. Yeah.

Scott 20:47

Yeah. But dude, Nicholson goes from what? The Arnold Palmer signing autographs to now he goes to live. And he's a piece of shit. All the things he's saying. And now all this stuff comes out. And now he's not playing in the British Open for the first time in how many years? 17 years, I think they said something like that. Don't help me do that.

Graham 21:15

19, 17, something like that. Dude, I I mean, we talked about it off air. I was talking about it with some people at work the other night. It's it's hard to think of someone in any sport that was so, I mean, I don't want to say idolized, but was so good at what they did in their sport, was so beloved by other players, by the fans, was so respected to just as time went on, just remember he won the PGA championship in his fifties. At that age, he was on on top of the world. On top of the world, could do no wrong. Hold my beer, he said. Yeah. Hold my beer. I I just I can't think of anyone else. You know, someone said, Well, what about Tiger? I'm like, yeah, but Tiger is that's a different scenario. Yeah, Tiger did F'd up shit. And I'm not saying he didn't. And he definitely deserves everything that has come about. But he didn't do all the things that Phil did.

Scott 22:30

Like sign an autograph till everybody got one.

Graham 22:35

Yeah. Like you go from the best buddy guy next door to who?

Scott 22:43

Dude, I remember him taking Fowler under his wing.

Graham 22:48

Yeah.

Scott 22:49

When Fowler first got his tour card. And showing Fowler the way of the world. Showing up at Bear Creek in Marietta. Doing his thing. And now this. And it's like, wow. I mean, I'll never forget, dude. When did he win his master? First major. The masters?

Graham 23:13

Yeah.

Scott 23:13

It was 2004. 2004.

Graham 23:15

Yeah.

Scott 23:16

It was me, Kenny G, and Dustin Mingison, who you don't know, had a bet. Josh Willems, who was the first assistant at Shadow Creek. Josh hated Phil so much, he bet the three of us $100 lifetime that Phil would never win a major.

Graham 23:39

I remember the story.

Scott 23:41

Yeah. And the Saturday night before Phil won that masters when he made that putt on 18 to win. Josh was like, all right, I'll buy you all out. Group text. I'll buy you all out for 50 bucks. Like, bro, you said lifetime. No, I'm good. Yeah, right? No, I'm good. And the whole world, and I literally, that was in April when he won his masters, right? In 2004. In June, I went to Scotland with my dad, and I remember the caddies talking about how awesome it was for Phil to get the dub. And now this, dude.

Graham 24:26

I'll say this. You can't take away his accomplishments. They're there. Like, that's the only thing that you can hold your head up about it. I mean, the other stuff obviously is terrible. It sucks. It's just like Phil is an all-time player. He's a Hall of Famer. He's 100%.

Scott 24:50

You can't take any of that away. He has And the number one person that should be thinking Tiger for being Tiger is Phil.

Graham 24:59

Yeah.

Scott 25:00

For those purses.

Graham 25:03

Yeah. If it wasn't for them two, I mean.

Scott 25:07

Dude, remember, Phil did win an event as an amateur.

Graham 25:13

When people think of who has the greatest short game of all time, who do they think of? Well, I mean, he's up there.

Scott 25:19

I'm just saying, like I'm not saying I I'm not doubting what you're saying. Yeah. The guy hit the shots of all shots.

Graham 25:29

I mean, to memory, when I think of Phil Mickelson, I think of him on 13 at Augusta in the Pines when he hit it between those two trees and stuck it on the green to like 12 feet. I mean, the shot of the turnip. It was closer than that. Yeah, it was me.

Scott 25:50

Crazy thing. I read actually I read a book about Phil and Bones. And Bones literally, I think he said he got two vetoes a year on shots that Phil was going to try to hit. Two for the year. And he tried to veto that shot.

Graham 26:11

How do you not? I mean, I'm glad he didn't.

