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Designing Golf

Fried Egg Golf

Designing Golf is a show about golf courses: how they’re built, who builds them, and which ones are worth playing. Hosted by Fried Egg Golf’s Garrett Morrison, Designing Golf will explore all facets of golf architecture, from its basic principles to its history to its practitioners to its best examples in the United States and abroad. Each episode will investigate a different topic in a fun, concise way. Whether you’re a longtime aficionado or a beginner in the subject, Designing Golf will deepen your knowledge about and fascination with golf courses and golf course design.

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49 episodes

  1. The Story of Sand Hills 1:18:15
  2. All About Short Course Architecture 1:17:16
  3. The Winter Park Renovation, 10 Years Later 1:19:31
  4. Golf Architecture 101: The Uses of Out-of-Bounds 1:20:15
  5. The Story of East Potomac Golf Links 1:25:51
  6. Michael Keiser’s Second Act 1:08:56
  7. Great Courses: Merion 1:16:57
  8. Golf Architecture 101: Greens 1:22:54
  9. A Royal Birkdale Deep Dive 1:26:31
  10. What’s New in Public Destination Golf? 1:24:59
  11. Great Architects: William Flynn 1:18:17
  12. Great Courses: Shinnecock Hills 1:52:26
  13. Golf Architecture 101: The Championship Setup Wars 1:04:40
  14. Great Architects: Donald Ross (feat Bradley Klein) 1:31:09
  15. The Economics of Golf Course Construction (feat. Bruce Hepner) 1:25:13
  16. The Original Augusta National (feat. Brian Schneider and Josh Pettit) 1:12:09
  17. Golf Architecture 101: Routing 1:08:50
  18. Pete Dye’s Design Legacy (feat. Scot Sherman) 1:17:21
  19. Great Courses: Riviera (feat. Zac Blair) 59:25
  20. How to Appreciate Golf Courses (feat. Geoff Shackelford) 1:10:41
  21. Why Aren’t There More Stadium Golf Courses? (feat. Tim Liddy) 1:01:28
  22. 2026 Golf Course Openings We're Excited About 1:04:17
  23. The 10 Defining Golf Courses of the Past 15 Years 1:41:14
  24. Golf Architecture 101: The Golden Age 1:20:33
  25. The Future of Golf Course Restoration 1:30:30
  26. Regions of Golf: The Melbourne Sandbelt 1:40:14
  27. Jasper Park Rises from the Ashes 56:41
  28. The State of the Golf Course Industry (2025 Edition) 1:03:25
  29. What Makes a Good Match-Play Golf Course? 53:50
  30. The History of the Idea of Fairness in Golf 1:04:42
  31. Deep Dive: Cypress Point 1:52:23
  32. Golf Architecture 101: Fairness 1:10:54
  33. Bringing the UK Golf Club Model to the U.S. 1:02:12
  34. Why a Golf Course’s Footprint Is So Important 1:02:41
  35. Deep Dive: Royal Portrush 1:25:40
  36. Trees and Golf 59:10
  37. Deep Dive: Oakmont 1:27:55
  38. Golf Architecture 101: Template Holes 59:56
  39. Is It Time to Move Beyond Minimalism? 48:34
  40. How to Design for Elite and Average Golfers Simultaneously 47:16
  41. Alister MacKenzie, Augusta National, and the 1930s in America 1:07:14
  42. Can Golf Courses Help Us Be More Human? 51:38
  43. What Makes TPC Sawgrass Great (and How It Could Be Better) 57:21
  44. Golf Architecture 101: Alister MacKenzie's 13 Principles 54:16
  45. The 10 Golf Architecture Books Everyone Should Read 48:23
  46. The Four Golf Courses That Shaped Geoff Ogilvy 52:30
  47. Golf Architecture 101: The Three (or Two?) Schools of Design 46:06
  48. What to Expect from Golf Architecture in 2025 38:51
  49. Designing Golf Trailer 1:33