Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard preview the 2026 Evian Championship live from Evian-les-Bains, France, where Worldwide is on-site overlooking Lake Geneva. The duo revisit last year's finish — Grace Kim's eagle on 18 to force a playoff, then a chip-in eagle to win it, in what Worldwide calls one of the best closes he's ever watched in any sport — before breaking down what's changed at Evian for 2026: a new fairway bunker guarding the tee shot on the closing par five and softened, resurfaced greens on 1 and 5. Then it's on to the Major Poker draft, with both hosts building five-player teams. To close, Kent and Worldwide debate a hypothetical: if Evian weren't a major, what would replace it? Their answers range from South Korea to Boston to Los Angeles, with more overlap than either expected. Plus: a beer-garden upgrade (Stella replaces Heineken this year) and the running tally of Worldwide's post-round celebrations.

0:00 — Open

2:42 — Revisiting last year's miracle finish

8:24 — What's changed at Evian: the new bunker on 18 and softer greens

13:33 — Major Poker: drafting our teams

26:20 — The debate: if not Evian, what's the LPGA's true 5th major?

44:11 — Beer garden banter, a Stella-over-Heineken upgrade, and sign-off

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Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard recap the 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Hazeltine National, where Hae Ran Ryu closed the deal on her first major — trailing by 10 shots after an opening 73, then going back to the putter that had worked for her before. The hosts break down a wild final round with the lead changing hands repeatedly on the front nine, a 36-hole record-setter who led by as many as seven strokes before fading to second, and a major-poker week that neither host actually won outright for the first time all season. Along the way: Nelly Korda's relentless climb up the all-time career-earnings list, a ten-year-anniversary nod to Brooke Henderson's maiden major (with a new family name to go with it), and a full Solheim Cup Stock Watch — Europe's stock running into an LET-membership eligibility snag despite a career week, and the American points race tightening behind the tour's seventh-and-final automatic qualifying spot. The back half digs into a Golfweek column on the LPGA's purse-vs-fan-experience tension, with the hosts debating ticket prices, on-site activations, and what the tour could learn from the Savannah Bananas — before setting their sights on Evian.

0:00 — Show Open

1:55 — Major Poker recap: a week nobody picked the winner

8:37 — Nelly Korda's record-setting climb up the career money list

12:25 — The final-round leaderboard chaos & the runner-up's raw reaction

15:56 — Brooke Henderson's 10-year major anniversary

18:14 — Solheim Cup Stock Watch: Europe's eligibility crisis

29:14 — Solheim Cup Stock Watch: the American points battle

38:33 — The Golfweek debate: purses vs. fan experience

49:58 — What the LPGA could learn from the Savannah Bananas

54:10 — Looking ahead to Evian

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Kent Paisley and Scottie "Worldwide" Leonard preview the 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship from Hazeltine National — where Worldwide is on the bag this week and Kent returns to the site of Hannah Green's 2019 win, a result he frames as a changing-of-the-guard moment for the LPGA. Worldwide brings the caddie's-eye view: course setup, a wet forecast softening the greens, why length will be at a premium, and a little intel from the champions' dinner. Kent brings the analyst's lens, tracing Hazeltine's history from Inbee Park's dominance to defending champion Minjee Lee, then unpacking the Solheim Cup math — points vs. world rankings, captain's picks, and the three-major summer that will decide Anna Nordqvist's European and Angela Stanford's American rosters. Along the way: the duo's running KPMG poker draft (pool only — no picks spoiled here), a debate over which players most need a strong stretch, and a reminder of how far the women's game has come, from a $3.85M purse in 2019 to $13M today. With the season's poker crown on the line, the bragging rights have never mattered more.

Chapters

0:00 — Welcome to Episode 9: Worldwide's Hazeltine homecoming

1:37 — Hazeltine, 2019 & the LPGA's changing of the guard

4:19 — The KPMG Championship poker draft

17:32 — Solheim Cup math: points, standings & the road to the rosters

20:56 — Three players who need a big major stretch

35:20 — Then & now: a $3.85M purse becomes $13M

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