Scott 26:16

I mean, we talked about it last week. Choking is Phil on the 70-second hole hitting driver with the uh with the lead, and Ogilvy wins.

Graham 26:28

Yeah. Yeah, that was brutal. Brutal.

Scott 26:34

Oh.

Graham 26:36

I still remember that. That was Yeah. Why?

Scott 26:42

But hey, it wasn't. Ogilvy winning the US Open that year is still not as bad as you and Danny Willett, alright? I wasn't gonna say his name. I was gonna let you.

Graham 26:54

But so back to Phil. You know, when Bones left him, we were all like, What? Yeah. He's in the thick of it. I mean, as more stories keep coming out, there's stuff that I've even heard from caddies that have, you know, caddy at very prestigious clubs, have said some stories, and I'm just like, What? Now it's kind of like Yeah. Did he read the tea leaves? Did he know what was going on and just kept his mouth shut and didn't say anything? I mean, the real question is now, after all this stuff is coming out, is Bones gonna say anything? Are people gonna ask him no chance?

Scott 27:38

No chance. He's not answering anything. Well, I mean He's not saying shit. Just like Stevie ain't saying shit with Tiger.

Graham 27:48

Yeah. I mean, it would it it's they shouldn't, it wouldn't be right. I mean, it's not the I don't want to say this, the yeah courteous thing to do, I guess.

Scott 28:02

The player player caddy stuff. Yeah.

Graham 28:08

Yeah. Not gonna happen. I hope not. No, I don't yeah. But you know, I'm crazy. Crazy as I know we've brought it up on previous episodes, but I'm just saying, like, what pisses me off the most about this, we don't get a Tiger Phil rematch on the senior tour.

Scott 28:32

We might someday.

Graham 28:35

Yeah, but now is the time. When I mean, when they still got it in their early 50s. I just uh it's alright. We can have Stuart Sink kicking ass on the senior tour. Hey, hey, no shot to Stuart Sink. I mean, he has a major, but you know, the one he took from Tom Watson. Dude, well, you gotta bring that up.

Scott 29:01

That's bullshit.

Graham 29:03

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Scott 29:05

I mean, that's bullshit. I mean, even Stuart Sink's parents wanted Tom Watson to win.

Graham 29:09

Yeah.

Scott 29:10

I mean, come on. That would have been the greatest story of all stories. Oh, that's true.

Graham 29:19

Oh, hands down.

Scott 29:20

Oh. He was so juiced on that 72nd hole, and oh, I don't even want to talk about it. AL.

Late Tee Times And Hovland Wins

Scott 29:29

Dude, uh the last signature event of the year was this past weekend in Connecticut. And I we don't need to talk about the whole event. We're just gonna need to talk about this. Scotty Hovlin ended up going to a playoff on Monday morning. And like I was talking to you earlier, what in the god dang world is going on for these three o'clock last T times, dude? Can we please start a little bit earlier? We talked about it last week at the US Open at Shen O'Clock on Saturday. Dude, they're playing in the dark on Sunday afternoon.

Graham 30:18

Yeah.

Scott 30:20

Granted, there wasn't any weather in the forecast, but they had a two-hour weather delay. But come on, man. Six-hour round of golf. I don't I don't even know. I mean, poor Morikawa had to sit around for three hours just waiting to see if he's gonna get in a playoff, you know, because he went deep dish pizza on Sunday.

Graham 30:45

Bro, how can you not blame him from waiting around? When that weather came through and they were still playing? I mean, it started as little droplets, and then all of a sudden you're like, what the hell? When it started raining heavy and then that wind picked up a little bit, I'm like. Yeah, he's got a shot. Yeah, we could lose some shots here.

Scott 31:05

It just sucks, dude. I don't know. I mean, like you said earlier, anybody on the West Coast wake up and watch that last hole?

Graham 31:14

Shit.

Scott 31:16

Not a chance.

Graham 31:17

Well, you know, all those people in their 60s that are diehards that are watching it.

