The Coach Mo Golf Show (Coach Mo Gesualdi, PGA, LPGA)
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| 19 Aug 2022 | College Recruitment with Brandi Jackson Golf & ForeCollegeGolf (S1E1) | 00:42:48 | |
Are you a player or parent of a junior golfer? Are you or your son/daughter going through the college golf recruitment process? Do you need help navigating through the recruitment process? Learn from top recruitment consultants, Brandi Jackson Golf and ForeCollegeGolf, to help you or your junior on their journey to play college golf. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 22 Aug 2022 | "Tour Coach" Tony Ruggiero: Becoming the Best at Your Craft (S1E2) | 00:50:15 | |
"Tour Coach," Tony Ruggiero, sits down and discusses with Coach Mo how players and coaches can develop to become the best at their craft. Tony is recognized as a Golf Digest 50 Instructor, GOLF magazine Top 100 instructor, teacher/coach at Dewsweeper locations throughout the southeast, and mentor to the "The Golf Coach Development" society. Tony's coaching style is honest, original, genuine and he owns who he is and how he coaches. He is mentor and friend to many and offers great information to both players and coaches in a very down-to-earth fashion. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 29 Aug 2022 | Furman's Anna Morgan, "Life of a Thriving College Golfer" (S1E3) | 00:54:01 | |
Anna Morgan is a senior at Furman University. Morgan recently just had a very successful Junior year at Furman, winning two collegiate events, setting a new Furman Lady Paladin Individual and Team low-tournament and shooting up the rankings creating amazing opportunities. Outside of college, Anna placed 2nd in the 2021 North South Women's Amateur, received an invitation to the prestigious Augusta National Women's Am (ANWA), represented the U.S. in Arnold Palmer Cup, and qualified for the 2022 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles. Anna's success comes from great time-management, dedication to her craft, and a drive that propels her towards the top. In this episode Anna also answers student's questions in regards to: the positives of attending a smaller school, the differences between junior golf and college golf, fueling for tournaments, setting yourself apart from others, as well as how Anna has overcome slumps throughout her career. Last but not least, Anna talks about Furman's newly renovated practice facility, including the addition of the Davis & Faxon indoor practice facility donated by Furman Alumni, former President of Nike Golf, Cindy Davis, and 8x PGA Tour Champion, Brad Faxon. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 05 Sep 2022 | Mic Potter, Legendary Head Women's Golf Coach U of Alabama, "Go Where You Can Play" (S1E4) | 00:43:01 | |
Mic Potter, has been the Head Women's Golf Coach of the Alabama Roll Tide since 2005, and previous to that led the Furman Lady Paladins from 1982-2005. Throughout his career, Potter has developed a reputation for being an excellent teacher of the game as well as a builder of elite college programs. His student-athletes consistently have performed at a high level both in the classroom and on the course, with several carrying that level of excellence on into the professional ranks. Mic has been named Southern Conference Coach of the Year eight times and led his Furman teams to 36 tournament titles including 10 Conference Championships, while his Tide teams have captured 24 tournament wins, which puts him among the leaders for all active women's golf coaches with 60 total victories. By any standard, Potter has proven to be one of the best women's golf coaches in the nation for more than three decades. He has built successful programs and maintained that standard by recruiting and cultivating talented players who advance to the professional ranks and obtain their degrees. Under Mic's coaching, 15 of his college players have gone on to play professionally earning a combined total of over $10 million in career earnings. Mic's most notable player includes 17x LPGA winner and tv sports analyst, Dottie Pepper. Potter has coached 36 NGCA All-Americans, 36 NGCA All-Scholar Team selections, 62 all-conference selections, six players to 15 first team All-SEC awards, 14 conference players of the year and seven conference freshmen of the year. Potter already had established a Hall-of-Fame legacy before he arrived in Tuscaloosa - thanks to his impressive work building Furman into a national power - but his work over the past decade at Alabama has been historic, culminating with the school's first national championship in 2012. Three seasons later, Potter helped guide Emma Talley to the individual NCAA Championship to cap off the 2014-15 season, becoming the first NCAA medalist in the program's history. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 12 Sep 2022 | "Building Teams & Relationships in the Golf Coaching World," Jackson Koert (S1E5) | 00:40:05 | |
Jackson Koert is the Director of Instruction at the Frederica Golf Club in St. Simons Island, GA. Jackson is a decorated Junior and Collegiate golfer and was twice an All-American at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In addition to his playing experience, Jackson has apprenticed with Top 100 Instructors Adam Schriber, Mark Wood, Wayne Flint, and Tony, and has learned their teaching philosophies for growing the game for all levels of players. Jackson was named a Golf Digest 2021 Best Young Teacher in America. Jackson and Mo, both Directors of Instruction at their clubs, sit down to discuss the instruction world, the importance of building teams and relationships, and how to improve and build yourself as a young golf instructor. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 19 Sep 2022 | "Advice for Players, Coaches, & Parents from a Player, Coach, Mom," Holly Cantwell (S1E6) | 01:01:20 | |
