The First Cut Golf

Daniel Berger is your 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge champion! On today’s episode we breakdown his surprising victory over a star-studded leaderboard. Mark Immelman is on the scene for us, he details just what the scene was like at a fan-less Colonial Country Club (2:15). Did Daniel Berger win this golf tournament or did Collin Morikawa lose it (7:35)? Xander Schauffele is no 0-for-4 after holding a 54-hole lead or co-lead. How can “X” work on becoming a better closer (16:52)? We finally hit on the talk of the gym, Bryson DeChambeau. He finished one stroke short of the playoff, have we seen enough evidence to determine that Bryson has broken the game of golf (23:40)? It’s not an episode of The First Cut if we don’t mention Jordan Spieth (34:47). How are we feeling about Kyle’s boy after a rollercoaster Saturday? We wrap by breaking down our One and Done league along with declaring the first ever winner of The First Cut Matchup Challenge Belt (42:50)!—————————'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFDFor more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xander Schauffele leads a stacked leaderboard at Colonial Country Club in Ft. Worth, TX. Xander is 0-for-3 after holding a 54-hole lead or co-lead. Can "X" finally close out to reach 5 career PGA Tour victories (4:35)? Defending U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland is one of those pros stalking the lead, can he chase down Xander on Sunday (10:25)? Two words... Jordan Spieth. How are we feeling about his chances to win (14:04)? Collin Morikawa is lingering at the top, Mark Immelman thinks he should be the guy to watch on Sunday (23:12). Rory McIlroy had a ho-hum round on Saturday, and yet he still went under-par for the day. Just how impressive is the Ulsterman's floor (30:05)? We wrap the podcast by dishing out picks for Sunday, can Rick dig into his bag of data to pick a winner with some value?—————————'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFDFor more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Harold Varner III started his second round with a triple bogey, yikes! HVIII was able to quickly turn things around and take the 36-hole lead (2:00). Jordan Spieth continued his standout performance on Friday, can he keep that going into the weekend (8:15)? It’s not an episode of The First Cut if we don’t mention Rory McIlroy, can he take his Friday momentum into the weekend for victory (20:00)? Bryson’s thickness continues to be an asset, through 36 holes he has only lost strokes on TWO tee shots, has the Mad Scientist broken golf (27:35)? Finally we wrap with our expert picks for the weekend, who is a contender and who is a pretender (49:00)? —————————'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFDFor more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🗣 INSTANT REACTION POD!!!! We’re breaking down the first round action from the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club. Mark Immelman and Doug Bell join Kyle Porter to bring you our first round recap. Justin Rose and Harold Varner III are co-leaders after the first round, what fueled their success on Thursday (3:30)? Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… Jordan Spieth is back… but is he really? Our analysts discuss that possibility (12:40). Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Brooks Kopeka looked flat in their return to competitive, can they turn it around (17:20)?—————————'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFDFor more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our PGA Tour coverage rolls on as we head into our final preview of the Charles Schwab Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Ft. Worth, TX! We start the episode off with a report from our very own Mark Immelman who is live on the scene for this weekend's coverage on CBS Sports (1:20). We'll also pit all four of our intrepid podcasters against each other for a new matchup game courtesy of William Hill sportsbook (8:13). After the break we'll take a look at the brand new Props Pick'em Game on CBSSports.com! Quizmaster Rick will team up with Greg to breakdown every single prop for the first round (29:40). You can play TODAY by visiting CBSSports.com/GolfProps—————————'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFDFor more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're continuing a full week of PGA Tour coverage with out breakdown of the top players for this week's Charles Schwab Challenge. We're breaking down the featured groups for this week event at Colnoial Country Club in Ft. Worth, TX (8:41). On Monday CBS and the PGA Tour announced that players will be doing mid-round interviews through a remote "confession camera", what Tour secrets would our crew like to hear about (12:41)? We're also doing temperature checks of our own by running through the fields top players and gauging how we feel about their hopes of winning this week (39:30). We wrap with our expert picks where Kyle, Greg and Rick will break down their sleepers, top-10 locks and picks to win it all on Sunday (38:32). We'll also hit on the return of the official First Cut One and Done League, can Kyle keep his momentum through the long layoff (45:10)? #waittosee—————————'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFDFor more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our long wait is finally over! The PGA Tour returns with a loaded field at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, TX for the Charles Scwhab Challenge. We're coming at you with a full daily fantasy breakdown from our experts Rick Gehman and Greg DuCharme. The field, as Kyle Porter would say, is 'sick'. The First Cut will be with you ALL week daily with betting previews and instant analysis pods after every round of the Charles Schwab Challenege. We've got you covered today with our DFS breakdown of this absolutely stellar tournament at Colonial.Draftkings Player Pricing Breakdown$10,000 and up (10:45)$9,000 (19:50)$8,000 (29:47)$7,000 (41:15)$6,000 (50:00)---'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFDFor more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What a week it's been. The world's attention has not been on golf and that's okay. We're here to try and bring you a little break from the chaos of the real world. First though we feel it's important to acknowledge some voices in the game that might go unheard. We encourage our listeners to check out works by black voices in golf including Damon Hack's piece for Golf Channel “Can I be both thankful and horrified? Can I?” and Maurice Allen's work in Golf Digest “Being Black in a White Sport”. We'd also be doing a disservice if we didn't give a shout out to Cheyenne Woods and her podcast "Birdies Not BS".Also on the docket for day, we're breaking down yesterday's news that the Official World Golf Ranking will resume with the return of the PGA Tour, why does this make some European Tour players less than thrilled (7:14)? Speaking of Euros, European Tour CEO Keith Pelley says a "direction" for the 2020 Ryder Cup will be formalized by the end of the month. U.S. Captain Steve Stricker says a Ryder Cup without fans would be a "yawner", do we have any hope players tee it up in Wisconsin this year (18:50)? Finally we wrap by discussing modern day player comparison to golfers of ole. Is Dustin Johnson the modern equivalent of Greg Norman? Is Sungjae Im really the new Seve Ballesteros (28:50)?—————————'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFDFor more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Howzit pod fans! We’re coming at you today with another episode of The First Cut Podcast! Today we’re coming at you with breaking news that the John Deere Classic is officially being replaced with a new event to be held at Muirfield Village (3:00). Will Tiger Woods make an appearance at some point within the first four events back (10:30)? We also dive into how the PGA Tour will look totally different in a post-COVID world (13:00). Fans can look forward to an absolutely STACKED field at Colonial Country Club for the Charles Schwab Challenge, who are we most excited to see (18:10)? Finally we wrap with our picks for the Charles Schwab Challenge as the PGA Tour returns to action for the first time since the PLAYERS was canceled (28:00).—————————'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFDFor more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today the PGA Tour announced the creation of PGA Tour University, a special ranking system to help the game’s top collegiate male golfers make it to the PGA Tour ranks (4:50). Last week the tour announced the cancelation of the John Deere Classic. Could the PGA Tour go back-to-back weeks at Muirfield Village? Should the tour have taken this approach from the beginning (12:10)? The European Tour is coming back to action with a “UK Swing” starting in July! What can fans expect to see on the links as Europes top players return (18:40)? According to Greg Norman, the PGA Tour is exploring the creation of a side pot to pay its top players. This is supposedly a move to create an incentive for the top players to stay with the PGA Tour and not jump ship to the upstart PGL (24:50).—————————'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFDFor more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices