A weekly dive into the world of golf, hosted by PGA TOUR Coach Shauheen Nakhjavani (@shkeengolf). Fun and insightful interviews with some of the best and brightest in the industry. Presented by @NakhjavaniGolf.
In episode 67, we dive into the groundbreaking news that has sent shockwaves through the golfing world – the merger of PGA TOUR and LIV GOLF. Join us as we unpack the details behind this historic collaboration, delving into how it came to be and what it means for the future of professional golf. We'll discuss the current developments stemming from the merger and provide our own insights and predictions on how this union will shape the landscape of the sport. This is a can't-miss episode for golf enthusiasts and industry insiders alike, as we explore the implications of this game-changing alliance between two major players in the golfing realm. Hosts: Shauheen Nakhjavani (@shkeengolf), Branden Nakhjavani (@brandenreza) & Matt Savoie (@fairwaygolf.ltd) Brought to you by: Nakhjavani Golf - https://nakhjavanigolf.com/ Fairway Golf LTD - https://www.fairwaygolf.ltd/ CORE Golf - https://www.coregolf.app/
Step into the world of professional golf with our exclusive interview featuring Jeff Pierce, the renowned short game coach behind the success of Brooks Koepka, recent PGA Championship winner.
Join us for a deep dive into two of the most pressing issues in the world of golf today: slow play and pay equity. On this episode we'll examine the challenges of pace of play and the recent controversies that have erupted at the Masters and the RBC Heritage. Next, we'll turn our attention to pay equity and the ongoing debate over how to ensure fair compensation for all professional golfers. Hosts: Shauheen Nakhjavani (@shkeengolf), Branden Nakhjavani (@brandenreza) & Matt Savoie (@fairwaygolf.ltd) Brought to you by: Nakhjavani Golf - https://nakhjavanigolf.com/ Fairway Golf LTD - https://www.fairwaygolf.ltd/ CORE Golf - https://www.coregolf.app/
Get ready to dive deep into the controversy surrounding golf ball rollbacks on this episode. We're fired up to debate the potential pros and cons of this major change to the sport. But we're not stopping there. We're bringing in golf stat guru Lou Stagner to drop some knowledge and expert insights on the topic. And to cap it off, we're taking a look at the some of the ridiculous Twitter takes on the ball rollback debate, giving our unfiltered reactions and analysis. Buckle up and let's go! Hosts: Shauheen Nakhjavani (@shkeengolf), Branden Nakhjavani (@brandenreza) & Matt Savoie (@fairwaygolf.ltd) Brought to you by: Nakhjavani Golf - www.nakhjavanigolf.com Fairway Golf LTD - www.fairwaygolf.ltd
In this episode, we kick off Season 3 of our golf podcast with a bang! Our new host joins the show, bringing a fresh perspective on the current state of golf. We dive into the latest news and trends in the golfing world, including a discussion of the new Netflix series that's been causing a stir. Our new top 3 segment challenges us to rank our favorites in golf, while we also take a look at the state of women's golf and the strides being made to promote equality in the sport. Join us as we swing into Season 3 with a packed episode that covers all the bases! Hosts: Shauheen Nakhjavani (@shkeengolf), Branden Nakhjavani (@brandenreza) & Matt Savoie (@fairwaygolf.ltd) Brought to you by: Nakhjavani Golf & Fairway Golf LTD http://www.nakhjavanigolf.com http://www.fairwaygolf.ltd
After a long hiatus we are finally back and better than ever. In this episode we announce some exciting news regarding our podcast, our hosts, and what our plans will be for the upcoming year.
