Fore Play
Barstool Sports
"Fore Play" is a weekly podcast by common golfers, for common golfers. Trent, Riggs, Frankie, Dan Rapaport, and their wide variety of guests talk about everything golf like normal folks sitting at a bar watching coverage, venting about the game's difficulties, and weighing in on pro gossip. Your classic golf addicts, the "Fore Play" crew brings a young, unique voice to the rapidly-evolving game, discussing freely and openly everything golf. There is nothing like it.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Location:
United States
Networks:
Barstool Sports
Description:
"Fore Play" is a weekly podcast by common golfers, for common golfers. Trent, Riggs, Frankie, Dan Rapaport, and their wide variety of guests talk about everything golf like normal folks sitting at a bar watching coverage, venting about the game's difficulties, and weighing in on pro gossip. Your classic golf addicts, the "Fore Play" crew brings a young, unique voice to the rapidly-evolving game, discussing freely and openly everything golf. There is nothing like it. You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Language:
English
Episodes
Creating Golf with David McLay-Kidd
8/6/2025
One of our favorite course architects, DMK, joins the show to talk opening the brand new Scarecrow, building the original course at Bandon Dunes and seeing it host men’s and women’s U.S. Amateurs, and the process of naming and branding courses. Before DMK, Riggs and Trent ask if there’s a world in which Scottie doesn’t win the playoffs, discuss an upcoming Arcadia Bluffs trip, and give an apparel update.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:31:39
Chris Gotterup
8/4/2025
Scottish Open winner Chris Gotterup joins the show to discuss playing behind enemy lines in the final group with Rory, finishing 3rd at The Open, and what it will take to make the Ryder Cup team. Before Gotterup, we discuss notable names to miss the Tour playoffs, Trent’s Dead & Company Gold Gate weekend, and Riggs’ trip through the PNW to Coeur d’Alene.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:56:22
Real Happy Gilmore 2 & Bryson Takes
7/30/2025
Happy Gilmore 2 is all the rage right now, coming in with a record 46.7M views in its first 3 days. Riggs is back and we delve deeper into our real, hard, candid takes on everything about the iconic sequel. Bryson has a few new videos circulating; we weigh in honestly on those. Plus: An outrageous air travel story, comparing gravity and space to God, and a glowing review of Gamble Sands and its new Scarecrow Course which opens this week.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:32:06
Mat Barzals Podcast Debut Plus Happy Gilmore 2 Review
7/29/2025
New York Islanders superstar, Mat Barzal joins us for his first podcast appearance on any show. He addresses his improbable two aces in six days, future of the New York Islanders, why he loves golf and everything in between. We give our honest reviews of Happy Gilmore 2, chat the surprising 3M, Trent’s sinus problem, a catastrophic alien ship and much more.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:02:26:30
Dying On A Surprising Sawgrass Hill
7/24/2025
The major season has concluded so it goes us debating… somehow… should The PLAYERS be a major? We believe we have a compelling case. We also forge the “Fore Play Way Too Early U.S. Ryder Cup Team,” try to combat doom scrolling, and weigh in on Tiger looking like he’s ready to step inside the ropes at any moment.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:56:58
Scottie Scheffler Lulls The Open To Sleep
7/20/2025
Full Open Championship recap. We discuss Scottie Scheffler’s dominance, his comments on fulfillment, and the narrative now compared to when Tiger dominated. We also delve into Royal Portrush as a venue, Kiz’s comments on Wyndham Clark’s Oakmont ban, the broadcast, Bryson’s fight, Rory’s home country week, Bethpage Black, our Cypress experience and much more.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:29:11
Live From Cypress Point
7/16/2025
We are at Cypress with the USGA and joined by the setup man for the U.S. Amateur and Walker Cup, Ben Kimball, and by the U.S. Walker Cup captain, Nathan Smith. Plus we talk Scottie’s press conference, Grant Horvat’s decision not to play a Tour event, Joel Dahmen and Geno Bonnalie splitting, and much more.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:40:59
Open Preview, Cypress Surprise, & Gotterup’s Triumph
7/14/2025
A huge week. The Open at Royal Portrush so we give picks & talk storylines on Rory, Scottie and more. Plus we’re out in California for an iconic few days of filming that folks may not believe. And Chris Gotterup, behind enemy lines, took down Rory McIlroy for the Scottish Open, the biggest win of his career.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:59:48
Captain Keegan & The Dream Expert
7/9/2025
Keegan Bradley joins the show (26:56) to talk being a playing captain, inspiration from prior Ryder Cup leaders, and winning the Travelers Championship. Then a big new guest. Lauri Loewenberg, the dream expert, takes us through quite the session on reoccurring golf dreams and much, much more.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:48:56
Maverick, A Colonoscopy Report, & The Riggs Run of Matches
7/8/2025
Maverick McNealy joins for the first time. We discuss reshaping his game to win on Tour, playing his first Masters week, and preparations for the upcoming links golf stretch. Before Mav, the crew talks 4th of July weekends, Frankie’s colonoscopy, Riggs’ run of YouTube golf matches including the highly-anticipated $25k match, Max Homa surging at the John Deere, and much more.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:43:48
Sneaky TOUR winners & Ryder Cup Roster Comparisons
6/30/2025
Happy Birthday America, it's 4th of July week and with Riggs at the Barstool Classic it's the Trent and Frankie show! We talk about the playoff in Detroit and how Chris Kirk might be the sneakiest 6x TOUR winner there is. We get into Ryder Cup rosters if it were tomorrow and who would be on each side/how we think it would go. Only one show this week with the American holiday so if you celebrate have a happy, healthy and SAFE 4th of July!
