9 episodes

Full Swing Thoughts is a podcast from The Fried Egg on the Netflix golf docuseries, Full Swing. Andy Johnson, Joseph LaMagna, and Brendan Porath will recap and review each episode in this feed, sharing insights on what they learned about the tours and their stars, what they found amusing, what worked, and what flopped. They will attempt to bring their usual enthusiasm, skepticism, and humor as they discuss the unveiling of this highly anticipated new show.

Full Swing Thoughts The Fried Egg

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    • 4.9 • 98 Ratings

Full Swing Thoughts is a podcast from The Fried Egg on the Netflix golf docuseries, Full Swing. Andy Johnson, Joseph LaMagna, and Brendan Porath will recap and review each episode in this feed, sharing insights on what they learned about the tours and their stars, what they found amusing, what worked, and what flopped. They will attempt to bring their usual enthusiasm, skepticism, and humor as they discuss the unveiling of this highly anticipated new show.

    Episode 8: Rory’s role and a Cam-washing, presented by Zero Restriction

    Episode 8: Rory’s role and a Cam-washing, presented by Zero Restriction

    The season one finale is the telling of Rory’s year, both as a player and PGA Tour leader in the fight against LIV. Rory was a late sign-on to the show, so they discuss the portrayal of the most important figure in the game in 2022. There are also further laments about the negligible Cam Smith story arc set against Rory’s second half of the season. This episode of Full Swing Thoughts is supported by Zero Restriction -- use code TFE25 at checkout for 25 percent off your purchase.

    • 44 min
    Episode 7: Rookie ball and a major issue with the entire series, presented by B. Draddy

    Episode 7: Rookie ball and a major issue with the entire series, presented by B. Draddy

    A wide-ranging chat on the episode featuring the two rookies, Mito Pereira and Sahith Theegala. Andy, Joseph, and Brendan begin with some positive thoughts on what they found informative and enjoyable about this episode. But then it gets a little spicy, with some major concerns and issues about how the show is handling the biggest storyline of the year in pro golf and the LIV conflicts it may have. This episode of Full Swing Thoughts is supported by our good friends at B. Draddy -- use code TFE25 at checkout for 25 percent off your purchase.

    • 49 min
    Episode 6: Finau, Morikawa, and the series stall, presented by Zero Restriction

    Episode 6: Finau, Morikawa, and the series stall, presented by Zero Restriction

    The hangups about last episode come through again in this review of episode 6, and the FST trio feels left wanting for more Finau story and wondering what’s accomplished at all with the Collin Morikawa parts of the show. This episode of Full Swing Thoughts is supported by Zero Restriction -- use code TFE25 at checkout for 25 percent off your purchase.

    • 47 min
    Episode 5: DJ bails for LIV and Fitzy breaks through, presented by B. Draddy

    Episode 5: DJ bails for LIV and Fitzy breaks through, presented by B. Draddy

    An episode both long and short, as the Netflix producers continue their theme of highlighting two players, often contrasts, in one episode. Brendan, Andy, and Joseph discuss DJ’s lovability, or escapability from the LIV scorn that found so many, and Matt Fitzpatrick’s breakthrough summer. They also debate whether we’re really getting much new about these players in the show overall for it to be a success. This episode of Full Swing Thoughts is supported by our good friends at B. Draddy -- use code TFE25 at checkout for 25 percent off your purchase.

    • 57 min
    Episode 4: The “Imposter” Joel Dahmen, presented by Zero Restriction

    Episode 4: The “Imposter” Joel Dahmen, presented by Zero Restriction

    A discussion of Full Swing taking a peak at the “mid tier” of the PGA Tour with the compelling story and personality of Joel Dahmen. What did we learn about Joel, specifically, and the plight of the pro who might not be at the most elite level? Was this time well spent for the series as a whole? This episode of Full Swing Thoughts is supported by Zero Restriction -- use code TFE25 at checkout for 25 percent off your purchase.

    • 43 min
    Episode 3: The one about LIV, kinda, presented by B. Draddy

    Episode 3: The one about LIV, kinda, presented by B. Draddy

    This episode discusses the first real time the show starts to wrestle with the LIV disruption, through the eyes and decision of Ian Poulter. One host, however, argues the episode is an “F” and a “disaster” while the others try to convey what they found useful and what fell flat. This episode of Full Swing Thoughts is supported by our good friends at B. Draddy -- use code TFE25 at checkout for 25 percent off your purchase.

    • 44 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
98 Ratings

98 Ratings

Bogey 821 ,

Great recap.

Liked this podcast series and also liked the Netflix series. I am a big golf fan. I was trying to put myself into the casual fan or newcomer position. Watching Drive to Survive turned me from a newcomer to a fan. The Netflix series piqued my interest but it was the F1 television product that turned me into a fan. That is what golf needs to somehow fix. Their television product remains poor. It still cannot turn someone with piqued interest into a committed fan. The tour still has much work to do.

SalPall ,

Great pod!

Lots of great insight and good laughs

66049 student ,

“The wife”

I found the analysis somewhat helpful as a newcomer to the sport but these hosts lacked diversity of perspective in a way that was almost distracting. They emphasize all the classic straight white man tropes. One thing that really bugged me was they refer to the wife by name when it came to thin white women but for Joel and Tony - they referred to their wives as “the wife”. It came off like they didn’t bother to learn their names.

Similarly, they perpetuated the toxic masculinity trope regarding emotional expression. Brooks and his ego being tied to his performance in a toxic way is not an emotional impactful story. The only comment that needed to be said about that episode is brooks needs a therapist. Yet the hosts went on and on and on and on and on about how compelling the Brooks episode was.

Overall, it wasn’t awful, but consider adding diversity to the panel of hosts.

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