Who Can Win The Us Open?

Who Can Win The Us Open?

Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey while still having a laugh about golf, gags, and windy tee times? This US Open chat from *Henry Westons old mate the podcast* leans heavily into golf geekery, but you’ll still recognise the same relaxed, honest style that runs through the show’s usual sobriety and mental health themes. Host Stuart Butler flies solo this time, admitting he’s “pretty hopeless” at sorting diaries and missing his regular golf sidekick.

Instead, you get a one-man stream of golf-obsessed consciousness as he sizes up who might lift the US Open trophy at Shinnecock Hills in 2026. There’s humour from the off – he jokes about failed attempts to crowbar in “pre-sex poos” and school swimming gala stories – but underneath the banter sits a smart breakdown of patience, discipline and resilience, traits anyone in recovery will recognise.

Stuart walks through the big names in his own unfiltered way: Scottie Scheffler, “built in a laboratory specifically to win US Opens”; Rory McIlroy, “the golfing equivalent of a Netflix series everyone recommends but nobody can predict”; Bryson DeChambeau, who treats tough golf like a physics puzzle; and steady contenders like Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa. He also tips younger stars such as Ludvig Åberg and has a soft spot for fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood.

Throughout, he keeps things grounded: no wild betting tips, just honest thoughts, plus an admission that his picks rarely change and might be “incredibly boring but also incredibly sensible.” For anyone who enjoys sober chat mixed with sport, or just wants to hear golf talked about with zero pretence and plenty of self-awareness, this episode feels like a matey conversation on the clubhouse patio.

It might even leave you asking yourself: in golf and in life, are you chasing brilliance, or learning to love a “good bogey” and move on?