Live from St. Andrews - The Old Course and Fife
4/29/20261 hr 36 min
Andy Johnson is back at home after a weeklong visit to Scotland and multiple rounds at the Old Course at St. Andrews. He's first joined by Fried Egg Golf's Matt Rouches to recap their bucket-list trip as Matt shares his thoughts on his first visit to the Home of Golf. The second half of this episode is part of a live Fried Egg Golf Podcast recorded at the Byre Theater in Fife, Scotland. Andy chats with golf historian, author, and architect Scott Macpherson about the history of the Old Course and much more.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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. The dreaded fried egg. Fried egg. Fried egg. Fried egg. Fried egg. Fried Egg Lie, I'm about ready to run off the golf course.
Andy Johnson· Host0:14
[upbeat music] Welcome back to the Friday Golf Podcast. I am your host, Andy Johnson, and, uh, I'm excited. I'm back from Scotland. Uh, back from the Masters. Uh, wrapped up a ton of crazy travel and, uh, wanted to unpack a little from our trip from Scotland. So we've got a couple things for you in today's episode. We have our live podcast with, uh, Scott McPherson, uh, the great author, historian, golf course architect, uh, who wrote The Evolution, uh, of The Old Course, a exhaustive history on all the changes and, you know, kind of how The Old Course came to be as we know it. Uh, but first I'm gonna unpack Scotland a little bit with, uh, one of my colleagues, Matt Ruschais, who joined the trip. Uh,