Coach Holly Cantwell Clark had a successful junior golf career and went on to play D1 Women's Golf for the University of Tennessee. Following her playing career, Holly went on to serve as an Assistant & Head Coach at top programs such as Vanderbilt & Charlotte, even building two brand-new programs from scratch, including Charlotte into a Top-20 D1 program with her coaching philosophies. Holly transferred her coaching strengths into creating her businesses and becoming a successful entrepreneur. Holly's newest endeavor includes collaborating on "Squad U," a new way to test athlete's performance strengths. Holly is going to discuss Squad U and how it helps the coach and player maximize their communication strengths to help drive the performance of the team forward. Coach Holly and Coach Mo dive into how coaching has evolved into what it is now as well as how to empower students to make their own decisions. We discuss the importance of player accountability, pros and cons of the transfer portal, and give advice to juniors, college players, and parents on their roles in pursuing a college golf career and beyond. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 26 Sep 2022 | Dottie Pepper, "Attitude of Gratitude" (S1E7) | 01:02:10 | |
Dottie Pepper is an accomplished champion as a junior, collegiate, & professional golf player. Dottie earned a full-ride to Furman University, where she won individually 5x, was a 3x All-American, and twice recognized as Furman Female Athlete of the Year. Dottie led the Furman Paladins to four NCAA National Championship appearances, and Dottie individually finished inside the Top-5 three of her four years, including a 2nd place finish in 1985. Following her amateur career, Dottie, had an amazing professional career with 17 wins and 2 majors, and six Solheium Cup appearances. Dottie, sometimes referred to as "Hot Pepper" was a dominant force for the US Solheim Cup team with a career 5-1 Singles record. Upon an early retirement due to injury, Dottie transitioned into the broadcasting world working as a a broadcaster for networks such as ESPN, The Golf Channel, and now CBS. Dottie is now also an author, releasing her book, "Letters to a Future Champion," a unique and personal compilation of letters to and from Dottie and her late coach, Mr. Pulver. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 03 Oct 2022 | "Through the Eyes & Mind of a Traveling Tour Player," Clariss Guce (S1E8) | 00:50:09 | |
In this episode, Clariss Guce chats with Coach Mo while on the road from her recent T2 and T5 finishes on the Epson Tour heading to her next Epson event in Alabama. Clariss, originally from the Philippines, now resides in Southern California. Over the summer, Clariss won the 2022 Inspirato Colorado Women's Open and took home a nice paycheck of $100,000. Clariss will discuss the story behind this big win, her mindset, how meditation has benefited, as well as advice for those looking to play professional golf post-college. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 10 Oct 2022 | Movement Driven with Dr. Greg Goldberger (S1E9) | 00:44:43 | |
On this episode, Dr. Greg Goldberger, doctor of Physical Therapist and TPI certified, has the mission to re-invent to mindset in which we approach physical therapy. His business, "Movement Driven" located in Jacksonville, FL, helps people to get out of pain and take control of their health helping them get back to whatever it is that drives them to move. Dr. Greg has worked with many NFL and MLB professional athletes as well as golfers to help decrease pain and deficiencies in mobility and strength that may be limiting their performance on the course. In this episode Dr. Greg will discuss his craft, address common limitations golfers experience, as well as give insight and recommendations as to what golfers can do to elevate their performance on the course by incorporating certain mobility exercises off of the course. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 17 Oct 2022 | “Becoming a PING Tour Tech” with Jack Ulrich (S1E10) | 01:07:28 | |
Jack Ulrich, Furman Men's Golf Alum & PING Tour Tech discusses his love of the game since he was a young kid growing up in a family where the love for golf runs deep in the blood with his father being the Worldwide Manager of GolfPride grips, and his grandfather Wally Ulrich was a PGA Tour Champion in the 1940s-50s. Jack takes us back to his junior golf days, all the way up through playing college golf at Furman, and now life on the road as a PING Tour Tech. Tune in to hear advice, personal stories, and heartfelt moments from the life of this PING Tour Tech. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 24 Oct 2022 | "The Many Career Paths a Player Can Pursue," Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth, PGA/LPGA (S1E11) | 00:55:44 | |
In this episode, Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth, PGA/LPGA, shares her development from the beginning of her junior golf days, up through playing D1 College golf at UCF, to her transition from college golf to professional golf and her career for seven years on the now Epson Tour. After ending her career as a touring professional, Stephanie entered new territory into the coaching world as an Assistant Coach for the UNF Women's Golf Team. After spending some years coaching, Stephanie got out of her comfort zone even further and began pursuing a career as an instructor earning both her LPGA and PGA credentials. Despite becoming a golf instructor, Stephanie has kept her game strong and continually qualifies for LPGA Majors including the KPMG and US Women's Open. Stephanie is currently an Instructor at San Jose CC, a private club located in Jacksonville, FL where she is passionate about sharing her knowledge, skills, creativity, and most importantly love of the game to those who want to learn how to play golf. This episode is great for all junior and college players to hear, even more so those that love the game of golf, and potentially want to pursue a career in golf after they have pursued their playing career as far as it will take them. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 31 Oct 2022 | "There is No Club Pro Crisis" Ryan Kalista, PGA (S1E12) | 00:44:26 | |
