Why We're (Cautiously) Optimistic About the PGA Tour's Designated Events
This week's Waste Management Phoenix Open is the PGA Tour's first full-field "designated event." The designated-event series, created in response to LIV Golf's attempts to lure the world's top male pl...
10 Feb 20231h 13min
Thad Layton on Taking Arnold Palmer Design Company into the Future
Thad Layton has worked for Arnold Palmer Design since he graduated from college 23 years ago, and today he is the Senior Golf Course Architect and Vice President at the company. He joins Andy to talk ...
7 Feb 20231h 14min
How Digital Tech and AI Could Change Golf Course Design
Lately Garrett has been wondering how recent technological advances, especially in the field of artificial intelligence, may change golf architecture in the coming decades. So he called up Peter Flory...
3 Feb 20231h 6min
Golf Architecture Mailbag: Rollback Possibilities, Pet Peeves, and Public Golf Problems
You asked, we answered. Andy and Garrett tackle a variety of golf architecture-related questions from listeners, including ones about the impact a potential equipment rollback will have on championshi...
31 Jan 20231h
Catching Up with Zac Blair
After a two-year layoff to recover from shoulder surgery, Zac Blair is back on the PGA Tour this season. He's also back on the podcast, chatting with Andy about his return to professional golf. They a...
27 Jan 20231h 8min
The Superintendents' Masters
The GCSAA Golf Championships, held annually in conjunction with the GCSAA Convention and Trade Show, is the biggest tournament of the year for golf course superintendents who play competitively. We at...
24 Jan 202357min
Rob Collins Returns
It has been over six years since Rob Collins's first appearance on The Fried Egg podcast. He was guest No. 4 back in 2016, and a lot has happened for his architecture firm King-Collins Golf since then...
20 Jan 20231h 14min
Who Can Win a Major in 2023?
With the 2023 golf season underway, we're already thinking ahead to the four men's major championships. Joseph LaMagna, who writes the excellent Finding the Edge newsletter, joins Andy to discuss whic...
17 Jan 20231h 12min
