A new podcast about all things golf hosted by two lifelong friends one of whom is a former professional. We'll talk about the love of this game and what it has done for us in our lives. We'll talk this week's events. We'll look back on the previous week. Share stories from the golf course. Discuss news from the world of golf. Maybe have a few laughs. And everything in-between.
I Hate This Fucking Game
Claim This Podcastby Reed Hapke and Josh Esler
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67 episodes
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A new podcast about all things golf hosted by two lifelong friends one of whom is a former professional. We'll talk about the love of this game and what it has done for us in our lives. We'll talk this week's events. We'll look back on the previous week. Share stories from the golf course. Discuss news from the world of golf. Maybe have a few laughs. And everything in-between.
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12/8/2024
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Recent Episodes
July 1, 2026
S2E26- Viking Blood
<p>On this week's episode Reed and Josh open the show talking about their own golf lives. Josh recently played in a scramble with a client and Reed hit the driving range with his kids. </p><p><br></p><p>Next, Reed and Josh discussed the Travelers' Championship, Keith Mitchell, professional driving range courtesy, and the winner, Viktor Hovland! This was his 8th career win on tour and the first with in mom watching. And he had a lot more support this week from some fellow vikings. </p><p><br></p><p>This week the tour heads to the midwest for the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run. Though the field may be a little weaker than other fields, there's still plenty of good players to watch and you can be there will be a ton of birdies this week. Will Keith Mitchell continue the strong play? Will Jordan Spieth get back to form on a course he's had success?</p><p><br></p><p>In Golf News, Reed and Josh talk the golf ball rollback, the largest purse in LPGA tour history, National Championships, and Phil Mickelson. What can Phil do at this point? </p><p><br></p><p>They wrap up the show with some of your Questions from the Internet. </p>
June 24, 2026
S2E25- Bad Fans, Good Wyndham
<p>On this week's episode the guys open the show talking about their own golf lives. Josh is nearing full health and swinging well. Reed still sucks and is looking for consistency. </p><p>Next, they break down the US Open at Shinnecock Hills. They talk the course, they talk about Paige Spiranic, cursing and golf etiquette. Then they turn their focus to the Long Island fans and the winner, Wyndham Clark. </p><p>They briefly discuss this week's Traveler's Championship. But really, this week's episode was all about the US Open and...</p><p>In Golf News, Reed and Josh break down today's Brian Rolapp's news conference. What will the league look like in 2028? They try to figure it out. There is a lot of good in the new league format and a lot of questions. They try to sort it out. </p><p>At the end of the episode, they take some Questions from the Internet. </p>
June 17, 2026
S2E24- Ready for Shinnecock
<p>Back with a full episode this week!</p><p>On this week's episode Reed and Josh open the episode by catching each other up on their golf lives. Josh is nearing 100% physically and looking forward to some competition. Reed talks about his time at Disney and some low scores. </p><p>The guys break down the RBC Canadian Open. Are they worried about Brooks and his numb thumb? How do we handle the bad voices in our head? Haotong Li just tells the bad voices to "fuck off". Jimmy Stanger is getting BONED by the league (even if it takes Reed two segments to figure out what Josh is saying). Then they talk about the amazing victory for the 15 year veteran, Bud Cauley.</p><p>Next, the guys dove deep into this week's US Open. What is the course looking like? Who do they like? They break it all down. </p><p>In Golf News, Reed and Josh look at the quote from Rory McIlroy on the PGA TOUR schedule. Does the league just defer to what it was doing before the LIV uprising? The segment ends with some facts about Shinnecock...that goes off the rails.</p><p>As always, they wrap up the episode with some Questions from the Internet. </p>
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