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Bacon & Egg on Anthony Kim, Patrick Reed, & Other Big Golf Topics

·1 hr 24 min·5 clips

Shane Bacon compares Q-School to a four-day job interview that can erase a year of work.

1. The Fried Egg Golf Podcast opens with Andy Johnson and Shane Bacon talking about Anthony Kim, Patrick Reed, and the PGA Tour start to the year. 2. Andy Johnson hosts the show, and Shane Bacon joins as a longtime friend of the pod who broadcasts the Korn Ferry Tour and appears on CBS Sports Network with Patrick McDonald and Johnson Wagner. 3. The episode asks whether the PGA Tour should keep leaning into winter golf, summer golf, and the fans who actually watch live rounds. 4. Bacon says winter viewing matters because Riviera, Pebble Beach, and Kapalua are the kinds of places that keep him watching when the Northeast is buried in snow. 5. Johnson and Bacon compare that winter audience with the summer reality of parents taking kids to the park, mowing through Sunday obligations, and avoiding air-conditioned TV. 6. Bacon says the PGA Tour's proposed move to “own summer” has to compete with the habits of golfers who play on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. 7. The conversation turns to family travel in the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean, where both hosts say they did not bring clubs. 8. Bacon says he no longer feels the urge to “tick the clubs off” on vacation and prefers rounds with friends, at his club, or in good competition. 9. Johnson describes the best golf as a round that mixes a good course with friends, even when the weather turns into “two monsoons” on the same day. 10. Bacon brings the discussion back to golf media, saying live sports viewership declines when fans can watch highlight packages or truncated versions instead. 11. He points to LIV's YouTube highlight packages and Major League Baseball's 10-minute game recaps as examples of how modern viewers consume sports. 12. Bacon says the PGA Tour has had an “extraordinary” year already, with Anthony Kim and Patrick Reed leading the storylines and Justin Rose another major talking point. 13. He argues that last season also mattered because Rory McIlroy at Pebble, the Masters at Augusta, Tommy Fleetwood, and Scottie Scheffler all shaped a strong historical arc. 14. Bacon says golf seems to be bringing back the older, more settled player, with Anthony Kim at 40, Justin Rose around 45, Adam Scott playing well at Riviera, and Patrick Reed nearing 40. 15. Johnson adds that the technology wave around clubs, balls, TrackMan, and fitness has normalized, which may explain why the sport is no longer dominated by 21-year-olds. 16. Bacon and Johnson also discuss College golf, PGA Tour U, and Korn Ferry Tour progression through players like Jacob Bridgeman and Chris Gotterup. 17. Bacon says college golf and mid-amateur golf often use better courses than the Korn Ferry Tour, and that those settings can better prepare players for the PGA Tour. 18. The tone stays conversational and reflective, with Bacon answering quickly and Johnson steering the discussion through travel, schedule, and career-path questions. 19. Listeners who follow PGA Tour scheduling, Korn Ferry Tour prospects, and golf media habits will get the most out of it. 20. Listeners looking for a tight Anthony Kim interview or a single-topic recap may skip it.

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