Let's talk fitness and how we can gain some distance and speed in our golf swing. Chris Finn of Par 4 Success joins us to discuss how they have helped juniors, college golfers, professionals and amateurs like you increase speed, strength and mobility. 85% of folks who take the rotation test fail 1 of the 4 areas of rotation. 1.Hips 2.Shoulders 3. Thoracic Spine 4. Neck Rotation. They use data combined with years of experience to help golfers today. Mission Statement is "help juniors prepare for college golf and for some top level amateur and professional golf"

Ron Read the author of "Starting the US Open from Shinnecock to Pebble Beach" Ron spent 44 years starting with the Northern California Golf Association and the USGA. He started from the ground up running tournaments, handicap development, and of course the starter of the US Open for 22 straight years. So many amazing stories from the US Open and other Championships. You can read more at https://www.ronread.com after you hear from him on this week's podcast.

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We have PGA Tour Caddy Ted Scott on this week's podcast. He is currently working for Masters Champion Scottie Scheffler. He spent 15 years on Bubba Watson's bag, Grant Waite and a Paul Azinger as well. He talks about the pressure of expectations, several great stories from the PGA Tour, his faith and how his Sunday Sermon on Instagram originated. Wonderful insight to PGA Tour success.

VJ is back on the podcast this week. We talk about Ally Ewing's big win in Ohio, insight into her win, advice for golfers of all skill levels and how to be a better organized golfer.

Coach Zach Byrd joins us this week. He took over the women's golf program at Purdue earlier this summer and has hit the ground running. He is an incredible recruiter, motivator and will do a great job taking over at Purdue for Devon Brouse who was there for 25 years. Zach played at Coastal Carolina alongside Dustin Johnson, spent 10 years traveling the world as a professional before getting into coaching college golf. Helped coach Ole Miss to a SEC Championship and national championship team as an assistant.

2 Time Mississippi Women's State Amateur Champion Mary Langdon Hardman joins us this week. We talk about life as a PGA TOUR Kid, her love of sports and how she got her late start playing competitive golf. Now a mother of 2, she was the medalist at the USGA Women's Mid-Am qualifier at Houston CC making it to the national tournament 2 years in a row. She just happens to be my oldest daughter.

This week's guest in Michigan Women's Golf Coach Jan Dowling now in her 10th season. She grew up outside Toronto before heading to the USA to play her college golf at Kent State. Jan played professionally for a couple of years before returning to Kent State to start her coaching career there as an assistant. She also spent time at University of Florida and Tennessee before becoming the head coach at Michigan. While at Michigan they have reached the NCAA Championship 4 different times including the past 2 seasons.

We are back for season 6 and can't wait for everyone to get to know a few more college coaches along the way and many more of our guests. This week we have Mike McGraw the Baylor Men's Golf Coach with us with some great insight to college golf. He has been part of 3 National Championship teams over the years including stops at Oklahoma State, Alabama and he has turned the Baylor Men's Golf Team into a very competitive team both in the Big 12 as well as nationally.

We have the new Indiana University Women's Golf Coach Brian May with us this week. We get to know Brian better in this week's episode and relive his journey beginning as a club pro at Frankfurt CC to coaching at the college level. He spent 5 years in the club professional business before spending 8 years as the assistant for the Kentucky Women's program which is now a top 25 team nationally. He will be successful in resurrecting Indiana Women's golf back to both a Big 10 contender and national contender.

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This week we have Oregon Ducks Women's Golf Coach Derek Radley on the podcast. He graduated from Ferris State, worked as a golf instructor for several years, also he is married to Sara Brown who played the LPGA and was on Golf Channel's Big Break He caddied for her for a couple of years on the LPGA before he took the assistant women's golf coach job at Arizona where they won a NCAA Championship in 2018. He just finished his 4th season at Oregon after winning the 2022 PAC-12 and runner-up at the 2022 NCAA Championship, the ducks are now one of the elite programs in women's golf. He and Sara have 3 children Palmer, Ryder and Azalea.