Fresh off being crowned as the Kentucky PGA's Golf Professional of the Year, the General Manager of Clear Creek Golf Center in Shelbyville joins the podcast to discuss his work at Clear Creek and coaching the Shelby County High School girls golf team. Derrick also discusses his life in politics, the people who have helped shape his career, and the positive direction the KPGA and Golf House Kentucky are headed in.

This episode is a bit different in the sense that our subject, David Hill, isn't talking about his life or adventures on the golf course. Instead, he and Ethan enjoy a spirited conversation on a few of Kentucky's top public golf courses. If you're not familiar with David and his online presence, we did a deep dive into his escapades nearly two years ago that will provide some context about him and his love for golf courses.  Click here to read that article

 Daniel DeLuca is the Assistant Coach for the Army Black Knights Men's Golf team. Taylor Riggs is the Head Coach of the Cleveland State Vikings Women's Golf team. The two native Kentuckians discuss college golf in today's world, how they've ascended in the college golf coaching realm, what junior golfers can do to position themselves for the opportunity to play college golf, and much more. 

2018  Kentucky Women's Open champion and Augusta National Women's Amateur participant Lauren Hartlage is the special guest of this episode. Those experiences of the State Open and Augusta are discussed, as are other premier competitions she's played in. Beyond tournaments, how girls can get involved and thrive in golf,  her family, and college golf with the Louiville Cardinals are among the topics discussed.

PGA TOUR player Josh Teater joins Golf Pod Kentucky fresh off a made cut at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The Lexington native and Morehead State product talks about hopefully breaking through for his first TOUR win, playing in major championships, competing against Tiger Woods at the peak of his powers, and more!

Josh Rogers is a pitcher within the Baltimore Orioles system and an avid golfer. Born just across the river from Louisville in Indiana, Rogers played college baseball for the Louisville Cardinals before being drafted by the New York Yankees in 2015. Josh and Ethan talk some golf, but mostly about life as a player trying to make it in the big leagues, the psychology of being traded, the direction baseball is headed, and much more.

D'Shawn Johnson, The First Tee of Louisville's Executive Director, hops on the podcast to discuss happenings with The First Tee and Shawnee Golf Course. He shares his story of going from law enforcement to the golf industry as well. D'Shawn also discusses racial injustice in golf and how the game can continue to open doors for people of color in Kentucky and beyond.

Bryan Pettigrew, the Barbasol Championship's Tournament Director joins us to discuss the logistics of planning a PGA Tour event, behind the scenes info of the Barbasol Championship, what folks can expect out of the 2021 edition, plus the Barbasol Junior. Before that discussion, Mack Van Lenten from GHK offers some assistance with the GHIN digital profiles.

Joey Sears, the creator of the Louisville Metro Golf Facebook page joins us to discuss the history of the ever-popular social media page, how social media has impacted the game of golf, Louisville golf as a whole, plus he shares some stories from the 2000 PGA Championship and with some Kentucky PGA Professionals.

The debut episode of Golf Pod Kentucky features Jimmy Kirchdorfer, the CEO of ISCO Industries and a board member with the Kentucky Golf Foundation. Jimmy talks about his role in mentoring up and coming Kentucky golfers, Cullan Brown, Youth on Course, the Youth on Course Pro-Am, the Barbasol Championship, and more.