Back 9 Chop Session

Back 9 Chop Session

From Chasin' Birdies by Jonathan Pepe & Ryan Bashour

March 12, 2026 · 46 min · Season 5 · Episode 22

About this episode

The episode discusses recent golf events, personal stories, and upcoming sports highlights.

This episode of Chasin’ Birdies is our latest and greatest since our last drop in February. It’s been a rough start to the year for our boy Pepe, but hopefully the tides are turning, and we can all embrace the golf season that is finally upon us. We open up the episode and pick up right where we left off. The 2026 Pine Needles Invitational at Pine Needles, Mid-Pines, and Southern Pines just wrapped up, and we have some stories to share from that. Plus, a good friend of the pod just launched his new clothing line, IDAKA, and Bash was a part of that initial launch by acting as a model. The story sparks humor as it relates to how and why. We turn the episode over and get into the Pelican Member Guest that Pepe just played in. The highlight of this episode is the ‘shit’ story…yes. The story can actually put you in tears. We hear from Pepe and their unsuccessful bid at defending the championship in 2026. The episode turns over, and we get into some golf talk with The Players kicking off. We run through the list of who we think has the best chance of winning. Naturally, March Madness is here, and NFL free agency is kicking off. We round out the episode with more banter and talks…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jonathan Pepe, Ryan Bashour

Topics covered

  • golf
  • sports
  • humor
  • March Madness
  • NFL free agency
  • interviews

Keywords

  • golf season
  • Pine Needles Invitational
  • IDAKA clothing line
  • Pelican Member Guest
  • March Madness
  • NFL free agency
  • 2-Man event

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IDAKA

Books & works: Chasin’ Birdies

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