The Golfer's Journal Podcast
Episodes
Episode 139: LACC for Normal People
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 138: David McLay-Kidd Is Busy
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Friend-of-the-program David McLay-Kidd makes his return to the TGJ Podcast from the site of his highly-anticipated next project: Dormie Network’s Gr...
Episode 137: Cameron McCormick Wants to Change Your Mind
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to be the best in the world? Or maybe just better than yesterday? If anyone knows it’s Cameron McCormick—Jordan Spieth’s swing...
Episode 136: Lou Stagner's Numbers Never Lie
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 135: The Philosopher and the GOAT
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 134: Handicapping The Masters
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After an award-winning career as a PGA teaching professional, Keith Stewart is going all in on something more high stakes: betting on golf. The founde...
Episode 133: Short Game Chef's Secrets
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Parker McLachlin, aka @shortgamechef, is a winner on the PGA Tour and is now helping some of the world’s best players revamp their short game using ...
Episode 132: Harry Higgs Has Opinions
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Higgs would like you to know that these are his opinions, and his alone. The PGA Tour veteran joins the pod to give his unfiltered thoughts on t...
Episode 131: JJ Redick Gets Hot
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve watched JJ Redick knock down three-pointers since his freshman year at Duke two decades ago. These days, when the 15-year NBA vet isn’t tal...
Episode 130: Still Chasing Scratch
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Five years after they first started recording their quest to a 0.0, Mike & Eli of Chasing Scratch are still doing exactly that. The co-hosts of go...
Episode 129: Getting Practical with Jon Sherman
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Should I attack this pin or play it safe? How do I move on from a bad shot? How do I get better during the offseason? For the answers to these and man...
Episode 128: Welcome to Golf's Youtube Era
18 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Warzel writes about technology’s effect on culture, people and ideas for The Atlantic. This makes him the perfect person to ask the question...
Episode 127: Paper Tiger
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly 20 years ago, TGJ Senior Editor Tom Coyne put life on hold, moved to Florida and dumped everything he had into chasing his dream of playing pro...
Episode 126: Inside Netflix's Full Swing
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This February, pro golf will receive the F1 treatment thanks to Full Swing: an eight-part Netflix docuseries showcasing what life as a pro golfer was...
Episode 125: What's Up with Crystal Downs?
14 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike DeVries has learned from the best. The Michigan native first picked up the game at Crystal Downs, trained under Tom Doak and worked for Tom Fazi...
Episode 124: On the Road with Bill Murray
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not easy to pin down Bill Murray, but one way to do so, as podcast host Tom Coyne learned, is to ride shotgun with him across Georgia. In this ...
Episode 123: The Many Shades of Andrew Green
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Green has become one of the hottest names in golf course architecture thanks to his renovation work at Inverness, Congressional, Oak Hill, Scio...
Episode 122: The Man Who Hacked Putting
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2004, software developer Mark Sweeney was fed up with missing putts. So he dedicated two years of his life to creating a system that delivers perf...
Episode 121: But My Friends Call Me Randy
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tron doesn’t hold back on Twitter. Soly shared his No Laying Up origin story in #7, and DJ’s byline is a regular in The Golfer’s Journal. But wh...
Episode 120: The Golf Life of Reilly
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You know Rick Reilly from the back page of Sports Illustrated, where he delivered 800 words of humor, heartbreak or heroism every week for 15 years. A...
Episode 119: Conor Moore, as Conor Moore
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Conor Moore believes he has no accent. But when the Irishman is impersonating the world’s most famous athletes, he’s got them all. Though this epi...
Episode 118: Mark Broadie Thinks Putting Is Overrated
08 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've all heard it: "Drive for show, putt for dough." But after speaking with Mark Broadie, the godfather of the game-changing Strokes Gained model, ...
Episode 117: Golf’s Treasure Hunter
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Carey wasn’t looking to become the world’s foremost golf memorabilia auctioneer. A lawyer by trade, Carey started Green Jacket Auctions as a ...
Episode 116: What Happened to Ben Garner?
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Unless you’ve already dug into Charlie Warzel’s profile in TGJ #21, you’ve probably never heard of Ben Garner. You’ve likely never heard about...
Episode 115: You Don't Know Doak
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Doak has a reputation for being difficult. Golf media has described him as socially awkward and emotionally remote, traits that are often overlook...
Episode 114: Dottie Pepper Is Frustrated
06 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dottie Pepper has little sympathy for the modern professional golfer. But you can’t blame her—the beloved CBS analyst and 17-winner on the LPGA ne...
