The Golfstat Podcast

Marcus is joined this week by Lee University senior Beck Burnette, winner of 3 tournaments in a row. Topics include Beck's recent results, what it's like to play D2 golf, plans after his college career, and much more. Stick around after the interview as Carolyn and Ian are back to discuss the week in college golf and pick a few bracket busters for NCAA post season.

The crew takes a short break this week as work and life got busy. Marcus goes through notable tournament highlights from the past week as well as a few key movements in rankings. Then, let's revisit episode 1 of our Rankings Talk series to go over, once again, what the purpose of a our ranking is.

This week's episode starts with a heated discussion after Illinois takes the win at Southern Highlands. The crew also breaks down all the action from the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate such as the crowd sizes and local support, uninspiring performances from Wake Forest and Oregon, and LSU's claim as a national title contender. Finally, the show ends with a discussion on the recent news of the .500 rule coming to d1 women's golf. 

On this week's episode, Marcus sits down with Ian Gilligan from Long Beach State. Ian describes what it's been like in his breakout season, the moment he became the #1 player in the Golfstat ranking, and overcoming lymphoma as a junior golfer. 

The whole squad is here as Carolyn shares her excitement and outlook going forward after an impressive Oregon Ducks win. We also get team of the week going again, Marcus vents about the differences between a collegiate player ranking and their WAGR ranking, and The Big Cat is back in action this week!

Join the crew as they recap the latest college events. Vanderbilt moves to #1, Wake Forest battles for a win at the UCF Challenge, and a little bit of everything in Mexico. Also, tournament previews don't go quite as planned and Lebron James is your all-time leading scorer in NBA History.

Marcus sits down with Florida Gator Men's Golf Coach J.C. Deacon to recap the win at The Seabest Invitational. They also discuss managing expectations with this year's team, the emergence of their star players, and the message for the team building towards Grayhawk. J.C. is also tasked with building the perfect player by describing "elite" qualities from each of the guys on his roster. Stick around on the backend of this episode as Marcus, Carolyn, and Ian recap a few other events that finished this week as well.

We're back (or at least Marcus is)! College golf is underway with a short slate of events with big implications for the spring season. Follow along as Marcus goes solo on this episode and provides insights into the things to watch this spring season from teams in trouble with the .500 rule, championship contenders for all three divisions, and the short list of Annika and Haskins awards hopefuls.

In the final episode of the Rankings Talk Series, the Golfstat crew discusses a few common examples of questions from this year. Why is my team not ranked? Why is one team behind another even though they have more tournament wins? What to make of the first fall ranking? All this and a little more is explained this week.

This week's episode details the importance of common opponents. The differences between high level common opponents, opponents from different conferences/regions, and their impact on division 1, 2, and 3 golf are discussed. Tune in as Marcus and Carolyn recap the conversation with Lance Ringler from last week as well as bounce around their ideas and questions about this week's topic.