{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/680a0159fcccdba3a5365c3e/6ad7de36cc6f9ca49a785feb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"TGL Trades, Tiger Tales & Ryder Cup Drama - October 20th, 2026","description":"<p>On October 20th, 2026, we step entirely off the course to unpack the PGA Tour&#39;s media future, the first-ever TGL blockbuster trade, and the hilarious, dramatic untold stories shaping the golf world today.</p><p><br></p><h3>THE BUSINESS OF GOLF</h3><ul><li>The Tomorrow&#39;s Golf League sees its first blockbuster trade as Shane Lowry heads to Boston Common Golf for draft picks, while PGA Tour executive Brian Rolapp pushes for event-driven streaming by comparing the current golf landscape to historic sports mergers.</li><li>Rolapp on the LIV/PGA Tour fracture: &quot;Where most people saw chaos I saw the AFL NFL in the sixties.&quot;</li><li>Rory McIlroy is thrilled about the Boston reunion, noting, &quot;Shane is a great friend and someone I love having alongside me in team competition.&quot;</li></ul><p><br></p><h3>TIGER WOODS &amp; LEGENDARY TALES</h3><ul><li>Tiger Woods will miss the Hero World Challenge following a late 2025 lumbar disc replacement and a 5-year license suspension, but his legendary trash talk lives on through epic throwback stories from Adam Wainwright and Ricky Barnes.</li><li>After Barnes missed a putt for a 61 at the 2010 Memorial, Tiger ruthlessly jabbed him with a single word: &quot;Amateur.&quot;</li><li>Barnes now jokes about being a glorified &quot;Uber driver&quot; for his kids and feeling ancient next to Jackson Koivun and Ben James at the 2026 Ben Hogan Award dinner.</li></ul><p><br></p><h3>RYDER CUP FALLOUT &amp; LPGA LOYALTY</h3><ul><li>Comedian Heather McMahan faces the fallout of being fired as the 2025 Ryder Cup first tee emcee after joining an anti-McIlroy chant, dealing with online threats and addressing the controversy in her Hulu special, &quot;By a Thread.&quot;</li><li>Criticizing a controversial Callaway commercial, McMahan stated, &quot;I learned that men do not want women in their spaces,&quot; declaring she is only going to LPGA events now.</li><li>Charley Hull is showing her own loyalty to her friends, skipping her 2025 Grant Thornton Invitational title defense to stand in Georgia Hall&#39;s wedding.</li></ul><p><br></p><h3>Quick Hits</h3><p>Tiger called John Smoltz &quot;probably the best amateur golfer in the world&quot; during a 2003 round • Ben Hogan coldly told Claude Harmon regarding Cary Middlecoff in 1959, &quot;Leave him alone Claude he may never learn&quot; • Charley Hull declares Baycurrent Classic winner Michael Brennan a &quot;future world number one&quot;</p>","author_name":"Golf.ai"}