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The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

Fried Egg Stories: The Pursuit of Perfect Turf

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

Fried Egg Golf

Sports, Golf

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Even in November, Augusta National looks flawless. But why is it that we get so excited about green, uniform grass? In this edition of our audio documentary series, we dig into the backstory of America’s obsession with perfect turf. Our guests are Ru...

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

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0:29.5

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0:57.0

The fried egg requires a different technique.

1:01.0

What you need to do is actually square the face so it'll dig down

1:05.0

underneath that bad lie and propel that ball right out onto the green.

1:09.2

Here's the thing, playing out of a buried lion a bunker is completely different than playing out of a nice clean lion a green side bunker

1:17.3

You need to be aggressive on any shot whether it's sitting cleanly or it's a fried egg

1:22.3

Well, we've all faced it.

1:24.0

The dreaded fried egg.

1:25.0

It's not to be feared though, it's actually a pretty easy shot to hit. Gary, you there are you there? Yeah, I'm right here. How are you doing Russ? I'm good. I got you on audio on my phone and then

1:40.5

That's Russ Myers. I'm the Golf Course Superintendent at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. But back in 1994, he was on the maintenance crew at Augusta National Golf Club. And I left in roughly September of 98,

1:55.7

if my recollection's right.

1:57.8

Was this toward the beginning of your career

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