Ben Griffin on Preparing for Shinnecock, Live from the Maxfli Pop-Up Store
6/16/202632 min
On this very special episode (now with enhanced audio!), Andy and Brendan kick off U.S. Open week alongside Maxfli ambassador and three-time PGA Tour winner Ben Griffin. The three sat down at the Maxfli pop-up store in East Hampton, New York, to discuss Ben's preparation for this week's test at Shinnecock Hills, his continued success on the PGA Tour, and much more.
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First 90 secondsBrendan Porath· Host0:00
Now, the shotgun start in golf is full of mathematics. Um, there's a lot of, a lot of setup work that we have to do in order to make a tournament work. So I'm gonna demonstrate to you just exactly how we do a shotgun start here. And here we go. All right, all right, all right. [crowd cheering] Gentlemen, start your engines. [upbeat music] Welcome, everybody. I am, uh, Brendan Borath of Fried Egg. This is Andy Johnson, founder of Fried Egg. We co-host the Shotgun Start podcast. We are going to bring up Match Fly ambassador, the real, um, real person you're here to see tonight, uh, Match Fly ambassador and PGA Tour champion, making his second US Open start after a top 10 last year in Oakmont, uh, Ben Griffin.
Ben Griffin· Guest1:02
[audience applauding] Thanks, guys.
Brendan Porath· Host1:10
Yep.
Ben Griffin· Guest1:10
Sure.
Brendan Porath· Host1:11
All right, Ben, so, uh, this is your 10th major championship, I believe. Your 10th major, your second US Open. Odd, very odd, quirky, uh, stat I found. You have more PGA Tour wins than US Open starts. That's kind of