Episode 113: The "Y" Word
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ward Jarvis has gone from caddie to theology professor to firefighter to yip fixer. He joins host Tom Coyne to explain the science behind what he cal...
Episode 112: No Place for Politics
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Friedman has been the foreign affairs Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times since 1995. He’s also in the Western Golf Association Caddie Hal...
Episode 111: Fax Only
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Faxon joins the podcast on the heels of a thrilling U.S. Open finish to reflect on what made Brookline such an enjoyable venue, and why we’re n...
Episode 110: Inside the Saudi Situation
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Shipnuck puts it plainly: "The professional game is at a crossroads. This is a monumental moment." Shipnuck joins the TGJ Podcast to unpack al...
Episode 109: Golf Without Limits
28 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If it sometimes feels like the future of golf is here, just wait ‘til you see what’s coming next. Transhumanist, Futurist, and avid golfer David W...
Episode 108: The Irishman
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When one of the great talkers in golf has a few minutes to talk, you do precisely that. Paul McGinley rejoins the pod to pick up where we left off, di...
Episode 107: The Lesson in Their Loathing
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Coaston doesn’t like golf, but when you listen to her explanation, we think there’s a very good chance that you’ll like Jane Coaston. In h...
Episode 106: Chasing Scratch
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In TGJ No. 19 we met Mike Shade & Eli Strait—hosts of the wildly popular Chasing Scratch podcast. Now, we hear from them live in the Broken Tee S...
Re-Teed: 2011 Masters
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Re-Teed—the series where we relive golf’s most exciting tournaments—is back. And this time we’re going deep on the 2011 Masters—the one wher...
Episode 104: The Answers Upstairs
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In TGJ No. 18, Daniel Riley’s “The Man Riding Clouds” introduced us to Peter Beames and a golf life that is hard to believe. We had a feeling th...
Episode 103: A Drink at All the Tables
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From cleaning clubs to writing blogs to announcing the biggest events in golf, Shane Bacon has lived a golf life well beyond his years. He joins us vi...
Episode 102: Wrights and Wrongs
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wright Thompson is one of only a few scribes who have the luxury of writing about whatever he wants, whenever he wants. Which is why it came as a bit ...
Episode 101: The Curling Connection
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You know Beau Welling as the Senior Design Consultant to Tiger Woods’ TGR Design, with recent work including Payne’s Valley, Bluejack National and...
Meditations
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Over the next 30 minutes, we will attempt to refocus your energy, and recenter your mind, with a meditation designed specifically for golfers, but not...
Episode 100
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we touch the century mark here at The Golfer’s Journal Podcast (where has the time gone?), we wanted to celebrate our 100th episode by giving som...
Episode 99: Fairway Philosophy
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Chominski is a professor of philosophy and theology at Delaware’s Archmere Academy—where once upon a time a young Tom Coyne wandered the hall...
Episode 98: Sandra Boynton, Dancing Hippos, and the Birth of Bandon Dunes
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra Boynton has sold more than 70 million children’s books, 500 million greeting cards, and has been nominated for a Grammy. So what does she hav...
Episode 97: Dream On
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If we eat, sleep and breathe golf, then we are bound to dream about it. From struggling to pull the club back to eating ice cream with Gary Woodland, ...
Episode 96: Eastside Story
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After winning a national championship at Morehouse College, Olajuwon Ajanaku set his sights on a professional golf career. Despite some early success,...
Episode 95: The Three Lidos
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time there was a golf course called The Lido. Bernard Darwin called it “the finest golf course in the world.” And then? It disappeared...
Episode 94: The Life and Times of Will Mackenzie
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will MacKenzie has lived in an Alaskan cave for 30 days, worked as a kayak instructor in Montana, sold grilled cheeses at Grateful Dead concerts and w...
Episode 93: Mr. Top 100
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Ohlendorf knows the secret. He is one of two people to have ever played Golf Magazine’s World Top 100 Courses, Golfweek‘s Top 100 Modern and ...
Episode 92: Introducing the Broken Tee Society (Live)
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings from the new online home of the Broken Tee Society! To kick things off, host Tom Coyne is joined by TGJ staff for a live town hall discussin...
Episode 91: Lifetime Amateur
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With appearances in nine Masters and two U.S. Opens, victories in the U.S. and British Amateur and five Walker Cup appearances, Vinny Giles is the mos...
Episode 90: Views from the Hollins Tees
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why are the Hollins tees at Pasatiempo—named for one of the longest hitters in women's history—so far forward? Why is putting the tee in the groun...
Episode 89: Why I Hate the Ryder Cup
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Even Michael Wolf who, just last week, took to Twitter to declare the 24 reasons he hates The Ryder Cup. After...
