Bay Hill, TPC Sawgrass, and Distinguishing a Great Test from a Great Course

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Garrett and Joseph start off the episode with what they are IN and OUT on after an eventful weekend of professional golf. Then they move into a thorough discussion of Bay Hill, dissecting its strengths and weaknesses as both a test of professional golf and as a golf course. Looking ahead to the Players Championship, the two transition to a conversation about TPC Sawgrass including thoughts on what makes the golf course special and which players may find success there this week. They close out the podcast with Recommendations.

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0:00.0	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
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0:11.8	I'm about ready to run off the golf course So, Welcome to the Friday Golf Podcast. I'm Garrett Morrison and we are in a fun spot in the PGA Tour schedule. The Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill just wrapped up with a
0:46.5	dominant win by Scotty Sheffler, finally. And we are now on to the players championship at TPC Sawgrass.
0:53.7	These are two very different types of tournament golf venues.
0:57.6	So we thought it would be a good time to talk about what we want and don't want out of a tour golf course, what makes a great test of
1:06.6	golf and how that's different from what makes a great golf course in general. Here to discuss that with me is Joseph Lamagna and before
1:16.3	getting into the meat of the pod we're going to do our usual in and out segment
1:20.3	where we talk about what we're in on and what we're out on in the golf world this week.
1:25.2	So Joseph, what are you in on?
1:28.0	Garrett, I am in on the legacy of Arnold Palmer.
1:34.0	And I know that this is something
1:36.1	that sometimes we enjoy poking fun of a little bit.
1:39.7	Like when Justin Rose didn't make an equipment announcement because he did it out of respect for Arnold Palmer and that can be all a little bit overblown but last week was my first time in Orlando at this event.
1:53.7	Seeing the pictures affixed to the exterior of people's houses
1:59.0	of Arnold Palmer, seeing the umbrella logos everywhere, not on site but throughout the city.
2:06.0	You can tell that Arnold Palmer himself means a lot to a lot of people, especially in the Orlando area and with what the
2:14.4	PJ tour is trying to do have legacy have that lineage between some of their all-time
2:18.9	greats as much fun as it is to kind of joke about. I gained a lot of respect for it.
2:24.2	A lot of people, he means a lot to a lot of people and I think that it elevates the event in a unique way.
2:29.2	So I'm in on what Arnold Palmer means to the golf world and specifically to that tournament.
2:35.1	The umbrella got to you.
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