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A deeper level of golf: conversations and stories about golf course design, professional golf, and more from the team behind TheFriedEgg.com

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Starting a Golf Tour and Pl...

09.21.2023

This episode focuses on the APGA Tour, which seeks to bring greater diversity to golf by helping African Americans and other minorities to gain access to careers in the game. First, Andy speaks with APGA founder Ken Bentley about how ...

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09.21.2023 Starting a Golf Tour and Playing on the APGA This episode focuses on the APGA Tour, which seeks to bring greater diversity to golf by helping African Americans and other minorities to gain access to careers in the game. First, Andy speaks with APGA founder Ken Bentley about how ...
09.19.2023 A Chat with the Designer of the Ryder Cup Venue Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, outside of Rome, Italy, is this year's Ryder Cup host. In preparation for this rather high-profile gig, Marco Simone underwent a redesign by European Golf Design, in cooperation with Tom Fazio II. European Golf ...
09.14.2023 A Ryder Cup Draft with Shane Bacon Shane Bacon joins Andy to draft their own Ryder Cup teams: Team Egg vs. Team Bacon. They do a schoolyard pick, drawing from the pool of American and European pros who will compete in the Ryder Cup later this month, ...
09.12.2023 Golf Architecture Mailbag Redux and How to Do a Low-Cost Muni Renovation First, Andy and Garrett cover some mailbag questions they didn't get to in last Friday's pod. They try to decide whether upcoming Ryder Cup venue Marco Simone is "good," list some of their favorite fairways in golf, and discuss the ...
09.08.2023 Golf Architecture Mailbag: Most Exciting New Courses, The Lido, and More Mailbag time! Andy and Garrett address a bunch of golf architecture-related questions from listeners. Among the topics covered: this year's most exciting new-build golf courses, the best courses Andy and Garrett saw for the first time recently, the virtues of ...
09.01.2023 Sizing Up the U.S. Ryder Cup Team Zach Johnson made his six captain's picks on Tuesday, so the U.S. Ryder Cup team is now complete. In this episode, Andy and Fried Egg Golf contributor Joseph LaMagna (@JosephLaMagna) discuss the merits of the ZJ's selections, evaluate Team USA ...
08.28.2023 Takeaways from the 2023 PGA Tour Season with Kyle Porter The 2023 PGA Tour season is in the books, so Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) joins Garrett to discuss a few big-picture takeaways from the past year's action. First, though, they touch on Viktor Hovland's dominance in the last two legs of ...
08.24.2023 Bringing the Lido to Life with Superintendent Jimmy Humston Jimmy Humston is the golf course superintendent at the recently opened Lido in Nekoosa, Wisconsin. He joins Andy for a discussion of what it's like to live in Nekoosa, how he got introduced to Sand Valley, and the various jobs ...
08.22.2023 The Lowdown on Waverley Country Club with Superintendent Brian Koffler Host of this week's 2023 U.S. Senior Women's Open, Waverley Country Club is a Golden Age Chandler Egan design, restored in 2012 by Gil Hanse, and—in Garrett's opinion—the best golf course in Portland, Oregon. Garrett sits down with superintendent Brian ...
08.17.2023 PGA Tour Life with Michael Kim and Building a Lighted Par-3 Course with Grass Clippings To lead off this episode, Andy sits down with PGA Tour winner Michael Kim (@Mike_kim714) to chat about a variety of topics. They discuss the courses Michael played in the Bay Area while attending UC Berkley, his strong play this ...
08.15.2023 The Latest from the Rollback Wars and the Excellence of Bel-Air CC with Geoff Shackelford Yesterday marked the end of the official "comment period" for the USGA and R&A's proposed Model Local Rule regarding a reduced-flight golf ball for elite competition. That's right, ya missed it. But the PGA Tour and the PGA of America ...
08.08.2023 Richie Ramsay Geeks Out About Golf Architecture Garrett sits down with Richie Ramsay (@RamsayGolf)—2006 U.S. Amateur champion, four-time winner on the DP World Tour, and golf-architecture aficionado—to discuss a variety of topics. They start with a debrief of Richie's recent trip to Minnesota, where he saw courses ...
08.03.2023 Growing Grass at Sullivan County and Leveling Up a Golf Architecture Business For the first interview in this episode, Andy is joined by Shaun Smith (@GorseNod), superintendent at Sullivan County Golf Club, a public nine-holer in upstate New York now operated by author Tom Coyne. Shaun discusses the ups and downs of ...
08.01.2023 A History of Par The idea of par dominates our thinking about golf. It's how we judge a player's performance. It's how we assess the difficulty of a golf course. It's how we categorize holes and courses. It shapes our perception of the game ...
07.27.2023 The Top 10 Players in Golf and Why the PGA Tour Should Pay Attention to the NBA Cup Andy Johnson and Joseph LaMagna discuss who their top 10 players in golf are now that the major championships are over. The two chat about players such as Cameron Young and Xander Schauffele rank as well as the breakout campaign ...
07.24.2023 Takeaways from the 2023 Open Championship The final men's major of the year just wrapped up at Royal Liverpool, and we're back to dig into the most important stories from the 2023 Open Championship. First, Garrett speaks with Sean Martin (@PGATOURSmartin) of PGA Tour dot com ...
