Jake's Takes Podcast with Peter Jacobsen

In this episode, Peter corners his two houseguests - his caddie Troy Martin, and fellow TOUR pro Jay Haas, to talk Masters, Hideki Matsuyama, pressure to win, course design, yardage books and this week's PGA TOUR Champions event, the Chubb Classic.

In this episode, Peter recaps his experience at last week's Drive, Chip & Putt Championship at Augusta National, shares a few memorable stories from his days competing in The Masters, and dives into who he thinks will end up at the top of this Sunday's leaderboard. 

In this episode, Peter catches up with his longtime friend Rick Sellers,  25+ year PGA Professional and top golf instructor to discuss how the focus of game instruction and development is shifting from accuracy to speed. They also discuss how Rick is helping his clients increase their speed and distance off the tee by incorporating techniques learned from baseball power hitters. 

In this episode, Peter shares his thoughts on the recent controversy surround Justin Thomas. He also discusses the complexities players face when building their PGA TOUR schedules each year, and dives into the exciting new format of the World Champions Cup, a new event coming to the PGA TOUR schedule in 2022!

In this episode, Peter reflects on the 2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational, and shares a story about winner Bryson DeChambeau from the API in 2016.  He also shares his thoughts on the infamous 17th "island green" at TPC Sawgrass and ponders the question, "Would Arnold Palmer approve on shorts on TOUR?"

We're back! Peter kicks things off in season three of the Jake's Takes Podcast by sharing a fond memory of Arnold Palmer, and sharing his thoughts on the PGA TOUR's 2021 players to watch. He also chats with his son-in-law, Dr. Chris Sahler, an interventional physiatrist who specializes in sports medicine, about the severity of Tiger's injuries and what it might mean for his recovery process as well as his career.

In this episode, Peter visits Cool Clubs in Scottsdale, Arizona, and chats with Master Club Fitter Justin Nelson about the importance of having your clubs fit to match your swing.Season 3 of the Jake's Takes Podcast will begin November 10, 2020.

In this episode, Peter explores the question: what's more important to have if you want to make it on the PGA TOUR, talent or confidence?

In this episode, Peter reflects on the recent U.S. Open at Winged Foot, Matthew Wolff's unconventional swing, and how Bryson DeChambeau is changing the game of golf as we know it.

In this episode, Peter shares his thoughts on the USGA's course set up at Winged Foot, what he thinks the winner will need to do to stay near the top of the leaderboard, and who his pick is to win the 2020 U.S. Open Championship.

In this episode, Peter shares his thoughts on the 2020 TOUR Championship and the 2020 season overall.

In this episode, Peter sits down with his daughter Kristen to recall his fatherly nerves over her moving to New York City for college, and what it was like the first time he visited her there. Then he shares his thoughts on the advancement of golf ball technology, and how the increased distance might be making some of our favorite golf courses obsolete.

In this episode, Peter shares his thoughts on the recent performances by Dustin Johnson and Sophia Popov at the Northern Trust Open and AIG Women's Open, as well as his take on Phil Mickelson's PGA TOUR Champions debut and Phil's potential future career as a broadcast analyst.

