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New Orleans football, a potential trip Down Under, and a golf world that never stops spinning! 🏈⛳ On this episode of Tales From The Tips, DA and 15-year Tour Caddy Mick Middlemo serve up another round of unfiltered golf talk, behind-the-scenes caddie stories, and sports opinions with a little extra Louisiana flavor.

DA and Mick kick things off with tales from their recent trip to New Orleans for a football game before looking ahead to Mick’s potential caddying opportunity at the New South Wales Senior Open. From the challenges of international golf travel to making smart food choices on the road, the guys cover the details that can make or break life on the professional golf circuit. Because when you’re chasing birdies around the world, finding a decent meal can sometimes feel like winning a major!

The conversation moves to the quirks of composite golf courses, expectations for Max Homa and Jordan Spieth heading into the upcoming season, and the complicated relationship between elite players and their caddies. What happens when a player’s calendar is packed with commitments and the person carrying the bag is left trying to keep everything on track? Mick brings the caddie’s perspective to the challenges that fans rarely see.

DA and Mick also break down the Spanish Open, discuss emerging talent, and look at what the tournament could mean for the wider golf landscape. Then the conversation gets bigger than the fairways as they debate the future of professional golf, the changing dynamics between tours, and the growing questions surrounding LIV Golf and its place in the sport.

Add in personal updates, upcoming events, travel plans, and the usual Tales From The Tips banter, and you’ve got another episode packed with golf insight, sports conversation, and opinions that don’t need a yardage book.

In this episode:

🏈 New Orleans football adventures and stories from the road
🇦🇺 Mick’s potential caddying trip to the New South Wales Senior Open
✈️ The realities of international golf travel, tournament schedules, and eating well abroad
⛳ Composite golf courses and the challenges they present
🏌️ Max Homa and Jordan Spieth: expectations for the upcoming season
🎒 The pressures of caddying for elite players with demanding schedules
🇪🇸 Spanish Open storylines and emerging golf talent
🌎 The future of professional golf and LIV Golf’s uncertain direction
🎙️ Personal updates, upcoming events, and plenty of honest golf talk

Whether you’re a golf fanatic, a caddie-curious fan, or someone who enjoys hearing what happens when the conversation wanders well beyond the 18th green, Tales From The Tips has you covered.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Sports Banter
02:57 Travel Tales and Football Adventures
06:01 Caddying News and Upcoming Events
09:06 Golf Tournament Insights and Challenges
11:58 Traveling for Golf: Experiences and Tips
15:09 Food and Cultural Adjustments in Golfing Abroad
17:54 Composite Golf Courses: Understanding the Setup
20:57 Player Performance and Expectations for the Season
21:40 The Challenges of Caddying for a Star
23:42 Spotlight on the Spanish Open
25:44 The Future of Golf Tours
27:43 The Decline of LIV Golf
31:31 The Champions Tour and Legends Tour
35:40 Personal Updates and Future Plans

The President’s Cup is over, but DA and 15-year Tour Caddy Mick Middlemo are still breaking it down — because apparently watching competitive golf once wasn’t enough.

On this episode of Tales From The Tips, DA and Mick take a deep dive into Team USA’s performance at the President’s Cup, examining the players, the pairings, the pressure, the course conditions and the strategies that made foursomes look either brilliant or completely maddening. They break down individual performances, the challenges of team golf and what the experience could mean heading toward the next President’s Cup at Kingston Heath.

The guys also tackle one of the more frustrating parts of modern golf: fan behavior. When the competition gets intense, the galleries can become part of the story — sometimes for all the wrong reasons.

And because this is Tales From The Tips, there’s no chance the conversation stays on golf.

DA and Mick jump into the PGA Tour fall series and DP World Tour, talk about the challenges of the foursomes format, make their baseball playoff predictions, and react to some seriously unexpected performances around the NFL. Add in Mick’s caddie perspective, DA’s takes, a few personal stories and plenty of sports-world nonsense, and you've got another episode that refuses to stay inside the ropes.

Golf. Football. Baseball. Foursomes. Fan behavior. Predictions. Pressure. And a caddie who has seen just about everything.

That's a pretty normal day at Tales From The Tips.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Initial Reactions

03:01 Postmortem of the President's Cup

06:04 Team USA's Performance and Strategy

09:00 Individual Player Highlights

12:05 Course Conditions and Future Events

15:07 Looking Ahead to Kingston Heath

17:54 Wrap-Up and Final Thoughts

25:13 Technical Difficulties and Resilience

28:00 Analyzing Team USA's Foursomes Performance

33:15 Looking Ahead: Fall Series and DP World Tour

37:14 Baseball Playoffs: Predictions and Surprises

40:54 NFL Season Surprises and Team Performances

43:40 Wrapping Up: Future Insights and Listener Engagement

From NFL football taking over Australia to the latest twists and turns in professional golf, DA and 15-year Tour Caddy Mick Middlemo cover a lot of ground in this episode of Tales From The Tips.

