Eis On Golf

Matt Every, the 2014 and 2015 Arnold Palmer Invitational winner, joins the pod to discuss his Bay Hill success at a tournament he grew up attending as a kid. He credits an analytics expert and a loud fan on the 18th hole for helping him along the way. Matt also talks about his unique personality on the PGA TOUR, his entry into broadcasting with Golf Channel and PGA TOUR LIVE and his new day job as co-founder of Live Forever Golf, a golf clothing line with his own silhouette as the logo.

Emilia Migliaccio Doran is one of the most accomplished amateur golfers of the last decade, playing on Arnold Palmer Cup, Curtis Cup, Junior Ryder Cup and Junior Solheim Cup teams, winning a team national championship at Wake Forest and finishing as the runner-up at the 2021 Augusta National Women's Amateur. But despite all that, she is choosing to retain her amateur status and go into a career covering golf on the broadcast side with Golf Channel and PGA TOUR LIVE. She explains her reasoning, while sharing stories about her star-studded amateur teammates over the past few years.

Justin Lower joins the pod to talk about his inspirational rise to the PGA TOUR from losing his father and brother growing up to winning an NAIA Championship at Malone University to grinding on the Korn Ferry Tour to coming within a putt of the PGA TOUR to finally getting his PGA TOUR card and maintaining his status at the top level.

Brendon de Jonge joins the podcast to talk about his golf career from Zimbabwe to Virginia Tech to the PGA TOUR, his affinity for Nick Price and playing with Ernie Els against Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in the Presidents Cup. Brendon also discusses his potential cricket career and his current contributions to PGA TOUR LIVE and Golf Channel, as well as hosting "The Wagyu Filet Show" with Johnson Wagner.

First, Jeff and Producer Sam recap the PGA TOUR-SSG deal, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth's differing outlooks on a united golf world and Wyndham Clark and Joaquin Niemann's winning weeks. Then (31:36), Christina Kim joins the podcast to look back on her 22 years on the LPGA Tour, the wardrobe decisions that have made her a fan favorite and how broadcasting golf has given her a new way to connect with the sport.

The Strategic Sports Group (SSG), a consortium of sports owners led by Fenway Sports Group, is investing $3 billion in the new for-profit PGA TOUR Enterprises. Why did this happen? What does that mean for LIV Golf and the PIF? How will PGA TOUR players benefit from the ability to have equity in the product? How will fans benefit?

At The American Express, Nick Dunlap became the first amateur to win on the PGA TOUR since Phil Mickelson in 1991. He's also the first reigning U.S. Amateur champion to win on the PGA TOUR since Tiger Woods. Should we have seen this all coming? Should he leave Alabama, turn pro and join the PGA TOUR immediately? How long should he keep his amateur status?

PGATOUR.com's Paul Hodowanic, who covered Nick Dunlap all week at The American Express, joins the pod to talk about what he saw, what he learned about Dunlap and what might be coming in Dunlap's future.

Former PGA TOUR players-turned broadcaster James Nitties joins the pod to talk about his golf journey from Australia to the United States, taking the reins of Golf Channel's Korn Ferry Tour coverage as lead analyst and how his caddie indirectly set him up with his wife.

Golf Channel and PGA TOUR LIVE's Doug Smith talks about his journey in golf from playing collegiately at Louisville and Florida A&M to trying to make it as a pro to moving into an on-air career with "Beyond the Fairway" and beyond. Jeff and Doug also discuss Tiger Woods' move away from Nike, Doug's time caddying at Muirfield Village and why PGA TOUR vs. LIV Golf reminds Doug of the East Coast vs. West Coast rap rivalry of the 1990s.

Jeff and Sam recap the PNC Championship and PGA TOUR Q-School before GOLF.com's Claire Rogers (10:55) joins the pod to discuss her trip to the PNC Championship (which included an introduction to Tiger Woods), her journey to superstardom on Golf Twitter, Dustin Johnson staying at her house as an amateur, eating ice cream with Rose Zhang and Fred Couples and where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce should play golf.