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Focus on one big goal at a time. Say no more than you say yes. Be more productive by being less busy. Sahil Bloom is a writer, entrepreneur and creator who inspires millions daily with bite-sized nuggets of wisdom and ...

The Golfer's Journal Podcast episodes:

09.26.2023 Mind Game 03: Sahil Bloom, Take Daily Action Focus on one big goal at a time. Say no more than you say yes. Be more productive by being less busy. Sahil Bloom is a writer, entrepreneur and creator who inspires millions daily with bite-sized nuggets of wisdom and ...
09.20.2023 Episode 146: Ryder Cup Preview Few golf writers know the Ryder Cup like Shane Ryan. Since his book, The Cup They Couldn’t Lose: America, The Ryder Cup, and the Long Road to Whistling Straits, he’s only increased his exhaustive reporting of the biennial event’s origins ...
09.13.2023 Mind Game 02: Kyle Allen, Have a Plan Since the Super Bowl era began in 1967, only 800 men have started an NFL game at quarterback. Kyle Allen is in that elite club. He joins host Casey Bannon on this week's episode of Mind Game to discuss the ...
09.09.2023 Episode 145: The Valentine Legacy As a kid, Tom Valentine called Merion Golf Club “the family farm.” His grandfather tended the greens there for 52 years, and his father followed suit for another 27. Tom took a different approach, opting to leave the "farm" to ...
08.30.2023 Mind Game 01: Dr. Mark Lowry, Concentration, Confidence and Commitment The brain processes roughly 70,000 thoughts per day. With 100 billion neurons connected nearly 500 trillion different ways, it’s without question the most important club in your bag. So as we continue The Index Experiment, it’s vital to examine the ...
08.18.2023 Episode 144: Billy Walters Tells All You might have heard that gambling legend Billy Walters is releasing a book, and that Phil Mickelson is prominently involved. But have you heard the rest of the story? The one in which Walters is raised in the pool halls ...
07.28.2023 Episode 143: Gary Williams Has Stories to Tell The Golfer's Journal Podcast is made possibly by member support .If you enjoyed this episode, please consider becoming a member here. As host of Golf Channel’s Morning Drive from 2011 until its final episode in December 2020, Gary Williams cemented ...
07.15.2023 Re-Teed: 2017 Open Championship Welcome back to Re-Teed—the show that relieves some of golf’s most memorable tournaments. This time around, Editor Travis Hill reminisces on the chaos that was the 2017 Open at Royal Birkdale which, for him, included birthday cake shots, Wrigley Field ...
07.08.2023 Episode 141: An Insider's Look at Liverpool Joe McDonnell has always known good golf. He grew up in Hoylake and has been a member of Royal Liverpool since he was a young lad. Today, McDonnell is changing the way the industry thinks and looks at golf holes. ...
06.26.2023 Episode 140: A Course Called Home The Golfer's Journal is made possible by member support. If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a member. What’s left after playing and writing your way through Ireland, Scotland and America? For TGJ Senior Editor Tom Coyne, ...
06.13.2023 Episode 139: LACC for Normal People The Golfer's Journal Podcast is made possible by member support. If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a member here: https://glfrsj.nl/Memberships Geoff Shackelford has written extensively on golf course architecture throughout the years and has consulted for ...
05.30.2023 Episode 138: David McLay-Kidd Is Busy Friend-of-the-program David McLay-Kidd makes his return to the TGJ Podcast from the site of his highly-anticipated next project: Dormie Network’s GrayBull in the Nebraska Sandhills. The world-renowned architect known for his work at Bandon Dunes, Gamble Sands and Sand Valley ...
05.16.2023 Episode 137: Cameron McCormick Wants to Change Your Mind What does it take to be the best in the world? Or maybe just better than yesterday? If anyone knows it’s Cameron McCormick—Jordan Spieth’s swing coach for the last 18 years and one of the game’s most respected instructors. Host ...
04.26.2023 Episode 136: Lou Stagner's Numbers Never Lie The Golfer's Journal Podcast is made possible by member support. If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a member here: https://glfrsj.nl/Memberships Lou Stagner never intended to become the golf data guy. But with a degree in analytics ...
04.16.2023 Episode 135: The Philosopher and the GOAT The Golfer's Journal Podcast is made possible by Member support. If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a TGJ Member: https://glfrsj.nl/Memberships Bernard Darwin didn't invent golf writing. But as TGJ contributor and philosophy professor Matt Chominski tells ...