Our guest this week is known for many things, one of them being his great intros he gives guests on his podcast, so here’s our attempt to give him a proper one! He attended the USA Hockey National Development Program at Ann Arbour and went on to play hockey with a full scholarship at Boston University, he was selected 5th overall in the 2002 NHL draft by the Pittsburg Penguins, played 481 games in the NHL, won a silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the only guest we've had on the podcast with a drink named after him and last but not least the winner of the 1997 Quebec International Peewee Hockey Tournament, Ryan Whitney. He joined us to talk about his golf game, some tour talk, some stories and just had fun for half an hour. Hope you enjoy it! Be sure to follow us online at: @shkeengolf @nakhjavanigolf @brandenreza
On this episode, Product Marketing Coordinator for True Temper & Project X, Keenan Philips joins us to shed some light on shaft technology myths and answer a few of your questions sent in online. It's a great episode with tons of information so if you want to learn more about shafts and how to properly fit them for your game, be sure to listen to this one! To learn more, check out www.truetemper.com Be sure to follow Us on social at: @shkeengolf @nakhjavanigolf @brandenreza
One of the best short game minds in golf, Jeff Pierce gives us a taste of his extensive knowledge. We talk about his work with Brooks Koepka, his tour players, swing mechanics and what you can do to improve your short game. You need to hear this episode!
What a treat it was to have such a charismatic and golf nut like SportsCenter's John Buccigross. He came on to share with us some of the best golf stories ever told on our show. The episode wouldn't be complete without some hockey talk from the expert himself. Super fun episode, don't miss it!
We were thrilled to have the 2020 PGA National Teacher & Coach of the Year, Mark Blackburn on the podcast to talk about his road to golf, what makes a coaching relationship successful and insight into the routine and grind of coaching tour players, not to mention a bunch of technical stuff we are sure you golf-heads will love. Enjoy!
This week our friends at Callaway got us in touch with their Tour manager, Jacob Davidson. He is the important link between Callaway and their tour players, which means he's heard it all and seen it all. He shared with us some of his experiences out on tour, stories from inside the equipment truck, his thoughts on the addition of Jon Rahm to the Callaway family, and finally we talk about some of the new Callaway EPIC releases this week. We also dive into your questions and answer some in our monthly mailbag segment. Great long episode, hope you all enjoy!
Happy new year! This week, we had fellow Canadian instructor and coach Alex Riggs join us on the podcast. Currently is coaching in Dubai, he shares what this experience in the Emirates and what the golfing community out there is like.
Preston is back! We recap the PNC Championship and discuss our takeaways, as well as dive into what many of you can be doing to get your putting back on track. Amazing episode you don't want to miss!
This week, PGA Tour Coach Boyd Summerhays joined us to talk about his career on tour, his transition into coaching some of the best in the world, most notably Tony Finau, his thoughts on where the game is headed, some funny stories and not to mention his super talented son Preston Summerhays. Great episode with a great coach you don't want to miss!
Fore Fitness Golf is one of the largest sport specific online training platforms. Josh and Ken do an amazing job and not only run a successful digital training platform but help and train many high level athletes and professional tour golfers. We spoke with them about how golfers can increase their performance by understanding the importance of mobility, stability, strength and power. If you're looking for the solution to unlocking your body's potential, then make sure to listen to this interview!
This week, our friend and neighbour Sean Burke joined us for a fun conversation about how helps his student improve, the best way to identify issues in a gofler's swing and we review a set of solutions for specific problems you or your students might have. We are giving away 2 hours of virtual lesson with Shauheen. All you need to do to enter is leave us a review with your social media handle on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and well select a winner Friday, December 11th. Good luck! Follow Us for more content and giveaways! @nakhjavanigolf @shkeengolf
Today we’ll hear from our good friend Jon Sherman. Jon is the author of the best-selling book 101 mistakes golfers make and how to fix them, and the founder of practical-golf.com, one of the most popular game improvement, resourceful golf websites on the internet. This interview is packaged with some amazing insight into the improvement of the everyday golfer, enjoy!
This week we have a great double header for you. We recap The Masters with James Duthie and Bob Weeks from TSN. Hear what it was like walking the grounds behind the scenes with no patrons and in November! We also had our good friend Nick Starchuk again to talk about the Capto Putting System and how you can take strokes off your game by improving your putting. We apologize for any poor audio during the interviews, sometimes the microphones don't want to be our friends. Enjoy!
