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We have Coach Chris Malloy of the Ole Miss Men's Golf Team currently #1 in the country on with us. Also, Collins and Cohen Trolio members of that #1 team talking about the success of Ole Miss Men's Golf and updating us on their season. Really fun to hear from these guys and get their respective on college golf

Brian Craig joins us today. He played his college golf at Florida under Buddy Alexander, was Head Men's Golf Coach at UCF for two years and 22 years at the helm at Kentucky. He helped guide Kentucky to their first SEC Championship in 2005. He joined P3 Recruits and has helped so many juniors find the best place for them to find the right fit to play college golf. 

Gary Christian grew up in England and made his way to Alabama where he played his last two years of college golf at Auburn. All-SEC player who won over 30 mini-tour events, two Korn Ferry Tour wins as well. He turned to broadcasting and has been work for 10 years with Golf Channel, ESPN+, ESPN covering professional golf. He is co-author of the book "Beat the Course Not Yourself" with Dr. Curt Ikes. Fun read and informative for not only junior golfer but golfers of all ages. Available on Amazon.

Top 100 Teacher VJ Trolio and I discuss the new changes to the PGA TOUR eligibility and its impact on the players and their future.

VJ Trolio Top 100 Teacher discuss the upcoming NCAA college golf changes and how he is helping his students and their parents prepare for those changes. Pros and Cons to the upcoming changes.

One of the most knowledgeable and trusted voices in college golf Brentley Romine joins us this week. He is co-host of Golf Channel College Golf Talk Podcast with Steve Burkowski. He is the Golf Channel's associate editor. We chat about the current college golf landscape and what the $2.8 Billion settlement with the NCAA means to college golf. NIL, roster limits, transfer portal, recruiting and what impact this has on the future of college golf as we know it.

Chris Finn CEO of Par4Success was our guest in season 6 and with the spring nearly around the corner we wanted to re-release our sit down with him. We talk fitness, gaining speed, strength and the 4 areas 85% of the folks fail on mobility and strength. They work with juniors, college golfers, top amateur and professionals as well. Very informative on what you can do to get better.

It is the Cognizant Classic week on the PGA TOUR at PGA National and we wanted to go back to our podcast with Barbara Nicklaus from Season 4. Living life with Jack Nicklaus with her view from the front row watching arguably the greatest golfer of all time. Raising kids while traveling the PGA TOUR, life lessons and their desire to help with children's charities.

We look back at the Life of George Bryan founder of Old Waverly and Mossy Oak Golf Courses. One of the most influential business men in Mississippi who brought the US Women's Open Golf to Old Waverly, US Women's Mid-Am and US Women's Amateur. He had vision that very few have and worked hard to make those visions a reality. We hear from VJ Trolio, Thomas Gallagher, Toxey Haas (Haas Outdoors) and his son Wilkes to reflect on his incredible life.

VJ Trolio, head golf instructor at Old Waverly Golf Club discusses current junior golf topics and the state of the game in 2024. Great insight from one of the brightest minds in the game.

Alexis Rather joins us again this week to discuss being named 2024 Women's Assistant Coach for the USA Palmer Cup Team. She was named 2023 National Assistant Coach of the year by Women's Golf Coaches Association. In her 14th year at LSU she has been a huge part of their success over those years. We discuss preparation for the Palmer Cup and what lies ahead for the LSU Women's Golf Team this spring of 2024.

Get to know Arizona State Men's Golf Coach Matt Thurmond better as we discuss 2024 Palmer Cup, college golf, importance of relationships in life, how he got into coaching and his influences. We also talk about the impact his dad, who also was a coach, had on his life. One of the best coaches in college golf and even better person.

LSU Women's Golf Coach Garrett returns to the podcast to discuss Garrett being named 2024 USA Palmer Cup Team Coach, his current LSU assistant coach Alexis Rather will be his USA assistant as well. Great stories on his relationship with Arnold Palmer and Bay Hill as a kid and the LSU Women's Golf Team. Fun insight into what he expects on his trip to Ireland in July to represent the USA.

Dudley Hart joins us for this episode and it is a good one. He played college golf at Florida where he was a SEC, won twice on the PGA TOUR, won the 2023 Jan Strickland Assistant Golf Coach of the year for 2023 NCAA Champion Florida Gators and was named the assistant coach for the USA Palmer Cup Team. He gives us his insight on his career, coaching at his alma mater and so much more. You don't want to miss this one and some of his best comments are at the end of the podcast. 

