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Where’s your enthusiasm for the TGL debut tonight? Are you going to watch? Think it’ll work?

Can a golf course be considered great even if it violates certain norms of "good architecture"?

If risk-reward design is important, why do some beloved courses just... not really have it?

I get a little philosophical in today's Club TFE Design Notebook. thefriedegg.com/design-noteb...

Is a LIV Golf-DP World Tour Deal in the Works? The Proof Is in the Schedule The 2025 schedules for LIV Golf and the DP World Tour hint at a potential deal between the Saudi-backed league and European-based circuit.

From today’s @friedegggolf.bsky.social newsletter, the benefits of a DP World Tour-LIV Golf partnership and how both parties’ 2025 schedules suggest a deal might be in the works thefriedegg.com/liv-golf-dp-...

Do they do Black Friday on Blue Sky? Well we do.

We put together some staff favorites to help you with your holiday shopping.

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It's George Wright week at @friedegggolf.bsky.social.

Today, a course profile (for Club TFE members only) that digs into the wild history and brilliant architecture of this great Boston municipal course. thefriedegg.com/course-profi...

Content Cornucopia: Fried Egg Golf's Favorites from 2024 A list of the Fried Egg Golf staff's favorite articles, podcasts, blog posts, videos, and other odds and ends we’ve enjoyed in 2024

We’re proud of the work we produce at @friedegggolf.bsky.social, but we’re also thankful for a lot of the other writers, creators, and personalities in the golf space.

Here’s a content cornucopia of articles, podcasts, blog posts, videos, and other odds and ends we’ve enjoyed in 2024.

YouTube video by Fried Egg Golf Maintaining Boston's Classic Donald Ross Muni | All Grass Is Local at George Wright

Today on our YouTube channel: how one of the best (and busiest) municipal golf courses in the country gets its work done.

Boston's George Wright Golf Course, through the eyes of superintendent Len Curtin: youtu.be/iDWOQv2Cak8?...

An escape from reality

📍The Prairie Club

How Ranking Systems Influence our World and Reflect the Goals of Their Creators Golf ranking systems like the OWGR and WAGR reflect the values and the goals of the human beings who are responsible for operating them.

New for @friedegggolf.bsky.social, I wrote about ranking systems: the grip they have over society and how they reflect the values and goals of those who build them thefriedegg.com/owgr-wagr-go...

YouTube video by Fried Egg Golf Golf Architecture Mailbag: College Courses, Value Golf Trips, & More | The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

Today's Fried Egg Golf pod starts with an extended discussion of college golf course (s/o @lwethekam.bsky.social for the question), then delves into value golf trips, the poa invasion at Bandon, the worst holes on great courses, and more. Always enjoy a mailbag! youtu.be/5DmSt_mdtwU?...

Top 100 rankings can cause quite a stir, including within the soul of our own @garrettmorrison.bsky.social. Let's just say he has some thoughts on the latest such list and the ranking process in general.

Read in this week's Club TFE Design Notebook: thefriedegg.com/design-noteb...

Naming the New TGL Hole The coastal par 5 stretches to more than 600 yards and features a centerline hazard and island green. Our team doesn't love it.

TGL asked for help naming one of their new virtual golf holes. Our staff was happy to weigh in—just not in the way TGL probably expected. thefriedegg.com/naming-the-n...

YouTube video by Fried Egg Golf The Rise of Marcus Byrd and the APGA Tour | Powered by Cisco

Marcus Byrd has Monday-qualified into this week's RSM Classic on the PGA Tour. He's one of the more likable and engaging players out there.

Last year, we filmed a video profile with him. Check it out: youtu.be/Ccrl6ld68zo?...

I've officially joined the team @friedegggolf.bsky.social! We've got a lot planned for 2025 and beyond and I'm excited to join this incredibly talented staff.

YouTube video by Fried Egg Golf 2025 Fried Egg Events, Top 100 Course Reactions, and Listener Questions | The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

We answered a few questions from #GolfBS in the second half of this podcast, after an extended session of shouting about top-100 rankings. We're planning to get to some more golf architecture-related questions in the second pod of the week. youtu.be/RS96gEHLspE?...

The 2025 Fried Egg Golf events schedule is here! Full details and registration dates coming soon. In the meantime, do you see a venue that piques your interest?

Hope to see you out there next year.

Very preliminary at this point, but here's a starter pack of golf media folks who have at least established profiles on this here app go.bsky.app/B8TcmP7

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