It's Masters Week! If you haven't already, make sure to check out our huge giveaway on social media. Just had over to Shauheen's page for details. This week Shauheen & Chris sit down to talk about swing mechanics and much more. Chris tells Us about his journey into golf, he discusses his approach to pro and amateur students, and his thoughts on modern day coaching. Be sure to follow us: @shkeengolf, @brandenreza, @nakhjavanigolf
If you're struggling with injuries, pain, or you just want to improve you body's movement and performance, then don't miss this episode! We were joined this week by Craig Lindell, one of the three Doctors of Physical Therapy at [P]Rehab. [P]Rehab is an educational platform that teaches people how to take control of their own health through online physical therapy. They have hunderds of thousands of followers on instagram and they continue to grow. Craig and I discuss physical therapy in golf; preventing injuries, reliving pain, optimizing movement, and improving performance. He's so great he even offered our listeners a physical therapy program overviewing everything we discussed in this podcast episode, which you can view here. Follow Craig and The [P]Rehab Guys on instagram or visit their website and view their entire exercise library at www.theprehabguys.com
Scott Fawcett is anything but shy. This week he joined our show to talk with Shauheen about his plans for attacking this years Masters at Augusta, and they get into a great conversation about distance and how what Bryson is doing is changing the game of golf. Amazing takes you don't want to miss!
What an insightful and interesting interview we have this week. It was a treat to welcome the founder of The MindSide, a center for Sports and Performance Psychology, and trusted advisor for the top performing competitors in the country, Dr. Bhrett McCabe onto the podcast. We talk about his journey through his career, how he helps tour pros overcome their mental barriers and how you can identify your own and score better!
It's no secret that most golfers want more distance. Well, this week on the podcast, Mike Napolean from SuperSpeed Golf joins us to talk about how golfers can easily get more speed in their swing using their overspeed training system. He also discusses how coaches today can help their students get more athletic, build more speed and hit it up to 20 yards farther. Shauheen also shares the origin story to his journey into golf and how he and Branden founded their golf academy.
This week we invited our good friend Richard Woodhouse (@richardwoodhousegolf) onto the show. He puts our rigorous work ethic to shame with his daily routine and gives us some amazing insight into his coaching methods that have proven to positively engage his students and lead to success for his pros. Enjoy!
This week we have new generation, award-winning PGA Professional Kerrod Gray on the podcast. He & Shauheen dive into the fun nerdy science of swing mechanics and explain how anyone at any handicap can easily improve.
Today we answer all your questions sent in online during our monthly mailbag segment and we invited our good friend Ed Watson to talk to us about how his swing aid helps golfers control their clubface and how other coaches can develop their own training systems.
Youtuber, PGA Swing Tutor, Trackman Master, and Director of the Hit Golf Academy. Alistair Davies joins us this week to talk about his journey into golf and how he's developed a program targeted at golfers aiming to reach the tour.
Fellow Canadian, and Tour Striker founder Martin Chuck shares about the inception of his famous training aids (from the original tour striker club to the more recent Smart Ball and Plane Mate), and how they went from idea to reality.
This week our good buddy Allen Terrell joined us to talk about his journey into golf, how started coaching Dustin Johnson, his experiences building a golf academy, and we dive into some fun swing matchup talk.
It's always so much fun when our friends join the show. Andrew Rice has such an incredible amount of golf information and insight. He is a Golf.com Top-100 and a Golf Digest Top-50 Best Teacher in America. He & Shauheen spend some time talking about coaching, the swing & some fun stories. Really fun episode, check it out.
What a better way to start off our new season than with our good friend Taylor Crosby. He joins the podcast to talk about his beginnings in golf, how he's developed as a coach, instructional myth busting and the keys to growing your online coaching business.
We're back this week with a double interview/group discussion featuring Las Vegas Golf Instructor Chris Howard (@chowardgolf) and Director of Golf at Jacaranda Golf Club in Ft. Lauderdale Florida, Andrew Michael.
