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#PMT-2025-0924-7578
HankHank

Brandel Chamblee is using bots to generate fake YouTube views for Bryson DeChambeau's content

I put him [Brandel Chamblee] on the Hot Seat because there's just no way Brandel Chamblee is this locked in... but he said, 'I have no doubt that bots are generating a lot of those views.'

Chamblee's accusation is unsubstantiated; DeChambeau's YouTube growth is widely attributed to high-quality content and the 'Break 50' series.
Loss
#PMT-2025-0718-15287
Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

If I win the Open Championship this weekend, I should be the official Blake of the Year

I have proposed the idea that if Brooks Koepka wins the open championship this weekend, he officially gets your [Blake Griffin's] Blake of the Year title this year. [Brooks]: I'm not dead. Absolutely. I'm playing for all the Blakes. I would like, at some point in the interviews, I would like acknowledgement. I literally will just say Blake Griffin and then walk right out.

Brooks Koepka did not win the Open Championship in July 2024 (Xander Schauffele won), thus he did not trigger the 'redemption' clause.
Open
#PMT-2025-0411-2068
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Statistically, you must be in the top six after the first round of the Masters to have a real chance to win

Trent was saying that like, statistically speaking, you basically have to be top six after the first round. Like anyone past that is not eliminated, but almost eliminated.

Historically, a high percentage of Masters winners were inside the top 10 after Day 1, but 'top six' is a specific constraint that can be tested against the 2025 winner.
Win
#PMT-2024-0708-3149
HankHank

The winners of the John Deere Classic always stay in the same rental home in Illinois

For the last three years, each winner of the John Deere Classic has stayed in the same rental home in Illinois. Whoa. It's officially the trophy house. Davis Thompson, SEP Straka, JT Poston.

This was a widely reported coincidence in 2024 following Davis Thompson's win.
Open
#PMT-2024-0603-13635
Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods definitely used HGH to come back from his injuries

Tiger If you ever wanna come on the podcast... did Tiger ever do do steroids? You think I Why doesn't it get talked about though? ... He definitely, it's just out of respect for him. Is it, is it deference? He definitely used it to come back from stuff for sure. ... I think he without a doubt a hundred percent used HGH to come back from injuries.

This has never been proven or admitted by Tiger Woods.
Loss
#PMT-2023-0828-2481
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Donald Trump is the best golfer in the United States

Rick Re says that it wasn't actually 67. I don't be a hater, Rick. He says it was more like an 86... [Trump] is the best golfer in the United States.

Donald Trump is not a professional-level golfer capable of being the 'best in the US' by any objective metric.
Void
#PMT-2023-0710-13538
Big CatBig Cat

Jordan Spieth is wearing a cheap $500 Instagram ad suit that hides 'fat and frumpy' bodies

Jordan Spieth has a lot, a lot of money. But I think I have that same suit and I understand what happened. ... I think he's wearing a $500 Instagram suit. ... It's a stretchy material that doesn't iron well. And so it's like, it's like a, it's like almost like a, it's like an Under Armour shirt in a suit form.

While unconfirmed if it's the exact same brand, Spieth was heavily roasted for the suit's quality, supporting the 'cheap' claim.
Win
Take Slip·May 17, 2023
#PMT-2023-0517-16517
Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

LIV and PGA Tour players don't actually have bad blood with each other

There's no bad blood. All everybody's so chill about it, you know, that everyone understands. Right. It's a business at the end of the day... I think it was more like media driven than there is anything. But everybody's cool with each other.

While some specific players had public spats, the eventual merger announcement shortly after this interview confirmed a move toward reconciliation.
Win
Take Slip·Apr 10, 2023
#PMT-2023-0410-7258
Scott Van PeltScott Van Pelt

Brooks Koepka is officially back as a top-tier golfer

Is Brooks officially back? Is he back? Yes. A hundred percent. It was good to talk to him Friday... he's healthy and if he's healthy he's rom strong. Brooks is strong too, man. Unequivocally Brooks Koepka back.

Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship just one month after this take, officially cementing his return to the top of the sport.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0718-15917
Billy FootballBilly Football

Jack Nicklaus' name is actually pronounced 'Jack Naus'

First thing, Jack Nicklaus is pronounced Jack Naus... I think that those clips were the original way they pronounced his name and just over time it's been butchered.