44 year old Josh Teater will return to the PGA Tour for the 3rd time as a Korn Ferry Tour Graduate. We relive that nerve wracking week in Indiana where he started #34 and needed a top 5 to get into the Top 30 to get his PGA TOUR Card. Hear his story here and how his faith has kept him grounded and personal belief that his best his ahead of him. The emotions run high in this week's podcast because as in the SEC "It just means more" 

Ryan Cabbage Charlotte's Men's Golf Coach joins us again to discuss Walker Cup and the upcoming NCAA Men's Golf season. He talk about having players on the Walker Cup and their impact on the program. We also discuss the upcoming season and everything college golf.

Coach Erika Brennan of USF Women's Golf joins us to tell us what it has been like to go from being the daughter of a firefighter to head coach at her dream school USF. The lessons learned from the men and women of the firehouse, pros and cons of early specialization, her coaching journey to USF and more. Don't miss this one.

Coach Brennan Webb, Men's Golf Coach at Tennessee visits us again to talk Vol Men's Golf, Walker Cup and coaching college golf. He talks about his experience watching Caleb Surratt play at St Andrews in the latest Walker Cup and much more.

We have Missy Kaye Arizona State Women's Golf Coach on this week to discuss Linn Grant's first LPGA win at the Dana Open. Missy coach her at ASU and she helps us get to know Linn better and how so many of her former players on the LPGA have impacted their program. We relive her week at Pebble Beach at the US Women's Open and what that week meant for women's golf and more.

Rachel Kuehn joins us this week to discuss Wake Forest Women's Golf NCAA Championship week. She is a 4 Time All-American, 2 Time Curtis Cup, 4 Time Palmer Cup Team Member. We talk about how she deals with expectations, pressure, match play and what it has been like to follow in her mother Brenda's footsteps at Wake Forest. Get to know Rachel a little bit better in this week's podcast.

Doug Martin was once the #1 Junior and #1 Amateur winning the 1984 US Junior Boys, semi-finalist US Am in 1988 and a Member of the 1989 Walker Cup Team. He played the PGA TOUR for nearly 9 years before a back injury cut his career short at 34. This is his 14th year as the Men's Golf Coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats with 5 career team wins, 3 in this season. The team has been ranked as high as #25 this season and getting better every week. Great stories from his golf and his friendship with Coach Lou Holtz and what he has learned along the way.

Part 2 with Golf Channel's Steve Burkowski. He is the college golf insider for the Golf Channel and we dive deep into the current state of college golf. What teams on both the Women's and Men's side who could contend for the NCAA Title. What individuals to watch for. Why Stanford Women's team has been so dominate, and the parity on the men's side. Will we see a Vandy vs North Carolina match up at Grayhawk or will some other team step up?

Part 1 of our conversation with Golf Channel's Steve Burkowski talking about his journey to the Golf Channel, his take on the College Golf Today, and what makes Elite Golfers Elite. We had so much fun talking with him that we had to split it up into 2 different episodes. Check out Part 2 with Steve Burkowski in our next episode where we talk specifically about the teams and individuals in the college game.

We have Ellen Port who has won 7 different USGA Championships (Joanne Carner has 8 titles), 4 US Women's Mid-Ams (3 different decades), 3 US Sr Women's Amateurs. St Louis Sports and Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Member. Member of 1994 and 1996 USA Curtis Cup Team, Captain of the winning USA 2014 Curtis Cup Team. First woman to win the St. Louis Amateur in 2021. An amazing amateur career, mother, wife and all around great person.

Season 7 begins with 2 of the finest people you can meet, Tony and Libby Pancake. Libby was an incredible junior and amateur player winning several state titles in Indiana. Tony is now the director of golf at Crooked Stick GC in Carmel IN. They talk about their golf, their advice for junior golfers, the differences from when they played and now and so many life lessons. "Don't let golf be your idol or define your self worth" "but have fun and believe in yourself" Get to know them better in today's podcast.

Get to know 2022 US Amateur Champion Sam Bennett a little bit better in this week's podcast. We talk about what it was like growing up on a 9 hole golf course in Madisonville TX, becoming an All-American at Texas A&M and topping it off with winning the 2022 US Amateur this past summer. His story is one that you don't want to miss and I guarantee that you will enjoy this one.

Bryce Lewis joins us again this week. He first was on Season 4 Episode 10 in July 2022. What a summer he had winning the 2022 Sunnehanna Amateur, 4th Northeast AM, 5th Southern AM, Tennessee Golf Association Player of the Year, Round of 32 US AM and won the Purdue Fall College event as well. We talk about the magical summer and we relive his experience caddying for teammate Caleb Surratt at the PGA TOUR  event in Bermuda. Trust me its quite the story.

