Fore Play

Our old pal and recurring guest Brandel Chamblee joins the show for the first time since January. Golf's top analyst details what his “time off” looks like (ie: how meticulously he prepares for Ryder Cup coverage). Brandel then dissects the course, the teams, the pairings, and the players. Frankie (tries to) grill him on his Tiger takes; Brandel's wife Bailey makes her first cameo; we get the Cabot hole-in-one story that ruined Eamon Lynch's week; Frankie freaks out when Brandel refers to Bryson's game as “magic.” It's a full show. Proper show. Come ride with us!

Nobody's got better golf stories than the caddies, and Austin Cooke's colorful looper Kip Henley joins the show to detail his experience caddying next to Tiger at the Northern Trust this past Sunday. Kip's gone to war for Tiger on Twitter over the past few weeks, and he's got a lot of good tales to tell about our guy. Also, the Fore Play crew was up in Massachusetts this week with Titleist getting custom fit for clubs and touring Ball Plant III, where much of the world's ProV1s are made. We debrief on the entire experience, including Frankie Butter Knives facing his worst nightmare head on! 

The Whitney match is heating up after Whit decided to weaponize Spittin' Chiclets listeners. In headlines, we battle over the likability of Bryson DeChambeau following his dominate win at the Northern Trust, and we breakdown the Ryder Cup picks. Also discussed: our guy Kip Henley played with Tiger on Saturday; Nick Faldo put his glasses on upside down; the TOUR is considering having the FedEx Cup leader start the Tour Championship at 10-under par; Tiger's making headlines with his non-answer on Trump. In From The Gallery, we revisit holes in one on par 3 courses and make the case for Golf Channel to bring back The Big Break!

The boondoggle OG himself, Matt Ginella, joins us to deliver crucial insight on all those questions you have about where to book buddies trips, how to do it, and why to do it. Matt's got great stories and unmatched experience. He's been EVERYWHERE. Frankie Butter Knives also joins the crew on the phone from Saratoga as we weigh in on the Phil/Tiger twitter beef forming for their upcoming match. Finally, we lay out what we expect, like, and don't like about the FedEx Cup playoffs! 

The guys dissect all that transpired last week and over the weekend between Fore Play and Ryan Whitney. A match the likes of which the golf world has never seen is materializing before our very eyes. It's Riggs vs Ryan Whitney 2018 with Frankie Borrelli on the Fore Play bag and BizNasty on the Spittin' Chiclets bag. The details are still being ironed out, but there's plenty of fodder to talk about. We also discuss a golfer biting off another golfer's finger, the upcoming FedEx Cup Playoffs, the Ryder Cup, and Kip Henley firing off PHENOMENAL tweets defending Tiger Woods!

Everybody's favorite muppet man Ryan Whitney hops on to defend his opinion that he'd take 10 albatrosses over 1 hole in one. He also, in a rare show of vulnerability, reveals that Frankie hurt him with his chirp about Whit's Bowen Cup loss. Also, in what is BY FAR the most heated, intense, and honestly uncomfortable exchange in Fore Play history, Big Cat sits down to discuss his Tiger trolling, to deliver a statement, and to negotiate how we're all going to move forward together in a post-fusion world. Buckle up, this show brings a level of fire that we've never brought before!

Following the most exciting golf tournament of the past decade, we catch up with Stewart Cink's caddie Taylor Ford. They played with Tiger on Saturday and in front of him Sunday, and Taylor has some FASCINATING insight from the weekend. We also relive Riggs inside the ropes with Tiger, the whole credentialed PGA Championship experience, give our thoughts on Brooks Koepka, and debrief following Tiger's epic Sunday run. Oh, and Riggs drops a stunning story about an encounter with Tiger Woods!

We are live from the PGA Championship recapping our entire first day at Bellerive. We grabbed Bryson DeChambeau (discussed the Carnoustie driving range video) and Kevin Kisner after their rounds! It's a major championship and we've got a major show. Riggs also breaks down the most passionate war on the internet, “Riggs vs American Airlines.” 

The way Frankie Borrelli pronounces “Bellerive” may make the club itself reassess its own name. It's an off the rails PGA Championship preview with the most energetic instructor in the game, Michael Breed (Frankie begs him for chipping advice). In From The Gallery, we discuss the phenomenon of saying you hit a “baby 8 iron” to protect how long you are, and introduce heart rate monitors for golf coverage. Oh and Riggs will be at Bellerive. It's a major week - let's go!!! 

We introduce a brand new segment this week... and it absolutely delivers. In Headlines, we've got Tiger playing potentially 7 of the next 9 weeks; the Ryder Cup fast approaching; and Phil and Tiger continuing their bromance. In From The Gallery, we rank — from one to four — the best number of people to have in a group and also discuss how sports betting will change fans at golf tournaments. It's a BIG stretch of golf coming up. Let's do this!