Fact ClaimGolfScorchingSarcastic
The name is definitively pronounced 'Nick-luss'. Billy's claim is a running joke based on a single old broadcast clip.
Loss
Take Slip·Jun 10, 2022
#PMT-2022-0610-2577
Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka is just messing with everyone and won't join LIV

Brooks, he did the eyeballs emojis. It actually was a good test run for us just in case any of our friends do joined the live tour because the part of my take group chat Brooks was fucking with everyone. He's not joining the live tour.

Incorrect. Brooks Koepka joined LIV Golf on June 22, 2022, shortly after this episode.
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#PMT-2022-0518-14725
Billy FootballBilly Football

Jack Nicklaus' name is pronounced Jack 'Nick-Klaus' because of his German ancestry

Jack Nicklaus [pronounced Nick-Klaus like Santa Claus]... He rejected a hundred million dollars to not go to the Saudi golf league... I've only read his name. I only know... because I always watch golf on mute... Nikolaos. Changed it to make it [more American].

It is universally pronounced 'Nick-luss'. Billy's 'Nick-Klaus' pronunciation is fundamentally incorrect.
Open
Take Slip·Apr 12, 2021
#PMT-2021-0412-14671
Scott Van PeltScott Van Pelt

Winning the Masters will eventually be worth over $1 billion to Hideki Matsuyama

Andy North kept saying to me, you cannot comprehend the amount of pressure that's on this young man's shoulders... He's like, this is worth a billion dollars to him... This guy's 29 years old. He's got to have, you know, give him 40 years of being able to be, I'm the Masters champion in Japan. He's like, you could be a nine figure a year guy... David Duval... told me this morning, he goes, look, that's not, that's not crazy at all. He said, it might be conservative.

While hard to verify exactly, Matsuyama's endorsement potential in Japan skyrocketed, with estimates from experts like Rickie Fowler's agent suggesting $20M+ annually, which over a lifetime makes the $1B figure plausible but pending long-term results.
Push
Take Slip·Mar 12, 2021
#PMT-2021-0312-19596
Brodie SmithBrodie Smith

Disc golf is the number one sport in Finland

I believe disc golf is the number one sport in Finland. Yeah, so over there it's absolutely crazy... there'll be 5,000 people walking down the sides of the fairways. It's insane.

While disc golf is explosively popular in Finland and has the most 'active players' per capita in many metrics, ice hockey is officially considered the most popular sport by viewership and institutional metrics.
Loss
Take Slip·Feb 22, 2021
#PMT-2021-0222-15228
Big CatBig Cat

Tony Finau is officially cursed by the Puerto Rico Open

Tony Finau is officially cursed... There's a legitimate curse out there, and I'm so fucking in on it. So the Puerto Rico Open, Puerto Rico Open, that is the one win that Tony Finau has... 11-year history. No winner has gone on to win any other tournament after they won the Puerto Rico Open.

The curse was broken. Tony Finau went on to win the Northern Trust later in 2021 and multiple other tournaments (3M Open, Rocket Mortgage, etc.) since this recording.
Void
Take Slip·Feb 10, 2021
#PMT-2021-0210-8884
Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

The eagle on the 17th hole at the Waste Management Open was 'stupid luck'

No, that was just dumb luck that it went in. That was just real dumb luck... I'll be honest with you, it shouldn't have gone [in]. That's just stupid luck, man.

Push
#PMT-2020-0921-5818
Jake MarshJake Marsh

Many are questioning the validity of Bryson DeChambeau's US Open win because Brooks Koepka was injured

Bryson DeChambeau... emerge victorious to win his first ever major. Many are questioning the validity of this win as two-time US Open Champion Brooks Koepka did not participate due to injury.

While some fans may have argued this, DeChambeau's win is officially valid and highly respected for how he dismantled Winged Foot.
Win
#PMT-2020-0826-6157
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryson DeChambeau lied about his dog to get internet clout

Bryson DeChambeau got him Duffy big time in a massive massive internet controversy. He took a picture with their golden retriever, Trigger is a name of this dog. And he said this dog Trigger was here and helped me win the amateur open back in 2015. Well record scratch, it turns out the Trigger, the sweet boy, was born in 2017. So Bryson got him tied up trying to chase them internet clout like a dog chasing his tail. Got caught big time.

