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At The Turn - Golf Podcast · Joe Simons & Nick Heidelberger

The 153rd Open Championship

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The four majors divide cleanly for watching and winning, and the Open sits second in both rankings.
1. At The Turn focuses on the 2025 Open Championship and the way Nick Heidelberger and Joe Simons frame it against the other three men's majors. 2. Nick Heidelberger and Joe Simons host the show, and their golf handicaps, equipment changes, and tournament bets shape why the episode matters. 3. The episode asks whether the Open Championship is the major they most want to watch or the one they most want to win. 4. The hosts start with memories of Phil Mickelson versus Henrik Stenson and a 4 a.m. Open morning in Hawaii. 5. Joe Simons describes a round at Gresham golf course, a family-owned Portland facility with a bar and grill called Poor Sports. 6. He says his handicap moved from 7.8 to 8.3 after a round where he hit 10 greens and made an 82. 7. Joe also explains a new 19-degree 5-wood from Par West on Halsey, then says he hit it like a 9-wood at 210 yards. 8. Nick talks about back pain, canceled tee times, cat cows, child's pose, and a Sunday trip to St. John golf course with his kids. 9. The hosts compare the Masters, the Open Championship, the US Open, and the PGA Championship by viewing appeal and by what winning each one gives a player. 10. They agree that the Masters is the best to watch, while the Open's overnight coverage and links rotation make it a close favorite. 11. Joe argues that the US Open gives only a 10-year exemption, while the other majors effectively offer lifetime access for competitive champions. 12. Nick counters that the US Open still has prestige but less long-term benefit than the Masters, PGA Championship, or Open Championship. 13. The conversation turns to Rory McIlroy's joke about winning a PGA at Frisco, which they contrast with Pebble Beach, St. Andrews, and Augusta. 14. They discuss how major champions like Lucas Glover, J.J. Spaun, Wyndham Clark, and Matt Fitzpatrick fit or do not fit the exemption logic. 15. Joe says he would rather win the Open Championship than the US Open because of the venues and the championship's rotation. 16. Nick says the Masters is the one he wants most, and the Open Championship comes second because of the week-long atmosphere and the overnight leaderboard reveal. 17. The betting section includes Patrick Reed, Jon Rahm, Ryan Fox, Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Bob MacIntyre, and Rory McIlroy as candidates. 18. The tone is conversational, argumentative, and full of golf-specific references, with a long mid-episode debate and a separate betting rundown. 19. Listeners who like major-championship history and betting picks should like this episode. 20. Listeners who want short interviews or non-golf topics may skip it.

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Open-week golf talk that stays opinionated, unhurried, and comfortably clubhouse-minded.

At The Turn uses the Open Championship as a clean starting point for golf talk that feels immediate and familiar. The episode moves through major-week anticipation, early-morning viewing habits, a memory of the Phil-Henrik Open, and then into U.S.

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If you want an Open Championship hang that starts loose and ends in a majors argument.

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