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Guests of the Pod

017 – Dreaming of the Buck Club – A chat with Max Arden

If you haven't already heard of the Buck Club in Utah, it is a fascinating project headed up by PGA Tour pro Zach Blair. We talk to Director of Golf, Max Arden, as the club moves from concept, brand and killer merch into a reality, not to mention with the support course architect of Rob Collins. Sit back and enjoy Max Arden talk about the journey and what's still to come.

April 29th, 2020|Categories: Golf Course Architecture, Podcasts|

Gio Valiante: Fearless Golf

Dr Gio Valiante burst onto the scene after writing his masters thesis on psychology in golf that spread around the professional circuit like wildfire. After reading his thesis players were applying his principles and winning - a lot! After the success of his thesis, Gio sat down to create Fearless Golf, a book that documents the motivations of people who play golf. After reading the different characterisations of player I quickly established what camp I as in, and it was truly an eye opener into the world of my own golf psychology. Dr Gio goes through the classic characteristics of the winners in golf and mechanisms for coping with your own psychological motivations. He chronicles stories from past champions and how they approached the game from differing points of view, from training to winning on the big stage. The mechanisms taught here will certainly be of use to nearly [...]

April 27th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|

016 – Mark McDonnell – Co Founder of Modest! Golf Management

Mark McDonnell joined us for this fascinating pod about the life of a golf agent. He & One Direction star started up management agency Modest! Management after he had worked for TaylorMade for years. We dive into how he got into golf management and what the life of a manager entails. We go through everything from the day-to-day tasks to obtaining sponsorships for his players. Mark goes on to talk about his fund raising, directing the Horan & Rose charity event that has raised over £2.5 millions pounds to date. Sit back and enjoy to this cracking episode.

April 26th, 2020|Categories: Behind the Scenes, Podcasts|

Tom Coyne: A Course Called Scotland

Sequel to his much celebrated book ‘A Course Called Ireland’, Coyne takes another adventure to the shores of the British Isles with this epic journey in search of the greatest links in Scotland, the essence of Golf, and qualification to The Open among much else. While this book sees Tom take a breather from walking between courses and electing to drive (to which no one can criticise him), the purpose of book is very different in a number of ways, with the trip culminating in a shot at qualification for The Open, requiring him to hone his skills back in Philly before heading over requiring a handicap of scratch to secure a tee time in Scotland several months later. The adventure begins with an ethereal friend (Robert) pitching to trip to Tom, and once planning and preparation is complete they begin on the south coast at courses like Royal [...]

April 16th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|
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