In this week's episode Peter chats with Zach Johnson, PGA TOUR pro and recently named recipient of the 2020 Payne Stewart Award. Peter also sits down with his six-year-old granddaughter Daphne to her take on things like Nana & Papa Daycare, Jake Trout and the Flounders, riding a bike without training wheels, and water hazards on the golf course.The PGA TOUR is back, and you can rely on Global Golf Post to bring fresh, relevant, and high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode, Peter recaps his week at The Ally Challenge, catches up with Global Golf Post's Ron Green Jr. about the PGA Championship, and shares a conversation he had with his former caddie, Mike Cowan, on the 18th green right after Mike and Jim Furyk took home their first PGA TOUR Champions win at Warwick Hills.The PGA TOUR is back, and you can rely on Global Golf Post to bring fresh, relevant, and high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode, Peter recalls his hole-in-one in the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, and an unusual request he received from a fan right before the 2005 Senior Players Championship. The PGA TOUR is back, and you can rely on Global Golf Post to bring fresh, relevant, and high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode, Peter and Matt Griesser play a round of Peter's favorite "Golf Cart Trivia" game: Name Mashups.Jake's Takes Podcast will be back with full-length episodes on August 4.The PGA TOUR is back, and you can rely on Global Golf Post to bring fresh, relevant, and high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode Peter catches up with his son-in-law, Dr. Chris Sahler, about the first time they met (unofficially), the first time Chris caddied for Peter in a TOUR event, and some of the great golf courses they've played together over the years.Jake's Takes Podcast will be back with full-length episodes on August 4.The PGA TOUR is back, and you can rely on Global Golf Post to bring fresh, relevant, and high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode, Peter recalls some of the highlights at this past week's American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in South Lake Tahoe. Jake's Takes Podcast will be back with full-length episodes on August 4.The PGA TOUR is back, and you can rely on Global Golf Post to bring fresh, relevant, and high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode, Peter and Global Golf Post Senior Writer Ron Green Jr. speculate on the rumored news of the Ryder Cup being postponed to 2021, and discuss the biggest story to hit the golf world so far in 2020: Bryson DeChambeau's transformation (and what it means for the game).Missing live golf every week? Global Golf Post continues to bring fresh, high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode, Peter and Global Golf Post Publisher Jim Nugent discuss the recent news surrounding NBC Sports reinstatement as the official broadcaster of the USGA Championships, taking the coverage rights back from FOX only five years into their twelve-year contract.Missing live golf every week? Global Golf Post continues to bring fresh, high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode, Peter catches up with Ross Berlin, the Senior Vice President of Player Affairs for the PGA TOUR, about what it was like when he contracted COVID-19, safety protocols the TOUR has put in place now that the season has started up again , and the new program being implemented at PGA TOUR events to recognize local front line healthcare workers in each tournament's city.The PGA TOUR is back, and you can rely on Global Golf Post to bring fresh, relevant, and high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode, Peter calls Charles Schwab Tournament Director Michael Tothe, and PGA TOUR Caddie Troy Martin, after the third round of the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge to check-in on how things are going on-site at Colonial Country Club during the first PGA TOUR event back during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode, Peter calls his former caddie and longtime friend Mike "Fluff" Cowan to relive their win at the 1984 Colonial National Invitational. Peter also recalls his experience playing himself in the 1988 movie "Dead Solid Perfect" starring Randy Quaid, which was filmed at Colonial Country Club. A lot of Colonial memories this week in honor of the PGA TOUR's first event back, the Charles Schwab Challenge!The PGA TOUR is back, and you can rely on Global Golf Post to bring fresh, relevant, and high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode Peter catches up with Michael Tothe, Tournament Director for the upcoming Charles Schwab Challenge (the first official PGA TOUR event back during the COVID-19 Pandemic), about what the tournament will look like, challenges faced during planning, what it's like to prepare for a tournament with no fans, and whether or not Peter (their 1984 tournament champion) will pop up in the field at Colonial one day in the future.Missing live golf every week? Global Golf Post continues to bring fresh, high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode Peter catches up with fellow broadcast analyst for NBC Sports and Golf Channel, Steve Sands, to get some behind-the-scenes stories from the recent TaylorMade Driving Relief match, featuring the teams of Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson vs Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff. He also chats with PGA TOUR Pro Trevor Immelman about his experience as an analyst for Turner Sports' broadcast of Capital One's The Match: Champions for Charity, featuring the teams of Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning vs Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady.Missing live golf every week? Global Golf Post continues to bring fresh, high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

To commemorate the 50th episode of the Jake's Takes Podcast, Peter chats with his good friend PGA TOUR pro Jim Furyk, one week after his 50th birthday. Topics discussed include the Ryder Cup, Jim's unique swing, feeling like an old guy after a decades-long golf career and, of course, their favorite caddie Fluff.

In this episode, Peter chats with fellow NBC Sports Broadcast Analyst Gary Koch about the upcoming TaylorMade Driving Relief skins game featuring Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson vs Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff, and the Capital One's The Match: Champions for Charity, featuring Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning vs Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady.

In this episode, Peter and Global Golf Post Publisher Jim Nugent, discuss the struggles faced by the golf world amidst the COVID-19 shutdown, and the possibility of a future partnership between the PGA TOUR and European Tour to help strengthen the game.Missing live golf every week? Global Golf Post continues to bring fresh, high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode, Peter chats with PGA TOUR pro Bubba Watson and his caddie Ted Scott about the role of the PGA TOUR caddie, why the two of them work so well together, and how important it is to keep a positive attitude on and off the course. Peter also gives us an update on his adventures in cannabis use, while picking the brain of Jason Provost, Co-Founder and CEO of HATH, a CBD company specializing in functional remedies.Missing live golf every week? Global Golf Post continues to bring fresh, high-quality content weekly, delivered right to your email. Sign up at www.globalgolfpost.com for free, or use promo code JAKESTAKES for 30% off a subscription to GlobalGolfPost+.

In this episode, Peter chats with his friends Willy and Cody Braun, members of the band Reckless Kelly, about their life growing up in a family band, the art of songwriting, and just how much they love baseball!

In this episode, Peter and Matt connect during quarantine to discuss Netflix's Tiger King, commiserate in their sadness over the postponement of the Masters, and share stories from their trip to Guantanamo Bay with Hootie & The Blowfish in 2003.

