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Ben and Sam are joined by two-time major champion and now on-course broadcaster Dottie Pepper to hear about her up-close view of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and more. Dottie explains her problem with slow play, how she sees her role and why Keegan Bradley would make her Ryder Cup side. There's a word on the Women's US Open, Highest Bidder and her encounter with a bear.
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Ben and Sam lavish praise on Scottie Scheffler after his five-shot victory in a PGA Championship made more interesting by Jon Rahm's Sunday surge. There's talk of driver-gate and Bryson DeChambeau's quest to become a better iron player, before a look at what's changed as far as the European Ryder Cup side goes. The pair then preview this week's events including the Soudal Open and then it's a classic Highest Bidder which goes right down to the wire.
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Ben and Sam are joined by former PGA Tour player Roberto Castro to hear about his experience of Quail Hollow, which hosts this week's PGA Championship, and some of the biggest issues in golf including the rollback debate. Roberto also offers his take on the key storylines for the second major of the year and explains why the course so heavily favours bigger hitters, while before that there's time to find out about his work for CapTech Consulting including on the TGL.
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Ben and Sam are back to their regularly scheduled broadcasting to reflect on a dominant win for Scottie Scheffler, and some impressive perspective from Erik van Rooyen. They ponder what popularity means and whether Bryson DeChambeau is golf's most popular player following his LIV Korea win, before it's onto the return of the DP World Tour in Turkey. Highest Bidder is a nail-biter, too...
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Ben and Sam are joined by professional golf's newest retiree, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, to hear what brought him to the decision to walk away from life on tour. Mike tells us why, why now, and what makes Crans the right place to bow out later this year. We hear his thoughts on the state of golf, including in France, Europe's Ryder Cup prospects, and what makes players like Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose 'aliens'.
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Ben and Sam begin episode 17 of Sliced with a recap of Marco Penge's breakthrough win, although with no TV pictures it's difficult to know exactly how it happened. There's also a look back on the first women's major of the year and a dramatic if manufactured ending, followed by the latest golf news including a new app from a two-time major champion. After that there's time for your questions and Highest Bidder, but between those two segments Sam also reveals who won our first ever competition.
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Ben and Sam are up early on Easter Monday to reflect on an overdue win for Justin Thomas and a home one for Ashun Wu, plus the arrival of a new European star on the LPGA Tour. There’s talk of Wes Bryan’s suspension days after Rory McIlroy’s Grand Slam, before we look ahead to Hainan and the Zurich Classic. Finally, Highest Bidder hits a new low – can you do better?
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Ben and Sam try to make sense of one of the greatest golf tournaments, greatest Sundays, and greatest achievements in the history of the game, as Rory McIlroy completes the career Grand Slam by winning the Masters at Augusta. Oh, and Renato Paratore's win on the HotelPlanner Tour, the world of golf this week, fantasy picks, and Highest Bidder.
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Ben and Sam pass another new milestone with their first major championship special, and what a way to begin as they talk all things The Masters (once they've gone through Ben's backdrop and the scandal of the fake lefty). Our duo share their first Masters memories and their favourite renewals of the first major of the men's season, before profiling every player under 100/1. Then, Ben has the simplest of tasks in Highest Bidder, but hopes nobody makes winning a green jacket look that simple come Sunday. Unless it's McIlroy...
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Ben and Sam welcome Ryder Cup legend Paul McGinley to Sliced. He talks to us about what that event has meant to his life and career and how much of an influence Sam Torrance was on his successful captaincy in 2024. Then it's onto his role on the DP World Tour board when Saudi Arabia came calling, and what he sees for the future of men's professional golf. We talk Rory and the Masters and then Paul has a crack at Highest Bidder.
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Love is in the air as Ben and Sam gush over Viktor Hovland's stunning victory in the Valspar Championship, and Richard Mansell following his mate and winning in Singapore. Then there's Scottie on Rahm and Tiger on social media, before Ben finds another way to almost win but actually lose in Highest Bidder.
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Ben and Sam react to Rory McIlroy's PLAYERS win before they wonder whether Phil Mickelson really does believe Joaquin Niemann is the world's number one golfer. There are rueful reflections of a breakout win for Josh Berry in India, a look ahead to a rainy Singapore Classic, details of a ticket giveaway, and a tense Highest Bidder.
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Ben and Sam reflect on narrow wins for Calum Hill and Russell Henley on a dramatic Sunday of golf on both the main men's tours. There's a bit of Ryder Cup chat plus a Presidents Cup tale of when Sam met Fred, before focus turns to one of the biggest events in golf - The PLAYERS Championship. Finally, Ben turns cheerleader as Sam goes high on Highest Bidder.
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Ben and Sam talk rain in Durban and birdies in Florida with wins for Dylan Naidoo and Joe Highsmith. Then it's onto the biggest story in golf last week as Ryan Peake completed his comeback just as fellow felon Angel Cabrera announced his Masters return. Things are a little less serious as we check in on the latest LIV quotes and TGL results, before the toughest Highest Bidder yet.
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Ben and Sam react to the remarkable play-off for the Mexico Open and a somewhat less remarkable Kenya Open. There's talk of DP World Tour status as one European swaps Africa for Argentina, and the latest no-news-is-bad-news update from the PIF-PGA talks. We hear Sam's inside word on this week's SA Open host, Ben's memories of the Cog... Honda Classic, and news of a prize worth winning via the DP World Tour's Fantasy Race to Dubai game.
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Ben and Sam reflect on an outrageously simple win for Ludvig Aberg at Torrey Pines, where Tiger Woods answered questions about the future of the PGA Tour and men's professional golf. There's analysis of Rory McIlroy's comments earlier in the week and a potential slow play solution, then it's around the tours including Ben's first-hand account of golf in Kenya. Finally, Highest Bidder returns...
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Ben and Sam welcome recent DP World Tour winner Laurie Canter to Sliced. Laurie talks about that win in Bahrain, how much he got from the Team Cup and what changed for him as a player back in 2020. He explains what it was like when LIV Golf came along a couple of years later and offers his take on what the future of golf could and perhaps should look like. Finally, he has a crack at Highest Bidder...
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Ben and Sam talk Rory McIlroy's win at Pebble Beach and ask how likely it is that he completes his three remaining career goals. Laurie Canter's goals might have changed now as he's a two-time winner who gets plenty of praise before the discussion moves onto Phoenix, Qatar, and then a major play-offs version of Highest Bidder. Plus, listeners are invited to send questions for the first Sliced guest.
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Ben and Sam recap wins for Alejandro del Rey and Harris English before looking ahead to a busy week in professional golf which, yes, includes Tiger vs Rory in the TGL. More seriously, Scheffler is back at Pebble Beach where Jordan Spieth also makes his return from surgery. There's a message from the great Gary Player, stories from the playground and the piano, and the latest DP World Tour Fantasy picks.
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Ben and Sam talk about Tyrrell and a fabulous Dubai Desert Classic, plus another win for Sepp Straka after a very, very long final round on the PGA Tour. There's more on slow play, another Austrian winner and the return of the Challenge Tour, before fantasy picks and then the big one: Highest Bidder, Medinah Edition.
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