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Here's what we've got for ya today:

• The Details: PNC Championship

• John Daly Says Trump Chips Like Tiger

• Shots Heard Round The World

• Fred Couples Is Angry

• Thing We’d Buy If We Weren’t Broke

The Details: PNC Championship

🚩 Location: Ritz Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, FL

💰 Purse: $1.085 million ($200,000 winner’s share)

👑 Previous Winner: Vijay and Qass Singh

👀 Watch On: Golf Channel, Peacock

PNC Championship Teams

As you probably already know, the PNC Championship is a pretty laid back event, wherein a current or former golf star teams up with a family member to play a scramble.

Here’s the full teams list:

• Stewart Cink and Reagan Cink

• John Daly and John Daly II

• David Duval and Brady Duval

• Nick Faldo and Matthew Faldo

• Jim Furyk and Tanner Furyk

• Retief Goosen and Leo Goosen

• Padraig Harrington and Ciaran Harrington

• Nelly Korda and Petr Korda

• Matt Kuchar and Cameron Kuchar

• Bernhard Langer and Jason Langer

• Tom Lehman and Sean Lehman

• Justin Leonard and Luke Leonard

• Mark O’Meara and Shaun O’Meara

• Nick Price and Greg Price

• Vijay Singh and Qass Singh

• Annika Sorenstam and Will McGee

• Steve Stricker and Izzi Stricker

• Justin Thomas and Mike Thomas

• Lee Trevino and Daniel Trevino

• Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods

How To Watch

Friday, Dec. 15: 12-2:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Saturday, Dec. 16: 1-2:30 p.m. ET (Peacock); 2:30-6 p.m. ET (NBC)
Sunday, Dec. 17: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET (Peacock); 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 1:30-4:30 p.m. ET (NBC)

PNC Championship Format

The PNC Championship is played over 36 holes with a scramble format. Both team members will hit tee shots, then they’ll pick the best one and both play shots from there, continuing that process until one of their balls is holed.

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John Daly Says Trump Chips Like Tiger

We didn’t have John Daly sitting down with Tucker Carlson on our bingo cards.

It is, however, the year of our lord 2023, and stranger shit has happened.

It’s a 40 minute long interview in which John tells some great golf stories…. including the time he beat Tiger while he was still drunk, how fast Trump plays, and how well he chips… you can watch the Full Interview Here.

The clip below is the one where he claims Trump is a helluva chipper.

Shots Heard Round The World

Could LIV Golf move to 72-hole events? The league's top points-earner says ‘discussions will be had’

PGA Tour offered rookies 500k up front, only 8 of them needed it.

21 Tour players hired a lawyer to demand transparency on LIV negotiations.

49 year old Aussie hits the shot of his life to qualify for Champions Tour.

Fred Couples Is Angry

You may not know that Fred Couples has a Sirius XM show called “The Fred Couples Show".

You probably do know, however, that Mr. Couples is a staunch PGA tour loyalist, and he definitely had some hot takes about the Jon Rahm deal. 

“Tell me the next guy — if it is Tony Finau — say “I am going for free boys!” Couples said.

“[What if they say] ‘I love this tour, I don’t like the PGA Tour anymore’? No one is going to say that. So what does that tell me? It tells me it is about the money, which is fine.

“But don’t sit there and go on and say they are changing the game. For 50 years, golf has been changed. Arnold Palmer changed it. Jack Nicklaus changed it. Tiger Woods changed it. The LIV Tour ain’t changing a thing.”

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That’s all folks! See you Saturday Morning.