We're kicking around this idea internally and are interested to see who would be inclined to participate? To be determined how often the club meets but we would love to see how many people would like to jump in. Consider it a club that discusses golf books and golf-adjacent books
We're kicking around this idea internally and are interested to see who would be inclined to participate? To be determined how often the club meets but we would love to see how many people would like to jump in. Consider it a club that discusses golf books and golf-adjacent books
Must-watch stuff from Pablo Torre this morning on golf's "hyest flyer."
A lot of receipts presented, showing Phil Mickelson's links with a troubled energy company begging to be bailed out by the White House.
You know the content is good because Phil is already threatening to sue random Twitter accounts that engage with it.
Must-watch stuff from Pablo Torre this morning on golf's "hyest flyer."
A lot of receipts presented, showing Phil Mickelson's links with a troubled energy company begging to be bailed out by the White House.
You know the content is good because Phil is already threatening to sue random Twitter accounts that engage with it.
This is a topic that could be controversial, and I don't mean for it to be, I'm just genuinely curious...
I attended a Fried Egg Golf event at Lancaster Country Club in (I want to say) 2021. The event featured 2 rounds of golf, lunch, a tee prize, and prizes for the winners. I believe the entry cost was around $425. I might not be exact on those numbers, but it was close to that. It was a great day out there (despite the greens being dialed up to US Open conditions). Now I can't help but thinking that this same event, with those same inclusions would probably come in at $899 and feature a waitlist.
I don't mean this as an attack on the Fried Egg at all, in my local area last month there was an event by another group at Aronimink that was $1200+ for a one day event. The list of golf courses I'd pay $1200 to play is very short, but that's fine, I don't have to pay it and there are many people who were willing to do so. But it really got me thinking, what happened in the last 5 years that has caused these events more than double in price? Did I just catch it in the early days of these events when clubs and organizations were trying to figure out how much these things should cost? Have the clubs decided that they are going to jack up their prices and the resulting entry fees have skyrocketed? Or is this honestly a case of just trying to find the ceiling? I don't blame Fried Egg Golf or anyone trying to make a profit on these events, and as I said earlier, there's a waitlist for many of these events so why leave money on the table?
Again, not an attack on anyone or anything. I can't be the only one who looks at the cost of some of these events and is surprised at how much they've increased.
This is a topic that could be controversial, and I don't mean for it to be, I'm just genuinely curious...
I attended a Fried Egg Golf event at Lancaster Country Club in (I want to say) 2021. The event featured 2 rounds of golf, lunch, a tee prize, and prizes for the winners. I believe the entry cost was around $425. I might not be exact on those numbers, but it was close to that. It was a great day out there (despite the greens being dialed up to US Open conditions). Now I can't help but thinking that this same event, with those same inclusions would probably come in at $899 and feature a waitlist.
I don't mean this as an attack on the Fried Egg at all, in my local area last month there was an event by another group at Aronimink that was $1200+ for a one day event. The list of golf courses I'd pay $1200 to play is very short, but that's fine, I don't have to pay it and there are many people who were willing to do so. But it really got me thinking, what happened in the last 5 years that has caused these events more than double in price? Did I just catch it in the early days of these events when clubs and organizations were trying to figure out how much these things should cost? Have the clubs decided that they are going to jack up their prices and the resulting entry fees have skyrocketed? Or is this honestly a case of just trying to find the ceiling? I don't blame Fried Egg Golf or anyone trying to make a profit on these events, and as I said earlier, there's a waitlist for many of these events so why leave money on the table?
Again, not an attack on anyone or anything. I can't be the only one who looks at the cost of some of these events and is surprised at how much they've increased.
We’re down to the final four! Check out our full FEGC Design Contest Review with Andy Staples and vote on which hole you think should be built at Breezy Point.
We’re down to the final four! Check out our full FEGC Design Contest Review with Andy Staples and vote on which hole you think should be built at Breezy Point.
Curious if following can be possible:
Thanks!
Curious if following can be possible:
Thanks!
As we wind down the season here in Philadelphia (only 10 more days to post rounds) I started to take stock of the year I had, where I played, and what my favorites were. In the interest of getting some conversations started on this burgeoning new board, I thought I’d ask: What did you check off the list in 2025 that really stuck with you? What made it special? Insider information on it? Feel free to post specific holes or design details.
