In the Middle of whats left of Americana, surrounded by templates, Golf courses fit together like crop squares. So Ben Hotaling decided to no longer vetnure out into the monotony and created something new at home. Well in some guys backyard, but once it became Some Guys Backyard, it reminded me of what makes a house or in this case a backyard, a home.

Special Guest: Ben Hotaling.

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• Seriously in some guys backyard.. — Some Guy's Backyard believes golf can be fun, free, and approachable. We want to take back what the American Country Club model took away from golf. To prove it’s possible, we are building a golf course in the backyard called Brough Creek National. Using only the resources the golfing community can muster, we are building the most fun short golf course we can. If you want to help our project along, we will give you a lifetime membership in exchange for your efforts - however big or small. Follow along as we build Brough Creek National. By the community, for the community. The grass is browner over here.

Nick Mills has paved his life with golf elements along the way and now crafts them for you. From Melbourne Australia, Nick describes what we're looking past on every hole and shares with us why those things are Filthy Beautiful. His work is featured in magazines such as Caddie Magazine. Check back for more here on Nick and more as it develops.

Special Guest: Nicklaus Mills.

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• Nick in Caddie Mag! — We go deep on eight courses with course architect and Sandbelt local Mike Cocking; we play the across the region in a single day with Matthew Mollica and Luke Eipper; visualize the layouts with Lie + Loft; learn of it’s geology with John Carswell; and discuss the rugged Sandbelt aesthetic with local caddie and golfer Nicklaus Mills. All tied to together with Caddie’s renowned photography, commissioned artwork by David Baysden and our own takes on the golfing jewell of our hometown.
• ...Whats Caddie Mag!..? — It’s that walk down the first fairway

Kyle Reading of Knocked Stiff Golf shares with me some of what made take this new look at golf from the Alaskan stage the rest of us dont get to stand on. But Kyle makes that stage inviting and shows us that if we take ourselves there in spirit it may take us places in our lives like Alaska once was; unexplored.

Pop Punk band, Project Revise, joins us at the end to compliment this episodes theme with a fitting sony and yet another example of GWS making unusual connections in the strangest of ways!

Special Guest: Kyle Reading.

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• Golf knocked stiff. — Kyles Youtube Vlog is about as chill of a way to enjoy, learn, and discover golf. That pun is not intended; I am aware Kyle is from Alaska.

Special Guest: David Noble.

Meet Nick Kynett:

Life Experiences of Nick. 

Nick wandered into the world of Golf with Strangers one day and helped shape the direction of the podcast in a matter of minutes. Nick's life experiences are nothing short of strange, unusual, and uncoventional; just the way Golf with Strangers likes it!

Special Guest: Nick Kynett.

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• Nick Pods well, Nick Pods good. — Where do I start…? Well I grew up in Montana doing the typical Montana activities. At the age of 15 I started working in a Restaurant/Bar, from there its been a crazy story of Sales, Management, Military, Marketing, Firefighting, failed attempts at Business Ownership and many more fun occupations. Life in general has been pretty wild. I did my fair share of partying, broke bones, surgeries, moving frequently, all of which has molded me into the person I am today.

Patrick established the RGV tour last year. He put a request form out for people to sign up anywhere in the country and he will come play, literally roll up in his huge Recreational Golf Vehicle (hence the RGV) and shoot a round. The response he got was huge and he ended up playing 400+ golf courses this past year, just shy of a guiness world record. I spoke with him not only to hear more about this tour but to learn from a true golfing with strangers master. If I was to find my purpose with this journey, I must share the journey of somebody who took golf with strangers to its most literal heart. So now i introduce Patrick Koening Golf with Strnager sensei...wax on wax off.. sweep the leg..finish h- alright im done.

Special Guest: Patrick Koenig.

In october 2016 I moved from New York to Virginia. I started work as a greenskeeper at the Country Club of Virgina; we have hosted the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs for 3 years. In that time my perspectives on golf, life, and the characters we come across, have been impacted immensely. With every new stranger I meet in golf, a new window into the sport we all love is opened. But in the bigger story, with every new stranger, a new tool in life is afforded me as well. This podcast aims to tell the Journey as it happens; this episode tells you how I got here.

Special Guest: Angelo Vescio III .