The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

This is part two of our discussion with Tom Doak and Don Placek about routing, one of the most difficult and important tasks in designing a golf course. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Doak and Andy Johnson are joined by Renaissance Golf Design associate Don Placek, who, aside from aiding in the every aspect of projects, is also responsible for Renaissance's artwork. In the first installment of a two-part series, Don, Tom, and Andy dig into the topic of golf course routing.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A few of the brightest young stars in the superintendent industry join the podcast. Shoreacres' Brian Palmer, Glen View Club's Brian Moore, Bob O' Link's Scott Pavalko and fellow golf nerd Jason Way joined for the first ever live podcast at Oak Park C.C.. We discussed their careers, working with architects, restoring Golden Age courses and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

PGA Tour player Zac Blair joins the podcast to talk about Northern California golf, Jack Nicklaus stories, PGA Tour setups and best golf cities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SB Nation’s Brendan Porath and the PGA Tour’s Sean Martin join the podcast to talk about Tiger’s performance, what we expect going forward, Sam Burns, Augusta and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arron Oberholser joins the podcast to catch up about the start of the PGA Tour season. We kick off the conversation discussing a few San Francisco golf courses and the notion of score to par vs. shot values for professional golf. We then dive into Justin Thomas, Tiger Woods, the WGC schedule and much more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Web.com Tour professional Ed Loar joins the podcast to talk about his career. Ed is one of the older guys on the Web.com Tour and has played golf on almost every Tour in the world. We discuss the ups and downs of golf, his recent stretch of great play on the Web.com Tour and how professional golf has changed over the years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the third and final part of our conversation with Tom Doak and his Renaissance Golf Design associates Eric Iverson, Brian Schneider, Blake Conant, and Kye Goalby. In this episode, we continue our discussion of George Thomas, Bel-Air CC, and golf course architecture as a whole. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part two of our discussion with the Renaissance Golf Design crew, Tom Doak and his associates Eric Iverson, Brian Schneider, Blake Conant, and Kye Goalby talk about the career of George Thomas and his design at Bel-Air Country Club. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the latest edition of the Yolk with Doak, Andy Johnson talks with Tom Doak and Renaissance Golf Design associates Eric Iverson, Brian Schneider, Kye Goalby, and Blake Conant. In part one of what will be a three-part podcast, they cover how Renaissance Golf approaches golf course design and construction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zac Blair and I are joined by golf course superintendent and historian Sean Tully. We discuss Northern California golf, Alister MacKenzie, technology, Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, robot mowers and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kyle Nathan and Andy Johnson are joined by Web.com Tour Player Michael Weaver. We discuss how Michael got into golf, the Latin American Tour, his run at the 2012 U.S. Amateur, playing in the Masters and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paulie and Kyle Nathan join to breakdown who to pick for one and done leagues and DraftKings at TPC Scottsdale.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kyle Nathan and Andy Johnson are joined by Golf Channel Analyst, former PGA Tour player and author Brandel Chamblee. We discuss Jon Rahm's ascension, the modern golf swing, technology, Tiger Woods and much more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kyle Nathan and Paulie join the podcast to discuss last week's CareerBuilder and Abu Dhabi events. We then discuss Tiger's return and the rest of the field at Torrey Pines for this year's Farmers Insurance See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andy sits down with Tom Doak to discuss his contribution to the new Florida golf mecca, Streamsong Resort. They dig into the unique collaborative process behind the building of Tom's Blue course and Coore & Crenshaw's Red course. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian Golf Course Architect Mike Cocking joins the podcast to discuss his career. Mike works with Michael Clayton, Geoff Ogilvy and Ashley Mead (OCCM), we discussed how he got into design, some of their recent projects, the history of Australian architecture and the ideal itinerary for an Australian golf trip.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paulie and Kyle Nathan join the podcast to recap the Sony Open and preview the CareerBuilder. Paulie lends his expertise navigating the field and picking out some players for one and done and DraftKings. We also dive into some listener questions and overrated/underrateds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

European Tour winner and former U.S. Amateur champion Richie Ramsay joins the podcast. We discuss Richie's career, turning pro before a Walker Cup, Anthony Kim and his favorite courses in the British Isles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our resident fantasy expert Paulie joins the podcast to talk about the Tournament of Champions, who to pick for one and done and Draftkings at the Sony and some predictions for 2018. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the latest episode of our interview series with Tom Doak, we discuss Tom's consulting work at Seth Raynor-designed Waialae Country Club, host course of the Sony Open. We talk about the changes to Waialae over the years, what Tom learns from PGA Tour players, his thoughts about Seth Raynor, and much more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part two of the Jim Urbina podcast we discuss Jim's background, C.B. Macdonald and Seth Raynor's use of templates, the importance of superintendents and the building of Old Macdonald.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Golf course architect Jim Urbina joined the podcast for a two part episode. We discuss restoration, easy things courses can do to improve, Perry Maxwell, Alister MacKenzie, his California courses and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jon Cavalier and Zac Blair join the podcast to discuss the 2017 golf year. We breakdown the ten best "new to us" courses that we saw, a few courses that surprised us, architecture, our plans for 2018 and much more. We discussed Jon's calendar in the podcast, to purchase the calendar check out these instructions -  https://twitter.com/LinksGems/status/940726753152131075 If you enjoy the podcast ple...

In the second and final installment of our introduction to golf course architecture, Tom Doak discusses what makes a great green complex and what he thinks about front-to-back sloping greens. He also recommends a few of the best golf course architecture books for beginners and responds to some overrated/underrateds.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.