The Tie Podcast: Talking Golf Architecture For Normal People

I enjoyed chatting with Henry Shimp on an array of topics related to the 2023 Masters, my new book and even food. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here:

Major(s) News & Notes, January 26th, 2023

In light of the Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed reminder of what litigation looks like, the 2018 Champion should not be invited to the best dinner in sports.

Plus, OWGR news, LIV's major-unfriendly schedule, Trevor Immelman's CBS debut, BBC saying goodbye to the Masters, EA’s trailer, Torrey Pines bluff collapses, Brooks bloats (again) and Reads.

The Fried Egg Podcast: Is An Equipment Rollback On The Horizon?

Andy Johnson and yours truly chatted about an array of topics, with a focus on the distance rollout and the repercussions for players and course design.

Hope you enjoy!

Here is the story I wrote for the newsletter referenced featuring comments from the “Areas of Interest” and the R&A’s Steve Otto.

And Mike Stachura’s GolfDigest.com article also discussed.

The Google podcast option.

Quadrilateral: Major(s) News & Notes, December 30th, 2021

“Auld Tom + G.M.T, Frozen out Golfers” by Thomas Hodge, 1884 (Thomas Hodge: The Golf Artist of St Andrews)

The major news just keeps on coming, including a year-in-review roundup, the heartwarming holiday news of the PGA And Trump settling, 2021's toughest holes, '22's gambling advertising rush, and wrapping up The Quad's first season with a special thank you to readers and the health care workers who aided my mom.

Thanks as always for subscribing and reading. Happy New Year!

Quadrilateral: Major(s) News & Notes, December 16, 2021

I got the dreaded red light telling me this one was too long. So out went a photo of Omar Uresti.

But I think you’ll find plenty worth reading about on Tiger's return, NBC’s expanded TV Times for the PNC, the MacKenzie Amen Corner writing fetching a big sum, 2021's elite performers, The Open Series events are finalized, the Uresti loophole is plugged, the surprising news of Mark Loomis going to Golf Channel and a whole bunch more.

As always, I invite you to sign up if you haven’t to receive the weekly edition. Paid subscriptions and gift options are available too.

Quadrilateral: Major(s) News & Notes, December 2nd, 2021

This week’s Quadrilateral on Substack offers more Tiger talk, Rory's (Zen?) Masters plan, green reading books officially becoming bannable in the USGA and R&A events, Westwood says more about the Ryder Cup Captaincy pass, sports betting news and reads.

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Or give a gift subscription. Because it’s that time of year.

Major(s) News And Notes: November 25th, 2021

A special Thanksgiving edition of the weekly News & Notes is available to all so check it out here.

The preview goes like this: Open qualifying commences in South Africa, Valhalla may be sold, TV comings and goings, Black Friday deals, Tiger's odds move and a bunch of things to read or listen to.

As always, I’d point you to The Quadrilateral info site to answer questions (though it’ll be getting a year-end refresh soon), or the subscribe option for The Quadrilateral. Thanks to all for the support and Happy Thanksgiving!

Fried Egg Podcast: Talking George Thomas

As part of his series on the great golf architects, Andy Johnson had me on the Fried Egg podcast to discuss George Thomas, aka The Captain who I wrote a biography of in (gulp) 1996! Hope you enjoy.

The Apple podcast link.

The Google podcast link.

The Fried Egg Podcast: What to Know About George Thomas@geoffshac joins the podcast this week to discuss golf architect George Thomas. Geoff and @the_woke_yolk talk discuss Thomas's most notable designs, his life outside of golf, and more.

Listen: https://t.co/zB3cU4DBl6 pic.twitter.com/eYqDVobqKJ

— The Fried Egg (@the_fried_egg) November 16, 2021

Podcast: Talking State Of The Game Issues With Keith Stewart

I always enjoy chatting with PGA pro Keith Stewart, whose show airs on ESPN 920 a.m. in New Jersey and is full of smart questions from the host, who is moonlighting from his work as an instructor.

I hope you enjoy the chat as we try to make sense of the various moving pieces in golf, from the Saudis to amateur status ramifications to whether pandemic bounce is sustainable.

Here is the Apple podcasts link.

And the Google option.

Cookie Jar Golf Podcast Episode 110

I joined Tom Mills and Sam Williams for a wide-ranging chat on everything from state of the game issues to vodka Pimms and bunch of things in between.

Hopefully you’ve seen some of the wonderful video profiles of courses and have signed up for their occasional newsletter to keep up with this non-British but British take on the game. Recent pods have included Zac Blair discussing his recent Heathlands trip, Matt Faldo and Keith Wood discussing the Faldo Series, along with their “diaries” issues that make for great listens.

The Google podcast link.

The Apple link.

The Cookie Jar podcast page.

Cookie Jar Golf’s website.

And their YouTube page where it’s free to subscribe.

Quadrilateral: Major(s) News And Notes, November 4, 2021

This week’s News and Notes already landed via email but here is the weekly free edition brimming with joyful anecdotes about the biggest events in golf. Included this week are some thoughts on the sneaky-huge ramifications of PGA Tour players taking initiative on the skill discussion, plus notes on Ryder Cup shirts of yesteryear, next year’s Women’s Open finally securing official tournament dates, a dreamy view of the Old Course up for sale and more.

As always, you can get a better understanding of what The Quad is about here or sign up for free here.

Quadrilateral: All Ryder Cup News, Notes And Latest Drama Report

This week’s free-to-all News And Notes hit the dreaded max-email length, but I got in all the fun stuff from today’s NBC conference call where Paul Azinger suggested Brooks Koepka should relinquish his spot if not 100% in.

Koepka responded, says he’s ago and Bryson has made a mess of his hands prepping for the upcoming Long Drive.

All of that plus TV notes and schedules, Golf Channel’s 2008 Ryder Cup doc and notes about cheap tickets and good eats in Sheboygan. It’s a doozy of a Quadrilateral so sign up or upgrade to paid so you don’t miss next week’s daily coverage of the Ryder Cup. And if you’re new to the whole newsletter thing, here is the Quad’s homepage.

State Of The Game 115: Ryder Cup Preview With Andrew Coltart

Andrew Coltart’s a six-time European Tour winner, former Ryder Cupper, current Sky Sports commentator and proud Scotsman. He joined Rod Morri, Mike Clayton and yours truly to discuss all things Ryder Cup and a little Solheim Cup as well. I think you’ll really enjoy this one, especially some of Coltart’s insights into this year’s team.

You can give Andrew a Twitter follow here. He will be in Wisconsin next week covering the event for Sky Sports.

Links to your favorite podcast app landing pages for SOTG are here, or you can listen via this embed:

Quadrilateral News And Notes: Captain Stricker Has Bigger Concerns Than A Phil Mickelson Selection

This week’s Quadrilateral news and notes was delayed a day to let the Oakmont/Merion news breath and for me to make the cause that Phil Mickelson is the least of Captain Stricker’s concerns.

As always the weekly notes are free to all so sign on up and get it in your email inbox.

Quadrilateral: Major(s) News And Notes In Advance Of The 149th Open

I try to read between the lines on NBC’s plans to produce The Open from Connecticut, plus a bunch of other things ranging from Rory and Rickie comments, to weather and a 150th Open ticket ballot tip.

The Quad is free to sign up but in major weeks like next, only paid subscribers are guaranteed to get all daily newsletters, access to all old editions and the discussion forum option to vent about the number of commercials.

Other past editions can be viewed here at the Quad’s homepage.