Five Clubs

We were live from Congaree Golf Club, site of the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup, which begins on Thursday. We were joined by Palmer's grandson, Sam Saunders, as well as the Friedkin Group's Director of Golf Bruce Davidson, Brandel Chamblee, Eamon Lynch, Paul McGinley and Palmer Cup participants Michael LaSasso and Louise Rydqvist. Discussion centered around the Palmer Cup and the ways it makes an impact, the integration of men and women in the competition itself and the initiative's of the Friedkin Group and Congaree and the Global Golf Initiative.

We were joined today by Grant Haefner and Taylor Zarzour. Haefner made it through the 36-hole qualifying on Monday earning Medalist honors at Springfield Country Club. He talked about the day, his journey and what’s ahead as he heads to Oakmont for the U.S. Open. Zarzour joined in studio and he and host Gary Williams recapped golf’s longest day before diving into the last month of Scottie Scheffler and how we’ll see how Rory McIlroy responds with the next major just over a week away.

It was a busy show with Gary Williams providing a recap of the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills and The Memorial and Jack's place and were joined by Ryan French, the man behind Monday Q Info. Williams and French also broke down golf's longest day as golfers from 10 different sites will battle it out over the course of a 36-hole day to qualify for the U.S. Open at Oakmont. French shares the unknown stories better than anyone and today is a day that provides a lot of them.

Michael Bamberger has been covering the game of golf for four decades. The GAME. He has always been curious and determined to tell all the stories and not just those about the best professional golfers. The Playing Lesson is classic Bamberger as he spends a year immersed in every aspect of the game of golf from caddying in pro ams, to playing in pro ams, to being involved in volunteer services at tour events, to putting lessons with Brad Faxon. Of course, Michael shares conversations with some of the most interesting people in golf. Michael is one of the game’s great writers and this lengthy conversation with Gary Williams veers in so many directions. Not surprisingly, two people who love the game talking about why it does to us what it does to us. This new book is for lovers of the whole game and this conversation tries to cover it all.

Today’s show was LIVE from The Memorial Tournament in Dublin, OH. We were joined on the show by Jack and Barbara Nicklaus, Aaron Rai, GOLF Channel's Todd Lewis, and 3-time U.S. Open Champion Hale Irwin.

Today’s show was LIVE from The Memorial Tournament in Dublin, OH. We were joined on the show by Rex Hoggard, Jack Nicklaus II, Eric Cole, Jordan Spieth, and Brandt Snedeker.

Brendan Porath of The Fried Egg and Beth Ann Nichols of Golfweek Magazine joined the show. Porath talked about what needs to change from a business perspective on the PGA TOUR and Nichols discussed the upcoming Women’s U.S. Open and the announcement of the new LPGA commissioner.

There will not be a more important show we do at 5 Clubs in 2025 than this conversation between Jeff Maness and Gary Williams. As we mark one year since the passing of PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray, Gary is joined by a man who entered Grayson's life at a very young age and became one of the most important people in his life. Grayson’s suicide last May was a tragic and shocking reminder that anxiety, depression and alcoholism are lethal conditions and diseases. This conversation is intended to educate, inform, and reflect. Please take the time to listen and also to learn more about the Grayson Murray Foundation and how you can contribute.

In this episode of The Wagyu Filet Show, hosts Johnson Wagner and Brendon de Jonge, lay out their team predictions for the2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. They give their locks for the American and European teams, who is likely and who needs to play their way in.

LPGA Hall of Famer Lydia Ko and golf personality Will Lowery joined the program today. Among the topics discussed, Ko talked about her Olympic experience and golf’s role in the Games moving forward as well as her emotional win that followed at St. Andrews. Lowery talked a lot about the growth of junior golf in recent years and in particular his work with Steph Curry’s Underrated Golf Tour, the impact the tour makes and the opportunities and access it provides for those from a different club house.

Johnson Wagner and Brendon de Jonge joined the program to recap the 2025 PGA Championship with Gary Williams. They dove into Scottie Scheffler and his greatness, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, the driver testing and a peek ahead to the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club.

Golf writers Ron Green Jr. and Michael Bamberger joined the program this morning to talk about the major story lines coming out of the 2025 PGA Championship. Both talked about what makes Scottie Scheffler so great and that it would not surprise Bamberger to see Scheffler pull off the career grand slam by year’s end. Between the two they also talked about how nice it was to have Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau in contention to give some buzz to the leaderboard.

