Fore Play

Riggs makes a big announcement about the new podcast extension “Fore Play Digs," and Mike Ballo joins the show. Mike's the assistant pro at Winged Foot, played on the Web.com TOUR, played college golf with Keegan Bradley, and caddied for Jon Curran on the PGA TOUR this year. He reveals the prank Keegan and the boys played on him at the Honda Classic, surviving a nuke scare in Hawaii, his life as an assistant pro at one of the US Open's most famous tests, and what makes the world's best so good. In From The Gallery, Frankie, Trent and Riggs debate how many mulligans they'd need to win the US Open and if it's acceptable to rock a pull cart!

We have a FULL show this week. An in depth Streamsong Review, headlines, and several From The Galleries with the whole crew. Is it a hardo move to rock blade irons? How big of a life event would you miss to play a bucket list course? Would you miss your brother's wedding to play Augusta? Is Sergio more likable for throwing his driver in the woods? This and much more. Let's go.

It's Riggs, Frankie, and Trent breaking down headlines and taking From The Galleries this week. Is it okay to steal good balls from the driving range? What's the single golf shot we have the least confidence in hitting? What're our thoughts on Patrick Reed and the media breaking down his family situation? How was Bethpage Black on opening day? Is Riggs a jerk for rocking a giant golf umbrella on the New York sidewalks? It's this and MUCH more, including many stories from Mr. Gary Player himself during Masters Week.

 We recap the Masters! It's the whole gang -- Riggs, Trent and Frankie -- breaking down everything from the 82nd Masters. How do we feel about Patrick Reed winning? About Nick Faldo's weird commentary? About Rickie Fowler once again coming oh so close? About Jordan Spieth doing Jordan Spieth things? About Rory's struggles? About Rahm's temper? About the perfection that is Augusta National? About Tiger's disappointing week? It's our raw, instant reactions. It's the 2018 Masters recap recorded minutes after the conclusion of the 82nd Masters Tournament.

The boys spent Masters Week at Mr. Gary Player's house and recap the entire experience. From dinner with the Black Knight to workouts to house tours to driving down Magnolia Lane heading to the Champions Dinner, this was an unforgettable week. The guys breakdown their experience walking around Augusta National, and recap Thursday's play in the 82nd Masters! 

The boys are in Augusta for the Masters after some late developments. They're staying with Mr. Gary Player in the Black Knight House, having dinner with the 3x Masters champ himself, and watching Tiger Woods compete at Augusta National for the first time in far too long before returning to New York for the weekend. The guys breakdown the course, the field, the hype, and detail their week to come in Augusta for the official 2018 Masters Preview. It's simply the best week of the year!

We're one week out from Masters Week and former Tiger Woods swing coach Hank Haney joins the show. Tiger racked up 6 majors and won 33% of the tournaments he entered under Hank, one of the most dominant stretches in golf history. Hank talks Tiger, the Masters, Ian Poulter's ability to shank the ball, Bubba Watson, Charles Barkley's swing and much more. The boys also recap the WGC Match Play and how Riggs doesn't sleep anymore because the last 50 Masters final rounds are now available on YouTube!!!

Riggs, Trent and Frankie definitively declare that golf is back following an incredible week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Massive crowds. Crazy drama. Huge fist pumps. Low valleys of emotion, high peaks, and everything in between. The boys breakdown several questions from the week: How confident are we about Tiger? Was Rory's call to limit alcohol sales soft? Do we love or hate Patrick Reed citing Jordan Spieth when bitching at a rules official about free relief? Do we love or hate Johnny Miller? It's a big week. It's a big show. Two weeks until Masters week. Golf is back!

The guys break down Tiger's impressive T2 finish at the Valspar Championship, including the “blood red” shirt Tiger wore Sunday, why the blue protracer is the best protracer, and contemplate if Tiger is actually swinging TOO fast. Then we confront Pardon My Take's Big Cat about his love for trolling Tiger Woods fans. Big Cat details his thoughts and feelings on Tiger, Tiger's fans, and what being “back” really means. 

The ForePlay boys are back. Riggs joins Trent and Frankie from the airport to talk Phil vs JT, why they root against certain players and Fusion Tiger committing back to back weeks for the second time. Paige Spiranac then sits down to talk about becoming a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and more!