Episode 88: Chandler's Plan
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re hungry for never-before-heard Ryder Cup stories, you’ve come to the right place. With stops at legendary clubs like Seminole, Merion and...
Episode 87: Southern Style with Davis Love III
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Only 15 people in history have made more money on the golf course than Davis Love III. But now, at 57 years old with a newly-replaced hip, the World...
Episode 86: Blazers Off with Roger Bennett
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Bennett is well known in the soccer community as the co-host of the wildly popular podcast-turned-television-show Men in Blazers. But he’s als...
Episode 85: Live from The Olympics
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Good morning, Tokyo! On this week's TGJ Podcast, we catch up with friend of the show Chris Reimer, who has spent the last several weeks in Japan runni...
Episode 84: Royal Etiquette
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We all remember where we were during Jordan Spieth’s infamous drop on No. 13 at Royal Birkdale during his now-legendary win at the 2017 Open Champio...
Episode 83: Doctor's Orders
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For 35-year-old Zach Kahl, one foggy, early-morning round ended with an unexpected, life-altering trip to the emergency room. He suffered several stro...
Episode 82: Hunting Sasquatch with Gary McCord
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At 73 years young, and after a career in golf that would be too wild for the movies, there’s only one thing left for Gary McCord to do: Find Sasqua...
Episode 81: The Kings of Cannery Row
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Want to hear about a bet over killing Bin Laden? Well, on a road trip from TGJ HQ to Gearhart—and after a series of hard-to-believe phone calls—TG...
Episode 80: Light In Paspalum's Shadows
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On Sept. 26, 1783, a great schooner shoved off from London. The Comte du Nord's captain, a notorious Liverpudlian trader named James Penny, listed on ...
Episode 79: My Friend, LaJethro
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The last year brought a legion of new golfers into the fold. Some will stay for good, and some are sure to fade away. But nine months into his newfoun...
Episode 78: The Rise of Don Rea
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While Don Rea's previous career involved enforcing the rules, he's now tossing them out the window as owner/operator at Augusta Ranch Golf Club in Mes...
Episode 77: The Masters Theme: A Review
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The twinkling piano notes are unmistakable, but did you know that the Masters theme song has actual lyrics? Or that Dave Loggins—second cousin of Ke...
Episode 76: Office Hours with Sid Matthew
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Sid Matthew, your favorite golf historian’s favorite golf historian. In TGJ No. 15 we explored Matthew’s extensive golf collection in “Offi...
Re-Teed: The 2015 Players Championship
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the next Re-Teed, TGJ’s look back at golf’s greatest tournaments. The first edition featured Tiger at the 2008 U.S. Open, and our lates...
Episode 74: From Gamer to Golfer
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Grip, stance, posture...yawn. Has junior instruction grown stale? Richard Franklin thinks so. After 15 years of studying game design, Franklin brings ...
Episode 73: Lessons in Leadership with Paul McGinley
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
He wasn’t the biggest, flashiest or longest, but one look at Paul McGinley’s resume—four European Tour wins, three Ryder Cup titles as a player ...
Episode 72: A Compendium of Golf's Cheaters
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sandbaggers, ball-droppers and lie-fluffers, oh my! Getting cheated in golf can stay with you—just ask host Tom Coyne, who still can’t forget an i...
Episode 71: The Sober League
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, in TGJ No. 14, Coyne chronicled the hellish battles he and four others had with substance abuse and how golf in a sober league became an unexpect...
Episode 70: Inside the PGA Tour’s Traveling Circus
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What are you left with after 19 years as a communications executive for the PGA Tour’s biggest events? A jukebox of epic tales ranging from the park...
Episode 69: Ben Rector’s Off-Stage Addiction
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Ben Rector writes from a place of vulnerability, forming a bond with his fans by letting them behind the curtain. An...
Episode 68: Golf According to Spencer Hall
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
College football fans know the legendary writing, podcasting and Twitter rants of Spencer Hall. But what does he know about golf? Just enough to be da...
Episode 67: Mike Madden and the Invisible Hand of Golf
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re open to it, the game can provide some life-changing surprises. So it is with Mike Madden and host Tom Coyne. Madden, son of legendary NFL ...
Episode 66: Jim Fitzpatrick’s Endless Summer
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a hell of a ride. In the early 1950s, he was watching declassified rocket explosions filmed by his father. During the 1960s, in the shad...
Episode 65: Chris Solomon and the Traveling Bag
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh off his byline in TGJ No. 13, Golfer’s Journal Contributor Chris Solomon returns to the show to talk about the inspiration behind “Infinite ...