I have a few, but I wanted to make sure I wasn’t shouting into the void before I posted them.
As we wind down the season here in Philadelphia (only 10 more days to post rounds) I started to take stock of the year I had, where I played, and what my favorites were. In the interest of getting some conversations started on this burgeoning new board, I thought I’d ask: What did you check off the list in 2025 that really stuck with you? What made it special? Insider information on it? Feel free to post specific holes or design details.
I have a few, but I wanted to make sure I wasn’t shouting into the void before I posted them.
Clyde Johnson has restored the Himalayas bunker at St. Enodoc Golf Club in southwestern England to something resembling its vintage form. (Hire this man to work on more GB&I links courses, please.)
OCM Golf teased an "exciting 36-hole project on some amazing land." The property includes "streams, lakes, rocks, and undulation." Work will begin in early 2026, "once the snow melts!" We at Fried Egg Golf have it on good authority that this facility will be north of Toronto, sitting on 850 acres.
OCM Golf has broken ground on a new short course for Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane.
Scot Sherman, lead architect at Love Golf Design, will restore Donald Ross and Walter Travis features at Camden Country Club in South Carolina. I've heard great things about this course.
Quintero Golf Club in Peoria, Arizona, is back in business after a major renovation (involving the trucking in of "Augusta white sand") by Rees Jones.
Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club in Tampa has wrapped up the second phase of a renovation with architect Bobby Weed. The club claims to have restored its "1916 Tom Bendelow and Donald Ross design," but I have some follow-ups about historical accuracy.
Dave Zinkand shared a few photos of his new reversible course at Medina Country Club in Ohio.
Tyler Rae's frilly (somewhat fussy, to my eye?) new bunkers at Ansley Golf Club in suburban Atlanta debuted last week.
Gray Carlton posted some new footage of Brian Schneider's renovation at Silver Spring Country Club in Connecticut.
Clayton, DeVries & Pont offer an update on partner Frant Pont's bunker work at Harry Colt's Whittington Heath. Brian Schneider chimed in with a pointed reply.
CDP are also moving dirt around at Portsea Golf Club, a charming course on the tip of the Mornington Peninsula.
As part of its overhaul of the Robert Trent Jones-designed Patterson Club, Proper Golf is building a green based on No. 4 at Spyglass Hill.
More footage from Proper Golf's work at The Patterson Club.
More bunker-tainment from Mike Nuzzo's redesign of Club Walden in Ohio.
Kawonu Golf Club, a new build by Andrew Green near Greenville, South Carolina, has shown quite a sophisticated and assertive marketing muscle.
Friend of the program Will Watt took some good-looking photos of Mike Clayton and Mike DeVries's new course in Tasmania, 7 Mile Beach, which opens for 18-hole play on December 4.
Back on October 24, Sugarloaf Social Club posted footage of the Great Dunes at Jekyll Island, a Walter Travis course recently resto-vated by Jeff Stein and Brian Ross.
The Lodge at Pebble Beach has reopened after an extensive renovation.
Clyde Johnson has restored the Himalayas bunker at St. Enodoc Golf Club in southwestern England to something resembling its vintage form. (Hire this man to work on more GB&I links courses, please.)
OCM Golf teased an "exciting 36-hole project on some amazing land." The property includes "streams, lakes, rocks, and undulation." Work will begin in early 2026, "once the snow melts!" We at Fried Egg Golf have it on good authority that this facility will be north of Toronto, sitting on 850 acres.
OCM Golf has broken ground on a new short course for Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane.
Scot Sherman, lead architect at Love Golf Design, will restore Donald Ross and Walter Travis features at Camden Country Club in South Carolina. I've heard great things about this course.
Quintero Golf Club in Peoria, Arizona, is back in business after a major renovation (involving the trucking in of "Augusta white sand") by Rees Jones.
Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club in Tampa has wrapped up the second phase of a renovation with architect Bobby Weed. The club claims to have restored its "1916 Tom Bendelow and Donald Ross design," but I have some follow-ups about historical accuracy.
Dave Zinkand shared a few photos of his new reversible course at Medina Country Club in Ohio.
Tyler Rae's frilly (somewhat fussy, to my eye?) new bunkers at Ansley Golf Club in suburban Atlanta debuted last week.