The conversation starts Down Under, where the NFL’s recent events in Australia spark a bigger discussion about the cultural impact of sports and why some games travel better than others. From there, DA and Mick head straight back to the golf world, breaking down the Biltmore Championship, BMW PGA Championship, standout player performances and the unique challenges that come with life inside the ropes.

Then things get really interesting.

With the Presidents Cup in the spotlight, DA and Mick dig into the international team, the strengths and challenges facing both sides, and what it takes to perform when the pressure gets turned all the way up. They also tackle one of the biggest storylines in professional golf: LIV Golf’s Chapter 11 filing and what it could mean for players navigating an increasingly complicated professional golf landscape.

Can players move between tours? What pathways exist for golfers trying to get back into competitive events? And with the professional game still working through its evolving structure, where does that leave the players, caddies and fans trying to make sense of it all?

Add Mick’s firsthand caddie perspective, DA’s questions, plenty of golf opinions and the usual Tales From The Tips humor, and you’ve got another episode that goes well beyond the scorecard.

Football in Australia. Championship golf. Presidents Cup pressure. LIV Golf. Caddie life. The future of professional golf.

Because apparently, golf needed more plot twists.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Sports Passion
02:59 NFL in Australia: A Spectacle
06:02 NFL Team Dynamics and Fan Engagement
09:00 Transitioning to Golf: Recent Events
11:58 Caddy Experiences and Challenges
14:55 Biltmore Championship Insights
17:56 BMW PGA Championship Highlights
19:36 Injury Concerns and Tour Decisions
20:40 Analyzing the President's Cup Pathway
22:41 Live Golf's Chapter 11 and Future Prospects
24:34 Resurrecting Careers: The Path Back to Tours
27:21 Understanding the Challenger and Champions Tiers
28:40 Confusion in Golf's New Structure
31:05 The International Team's Challenge at the President's Cup
36:11 Team USA's Strengths and Matchups
41:15 Closing Thoughts and Future Discussions

Golf, politics, Presidents Cup snubs, Tour Championship drama… and NFL predictions? Yep, DA and 15-year Tour Caddy Mick Middlemo went there.

On this episode of Tales From The Tips, DA and Mick Middlemo tee it up for a wide-ranging conversation that covers everything from charity golf and member-guest tournaments to the biggest storylines coming out of the Tour Championship and the future of the PGA Tour.

First up, Mick shares stories from his recent charity golf outing before the boys look ahead to the chaos, competition and questionable decision-making that comes with every good member-guest tournament.

Then it’s time for the Tour Championship. The guys break down Scottie Scheffler’s dominant performance, what separates the best players mentally, and the enormous pressure that comes with being the guy everyone expects to win. Is golf more about talent, preparation or simply being able to keep your brain from becoming your own worst enemy?

From there, DA and Mick zoom out and take a look at the PGA Tour season as a whole, including where professional golf is headed, potential changes to the Tour, and the complicated relationship between players, tournaments, memberships and the people who actually get to decide where events are played.

The conversation gets especially interesting when they dive into the challenges facing historic golf courses, the politics surrounding tournament hosting, and why getting an event on the calendar can involve a whole lot more than just having a great golf course.

And then comes the Presidents Cup.

The guys break down potential team selections, player form, who deserves a spot, and which players could be left wondering, “What exactly did I do wrong?” Expect plenty of opinions, plenty of debate, and absolutely no shortage of armchair captaincy.

Finally, because apparently golf wasn't enough, DA and Mick jump headfirst into the NFL, making predictions for the upcoming season and weighing in on teams, players and potential surprises.

Golf analysis. Tour politics. Presidents Cup debates. NFL predictions.

Basically, it’s another episode of Tales From The Tips where the only thing more unpredictable than a member-guest partner is the conversation.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Setup
03:04 Mick's Charity Golf Experience
06:04 Upcoming Member Guest Tournament
09:05 Tour Championship Overview
11:59 Scotty Scheffler's Performance
14:54 Mental Challenges in Golf
18:00 Tour Championship Takeaways
20:59 Reflections on the PGA Tour Season
23:57 Future of the PGA Tour
26:49 Closing Thoughts and Highlights
32:19 The Politics of Golf Tournaments
34:06 Historic Golf Courses and Their Challenges
35:31 Team Selections for the President's Cup
39:20 Analyzing Player Performance and Selections
43:03 The International Team's Prospects
44:49 Transitioning to NFL Predictions

The BMW Championship is in the books, and on this episode of Tales From The Tips, DA sits down with guest Chris Fortney to dig into the golf, the pressure, and everything that happens between the ears when a tournament gets tight.