Ryan Kalista started golf late as a teenager, tried to walk-on at Methodist several times, but missed by a stroke. Being a PGM student at Methodist, Ryan served one of his internships at Innis Arden in Greenwich, CT where he spent the first 10 years of his professional career at. Ryan battled and overcame a deadly form of skin cancer as while being outside and teaching as a Golf Instructor, but that didn't halt Ryan from pursuing his dream to become a head golf professional in Greenwich, CT before he reached the age of 40. At age 39, Ryan earned the position of Head Golf Professional at Tamarack Country Club in Greenwich, CT which to this day, makes him tingle with gratitude and appreciation. Ryan's perspective, work ethic, ability to rebound, and relentless pursuit to achieve his dreams, is something all golf professionals can be enlightened by. In his mind, there is no "Club Pro Crisis", as he is a living, breathing example of a kid who loved golf actually seeing his dreams come true to be a Head Golf Professional one day. On this episode, hear Ryan's story, perspective, and attitude on playing golf, working in golf, and loving the life of being a PGA Golf Professional in the MET Section in Greenwich, CT. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 07 Nov 2022 | "A Fall to Remember" with Elon D1 Team Champion, Lotte Fox (S1E13) | 01:01:14 | |
Lotte Fox, is a Junior on Elon's Women's Golf Team and her and the Elon Phoenix had one of their most impressive seasons to date. The team won two of their fall tournaments in a row beginning at William & Mary's event and winning the next week at their home event at Alamance CC. Lotte and her team narrowly missed a hat trick three tournament win streak by two strokes at Boston College Intercollegiate. The team finished their fall season at the College of Charleston's event at Edisto Island where the team struggled the first two rounds but finished the fall season off on a positive note being the only team to shoot under par the final round and inside the top-100 in the D1 Golf Stat rankings. Individually, Lotte had her best season yet and her highest collegiate finish to date, T3, at her home event. Lotte sits down to talk about her and her team's fall season, amongst a lot of other topics including, team chemistry and culture, when to stick to a plan and when to adapt some changes, as well as establishing good interpersonal relationships between coaches and players. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 14 Nov 2022 | "Rise to Becoming #1 D1 Women's Golfer in The World,” with Natalie Srinavasan (S1E14) | 00:58:55 | |
Natalie Srinivasan, a 2020 Furman Health Science Grad, isn't your average college golfer. Natalie is anything but average, and has excelled both scholastically with a 3.9 GPA and winning the Winston Babb Memorial Award, which is given to a woman in each class who has demonstrated the most outstanding qualities of leadership, scholarship, and service to the university. Each year Natalie's game kept improving. By the time she had graduated, she was awarded the 2020 ANNIKA Award, one of the most well-respected awards for female college players to earn. Natalie was also named the 2020 PING WGCA National Player of the Year, winner of the inaugural Juli Inkster Senior Award, and finished her collegiate career as the #1 ranked female college in the world via Golfstat rankings. Natalie is a first team All-American selection by both the WGCA and Golfweek with an adjusted scoring average of 70.51. Srinivasan paced the Paladins and the SoCon with a 70.78 stroke average over 18 rounds, the best single-season stroke average in Furman women’s golf history… Natalie concluded her career with a 72.6 stroke average over 118 rounds, the best career stroke average ever for a Paladin women’s golfer. Natalie has four college victories to her name, three her senior year: the Glass City Invitational, the Lady Paladin Invitational, and the Moon Golf Invitational and finished as runner up at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate… Natalie recorded five top 20 finishes in six tournaments, four top-five finishes, and fired a season-low 67 in the final round of the Moon Golf Invitational. Natalie shot at or under par in 13 of 18 rounds, just wow! Natalie earned an invitational to the prestigious Augusta National Women’s Amateur for the second-consecutive year. Her stats and accolades can go on and on, and is impressive to say the least. Hear on the podcast what she credits all of her success to as well as the importance of communication and some funny stories and some of the pranks the team and Coach Jeff pulled on each other in college! Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 21 Nov 2022 | Furman Women's Head Golf Coach, Jeff Hull, PGA (S1E15) | 01:02:08 | |
Furman Women's Head Golf Coach, Jeff Hull, PGA, is a former D1 All-American player and All-American Scholar at University of South Carolina. As a Coach, Jeff is a 3x Southern Conference Coach of the Year, has coached the 2020 D1 Female Player of the Year & 2020 Annike Award Winner (Srinavasan), as well as has coached 3 Furman Athletes of the Year (Totland, Srinavasan, Morgan). Jeff sits down to talk all golf from players that have developed at Furman during his 10-year career there, key components of what he values as a coach and an instructor, as well as qualities he looks out for in players. Jeff talks about making your bad golf better, understanding what makes the ball do what it does, as well as more effective ways to practice. The Furman practice facility has many amazing new upgrades thanks to donations from Brad Faxon, Furman Men's Golf Alum, as well as Cindy Davis, former CEO of Nike Golf, another Furman Women's Golf Alum. Coaches, players, and parents will be able to walk away with learning something new about Coach Jeff Hull, his coaching style, and the Furman Women's Golf Team. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 28 Nov 2022 | The Schroeders: Inside the Process of the Powerhouse Father/Daughter Player/Coach Duo (S1E16) | 00:56:10 | |