We had a full house for our special two-hour PGA Championship Preview Show on Golf Channel. We were joined in studio by Gabby Herzig, Taylor Zarzour, Colt Knost, Mark Brooks and Jaime Diaz and joined via Zoom by Jim Nantz. We discussed the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club with all weighing in on the course, the story lines, the big 5 of Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele, the under the radar names and the moving of the tournament from August to May. We also revealed our team picks to win the PGA Championship.

The team of Gary Williams, Johnson Wagner, Brendon de Jonge and Taylor Zarzour dive into all things 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club. The team, all based out of Charlotte, has an in-depth understanding of Quail Hollow with Wagner and Zarzour being club members. We talk the course, the conditions, the stature of the PGA Championship, how it now fits in the season calendar and the strength of the Charlotte golf community. We touch on the favorites from Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele and others. The course deep dive goes into the tough opening stretch and a particular look at the holes on the inward nine including the Green Mile, one of the toughest finishing stretches in all of golf. We also give our who to watch out for, dark horses and winning picks.

Don Rea Jr. & Justin Ray joined the program this morning. Ray is known as a golf stat and information guru and he shared some mind-boggling stats on Rory McIlroy at Quail Hollow, Tiger Woods against the field, Jack Nicklaus in the 70’s and a number of other stats for the game’s best. Among other things, Rea talked about the PGA Works collegiate event going on in Whistling Straits and how many people are still finding golf in non-traditional ways and enjoying the sport. We also shared our picks for the Truist Championship and the dogs of the week.

Broadcasters Frank Nobilo and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo joined the program this morning. Russo recapped what it was like watching Rory McIlroy win The Masters and how his audience reacted for days after. He talked about how often he talks golf and why to his general sports audience and the stories he needs to sell his passion for it. Nobilo also weighed in on the ups and downs to McIlroy’s win at Augusta and talked about what is prime age now in the professional game and how we got there.

NBC broadcaster Mike Tirico and Tom Coyne, founder of the Golfer's Journal, joined the program this morning. Coyne was up first and talked about some of the bigger stories in golf so far this year, gave a low down on Philadelphia Cricket Club where this week's PGA TOUR event will be held for the Truist Championship, some history of Philadelphia golf and an update on Sullivan County Golf Club. Tirico also dove into golf's biggest stories of the year, looked for some historical comparisons to Rory McIlroy's win at The Masters, spoke to the big three of McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau all being in form headed to the PGA Championship and reflected on some iconic sports calls. Host Gary Williams opened the show on rivalries in golf and how rare they actually play out on significant Sunday's and the big weekend for Scheffler at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

Newly-appointed Presidents Cup captain Brandt Snedeker and writer Michael Bamberger joined the program today. Snedeker talked about the task that lies ahead, the traits he will look for in team selections, making sure the team knows the plan in advance and how Keegan Bradley still playing to earn a spot on the Ryder Cup team could factor into this year's team competition. Bamberger talked about how he didn't think that Rory McIlroy was necessarily going to go on a tear now, how to compare eras pre- and post-big headed drivers, the freedom of Bryson DeChambeau, and shared thoughts on the upcoming Truist Championship coming to Philadelphia Cricket Club. Host Gary Williams also reviewed the Dogs of the Week and revealed the team picks for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

In this episode of The Wagyu Filet Show, Johnson Wagner and Brendon de Jonge dove into the great shot history of Tiger Woods. Wagner will be re-creating a number of these iconic shots for Golf Channel and there are plenty to choose from. Shots at Pebble Beach, the Canadian Open, Torrey Pines, St. Andrews, Muirfield, Hazeltine, Firestone, The Memorial and of course, Augusta National.

We had a full house in-studio with Johnson Wagner, Brendon de Jonge & Taylor Zarzour and the group dove into a lot of topics including: what does post-Master win Rory McIlroy look like, is Scottie Scheffler ready to win again soon, who might have a second half the season to counter Rory like Schauffele had with Scheffler in 2024, who might some of the rookies be making their first U.S. Ryder Cup team, the depth of the European team and the route chose by Blades Brown.