Let's talk fitness and how we can gain some distance and speed in our golf swing. Chris Finn of Par 4 Success joins us to discuss how they have helped juniors, college golfers, professionals and amateurs like you increase speed, strength and mobility. 85% of folks who take the rotation test fail 1 of the 4 areas of rotation. 1.Hips  2.Shoulders 3. Thoracic Spine 4. Neck Rotation. They use data combined with years of experience to help golfers today. Mission Statement is "help juniors prepare for college golf and for some top level amateur and professional golf"

Ron Read the author of "Starting the US Open from Shinnecock to Pebble Beach" Ron spent 44 years starting with the Northern California Golf Association and the USGA. He started from the ground up running tournaments, handicap development, and of course the starter of the US Open for 22 straight years. So many amazing stories from the US Open and other Championships. You can read more at https://www.ronread.com after you hear from him on this week's podcast. https://www.ronread.com 

We have PGA Tour Caddy Ted Scott on this week's podcast. He is currently working for Masters Champion Scottie Scheffler. He spent 15 years on Bubba Watson's bag, Grant Waite and a Paul Azinger as well. He talks about the pressure of expectations, several great stories from the PGA Tour, his faith and how his  Sunday Sermon on Instagram originated. Wonderful insight to PGA Tour success.

VJ is back on the podcast this week. We talk about Ally Ewing's big win in Ohio, insight into her win, advice for golfers of all skill levels and how to be a better organized golfer.

Coach Zach Byrd joins us this week. He took over the women's golf program at Purdue earlier this summer and has hit the ground running. He is an incredible recruiter, motivator and will do a great job taking over at Purdue for Devon Brouse who was there for 25 years. Zach played at Coastal Carolina alongside Dustin Johnson, spent 10 years traveling the world as a professional before getting into coaching college golf. Helped coach Ole Miss to a SEC Championship and national championship team as an assistant.

2 Time Mississippi Women's State Amateur Champion Mary Langdon Hardman joins us this week. We talk about life as a PGA TOUR Kid, her love of sports and how she got her late start playing competitive golf. Now a mother of 2, she was the medalist at the USGA Women's Mid-Am qualifier at Houston CC making it to the national tournament 2 years in a row. She just happens to be my oldest daughter.

This week's guest in Michigan Women's Golf Coach Jan Dowling now in her 10th season. She grew up outside Toronto before heading to the USA to play her college golf at Kent State. Jan played professionally for a couple of years before returning to Kent State to start her coaching career there as an assistant. She also spent time at  University of Florida and Tennessee before becoming the head coach at Michigan. While at Michigan they have reached the NCAA Championship 4 different times including the past 2 seasons.

We are back for season 6 and can't wait for everyone to get to know a few more college coaches along the way and many more of our guests. This week we have Mike McGraw the Baylor Men's Golf Coach with us with some great insight to college golf. He has been part of 3 National Championship teams over the years including stops at Oklahoma State, Alabama and he has turned the Baylor Men's Golf Team into a very competitive team both in the Big 12 as well as nationally.

We have the new Indiana University Women's Golf Coach Brian May with us this week. We get to know Brian better in this week's episode and relive his journey beginning as a club pro at Frankfurt CC to coaching at the college level. He spent 5 years in the club professional business before spending 8 years as the assistant for the Kentucky Women's program which is now a top 25 team nationally. He will be successful in resurrecting Indiana Women's golf back to both a Big 10 contender and national contender. #IndianaWomen'sGolf #Big10 #NCAA

This week we have Oregon Ducks Women's Golf Coach Derek Radley on the podcast. He graduated from Ferris State, worked as a golf instructor for several years, also he is married to Sara Brown who played the LPGA and was on Golf Channel's Big Break  He caddied for her for a couple of years on the LPGA before he took the assistant women's golf coach job at Arizona where they won a NCAA Championship in 2018. He just finished his 4th season at Oregon after winning the 2022 PAC-12 and runner-up at the 2022 NCAA Championship, the ducks are now one of the elite programs in women's golf. He and Sara have 3 children Palmer, Ryder and Azalea.  

We chat with Tom Shaw Abilene Christian Men's Golf Coach. They won the WAC for the first time in school history and qualified for the NCAA Regionals for the first time as well. Tom tells us about the rollercoaster finish to the conference tournament and the nerves that went with it, what it means to the program and how they will prepare for the regionals in California at the Stockton Regional. We also go back in time when he was a player at Georgia Tech under legendary Coach Puggy Blackmon, professional career and why he chose coaching at the College level.

Garrett Runion LSU Women's Golf Coach joins us again to recap the Stanford Regional where his LSU Women's Golf Team punched their ticket to Greyhawk for the NCAA Championships. He was named SEC Co-Coach of the year and has rebuilt the program to a top 15 ranking this season after winning the SEC for first time in 30 years. We go over all 6 regionals and who made it and who missed. 6 regionals 4 teams advance and 2 individuals from each regional.

Coach Ryan Cabbage returns to the podcast to update us on Charlotte's Conference USA Title and another solid season for the Men's Golf Team. We preview the Men's NCAA Regional sites which are scheduled for May 16-18 2022 where 5 teams from each of the 6 regional sites will qualify for the NCAA Championship at Greyhawk CC in Arizona. We talk about Yale Golf Club where Charlotte is headed and the team atmosphere as they enter the post season.

Jim catches up with Scott Limbaugh, Men's Golf Coach at Vanderbilt now in his 10th season at the helm of one premier programs in men's college golf. Vandy just won back to back SEC Championships a week ago over Florida. They will be the #1 Seed at the Palm Beach Gardens Regional at PGA National. Scott gives us a little inside to the success that Vandy has had since he took over in 2012 and what to expect for the post season.

We have Ben Daughan, Coordinating Producer Tournaments, Golf Channel. He grew up in Maine, played college golf at Rollins College where he was on the winning National Championship team with PGA Tour player Rob Oppenheim. He started out as an intern for Golf Channel and has spent 20 years in several key roles. Ben tells us some fun stories about his early days with Golf Channel, his most memorable show and gives us an insight to producing golf both in studio and live coverage.

This is Jim's final Masters Diary Episode. His recap of Masters Saturday and the recap of special guest 2-Time Masters Winner Ben Crenshaw conversation on Golf Channel's Live From The Masters set. He talks about the leaders, Tiger Woods day, what to expect for the final day, insight to the prep for the show and of course his conversation with Ben Crenshaw. Ben goes over the entire hole location sheet with the crew and Jim recaps some of his questions to Ben. Enjoy.

Jim recaps Friday cut day at The Masters plus his conversations with Tom Watson and Raymond Floyd from the Golf Central Live From Set. Tiger makes the cut on a brutal Augusta National after a poor start, Tom Watson tells us how he dealt with nerves and his quest for the career grand slam. We talk with Raymond Floyd about the zone and his description of it, mentorship and what he is most proud of. Both tell us how to play Augusta National in the wind Enjoy.

What a Thursday at The Masters is was. Tiger Woods makes his comeback and he didn't disappoint. His 71 opening round was amazing. We sat down with Jack Nicklaus on Live From The Masters and I recap our visit with him and some of the questions that we asked him. My best day covering golf.

Tim Yelverton, short game instructor at Old Waverly Golf Club joins us to discuss and recaps the prep for this year's Masters. He is working with Kevin Kisner and Sepp Straka this week at Augusta National as they prepare for this week's Masters. We talk how they have prepared, strategy and how the golf course has changed since Monday. 

This week I will be doing a daily diary from The Masters. Today's podcast is recap of Tuesday practice round. Big buzz around the media center as Tiger Woods announces he intends on playing this week. Can you say Comeback 3? I recap today's Live From The Masters Show with my take from Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and Tiger's press conferences. 

We are excited to have the most recent PGA Tour Winner Chad Ramey returning to the podcast to tell us about his big win at the Corales Puntacana Championship in his rookie season. He won in 2022 on the Korn Ferry Tour in Maine to secure his PGA Tour card for this season. He grew up on a 9 hole course in Fulton MS, played his college golf at Mississippi State and now is a PGA Tour Winner.

Jim catches up with an old friend from college golf. It's Jack Larkin winner of the 1979 US Jr. Boys Championship, UGA standout, has played in a US Amateur in 5 different decades a total of 17 USGA combined events in his career. We talk about balancing family, job and still staying very competitive among the over 50 gang. Great advice for junior golfers and parents.

We caught up with Jerry Haas, now in his 25th season at Wake Forest as the Men's Golf Coach. He played professionally for 10 years after an All-American college career at Wake Forest. His Uncle Bob Goalby won the 1968 Masters and multiple tournaments on both PGA and Champions Tour. His brother Jay also a multiple winner on both PGA and Champions Tour. Great advice for players of all levels.  #WakeForestMGolf #NCAACollegeGolf

Charlie Ewing rejoins us on this week's podcast. He is in his second year as the head coach of the Mississippi State Women's Golf Team. We talk about his first year at the helm and their dream run during the SEC Tournament losing to Auburn in the finals. He tells us how he and his wife Ally juggle her LPGA schedule and his coaching duties and relive her two LPGA wins. We talk about the fall season and what lies ahead for the Bulldogs. @HailStateWG @allymc10 @HailState @LPGA