Scott 31:21

Not a chance, dude. It's like, come on, man, start it a little earlier.

Graham 31:26

Uh yeah, no, I agree. I'll say this. I was happy that Victor Hovlin played well the entire tournament. It was nice. I mean, look, his round on Sunday was a roller coaster up and down the whole time. Oh, hey, let's bogey, then we'll birdie. We'll bogee again, we'll birdie again, bogey, just up and down. But like for him to finally get over the hump, he hasn't won what, like two years?

Scott 31:49

It's been a while. But it was the first time he won with his mom there watching. But I will go out and say this. Dude, can you pick up the pace there, guy? Hoblin, hoblin, the aim point shit, dude. Come on, guy. I mean, I mean, putting fingers up. Either you can read a green or you can't, you know. I get it. I mean, how many fingers do I have on Graham? Two. Now I got four, now I got three, and like you're from like three feet, and you're like, bro, come on, dude. Let's can we get this party going? Like, come on.

Graham 32:28

Uh I I mean, at one point, Scotty left the green, dude, and went to the next T-box yesterday. I saw that. Do you not realize it's getting dark, you guys?

Scott 32:39

Yeah. Come on, man. Uh aim point. You know what aim point is? It's I mean, hey, people love it. People have made money out of it. Dude, to get aim point certified, if I wanted to go get aim point certified to teach this system, I'd have to pay like 1,500 bucks. What exactly? Aim point was established for people like BT who can't read a green. And we're gonna flip this and send it to him so he gets bitter betty. I can I don't care. Aim point, dude. If I gotta put up my fingers and straddle the line of my putt. Yeah, but whatever.

Graham 33:31

For you as a pro at a private club, you could still, I mean, like, does it matter if you're like, does that help you sell lessons to be like, oh, I'm certified aim point? Like, you could still show it to them.

Scott 33:44

Like, it's not oh yeah, I could show it to them, but I can also say this you can either read a green or you can't. If I need to put my god dang fingers up three or four degrees and have a level out on the putting green, then guess what? I'm searching. Well, I know you're not saying that to your players, so no, I'm not. I can read a green. I've been on a putting surface since I was knee-high to a frog. Okay, I know it's quite simple. Imagine this, students. If I had a bucket full of water and I threw it on the screen, where's the water gonna drain to? Do I need to put up fingers to tell where that water is draining to?

Graham 34:31

I mean, there's some tricky ones, but I get your point.

Scott 34:33

Get the out of here.

Graham 34:41

Oh my god.

Scott 34:43

I mean, if I have a little six-foot level out on the putting green.

Graham 34:48

Yeah.

Scott 34:49

I'm just gonna go out there and say it.

Graham 34:52

You don't have a clue. We eat ribs with this dude. Oh my god.

Scott 35:05

I mean, I'm sorry. Well, it is what it is. Hey, congratulations another Victor Hoblin. You know, got the dub. I mean, remember how dominant he was a couple years ago? Wins the FedEx, wins the whole deal, and then fires his coach and then can't make a cut. He's withdrawing from tournaments because he doesn't like his golf swing, he doesn't want to be embarrassed. Hey, good shit. Another runner up for Scotty.

Graham 35:29

Yeah, I mean, look, the tournament was his. I I would have been happy either way. I was kind of rooting for Victor just because, like I said, he hasn't won it in a while and he needs to get his confidence going again. But that being said, the one thing that I did thought was pretty cool, seeing all those Norrie fans that were in town because they were at the World Cup game that was in Boston. I was cool. I was cool. 100%. They infiltrated Met Stadium a couple days ago, doing the Viking. They drank bars in Boston out of beer, the Scottish people. That's insane. That's so good. I love it. Love that. It's so awesome. Cheers to you guys, right?

Scott 36:18

I mean, how do you complain about that? You don't. You don't. Exactly.