Frankie got in a several-hours-long, heated debate with his golf buddies in the parking lot following a match this weekend. Is he the most wrong person in history? We discuss this plus a listener who can only putt inside 10 feet if he's drunk, and have a message for listener Shaun, who his buddies say is "shaving strokes." In Headlines, we breakdown Bryson DeChambeau making all kinds of news for the wrong reasons and our favorite thing about Dustin Johnson's game. Tiger's playing back-to-back weeks. It's crunch time. Let's do this.

Our good friend Ryan Whitney rejoins the show to discuss Carnoustie, his absurd golf trip to Scotland with NHL'ers, and to put Frankie's brain in a pretzel. Legitimately may have broken Frankie's brain. We take some FTGs and mix it up hard — it's a real fun time talking golf. 

British Open reaction. We were live at a watch party and losing our minds as “it” was happening before our eyes. And then it was all sucked out of us. We discuss everything that happened at Carnoustie and take a few From The Galleries. The best tournament in years has us feeling all kinds of different ways. What a time to be alive! 

This one will make you laugh out loud. Riggs, Frankie and Trent are back and we go through pre-British Open headlines and an arsenal of From The Galleries. From Tiger de-lofting his 2-iron for some sort of special stinger; to tips for playing with a caddie for the first time; to Riggs joining the Mr. Borrelli school of golf and snap-ordering a swing aid; this is a classic golf guys show taking you all over the map. Two shows a week is just so damn fun! 

Golf Channel analyst and commentator Frank Nobilo joins the show from Carnoustie to preview the British Open. Frank discusses finishing top-20 at Carnoustie in ‘99, how incredibly dry the course is, and what kind of player he likes to prevail this week. The guys also get into some daily fantasy golf talk and dissect Tiger's comments about intimidating his opponents. Oh, and Hank Haney picked Tiger to win. It's a major championship week at the UK's toughest venue - let's go! 

The whole gang is back together with lots of news to talk about. Should Phil and Tiger have to put up their own 10 million dollars? Did Phil violate a new rule on purpose to save face? Is an LPGA player whiffing on the tee box good for golf? We also take a handful of From The Galleries including a listener's wild dream about dining tables on tee boxes in Scotland. It's a boys being boys kind of show. Pure fun!

It's travel time. We spent five days at Cabot Links on the cliffs of Nova Scotia playing the Cabot Cliffs and Cabot Links courses... and it was the most spectacular experience of our lives. From the Canadian customer service to a lobster broil on the beach to a belief that Cabot Cliffs is the single best golf course on earth, we have an all-time story to tell. A villa on the ocean; six rounds with caddies that can only be described as "Canadian beauties"; seeing every star in the universe at night; ordering lobster rolls for breakfast. Come take this journey with us -- you don't want to miss it!

We take a DEEP dive into the life and career of Tiger Woods this week. Co-author of the new, best-selling biography "Tiger Woods," Armen Keteyian, joins the show to discuss Tiger's life and career and the 3+ year research process to uncover it. Few people know more about Tiger than Armen, and we get his thoughts and reaction on the research process and on the past, the present, and future of Tiger (hint: Armen's as amazed as anybody about Tiger's latest comeback). Outside the interview, we discuss the latest Justin Thomas vs Barstool Sports saga and Tiger's performance at the Quicken Loans National!

In one of our finer moments, we drink whiskey live on the show with Colin Montgomerie, and talk quite loosely about golf. We go deep into the one shot of Monty's career he'd like to have back most; the best courses in Scotland; Monty's greatest memory from his Ryder Cup dominance; his thoughts on Phil Mickelson and Shinnecock; his history with the fans. This is an enthralling ride with a man who's both one of the best Ryder Cuppers of all time and one of the greatest players to have never won a major championship. In "Headlines," we weigh in on Bryson's compass, on Korean sensation Hosung Choi's iconic golf swing, and Riggs reveals that he may no longer hate Bubba Watson. 

Top-20 finisher Dylan Meyer joins the show to recap the U.S. Open. Fresh off graduating from Illinois and competing in his first event as a pro, we ask Dylan's thoughts on the course setup; on the player complaints; on the New York crowds; we ask about both the best and worst shots he hit all week. Then Riggs, Frankie and Trent relive being credentialed and inside the ropes at Shinnecock. From breaking down the media food spreads to reliving walking up the 18th fairway with Phil Mickelson, the guys recap the whole experience in this must listen show. We also offer our thoughts on the Phil saga, the course condition, the player complaints, and everything U.S. Open 2018.