07.19.2023 A Few Holes to Watch at the 2023 Open Championship (and How They Evolved) With the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool fast approaching, Garrett is joined by Joe McDonnell (@joemmcdonne11), the Head of Imagery at the golf architecture firm Clayton, DeVries & Pont as well as a longtime Hoylake member. After a quick ...
07.16.2023 Five Things About the 2023 Open Championship with Kyle Porter Kyle Porter of CBS Sports (@KylePorterCBS) joins Andy Johnson to preview the 2023 Open Championship. The two discuss Rory, Scottie Scheffler, and Rickie Fowler, among other favorites, and they break down they're looking for from the course and the tournament. ...
07.14.2023 Royal Liverpool Preview and Music + Golf with Micah Pueschel of Iration With the Open at Royal Liverpool approaching, Andy brings on Jasper Miners of Evalu18 (7:24) to ring in this year's brief links season. First they chat about some non-links hidden gems around London, then Jasper breaks down the history of ...
07.11.2023 What Do We Want Out of a Championship Golf Course? After a week on site at Pebble Beach for the U.S. Women's Open, Andy joins Garrett to talk about how the course challenged the players, where the setup fell short, and what, more generally, championship golf venues should strive to ...
07.06.2023 How Pebble Beach Will Play for the Women and a PGA Tour Check-In Andy is joined by Fried Egg contributor Joseph LaMagna (@JosephLaMagna) for a chat about happenings in professional golf. First, they give some thoughts on the U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach: how the course should play for the women's field ...
07.03.2023 A Monterey Golf Guide Garrett and fellow Fried Egg team member Brendan Porath devote this episode to golf in the Monterey, California, area. First, they discuss some storylines they're tracking going into this week's U.S. Women's Open, held for the first time in the ...
06.29.2023 2023 Ryder Cup Roster Questions, Mid-Am Golf with Shane Bacon, and Course Changes for Pros Andy opens this pod with some reflections on the recent news that TPC River Highlands is looking at making course changes after a low-scoring Travelers Championship. He thinks that many people involved are ignoring the real problem, which is the ...
06.27.2023 Reflecting on the Women's PGA and Yearning for a Euro Tour Links Season Garrett and Meg kick off this Tuesday show with some thoughts on the Women's PGA Championship: the background and playing style of Ruoning Yin, the 20-year-old champion; the continued excellence of Rose Zhang; and the continued failures of the networks ...
06.23.2023 Final U.S. Open Thoughts and a New Alister MacKenzie Book Fresh off a week at Los Angeles Country Club for the U.S. Open, Andy gives his closing thoughts on the course and contenders. Following the U.S. Open talk, Andy is joined by Josh Pettit, author and creator of The MacKenzie ...
06.20.2023 Takeaways from the 2023 U.S. Open Garrett launches this U.S. Open recap show by asking Los Angeles resident and ESPN staff writer Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) whether L.A. has the worst fans in sports. After settling that issue, Garrett and Paolo review the final day of the ...
06.15.2023 U.S. Open Thursday Thoughts and the Philadelphia School of Golf Architecture Garrett opens this mid-week U.S. Open episode by emptying his notebook from a Wednesday walk around Los Angeles Country Club. He talks about three spots on the North Course's back nine that he's looking forward to watching. Then he brings ...
06.11.2023 Five Things About the 2023 U.S. Open with Geoff Shackelford The 2023 U.S. Open, hosted by the North Course at Los Angeles Country Club, is approaching. Geoff Shackelford, who partnered with Hanse Golf Course Design on the restoration of L.A. North, joins Andy to discuss storylines.
06.08.2023 The PGA Tour, Presented by Saudi Arabia Some weeks are more hectic than others. On Tuesday, the PGA Tour announced that it intended to partner with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, the financial backer of LIV Golf, to create a new for-profit entity. If this agreement becomes ...
06.06.2023 The Rose Zhang Hypecast Rose Zhang won her first LPGA Tour start as a pro. That calls for a full episode of discussion. Garrett and Meg kick things off by talking about Rose's most impressive shots at the Mizuho Americas Open, her playing style, ...
06.02.2023 U.S. Open Favorites, Turf in L.A. with Lauren Lasocha, and KFT Life with Logan McAllister Andy starts this episode off by giving his 10 favorites for the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. He is then joined by Lauren Lasocha, senior agronomist at Bel-Air Country Club (12:37). Lauren tells Andy about working at not ...
05.31.2023 A Preview of LACC North (ft. Gil Hanse and Geoff Shackelford) With the 2023 U.S. Open two weeks away, Garrett and Andy sit down to discuss the host venue, the North Course at Los Angeles Country Club. They agree that this is one of the best golf courses in the country, ...
05.25.2023 Top Five Golfers of the Post-Tiger Era, NCAA Golf Championships, and Golden Age Auctions Andy opens this mega-episode by running through his top five players of the post-Tiger era. Golf Channel's Brentley Romine (@BrentleyGC) then joins the show (18:50) to talk all things NCAA Golf, including the men's and women's national championships, Rose Zhang's ...
