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The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

A Catch-Up with Geoff Shackelford

6/10/20261 hr 30 min

Amidst a "homestand" of major golf events in the Los Angeles area, Geoff Shackelford joins Andy to discuss a variety of topics including the U.S. Women's Open at Riviera, the re-release of Geoff's book Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design, and next week's U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. The two discuss how Riviera Country Club held up against the top women's golfers in the world, the growing interest in golf course architecture, and what they're expecting from Shinnecock!

 

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 1· Soundbite0:00

    I miss a green, for example, I'm already upset. When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset. And when I find my ball in a fried egg- Fried egg.

  2. Geoff Shackelford· Guest0:07

    The dreaded fried egg.

  3. Speaker 1· Soundbite0:09

    Fried egg.

  4. Andy Johnson· Host0:09

    Fried egg.

  5. Geoff Shackelford· Guest0:10

    Fried egg.

  6. Andy Johnson· Host0:10

    Fried egg.

  7. Speaker 1· Soundbite0:11

    Fried egg lie, I'm about ready to run off the golf course.

  8. Andy Johnson· Host0:14

    [upbeat music] Welcome back to the Friday Golf Podcast. I'm your host, Andy Johnson, and today I will be joined by Jeff Shackleford. Uh, Jeff is the founder of The Quadrilateral, really one of the... I would say, I, I don't know if he would like this framing, but he's one of the, uh, original gangsters of the, uh, golf internet. The OGs of the golf internet. Um, you know, I, I grew up, uh, reading his, his, his writings, uh, his books, his, his, uh, blog, jeffshackleford.com. Now, uh, he's got a great newsletter that's worth reading. Obviously, a Los Angeles native. Um, was on-site all week at the US Women's Open. Uh, and it's been a while since we caught up. So wanted to talk to Jeff about a myriad of subjects, including the Women's Open, his, uh, re-release of Grounds for Golf, as well as Shinnecock. So,

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