David Feherty rejoins the show this week to give his takes on rowdy golf fans, the golf ball debate, the upcoming season of "Feherty," and much more. The guys also debrief following their TV debut on Golf Channel's "Morning Drive" last week and breakdown their feelings on Justin Thomas having a fan ejected from the Honda Classic (then winning), the state of Tiger's game, and the port a potty situation at Tour events!!!

BIG show this week as we kick it off with a huge Fore Play announcement then discuss why we do or don't like Bubba Watson (we don't), if we agree with Rory and JT's comments on crowds being too raucous (we don't), and why we play our best golf the first month of the season. For the second half, recent PGA Tour winner Austin Cook joins to chat about his upcoming Masters debut, winning for the first time, and what it's like having former Fore Play guest Kip Henley as his caddie!

Kevin Kisner joins the show to hash out details about his boy Beau fighting this weekend in Rough N Rowdy in Morgantown, West Virginia. Kiz and his crew of 9 are heading up on a private jet and sitting ringside; Kiz details their expectations and plans for the weekend. We also breakdown when and how he begins setting his sights on Augusta and some highlights from his first Presidents Cup appearance. In headlines, the boys talk Tiger teeing it at Riviera and Jason Day shouting out Barstool in his Pebble Beach press conference. In From The Gallery, Frankie Borrelli is back to talk amateur golfers matching brands head-to-toe and if there's a certain camera angle that jinxes Tiger Woods' putts!

 Trent and Riggs spent the weekend in Phoenix at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and recap the entire experience, including arriving at 5 AM Saturday, sprinting to the 16th once the gates opened, and spending 4.5 hours in the bleachers before seeing a single golf shot. Was this the greatest Saturday at a sporting event anybody's ever had? Just may be!

The guys breakdown their reactions from Tiger's return at Torrey Pines, including his game, his non-collared shirts, and a fan screaming in his backstroke. JB Holmes' incredibly slow play and the 6 hole playoff won by Jason Day are also discussed. In a special live radio appearance, the viral caddie who had a putter head cover thrown in his face before being fired on the spot tells his side of the story!

Tiger Woods is BACK in action at Torrey Pines and his former swing coach Sean Foley joins the show. Sean talks all about what it was like working side by side with Tiger for four years from 2010-2014, what he thinks of his game now, his scientific theories on the golf swing, and what makes Justin Rose's game so pure. In From The Gallery, the guys share their most heinous/embarrassing stories from the course, and Frankie reveals he bought his father, an avid gimmicky club user, a brand new club from an infomercial!

Patton Kizzire joins the show just a day removed from his second PGA Tour win at the Sony Open. He details surviving Hawaii's nuclear missile scare (including how other players like Dustin Johnson handled the incident), prevailing in a 6-hole playoff, his life after winning 2 PGA Tour events in his last 4 starts, how he celebrated after, and MUCH more. In Headlines and From The Gallery, Riggs, Trent and Frankie breakdown the ridiculous "limited" Sunday coverage, if it's better to watch an event live or on TV, and if it's a hardo move to still use persimmon woods. Note: we're just a week away from Tiger's 2018 debut!

Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee joins the show for a record third time to defend his scorching hot take that Dustin Johnson's drive on Kapalua's 12th hole is the greatest shot ever hit. Also get into plenty of Tiger talk and rolling back the golf ball. In from the gallery, the gang discusses if you'd rather make 9 birdies and 9 bogeys or just 18 pars, why Justin Thomas tweets the way he does, would you play Augusta if you had to play opposite-handed, and more!!!

Huge week to kick off the new year as the guys are joined by 61-year-old college golfer Don Byers. Don details how he got recruited, going back to college 40 years later, what his wife thinks, and much more. In From The Gallery with Frankie: would you play Augusta under the stipulation that if you didn't break 95 you could never play golf ever again? Is wearing pants in 80+ degree weather a hardo move? Plus, Frankie makes a MASSIVE mistake at a Florida course's practice range!

Perhaps the Tour's biggest beauty, Pat Perez joins the show to tell the guys about winning with a terrible diet and without working out. PP details the fallout following his comments about Tiger Woods earlier in the year, his disdain for Golf Channel, his plans for 2018, the best shot he's ever hit, and how he eats thousands of calories minutes after burning hundreds. In From The Gallery, the boys debate the best Tiger Woods video game, if they'd go all the way to Augusta to play one hole, which hole that'd be, and more. The boys also breakdown Justin Rose's hot streak and Tiger losing 9 straight games of H.O.R.S.E. to caddie Joe LaCava then refusing to talk to him for the rest of the day!