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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The Shotgun Start with Andy Johnson and Brendan Porath of Fried Egg Golf is a podcast waiting for you early in the morning that quickly blasts through a variety of topics (usually) related to golf and (ideally) relevant to the day. It covers news from the pro tours around the world, amusing and important topics from the amateur game the rest of us play, and some irreverent stuff in between. There will be short interviews, previews, reviews, and dives into the archives. It provides what you n ...
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Hosted by broadcaster Shane Bacon, Get a Grip is a golf-centric podcast making light of a rather stuffy sport with legitimate insight into the game. It’s essentially the public golf course of podcasts. The show will offer a look into the PGA Tour week in and week out and have some fun at both the players' and golf fans’ expenses.
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Full Swing Thoughts is a podcast from The Fried Egg on the Netflix golf docuseries, Full Swing. Andy Johnson, Joseph LaMagna, and Brendan Porath will recap and review each episode in this feed, sharing insights on what they learned about the tours and their stars, what they found amusing, what worked, and what flopped. They will attempt to bring their usual enthusiasm, skepticism, and humor as they discuss the unveiling of this highly anticipated new show.
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Debating the Proposed PGA Tour Changes
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Earlier this week, the PGA Tour emailed players a list of proposed changes set to be voted on by the PGA Tour Policy Board. If approved, these changes would take effect for the 2026 season. Andy Johnson is joined by Joseph LaMagna and Monday Q's Ryan French for a roundtable discussion on these proposed changes. The three debate whether the removal …
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Risers and fallers from 2024 PGA Tour season and could you catch an NFL QB’s pass
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A true first-of-the-month recording begins with Andy and Brendan recapping their Halloween festivities and the announcement of the winner of the SGS Halloween Costume Idea contest. Without much golf to talk about, Andy went as a Data Boy for Halloween and took a look at strokes gained data for the 2024 season and compared players to the previous ye…
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Insane pace-of-play policy, PGA Tour changes, and 7th Annual Halloween Costume ideas
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Happy Halloween Jr.! This Wednesday morning recording starts with Andy and Brendan standing by their football takes from Monday's episode, as not much is going on in golf these days. Brendan shares a Tosti Tale from the Wyndham to get the golf talk started, which then transitions into a very quick Schedule of the Week segment. The two then recap th…
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Election Impact on PGA Tour-PIF Deal, Plus College Golf in the NIL Era
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Andy Johnson is joined by Gabby Herzig and Brentley Romine in this two-part episode. To start, Andy and Gabby discuss her recent article in The Athletic about the impact of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election on a potential PGA Tour-PIF agreement. Gabby details the role of the Department of Justice as part of the executive branch when it comes to a…
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Hail Mary Monday, JT’s close call in Japan, and international scheduling
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This episode is a Victory Monday like no other, as Andy's Bears lost on a true Hail Mary as time expired against Brendan's (adopted) Commanders. Brendan is so excited that he got the yips on opening the episode, leading Andy to introduce the show. Andy, still in disbelief at the loss, recaps his weekend, calling the Bears the worst coached team in …
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Revisiting the Jumbo Ozaki Spotlight
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Following the conclusion of the 2024 Zozo Championship, the PGA Tour's only stop in Japan, we're re-heating this Jumbo Ozaki Spotlight from May 2020. Brendan relays some notes from a day of reading and researching the Japanese legend. Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki's dominant career on the Japan Tour is covered in depth, as well as his ambivalence to playin…
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Will Tour suspend Scottie and Rory for The Showdown match, TGL personality quiz, and Golf Advice
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This Friday episode picks up where Thursday's left off, as Andy and Brendan debate whether the PGA Tour can actually suspend Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy for playing in "The Showdown" against Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau. Brendan calls for Halloween costume submissions to SGSGolfAdvice@gmail.com ahead of next week's annual episode, and…
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Matt McCarty, Episode 2: What’s Next After Winning a FedEx Fall Event?
