TGL's Start & Three Golf Courses Zac Blair Thinks About
After the Presidents' Day marathon at the SoFi Center, Andy Johnson starts this episode by chatting with Roberto Castro about TGL's first season. Roberto was instrumental in the creation of the league's gameplay and shares insights into how the league is handling business aspects such as player buy-in, television broadcasts, and technology. Andy and Roberto discuss the week-to-week improvements by the players as they become adjusted to playing simulator golf and wonder what season two may look like for the league. After that, Andy and PGA Tour pro Zac Blair talk through the three courses that Zac's thinking about the most. Zac discusses what owning his own course is like, how he solicits feedback from members and guests, and the subjectivity of golf course rankings.
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1:16:17
Trevor Immelman on the West Coast Swing, Slow Play, & Equipment
Andy is joined by 2008 Masters winner and CBS analyst Trevor Immelman for a wide-ranging conversation about the PGA Tour's first events of 2025. Andy and Trevor discuss a standout performance from Rory McIlroy at Pebble Beach, Xander Schauffele's injury, and Scottie Scheffler's return to play. They then get into the pace-of-play issues on the PGA Tour and the best ways to penalize those violating the Tour's policy. Trevor also discusses his thoughts on the proposed rollback and how it could benefit players at both the professional and amateur levels. Finally, the two briefly preview this week's Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines South.
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1:05:09
Checking In on Brooks Koepka
Ahead of Brooks Koepka's 2025 season debut on LIV, Andy Johnson takes stock of one of the most accomplished players of his generation. Joined by Golf Channel's Brentley Romine and Fried Egg Golf's Joseph LaMagna, the three deep dive into Brooks Koepka's career, from his amateur career and unconventional route to the PGA Tour through his current status as one of golf's greatest major champions. They discuss his many major championship successes, revisit some of his best quotes, and offer predictions about the remainder of Brooks' career.
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1:09:53
The Tiger Slam, Designing Golf, and In-Person TGL Thoughts
Andy Johnson returns to the Fried Egg Golf feed after a visit to the SoFi Center for his first in-person TGL match. This episode begins with some observations from Monday night's festivities featuring Boston Common GC and Jupiter Links. Andy then introduces Garrett Morrison's new podcast, Designing Golf, and throws to Garrett's sitdown with Geoff Ogilvy. You can find more Designing Golf wherever you get podcasts. Andy is then joined by Kevin Cook, author of The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played. The two discuss Tiger's historic run in 2000 and 2001, holding all four major championships following the 2001 Masters.
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1:37:57
Davis Love III & Scot Sherman on TPC Sawgrass, Harbour Town, & More
On the latest episode of The Fried Egg Golf Podcast, Andy Johnson is joined by Davis Love III and Scot Sherman of Love Golf Design. Before their conversation, Andy starts the show with commentary on the state of PGA Tour broadcasts following the marathon final round of The American Express and memo sent to players by Justin Thomas regarding broadcast improvements. From there, Andy, Davis, and Scot have a wide-ranging conversation covering Love Golf Design's ongoing projects, their experience restoring Pete Dye courses, and Davis Love III's playing career.
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