Graham 36:24

How do you not prepare for that? Do you just think you're oh, they're not gonna drink that much? Or do you not assume that they're gonna drink as much, you know, the stereotype isn't what it is. I I just like you would think people would have been more prepared for that. I mean, my thought.

Scott 36:41

I mean, who knows? But hey, last signature event, dude, we got the John Deere this week. Fowler's playing in the John Deere. I was shocked that he was playing. But hey, you get that free commercial flight over to Scotland if you play in the John Deere, saves everybody some cash. Right? Uh, dude, but anyhow, we talked about it last week at the end

Aim Point Putting And Pace Of Play

Scott 37:06

of the show. Michael Block making his debut on the champions tour at the Graham's favorite event, Dick's Open. Dude, Block goes out, lighting it up. I mean, come on. He's one shot back. Par 17, then makes a triple on 18. Brutal. First event on the senior or champion store. T9.

Graham 37:38

Fan favorite. Was he getting cheers?

Scott 37:41

What do you say, dude? I mean, what can you say? The guy's he's done. Arroyo Tribuco and uh Mission Viejo, you better start looking for a new head pro because he's gone.

Graham 37:56

Booba!

Scott 37:58

I mean, champion store, there's no cuts unless you're playing in uh major. Uh how do you not?

Graham 38:06

I agree.

Scott 38:07

I mean, the triple on 18 cost him 70 grand, but hey, Club Pro makes 60 G's in a week.

Graham 38:18

Sign me up.

Scott 38:20

Yeah. Uh the guy hits it just as good as those guys, just as far as those guys on the GPS tour. And the fans were behind him. Crazy.

Graham 38:33

And is that not what the tour needs?

Scott 38:36

The champions tour? Absolutely. They need eyes. Absolutely. And he brings it. He's gonna bring it. But we start the this is Monday. U.S. Senior Open in Columbus, Ohio. Friend of the show, Mike Tree.

Graham 38:56

Uh making his second in a row start in the US Senior Open. Let's go. I mean, I'm pumped. I can't find it anywhere.

Scott 39:09

Make a cut, Eric Mike Tree. He's making a cut this week. I love it. He's making a cut.

Graham 39:16

I'm sure it will come up. We'll find it.

Scott 39:18

Dude. And you know, when he qualified, I'm texting him. I look at his Instagram, and he's like, he says, thanks to Cobra Golf. I'm like, what the hell? I don't know if I even told you this.

Graham 39:29

No.

Scott 39:30

I'm like, wait, what? You're playing Cobra Puma too now? And he's like, Yeah. Rod hooked me up with Cobra. And Rod's Rick's dad. And he's like, I'm playing Cobra shit too now. And I'm like, let's go. It's the year of Cobra Puma golf. Let's go. So I started telling my story. We're back and forth. Dude, Mike Tree, let's go.

Graham 39:52

I mean let's go, brother.

Scott 39:54

Played in it last year. Like you said on our show. Didn't practice, hit

Michael Block Buzz And Mike Tree

Scott 40:01

balls here and there. Didn't really prepare. I guarantee you my guy's prepared for this year.

Graham 40:07

All right. I was just gonna ask you that. Has he been preparing? I mean, since you've been talking back and forth, I don't know, but I'm gonna text him and he's gonna come on the show next week.

Scott 40:17

And he doesn't even know it right now, but he doesn't have a choice. He's coming back. Uh uh, especially after he makes the cut. Dude, and he had his daughter Caddy inform him in the qualifier. Oh, that's awesome. And dude, the track where he qualified is the same track where he qualified in 2005. Oh, wow when he went to Pinehurst.

Graham 40:39

Oh, wow.

Scott 40:40

Yeah. Sick. And that's also the same track that Block qualified in a playoff, but my boy Mike Tree didn't have to get in the playoff because he domination stationed it. Uh but hey. Oh my. Let's go, dude. Let's go, Mike Tree. I can't wait to watch it. You know, can't wait to watch you make the cut. Do your thing. It's happening. Let's go. So.