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Shane Bacon and Matt McCarty are back to recap last week's Shriners Children's Open in Las Vegas and look ahead a bit at Matt's 2025 schedule on the PGA Tour. To start this episode, Shane and Matt discuss their love for different golf courses as Matt is back in Chicago to play at Medinah this week. They touch on Matt's time in Las Vegas and how he …
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Trying to Revive a Hometown Nine-Holer
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Garrett Morrison is joined by Tom Schwab, superintendent at Napoleon Golf Club, a nine-hole course in Napoleon, Ohio. Tom began working at Napoleon, his hometown course, in 2021 after working at private clubs such as Merion and Aronimink. The two discuss what it means to Tom to work at the course he grew up playing and the history of Napoleon Golf …
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TGL ticket prices and schedule release, Champs Tour depot, and Scottie's future schedule
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This is the latest entry in SGS’s “recorded from a car” library, which grows in despair. Andy calls in from North Carolina to talk about the efficacy of political yard signs that peppered him on his travels around the state this week. Then they immediately get into Champions Tour chatter, with some intel on the rampant cart usage, the overly genero…
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Taking Stock of Justin Thomas’s Career and Future
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Andy Johnson is joined by Joseph LaMagna for an episode focusing on 15-time PGA Tour winner Justin Thomas. The two begin the show with and they are In and Out on during the early stages of the FedEx Fall, as the PGA Tour's fall events have become more competitive this year while the TV coverage continues to lag behind. Andy and Joseph discuss the u…
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Posty and the fall ball boys, stinky Shriners, and playoff proposals
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Andy and Brendan start this week with an old school in-person recording ahead of the Fried Egg Member-Guest in Aiken, SC. Andy celebrates a Victory Monday for Illinois, who defeated the defending national champions on Saturday to improve to 6-1 on the season. Brendan also is excited about his team despite an injury to the starting QB, as the Comman…
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Shriners wind delay, "Supermoon" definitions, and Old Course Golf Advice
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Andy is joined by Fried Egg Golf's Garrett Morrison on this Friday morning recording, marking Garrett's Shotgun Start debut. Things start off with some discussion about the "Supermoon" on Thursday and what that even is. Andy is wondering why this "Supermoon" was more important than previous ones, and the two debate whether giving someone a piece of…
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Matt McCarty, Episode 1: First PGA Tour Win at Black Desert Championship
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In this new season of Get a Grip, Shane Bacon is joined by PGA Tour winner and the No. 1 player on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour points list Matt McCarty. Matt won his first PGA Tour event last week at the Black Desert Championship in just his third career start. In this season premiere episode, Shane and Matt discuss Matt's week in Utah leading up to h…
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Golf Architecture Mailbag: Walkability, 2025 Course Openings, and More
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Fried Egg Golf's Andy Johnson and Garrett Morrison answer questions from Club TFE members in this golf architecture mailbag episode. The two discuss how the walkability of a course impacts their thoughts on a design, share their thoughts on how to assess a course's architecture while playing it, and debate how re-designs of historic courses should …
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Ryder Cup ticket price outrage, Northwestern’s notable alumni, and DPWT card races
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What was thought to be a normal Wednesday episode starts with breaking news, as Davante Adams was traded to the New York Jets early Tuesday morning. The show begins with Producer PJ's live reaction to the deal, coming on the heels of yet another pathetic Jets loss on Monday night. Brendan then debuts a golf player comparison for Yankees ace Gerrit …
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Yolk with Doak 45: Listener Questions and Building on Rocky Land
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Golf architect Tom Doak sits down with Andy Johnson for another mailbag-focused episode of "Yolk with Doak." Thanks to questions from Club TFE members, Tom discusses what motivates him to continue in his career, how he helps develop the careers of his associates, and learning to appreciate his own work. Andy and Tom go back and forth about what a D…
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Arguments for more lava golf, more fall call-ups, and faster pace of play
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This Monday episode starts with an apology from Andy on behalf of the entire crew, as no Champions Tour picks were given ahead of the SAS Championship. Andy and Brendan are joined by Producer PJ to then recap Jerry Kelly's win in the final regular season event, coming just a week after he withdrew due to arthritis. PJ also chimes in with an update …
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Reading Wikipedia pages of obscure 1990s PGA Tour pros
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It's a Friday episode about nothing as Andy and Brendan provide some Friday whimsy before heading into the weekend. To start things off, there's some postseason baseball cleanup as Producer PJ returns after missing Wednesday's recording to see the Mets. Brendan laments that the Guardians are facing elimination against a team that they repeatedly be…
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Life On and Off the Golf Course with Jason Meersman
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Andy Johnson is joined by The Patterson Club's Jason Meersman for a conversation touching on life, golf courses, golf course maintenance, and even the Chicago Bears. To start, the two discuss Jason's upbringing in a family of golf superintendents and how this shaped his own career path and desire to work in the sport. Jason speaks to what he learne…
