We're going to start turning some of my solo opening "essays" from the Designing Golf podcast into their own YouTube videos, with a bit of production and visual accompaniment. This one is on how to appreciate golf courses while you're playing them: youtu.be/UhzpZrgHzoc?...

Two Big Ways to Appreciate Golf Courses While You’re Playing Them | Designing Golf

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I went on @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social to talk about the Trump administration's efforts to seize control of municipal golf in D.C. A real through-the-looking-glass moment for me. I'm a big fan of the show. youtu.be/8dJaDf3QJFM?...

How Trump Hijacks Courses for the People — for Himself | PTFO

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There's nowhere else I can air this without sabotaging the rest of my day, so: The amount of cosplaying, posturing, fantasizing, and bloviating about exclusive private golf club "culture" on The Everything App by anonymous accounts is stunning. It's a whole thing. Who believes this stuff?

We profiled the maintenance crew at Bandon Dunes: youtu.be/HCQGg44I_Ew?...

Maintaining Oregon's Linksland Golf Mecca | All Grass Is Local | Presented by Toro

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Banging the old, crusty, scandal-ridden politicians you've been charged to do journalism about is objectively a very funny vice to have

Had a lot of fun filming this video about the "Great Hazard" fourth hole at Bethpage Black with my man @therealpjclark.bsky.social. youtu.be/YUGwwUYyVxU?...

Breaking Down Bethpage's Par 5 4th Hole | Great Golf Holes

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Oh yeah, this is for sure better and easier than Googling "Natalie Portman Christian Bale movie"

Top 10 album for me. The A side of "Harborcoat," "7 Chinese Bros.," "So. Central Rain," "Pretty Persuasion," and "Time After Time" is insane.

It has been oddly cathartic to see @pablo.show do all of this to a bunch of guys who probably thought that the modern fourth estate, in its weakened condition, would never touch them.

Hey, we're running a hole design contest for Fried Egg Golf Club members. The winning entry will get built at Andy Staples's new par-3 course at Breezy Point Resort in Minnesota. A unique opportunity! www.thefriedegg.com/articles/feg...

FEGC Hole Design Contest: Breezy Point Resort

For the first-ever FEGC Hole Design Contest, Fried Egg Golf Club members can submit concepts for a golf hole at Ace Valley, a new short course at Breezy Point in Minnesota.

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We tried to capture in video form what it's like to play Cypress Point. Check it out: youtu.be/jeU9ZHi0594?...

Cypress Point | Site of the 2025 Walker Cup Match

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I regret to inform the internet that the KPop Demon Hunters songs are stuck in my head. "You're my soda pop, my little soda pop," things of that nature. I don't mind it, but it might kill me.

The misuse of "literally" is just the cherry on top of this sundae of vacuous nonsense

My review of Happy Gilmore 2: watch Hustle

I used this profile of the great Mid Pines Golf Club as an opportunity to talk about elegance in design—potentially a declining art. www.thefriedegg.com/courses/mid-...

Mid Pines Golf Club Course Review and Rating

Donald Ross’s use of the land is the primary source of Mid Pines Golf Club's challenge: in order to score well, players must hit precise approaches from all manner of uneven lies.

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Gil Hanse's third U.S. design, lost in 2014, will soon be revived as a destination club. All about the former Capstone Club, now known as Coal Club: www.thefriedegg.com/articles/cap...

Gil Hanse Design in Alabama Comes Back as Coal Club

New owners plan to revive Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner's the Capstone Club in Alabama as Coal Club.

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Today's Designing Golf episode is a Royal Portrush deep dive. Hope you enjoy! youtu.be/6DLxXJb0Ltk?...

Deep Dive: Royal Portrush | Designing Golf

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Tomorrow morning @friedeggandy.bsky.social and I are recording a golf architecture mailbag episode. Send me any questions you have about golf course design, and I'll try to sneak them in.

Early in the Great Depression, the city of Salem funded the construction of municipal golf course as a form of unemployment relief. Today, Olde Salem Greens is one of my favorite nines in the country. And it could be even better. Full course profile here: www.thefriedegg.com/courses/olde...

Olde Salem Greens Golf Course Review and Rating

Fried Egg Golf course review and rating of Olde Salem Greens Golf Course in Salem, Massachusetts.

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I've halfway decided that Bluesky is where I'm going to 1) share work and 2) participate belatedly in overexposed "look at my taste in movies/music/books" activities

Long par 3s have taken a lot of flak recently from players, media, and people in my mentions on the other site. It's up to me to be the voice of reason. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/gol...

In Defense of Long Par 3s

Justin Thomas and Viktor Hovland were recently critical of long par 3s. We're here to defend them.

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Who could have foreseen that the downstream effects of letting billionaires make unlimited contributions to political campaigns would be weird and bad

Our piece on Oakmont Country Club. I'm biased, but I think this one turned out really well. youtu.be/FSCP7NUcYII?...

The Architecture of Oakmont Country Club | 2025 U.S. Open Preview

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The WNBA season is the perfect length. I'm sure capitalism will eventually force it to expand, but five months and 40-something games plus playoffs is 👌. If only the NBA (not to mention the PGA Tour) could get to that size.

"Soggy Quail Hollow" is such a laughably obvious spot for Rory McIlroy that I fear he's headed for a missed cut

"Grow the grass" is truly the dumbest possible anti-rollback slogan

It is Andor night

Pinehurst Resort announced today that Coore & Crenshaw will design Pinehurst No. 11 on a site adjacent to Tom Doak's recently completed No. 10 course. This will be a cool golf course. Details here: thefriedegg.com/coore-crensh...

Coore & Crenshaw Set to Design Pinehurst No. 11

Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw will design Pinehurst No. 11, which will complete the golf offering at Pinehurst Sandmines.

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One of my dad's friends got single-length irons a few years back. Basically ruined his life.

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Watching Bryson is so harmful for the average golfer. Seeing some jacked goon hitting a nine iron 183 is gonna ruin so many men.