Graham 41:07

What are they playing that? On the golf channel?

Scott 41:11

Uh, it'll be on NBC. Because it's US, U.S. Open. It's at it's in Columbus, Ohio. I forget the name of the place. It's a it's a weird name. Sayado or Seo, whatever the fuck. I don't know. Um, but hey, as we keep going, moving on to our next topic.

LPGA Pro Makes Cut And Why

Scott 41:33

Uh the LPGA, PGA championship happened this past weekend. And the only PGA professional to make the cut was my homegirl from uh Oceanside. What? Yes. Oceanside Cali, dude. First LPGA slash PGA member to make the cut in that tournament since like 19. Oh, wow. She's a teaching pro from uh Goat Hill. In Oceanside little amazing place. Look it up. She does some awesome stuff on Instagram. I mean, it's amazing. Made the cut. Insane. But uh you were right.

Graham 42:21

What? Sayo Sayoto. How do you pronounce that? Yeah, I don't know how you pronounce it.

Scott 42:28

That sounds like I don't know how you pronounce it. But uh, dude, love when PGA members do amazing things. Yeah. Love it. Even a chick. And if you check out her Instagram, dude, it's hilarious. Like her last she does like a Monday minute with her students. And her last and her last Monday minute was it was hilarious. It was like teaching chicks what happens when your boobs get in the way of your golf swing. Keeping it real.

Graham 43:04

How do you keep your boobs out of the way? I got none, bro.

Scott 43:09

What's her name? I gotta find her name. God dang it.

Graham 43:14

Um hey, you're not too far away, man. You could be qualifying for the senior PGA.

Scott 43:20

Hey, let's go. I am out at it. Where the heck is it? Uh, whatever. It is what it is. Uh anyhow, as we're getting to the end, uh can we start talking about my guy Beasley?

Malik Beasley Gambling And NBA Chaos

Scott 43:44

Bro, I don't even know what to say, dude.

Graham 43:50

Look, this is 2026. In the age of technology. There is a reason why you cannot get away with hedging and or even betting nowadays. I mean, look, sores be like there's just I mean, there's so much stuff now that it's just like if you're a professional in your sport, it doesn't matter what sport it is, you're making some type of money. You can't be that bad off unless you know, unless like the mob has your kids at gunpoint or something. There is no reason for you to try to hedge a game or to bet on sports. Like there's no reason. And everyone knows that the consequences of said actions, if you get caught, you're done. Like the end. What's the point of doing it? And oh, I made a hundred thousand, oh, I made five hundred thousand. Uh bro, you can't play ever again in the NBA. You are, as we like to say, booba, done, toast. When we talked about this off air before we started, like I saw it online, you showed it, you showed it to me. The video evidence to that video. There is no way, and when I say no way, there is a 1 billion percent chance, no way, that when questioned, he could come up with an excuse that could validate what he did.

Scott 45:34

You're down by nine, four seconds left. The line is seven and a half, and he sprints down the court. Uncontested Leo.

Graham 45:50

Like, I I I don't even know what to say. Done. Finito cooked. Like that's that's it. I I it's just he gone. Yeah. It's incredible. I mean, with all the other news that's been going on between trades, potential signings. I mean, Giannis finally get in that trade package is now on Miami. You have Lamello Ball got traded from Charlotte and is on the Timberwolves, which I think is a good move for them. Uh you know, then what you were telling me earlier about how Draymond decided to not take the m not sign his tender so he could save the club money to potentially bring in LeBron and possibly AD. Not potentially. Well, I mean, it's I that's insane. But like you said, but like you said when I was telling you about this.

Scott 46:53

Okay, so you're gonna have LeBron, Anthony Davis, Steph, and Draymond on the same team. Uh what are we gonna do here? It's like the all old guy team, and like I told you, Graham, it's all good. They only play every other night. Load management.

