Weekday Golf

From Club Pro to First Tee San Francisco CEO | Dan Burke

Dan Burke has spent nearly his entire life in golf, from growing up playing junior tournaments in Stockton, California, to 17 years as the head professional at Lake Merce

A Rich Golf Life: Winning the Ivy League, Mini-Tour Adventures, and Weekend Blitzes

Alex Gonzalez has never been afraid to take a chance. Whether it was grabbing a duffel bag and heading to South America to try professional golf or helping launch an earl

Mailbag: Bad Golf, Bugbears, and Best Advice

Well, we lost our latest best-ball match. It wasn't our finest effort, but we start this week's show with a postmortem of forgettable shots before we burn the tape and mo

Building a Great Golf Culture | Matt Jordan

This week, we sit down with Matt Jordan, Director of Golf at The Olympic Club, to talk about what goes into building and sustaining a great golf culture. Matt shares wha

Making Up For Lost Time | Colin Hanks

Actor, director, producer, and filmmaker Colin Hanks came to golf relatively late — and now he’s making up for lost time. We met Colin on the golf course a few months ag

Manage Your Expectations | Lou Stagner

Lou Stagner is one of golf’s best-known voices in data, using data from millions of shots to challenge conventional wisdom about everything from putting and driving to co

Raising the Floor | Jacob Goode

Jacob Goode joins us to talk about his unconventional climb to elite amateur golf — from not being recruited out of high school and arriving at the University of Washingt

Bottling Our Best Golf

We catch up on our own golf games after a busy summer, starting with a hard-fought win in our latest Armageddon match. That leads to a bigger question: why does our best

The Soul of Congressional (and the Friendship That Connects Two Clubs)

This week, we’re joined by Congressional Country Club member Ernest Baynard, whose friendship with Preston helped build lasting relationships between Congressional and th

How Golf Built Our Friendship | Malia Lyle & Jojo Wallace

We've always believed that the friendships in golf are a huge part of what makes the game special. This week, we're joined by our friends Malia Lyle and Jojo Wallace, who

The Golf Books and Movies We Still Think About

We originally wanted to make this a "Best Golf Books" draft, but realized we hadn't actually read everything on our bookshelf. So, instead we share the golf books and mov

Unbelievable Golf Stories | Country Club Confidential

To us, stories are a huge part of the soul of the game—and every golf club has stories that never make it past the locker room. This week, we're joined by the anonymous

The Hidden Work Behind Great Golf Courses | Troy Flanagan

What does it take to create one of the world's great golf experiences? Troy Flanagan, Director of Golf Maintenance at The Olympic Club, has spent decades preparing cours

Golf Rules We Love, Hate, and Question

Most golfers know the Rules of Golf exist. Not many know all of them. Even fewer agree with all of them. In this episode, we talk about the rules we love, hate, and ques

Inside Division I Golf: Competition, Team Culture & Friendship | William Ma & Matthew Lin

Golf fans see the tournaments. They rarely see what everyday life on a Division I golf team is actually like. This week, we sit down with William Ma (Harvard) and Matthe

Running Golf's Biggest Events | Brandon Haney, PGA of America

Major championships and Ryder Cups don't just happen—they're built. Brandon Haney helps lead the team that transforms a golf course into one of the biggest sporting event

Building the Weekday Golf Experience Rating

In a previous episode, we learned about Golf Digest's course rating framework. We joked that we should become golf's official "Hang Raters," because we remember golf for

Bonus Conversation: Club Fitting Questions | Joe Kwok

After our conversation with Joe Kwok, Oliver kept the mics rolling. Joe stayed to answer a series of questions about club fitting—from the biggest mistakes golfers make

Club Fitting, Ego, and the Search for the Answer | Joe Kwok

Golfers love to obsess over their equipment. And for many, club fitting is about finding the perfect clubs. For Joe Kwok, it's about eliminating doubt. Joe is one of th

Mailbag: Slow Play, Meltdowns, and the Crusty Glove

In this listener mailbag episode, Oliver and Preston answer questions about slow play, the friend who backs off a shot to tell a story, where your bag actually belongs ar