Kapalua, Sand Hills, & 35 Years at Skokie Country Club
The Fried Egg Golf Podcast
Fried Egg Golf
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Andy Johnson begins this episode by sitting down with golf's "Mr. Hawaii," Mark Rolfing. Mark, a longtime NBC broadcaster, provides firsthand insight on the state of the golf courses at Kapalua amid a historic drought. With the PGA Tour moving The Sentry away from Kapalua's Plantation Course, Andy and Mark discuss the future of professional golf in Hawaii. Mark also shares stories from his time covering the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black and his work with Coore & Crenshaw at Sand Hills in Nebraska. On the back half of this episode, Andy chats with Don Cross, the longtime superintendent at Skokie Country Club. Don discusses how his job has changed over his 50-year career working turf and how new technology has helped golf course management at Skokie.
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| 0:00.0 | I misogreen, for example, I'm already upset. |
| 0:02.0 | When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset. |
| 0:05.0 | And when I find my ball in a... |
| 0:06.0 | Fried egg. |
| 0:07.0 | Friday egg. |
| 0:08.0 | The dreaded fried egg. |
| 0:09.0 | Friday. |
| 0:10.0 | Friday. |
| 0:11.0 | Fried egg lie. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm about ready to run off the golf course. Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Golf Podcast. |
| 0:40.6 | I am your host, Andy Johnson. |
| 0:42.8 | Today, I am really excited about this podcast. |
| 0:45.9 | I'm joined by two great guests. |
| 0:47.9 | I'm joined by Mark Rolfing from the Golf Channel. |
| 0:51.1 | And obviously, when he's's noticed particularly in January he is |
| 0:55.9 | Mr. Hawaii. |
| 0:56.6 | We are going to talk about a not so fun situation. |
| 1:02.2 | The crisis kind of in Capulhu and Maui with water. |
| 1:06.3 | So we will talk about that situation and we'll get into some other tales uh some fun stories from his |
| 1:12.0 | uh time working for it with bill uh core and ben cruncha sandhills and i'm also joined by the |
| 1:17.7 | superintendent at skoky country club one of the legends of chicagoland turf don cross so don cross |
| 1:24.4 | joins me and uh and we we chop it up about his incredible career, nearly 50 years in turf and 35 at Skokie Country Club in Chicago, one of Chicago's best golf courses. |
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