Is Bay Hill the best event of the year, A rousing In/Out/Alt for Puerto Rico, and TGL sadness

Andy and Brendan! are buzzing and ready to preview the year's first major from the Draddy House in Augusta. The two return from a day at the course to discuss the biggest storylines entering the week before sharing their favorite tee times and making one-and-done picks. They start with Rory McIlroy, wondering if this will be the year he wins a green jacket to complete the career Grand Slam. From there, Andy commends defending champion Scottie Scheffler, who will enter this week without a win in 2025. They also dive into fellow contenders Xander Schauffele, Ludvig Åberg, and a LIV contingent featuring Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm, Joaquin Niemann, and more. In favorite tee times, Brendan is excited about a grouping for a young player getting a lot of love this week and sets up a lengthy discussion about Jordan Spieth. Andy and Brendan empty their notebooks with notes from the ground before bringing PJ in to recap his first-time experience at Augusta National to close the show. Enter B. Draddy's giveaway for a FREE Andy hoodie here! Click HERE to enter the Fried Egg Golf Pool for this week's tournament.

9 Apr 1h 49min

It's an in-person Sunday show from the Draddy House in Augusta in honor of B. Draddy ambassador Brian Harman's win at the Valero Texas Open. Andy and Brendan! are together in Georgia and ready for the week ahead. Brendan shares some notes from his time at Augusta National on Sunday, where Gary Player provided an unsolicited sermon and bees are running (flying?) rampant. The two discuss Brian Harman's win at TPC San Antonio and the tough conditions leading to his Sunday score of 75. In other golf results, Ángel Cabrera secured his first Champions Tour win at the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational, leading to questions about his re-debut at Augusta this week. PJ reports about the PFHOF shadow competition, won by Notre Dame legend Tim Brown, adding another trophy next to his Heisman. Marc Leishman hit it around a big ballpark at Trump Doral, leading to an individual win for him and a team victory for the Rippers at LIV Miami. Sergio "Big Tex" Garcia upheld his strong team golf legacy by winning "The Duel" alongside George Bryan IV, but not without some upload issues delaying the release of the final video. Andy details this year's Augusta National Women's Amateur and is fired up about Asterisk Talley's potential and plans for her future. Be sure to join the official Fried Egg Masters Pool for a chance to win prizes from B. Draddy and more!

7 Apr 52min

It's a true whiparound Friday as this episode covers many topics, spanning from a listener's Juuso Valimaki scouting report to a promotion for our Masters preview show going LIVE on YouTube next Tuesday night. Andy and Brendan are in high spirits and excited for Augusta, starting this show by choosing a player they'd like to see play himself into the field for next week. There's some more discussion about the Masters having range data for all players throughout the week, prompting Andy to ask PJ how to use these numbers for a gambling edge. Elsewhere in golf, the stars are out and speaking to media at LIV Doral, where Brooks Koepka was critical of the league's standing in year four despite its new CEO spending three months on changing a marketing phrase. Brendan shares some rumors about Bryson's non-participation in this week's "Duel" with YouTube creators and whether he actually owns his own YouTube channel he's been running for the last few years. As promised, PJ has a comprehensive preview of this weekend's James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational, where Darren Clarke and Boo Weekley will play two rounds with Warren Sapp and Dwight Freeney. This episode wraps with a new golf advice question focusing on a legendary upset in golf history.

3 Apr 1h 6min

This Wednesday episode focuses on two scandals currently unfolding across the sports world. Andy and Brendan! are disappointed to miss out on a First of the Month recording, but are fired up about the field construction for the Valero Texas Open. The field was expanded to 156 players with full status, but would need to shrink to 144 before allowing any alternates into the field. Andy wonders how players on major medicals, career money exemptions, or sponsor exemptions could reasonably jump an alternate such as Hayden Springer, who's currently ranked 78th in the FedEx Cup. From there, the two discuss some fallout from last week's Houston Open after seeing some unfounded criticism of Memorial Park. Picks are made for Valero, as PJ looks to stay hot following his winning selection of Dr. Chipinski. Brendan then prompts Andy for more thoughts on the torpedo bat "scandal" in baseball and how the technologically-advanced equipment can relate to golf. The Schedule for the Week is laid out with an ANWA preview, some LPGA scheduling thoughts, and some groundwork for LIV and Champs Tour discussions on Friday. In news, Dallas is in talks to get a TGL franchise, filling the Luka-sized hole in the city's heart, and Billy Boy picks up a new partner for the Zurich.

