The hottest shop in town just got hotter. Enjoy!

Our video on Andrew Green's Interlachen renovation is going to drop Monday on our YouTube channel. This one has been delayed a bit for various other projects but I think it's an interesting one. I was lucky enough to play it on opening day a couple years back and the site is spectacular. The routing does a really good job of working you on and off the high points and creating variety hole-to-hole.

This was a fairly extensive project for the club: irrigation, greens, tees, bunkers, chocolate drops, and generally trying to connect back to some of the Donald Ross roots. We don't dive too deep into the nitty gritty stuff (the club's YouTube channel actual has some great content they made throughout the project) but I think it'll be a good overview of the project and features interviews with Andrew as well as their Head of Grounds, Brian Boll. Would love to hear people's thoughts on the course, especially those that got to see it during our Minneapolis Road Trip last year!

And watch our channel for the video on Monday.

Hey FEGC, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's wine-themed hangout with Bryan Maletis. (It's at 8 p.m. ET. More info + the link here.)

Bryan and I are planning to explore some analogies between golf and wine. Specifically, we'll touch on the similarities between minimalist golf architecture and "minimal-intervention"/ "natural" winemaking, as well as the parallels between, say, Tom Fazio and Rombauer (i.e., maximal intervention, artificial luxury, waterfalls, heavy oak, things of that nature).

And to that end, I'll open two Pinot Noirs: one minimal-intervention example (probably from the Willamette Valley) and one more extracted/oaked/etc. (probably from Sonoma). I haven't picked up the bottles yet, but for the WV Pinot, I'm leaning toward Violin or Teutonic. The Sonoma bottle will be tricky because I don't just want to drink garbage (Meiomi), but I'd also rather not spend more than $30. That's a pretty narrow band of Sonoma Pinot. I might go with something from La Crema.

This experiment would be even easier with Chardonnay. If you were to compare/contrast Diatom or Cameron with Cambria Katherine's Vineyard (or really any number of Central Coast or Sonoma Chards), you'd get a nice sense of the minimal/maximal dichotomy.

What are you drinking? Do you have any other suggestions for a contrasting duo? What kinds of golf/wine analogies spring to mind for you?

Hope to see you tomorrow in the chat!

In case you missed this news in Sunday's FEGC Digest email, we have a new microsite with Jones Sports Co available exclusively for FEGC members. Access the Jones catalog of backpacks and gear, customize your item with your favorite FEGC logo, and Jones will drop ship your custom order directly to you!

We are all big fans of Jones, and we're thrilled to offer their catalog to FEGC members. To enter the site, use the password "fegcmember". Plus, we've made it so your FEGCMEMBER code will still give you 10% off at checkout.

Check it all out here:

Jones & FEGC Microsite

Mailbag time! The new LPGA season is off and running. Send in your questions about the majors, Solheim Cup, and anything else women's golf adjacent and we'll get to as many as we can on our next episode. Fire away!

Back by popular demand (largely from myself), February's FEGC Hangout is going to be a wide-ranging wine discussion with Fatcork owner and friend of the program Bryan Maletis. On Wednesday, February 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET, Garrett Morrison and Bryan will have a chat about wines from around the world, including from golf-friendly regions, and make sure you're ready for Valentine's Day.

Also, if you haven't heard, our Hangouts are now available as podcasts! You can find full details on the FEGC Podcast Page.

If you have a topic or question about wine that you'd like discussed, drop it in the comments here.

February Virtual Hangout

Date: Wednesday, February 11

Time: 8:00 p.m. ET

Link to Join Live

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A FEGC Member Shop refresh just landed! Our friends at Handcrafted have upped their game with new sherpa covers, plus we now have American Needle hats with our FEGC logos. Lastly, a few of our bestsellers from Tasc for performance, lightweight layers.

https://proshop.thefriedegg.com/pages/fried-egg-golf-club-pro-shop

Don't forget to log into your account in the Pro Shop to access FEGC items. As always, code FEGCMEMBER at checkout will get you 10% off their purchase.

Questions, comments, suggestions? Reply away!

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Ladies and gents,

This is long overdue but I'm happy to say that, starting in 2026, our Virtual Hangouts will be available as podcasts! You will always be welcomed and encouraged to join in live, but we know that everyone can't always make our monthly meetings.

The podcast is available as a private RSS feed. You can find instructions on how to add the podcast to your preferred podcast app in the FEGC Podcast Page. Note - This podcast is not available on Spotify as that platform does not allow for private RSS feed podcasts. iPhone users won't have any trouble using the Apple Podcast app and Android users will be best served to use the Pocket Casts app.

Let me know if you have any questions! Welcome to the 21st Century

Hello friends!

I'm looking for some questions for this month's TFE Mailbag, both the sacred and the profane. I had a lot of fun with the last one, which you can read here:

https://www.thefriedegg.com/articles/golf-mailbag-karaoke-gary-player-friday-night-lights

Hit me with your weirdest, smartest, funniest questions and I'll try to get em answered. Either here or email if you prefer. kvv@thefriedegg.com

KVV

Howdy!

Next Wednesday, we're gathering for this month's hangout with Brendan, KVV, and Garrett to discuss our 2026 Fried Egg plans across the content front. The recording will be at Noon ET on January 21. Link to join in live is below as well as the article in the Clubhouse.

What questions do you have for the group? It can be about our content plans, travel plans, personal plans, Jordan Spieth's season outlook, etc.

January Virtual Hangout Details

Date: Wednesday, January 21

Time: Noon ET

Link to Join

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