Grueter Golf Presents: Low Expectations

Aaaaaand we're back! And what a fun episode to return with. We catch up with the Merch Czar of No Laying Up, Neil Schuster, for an explosive episode with no holds barred, brother!

Neil gives us some color commentary on our favorite golf travel show, Strapped; gives us an update on where his head's at on the golf course this season; shares the origin story behind the Birdhouse, NLU's pied-à-terre at Sweeten's Cove (shoutout to Adamski!); and gives us an inside scoop on what it's really like to be the Merch Czar.

Plus! We hear about how difficult it is to learn a TikTok dance, attempt to figure out what Neil's official tagline should be, and discuss how very real "The Year of the Process" is.

Check out No Laying up @NoLayingUp on Twitter & IG, and grab a rainshirt (size up!) or an elephant shirt at NoLayingUp.com.

Check out our favorite TV show, Strapped, here. You're gonna love it. 

Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns, or compliments. Thanks for listening!

Can you believe it?! We can't either! Kiki, Haley, and Jen sit down with the one and only Michelle Wie, LPGA superstar, major champion, and one of the only pros that we could name prior to 2015 for this historic interview. We try to play it cool and ask her some burning questions that you can't Google the answers to. Tune in to hear about: 

• If she remembers staying with Haley's family in Toledo in 2001, or going to a Halloween party with us in 2018, 
• How her and Jodi Ewart Shadoff take their minds off of golf while on tour, 
• Who Michelle's rivals are on tour, 
• How status works on tour (just kidding, it turns out that nobody really knows the answer to this one!)
• How the arrival of her daughter Kenna has changed her perspective on winning again

...and so much more! Plus, she is the first guest to actually answer the nightclub question with an actual nightclub 🤩

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Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. We are also now on Clubhouse (@jennycorcoran, @haleyhills) although we are still a little unclear on what we should be doing on there. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns or compliments. Thanks for listening!

Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns, or compliments. Thanks for listening!

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A longy but a goodie! Haley, Jen, and Kiki are joined by two of the most interesting women in the golf world, Jen Turk of Callaway and Amanda Balionis of CBS Sports. Best friends since their Jacksonville days, they are as admirable for their mutual support of one another as they are for their dedication to their respective crafts. You'll get to hear about: 

• Jen's winding path to golf enthusiasm, including how she learned to golf from Uncle Bob Jones
• How Amanda preps for NFL games and PGA Tour events (prepare to be incredibly impressed)
• If you are into golf, there is no reason that you shouldn't be into space!
• Amanda's nonprofit, Puppies & Golf, is about dogs AND people. 

Check out Puppies & Golf here! And make sure to follow on IG @puppiesandgolf.

We also plug one of our saweeet Grueter Golf Ladies Club partners, Imperial Hats, purveyor of the finest headwear for the golf course. Check them out here! Members of the GGLC receive 20% off everything on Imperial.com 👀

Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. We are also now on Clubhouse (@jennycorcoran, @haleyhills) although we are still a little unclear on what we should be doing on there. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns or compliments. Thanks for listening!

Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns, or compliments. Thanks for listening!

Jenny, Kiki, and Haley sit down with NewClub founder & CEO Matt Considine. Operating in Chicago and Atlanta, NewClub is a society for golfers who want to play with fellow enthusiasts at a variety of different compelling courses and honored clubs. We talk about NewClub and the clubs of Ireland & the UK which inspired it, but you know we couldn't just stop ourselves there. Tune in to find out: 

• Have the expectations risen for the pod now that we have hosted our idol, Danielle Kang? 
• NewClub's roots in the golf culture across the pond
• If golf clubs are more accessible, fun, and charming in the home of golf (Scotland), why did the American country club model morph into the opposite of that? 
• Turns out Haley is getting really into football (and betting).
• Close to a million other things!

We also plug one of our saweeet Grueter Golf Ladies Club partners, Arccos Golf, a virtual caddy that we are pretty sure is going to take our game to the next level in 2021. Check them out here! Members of the GGLC receive 20% off all Arccos products 👀

 This was a fun episode and we almost couldn't stop talking to Matt. Luckily, we will be appearing on his podcast, The Bag Drop, in March, so keep an ear to the ground and make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok. We are also now on Clubhouse (@jennycorcoran, @haleyhills) although we are still a little unclear on what we should be doing on there. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns or compliments. Thanks for listening!

You can listen to more of Matt's velvety radio voice on his podcast, The Bag Drop, here.
Find out more about NewClub here. 

Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns, or compliments. Thanks for listening!

Alternate title: Golf Course Design 4 Dummies
Jen, Kiki, and Haley are joined by Christine Fraser of Christine Fraser Design. We read an article about Christine recently and immediately wanted to be friends with her, despite knowing next to nothing about golf course architecture. She knew from a young age that she wanted to design golf courses, played collegiate golf and eventually became a protégé of Martin Hawtree, the legendary British architect who has worked on iconic courses such as St. Andrews, Royal Birkdale, and Carnoustie (NBD). Tune in to hear us talk with Christine abou

• Camden Braes, the golf course that her grandparents literally built with their own two hands. (Ever heard of a "rock party?")  
• Getting used to always being the only woman in the room while working on projects in Europe
• We ask the most basic questions about golf course design so that you don't have to, choose our favorite templates, and accidentally choose very penal ones :/ 
• The importance of bathrooms in how you experience a course & designing for social impact as an important principle in Christine's approach

Shoutouts: Martin Hawtree, Pound Ridge Golf Club, Industry on HBO

Check out Christine's fantastic website & hire her to build your dream course here. And follow her on Twitter @cfgolfdesign and Instagram @ChristineFraserDesign. 