05.23.2023 Takeaways from the 2023 PGA Championship Brooks Koepka is your 2023 PGA champion. Fried Egg contributor and Finding the Edge author Joseph LaMagna (@JosephLaMagna) joins Garrett to talk about Koepka's resurgence, skill set, and strategic approach. They also touch on the performances of second-place finishers Viktor ...
05.18.2023 A Short-Game Wizard vs. a Ball-Striking Prodigy at the 1938 PGA Championship For this mid-week PGA Championship episode, we go back to 1938, when the tournament was still a match-play competition. In that year's final match, a 26-year-old Sam Snead, one of the most imposing ball-strikers the game has ever seen, faced ...
05.14.2023 Five Things About the 2023 PGA Championship with Ryan Lavner Ryan Lavner, senior writer at Golf Channel, joins Andy to preview the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. Ryan, who grew up near Rochester, and Andy both share five things they're paying attention to ...
05.11.2023 What to Know About Donald Ross (ft. Bradley Klein and Chris Buie) Just one week left until the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. As we gear up for the event, we’re looking at the architect behind Oak Hill, Donald Ross. Andy chats with authors Bradley Klein ...
05.09.2023 LIV's Major Complaints and How the PGA Tour Monitors Slow Play Garrett and Brendan start this Tuesday show with a discussion of Talor Gooch's ongoing battle with the USGA over an exemption-category change that may keep him out of the 2023 U.S. Open (4:18). They touch on the various sides of ...
05.04.2023 PGA Championship Favorites and Oak Hill Insights To paraphrase Bill Belichick, we're on to Rochester! In this solo pod, Andy runs through his top 10 picks for the PGA Championship and explains what style of play will do well at this year's venue, the East Course at ...
05.02.2023 A Preview of Oak Hill (ft. Andrew Green and Fred Beltz) In this episode, Andy and Garrett discuss the East Course at Oak Hill Country Club, the host of the 2023 PGA Championship. First they bring on Fred Beltz, the club historian, and Andrew Green, the architect behind the recent historical ...
04.28.2023 Does Golf Need a Shot Clock? Washington Post sports columnist Barry Srvluga joins Andy to discuss the impact of baseball's new rules on the sport. Barry delves into the challenges baseball faced and the factors that led to its major overhaul. He and Andy then explore ...
04.25.2023 Rodeo Dunes Insights with Michael Keiser and Reflections on New-Coke Dinah Shore Garrett and Meg kick off this Tuesday show by briefly tackling the age-old question, Which event felt more like a real golf tournament: the PGA Tour's Zurich Classic or LIV Adelaide? Garrett then brings on Dream Golf Resorts developer Michael ...
04.19.2023 Introducing The Park with Jim Wagner of Hanse Golf Course Design The Park in West Palm Beach is one of the most exciting municipal golf course projects in recent memory. Designed by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, The Park opened on Monday and brings high-quality public golf architecture to South Florida. ...
04.13.2023 Andy and Garrett Go to Augusta National Andy got to play Augusta National for the first time the day after the 2023 Masters. Garrett got to walk around Augusta National for the first time on Saturday at the 2023 ANWA. In this episode, they discuss.
04.11.2023 Masters Takeaways: Rahm vs. Koepka and a Mailbag with Shane Bacon Garrett and Joseph LaMagna (@JosephLaMagna) kick off this post-Masters Tuesday episode by guessing what TFE founder Andy Johnson will shoot in his media-lottery round at Augusta National. They then give a thorough rundown of the Sunday duel between Jon Rahm ...
04.06.2023 Masters Presser Reactions and an Alternative History of Augusta National's Design This midweek Masters episode starts with Garrett offering some solo thoughts on the pre-tournament press conferences at Augusta National (0:34). He touches on ANGC chairman Fred Ridley's announcement of a partnership with a local muni as well as Ridley's diplomatic ...
04.01.2023 Five Things About the 2023 Masters with Trevor Immelman Trevor Immelman, the 2008 Masters champion and current CBS lead analyst, joins host Andy to provide a preview of the upcoming 2023 Masters. Immelman brings fresh insights from his recent weekend spent at Augusta National, including an in-depth analysis of ...
03.28.2023 The Uncertain State of the LPGA Tour and a Trio of ANWA Player Profiles with Anne Walker Garrett and Meg Adkins (@megadkins_TFE) launch this Tuesday show by sharing their favorite memories from the erstwhile WGC-Dell Match Play. They then dig into the current state of the LPGA Tour, offering takeaways from this past week's Drive On Championship; ...
03.23.2023 Masters Favorites, Golf Architecture Chat, and a Ranking of Golf Areas in Great Britain Andy opens the episode by running through his favorites for the 2023 Masters. He is then joined by golf architect Jaeger Kovich for a wide-ranging conversation. They talk about how Jaeger builds greens, the challenges of running his own firm, ...
03.21.2023 A Farewell to the Match Play and a Rollback Chat with Dean Snell NOTE: If you initially hear last week's episode with Brendan Porath and Sean Martin, delete that episode and re-download. We made an uploading mistake. Sorry about that! At the top of our Tuesday show, Joseph LaMagna (@JosephLaMagna) calms Garrett's fears ...

