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First, a word from our founder—
"8 years ago today, I launched Bad Birdie from my Los Angeles apartment. And the journey from passion project to "wait, this is actually working?" has been a wild ride.
NONE of this exists without you—so here's to 8 years of breaking dress codes and proving golf doesn't need to be so serious. Thank you for making Bad Birdie more than just a brand.
Now go turn some heads this weekend." - Jason
And next, a word (and entire issue of BB) from me—
A VERY happy 8th Birthday to Bad Birdie! If you are a reader, then you are a fan. I am honored to be a small piece of it—and I think I speak for us all when I say what a special brand, community, and movement Bad Birdie has become.
A private club for private clubs
BUT—DO WE CREATE THIS OURSELVES??
Golf Digest wrote up a (sponsored) article about Epic Golf Club. A private club of golfers... comprised of golfers who are members of private clubs. Bit of a brain bender but follow me here.
The idea is that the 1,000+ members share invites to one another's clubs that reportedly include 85% of the top 200 private courses in the nation.
FANCY
The company's concierge team facilitates the bookings—and isn't this all nice for them.
I bring this up not to inspire you to apply (though that's up to you) but instead it inspires me to wonder about a series of emails I received last year when we were setting up the Breakfast Balls Invitational. I put out a call to see if anyone wanted to play golf with me—and much to my surprise a larger than zero amount of you did.
Now, with a 3 year old and a 5 month old, my days of state-hopping and taking you all up on your invites to the local munis and country clubs are scarce.
But why not create a club of Breakfast Balls enthusiasts and extend the idea of golf and great vibes to us all????
My question is simple, if I were to set up a community space where we could all connect, set up tee times, and share some invites to one another's clubs and leagues... would you be down?
Hit me up at the link below and let me know. I have a number in my head that would make this worth it—and if we hit it, details will come.
In the meantime, we can just peek over the proverbial fence at the Epic members living their blissful, prestigious sounding lives.
Today on r/golf
INCREDIBLE INNOVATIONS IN GOLF
This would be my first community initiative for the Breakfast Balls Golf Club—nationwide scavenger hunt.
Snacks, shots, swag, and surprises.
Found this on golf Reddit about someone who hid a bag of shots for one lucky foursome at a local Southern California course. Oak Quarry is legit—for those who haven't been. And I love every part of this.
Ideal world I could be a little golf-themed Easter bunny dropping surprises at courses across the nation. Imagine you're searching for a lost TP5 and you discover a hidden trove of Bad Birdie themed prizes, tees, hat, Fireball shot, and a sleeve of replacements.
Day made.
Honestly, I'm sending a Slack to HQ now to get this going. Plus it gives me another excuse to get out and play—it's for work!!
A new Low-ry for Shane
IMAGINE...
This story was from the Zurich Classic last weekend where PGA pros partnered up with their best fraaands to compete in New Orleans.
Apparently, Shane mentioned to Rory's caddie on the tee box that he had a feeling he might top his tee shot. And sure enough, just like when someone points out that an OB line hangs super tight on the left side of the fairway... and I blast one left of the fairway... Shane topped his tee shot.
Every once in a while I like to just throw some stuff in here to make you feel better about your game. And I liked my pun in the preheader...
A tradition—for those who can swim
LIFEGUARD ON DUTY
No, the scene you see above is not a grainy cell phone video of a heroic rescue in the wilderness. It's just newly crowned LPGA Chevron Champion Mao Saigo jumping into a pond.
For those who don't know, a Chevron tradition going back decades is for the champion to, well, as you may guess, jump into the pond.
The catch this year is that Mao Saigo can't really swim... and she also was so nervous to jump in that she had her manager, Rika Arai, and television reporter Mitsuki Katahira join her. The second catch? They couldn't seem to swim either.
So the scene unfolds as they realize they jumped in above their heads, live on television, and panic sets in.
“When I went inside it was deep and at first I thought I was going to drown,” shared Mao.
The caddies then jumped in to lend a hand... only to get pulled under themselves.
“Every time I broke the surface, I got pulled under again,” Saigo's caddie Jeffrey Snow revealed.
An absolute $#@^show and, only because we know everyone was safe, it was pretty funny, too.