04.03.2023 Episode 134: Handicapping The Masters After an award-winning career as a PGA teaching professional, Keith Stewart is going all in on something more high stakes: betting on golf. The founder of readtheline.com joins host Tom Coyne to unpack what makes golf such an attractive sport ...
03.22.2023 Episode 133: Short Game Chef's Secrets Parker McLachlin, aka @shortgamechef, is a winner on the PGA Tour and is now helping some of the world’s best players revamp their short game using modern techniques. We sat down with Keith Mitchell and Collin Morikawa’s greenside guru to ...
03.16.2023 Episode 132: Harry Higgs Has Opinions Harry Higgs would like you to know that these are his opinions, and his alone. The PGA Tour veteran joins the pod to give his unfiltered thoughts on the USGA and R&A;’s recent distance ruling, criticism from “Twitter warriors,” designated ...
03.13.2023 Episode 131: JJ Redick Gets Hot You’ve watched JJ Redick knock down three-pointers since his freshman year at Duke two decades ago. These days, when the 15-year NBA vet isn’t talking hoops on your TV, he’s likely grinding over his short game. The legendary sniper joins ...
03.01.2023 Episode 130: Still Chasing Scratch Five years after they first started recording their quest to a 0.0, Mike & Eli of Chasing Scratch are still doing exactly that. The co-hosts of golf’s favorite game improvement buddy podcast join host Tom Coyneto to unpack their up-and-down ...
02.25.2023 Episode 129: Getting Practical with Jon Sherman Should I attack this pin or play it safe? How do I move on from a bad shot? How do I get better during the offseason? For the answers to these and many other questions from Broken Tee Society members ...
02.18.2023 Episode 128: Welcome to Golf's Youtube Era Charlie Warzel writes about technology’s effect on culture, people and ideas for The Atlantic. This makes him the perfect person to ask the question: Why are we all addicted to watching the Trents and Big Randys of the world play ...
02.08.2023 Episode 127: Paper Tiger Nearly 20 years ago, TGJ Senior Editor Tom Coyne put life on hold, moved to Florida and dumped everything he had into chasing his dream of playing pro golf. He chronicled his journey in the NYT best-selling book Paper Tiger, ...
01.26.2023 Episode 126: Inside Netflix's Full Swing This February, pro golf will receive the F1 treatment thanks to Full Swing: an eight-part Netflix docuseries showcasing what life as a pro golfer was really like in 2022. Vox Media's Chad Mumm—a Broken Tee Society member known to pop ...
01.14.2023 Episode 125: What's Up with Crystal Downs? Mike DeVries has learned from the best. The Michigan native first picked up the game at Crystal Downs, trained under Tom Doak and worked for Tom Fazio. He's since made a name for himself by designing celebrated modern courses like ...
12.29.2022 Episode 124: On the Road with Bill Murray It’s not easy to pin down Bill Murray, but one way to do so, as podcast host Tom Coyne learned, is to ride shotgun with him across Georgia. In this candid conversation from the midst of a golf road trip ...
12.19.2022 Episode 123: The Many Shades of Andrew Green Andrew Green has become one of the hottest names in golf course architecture thanks to his renovation work at Inverness, Congressional, Oak Hill, Scioto, Wannamoisett and many other golden age classics in need of a refresh. But does he want ...
12.08.2022 Episode 122: The Man Who Hacked Putting In 2004, software developer Mark Sweeney was fed up with missing putts. So he dedicated two years of his life to creating a system that delivers perfect reads. He called it AimPoint. You’ve seen players from Keegan Bradley to Lydia ...
11.22.2022 Episode 121: But My Friends Call Me Randy Tron doesn’t hold back on Twitter. Soly shared his No Laying Up origin story in #7, and DJ’s byline is a regular in The Golfer’s Journal. But what about the member of No Laying Up whose presence, quite literally, overshadows ...
11.07.2022 Episode 120: The Golf Life of Reilly You know Rick Reilly from the back page of Sports Illustrated, where he delivered 800 words of humor, heartbreak or heroism every week for 15 years. And though you’ve seen him at St. Andrews and read him at Augusta—his ‘96 ...
10.24.2022 Episode 119: Conor Moore, as Conor Moore Conor Moore believes he has no accent. But when the Irishman is impersonating the world’s most famous athletes, he’s got them all. Though this episode sounds like a cast of many, it’s just Moore and host Tom Coyne going deep ...
10.08.2022 Episode 118: Mark Broadie Thinks Putting Is Overrated We've all heard it: "Drive for show, putt for dough." But after speaking with Mark Broadie, the godfather of the game-changing Strokes Gained model, we're rethinking that position. Professor Broadie joins Tom Coyne live in the Broken Tee Society Discord ...