Kaitlyn & Scott Schroeder, the father/daughter, both excel in great fashion at what they do. Kaitlyn, a University of Alabama signee, is ranked #1 in the Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings and was recently recognized by the AJGA as the "2022 Rolex Player of the Year" with a total of two wins and two top 5's in the 2022 season. Her father, Scott, is the Head Men's Golf Coach at the University of North Florida, a Top-50 Men's D1 program. Scott, a former UNF player, took over coaching the program in 2006 and has since become a 7X ASUN Coach of the Year. Scott has coached 5 PING All-Americans and 6 Honorable Mentions since his time at UNF. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 05 Dec 2022 | "Judgment Matters" with Dawn Woodard (S1E17) | 00:59:06 | |
Dawn Woodard, Furman Women's Golf Alum, and expert Performance Consultant of, “Judgment Matters” explains her Judgment Index assessment and how it has helped some of the top ACC, SEC, small powerhouse colleges as well as the former #1 Junior in the world better understand themselves, their tendencies, and how their thinking ultimately affects their behavior and performance on and off the golf course. Dawn works with athletes, parents, business professionals to maximize a player’s decision-making and performance. Athletes and professionals are able to learn the WHY behind why they make the decision they do, gain perspective on how the athlete views themselves, and the what, who, why influences their decision making, and how they see the world. Once Dawn is able to identify how this help/hinders a player’s performance, she can then create an affective and highly personalized performance strategy for the player, coach, and entire family to improve their performance. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 12 Dec 2022 | "The Three 3 Qualities All Golf Instructors Need to be Successful," Steve Loesher, Director of Player Development, Troon Golf (S1E18) | 01:00:05 | |
In this episode, Steve Loesher, PGA, Director of Player Development for Troon Golf discusses the three main qualities he believes all golf instructors need to have in order to be successful in their golf instruction business. First, Steve takes us back down his path to becoming a Director of Player Development, which began as an Assistant professional. Steve transitioned into the instruction/coaching world when he began coaching the George Mason Men's Golf Team while working at the local country club. Steve then transitioned into the Director of Instruction role for the Nike Golf Learning Center which was the beginning of him finding his niche of helping facilities, academies, and golf operations develop and expand their instructional programming benefiting the overall operation of the facility. Steve's development in his profession continued onward and upward into the role of Director of Player Development for a golf management company, Billy Casper Golf which, which had 18 clubs under its umbrella. In 2016 Steve was awarded the 2016 Middle Atlantic PGA Player Development Award and continued expanding his portfolio and deveoping some of the top instructors around the country including Erika Larkin, Cathy Kim, Marissa Crow, and Adam Harrell. With Troon Golf purchasing Billy Casper Golf in 2021, Steve is now the Director of Player Development for Troon Golf where he continues to flourish in helping instructors under the Troon Golf umbrella begin, develop, and expand their current instructional operations, uniquely to their location and allotted resources. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 19 Dec 2022 | Read the Greens Better with "Tour Read" with Ralph Bauer (S1E19) | 00:38:49 | |
PGA Tour Coach, Ralph Bauer, is recognized as one of the top putting coaches for PGA Tour Players. Ralph's past and present Tour players he has coached includes: Adam Hadwin, Mackenzie Huges, David Hearn, Graham DeLaet, Nick Taylor, Adam Svensson, Lucas Glover, Gary Woodland, Kyle Stanley, Jhonny Vegas, JJ Spaun, Anirban Lahiri, and Brandon Harkins. Ralph has worked with multiple major champions and has coached players at all four majors, the President's Cup, the Olympics, and every PGA Tour event. Ralph's players have won over $150 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour. Throughout COVID, Ralph developed a helpful green reading app called, "Tour Read." Ralph's app has helped tour players, college players, juniors, as well as amateurs all learn how to read greens better. His app takes the guess work out of green reading and is helpful for setting up the perfect putting training stations, as well as learning how to train your eye to learn how to read greens better. Golfers of all ages and skill levels can benefit from using the app immediately by downloading it on your phone via the app store. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 23 Jan 2023 | "Impacting the Next Generation Through Golf," Tiffanie Yabut, Head Women's Golf Coach, CSUB (S1E20) | 00:47:25 | |
Episode 20 of The Coach Mo Golf Show-"Impacting the Next Generation Through Golf" features California State University-Bakersfield Women's Head Golf Coach, Tiffanie Yabut. Tiffanie states, "I have a passion for helping the next generation of women and young athletes through college coaching, which is also what inspired me to start and co-found the ImpacTour and my Non-Profit, The Impact Golf Foundation to be able to inspire youth through teaching the game, helping to provide equipment, and access to the sport. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 30 Jan 2023 | Auston Kim: Progressing from Junior Golf to Professional Tours (S1E21) | 00:41:42 | |
Auston Kim, is a recent 2022 Vanderbilt Women’s Golf Grad and a Rookie on the Epson Golf Tour. Auston will discuss with us today her junior golf days, though her high school days and what it was like being an International Baccalaureate (IB) student at Nease while simultaneously training her golf game through the rigors and demands of an IB academic schedule. Auston prevailed and credits the IB program for helping her be very prepared for the demanding scheduling of a top D1 student-athlete. Auston had an impressive career as a college player for Vandy with two individual wins to her name and 15 top-10 finishes. While in college, Auston qualified for 3 US Women's Opens and was selected to play in the prestigious Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA) which she will discuss what an incredible experience that was on this episode. Auston just wrapped-up her first six moths as professional golfer on the Epson tour, and will play a full Epson schedule in 2023. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 13 Feb 2023 | Working in Golf & Developing Juniors with DOI Bill Fedder, PGA (S1E22) | 00:56:41 | |
