Takeaways from the 2023 PGA Tour Season with Kyle Porter
The 2023 PGA Tour season is in the books, so Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) joins Garrett to discuss a few big-picture takeaways from the past year's action. First, though, they touch on Viktor Hovland'...
28 Aug 20231h 9min
Bringing the Lido to Life with Superintendent Jimmy Humston
Jimmy Humston is the golf course superintendent at the recently opened Lido in Nekoosa, Wisconsin. He joins Andy for a discussion of what it's like to live in Nekoosa, how he got introduced to Sand Va...
24 Aug 202352min
The Lowdown on Waverley Country Club with Superintendent Brian Koffler
Host of this week's 2023 U.S. Senior Women's Open, Waverley Country Club is a Golden Age Chandler Egan design, restored in 2012 by Gil Hanse, and—in Garrett's opinion—the best golf course in Portland,...
22 Aug 202353min
PGA Tour Life with Michael Kim and Building a Lighted Par-3 Course with Grass Clippings
To lead off this episode, Andy sits down with PGA Tour winner Michael Kim (@Mike_kim714) to chat about a variety of topics. They discuss the courses Michael played in the Bay Area while attending UC B...
17 Aug 20231h 53min
The Latest from the Rollback Wars and the Excellence of Bel-Air CC with Geoff Shackelford
Yesterday marked the end of the official "comment period" for the USGA and R&A's proposed Model Local Rule regarding a reduced-flight golf ball for elite competition. That's right, ya missed it. But t...
15 Aug 20231h 3min
Richie Ramsay Geeks Out About Golf Architecture
Garrett sits down with Richie Ramsay (@RamsayGolf)—2006 U.S. Amateur champion, four-time winner on the DP World Tour, and golf-architecture aficionado—to discuss a variety of topics. They start with a...
8 Aug 202359min
Growing Grass at Sullivan County and Leveling Up a Golf Architecture Business
For the first interview in this episode, Andy is joined by Shaun Smith (@GorseNod), superintendent at Sullivan County Golf Club, a public nine-holer in upstate New York now operated by author Tom Coyn...
3 Aug 20232h 26min
A History of Par
The idea of par dominates our thinking about golf. It's how we judge a player's performance. It's how we assess the difficulty of a golf course. It's how we categorize holes and courses. It shapes our...
1 Aug 202359min
