Mapmaking with Don Placek
In this wide-ranging conversation, Don Placek, Partner at Renaissance Golf Design, and Andy Johnson cover the complexity and challenges of the golf architecture consulting business, compare finding ne...
14 Sep 20211h 17min
Affordable Golf as a Family Business
If you're in Northern Lower Michigan to play Arcadia Bluffs or Crystal Downs, you shouldn't skip Champion Hill Golf Course and Pinecroft Golf Course. Public, affordable, and well designed, Champion Hi...
9 Sep 202159min
The Strategy of Team Match Play
Team match play is the most entertaining format in golf, but we might not understand it very well. What factors should team captains consider when pairing players up for foursomes and four-ball? How m...
3 Sep 202150min
Superintendent Series: Jordan Caplan on Belvedere and Michigan Golf
Belvedere Golf Club superintendent Jordan Caplan joins the podcast to talk about the Willie Watson course and his role as the club's fourth superintendent in its almost 100-year history. Jordan and An...
31 Aug 202153min
Andrew Green on Restoring (and Renovating) Inverness Club
Andrew Green is one of the busiest golf architects in the industry. He recently completed a restoration of Oak Hill's East Course and a renovation of Congressional's Blue Course, and he's currently do...
26 Aug 202148min
Superintendent Series: Nick Nate on St. Andrews and South Bend
Nick Nate, superintendent at South Bend Country Club, talks with Andy Johnson about his career in turf, which has taken him from his hometown in South Bend, Indiana, to the Old Course and back home ag...
20 Aug 202142min
Fried Egg Stories: Bobby Clampett and His Golfing Machine
Today, Homer Kelley's 1969 book The Golfing Machine is a standard text for those who study the science of the golf swing. Famous instructors cite it, as do tour pros like Bryson DeChambeau and Steve E...
17 Aug 202151min
Olympic Golf Is Great (But Could Be Better)
The men's and women's golf competitions at the Olympic Games took place over the past couple of weeks, with Xander Schauffele and Nelly Korda earning gold medals for the United States. The action from...
11 Aug 202156min