Bill Fedder, PGA, is a former fellow Furman graduate and is currently the Director of Instruction at The Club at Glenmore and oversees the Rotella Academy of Excellence. Bill was born and raised in Lynchburg, VA, having two parents who were both golf professionals, Bill started playing golf when he could walk. A graduate of Brookville High School and Furman University, Bill worked at several clubs in the Atlanta area before teaching under Jim McLean at McLean's Golf School at Doral. Before joining the team at Glenmore, Bill served as Director of Instruction at Spring Creek Golf Club. Bill talks about his journey from his junior golf days to deciding to not play in college and then regained his passion for golf and decided to pursue a career in golf. Bill discusses his journey to becoming a PGA Golf Professional and working in several PGA sections, his mentors who have helped him along the way, his teaching philosophy, as well as junior golf development and some tips for parents and juniors.
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| 20 Feb 2023 | Achieving It All in Golf and Life with Brooke Pancake (S1E23) | 01:06:18 | |
Episode 23 features, Brooke Pancake Rende who thrived as a Junior Golfer in Tennessee winning the Tennessee State Championship Individually 4x, winning the NCAA D1 National Team Championship & Runner-up Individually with Alabama in 2012 making a clutch 6-8 footer on the final hole, to then earning status on the LPGA Tour as a professional, to becoming a mom of three, and now co-founding Back 9 Golf, a junior golf development consulting business. Brooke Pancake does it all, and you will hear about it all on Episode 23 of the Coach Mo Golf Show! At the University of Alabama, where she was a four time All-American, Rende led the Crimson Tide to its first ever SEC Championship in her sophomore season and first ever NCAA regional title during her junior year. In 2012, her six-foot putt on the 72nd hole of the NCAA Championship gave Bama its first and only national championship. Rende would finish national runner- up individually. For her accomplishments on the course, Rende was named the SEC female athlete of the year in 2012, the first golfer in SEC history to win the award. And was awarded the Roy F. Kramer Award, given to the top female athlete in the conference. Outside of the SEC, Rende was the recipient of the Honda Sports Award for the 2011-12 season, given to the top female golfer in the country, and was the number one ranked player by Golfweek during her junior and senior years. During her college years, Rende was also noted for academic achievements, holding a 4.0 GPA her entire collegiate career. She was a three time winner of the SEC Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the National Golf Coaches Association Scholar Athlete Award, was twice awarded the Edith Cummings Monson Golf Award and was the recipient of the Elite 89 Award. After her senior year, Rende was recognized as the Capital One Academic All-American of the year, awarded to the top student-sportsperson in the country, the first athlete from the University of Alabama and the first female golfer from any school to win the award. She was also selected for the NCAA Top 10 Award, given by the NCAA to ten athletes, male or female, that attain elite status in their sport, classroom, and the community. In the amateur ranks, Rende was a semi-finalist at the 2011 US Amateur, and had the best record on the US Curtis Cup team in 2012. She made her professional debut at the 2012 US Women's Open, immediately following a captured national championship title and Curtis Cup debut. She enjoys a strong presence on the LPGA Tour, competing full time since her rookie year in 2013. But has recently been on maternity leave enjoying her time at home with her young family. During her time away from competition, she has sparked a passion with truly guiding and mentoring younger players. She loves to help players and families through all of the knowledge and experience she has gathered over her career from junior golf, recruiting, college, and professional golf. @brookepancake Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 27 Feb 2023 | ForeCollegeGolf Answers Your Recruitment & Transfer Questions (S1E24) | 00:57:02 | |
ForeCollegeGolf was created to assist junior golfers who aspire to play collegiate and professional golf. We offer personalized consulting and player development services to help players using an informative, educational and insightful approach. We’ve created an innovative model that engages and motivates our clients to learn and grow as players and as young people. Our Founder, Mike Smith, offers players and families an insider view of the college golf landscape with customized services and programs for a select number of qualified junior golf families. Coach Mike will evaluate each player’s unique situation based on their academic, athletic and social goals to provide a customized plan that includes specialized, personal guidance through one-on-one coaching calls, online webinars and in-person meetings. On this episode, Mike and Mo discuss junior golf recruitment in-depth, important timelines for juniors and college players, as well as creating the best tournament schedules to optimize performance and visibility to coaches. Mike and Mo will also discuss mistakes parents and juniors make during the recruitment process, as well as an in-depth look to the transfer portal, who/how it benefits certain players and coaches and also how it's not the best option for others.
