About this episode
A New England native wins its only PGA TOUR event, the guys announce an exciting golf trip for July, and golf course architect Tripp Davis shares the ins and outs of designing a course. Hosted, as always, but Alex Lauzon and Michael Russell. Keagan Bradley coasts to victory at The Travelers, winning in his native New England, as Scheffler and McIlroy continue their Top 10 performances (1:54). The KMPG Women's PGA Championship featured Sunday fireworks as Ruoning Yin becomes the second Chinese woman to win a LPGA major (6:35). The guys are beyond excited as they prepare to head to Dublin for a week of golf at the end of July, thanks to Tourism Ireland (8:04). The PGA TOUR heads to Detroit for the Rocket Mortgage Classic, a quiet event that sometimes results in a new PGA TOUR winner (11:59). In Tuned In, Michael caught the new Wes Anderson film Asteroid City , while Alex shares the highlights of his annual trip to Austin Comic-Con (13:49). This week's guest is Tripp Davis, a golf course architect who chatted with Alex about the process of designing a course, what he looks for in a great course, and his passion for his alma mater Oklahoma (17:18). The baseball world is atwitter after David Ortiz's gag gift to Derek Jeter for joining the MLB on FOX crew (53:17). As the guys #AlwaysEndWithFood, Alex is prepping Michael for all the different Ireland eats they'll encounter in their trip (54:59). We're been proudly using Zencastr to record our podcast since the beginning. Use our special link https://zen.ai/thecourseoflife to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan. Listen + Love + Subscribe: http://bit.ly/3fdoQed Read Alex’s Picks on Run Your Pool: https://www.runyourpool.com/articles/author/alexlauzon/ Support the First Tee - Greater Austin: https://bit.ly/3n09U4I Join us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2NpEIKJ Follow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2QJhZLQ Watch us on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3qvq4Dt Support our friends! Use our special link - https://zen.ai/thecourseoflife - to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan. Watch us on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3qvq4Dt Listen + Love + Subscribe: www.courseoflifepodcast.com Support the First Tee - Greater Austin: https://bit.ly/3n09U4I Join us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2NpEIKJ Follow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2QJhZLQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices