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The guys recount Adam Scott's one-shot victory at the Honda Classic and try to figure out why Sergio Garcia can't close. Afterwards, they take their first look at The Masters odds with the tournament just one month away. Finally, Kyle and Casey go off the rails and try to make sense of America's political landscape by discussing what the results from Super Tuesday mean going forward. Every episode of the GolfGuide podcast is presented by golfguide.net. Save 30-70% off golf all over the West Coast by purchasing your green fee beforehand from GolfGuide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Kyle and Casey discuss the results from last weekend's Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, CA and recount some of their personal highlights and lowlights from the PGA Tour's West Coast swing. Meanwhile, they profess their love for Pasatiempo, showcase their disdain for Florida golf, and touch on what may have made Hitler evil. In the second half of the podcast, the guys take it to Twitter and answer some questions from #golfchat. If you could caddy for any golfer in history, dead or alive, who would it be? The guys answer questions like this and more and offer copious amounts of senseless banter as they're prone to do. This episode of The Golf Guide Podcast is presented by golfguide.net, where golfers can save 30-70% off green fees at courses all over California in the GolfGuide Store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WARNING: Audio content is moderately poor due to a microphone error. After the introductory music, those that wish to listen to the entirety of the podcast are advised to turn up the volume. An exciting weekend at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am gives the GolfGuide Podcast's hosts lots of metaphorical golf meat to chew on. They also look ahead to the Northern Trust Open, played at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, CA. Normally, an error of this magnitude would cause this podcast to go unpublished, but some of the discussion was particularly fascinating, and we wanted to give those who may find it entertaining a chance to listen so it doesn't disappear into the abyss for eternity. Don't forget to visit golfguide.net and save 30-70% on your next round of golf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Kyle and Casey delve into an array of golf topics and tangents than cover the upcoming calendar year. Recorded on January 21, 2016, the guys break down the first round of play at Abu Dabi, then try to figure out how to generate more excitement for the PGA Championship as it relates to the other three majors, including a dramatic formatting change. Then the guys delve into Golf Digest's most recent list of the Top 100 golf courses in the world, which both Kyle and Casey take exception to despite the fact that neither of them have played the lions share of the courses on the list. It's golf bafoonery at its very best. To wrap up the podcast, they review Shane Bacon of Fox Sports' list of predictions for 2016 and offer their own takes on what will happen on tour in 2016. This episode of the GolfGuide Podcast is presented by Golfguide.net. GolfGuide is building a new website that is set to debut late this spring, which will make finding golf and saving on greens fees easier than ever for golfers located in California, Oregon and Nevada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spencer Riemer is the general manager at Cherry Island Golf Course in Elverta, CA. We discuss Sacramento's rise as a golfing destination, the in's and out's of his golf course, a superintendents vital role in the golf industry, life as a golf course general manager, and why golf courses often don't play the way they look. *** This podcast is presented by Golfguide.net, the premier West Coast golf directory and home of some of the best greens fee deals in California, Nevada and Oregon. Golfers can save 30-70% on greens fees by purchasing their round of golf beforehand at Golfguide.net. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Golf Guide Podcast, Kyle recounts the highlights from his recent trip to Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (3:53) and his favorite 9-hole course Aetna Springs (30:00). Then the two hosts get into an in-depth discussion about the various features that make a golf hole bad. Inspired by Rick Vacek's article on golfguide.net, the hosts debate the worst things an architect can do when designing a golf hole. Kyle also wonders what golf scores and handicaps would look like if people kept an accurate account of their scores (44:00). Casey educates Kyle on the finer points of playing fantasy golf (1:23:00), and discusses why Bubba Watson is one of the most annoying players on the PGA Tour (1:30:05). Then the guys discuss their favorite players to follow on Tour right now (1:33:40), and which players not named Tiger Woods they enjoyed watching a decade ago (1:37:30). They wrap up the podcast by reviewing some amazing stats from Tiger's career (1:39:00), and because both Kyle and Casey are unabashed San Francisco Giants homers, they recount a couple amazing stats from Barry Bonds' career (1:40:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Kyle Surlow and Casey Edmondson discuss an array of golf and non-golf related topics in Golf Guide's first episode. They cover Rory McIlroy's golf swing, their favorite players to watch on the PGA Tour, how amateurs would fare if they got to play golf at a course set up for the pros and what makes a golf hole truly great. Casey also recalls the time he visited Los Angeles Country Club and almost used a former presidents locker and ponders whether Bill Clinton smoked during his presidency? They also touch on what characteristics of a golf course make people angry and want to go elsewhere. At the end of the episode, they discuss their favorite courses they've had a chance to play and what courses sit atop their golfing wish list, and why so many 18th holes stink. This episode is presented by Golfguide.net, a website dedicated to helping you find great places to play golf across California, Oregon and Nevada and offers 30-70% off greens fees at golf courses across the West Coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices