Utah Golf Radio

We catch up with PGA Tour player Patrick Fishburn on the live show on ESPN 700, and celebrate long-time cohost Jan Brownstein as she focuses now on building Girls Go Golfing. Kihei Akina shares his thoughts on his way to Ireland for the Walker Cup. Shane McMillan on winning the Utah Senior State Am. And we welcome The Ranches as the second hour sponsor. Pod sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Chris Moody and Jackson Rhees both continued their recent strong play with victories in the Utah Section Senior Chjampionship and Utah Section Assistants Championship. Moody and Rhees join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

After near misses and season-long honors otherwise, Shane McMillan claims the big prize with a 1-up victory over senior game newcomer Matt Seppanen in the Utah Senior State Am. Guy Child takes the Super Senior title and Dan Parkinson claims the Legends. McMillan and Seppanen join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Shane McMillan takes out defending champ Darrin Overson in the opening round of the Utah Senior State Am, then played his way into the quarter finals with a win over Jeff Jolley. Brandon Hargett goes through medalist John Owen to get to the quarters, while Clark Jones spanks up on 3-time champ Brigham Gibbs for his quarterfinals spot. Mark Gardiner continues his trek through the Super Senior division, and medalist Dan Parkinson plays on in the Legends. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

John Owen takes medalist honors at the Utah Senior State Am by one over Clark Jones. Mark Gardiner medals in the Super Senior division. And Richard Dibblee and Dan Parkinson share medalist honors in the Legends division. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

We celebrate Sue Nyhus playing in the US Senior Women's Open on the live show on ESPN 700 with cohost Jordan Bloxham of Tee Box. We recap a very Utah, Utah Open. And Dr. Tyler Standifird teaches about his deep dive study on golf shoes as equipment. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

2022 champ Blake Tomlinson holds off a charging Cole Ponich and several others to claim his 2nd Utah Open win. Ponich and Rhett Rasmussen are T2. Peter Kim is Low Am. Tomlinson joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Utah PGA ED Devin Dehlin joins the live show on ESPN 700 to help us celebrate the 100th playing of the Utah Open. Kurt Kragthorpe of Fairways Magazine breaks down the points bubbles Tony, Zac and Patrick are on. And we hear from Zac Jones and Claire Chang about their recent wins. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Four young pros, all recently out of college, lead after Round 1 at the Larry H. Miller Utah Open. Jackson Rhees, Carson Lundell, Braxton Watts, and Tyson Shelley each shot -9 63 at Riverside to stand at T1. Simon Kwon is solo 5th at -8 64. Shelley and Kwon are making their pro debuts. Jackson joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

UC Davis rising sophomore Claire Chang braved difficult driving from her Bellview, Washington home to play in the Mary Lou Baker Open at Glenmoor and went away with the trophy after a four-shot victory over Rachel Lillywhite. This was Jane Olsen's last tournament before a church mission. Chang and Olsen join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Former BYU horsebeast Zac Jones gets his first pro win at the historic Salt Lake City Open at Bonneville with a two-shot victory over amateur David Jennings, who was low am. Jones and Jennings join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

We're at Bonneville celebrating the City Open on the live show on ESPN 700 with head pro Lynsey Myers. We share a wide-ranging conversation with BYU legend John Fought. We check in with Utah Women's Open champ Ali Mulhall, and Valley View Open champ David Liechty. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Rising pro Ali Mulhall won the Utah Women's Open by four shots over Haley Costello at Talons Cove, earning both her biggest pro win and personal redemption on a course where she has had two near misses. Makena Junkin of Texas was low am. Mulhall and Junkin join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

BYU rising sophomore David Liechty runs away with the Mountainland Valley View Open, becoming the first ever to win the Valley View Open and the Valley View Am in the same year. Tommy Sharp and Zach Johnson tie for low pro. Liechty joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union.   

We're at Ogden Golf & Country Club and Valley View, celebrating the Utah Championship and Valley View Open on the live show on ESPN 700. Valley View head pro Pete Stone joins in. Utah Championship tournament director Jamie Stokes joins in. As do Jay Townsend of the Golf Channel and Megan Zipfel of the Tour. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Chris Francoeur shoots a course record 59 to take a three-shot lead after 36 at the Utah Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour at Ogden Golf & Country Club. Daniel Summerhays is the loan UPOT to make the cut. He's at T25 after a sizzly little 63. Francoeur joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Ross Steelman and Jay Card III lead the way after round 1 of the Utah Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour being played at Ogden Golf & Country Club with -9 61s. Connor Howe and Carson Lundell are low UPOTs at T23 with -5 65s. Cooper Jones returned from his religious mission during his brother Zac's round and goes straight to the OGCC to watch him play. Zac, Cooper and dad Clark Jones joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

We repost our celebration of Bruce and Lisa Brockbank from the live show on ESPN 700 (Ep 1204) with the full, unedited interviews with Steph Belnap, Brian Santiago, Matt Thurman, Mike Weir, Daniel Summerhays and Todd Miller, which had to be edited for time for the live radio show. Sponsored by Golderwest Credit Union. 

We celebrate the legondary career of BYU Coach Bruce Brockbank with Bruce and Lisa Brockbank on the live show on ESPN 700. We hear from Steph Belnap, Brian Santiago, Matt Thurman, Mike Weir, Danny Summerhays and Todd Miller. Fairways Magazine's Kurt Kraigthorpe helps us put a bow on the Utah Women's State Am and we hear from champ Ashley Lam. Riverside head pro Chris Moody stops by with deets on his win in the Utah Senior Open. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Westminster rising junior Ashely Lam wins the Utah Women's State Am with a 1 up margin of victory over 6-time champ Kelsey Chugg. Lam and Chugg join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Kelsey Chugg defeats Grace Summerhays at the Utah Women's State Am in a rematch of the 2020 final, but this time Chugg comes out on top, then gets past Rylee Salome to set up a final match with Ashley Lam. Lam beat Rosie Oettli in the quarters and Samantha Phelan in the semis. Chugg joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

The Women's State Am field is reduced from 32 to 8, setting up a rematch of the 2020 final between Kelsey Chugg and Grace Summerhays in the quarterfinals. In the marquis match of the Round of 16, Samantha Phelan takes out Sydney Richards, 5 & 4. Phelan joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Weber State junior Braylyn Bayer takes medalist honors at the Utah Women's State Am at Oakridge by one over Sunbin Seo and Nya Palmer. The 32 player match play bracket is set with matches begining early on Tuesday morning. Bayer joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Riverside Head Pro Chris Moody wins the Dan Roskelley Utah Senior Open by two over Matt Baird and Todd Tanner. Tommy Johnson and Jeff Jolley tie for low am. Moody joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

The Utah Golf Expo is back and we are celebrating on the live show on ESPN 700. Fairways Magazine's Randy Dodson helps us put a bow on the State Am and tee up the Women's State Am. We catch up with defending Women's State Am champ Arden Louchheim. Spoiler: She's killin it at life! And John Scott gives us the deets on the College Coaches Connection recruiting trip to the northwest. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Dan Roskelley has lived a life of service and love for others, as a golf professional, instructor and college coach. The Utah Section PGA honored him with the naming recognition at the Dan Roskelley Utah Senior Open. We join the celbration. Roskelley and Jay Don Blake join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union.

Recently graduated BYU horsebeast Tyson Shelley qualified for his third US Am in a row, taking medalist honors at Willow Creek CC. Steele Dewald and Drake Harvey also qualify. Shelley joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Bowen Mauss beats Cam Crawford 9&7 in the final to win his second State Am in a row. Kurt Kragthrope of Fairways Magazine helps us break it all down; Mauss and Crawford join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

The live show on ESPN 700 is at Soldier Hollow for the final of the Utah State Am. UGA ED Easton Folster goes deep. Kurt Kragthorpe brings live, on-course reports from the final. We reminisce with Utah Golf HOF member Dan Forsman, and celebrate his 4th US Adptive Open win with Max Togisala. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union.  

