Go Low - Players Championship Predictions, Rory McIlroy back injury, Scottie Scheffler slumping?
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
John Middlekauff tees off today's episode previewing the Players Championship and discussing defending champion Rory McIllroy's lingering back injury that forced him to withdraw early at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. John then dives into his best bets for the Players and explains why he likes golfers like Cameron Young, Collin Morikawa, Sahith Theegala, and Brooks Koepka to do well this weekend. John then reacts to PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp's plans to improve the tour. Next, John reacts to the news surrounding Gary Woodland's battle with PTSD after having major surgery. John wraps up with a Middlekauff Mailbag to answer all of your golf questions.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, everybody? |
| 0:21.7 | John Middilkoff Golo podcast. |
| 0:23.5 | How are we doing? |
| 0:24.4 | Hopefully you're doing well. |
| 0:26.3 | We have the players, as Brando would say, the fifth major of the year. |
| 0:31.1 | We can debate that, but it's no disputing the biggest PGA Tour tournament of the year. |
| 0:37.4 | Probably ahead of waste management. |
| 0:39.2 | Riv Memorial doesn't get much bigger. |
| 0:41.9 | Rory, the defending champ, bad back. |
| 0:44.6 | Scotty, the previous defending champ, |
| 0:46.5 | back-to-back years, not playing well. |
| 0:48.8 | So a lot of question marks coming into this year. |
| 0:52.0 | That's why it's fun to bet on. |
| 0:53.5 | So I'll go over some of the guys I'm betting on. |
| 0:56.1 | Akshay won at Bayhill. |
| 0:58.3 | We got the new commissioner, Brian Rollap, who is going to speak Wednesday. |
| 1:02.5 | Probably going to shake some things up. |
| 1:05.0 | Gary Woodland went viral for a very, very powerful video about his brain surgery and battling PTSD. |
| 1:13.0 | We will also do a mailbag at Golopod. |
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