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| 20 Mar 2023 | Joe Hallett: Stories and Advice from an LPGA Coach & PGA Master Professional (S1E25) | 00:59:54 | |
Joe Hallett, PGA Master Professional and LPGA Tour Coach shares stories and advice on Episode 25 of The Coach Mo Golf Show. Joe has taught many LPGA Tour Hall of Famers, Major Champions, and former World #1, Stacy Lewis, who will lead the USA as Team Captain in the next two Solheim Cups. Joe has also taught Hall-of-Famer, Julie Inkster, Inbee Park, Lexi Thompson, and Brooke Pancake just to name a few. As a former Furman Men's Golf Alum, Joe takes us back all of the way from when he transitioned out of Accounting into the Golf Professional World through his time being a Tour Coach and instructor. Joe has great stories and advice to share the audience isn't going to get enough of! Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 17 Apr 2023 | Clippd and How they Are Revolutionizing Golf Through Data, David Ford (S1E26) | 00:46:55 | |
"Clippd is a new technology that allows golfers and golf instructors to input, connect and elevate performance data into a single platform. See all your players. Know exactly where you can make a difference. Organize your players into dashboards showing skills levels, form and trends. Get an instant view of what they are doing and how they are progressing. Actionable insights for lessons, practice and training. "What To Work On" offers a personalized, data-driven priority list for each player. Clippd’s menu of practice drills helps them to train purposefully." (www.clippd.com) Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 24 Apr 2023 | "Shaping the Next Generation of Golfers" with Back9CoachingChas Narramore (S1E27) | 00:59:01 | |
Back9Coaching, Co-Founder, Chas Narramore, joins The Coach Mo Golf Show for Episode 27 to discuss everything Junior Golf. Chas hails from Kingston, NC, a graduate from Roane County High School, where he was a four year letterman on the high school golf team. Chas went on to attend Middle Tennessee State University and was the first player from MTSU to play in NCAA Regionals as an individual player and helped lead his team to a Sunbelt Conference Championship. After graduation, he played professional golf from 2009-2018 on mini tours, PGA Latin America Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour. After 2018, Chas got into coaching college golf on the women's side at MTSU for a semester and then transferred to the University of Tennessee for where he was a Coach on the Women's side for three and a half years. Chas is now the co-owner of Back9Coaching with University of Alabama 2012 NCAA Team Champion, Brooke Pancake. Brooke and Chas work together to help kids achieve their dreams and goals of playing college golf. Chas does a lot of the on-course player development for the company helping juniors with scoring, shooting lower scores, and getting recruited. He's married to his wife, Whitney, and they have a son, Cooper, and a daughter, Mia. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 01 May 2023 | Brett Lederer: From Playing to Coaching LPGA Major Champion, Lilia Vu (S1E28) | 01:05:09 | |
Brett is a Long Beach State alum, and spent 12 years playing on the PGA Tour and mini tours before he found his passion in helping some of his fellow tour players with their own golf games. A phone call from his former coach and mentor, Jamie Mulligan, now a Tour Coach for Patrick Cantlay, and the Korda Sisters, asked if he wanted to come teach at Virginia Country Club. That phone call created a smooth transition from playing to teaching in which he's now made a name for himself, with his player, Lilia Vu, coming from behind to capture her first LPGA Tour Major at the Chevron Championship last week. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 08 May 2023 | Megan Johnston’s Rise to Player, Instructor, & Virtual Coach (S1E29) | 01:01:38 | |
Hear all about Megan's rise from an Irish junior golfer, to coming to the states on a D1 Women's Golf Scholarship to play at Missouri State. After graduating, Megan stayed in the states and earned her LPGA Class A Membership while interning under the guidance of Golf Digest Top 50 instructor, Tim Mahoney. Megan is currently the Director of Instruction at Golf Skills Coaching, located at Orange County National (Winter Garden FL), and the First Tee of Central Florida. Megan has developed her own unique and effective teaching methods with the focus being goal based for every individual and has become a well-recognized and popular golf instructor on social media platforms like Instragram and TikTok gaining a lot of followers for her daily tips to provides. We're going to hear all about Megan's journey and discuss hot junior golf topics like should kids specialize, social media, girls golf, and more! To learn more about Megan, visit her social media pages and website at www.meganjohnstongolf.com, @meganjohnstongolf.