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:40:19
Paul Bissonnette’s Debut
6/26/2025
Paul “Biznasty” Bissonnette joins the show for the first time ever (timecode). We talk all things golf with Biz including the Rory saga, LIV and our golf Mount Rushmore’s. Biz fills us in on his season with TNT and sitting alongside The Great One nightly. An hour plus telling stories with the most entertaining man in hockey and we absolutely loved it.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:42:40
Ryder Cup History Looming & Heartbreak at the Travelers
6/23/2025
It's just Frankie and Trent on today's show with Riggs hosting the entire day at the Barstool Classic in Scottsdale. We get into an incredible weekend of golf at the Travelers Championship where the People's Golfer, Keegan Bradley has strongly inserted himself into the conversation of being the first playing captain of a Ryder Cup team since 1963. We also react to our guy Tommy Fleetwood once again barely missing out on his first TOUR win along with answers from great questions From the Gallery.fo
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:02:01:47
JJ Spaun & Breaking Down A New PGA Tour Leader
6/18/2025
JJ Spaun joins the show (10:47) fresh off his U.S. Open win and he’s got receipts. Plus Dylan Dethier & James Colgan from Golf.com (http://Golf.com) join to breakdown the PGA Tour announcing new CEO Brian Rolapp taking over for “sunsetting” Jay Monahan. We get into Rolapp’s NFL history negotiating & leading massive media deals, his golf “experience,” and what’d we like to see going forward. Plus: a new Hater video, Rory’s current media relationship, and much more.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:46:11
U.S. Open Recap
6/16/2025
JJ Spaun wins the 125th U.S. Open in style. We discuss the wild finish, Oakmont’s performance, the Sam Burns water ruling, Rory’s peculiar week and ongoing mindset, Wyndham Clark allegedly destroying lockers, Scottie searching, player frustration and much more.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:46:11
Let there be CARNAGE!
6/11/2025
It’s the OG crew today and we unpack our expectations looking ahead to the US Open… carnage! We talk about our guy Alistair making his major debut, Rory, Scottie, our own video at Oakmont, take a voicemail from the gallery and of course all the Haters waiting in the wings to play Riggs.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:53:55
Full Oakmont U.S. Open Preview with Ben Griffin
6/9/2025
Ben Griffin joins the show. He’s fresh off playing Oakmont and fresh off his first two Tour wins. We discuss what to expect at this week’s U.S. Open, strategies that might work, playing with Scottie in The Memorial’s final round and much more. Before Ben, the crew is in Pittsburgh debating whether Open carnage is good or bad for viewing, picks, Rory’s tumultuous Canadian Open, and more.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:57:18
Our GUY qualified for the US OPEN!!
6/4/2025
It's a Riggs and Frankie show today and we are joined by number 44 in the world, Tom Hoge, who is surprisingly not a huge sandwich guy. Then we are joined by OUR guy, fresh off qualifying for the US OPEN, Alistair Docherty! We dig into his qualifying 36 holes, what it means to be playing at Oakmont, and so much more. We also dig into Scotties dominance, Bryson being a force on the course and youtube, the Canadian Open, and of course it isn't a golf podcast without some hockey talk.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:02:01:21
Hater Time & The $25K Grudge Match
6/2/2025
The Hater Series returns this week with Season Two, and the $25K grudge match has been scheduled at the venerable Pasatiempo Golf Club. We discuss the hate Riggs gets, YouTube Golf, Scottie Scheffler’s dominance at The Memorial and over the last three years, Jack’s pointed comments, Rory’s bizarre stretch since The Masters, the U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills, Charlie Woods’ big victory, Happy Gilmore 2 and much more.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:45:00
How Many Birdies Do You Make In A Year?
5/28/2025
It’s the Trent and Frankie show, so naturally things go off the rails pretty quickly. The guys react to Riggs’ drinking performance in the chiclets match, discuss the new TOUR Championship format, take listener voicemails and much more.
You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod
Duration:01:52:07