The conversation starts with Wyndham Clark’s impressive performance and the mental side of competing at the highest level. How do professional golfers reset after a bad shot? How quickly can one mistake turn into a five-minute spiral? And most importantly, does Wyndham Clark belong in the PGA Tour Player of the Year conversation? DA and Chris aren't exactly afraid to stir the pot.

Then there's Rory McIlroy, who appears to be finding his game at exactly the right time. With the Tour Championship at East Lake looming, the guys look ahead to the final event of the season, make their predictions, and dig up a few dark-horse picks that could make things very interesting.

But the golf world doesn't stop there. DA and Chris discuss Gary Woodland and the Presidents Cup, where the PGA Tour Championship could be headed in the future, and what the conclusion of the LIV Golf season might mean for professional golf moving forward.

And then things take a turn.

A controversial Good Good and Callaway Golf commercial sparks a conversation about golf marketing, the changing culture of the game, and where the line should be drawn when trying to grab attention. Because apparently, golf can now produce more controversy in a commercial than some tournaments produce on Sunday.

Finally, the conversation gets a little more personal as DA reflects on upcoming events and the emotional reality of sending a child off to college—a reminder that no matter how much we talk about birdies, bogeys, rankings and championships, some of life's biggest moments happen far away from the 18th green.

Wyndham Clark. Rory McIlroy. Player of the Year. The Presidents Cup. LIV Golf. Good Good. Callaway. East Lake. Mental resets. Dark horses. And a little fatherly reality check.

That's a lot of ground to cover—but that's just another day on Tales From The Tips.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction
04:49 Recap of the BMW Championship
09:50 Mental Resets in Golf
14:47 Wyndham Clark's Performance and Player of the Year Discussion
19:54 Rory McIlroy's Comeback and Tour Championship Preview
24:59 Dark Horse Picks for the Tour Championship
28:45 Future of the PGA Tour Championship
34:50 The End of LIV Golf?
40:13 Controversial Good Good Commercial Analysis
47:44 Personal Reflections and Upcoming Events

Football is coming, summer is winding down, and apparently nobody told professional golfers that heat is supposed to be fun when you’re sitting by a pool—not carrying a golf bag for four hours.

On this episode of Tales From The Tips, DA is joined by James Porcello for a wide-ranging conversation that jumps from the restaurant business and the World Cup to PGA Tour pressure, extreme heat, playoff debates, the US Amateur and building the perfect Presidents Cup team.

The guys break down Michael Brennan’s impressive PGA Tour victory, what it takes to close out a tournament when the pressure is at its highest, and why winning professional golf tournaments is a whole lot harder than it looks from the couch. They also dig into the brutal conditions at the Memphis tournament, where scorching temperatures tested the players, caddies and anyone foolish enough to stand outside voluntarily.

DA and James tackle Rory McIlroy’s evolving thoughts on the PGA Tour playoffs, the responsibilities that come with being a professional athlete, and the growing debate over player availability—and whether fans should have to wonder if the stars they paid to see will actually show up.

The conversation then heads deeper into the golf world with a look at the current rankings, playoff picture and players fighting to stay on the right side of the cut line. There’s also plenty of firsthand perspective on playing golf in extreme heat, because apparently sweating through your shirt before the first tee is now considered part of the strategy.

The guys also react to some surprising early exits at the US Amateur Championship and discuss one of the things that makes golf different from so many other sports: sportsmanship, integrity and doing the right thing when nobody is forcing you to.

And finally, it’s Presidents Cup time—or at least time to start arguing about who belongs on the team. DA and James debate the ultimate question: Do you build a competitive Presidents Cup team around veteran experience, young firepower, or some combination of both?

From golf rankings and PGA Tour pressure to playoff politics, extreme heat, fan expectations, the US Amateur and Presidents Cup strategy, this episode has a little bit of everything.