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| 26 Jun 2023 | 2023 National Champion Coach, Ryan Potter, Wake Forest Women's Golf (S1E30) | 00:55:29 | |
Coach Ryan Potter, Associate Head Coach of the Wake Forest Women's Golf team sits down to discuss winning the 2023 D1 Women's National Championship, stories with his team, coaching, Clippd stat tracking and more! Over his first four seasons on the Wake Forest staff, Potter also helped the Deacons win the 2019 ACC Championship, win 13 individual titles, nine team titles and reach the championship match of the 2019 NCAA Championship. He has coached five All-Americans, including 2018 NCAA Champion and 2019 Augusta National Women's Amateur Champion Jennifer Kupcho and 2019 ACC Individual Champion Emilia Migliaccio. Potter came to Wake Forest from Charlotte where he was the first assistant coach in program history as the 49ers prepared to begin competing in women's golf in 2017-18. He helped sign six players to National Letters of Intent to form the program's first recruiting class. For two seasons, 2014-15 and 2015-16, Potter was an assistant women's golf coach at UNLV, helping the Running Rebels to a pair of Top 25 national rankings. During his time in Las Vegas, UNLV posted four team and five individual victories, including the 2016 Mou Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 11 Sep 2023 | Jensen Castle: From Aspiring Golfer to 2021 US Women’s Amateur Champion (S2E1) | 01:04:50 | |
Season 2 of the Coach Mo Golf Show is back and kicks off with special guest, Jensen Castle! Jensen is currently a Grad Student at the University of Kentucky Majoring in Marketing & Management. Jensen originally hails from South Carolina and is most well-known for winning the 2021 USGA US Women's Amateur Championship at Westchester Country Club with the underdog story of the decade. In this episode Jensen will discuss her rise from just an "average junior golfer" as she refers to herself, to barely getting recruited, to becoming one of the best female amateurs and college players in the country. On this episode you'll hear Jensen give advice to players, parents, as well as funny stories she shares from her playing career, LPGA Q School, and hosting her own podcast, "Tee to Green" with Jensen Castle and Megan Furtney. Season 2 is underway, and Jensen's episode is one you won't want to miss! Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 30 Oct 2023 | Champion on the Rise: Austin Kim’s Journey to Epson Tour Victory (S2E2) | 00:37:28 | |
Auston Kim, just played her first full season on Epson Golf Tour and finished with an epic finale to the season. Auston won the Tour Championship with rounds of 71-64-65-65 and a blazing hot (-7) 29 to kick off her final round to set-up her first professional win! Tune in to hear Auston share her stories of the event as well as the preparation it took to get there. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 06 Nov 2023 | "Managing Your Human for Performance", Dawn Woodard (S2E3) | 01:07:33 | |
Dawn returns to "The Coach Mo Golf Show" to take a deep dive into the Judgment Index and how players can utilize the assessment combined with her coaching to better understand and optimize the human within them. The better you understand the "why" of what you do and who you are, as well as those around you, you can create strategies to improve your preparation, your communication, and your decisions to help you improve both on and off the course. Dawn is a phenomenal athlete herself, a Furman Women’s Golf Alum, 8x SC Women’s Am Champion, & 3x Carolinas Player of the Year. Dawn has competed in 39 USGA events, including 18 consecutive USGA Mid Ams, 3x USGA Mid-Am Medalist, 3x USGA Mid-Am Quarterfinalist. dawnwoodard@me.com Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 20 Nov 2023 | Dottie Pepper is Back with Champion Mindset On and Off the Course (S2E4) | 00:56:40 | |
In Season 2, Episode 4 of The Coach Mo Golf Show, we talk with Dottie Pepper, a dominant force in golf from junior competition to the LPGA Tour. A 3x All-American at Furman University, Dottie led her team to four NCAA National Championship appearances before going on to win 17 LPGA titles, including 2 majors, and compete in 6 Solheim Cups. In this episode, we discuss: Tune in for an inspiring conversation with one of golf’s fiercest competitors and most respected voices. #CoachMoGolfShow #DottiePepper #GolfChampion #SolheimCup #GolfBroadcasting #WorkEthic Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 04 Dec 2023 | Santiago Cavanagh: Leading Flagler Men’s & Women’s Golf to Victory (S2E5) | 00:42:28 | |
This week we welcome, Santiago Cavanagh, both the head Men's & Women's Golf Coach of Flagler College. Santiago begins his 15th season as the Director of Golf of Flagler and sits down to discuss his incredible fall season with the Women's team who won their last there events, including finishing (-7) as a team in their final event of the 2023 fall season. Santi discusses team dynamics, what creates a positive culture for the men's and women's teams, how coaching men and ladies differs, as well as advice to parents and coaches. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 11 Dec 2023 | Leading Golf Forward: Ted Eleftheriou and the National Golf Foundation (S2E6) | 00:50:24 | |
