Brendan Porath
@BrendanPorath
Head of Content @fried_egg_golf and co-host of Shotgun Start podcast. [email protected]
I got the opportunity to play Augusta National on Monday, hitting the renowned media lottery. It was a special day, and weekend waiting for it, that I wrote about here. thefriedegg.com/augusta-nation…
Guy shot 91 and WD’d. This like the Kia CMO getting to dress for an NBA game. Embarrassing. The tour shouldn’t abide this.
Due to rainfall yesterday, preferred lies in use for the first round of the 3M Open.
Due to rainfall yesterday, preferred lies in use for the first round of the 3M Open.
The American Mule Wheel made its triumphant return to television today, giving us the opportunity to discuss Ryan Gerard's Ryder Cup candidacy after his win at the 'Cuda!
“The game has been waging a battle against the inventor, and the architect has come to its assistance. The one aim of the inventor is to minimize the skill required by the game: he tries to invent something which will make skill less necessary; he appeals to the skill-less player…
Due to transatlantic and transcontinental travel, there's no Wednesday episode today. We'll be back tomorrow afternoon talking Schedule of the Week, Open cleanup, and some more amusements. Fill the void with today's Eye on Golf with The Shotgun Start, now on YouTube!
No one: Brendan chooses a t-shirt for a morning walk around his deep-blue DMV neighborhood:
We are about to be LIVE on CBS Sports Network. Fun show planned looking back on the year in men's majors.
We are LIVE on CBS Sports Network coming up at 12:30 today. Going to give out some grades for The Open, review the majors season with some awards, and make some Sticky Note Classic picks.
Watched this interaction with Rory signing the ball after his round but did not know the journey and meaning behind it. A great story, beautifully written, here by Gavin.
One last piece from Portrush - This is one of my favourite Rory McIlroy stories, though it's not really about Rory McIlroy at all. (Free to read) Rory McIlroy’s Portrush gesture completes one man’s 19-year journey to replace what was lost the42.ie/6768794
this was a great read from a great writer
I've become more interested in Scottie with time, and feel like I'm starting to understand the magnitude of what he's doing on and especially off course. This piece combines some thoughts I've been storing, and is my defense of him as subtly fascinating - golfdigest.com/story/british-…
Our societal regression and cultural flattening continues
The Rory McIlroy scene on 18 on Thursday evening was as cool of a scene as I’ve witnessed in golf. More McIlroy scenes from the week on the grounds 👇🏻
Read @BrendanPorath and @JosephLaMagna recap of Rory's return to Royal Portrush ⬇️ (Photos Courtesy: R&A) thefriedegg.com/articles/rory-…
Read @BrendanPorath and @JosephLaMagna recap of Rory's return to Royal Portrush ⬇️ (Photos Courtesy: R&A) thefriedegg.com/articles/rory-…
Great, fun pod last night…thanks for all your support this week and majors season.
Scottie Scheffler's great differentiator? His iron play. @AndyTFE & @BrendanPorath discussed his ability to hit all the shots asked of him on our Open Championship recap episode:
Pulling out of Portstewart this morning driving along the coast, the young lad @josephlamagna said “I can’t believe the next event these guys have to play is in 🤬ing Memphis.”
I've been thinking a lot about Scottie's comments this week, and I'm not sure anyone has viewed them the way I did, so if you don't mind, I want to share why they resonated with me: Don't let your job define who you are.
Girlfriend and I are in the red and white on the left We walked a few holes, was so unsure if it was ok, but everyone was getting photos with each other on different tee boxes and greens Was a really cool to chat with strangers & see all the undulations out there
🏆 Scottie's historic run 🏠 Rory's week at home ⭐ Wikipedia Top Tens 🌧️ Sunday storm on Westy Island 🥊 Jordan beats par 🚪 Wyndham speaks on Oakmont letter From Scottie to our Storylines, @AndyTFE & @BrendanPorath recap the final men's major of 2025: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/202…
Last men's major live bit for the year... Andy and PJ have been in the "graphics lab" on the other side of the Atlantic I am told. Jump in now 👇
.@TheShotgunStart presented by @MercedesBenzUSA is LIVE 🚨 @AndyTFE and @BrendanPorath recap Scottie Scheffler's dominance at Royal Portrush and the rest of their takeaways from the Open Championship. Watch here ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=t_rD5P…