Champions Cup Preview, Isaac Robinson

April 8, 2026·1 hr 7 min·5 clips

The Masters and Champions Cup both start tomorrow, setting up a major weekend clash for golf and disc golf fans.

April 8 sounds crowded. Charlie opens by stacking the Masters, Champions Cup, and college national championship disc golf into one very full spring weekend. Josh, naturally, goes straight for the bit. He asks whether the Disc Golf Pro Tour has the rights to play Augusta music during Champions Cup coverage, and the preview slips into the half-serious golf crossover lane this show clearly enjoys. Charlie is working the booth, and he says he is bringing an iPad, because checking both golf flavors at once feels almost required. Isaac Robinson fits right into that rhythm. The conversation moves into early-season form, with Gannon starting hot and a handful of other names getting credit for useful starts. Joey Buckets, Raven Newsome, and Evan Smith all come up before Evan becomes the real debate. Charlie wants Isaac to say whether calling Evan a top-five forehand player on tour is actually too much. Josh enjoys letting the setup breathe. He admits the commenters have done some of the clowning for him, which gives the whole thing a dry, funny edge. Isaac starts carefully. He says Evan's forehand has surprised him when they play together, and that Evan sees himself as mostly a forehand player. Then Isaac gives Charlie the answer he wanted: he thinks Evan is number five. Around that, the episode keeps returning to the big-event frame. Champions Cup is treated as the first disc golf major of the year, with the Masters sitting right there on the other screen. Coverage gets its moment too. Listeners are reminded that PDGA members can watch the full tournament for free on DGN, and that the Masters app probably belongs beside it. The schedule is already packed. Charlie points to live Discord conversations after every round, a quick next-week turn, Jonesboro, and Kansas City Wide Open. But this one stays centered on Champions Cup. The major comes first, and the show wants everyone dialed in before the back-to-back stretch starts.

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A sharp Champions Cup preview built around a playful Isaac Robinson forehand debate.

The episode keeps its focus on the Champions Cup as a spring major, folding in Masters talk and the sense that the season is only starting to stretch out.

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You want a Champions Cup primer with a real forehand debate baked in.

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