09.15.2022 Episode 117: Golf’s Treasure Hunter Ryan Carey wasn’t looking to become the world’s foremost golf memorabilia auctioneer. A lawyer by trade, Carey started Green Jacket Auctions as a side gig to feed his passion for the game’s history. 16 years and one very expensive set ...
09.08.2022 Episode 116: What Happened to Ben Garner? Unless you’ve already dug into Charlie Warzel’s profile in TGJ #21, you’ve probably never heard of Ben Garner. You’ve likely never heard about the kid who used to beat Tiger Woods (sometimes) and who buddied around SoCal with the future ...
08.24.2022 Episode 115: You Don't Know Doak Tom Doak has a reputation for being difficult. Golf media has described him as socially awkward and emotionally remote, traits that are often overlooked in favor of the brilliance he’s brought to course designs around the world. But there is ...
08.06.2022 Episode 114: Dottie Pepper Is Frustrated Dottie Pepper has little sympathy for the modern professional golfer. But you can’t blame her—the beloved CBS analyst and 17-winner on the LPGA never had anything handed to her. She turned down a Dinah Shore sponsor's exemption in college because ...
07.23.2022 Episode 113: The "Y" Word Ward Jarvis has gone from caddie to theology professor to firefighter to yip fixer. He joins host Tom Coyne to explain the science behind what he calls a “periodic loss of an automatic ability,” and how he helped three-time PGA ...
07.06.2022 Episode 112: No Place for Politics Thomas Friedman has been the foreign affairs Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times since 1995. He’s also in the Western Golf Association Caddie Hall of Fame. He’s been to Saudi Arabia, and he’s been inside the ropes, caddying for ...
06.21.2022 Episode 111: Fax Only Brad Faxon joins the podcast on the heels of a thrilling U.S. Open finish to reflect on what made Brookline such an enjoyable venue, and why we’re now seeing the fruits of his labor with Rory McIlroy. The pride of ...
06.08.2022 Episode 110: Inside the Saudi Situation Alan Shipnuck puts it plainly: "The professional game is at a crossroads. This is a monumental moment." Shipnuck joins the TGJ Podcast to unpack all the factors at play with LIV Golf, including money, ego, legacy, morals and the PGA ...
05.28.2022 Episode 109: Golf Without Limits If it sometimes feels like the future of golf is here, just wait ‘til you see what’s coming next. Transhumanist, Futurist, and avid golfer David Wood walks us through the approaching impact of artificial intelligence, automation and biotechnology on both ...
05.13.2022 Episode 108: The Irishman When one of the great talkers in golf has a few minutes to talk, you do precisely that. Paul McGinley rejoins the pod to pick up where we left off, diving into his life as a broadcaster, Champions Tour player, ...
05.06.2022 Episode 107: The Lesson in Their Loathing Jane Coaston doesn’t like golf, but when you listen to her explanation, we think there’s a very good chance that you’ll like Jane Coaston. In her recent piece “How Loathing Golf Taught Me to Confront My Own Prejudice,” the New ...
04.16.2022 Episode 106: Chasing Scratch In TGJ No. 19 we met Mike Shade & Eli Strait—hosts of the wildly popular Chasing Scratch podcast. Now, we hear from them live in the Broken Tee Society Discord server. Mike & Eli join host Tom Coyne to discuss ...
03.31.2022 Re-Teed: 2011 Masters Re-Teed—the series where we relive golf’s most exciting tournaments—is back. And this time we’re going deep on the 2011 Masters—the one where everything went right for Charl Schwartzel after everything went left for Rory. Featuring host Tom Coyne, TGJ editors ...
03.18.2022 Episode 104: The Answers Upstairs In TGJ No. 18, Daniel Riley’s “The Man Riding Clouds” introduced us to Peter Beames and a golf life that is hard to believe. We had a feeling that Peter might have more to say about his adventures if we ...
03.02.2022 Episode 103: A Drink at All the Tables From cleaning clubs to writing blogs to announcing the biggest events in golf, Shane Bacon has lived a golf life well beyond his years. He joins us via the Broken Tee Society to discuss how he went from grinding on ...
02.25.2022 Episode 102: Wrights and Wrongs Wright Thompson is one of only a few scribes who have the luxury of writing about whatever he wants, whenever he wants. Which is why it came as a bit of a surprise when his most recent book, Pappyland, centered ...
02.16.2022 Episode 101: The Curling Connection You know Beau Welling as the Senior Design Consultant to Tiger Woods’ TGR Design, with recent work including Payne’s Valley, Bluejack National and the forthcoming PGA Headquarters project in Frisco, TX. Here's what you're about to learn: He’s one of ...
02.05.2022 Meditations Over the next 30 minutes, we will attempt to refocus your energy, and recenter your mind, with a meditation designed specifically for golfers, but not just for golfers. If you are new to meditation, well welcome – this is a ...