Gray Carlton posted some new footage of Brian Schneider's renovation at Silver Spring Country Club in Connecticut.
Clayton, DeVries & Pont offer an update on partner Frant Pont's bunker work at Harry Colt's Whittington Heath. Brian Schneider chimed in with a pointed reply.
CDP are also moving dirt around at Portsea Golf Club, a charming course on the tip of the Mornington Peninsula.
As part of its overhaul of the Robert Trent Jones-designed Patterson Club, Proper Golf is building a green based on No. 4 at Spyglass Hill.
More footage from Proper Golf's work at The Patterson Club.
More bunker-tainment from Mike Nuzzo's redesign of Club Walden in Ohio.
Kawonu Golf Club, a new build by Andrew Green near Greenville, South Carolina, has shown quite a sophisticated and assertive marketing muscle.
Friend of the program Will Watt took some good-looking photos of Mike Clayton and Mike DeVries's new course in Tasmania, 7 Mile Beach, which opens for 18-hole play on December 4.
Back on October 24, Sugarloaf Social Club posted footage of the Great Dunes at Jekyll Island, a Walter Travis course recently resto-vated by Jeff Stein and Brian Ross.
The Lodge at Pebble Beach has reopened after an extensive renovation.
Golf Course Architecture has a story on Faldo Design's new course in Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia. Funded by the Kingdom's Public Investment Fund (the same source of support behind LIV Golf), Qiddiya is a planned entertainment and tourism capital located in the raw desert outside of Riyadh. In addition to a Nick Faldo-designed golf course, the city will boast a Formula 1-quality race track, a Six Flags theme park, and a Dragon Ball theme park—whatever that might be.
The Kingdom's effort to attract international tourists to attractions like Qiddiya City—and its associated golf offerings—is the real reason LIV Golf exists, by the way. And will likely continue to exist until Saudi Arabia's "Vision 2030" program starts to produce results.
This video about Faldo's course, posted on the "Sir Nick Faldo" YouTube channel, is full of exactly the kind of unintentional comedy that can help get us through hard, weird times.
Golf Course Architecture has a story on Faldo Design's new course in Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia. Funded by the Kingdom's Public Investment Fund (the same source of support behind LIV Golf), Qiddiya is a planned entertainment and tourism capital located in the raw desert outside of Riyadh. In addition to a Nick Faldo-designed golf course, the city will boast a Formula 1-quality race track, a Six Flags theme park, and a Dragon Ball theme park—whatever that might be.
The Kingdom's effort to attract international tourists to attractions like Qiddiya City—and its associated golf offerings—is the real reason LIV Golf exists, by the way. And will likely continue to exist until Saudi Arabia's "Vision 2030" program starts to produce results.
This video about Faldo's course, posted on the "Sir Nick Faldo" YouTube channel, is full of exactly the kind of unintentional comedy that can help get us through hard, weird times.
For Golf dot com, Alan Bastable has all the details that are fit to print on this strange story.
The facts:
A few observations and speculations:
For Golf dot com, Alan Bastable has all the details that are fit to print on this strange story.
The facts:
A few observations and speculations:
Wild Spring Dunes, an under-construction Dream Golf resort in East Texas, will hold a soft opening on November 12, with eight holes of Tom Doak’s new 18-hole design available for play. Doak had this to say about the course on Instagram: “What’s the best public course in Texas? The first 18 holes at Wild Springs Dunes [have] come a long way since I last saw it in July without a blade of grass being planted, to playing 18 holes the last two days with lead associate Brian Slawnik, our client Michael Keiser, and his crew from Dream Golf.” The resort also posted some Jeff Marsh photographs of the course on its website.
The second course at Wild Spring Dunes, designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, has been routed, and clearing is underway. The resort’s lodging component is expected to debut in 2027.
Wild Spring Dunes, an under-construction Dream Golf resort in East Texas, will hold a soft opening on November 12, with eight holes of Tom Doak’s new 18-hole design available for play. Doak had this to say about the course on Instagram: “What’s the best public course in Texas? The first 18 holes at Wild Springs Dunes [have] come a long way since I last saw it in July without a blade of grass being planted, to playing 18 holes the last two days with lead associate Brian Slawnik, our client Michael Keiser, and his crew from Dream Golf.” The resort also posted some Jeff Marsh photographs of the course on its website.
