I miss a green for example. I'm already upset when I find my ball in the bunker

I'm really upset and when I find my ball in a fried egg fried egg the dreaded fried egg fried egg fried egg fried egg fried egg lie

I'm about ready to run off the golf course

Welcome back to the fried egg podcast. I'm Garrett Morrison. Today we're talking about golf in the Monterey California area where I lived for five years.

And here to discuss that with me is Brendan Porath. Brendan, how you doing?

I'm great Garrett. Thanks so much for having me excited to talk about this today.

So the reason we're focusing on Monterey today is that this week the US women's open will be held at Pebble Beach for the first time.

So we can start off just by talking about US women's open a little bit. Talk about Pebble Beach.

You know, as this tournament is approaching, what are you looking out for? What storylines are you tracking going into the week?

I think a prominent story and an obvious one is the venue, right? And you know, we tend to focus on that regardless at the fried egg and we're entering or have entered Ben in this era of

I think venues taking on an increased emphasis in prominence certainly from the outside consumer, but also from the governing bodies and the organizations.

And I think when I talk venue, I'm talking about the golf course itself. I'm not necessarily talking about infrastructure.

I'd say the rider cup remains kind of the lone wolf there where the primary concern is commerce and what can be achieved on the grounds.

But the venue push has certainly morphed into the women's game or transitioned over into the women's game.

The primary area of emphasis with the PGA, the LPGA a little bit less so, but the other bodies out, you know, the USGA being the primary one.

And there's some cognitive dissonance. Why is this not happened? But you're happy to be there. You're excited about women's golf going to Pebble Beach.

I think it's something to celebrate while also understanding it's 2023 and the women should have been playing in the cathedrals of American golf.

They should have been. It shouldn't have taken until now. There's been some, you know, championships here, but not a major like this, right? And not a modern era major.

And I think it elevates the women's game in a way that it should have been before. But happy that it's doing so now. I saw, you know, it's just a random aside.

I saw there was someone was sharing Ted Williams's Hall of Fame induction speech on Twitter. And I hadn't really seen it. I'd read it before.

And he used it as a moment, kind of an amazing moment to advocate for Negro league's players being like, this isn't a true Hall of Fame. This isn't like satchel page. Like they never had an opportunity to play against me.

Of course, women's golf is is a separate league and a different sport. And I'm not suggesting, you know, they should be playing against the men.

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