Fore Play

We’ve got earth-shattering news on today’s show... Does lurch love Frankie? What? We breakdown The Genesis Invitational and give our picks. Would we take a divot out of the 6th green at Riviera? Really how strenuous of a sport is golf? What it would be like to be a millionaire at 21 like Matthew Wolff? And we come up with our greatest idea for content ever!

Daniel Berger eagles the 18th at Pebble to outlast Maverick, Spieth, Lashley and more at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Speaking of Lashley, we had a full-blown four-jack meltdown late on Sunday complete with a putter slam. We discuss — How “back” is Spieth? Is Maverick McNealy the best name in sports? Does living in a $98M house on Pebble make you a jerk? How did Frankie hold up playing Torrey Pines South? Did Joel Dahmen laugh when Sung Kang told him his friends said Kang should push Joel off a cliff? And, of course, much more!

In typical golf fashion, the world is divided by something as dumb as rangefinders. Should they be allowed for pros? Is it faster? Does it ruin the “artistry” of the game? We also discuss DJ winning in Saudi Arabia then withdrawing from Pebble, the handicap police, and who will win another major first — Tiger or Spieth???

Jordan Spieth was back this weekend! For a few moments. Then big, bad Brooks Koepka showed up and dig what Koepka does. Where does this leave Spieth? How does it place the PGA TOUR landscape for the remainder of the year? In Saudi Arabia, DJ was DJ and Finau was Finau. At 45:07, Cubs outfielder Ian Happ joins the show. We discuss Pinehurst, a love for agronomy and course architecture, and how Jon Lester planned schedules around playing golf in every city they visited!

While Riggs is live from the Waste Management Phoenix Open, Frankie takes control of the ship and hosts the show navigating us through tons of topics. Riggs recaps his performance during the WMPO Pro-Am and talks us through how he raised 10k for the Barstool Fund. Then we talk about Rory’s comments about distance, the mysterious volunteer who stepped on his ball, and more. Then Riggs sat down with George Gankas (71:02) after George worked on his swing for an hour. George breaks down Riggs’ swing, he talks about his history as a golf instructor, his work with Matt Wolff, and plenty more!

The Patrick Reed saga, complete with cheating accusations & Justine’s exposed burner account, steal the show at Torrey Pines. Did he cheat? Does he care? Who’s really to blame? We discuss that, Dartmouth Golf, Riggs’ upcoming WMPO pro-am, & more. Then World Series-winning pitcher & huge golfer Ryan Dempster joins us (111:45). Ryan hilariously tells Will Farrell, Greg Maddux, St. Andrews stories & much more!

Every topic takes a dark turn when Frankie speaks. Just one of those days, one of those shows. We take several From The Galleries including: Is Kiz a top 500 golfer of all time? Is it acceptable to go play bucket list courses by yourself? Why haven’t we sponsored a PGA Tour pro? This and much more. It’s an interesting one!

Pat Perez (76:38) joins us for the who knows how many-eth time. We preview the Fore Man Scramble full video, which will be released Tuesday night on our YouTube channel. Pat gives his thoughts on the round, his mindset going into it, the Fore Man Scramble having a chance on the PGA Tour, the Tiger Doc, and much more. Before Pat, we discuss recent happenings with the PGA Tour, the European Tour, and the LPGA Tour. And we ponder the dark side of the moon!

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!