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The Golfer's Journal Podcast

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The Golfer's Journal Podcast episodes:

Mind Game 03: Sahil Bloom, Take Daily Action

Episode 146: Ryder Cup Preview

Mind Game 02: Kyle Allen, Have a Plan

Episode 145: The Valentine Legacy

Mind Game 01: Dr. Mark Lowry, Concentration, Confidence and Commitment

Episode 144: Billy Walters Tells All

Episode 143: Gary Williams Has Stories to Tell

Re-Teed: 2017 Open Championship

Episode 141: An Insider's Look at Liverpool

Episode 140: A Course Called Home

Episode 139: LACC for Normal People

Episode 138: David McLay-Kidd Is Busy

Episode 137: Cameron McCormick Wants to Change Your Mind

Episode 136: Lou Stagner's Numbers Never Lie

Episode 135: The Philosopher and the GOAT

Episode 134: Handicapping The Masters

Episode 133: Short Game Chef's Secrets

Episode 132: Harry Higgs Has Opinions

Episode 131: JJ Redick Gets Hot

Episode 130: Still Chasing Scratch

Episode 129: Getting Practical with Jon Sherman

Episode 128: Welcome to Golf's Youtube Era

Episode 127: Paper Tiger

Episode 126: Inside Netflix's Full Swing

Episode 125: What's Up with Crystal Downs?

Episode 124: On the Road with Bill Murray

Episode 123: The Many Shades of Andrew Green

Episode 122: The Man Who Hacked Putting

Episode 121: But My Friends Call Me Randy

Episode 120: The Golf Life of Reilly

Episode 119: Conor Moore, as Conor Moore

Episode 118: Mark Broadie Thinks Putting Is Overrated

Episode 117: Golf’s Treasure Hunter

Episode 116: What Happened to Ben Garner?

Episode 115: You Don't Know Doak

Episode 114: Dottie Pepper Is Frustrated

Episode 113: The "Y" Word

Episode 112: No Place for Politics

Episode 111: Fax Only

Episode 110: Inside the Saudi Situation

Episode 109: Golf Without Limits

Episode 108: The Irishman

Episode 107: The Lesson in Their Loathing

Episode 106: Chasing Scratch

Re-Teed: 2011 Masters

Episode 104: The Answers Upstairs

Episode 103: A Drink at All the Tables

Episode 102: Wrights and Wrongs

Episode 101: The Curling Connection

Meditations