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The Fried Egg Golf Podcast episodes:

Starting a Golf Tour and Playing on the APGA

A Chat with the Designer of the Ryder Cup Venue

A Ryder Cup Draft with Shane Bacon

Golf Architecture Mailbag Redux and How to Do a Low-Cost Muni Renovation

Golf Architecture Mailbag: Most Exciting New Courses, The Lido, and More

Sizing Up the U.S. Ryder Cup Team

Takeaways from the 2023 PGA Tour Season with Kyle Porter

Bringing the Lido to Life with Superintendent Jimmy Humston

The Lowdown on Waverley Country Club with Superintendent Brian Koffler

PGA Tour Life with Michael Kim and Building a Lighted Par-3 Course with Grass Clippings

The Latest from the Rollback Wars and the Excellence of Bel-Air CC with Geoff Shackelford

Richie Ramsay Geeks Out About Golf Architecture

Growing Grass at Sullivan County and Leveling Up a Golf Architecture Business

A History of Par

The Top 10 Players in Golf and Why the PGA Tour Should Pay Attention to the NBA Cup

Takeaways from the 2023 Open Championship

A Few Holes to Watch at the 2023 Open Championship (and How They Evolved)

Five Things About the 2023 Open Championship with Kyle Porter

Royal Liverpool Preview and Music + Golf with Micah Pueschel of Iration

What Do We Want Out of a Championship Golf Course?

How Pebble Beach Will Play for the Women and a PGA Tour Check-In

A Monterey Golf Guide

2023 Ryder Cup Roster Questions, Mid-Am Golf with Shane Bacon, and Course Changes for Pros

Reflecting on the Women's PGA and Yearning for a Euro Tour Links Season

Final U.S. Open Thoughts and a New Alister MacKenzie Book

Takeaways from the 2023 U.S. Open

U.S. Open Thursday Thoughts and the Philadelphia School of Golf Architecture

Five Things About the 2023 U.S. Open with Geoff Shackelford

The PGA Tour, Presented by Saudi Arabia

The Rose Zhang Hypecast

U.S. Open Favorites, Turf in L.A. with Lauren Lasocha, and KFT Life with Logan McAllister

A Preview of LACC North (ft. Gil Hanse and Geoff Shackelford)

Top Five Golfers of the Post-Tiger Era, NCAA Golf Championships, and Golden Age Auctions

Takeaways from the 2023 PGA Championship

A Short-Game Wizard vs. a Ball-Striking Prodigy at the 1938 PGA Championship

Five Things About the 2023 PGA Championship with Ryan Lavner

What to Know About Donald Ross (ft. Bradley Klein and Chris Buie)

LIV's Major Complaints and How the PGA Tour Monitors Slow Play

PGA Championship Favorites and Oak Hill Insights

A Preview of Oak Hill (ft. Andrew Green and Fred Beltz)

Does Golf Need a Shot Clock?

Rodeo Dunes Insights with Michael Keiser and Reflections on New-Coke Dinah Shore

Introducing The Park with Jim Wagner of Hanse Golf Course Design

Andy and Garrett Go to Augusta National

Masters Takeaways: Rahm vs. Koepka and a Mailbag with Shane Bacon

Masters Presser Reactions and an Alternative History of Augusta National's Design

Five Things About the 2023 Masters with Trevor Immelman

The Uncertain State of the LPGA Tour and a Trio of ANWA Player Profiles with Anne Walker

Masters Favorites, Golf Architecture Chat, and a Ranking of Golf Areas in Great Britain

A Farewell to the Match Play and a Rollback Chat with Dean Snell

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