This week PGA Tour player Patrick Rodgers joins us for a fun conversation about his journey into golf, his playing career, his relationship with his coach and our good friend Jeff Smith and the records he shares with Tiger from his college days at Stanford.
Live, face-to-face golf lessons, 5000 miles apart. If you haven't already noticed, more and more people are taking online golf lessons. We discuss with Baden Schaff, founder of the online coaching platform Skillest, how live online golf lessons are the future. He talks his journey into golf, how he's built and developed the app, and where he wants to take it.
Curve ball this week with someone who's impacted the golf world but not form the golf world! Anthony Douglas was kind enough to give up some time and share his journey into the tech golf space with his creation, the Hole 19 golf app. We talk about basketball, solving problems for golfers, and his vision for the future of golf tech.
This week on the pod, we have PGA Tour caddie and fellow Montrealer Julien Trudeau (@Jules_Trudeau). We talk about the Montreal Canadiens, about his experience competing on the Big Break, a great story about how he met his wife and what it’s like to caddie at the President’s Cup!
Up next on the podcast is fellow PGA Tour coach Josh Gregory. For those who don’t know, he’s a 2-time NCAA Championship winning coach with Augusta State, and works with Patrick Reed on tour. His methods of coaching aren’t as technical as some others but he’s proven to have great results with his players
Up next on the pod, we have my dude @chrismaysongolf. Looking at his social media pages, you would think he coaches half of the LPGA Tour
This week I invited my good friend and long-time NHL Defenseman, Karl Alzner (@karlalzner) onto the podcast. We talk about his Team Canada days during the 07-08 World Juniors, his time with the Washington Capitals, his stories about Ovechkin, and he gives me a quick fire round of golf questions.
It was a surreal experience to interview my student and one of Canada's great golfers Stephen Ames (@stephenamesgolf). We talk about his experiences on the European and PGA Tour and his transition to the Champions Tour. He also talked about his big win at the 2006 Players Championship and a ton of amazing insight and stories you'll love.
This week we answer all your questions in our monthly Q&A, and we interview a special guest. Dylan Wu (dylan_wu59) is one of the most exciting players on the Korn Ferry Tour, and we invited him onto the podcast to talk about his college days, playing pro golf, and everything else 23 year olds talk about
My boy @DrewSteckel joined the pod this week to talk about life on the PGA Tour, how he started working with @kevinna915, @patperezgolf, and @JustinTimberlake, how instruction has gone digital in recent years and what you can do to get better at golf.
For our 20th episode we invited non other than TSN’s Bob Weeks (@BobWeeksTSN). Bob is a longtime journalist and currently a broadcaster for Canada’s largest sports outlet, TSN. We talk about his journey into the golf industry, his experience watching golf develop in Canada over the years, his first time covering The Masters, and much more.
This week we invited our fellow Skillest instructor and putting expert, Marcus Potter (@potters_putting) onto the podcast. He shared his views on putting, how he got his unique start in the golf world and his experience coaching pros. A great episode to listen to if putting is something you struggle with.
This week we had our very first female guest, Michelle Holmes (@michelleholmesgolf). Michelle is a Master Kids Teacher with the LPGA. During our interview, she shared her secrets to coaching younger players, how she found her passion for teaching kids and advice for parents. We also tackle our monthly mailbag and answers a few questions you've sent in through social!
Our buddy Jake Thurm (@jakethurmgolf) joined me on the pod this week to talk about his start in coaching, how he uses BodiTrak to analyze pressure movement in the golf swing, some stories from the past, and a few really good laughs along the way.
This week we invited Junior Development Specialist James Hong (@jameshonggolf) onto the show to talk about his approach to coaching young players, how parents can help maintain their child's progress, deal with different situations and keep them engaged in the game.
This week we decided to shake things up and do it differently, so we invited one of our students and fellow golf nerd, Matt Savoie onto the podcast to talk about the current state of golf as a consumer product, the good and the bad and anything in-between.