Visit www.GrueterGolf.com to learn more about Grueter Golf & cop some excellent merch, and be sure to subscribe to our mailing list to keep up with all things GG. Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. @GrueterGolf. And reach out to us directly at any time at [email protected]. We love our listeners! 

Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns, or compliments. Thanks for listening!

Jenny & Haley burst with excitement welcoming 5-time LPGA Tour winner, major champion, and overall extremely cool person Danielle Kang to the pod. Danielle has been one of our very favorite golfers since we started Grueter Golf, so it was an incredible honor to get to chat with her about hitting the zoos while on tour, fashion being a major barrier to women starting to play golf, playing golf as a team with her boyfriend Maverick, being a part of Mike Whan's legacy, and how important it is to her to give back and help others. 

Aside from being an incredible golfer, Danielle is an incredibly generous and cool person. We think you'll really enjoy this interview! We're still pinching ourselves that this dream of ours came true. 

A HUGE thanks to Adidas Golf for making this interview happen! To mark this momentous occasion, we are partnering up with them for a really cool giveaway inspired by our chat with Danielle. We'll announce the winners on Friday 2/5! Must be following @adidasgolf, @daniellekang, and of course @gruetergolf to be eligible! 

• 1 lucky winner will receive an Adidas Golf hat signed by our girl Danielle. To win this prize, comment on our IG post about the episode with your favorite zoo animal, and tag a friend who you want to play golf with! (Bonus points if that friend doesn't golf yet)
• 5 lucky winners will receive one of Danielle's favorite outfits from Adidas Golf, a pair of joggers and a hoodie that will look cool from the course to the grocery store. To enter, donate any sum of money to your local food pantry, and send us a picture of your receipt! Entries can be sent to us on Instagram or Twitter (@gruetergolf) or via email ([email protected]). 

Visit www.GrueterGolf.com to learn more about Grueter Golf & cop some excellent merch, and be sure to subscribe to our mailing list to keep up with all things GG. Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. @GrueterGolf. And reach out to us directly at any time at [email protected]. We love our listeners! 

Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns, or compliments. Thanks for listening!

Jen and Kiki are joined by Kelley Pierre, Lenny Brown, and Winston Gordon of NYC-based All Access Golf, an organization dedicated to increasing the accessibility, relatability, and visibility of minorities in the sport of golf. They fulfill their mission with a range of programming for both children and adults, including parties, events, school curriculum, individual lessons, content, and activism.

Kelley is also the Director of Circulation and Consumer Engagement at African American Golfer's Digest, where he recently penned an article called "PGA, Now is the time..." The piece included an interview with Wendell Haskins, the former director of Diversity and Multicultural Initiatives at PGA of America, and discussed the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol and the ways in which it related to the golf world. We talk about the points raised in the article, as well as: 

• Kelley, Lenny, and Winston's golf journeys and how they were "firsties"
• All Access Golf and why kids have to see themselves represented in the sport to know it's an option
• The significance of Papwa Sewgolum to the history of golf
• HBO's "Tiger" documentary, how it failed to surprise us, and a range of Earl Woods takes

P.S. If somebody asks you what your score was, just tell them to mind their own business. 

You can find out more about All Access Golf and join their mailing list here, and be sure to follow them on Instagram and Twitter! 

Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns, or compliments. Thanks for listening!

Couldn’t have asked for a better guest to kick off 2021 than Liz Breed, golf professional and certified cool chick. A proud Waynesboro, PA native and Kentucky golf alum, Liz turned pro in 2014 and played on the Canadian & Symetra Tours, winning the 2017 Colorado Open. Liz is a blast, and this conversation could have gone on for many more hours, but we limited it to: 

• Tapping into her knowledge as a certified club fitter and demystifying the club fitting experience + her advice on where to get a set of clubs
• Being the only girl on her high school golf team, why she loved her time at Kentucky as an athlete, and turning pro
• The challenges of host housing on the developmental tours (including police activity, home brewing, and Russian dolls galore)
• Her commitment to making golf a truly welcoming sport

Common themes, as usual, include lack of funding for women's golf & how golf's conservative image is holding it back (...and making it look pretty sinister sometimes).

Follow Liz on Instagram @safariiliiz! (Did we mention she's really cool?)

Visit www.GrueterGolf.com to learn more about Grueter Golf & cop some excellent merch, and be sure to subscribe to our mailing list to keep up with all things GG. Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. @GrueterGolf. And reach out to us directly at any time at [email protected]. We love our listeners! 

Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns, or compliments. Thanks for listening!

A Founders Chat with Haley, Kiki, & Jenny
Sneakin' one in right under the wire to tie up some loose ends and talk about the year in golf, music, and Hilaria Baldwin scandals. We manifest good fortune as we enter the Age of Aquarius in 2021, and answer listener questions about clothes, clubs, Haley's handicap, and what's on tap for Grueter Golf events in 2021. Hint: we're hitting the road again! 

So grateful for our amazing listeners and we can't wait to see you in 2021 <3

Visit www.gruetergolf.com to learn more & subscribe to our mailing list, and check us out on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok (lol) @gruetergolf. 

Make sure you are following @GrueterGolf on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok, and join our mailing list at www.GrueterGolf.com to stay in the loop about everything we are up to. You can always feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected] to share questions, thoughts, concerns, or compliments. Thanks for listening!