The second course at Wild Spring Dunes, designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, has been routed, and clearing is underway. The resort’s lodging component is expected to debut in 2027.
32, married with child, zero interest in fighting, always interested in making new pals.
32, married with child, zero interest in fighting, always interested in making new pals.
LIV joins the ranks of sports brands that have nonsensical names.
Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakes, Oakland Athletics.
Now LIV. Are we calling it "Lexi"(LXXII)?
LIV joins the ranks of sports brands that have nonsensical names.
Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakes, Oakland Athletics.
Now LIV. Are we calling it "Lexi"(LXXII)?
I'd love some recommendations on things I'm probably not watching (movies & TV) / listening to / reading.
I watch all of the standard Netflix, HBO, Apple tv shows (Shrinking, The Studio, The Last of Us, etc.) and love listening to The Rewatchables podcast along with all of the FE pods. But I need some diversity in my life!
What is something that you will die on a hill for? Give me you tried and trues AND something new if you got it.
I must admit that TV and podcasts are my primary vehicles to consume content these days. Carving out 2 hours for a movie feels borderline impossible with a 4 year old and while I love to read I'm just not one who gravitates to it (for context I probably get through 3-4 books a year). That said, please give me some ideas of new (or old) things to tap into.
Cheers!
I'd love some recommendations on things I'm probably not watching (movies & TV) / listening to / reading.
I watch all of the standard Netflix, HBO, Apple tv shows (Shrinking, The Studio, The Last of Us, etc.) and love listening to The Rewatchables podcast along with all of the FE pods. But I need some diversity in my life!
What is something that you will die on a hill for? Give me you tried and trues AND something new if you got it.
I must admit that TV and podcasts are my primary vehicles to consume content these days. Carving out 2 hours for a movie feels borderline impossible with a 4 year old and while I love to read I'm just not one who gravitates to it (for context I probably get through 3-4 books a year). That said, please give me some ideas of new (or old) things to tap into.
Cheers!
Greetings!
The latest FEGC collection just launched in the Pro Shop, so I figured it'd be a good time to check in with everyone here. In addition to Smathers & Branson headcovers and accessories, we've finally got our FEGC logos on some Andy Hoodies.
Check out the entire drop at proshop.thefriedegg.com and don't forget to use code FEGCMEMBER at checkout to get 10% off your purchase.
Have something you'd like to see in the shop? Questions about sizing? Let's hear it!
Greetings!
The latest FEGC collection just launched in the Pro Shop, so I figured it'd be a good time to check in with everyone here. In addition to Smathers & Branson headcovers and accessories, we've finally got our FEGC logos on some Andy Hoodies.
Check out the entire drop at proshop.thefriedegg.com and don't forget to use code FEGCMEMBER at checkout to get 10% off your purchase.
Have something you'd like to see in the shop? Questions about sizing? Let's hear it!
Well, the Bandon rejection emails are pouring in for our 2027 12-person trip to Bandon in the new lottery system.... Time to start thinking for alternatives.
I'm the non-dad that gets to plan all the golf trips with buddies (mostly dads who consider it a luxury to leave home for a golf trip, but have time and travel constraints to consider for getting back to wifey) with people traveling rom Portland, SF, and LA for our bi-annual bandon trips. But i'm starting to think Bandon won't be happening at least without onsite lodging/the prime time tee times. We usually target around 4 days and no more then ~4 hours of travel time... we are there to be golf sicko's, so we don't need to consider Vegas at all.
What are some good alternative travel destinations that can allow us to...
Some ideas so far...
Well, the Bandon rejection emails are pouring in for our 2027 12-person trip to Bandon in the new lottery system.... Time to start thinking for alternatives.
I'm the non-dad that gets to plan all the golf trips with buddies (mostly dads who consider it a luxury to leave home for a golf trip, but have time and travel constraints to consider for getting back to wifey) with people traveling rom Portland, SF, and LA for our bi-annual bandon trips. But i'm starting to think Bandon won't be happening at least without onsite lodging/the prime time tee times. We usually target around 4 days and no more then ~4 hours of travel time... we are there to be golf sicko's, so we don't need to consider Vegas at all.
What are some good alternative travel destinations that can allow us to...
Some ideas so far...