1 Apr 1h 1min

It was an SGS-heavy finish at the Texas Children's Houston Open, where Dr. Chipinski, Min Woo Lee, was grouped with podcast favorites Alejandro Tosti and Ryan Fox in the final round. The Doctor was IN on Sunday, with Min Woo barely holding off a charging Scottie Scheffler and Gary Woodland for his first career PGA Tour win. Andy kicks this episode off with a Victory Monday celebration for PJ, whose hammer came down on the correct player this week in Houston. Brendan and Andy then unpack Tosti's Sunday, a round filled with various run-ins with rules officials and his fellow players. They debate whether the NBC broadcast was too mean to him after repeatedly criticizing his pace-of-play throughout the final stretch. Min Woo gets planety of shine, but his choice to lag putt on both 17 and 18 on Sunday leaves the group wondering if he'll have to give up being Dr. Chipinski moving forward. In Houston Open wrap-up, Brendan and Andy discuss Sami Valimaki tying the course record, Gary Woodland's return to the top of a leaderboard, and Rory McIlroy's new elbow injury he revealed after his top-10 finish. Former Fireball Eugenio Chacarra took down the Hero Indian Open at DLF, securing him a DP World Tour card through 2027 after his departure from LIV at the end of last season. Brendan adds some color from on-the-ground reports at DLF, had only three players finish under par in a weak field for the DP World Tour. On the Champions Tour, Steve Allan won a pro event for the first time in 23 years after getting into the Galleri Classic as an alternate earlier this week. PJ shares some updates from Bob Papa in Champs Tour Minute and alludes to some potential upcoming content with a local Champs Tour legend. In news, Brendan drops that some people inside the moat at PGA Tour HQ are concerned about LIV Miami's broadcast on "Big FOX" this week out-rating the Valero Texas Open. Per request, this episode ends with a short discussion on the new bats in Major League Baseball and how golf can learn from what MLB decides on their legality.

31 Mars 58min

This episode is full of Friday whimsy, as Andy and Brendan cover a variety of topics to send you into the weekend. Andy begins by asking questions about Ryder Cup eligibility for the latest honorary Texan. Brendan reveals that Thursdays are now known as "Diet Friday" after sharing today's Masters Fact of the Day. Speaking of Masters facts, Andy then provides an early weather update for Augusta, making sure he gets out in front of this upcoming catnip. After a recap of PJ's night at a Mumford & Sons concert on Wednesday night, updates are provided on the Hero Indian Open and the Houston Open. DLF was featured on Design Disasters on Thursday morning after caddies wrote in to complain about the 17th hole, and Matt Jordan is in contention with his standard first-round 69. In Houston, Tosti finds himself in the early lead, making Andy wonder what would happen if Tosti found himself in the field at Augusta National. LIV Golf announced its own Creator Classic, with a similar group of creators playing alongside pros at LIV Miami. PGA Tour member Wes Bryan is playing with Dustin Johnson, which has Andy do some journalism to ask if he'll be suspended from the PGA Tour as a result of his participation. At long last, some Golf Advice emails are read before Brendan has a quick Flashback Friday segment about Vijay Singh and how international players adjusted to the Houston Open in the early 2000s.

27 Mars 1h 14min

TGL Tuesdays come to a close, as this episode was a YouTube live recording following Billy Boy's crowning moment in the SoFi Dome! Andy and Brendan begin by discussing the Atlanta Drive's SoFi Cup win, rounding out the TGL season. They share some overall takeaways from the inaugural screen golf season, Andy breaks out his data-driven power rankings one last time, and PJ is reeling after yet another New York sports loss in a playoff environment. There are pleas for Billy Horschel to take his (rightful) place on the Ryder Cup team this fall, with his MVP-worthy screen golf performance showing he's ready for the main stage. In real golf (37:50, for all of you timestamp fans), Andy deems this week's Hero Indian Open "the Event of the Year" with the DP World Tour heading back to DLF. A listener writes in with some in-person insight from our favorite course, complete with an SGS legend sighting in the clubhouse! Picks are made for the Houston Open, which Tony Finau believes is the best Masters prep on Tour. The LPGA returns with the Ford Championship in Arizona and Brendan passes on some insight from the latest episode of The Mixed Bag. The Champions Tour continues its California Swing, but you'll have to chase down how to watch it across multiple platforms. Finally, the NFLPA Classic at Mayakoba is filling some airtime on Golf Channel this week, so PJ gives an in-depth breakdown of the field and some quotes from on-course reporter Jameis Winston. To wrap things up, Andy, Brendan, and PJ discuss how one would fly to India to make it out to DLF for the Indian Open this weekend.

26 Mars 1h 18min

This recording was delayed until Monday morning because life is better with Andy by Brendan's side! Andy's in the dumps following the Illini's loss to Kentucky in the Round of 32, but his spirits were lifted by Tiger Woods hard-launching his relationship with Vanessa Trump on Sunday night. Brendan and Andy unpack all aspects of Tiger's post, from the bizarre caption to the posed photos prominently featuring the Sun Day Red logo. After a quick spin through Vanessa Trump's Wikipedia page, the two move on to the golf, where a "lost" Viktor Hovland ran down Justin Thomas to win the Valspar. Brendan is fired up about how great the PGA Tour's Florida Swing was and imagines Luke Donald is thrilled with back-to-back wins from European Ryder Cup stalwarts. Andy shares some appreciation for Viktor Hovland's openness with the media when discussing his struggles and compares how Hovland and JT played the final few holes down the stretch in different ways. It was a week of viral moments - Billy Boy showed off some ambidextrousness, making a birdie after hitting his approach left-handed, Adam Hadwin broke a sprinkler with a club slam, and Patton Kizzire perfected the "putter punt." Elsewhere in golf, Dick Mansell won on the DP World Tour, the Sunshine Tour is back in the Coetzee Zone, and Miguel Angel Jimenez secured his second Champions Tour win of the 2025 season in California. There's also plenty of chatter about the PGA Tour's DMCA habits, which are back and possibly better than ever! Things wrap up with some March Madness talk following Andy and PJ's trips to their respective regional sites to watch their teams lose in the second round.

24 Mars 1h 17min