Graham 47:16

Wait, don't they have Jimmy Butler too? Yeah, because he got hurt. What? Oh my god, I forgot about that. Yeah. Dude, if you look on betting sites, the favorite for LeBron to go to, Golden State. Yeah, I I get that. I mean, look, and as I told you earlier when you brought this up to me, throw what their record's gonna be out the window for the regular season. Yeah, it doesn't matter. It's you just gotta make the playoffs. I mean, look, if they can stay healthy through the playoffs, they got a chance. And I also said earlier, how great for the league as a whole is this story if it were to happen? Like, this just generates so much buzz, especially with all the trades that I just mentioned, everything that's happened with all the other teams.

Scott 48:09

I, you know, dude, when they when it came out today and everybody was going ape shit about Draymond opting out of his guaranteed contract. I was like, why is everybody talking about this? What is the big deal? And then they kept going, and I'm like, oh, that's the first piece to the puzzle.

Graham 48:32

I mean, hypothetically, hypothetically.

Scott 48:37

But they said LeBron ain't going to the Warriors unless AD gets traded there.

Graham 48:43

If it happens, if it happens. And by some miracle, some miracle, they win the chip. Very unlikely, but just in case. Whose career legacy does it help more? LeBron or Steph?

Scott 49:03

That's a really good question, because LeBron can't do it by himself.

Graham 49:08

No, dude, he's 42 years old. Still. I'm just saying, like, no one is playing at his level at 42. I I'm just saying, but still. No, I I agree. It'd be number five for him in four for Steph. Yeah, four for Steph. Because he won one before KD and then two with KD. So I I just I mean, it's a hell of a story to root for. I mean, it's the last dance. You know, the Netflix special, it's the last dance.

Scott 49:45

Like what's gonna happen to his son?

Graham 49:51

I think that chapter is already written. He just wanted to say that he played with the son on his team. From what happens after that, it is what it is.

Scott 49:59

The better story is LeBron going back to Cleveland.

Graham 50:03

Yeah, but he's it is, but LeBron still is being selfish and still wants to get paid. A team that's in contention, he's not gonna get paid in Golden State. Well, you said that's what I'm saying. He said he'd be willing to take a pay cut. If he wants to win, he has to take a pay cut to go somewhere. Dude, Cleveland has the players. A hundred percent. I mean, I just saw earlier that Harden is gonna restructure his deal to do a multi-year deal. So I just although I couldn't imagine Harden, LeBron, and Mitchell on the same team. I that ain't happening. Look, LeBron's at that age where he's a facilitator. I mean, he's not the main guy, and that's fine. Dude, if LeBron gave you 18, you know, six assists and seven rebounds at this age, you take that all day every day. A general on the court. As something that would be unique and exciting to root for, having all that happened on the Warriors would be a thing. I I just I mean, look, as someone who would never root for the Warriors ever, it's not something I would want to do, but I mean, it's there's just certain times where things happen and you're just like, eh, I don't know. I I'd only root for it because you don't think it could happen. You know what I mean? I don't know, dude. I just think it's look, it's gonna be a circus.

Scott 51:52

Dude, when you hear Draymond rejecting 27 guaranteed.

Graham 52:01

He's still gonna get paid, and he's gotten paid. Of course.

Scott 52:07

Just the fact that he's turning down 27.

Graham 52:14

Hey, Jalen Brunson turned down a hundred million dollars.

Scott 52:18

Yeah, what'd he do in the in the finals?

Graham 52:21

Yeah, well, now he's gonna get paid.

Scott 52:24

We're talking about Draymond Green.

Graham 52:27

Yeah, I'm not saying, trust me. Um back up. I'm not comparing Draymond Green to Jalen Brunson. That's not where I was going with that. I'm just saying taking a pay cut to help the betterment of the team to afford to bring in the players that you need. That's what I'm saying.

Scott 52:45

We're talking 27 mil a year, and the highest paid hockey player in the NHL gets paid 16, 17?

