Podbit · Pardon My Take
Green speed at a US Open can shift day to day based on wind and course conditions — and even the best professionals can be rattled by that unpredictability. Max Homa explains why pros, who are conditioned to perfectly manicured surfaces, become almost gun-shy when the speed changes mid-tournament.
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Max Homa recounts texting with his mom during the round and being shocked to hear the crowd was actively cheering against Wyndham — having initially assumed she was exaggerating [1] — Max Homa "It felt like a Ryder Cup except the US person won, which is not a thing we do at the Ryder Cup." 1:18:36 . He says as a self-described people pleaser, the crowd would have destroyed him, but Wyndham turned the hostility into fuel. Max connects Wyndham's comfort with outward frustration to his ability to stay calm when conditions were pushing other players to the edge. The crew then floats the most compelling theory of the episode: Wyndham's name sounds like a timeshare hotel chain — and even people who buy timeshares hate them. They conclude that if his name were Bobby Clark, golf fans would probably love him.
The Shinnecock gallery openly booed Wyndham Clark and cheered his bad shots — a level of hostility Max Homa compared to a Ryder Cup atmosphere, which is almost unheard of at a US Open.
A fan named Konky GBR has tweeted Max Homa every single day for 1,397 consecutive days asking to play a round of golf, leading to a promise of a golf round at day 1,776.
Wyndham Clark hit a towering wood shot to eagle the par-5 16th on Saturday at Shinnecock — and Max Homa says almost no one on tour has the clubhead speed to even attempt it. The obscene height combined with a soft landing on a tabletop green is what separated this shot from everything else that week.
Wyndham Clark hit a towering wood shot to eagle the 16th hole on Saturday, stretching his lead and showcasing the speed and power that Max Homa said few players on tour possess.
Thomas's wife deferred her CrossFit career — she's in the global top 1% of athletes — to put him through law school debt-free. He wants her to chase the dream now; she wants the emergency fund and house down payment first. On a $200K lawyer income with no debt, the opportunity cost is just a few months of slower saving.
Underground calisthenics battles are exactly like UFC meets a rap battle — 150 people crowded around a circle, fighters walking out with masks and chains, nicknames like 'Extra Money' vs 'Calisthenics the Prince,' and people throwing money and betting. The battle set: 100 burpees, 50 muscle-ups, 75 dips, 75 squats with a 65-pound dumbbell. This is the next big spectator sport.
Rico Verhoeven controlled the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion for approximately 10 rounds — and had his appeal upheld when officials admitted the fight was stopped after the bell. The result was never overturned. Rogan calls it either incompetence or corruption, and argues the money behind Usyk made an upset politically inconvenient.
Rogan lays out a blunt case: boxing's 3-judge system is structurally broken, and the judges know who the promoter wants to win. Glory's 5-judge format is the right model. Corruption doesn't have to be conscious — just knowing Usyk is the cash cow is enough to tilt the scales.
With the Usyk-Wilder fight stalling and Fury-Joshua coming too late, the real fight the world wants is the rematch. Rico is a free agent. Usyk vacated his belts. The story is unfinished and both Rogan and Rico know it. His Excellency Turki Alasheikh already called for it ringside — the question is money.
Rico texted Jason Statham during the Canelo-Crawford fight. Statham showed Rico's highlight videos to promoters. Two days later, Rico was on a call about fighting Anthony Joshua. When Joshua pulled out, Rico pitched Usyk himself — Undisputed vs. Undisputed. Usyk said yes in two weeks. The whole thing started with one text.
Every heavyweight who faced Usyk tried to move to the right — straight into his power hand. Rico and Peter Fury identified the obvious solution: move left, away from the left hand, and smother him with size. It sounds simple. Nobody had done it. That one adjustment was the foundation of 10 dominant rounds.
MMA fans boo when fights go to the ground. They love stand-up. Kickboxing is pure stand-up. Yet it barely exists in America while boxing and MMA are enormous. Rogan's diagnosis: no promotion machine. If the UFC got behind kickboxing the way they've built MMA, it would explode. The talent is there — the storytelling machine is not.
A nation of 17 million people gave the world Ramon Deckers, Peter Aerts, Badr Hari, Melvin Manhoef, Rob Kamen, Ernesto Hoost, and Rico Verhoeven. Rico's theory: the country is so small that every gym shares knowledge freely. In the US, you need a flight. In Holland, you drive 40 minutes and spar the national champion.
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