The timeline of the dog's birth vs. the 2015 tournament was indeed a viral story at the time, confirming Bryson's inaccuracy.
Open
Take Slip·Apr 13, 2020
#PMT-2020-0413-16350
Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

I could break 100 on the golf course playing left-handed

I don't know if I broke a hundred, that'd be pretty good. I'd be happy, pretty satisfied... I can hit it pretty far. I think I hit it like the driver... somewhere, I mean the guy hit it like 300 yards [left-handed].

Brooks is an elite athlete, but 300 yards left-handed and breaking 100 are extremely difficult for most righties. However, it's never been officially verified in a full round.
Win
Take Slip·Jul 22, 2019
#PMT-2019-0722-4742
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

J.B. Holmes is the slowest golfer ever

Slowest player ever. Very slow. And he shot an 87. So if you're going to be that slow and shoot an 87, that's an issue.

J.B. Holmes is statistically one of the slowest players on the PGA Tour, and shooting 87 is a historically bad round for a major final group.
Push
Take Slip·Jul 19, 2019
#PMT-2019-0719-15846
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

No amateur golfer has ever actually shot a 13 on a single hole

My theory is that nobody except for professional golfers have ever shot a 13 right? That's true because you just pick it up after a while.

While technically unprovable, in standard amateur play, most golfers would invoke a 'max score' or 'pick up' long before 13, making it effectively correct in spirit.
Push
Take Slip·Jun 17, 2019
#PMT-2019-0617-1663
Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka's main goal for 2019 is the Open Championship

He said to us that he's really focusing on the Open Championship this year, the British Open. That's the one he doesn't have. He really, really wants that one. He's already won two U.S. Opens.

Koepka finished T4 at the 2019 Open Championship. While he performed well, he did not win it as he had hoped.
Void
Take Slip·Jun 12, 2019
#PMT-2019-0612-18700
Rick ReillyRick Reilly

Donald Trump cheats at golf by giving himself club championships he didn't win

What he does, he plays the first round at any course he opens by himself with Melania in the cart or whoever, and he calls that the club championship... And there was one he won when he was in Philly and the tournament was in Bedminster. And he called and said, well, won the club championship... make me the club champ. Just on his word.

These claims are widely reported in Reilly's book and corroborated by other golfers who have played with Trump, though Trump himself denies them.
Void
Take Slip·Jun 12, 2019
#PMT-2019-0612-18702
Rick ReillyRick Reilly

Donald Trump would shoot an 85 if he were completely honest

[Big Cat]: What would you say Donald Trump would shoot if he was completely honest about every shot right now? [Reilly]: 85. That's still pretty good... But at Tahoe they kept track, right? And he didn't break an 80.

Difficult to verify officially, but Reilly's estimate is based on first-hand observation.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 15, 2019
#PMT-2019-0415-18231
Big CatBig Cat

I was wrong about Tiger Woods never winning another major

Hand up, I never thought I'd see Tiger back in this spot. I was definitely in the camp of he'll be in it maybe a couple times, maybe flirt with one... but he'll never win another major. I was very wrong.

Tiger won the 2019 Masters, proving the prediction that he'd never win another major incorrect.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 23, 2018
#PMT-2018-0723-2946
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tiger Woods has won a major in every country that has a Perkins restaurant

Tiger Woods has won a major tournament in every single country that has a Perkins restaurant. That's a fact. Well, there haven't been any majors played in Canada. I'll give it to him.

Fact ClaimGolfHotSarcastic
Perkins exists in the US and Canada. Tiger has won majors in the US. No majors are held in Canada. Perkins does not exist in the UK (Scotland), where Tiger has won Open Championships. So the claim is literally false.
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#PMT-2018-0314-17659
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tiger Woods return has a trickle-down effect on the US economy

My cool throne is the United States economy because Tiger Woods is back... Tiger Woods actually does have a trickle-down effect on the United States economy.

There is documented evidence of the 'Tiger Effect' on TV ratings and equipment sales, making this surprisingly grounded.