Kurt Kragthorpe of Fairways Magazine calls this the most jarring day in golf, when the State Am goes from 32 players to 8 in one day. This leaves the quarterfinalists still standing, and seven of the eight are college players. David Liechty and Austin Shelley joins to pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Krew Labrum pulled off a rare 64 seed win over a 1 seed in the State Am round of 64 on a day that saw several upsets but most of the top seeds move on. Labrum and #8 seed Parker Bunn join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Utes committ Ben Wilson medals at the Utah State Am by two over Austin Shelley and Angus Klintworth. There will be a 7 for 3 playoff on Wednesday morning to fill the last three spots in the 64-player match play bracket. Wilson joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

We preview the Utah State Am on the live show on ESPN 700 from Tee Box with Jordan Bloxham, Tommy Sharp and Kurt Kragthorpe -- including our annual 10 Who Can Win -- and celebrate the life of Kenny Clark with Golf The Round owner Christian Scott. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Former BYU horsebeast Rhett Rasmussen wins the Primo Provo Open, adding the overall championship to his two low ams in this historic event. Brock Porter is low am. Rasmussen joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Timpanogos Head Pro Brett Watson joins the live show on ESPN 700 to help us celebrate the Provo Open. New BYU coach Spencer Dunaway reflects on coming home. Zac Jones gets real about his first year chasing pro golf. And Utah PGA ED Devin Dehlin tees up the Utah Open, and those cool pro ams! Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Zac Blair finishes T32, +6 286, for a solid US Open at Shinnecock Hills. Zac joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union.  Photo: USGA

Jeremy Ranch Head Pro Jake Hanley joins the live show on ESPN 700 to give us an update on the renovations to his course. New Coug David Liechty tell us about transfering to BYU. Jamie Stokes tees up the Utah Championship at Ogden Golf and Country Club. And we recap the UGA Utah Junior State Am. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Bridger Holmes wins his second Harris Air & Baker Trucking Western Am in a row, his fourth overall, with a one-shot victory over Jaxon Erickson and Colton Dallimore at Oquirrh Hills. Holmes joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Will Pedersen defeats Dylan Winona 4 and 3, and Kate Walker beats Aspen Taylor 7 and 6 to claim the UGA Utah Junior State Am championships. Kurt Kragthorpe of Fairways sits down for a tournament roundup and the finalists join in, too. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

It's Kate Walker and Aspen Taylor in the girls final and Will Pedersen and Dylan Winona in the boys final at the UGA Utah Junior State Am at Bonneville. They all join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Bonneville Head Pro Lynsey Myers joins the live show on ESPN 700 to help us celebrate the UGA Utah Junior State Am. We check in with Zac Blair on his way to Shinnecock for the US Open. We hear from Coulson Summerhays and Kaylee Westfall on their wins in the UJGA State Junior Am. And we bring you the deets on the Utah Golf Expo. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Coulson Summerhays and Kaylee Westfall won the older kid age divisions in the Utah Junior Golf Association State Junior Amateur Championship at Park Meadows. Summerhays and Westfall join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

A big man takes down big names for a big win as Sand Hollow Pro Tyler Ott claims the Utah Section PGA Match Play with a 2&1 victory over defending champ Joe Summerhays. Ott joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Mid-ams ruled at the Art City Am at Hobble Creek as Cameron Crawford took home the trophy with a three-shot victory over David Jennings. Crawford joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

New Hobble Creek head pro Joel Grose joins the live show on ESPN 700 to help us celebrate the Art City Am. BYU's Todd Miller on being named the new men's team head coach. Kareen Larson and Molley Steffes on their Utah Women's Four-Ball win, and Dallin Wheatley on his win in the Utah Mid-Am. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Mid-Am newcomer Dallin Wheatley of Eagle Mountain GC in Brigham City wins the Utah Mid-Am Championship at Valley View with a one-shot victory over former BYU horsebeast and reinstated amateur David Timmins. Wheatley joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Long-time Bonneville stalwart Devin Tovey wins the Salt Lake City Amateur Championship in a playoff over Kenny Palmer. Tovey joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

BYU missed the 54 hole cut at the NCAA Championships at LaCosta Resort to finish its season, but freshman Kihei Akina gets one more round, sitting T7 as an individual. Graduating seniors Tyson Shelley and Simon Kwon join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

BYU Coach Bruce Brockbank joins us on the live show on ESPN 700 from the NCAA finals at LaCosta. Utes Coach Garrett Clegg reviews a good but disappointing year. Baylea Clayton of Black Desert drops the deets on volunteering at the Bank of Utah Championship. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

The Cougars were really good in tough circumstances at the NCAA finals at LaCosta with a -1 287 in their official third round played alone. Simon Kwon, Kihei Akina, Parker Bunn and Coach Bruce Brockbank join the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

David Liechty continues his romp through the spring tournament schedule and solidified his spot at the top of the UGA PPR standings with a win in the Valley View Am. Liechty joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union.