Making Amazon's Rory Documentary & 10 Masters Favorites for 2026

About this episode

Andy Johnson interviews director Drea Cooper about the making of a documentary on Rory McIlroy and discusses favorites for the upcoming Masters Tournament.

Ahead of next week's release of "Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait" on Amazon Prime, Andy Johnson is joined by director Drea Cooper on this episode of The Fried Egg Golf Podcast. Andy and Drea discuss his latest documentary, focusing on Rory McIlroy's final round at the 2025 Masters Tournament. Drea walks Andy through the process of making the film, revealing details about shooting at Augusta National and interviewing Rory and his family. Andy is then joined by producer PJ Clark to run through their current ten favorites to win the 2026 Masters with just two more weeks until the tournament. Visit ⁠Cobalt⁠ and use code "FRIEDEGGPOD15" for 15% off: ⁠https://cobalt-golf.com/discount/FRIEDEGGPOD?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fdiscountable-products See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Andy Johnson

Guest: Drea Cooper

Topics covered

• Rory McIlroy
• Masters Tournament
• documentary filmmaking
• golf predictions
• sports analysis

Keywords

• Rory McIlroy
• Masters Tournament
• documentary
• golf
• 2026 predictions
• Augusta National
• sports

Sponsors

Cobalt

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon Prime

Books & works: Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait

Places: Augusta National

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