Tales From The Tips — where the takes are hot, the golf gets hotter, and sometimes the weather has more attitude than the players.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction
03:09 Summer Highlights and Upcoming Football Season
05:45 PGA Tour Updates and Michael Brennan's Win
08:49 Pressure in Golf: Leading vs. Chasing
12:02 Memphis Tournament Preview and Heat Impact
14:54 Player Preparation and Strategy in Extreme Heat
18:08 Rory McIlroy's Changing Perspective on Playoffs
24:54 The Impact of Player Availability on Fans
26:06 Ranking the Top Golfers: Who's In and Who's Out?
29:41 Experiencing Extreme Heat in Golf
35:25 Shocking Exits in the US Amateur Championship
39:13 Sportsmanship and Integrity in Golf
40:12 Building a Winning Team for the President's Cup

Who's the next breakout star on Tour? Which underdog is about to cash a massive paycheck? And why does golf always have a way of rewarding—or exposing—character?

This week on Tales From The Tips, DA and 15-year Tour Caddy Mick Middlemo tee up one of their most entertaining conversations yet as they make bold rookie predictions, debate this week's biggest dark horse picks, and break down the strategies that separate contenders from pretenders.

The guys dive deep into player decision-making, course management, and the mental side of professional golf, while also tackling a few of the game's latest controversies. From questionable behavior to the importance of honesty and integrity, they discuss why your reputation on Tour can be just as valuable as your scorecard.

The episode also takes a heartfelt turn as Mick shares personal memories of his friend, the late Jarrod Lyle, reflecting on the Australian's incredible courage, kindness, and the lasting impact he left on the golf world. It's a touching reminder that some of golf's greatest legacies have nothing to do with trophies.

As always, expect plenty of laughs, behind-the-scenes Tour stories, friendly debates, and the kind of caddie insight you won't hear anywhere else.

In this episode:

🏌️ Rookie predictions and future PGA Tour stars
🎯 Dark horse picks and sleeper performances
📖 Tour strategy and course management insights
⚖️ Golf controversies and player integrity
❤️ Remembering Jarrod Lyle and his incredible legacy
😂 Classic Tales From The Tips banter and stories

Whether you're a scratch golfer, a weekend warrior, or just someone who loves hearing what really happens inside the ropes, this episode delivers expert insight, genuine emotion, and plenty of laughs along the way.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Sponsorships
03:01 Golfing Events and Friendships
05:57 Personal Fitness Challenges
08:58 Tournament Highlights and Player Performances
11:58 Caddy Insights and Course Preparation
14:48 Upcoming Tournaments and Player Rankings
26:16 Rookie Insights and Predictions
28:11 The Rise of Underdogs
30:06 Golf Picks and Strategies
32:11 Analyzing Player Performance
34:24 Remembering Jared Lyle
39:36 Controversies in Golf
44:23 Personal Reflections and Future Plans

What happens when a 15-year Tour Caddy tells you a yardage and you ignore it? Usually, it ends with a golf ball in a place it definitely shouldn't be.

In this episode of Tales From The Tips, DA and 15-year Tour Caddy Mick Middlemo dive into one of the most underrated parts of professional golf: communication between player and caddie. From club selection debates to reading pressure-packed moments, the guys share hilarious stories and insider perspectives from inside the ropes.

The conversation shifts to the next generation of golf stars, highlighted by the incredible rise of young phenom Jackson Koivun, proving that the future of the game is arriving faster than a Mick Middlemo one-liner. DA and Mick discuss what today's junior golfers are doing differently, how technology is shaping development, and why the PGA Tour may look very different over the next decade.

The episode also recaps recent tournament action, previews upcoming events, and features plenty of bold predictions that are guaranteed to age either brilliantly or terribly. As always, expect laughs, honest opinions, and the kind of golf stories you won't hear anywhere else.

Whether you're a scratch golfer, weekend warrior, or someone who still thinks "fore" is an acceptable apology, this episode delivers insider access, PGA Tour talk, and plenty of entertainment.

Topics Covered:

Player and caddie communication secrets
Why trust matters on the golf course
The emergence of young golf stars like Jackson Koivun
PGA Tour storylines and future predictions
Tournament recaps and upcoming events
Mick's insights from 15 years on Tour
DA's hot takes that may or may not survive the week

Grab your clubs, settle into the cart, and join DA and Mick for another unforgettable round of golf conversation on Tales From The Tips.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Golf Insights
02:51 Caddy Communication and Golf Strategy
06:01 The Rise of Young Golfers
09:01 Tournament Highlights and Player Performances
11:57 Future of the PGA Tour
14:58 Upcoming Tournaments and Predictions
27:13 The FedEx Cup Race and Player Updates
30:12 Lucas Glover's Controversial Protest
32:00 Caddying Opportunities and Personal News
36:07 Reflections on Recent Tournaments
38:58 Emerging Young Golf Talent
42:09 The Future of Golf and Player Development