It has been a stupid week for Noah Kahan, the kind of stretch you can't script. He became the first artist ever to sell out 4 consecutive nights at Fenway Park, got inducted into the Fenway Music Hall of Fame on his way out the door, and then, because apparently the universe wasn't done with him, he made a hole-in-one at Boston Golf Club days later. So naturally, the Fore Play guys had to get him on the pod.
Fore Play announced Kahan as their guest, teasing the golf-swing chirping to come.
The framing from Fore Play says it all: 4 sold-out shows at Fenway, a viral hole-in-one, and now Kevin Kisner getting a crack at his swing on national podcast time. That's a pretty absurd trifecta for one guy in the same 2 weeks, and it's exactly the kind of crossover moment Fore Play lives for — a musician who can actually play golf, showing up with real receipts instead of just vibes.
The hole-in-one itself wasn't some staged influencer bit, either. Kahan made it on the 11th hole at Boston Golf Club with a 5-iron, and had to shout down chatter online suggesting the whole thing was a PR stunt. His response was blunt: he tipped big and made a one, end of story. That's the same energy he brought into the Fore Play booth.
Riggs teed up the episode, stacking the hole-in-one and the Fenway run as the backdrop for Kahan's appearance.
Zoom out and the Fenway run alone is the headline most weeks: 151,000 fans across 4 nights, a Hall of Fame nod that puts him in the same breath as Billy Joel and Paul McCartney at that ballpark, and even a state proclamation out of Massachusetts naming a day after him. Golf content is usually just the dessert. This week it was the whole meal.
For Fore Play, landing Kahan mid-victory-lap is a solid get — a guy who's an actual investor in Boston Common Golf and genuinely plays, not a celebrity cameo who shows up, hits a bad drive, and leaves. Expect the episode to lean into both halves of his year: the music history he just made and the golf game Kisner clearly couldn't resist picking apart.