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#13: Predictions for the Business of Golf in 2022

Roberto and Dan kick off 2022 with predictions for 2022. We discuss non-green grass golf, betting in golf, golf media, the future of startup golf leagues (PGL, SGL), direct to consumer brands, and gender equity in golf.

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#12: Stewart Cink

Stewart Cink has been a PGA Tour player since 1997. He has 8 PGA Tour wins, highlighted by the 2009 Open Championship, appeared in five Ryder Cups and reached the #5 position in the Official World Golf Ranking. Stewart was a He's is one of the game's consummate gentlemen and a wealth of knowledge of the evolution of the professional game (and barbeque).

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#11: Club Pro Guy

Club Pro Guy (@clubproguy) is a satirical character who depicts the life of a Golf Club Pro. Having risen to fame through his accomplishments on the Mexican Mini Tour, CPG then transitioned to become the Club Pro at one of Kansas City's elite semi-private golf clubs. In this episode, CPG talks about his business experience involving many aspects of running a golf operation and founding a new club altogether. He captures many of his thoughts in his new book "Club Pro Guy's Other Black Book: Wisdom from a Lifetime of Punching out Sideways" available at clubproguy.com.

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#10: Jesse Menachem (Mass Golf)

Jesse Menachem is Executive Director and CEO of Mass Golf, the state Golf Association in Massachusetts.  He’s been with the organization since 2004, where he started as an intern, then Director of Rules and Competition, before becoming Executive Director in 2013.  Jesse is also the President of the International Association of Golf Administrators.  He’s dedicated his life’s work to improving the game of golf and has a unique perspective on the game.

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#9: Eric Stepanian (The Fliers Club)

Eric Stepanian is the founder of The Fliers Club, an international travel and private club experience designed by a collective of golfers who are inspired by the discovery of diverse courses, cultures & time-honored traditions of the game. In this episode, we talk to Eric about what makes a community of golfers so unique, how the Fliers Club turned a community of golfers into a business and how Eric took aspects from his background in the PGA of America and other jobs to form the Fliers Club.

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#8: Mike Small

Mike Small is head men's golf coach at the University of Illinois, ranked #10 in the 2021-2022 pre-season golf rankings. In this episode, we discuss the ramifications of the Name, Image and Likeness ruling, how the mechanics of college golf (recruiting, fundraising, leadership) really work and how Coach Small develops college players into pros.

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#7 Jeehae Lee

Jeehae Lee is founder and CEO of Sportsbox.ai, a tech company focused on sports performance improvement. Jeehae has built a well rounded set of experiences in golf, as a LPGA pro, Michelle Wie's manager and TopGolf executive, picking up a Wharton MBA along the way. Jeehae is articulate and insightful about the business of golf. In this episode she offers her opinions on the future of golf coaching, the role of tech in golf, and the ever-changing role that golf has played in her life.

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#6: Chad Parker

Chad Parker is General Manager and COO at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA. In this episode, we talk to Chad about the operations of a golf club, hosting a PGA Tour event, pro shop merchandising, philanthropy, barbeque and more.

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#5: Brian Ferris

Brian Ferris is a golf course developer, restauranteur and co-Chairman of the Pebble Beach Company. We talk about building a golf course course, why he sometimes regrets not using Jack Nicklaus as his designer, and the other ups and downs of the business over the last 20 years. Brian also tells the story of how his father got involved at one of golf’s most iconic properties alongside a couple other folks you might have heard of - Arnold Palmer and Clint Eastwood.

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#4: Roberto talks Travel & Expense

Our very own Roberto Castro talks about the day-to-day of a tour pro. We cover the usual expense breakdown of playing professional golf and what life on the road looks like, often some of the most frequently asked questions that amateurs ask pros during pro-ams and outings.

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#3: Jane Geddes

From winning 2 majors, to law school, to working in professional wrestling, Jane Geddes has done it all. We talk about playing golf in a bubble, switching to the administrative side of the LPGA, working at the WWE, and her current role as CEO of The Legends Tour.

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#2: Harry Arnett

Longtime marketing guru at Callaway and TaylorMade talks us through the finances of sponsoring Tour players, the OEMs position on the distance debate, and making the jump into entrepreneurship by co-founding an apparel brand, Municipal, with Mark Wahlberg.

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#1: Joe Ogilvie

15 year PGA Tour veteran talks about how Tour players think about money, having Thanksgiving dinner with Warren Buffett, what makes The Masters so special, and the biggest threat facing the PGA Tour.

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