Hello all,

I mentioned this in our Sunday email this week, but we have a fresh slate of new events we are excited to unveil for fall of this year. Details for our Brambles, Wild Spring Dunes, and Louisiana trips will be announced next week, but today I want to quickly talk about our new Minnesota Road Trip. This is a Donald Ross special, featuring four amazing designs that are all exceedingly different.

Dates: September 20-24, 2026

Registration: May 20, 2026 at Noon ET - Registration Page

Courses: Northland Country Club, White Bear Yacht Club, Woodhill Country Club, and Minneapolis Golf Club

Background:

We hosted a Minneapolis trip last fall and decided the area needed more attention. So this year, we put together a variation of our 2025 trip and spiced it up with more Donald Ross focus.

White Bear Yacht Club is one of my favorite places in the country, so I started there. It's an amazing golf course with some wild topography and the dinner we are able to host in their Commodore Room is out of this world. Tuesday, done.

Then, I looked around at what other Ross courses we hadn't seen in Minneapolis and settled on Minneapolis Golf Club. Located just west of town, MGC is overlooked because of its Interlachen and Hazeltine shaped neighbors but it offers some terrific architecture and some great Ross greens. Boom, Thursday, done.

While searching around the west side of town, I noticed Woodhill Country Club, a Ross design that I knew very little about. Sure enough, Brian Schneider was doing work on the club and they are reopening after a full restoration. Brian has done some amazing work in recent years and the opportunity to see a new one of his restoration projects tickled my fancy. Wednesday, done.

Finally, there has always been a calling to make the trip up to Duluth to see Northland Country Club. According to many people I trust, it is an amazing place with equally wild topography to White Bear and even better views. Overlooking Lake Superior, this is an amazing venue that very few have made the trip to see. For Ross enthusiasts, or really just golf enthusiasts, this felt like a place we needed to see. So that goes Monday to begin the trip.

All together, this is four days of some amazing golf course architecture featuring Ross in different stages of his career, and the current courses are in different stages of their lives as well. Some are coming off fresh restorations, others are working on long-term projects, and others still are as pure as they were the day they opened. It's a trip I am exceptionally excited to embark on and I cannot wait for the group to join in.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Hello!

Kicking off this Tuesday with a big time polo deal. We're giving FEGC members exclusive access to a Polo Bundle Promo. When you buy three B. Draddy polos from our Bundle Collection, you'll get 35% off your purchase. That's a savings of over $100! Choose from a variety of B. Draddy's ultrasoft pima cotton polos to Draddy Sport's cool fabric performance polos.The promo only lasts through Friday, May 8th, so take advantage and stock up.

Here's how to shop:

1. Click here and enter the password: polo
2. Choose your polos and customize your selections with Fried Egg Golf, The Shotgun Start, and FEGC logos.
3. When three polos are added to your cart, your discount will automatically be applied. You'll get three polos for around $240!

Orders will begin shipping on May 20th. Don't miss out!

Questions? Let me know in the comments or email me at meg@thefriedegg.com.

Howdy friends,

We've been in the kitchen cooking this spring, and have a pretty significant project that we're about to deliver to FEGC members. While I love the forum and the community it helps us build, I also saw some pretty glaring weaknesses in it. With that, we've spent a lot of time and effort building an entirely new app for FEGC members. The app was built to be fully native on mobile, but it will also have a really great desktop companion for those of you who prefer larger screens (or who like to have a side screen going at work).

To that end, while I'm very confident in what we've built, I'd like some last mile validation and user testing from you all. Sometimes you get so close to something that you can't see the obvious flaws in it, and I'm sure that's the case here. Help me find any last remaining bugs, give me your thoughts on anything you find confusing or bulky, and last but not least, just give me your honest take. Nothing is set in stone, and everything can be updated and changed if we think it's the right thing to do.

If you're interested, drop a comment here and I'll follow up with instructions.

Cheers,

Beau

Happy Friday FEGC Members!

The pro shop is moving to a new warehouse in the coming weeks, so we're having a one day sale with some big time deals to be had. Check out our Sale Collection which is filled with tons of new products marked down as much as 40% off. Plus, every purchase of a sale item gets a free bag of tees. Just add them to your cart and they'll be marked free when you checkout. No codes needed. Sale ends at midnight.

