The Inward Nine with Chandler Withington

Ep. 83 Carl Alexander / GC of Purchase / Bill Strausbaugh Award

For those of us who work in the golf industry and at a golf course, have you ever stopped to truly consider what product we are selling to our customers? Today's guest kn

Ep. 82 Chris Rowe / Whispering Pines / Merchandiser of the Year

Do you a vision for where your own mission will take you? Are you determined to reach your final destination? Are you willing to put in the work and do everything it take

Ep. 81 Kitty Nicastro / Old Barnwell

If I asked you to list your strengths and weaknesses, could you do it? We can't be good at everything of course, but do we really know what we are good at and what we are

Ep. 80 Nick Schreiber / Old Barnwell

Have you ever felt like your life has hit a dead end? Perhaps the mountain you have been climbing has gotten too steep, but you also don't want to call it quits and head

Ep. 79 Kyle Porter / Normal Sport

Have any of you looked well into the future and when you saw the picture of what your life might look like, you didn't like what you saw? Ahead on today's episode, we get

Ep. 78 Ryan Dailey / Operation 36

Have any of you ever been in a position where your job might be eliminated unless you can come up with a solution? Nearly 20 years ago today's guest could see the end of

Ep. 77 Paige Cribb / Candidate for PGA Secretary

Have any of you ever had an interest or been encouraged by someone else to run for a position within your Section of the PGA? Or, perhaps it wasn't a volunteer position.

Ep. 76 My Commencement Speech

Have any of you ever had someone ask you for career advice? If so, what advice did you give them? I got a note from a listener a few weeks ago, asking me for some advice.

Ep. 75 Kristen LaCount / General Manager at The Country Club in Brookline

Have any of you ever felt you had life all figured out? Have you ever felt all your master plans were falling into place and then suddenly had it all fall apart, leaving

Ep. 74 Chris Pronger / Stanley Cup Champion / Author of 'Earned'

Have any of you ever had someone ask you a question that you knew you should have an answer for, but when asked, you began to realize you hadn't ever given it much though

Ep. 73 Larry Bobka / Master Clubfitter

Where are all my equipment heads, sickos and junkies? This episode is for all of you who love the equipment side of the game and want to better understand how we arrived

Ep. 72 Mid Season Check In

As we make the turn on the 2026 season and year, how are you all feeling? Are you feeling energized and excited about the rest of the year? Or, are you feeling tired, ove

Ep. 70 Jason Prendergast / Dream Driven

Have you ever wanted to change certain things about your past or who you are? It's natural to want to go back and undo things we have done. Today on The Inward Nine we ge

Ep. 69 Shaun McElroy / Estancia Club

So, what if I told you that a director of golf at a top 100 golf course and one of the most exclusive and reputable clubs in the western part of the country struggled to

Ep. 68 Sean Quinlivan / Shinnecock Hills GC

Have you ever wondered how the head professionals at the greatest places in golf got the job? What does it take to land a coveted job like Shinnecock Hills and to host a

Ep. 67 Fred Perpall / USGA President

So, what happens when a young teenager is pulled aside by his coach and is told 'you could be anything'? When those words sunk and took root, they shaped the trajectory

Ep. 66 Kevin Hammer / USGA President

Our guest today has spent many years at golf house and while you might assume I am referring to the one in Far Hills, New Jersey, home of the USGA, the one I am actually

Ep. 65 Jeff Kiddie / Aronimink GC

This week we are in Philadelphia for the PGA Championship and it only feels appropriate to pull a conversation out of the vault with the person who has been guardian of t

Ep. 64 Chance Cozby / Waste Management Open

Have you ever had things not go as you had planned or hoped? Have you ever been a part of a situation you weren't proud of, or one you just wished would go away as soon a

Ep. 63 Barry Hyde / The Team

What happens when a young man is driving south to a food and beverage job interview in Boca Raton, Florida but his car breaks down well north of Boca in Ponte Vedra? What