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Andrew Putnam, Episode 9: Andrew's First Trip to St. Andrews for the Dunhill Links
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Shane Bacon and Andrew Putnam return to the feed to discuss Andrew's first trip to St. Andrews after his T-25 finish at the Dunhill Links last week. The two discuss what's so special about the town of St. Andrews, the challenges of links golf at this time of year, and how players navigate the layout of the Dunhill Links across three different cours…
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The Jay Don Blake 500, Ryder Cup eligibility Qs, and Utah qualifying scandal
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It's a historic week for the PGA Tour, so Andy and Brendan are back in full force on this Wednesday episode. Some football talk starts the show, as Andy remains optimistic about the Bears' playoff chances and Robert Saleh is out as head coach of the New York Jets. Andy and Brendan then move on to what's truly important this week - Jay Don Blake's 5…
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A Conversation with Dodo Molinari, Vice Captain for Ryder Cup Europe
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Edoardo ("Dodo") Molinari, DP World Tour member and Chief Data Strategist for Ryder Cup Team Europe, joins the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion. First, Andy Johnson and Joseph LaMagna kick off the episode with what they are In and Out on this week in the golf world. Then Joseph brings on Dodo to discuss his background, Augusta National, hot-bu…
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Dunhill Dreams of blowing up the Road Hole, Golf Channel’s Sanderson coverage, and KFT grads
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Andy and Brendan return on a Victory Monday to recap a bevy of fall golf tournaments this weekend. Andy is fired up about Caleb Williams and the Bears' big win against the lowly Panthers during the Swag Sports Minute, while Brendan is also claiming a Victory Monday as his hometown Commanders beat another unnamed NFL team on Sunday afternoon. The Go…
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Yasir-Jay Tracker, Rory’s deal optimism, and Pat Reed quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It's a beefy Friday episode, as Brendan is joined by Mr. Tron Carter of No Laying Up to discuss topics from across the world of sports. The show begins with Brendan picking Ball Knower Tron's brain about his various football teams, with the two going back and forth about the state of the Falcons, Jaguars, Commanders, and Boston College, before tran…
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Yolk with Doak 44: Links Travel, Analytics in Golf, and Short Par 4s
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Andy Johnson sits down with Tom Doak for the first of two October Yolk with Doak episodes. To start, Tom shares travel tips for golfers headed to Australia, New Zealand, and links courses throughout Ireland and the U.K. Andy and Tom then talk through Tom's first round at Sedge Valley and his experiences playing his own design for the first time. Th…
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Yasir and Jay play together, Cutthroat Tour proposals, and a Ballfrogs documentary
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Andy and Brendan bring in the month of October with this meandering episode on a wide array of pro golf and non-golf topics. They begin with a debate about pumpkin patches. Then they get to the news that PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Saudi PIF’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan are playing together in the Dunhill this week alongside their pro partners, Bi…
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Match Play and Professional Golf
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After the conclusion of another team match play event, Andy Johnson is joined by Shane Bacon to discuss the place of match play in the professional game. The two recap last week's Presidents Cup, evaluating the format and what changes need to be made in order to improve the event. They then turn to the concept of match play as a whole, advocating f…
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Grading the Presidents Cup, USA team’s future, and a farewell to Dayman
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Andy and Brendan are back to put a bow on a fun P-Cup week at SGS. There was a little bit of everything. For this Monday episode, they begin with another USA blowout victory at the Presidents Cup and what it says about the current state of the competition, its future, and how enjoyable it still was this past weekend. They hand out grades for severa…
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Presidents Cup Day 1 Disaster, and other assorted shouting
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Andy and Brendan are coming in hot on this Friday episode after a 5-0 whitewash in the opening session of the Presidents Cup. The Internationals are down, but are they out? Also probably yes. They discuss some of the LVPs, the MVPs, the golf course, the broadcast, and much more from Montreal. They hone in on a couple thirstbuckets, some bagel boys,…
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Stanley Thompson and Canadian Golf Architecture
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It's Canada week on the Fried Egg Golf Podcast, so Garrett Morrison is joined by Toronto-based golf architect Ian Andrew for a look at the history of Canadian golf. After a brief discussion of Royal Montreal Golf Club and Ian's work with Mike Weir, the two unpack the career of Stanley Thompson and his work at courses such as Banff Springs, Jasper P…
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A quick Presidents Cup Eve jamboree
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Andy and Brendan went live on YouTube shortly after Thursday's pairings were announced to preview the first session of the 2024 Presidents Cup. As per usual, things went slightly off the rails with the help of the YouTube commenters. The two talk Xander and Cantlay being split up, the comedic genius of the Jason Day and Ben An pairing, rank all fiv…
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