Fore Play

Armen Keteyian (50:51), an 11-time Emmy winner, coauthor of the Tiger Woods biography, and executive producer of the Tiger HBO documentary, joins the show for the second time. We discuss the reactions (positive and negative) to the documentary, Armen’s genuine thoughts on Tiger’s life path, what it’s like trying to land certain interviews for the book & documentary, and much more. Before Armen joins, we react to Tiger undergoing a 5th back procedure and delve more into our TaylorMade fitting at The Kingdom!

Marathon of a show. We go, and go, and go. A full review of the HBO Tiger doc. A full reaction to Ralph Lauren dropping Justin Thomas. An enthusiastic detailing of the mysterious & lost “Lido Club,” an iconic Long Island course that debuted during World War I and was gone by World War II. And, of course, much more!

We weigh in on a series of questions facing the 2021 golf season. Will Jordan Spieth win? Will Rickie? Tiger? Wolff? Will DJ or Rory win a Major? Which players who began this year in the top-5 will not finish it in the top-5? We also get a full recap of Frankie’s roller hockey men’s league debut. Oh, and we’re on this hip social networking platform called Facebook!

Big news: we’re officially TaylorMade sponsored athletes, most likely the worst in the world, and we filmed on-course videos with DJ, Morikawa, Wolff, Fleetwood, Higgs, Fassi and Redman. We react to what all this means and how the day of filming felt. In Headlines, we discuss Harris English winning at Kapalua, JT’s usage of a homophobic slur, and the 2022 PGA Championship moving from Trump Bedminster!

The 64th-ranked player in the world joins the show for the first time. In a 60+ minute hang, we discuss the trusty preowned hybrid he got online, losing to the Fore Man Scramble, putting with the split grip, wearing the bucket hat playing with Tiger, calling Sung Kang a cheater, how to fix Frankie’s fat face & much more. Also the Joel scramble video will be available on YouTube Thursday night!!!

Happy New Year to all with our first in-person podcast in months! The crew is all together, and the biggest story in golf is a recent photo of Frankie Borrelli’s super-sized face. We spend plenty of time on that, on how to define “career low” after Lurch posts a 71, some 2020 stats, 2021 predictions, and much more. New year, new us, let’s go!!!

In our final show of the year, we go through 2020 from January debates to The PLAYERS playing one round before canceling to the Kisner match, Knives Creek, Behind The Greens, Barstool Classic, hulk Bryson, and Jack Nicklaus, to Tiger and Charlie Woods. And lots in between!!!

You didn’t think we’d leave everyone with no episodes during the holidays, did you? We chat about how all of our Christmas’ went, the hunting trip Riggs is on with Kiz, Frankie’s million-dollar idea, answer a couple From The Gallery questions including how often we use our range finders, and TONS more!

A little bit of everything today. Enjoy!

Let’s be clear: Tiger Woods 2.0 has arrived. At least for now. Charlie Woods stole the show this weekend and EVERYBODY (except maybe old man golf media) loved it. We delve into the PNC father/son, the Barstool Fund, and what it’s meant to Borrelli’s and small businesses across the country, how we like our steaks cut and cooked, and finish with a demand for whoever’s in charge of golf coverage!!!

Country star Chase Rice (71:16) joins the show to discuss the challenges of golf, analyzing and improving his own live performances, and how quarantine affected his career. Before Chase, the full crew breaks down a new article detailing the Tiger Tracker account, how different sports have changed over time, and Frankie being a little drummer boy in the high school marching band!

After a string of heated scramble battles in Arizona, we remain undefeated (vs the PGA tour) and live to breakdown our matches vs Pat Perez, Joel Dahmen, and Paige Spiranac, Chelsea Pezzola, Melissa Mabanta, and Dustin Shafer. Then we discuss the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open, Matty Fitz winning on the European Tour, and Tiger & Charlie Woods teeing it up this coming weekend. Finally, we finish debating if our entire crew could get just 1 ace swinging at a 150-yard par-3 sun up to sun down!

It’s U.S. Women’s Open week, and we’ve got a big lineup. First, 2014 champion Michelle Wie West (23:57) joins to discuss her win, how much life has changed, and the universe. Then Maria Fassi (54:15) hops on to breakdown how she’s going to attack Champions Golf Club and some equipment tweaks she’s made. Finally, Jaye Marie Green (69:21) details her player/caddie relationship with her brother, the terrible bike accident she recovered from this year, and her approach to this major week. Before the women join, the crew previews our upcoming trifecta: scramble matches vs Dustin and the girls, Joel Dahmen, and Pat Perez!

Kevin Kisner (70:54), our closest pal on tour, joins the show for about 90 minutes. We cover a lot: Kiz gaining distance, how the universe ends, Tiger stories, inside a week on tour with Kiz, “Wad Wednesday,”  college football, the scramble match, learning how to handle nerves, how badly the tour needs fans, and much, MUCH more!

No guest, just us. An OG show where we let it rip for nearly 2 hours. Why can’t we birdie every hole? When will Trent break 100? Frankie joined a real life roller hockey league. Lurch is going through a plant-based cleanse. Riggs wonders if anyone has actually contracted COVID from a golf rake. We fawn over Tiger’s records and relive the latest Travel Show episode from Australia. This is the good stuff!

Country music star Chris Lane (55:03) joins the show telling fun golf stories and detailing a Pinehurst buddies trip which included the likes of Jake Owen, Shay Mooney, Hardy and more. Before Chris, the crew reacts to The Match III, to Phil & Charles dominating Peyton & Steph, and to the handicap police coming out for blood over Steph Curry’s +1 handicap!

Paternity test savant Maury Povich (48:46) joins the show. He famously hopped on a few other Barstool shows and went out of his way to say Riggs needs to make swing adjustments. We get to the bottom of it and hear about how the Maury show came about, his love for golf, and discuss different tracks. In headlines we preview the upcoming Charles Barkley, Phil Mickelson, Steph Curry, Peyton Manning match, and in From The Gallery, we go over the leaf rule, how Tour players get paid, and our favorite golf course branding!

Big news: Tiger & Charlie Woods are teaming up for the PNC, Kisner loses in a playoff but takes home over $700K, and movie star Josh Dumahel (72:07) joins the show. We talk about the industry, Mark Wahlberg’s style of golf, and what it’s like being onset during the pandemic. Before Josh, we dive into what Tiger & Charlie’s appearance could mean for golf going forward and, also, into our deep thoughts on the British Royal Family!

Golf brings a lot of people together and drives a lot of important things in all of our lives. On today’s show, we’re joined by two special men who’ve both helped a lot of people. First, Jon Taffer (17:16) from Bar Rescue joins us to talk Frankie’s appearance on his show, opening new restaurants during COVID, how golf can improve as a business, and how nervous he was when first storming into bars on television. Next, we’re joined by Lt Col Dan Rooney (65:15), an American hero, an F-16 fighter jet pilot and a PGA professional. We discuss Folds Of Honor, American Dunes (the incredible new golf course project with Jack Nicklaus), and how golf influenced Dan to become a fighter jet pilot!

We recap the incredibly unique 2020 Masters with 4-time participant and recurring guest Pat Perez (2:55) who’s got insight from very recent rounds played with winner Dustin Johnson. We dig into it all — DJ putting a stamp on his phenomenal 2020 year, how Augusta National played and presented itself, Bryson’s “par 67” backfire, Rory’s slow start syndrome, Tiger’s 10 on 12,  and everything else from the first and only November Masters!