Graham 52:57

Yeah, well, I mean, yeah, and the highest guy in the NFL gets paid how much?

Scott 53:04

Not as much as the highest guy in the NBA.

Graham 53:08

Close. Close.

Scott 53:11

I mean, Draymond Green at 27.

Graham 53:15

I I don't disagree with what you're saying.

Scott 53:17

Versus Connor McDavid versus uh I mean, what's Draymond average? 12 points, eight rebounds a game.

Graham 53:27

I I don't I I get what you're saying. Look, if hockey was at the level it was in the US that the NBA is, then that would happen. It just isn't, unfortunately. But it's also because they don't have enough commercials, they don't they can't get that TV money. Yeah, that's what that's what I'm saying. It's it's the catch 22, you know what I mean? Like it it's it just it is what it is. You just gotta pick the right sport when you're a kid, I guess. Jeez. Anyhow, Terry

Terrion Arnold Trouble And Real Stakes

Graham 54:03

on Arnold.

Scott 54:04

Uh I don't even know what to say about that guy. I I just don't, it's hard to talk about it, dude. It's just like wow.

Graham 54:16

You didn't think anything could be worse than we talked about with Malik Beasley. And then you said, hey, hold my beer. First round draft pick. The fact that they asked the judge to set bail at a million so he could make training camp, and it's just like, oh, don't worry about it, because he's gone. See you later. Released. Boo-based.

Scott 54:38

Uh you train your entire life for this situation and this audience. To get to the NFL and one dun, like homeboy could do life. Life. I don't know, man. Beyond. Makes no sense. But I don't know, man. Dog days, here we are.

July 4 Plans USA Match Closing Bits

Scott 55:09

It's almost July. It's about to be July 4th this coming weekend.

Graham 55:13

Yeah.

Scott 55:13

Uh 250th, bro. Big plans for you? Yeah, work.

Graham 55:20

Same.

Scott 55:21

Yeah, work. Uh not much going on. Just, you know, hope everybody's safe out there. And once again, thoughts go out. CJ2K, ECU pirate. I mean, art broken for the dude's family, and the whole situation sucks. Anyhow, Graham, another fun episode. Uh, we didn't know what the hell we're gonna talk about tonight. And thanks to Phil Mickelson and Beasley and other situations, we had plenty to talk about. So, hey guys, keep being idiots and give us something to talk about.

Graham 56:00

Otherwise, we gotta talk more World Cup next week.

Scott 56:05

I'm not a soccer guy, we all know that, but hey, USA is playing Wednesday night. Let's go.

Graham 56:10

Let's go!

Scott 56:11

I'll watch it if it has the stars and stripes. And, you know, hot chick of the week. I gotta throw it out there, dude. I have to. WNBA.

Graham 56:24

Oh, I thought you were going a different direction.

Scott 56:27

Cunningham.

Graham 56:29

Wow. Sophie Cunningham.

Scott 56:33

Dude, not only is she hot, but she's ready to knock some motherfuck out.

Graham 56:38

Night night.

Scott 56:40

I mean, I ain't mad at it. Right? At all. Point that finger, girl. Be that meme. I like it. Graham, get us out of here. Fun episode. Hey, after last week, Jeff Aldridge liked to shout out, you know, my member at the club. Yeah. We'll give him another one tonight. He was like, bro, how do I how do I follow the podcast? I talked to him for a while. Jeff, I got another one for you. You're welcome.

Graham 57:09

You motorboating Sophie Cunningham, son of a bitch. Jeff, love you, buddy. Graham, get us out of here. Let's go. Scott, it's always a pleasure. We can always find something to talk about with what's going on these days. So hey, always a pleasure. And as the best home he always says, booba. Good night, friends. Good night, Beasley. Your career's over.

Scott 57:32

Good night, Arnold, whatever your first name is. Your career's over, too. Love you all.

Graham 57:41

Bubba.