Shop the Warehouse Sale

***FEGCMEMBER Code cannot be added to Sale Collection purchases.***

The FEGC Member Shop has been refreshed for spring with some B. Draddy favorites. The popular Dewey t-shirt, Zac short, and our favorite Draddy Sport polos are live in the shop. Have a look and don't forget to use your member code FEGCMEMBER at checkout for 10% off your purchase.

FEGC Member Shop

Folks,

This month's Virtual Hangout is going to feature two gentlemen, some would call them Boys, who are riding high. PJ Clark and Joseph LaMagna are joining me a week from today, April 23, for an AMA session answering FEGC member questions.

Since Joseph is going to show up with a glass of wine anyway, we decided to make it happy hour. Join in live next Thursday and let us know what questions you want us to discuss! If you miss the recording, we'll upload it to the website and FEGC Podcast Feed.

April 2026 FEGC Virtual Hangout

Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026

Time: 4:00 p.m. ET

LINK TO JOIN

Hi all!

I hope you're having a fantastic Masters week. You may have heard Andy and Brendan mention this on the pod, but they're traveling to Scotland with a few Fried Egg Golf team members next week. As part of their visit to St. Andrews, they're hosting a live show at the Byre Theatre on April 15 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are free, but you do need to reserve a spot in advance.

How to reserve your spot:

• Head to the Byre Theatre website here
• Click 'book now'
• Enter the promo code: FriedFans

A maximum of four tickets are allotted per order. If you're traveling for golf or local to the area, we hope to see you there!

Abby

Folks,

Today's launch of our Essex Event and New England Road Trip is the final big road trip we have previously announced for 2026 Events. I say "previously" because I have one more trick up my sleeve for this year.

If you're interested, check to see if the third week in September is open on your calendars.

Stay tuned for more.

Hark,

Details on the 2026 FEGC Member-Guest are finally here

Ladies and gents,

We have a new FEGC member opportunity that I'm excited to unveil: FEGC Member Day at Brambles. On April 30, we're sending up to 24 FEGC members north of the Napa Valley for a day of the high life. You'll be a member for a day with the opportunity to play up to 36 holes and have all F&B covered for your experience.

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026

Cost: $575/player + caddies

You can find full details in the Informational Page I just posted and in the FEGC Member Locker Room

Excited to drop short but fun video on later YouTube today. It's probably my favorite hole on the course and a good example, I think, of Geoff Ogilvy's 'Cycle Hole' that he likes to talk about -- the idea that your strategy gets more and more aggressive until you make a mistake and the cycle starts over. Anyone who's hit it left here knows what I'm talking about. Also, we've got Gil Hanse talking about it which is fun.

Interested to hear other people's thoughts on this hole, or maybe other holes they love at Soule Park. And, of course, there are still a few spots available at our Spring Festival on April 25th!

https://www.thefriedegg.com/events/2026-spring-festival-at-soule-park

A little sneak peek of what's launching tomorrow at 1:00 ET...

Hello friends!

We are firing up another edition of the KVV Mailbag ahead of the Masters. Got a question — however serious, however silly — that you want answered? Drop it here in the chat, or if you prefer, send me an email at kvv@thefriedegg.com

You're welcome to be anonymous in the mailbag if you prefer.

Thanks!

-KVV

You read that right. From today through Friday, stock up on hats and save big. Buy 2 hats, get 1 free with code HATS at checkout. All sales final. Enjoy!

Folks,

Big news in Fried Egg Golf Events world. We added Plainfield CC as an add-on opportunity to our event at Mountain Ridge CC this summer. The add-on at Plainfield includes lunch, 18 holes of golf, and any on-course F&B you'd like as well as a $50 gift card to the pro shop. It will be on Tuesday, August 11 in the afternoon.

All participants in this add-on must be in the Mountain Ridge event itself. Hell of a two-day journey if you ask me but I'm clearly biased.

Let me know if you have any questions! Link to join in will be below.

Mountain Ridge Event Page