Host Ryan French recounts an eventful return to his hometown city championship with friend and Tour player, Mark Baldwin, caddying.

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Ryan French and Mark Baldwin give their instant reactions to making the cut at the 2022 Barracuda Championship.

Mark's round started fast with a chip in eagle on hole 2. The guys also discuss the decision to go for the green on the par-4, 16th hole while on the cut line. 

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On this episode of the Grind, we talk with Mark Baldwin about the struggles during the first round of the Barracuda. We are also joined by the long-time social media director of the Korn Ferry Tour, Kevin Prise. 

Mark discusses his round and whether it's more frustrating not to play well or to be playing well and not get anything out of it. And his plan going into tomorrow well off the cut line. We also talk about a couple of important moments in the round. 

Kevin, a golf nerd like me, talks about his love for opposite-field events. He also talks about the worst hotel he has ever stayed.

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The Live podcast that wasn’t live. We planned to have a live video podcast, but it didn’t work, so we did the next best thing. 

Justin Lower is one of my favorite people in golf. He was eating lunch in player dining when Mark asked if he would join us for a podcast. He, of course, did and, as always, had such great answers. 

Last week at the Barbasol Championship, he was four off the cut line with just five holes to go. All he did was birdie four of the last five to make the cut on the number. He followed that up with a pair of 66s and the best finish of his PGA Tour career. He discussed with us what that finish could mean to his career. He also dropped some huge personal news. 

We were also joined by Army veteran Hagan Parkman, who works on the social media team on the Korn Ferry Tour. She tells about her unusual path to loving the game of golf. 

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We have all sat down and watched a Tour event. Most of us never think for a second about the logistics and planning that go into it. The entire year was spent planning for four days. On this week's episode of "The Grind," we talk with Chris Hoff, the Tournament Director of the Barracuda Championship.

Hoff covered many topics, including, what defines a successful event, how a course is chosen, and what a perfect Sunday looks like. We also discussed how the Barracuda markets itself with the challenges of being an opposite-field event.  

It all looks so simple on TV, but it's a culmination of a year of work—the inside info on the life of a tournament director.

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Seven of the most prestigious men's amateur golf events have united to form the Elite Amateur Golf Series, a summer-long race to USGA and pro exemptions for its top five finishers. Jordan Perez chats with co-founder Andy Priest of the Southern Golf Association to learn more about the formation, how the series works, if LIV Golf exemptions could be in its future, and more.

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Patrick Flavin made the most of his sponsor exemption into the John Deere Classic finishing tied for 10th and locking up a spot in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals series. Not long ago, he had missed advancing through second stage of Q-School and was staring down a season on the Latin America Tour. Patrick discusses a magical Sunday playing with Zach Johnson and an incredible back nine run that secured him the best finish of his career. 

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Longtime PGA Tour member Robert Garrigus was the first reported player to ask for a waiver from the PGA Tour to play in a LIV event. Much has changed since. Professional golf has been deeply shaken and Garrigus discusses all of it openly and unfiltered. 

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We check in with Hayden Springer who joined The Grind from a PGA Tour Latinoamerica event in Colombia. He discusses travel, his solid recent play and his daughter's health condition.  

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Hayden Buckley is T-3 and one stroke behind the leaders heading into the weekend at the 122nd US Open at The Country Club. Last year, after his unlikely win on the Korn Ferry Tour, Hayden spoke with Ryan French. Given his incredible rise and relevance in the moment, Ryan revists that interview with Hayden, providing context for how he made it to the top of the US Open leaderboard. 

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