What's Next for Golf?
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on TGJ Digital we released “Now What?” — a new feature where contributing writer Will Bardwell asks a variety of golf industry members...
Episode 64: The Johns of Aronimink
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With Aronimink Golf Club set to host the KPMG Ladies PGA Championship, Tom Coyne and Casey Bannon pay the Donald Ross blue-chipper a visit in search o...
Episode 63: Behind USGA Lines
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The USGA Museum has been closed to the public for months. But that didn’t stop TGJ Senior Writer and podcast host Tom Coyne from finagling an all-ac...
Episode 62: Lester George Live from Ballyhack
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I’ve always said that if other architects would stay out of Virginia, then I’d stay out of their states too.” After a late introduction to th...
Episode 61: Expand Your Mind with Charles Lindsay
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Lindsay describes himself as “a conceptual artist-adventurer, whose work synthesizes ideas about technology, time, eco-systems, and semiotic...
Episode 60: Ken Wang
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Wang has a degree in economics from MIT, is the brother of fashion designer Vera Wang, and, most important to us, is the founder/owner of the Pete...
Episode 59: Good News is Just a Phone Call Away
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
COVID, cheating, distance debates, course closures and a lack of diversity—golf’s recent news cycle has been gloomy. But it’s not all bad out th...
Episode 58: Real Talk with Colton Craig
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Colton Craig is a 27-year-old golf-course architect and founder of the Perry Maxwell Society. Over the past year he’s quit his apprentice gig, opene...
Episode 57: Yes In a Heartbeat: Annika at Colonial
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You know she teed it up with the men. But there’s still much to learn about Annika Sorenstam’s trailblazing PGA Tour appearance at the 2003 Coloni...
Episode 56: Dr. George F. Grant
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before there was the broken tee, there was the original one. Host Tom Coyne and Assistant Editor Casey Bannon dive into the remarkable life of Dr. Geo...
Episode 55: Shrink the Game with Ken Kearney
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Kearney went from a decorated Irish amateur player to a career in finance to golf-course architect. For his next big challenge, he wants to shrink...
Episode 54: Dispatches From the New Frontier
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Contributing Editor D.J. Piehowski makes his return to the TGJ Podcast—reading his thorough TGJ No. 11 profile on the reverse routing at remote Silv...
Episode 53: The Pandemic Diary
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No place is safe from the ravages of the COVID-19 virus, even host Tom Coyne’s beloved Carne Golf Links on the remote Western coast of Ireland. The ...
Episode 52: The Last Time Golf Stopped
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Tom Coyne serves as our commanding general on this docu-pod exploration of golf through World War II in the 1940s—the last time golf was forced...
Episode 51: Life on the Inside
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned sports psychologist Dr. Bob Winters returns, this time to answer subscriber questions about golf's new normal.
Episode 50: 24 Hours at Sawgrass
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the 17th Players Championship for TGJ editor and grizzled vet Travis Hill. He gave newbie Casey Bannon one day to find a Sawgrass story he had...
Episode 49: Finding your Center with Geoff Cunningham
29 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artist. Photographer. Tequila drinker. Soul surfer. Hickory player. Club maker. Linksoul Creative Director Geoff Cunningham refuses to let anyone put ...
Episode 48: Sheep Ranch Preview Announcement
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
ATTENTION: TGJ Subscribers will be playing Bandon Dunes’ Sheep Ranch masterpiece before it opens to the public. You’re wondering how to get in on ...
Episode 47: Challenge Days ft. Shane Bacon
08 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is a bad day on the course really better than a good day anywhere else? On episode 47 of the TGJ Podcast, host Tom Coyne puts that old adage to its gr...
Episode 46: The Next 20 Years
25 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Where will we play? How much will we pay? How many holes, with what tools and what will we wear? Golf changed in so manys from 2000-2020, which led ho...
Episode 45: The War on Par ft. Gil Hanse
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TGJ No. 10 introduces us to the Ohoopee Match Club—a discreet Georgia playground designed specifically to ignore par. Inspired by this concept, host...
Re-Tee: 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines
27 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The greatest tournaments live on in our collective memories. But they also provide a sometimes shocking timestamp of the golf world at that time. Host...
Episode 43: Brough Creek National
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From message board idea to functioning golf course to the pages of TGJ No.10, Brough Creek National is every armchair architect’s dream. In our late...
Episode 42: The Lost Strantz Tapes
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
While reporting TGJ No.10’s, “The One Less Travelled,” contributor Jay Revell stumbled upon a treasure trove of unearthed footage featuring the ...