In this episode, Peter catches up with his friend, golf instructor, and golf course design partner, Jim Hardy to chat about Plane Truth Golf, the importance of proper technique, and how technology is making most golf courses obsolete for professional competition. He also sits down with his wife Jan to discuss how quarantine "Nana Papa Daycare" is going, and touches base with his daughter, NY-based Dr. Kristen Sahler, about the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this week's mega-episode Peter chats with three members of one of golf's finest families - the Haas family! Jay Haas (43-year PGA TOUR member), Bill Haas (14-year PGA TOUR member and 2011 FedExCup Champion), and Jerry Haas (Wake Forest University Men's Golf Coach).

On this week's episode Peter is joined by his great friend, legendary musician Bruce Hornsby to chat about how they met, Bruce's son's athletic careers, COVID-19, and that one time in the 80s when Bruce introduced Fluff to Jerry Garcia!

In this episode, Peter chats with Peter Jacobsen SPORTS team member, SVP Jeff Corbett, about what goes into putting a golf tournament together behind-the-scenes and what the COVID-19-related cancellations mean for tournament organizers, volunteers, fans, and benefiting nonprofit organizations. Then he catches up with fellow TOUR pro D.A. Weibring about their experience being at the Maverick's game in Dallas on March 12, when the suspension of the NBA's season was officially announced.

In this episode, Peter checks in with fellow NBC Sports broadcasters Jimmy Roberts and Paul Azinger while on-site at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational. They talk course conditions, share memories of Arnold, and debate the age old question: "Johnny Miller's white belts" or "Arnold Palmer's cardigan sweaters?"

In this episode Peter shows off his google search skills hunting for Arnold Palmer statues around the globe, and sits down with his wife Jan to retell a story from their first year on the PGA TOUR.

In this week's episode Peter catches up with LPGA Tour Pro Natalie Gulbis to chat about her upcoming plans to retire, her thoughts on how technology is affecting the game and what it was really like as a contestant on President Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice" back in 2009.

In part two of Peter's conversation with his caddie Troy Martin they discuss the proposed Premier Golf League (and what they both think about it), and dig a littler deeper into the man behind the bag with a game of "This or That."

In this episode, Peter sits down with his caddie Troy Martin to tell some old AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am stories, and to discuss their chances of winning this week's PGA TOUR Champions event, the Chubb Classic.

It's time for Season 2 of the Jake's Takes Podcast! In this episode, Peter catches up with his good friend Scott McCarron, PGA TOUR Champions Pro and 2019 Charles Schwab Cup Champion, about slow play, old-school exhibition tournaments, the years they played together at Pebble Beach, and how Scott almost decided against playing on the PGA TOUR Champions when he turned 50.

Peter sits down with his daughter, Amy Jacobsen, and friend Steve Karakas, to discuss the how a passion for something, combined with a competitive spirit, can keep you pushing to be your best well past your "prime."Jake's Takes Podcast will be back for Season 2 on February 4.

Peter and his daughter, Dr. Kristen Sahler, discuss Peter's experiences with pain management and pain medication after his many (many) surgeries.Jake's Takes Podcast will be back for Season 2 on February 4.

Peter and Mike O'Connell discuss whether it's better for kids to play a variety of sports while growing up, or choose a "focus sport" at a young age.Jake's Takes Podcast will be back for Season 2 on February 4.

Peter shares his take on slow play on the PGA TOUR, and how effective the new slow play policy rolling out in 2020 will likely be.Jake's Takes Podcast will be back for Season 2 on February 4.

In this episode Peter chats with his friend Jeff Lockie, a former quarterback for the University of Oregon Ducks, about his experience playing for coaches Chip Kelly and Mark Helfrich, and backing up Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota. Peter and Jeff also break down this season's Duck football strategy and what it means for their 2020 Rose Bowl appearance. Peter also holds an informal jam session with his daughter Amy, and shares some of the storylines he's looking forward to in the upcoming golf season.Season 2 of the Jake's Takes Podcast will begin February 4, 2020.

In this episode, Peter and Matt Griesser talk about the origin of the Footjoy "Sign Boy"campaign. Then they share one of their favorite holiday episode memories from their Golf Channel show "Peter Jacobsen: Plugged In," and discuss Matt's first real acting gig as the Georgia Natural Gas "Gas Guy."

In this episode Peter catches up with Lara Tennant, Portland-native and a three-time women's amateur major champion (2018 and 2019 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur, 2019 R&A Women's Senior Amateur) to chat about what it's like to grow up in a "golf family" and how to successfully defend your title at the highest level of amateur golf. Then he sits down with his son Mick to talk about a new revolution in the fitness and rehabilitation industry: the AllCore360.

In this episode Peter catches up with his friend Paul Tesori, caddie for PGA TOUR Pro Webb Simpson, to chat about Tiger Woods, the upcoming Presidents Cup and if Webb really is as nice as he seems to be.

In this episode Peter catches up with his longtime friend Tinker Hatfield, legendary shoe designer and Vice President of Design and Special Projects for Nike, about what it's like to work with athletes at the peak of their careers, their shared love of music and guitars, and how they first met (when their (now) wives were roommates at the University of Oregon)!