Koepka's Return, LIV's Future, & Storylines for 2026
The Fried Egg Golf Podcast
Fried Egg Golf
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Andy Johnson is joined by Fried Egg Golf's Kevin Van Valkenburg and Joseph LaMagna to discuss some of the biggest storylines in men's professional golf in 2026. To start, the three talk through Brooks Koepka's return to the PGA Tour and Brian Rolapp's Returning Member Program that allowed him to do so. They then transition into a conversation about the future of LIV Golf and where the league may go from here after losing one of its biggest-name players back to the PGA Tour. Finally, Andy, Kevin, and Joseph each present three storylines that they're watching this season, including breakout players, a potential return to peak form for a former World No. 1, and a second year of Ben Griffin's rise to the top of the game.
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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 Friday golf podcast. I'm your host, Andy Johnson. |
| 0:42.0 | Today, I am joined by Fridayg Golf's own Kevin Van Valkenberg and Joseph Lamagna to bat around a bunch of subjects, including Brooks Keppka's news that he'll be back on tour, as well as do a little |
| 0:57.0 | bit of like kind of some season preview stuff. As a note, we recorded this last Wednesday. |
| 1:05.0 | You know, following Chris Godderup's win at Hawaii, that was something I brought up was Chris |
| 1:10.6 | Godderup. I wish we had aired this earlier, so I could say, hey, win at Hawaii. That was something I brought up was Chris Goderup. |
| 1:11.2 | I wish we had aired this earlier, so I could say, hey, look at this. |
| 1:15.2 | But this was recorded last Wednesday. |
| 1:17.4 | One of my predictions not to spoil, to play spoiler was a guy like Chris Goderup might |
| 1:23.4 | break out and become a top 12 player in the world. |
| 1:26.7 | He is now 17th, but he won at Sony. |
| 1:30.0 | This was a really fun chat. I'm looking forward to having this crew on probably about just |
| 1:36.8 | about once every month, where we'll bat around subjects and topics. If you have anything that |
| 1:43.0 | you'd like us to discuss in the future, |
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