Ted Eleftheriou is a member of the Professional Golfers' Association of America and works for the National Golf Foundation (NGF) as Vice President of Player Development and Engagement. He has emerged and is recognized as a leading expert in the areas of player and business development particularly in sports, with an emphasis on golf. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 29 Dec 2023 | Our Story: How My Aunt Caryn Saved My Life (S2E7) | 01:44:50 | |
Before Coach Mo was a golf professional and host of the "Coach Mo Golf Show," she was a survivor. In the spring of 2012, Gesualdi received a life-saving liver transplant and a survived a highly lethal fungal infection in her brain called Invasive Aspergillus. While the transplant was a great success, the worst was actually yet to come. Within a few days of her transplant, her brain began swelling. Mo had extreme headaches and was seeing flashing colored lights, and hearing voices. After an MRI, Mo's medical team discovered that she had contracted a lethal fungal infection in her brain, caused in part to the immunosuppression required after an organ transplant. The only option for survival was a very risky brain operation. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 18 Jan 2024 | "Playing Through Performance": Empowering Girls and Women in Golf (S2E8) | 00:44:47 | |
On this episode, Coach Mo and her team discuss their new girls golf development business called, "Playing Through Performance." Dr. Greg Goldberger, of "Movement Driven", Dawn Woodard of "Judgment Matters, " and PTP co-creator, Kacy Johnston, join coach Mo to discuss PTP and their roles in the development process, and how we plan to create new opportunities for girls to develop and form a networking community in the junior and high school girls golf development world. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 31 Jan 2024 | Player & Coaching Development: Insights from PGA Player of the Year & Troon Director of Player Development (S2E9) | 00:53:45 | |
This episode of the Coach Mo Golf Show features not one, but two special guests! On this episode you'll hear discussions that all players, coaches, and instructors can benefit from as the 2023 PGA Women's Player of the Year, Stephanie Connelly-Eiswerth, and Director of Player Development for Troon, Steve Loesher join the show today to discuss Player and Coaching Development. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 08 Feb 2024 | America’s Top 50 Instructor: Erika Larkin’s Secrets to Golf Success (S2E10) | 00:47:58 | |
The "Coach Mo Golf Show" welcomes America's Top-50 Instructor, Erika Larkin to the show. Erika was primarily self-taught for a majority of her junior golf career, earned her way to play college golf at James Madison where she graduated in 2002 with a B.S. in Marketing. Erika began her golf career working for the American Golf Corporation, in management, but along the way she was "roped into some teaching by Steve Loesher, PGA Director of Instruction at one of the properties and loved it," as she states on her bio. Erika became a PGA Class A Member in 2006 while working at International Country Club in Fairfax, Virginia. Four years later she opened the Larkin Golf Learning Community at Stonewall Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia where two short years later she earned 2012 MAPGA Teacher of the Year and recognized nationally as one of Golf Digest's "Best Young Teachers. Her career took off and she became the first Director of Instruction at The Club at Creighton Farms in Aldie, Virignia where she then wrote her first book, "A True Swing." On today's episoe, Erika shares her how and why she started her book as well as her journey on social media which she now has over 150,000 followers! Another first happened for Erika in May of 2021 when she attended her first PGA Tour event, as a Coach as her player, Larkin Gross (no relation), qualified for the PGA Championship at Kiawah. Erika went onto win 2022 "PGA Professional National Player of the Year" Award! Erika has been hired as one of Golf Digest's "teaching staff" as a regular contributor and was voted by her peers as one of the "Golf Digest Top50 Teachers in America" (#46) and #1 again in the state of Virginia (2022-23). Most recently Erika was named Top 100 Teacher by Golf Magazine (2024-25). Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 12 Feb 2024 | Furman All-Star Squad, Joe Hallet, Anna Morgan, & Dawn Woodard (S2E11) | 00:40:40 | |
Today's episode features an All-Star line-up of Furman Univeristy fifth-year senior, Anna Morgan who just earned her seventh career collegiate victory in the Purdue Puerto Ricp Classic the day before. Joining Anna on today's episode are members of her team, Joe Hallett, recently crowned the 2024 PGA Teacher & Coach of the Year, as well as Anna's long-time mental performance coach, Dawn Woodward. Anna's team has come together for this episode to share their roles, stories, and importance of the team coming together to assist Anna in from her fantastic Furman career, to transitioning to the "big time" on the LPGA Tour following the completion of her collegiate career. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 19 Feb 2024 | Furman Women’s Golf: The Team Behind the Team (S2E12) | 00:53:22 | |
Coach Mo sits down with her alma matter, the Furman Women's Golf Coaching Staff, Coach Jeff Hull, PGA, and Mackenzie Raim, aka Coach Mac to discuss all things about this Division I Program. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 26 Feb 2024 | LEGS Goes Red with Coach Mo: Strengthening the Community (S2E13) | 00:51:17 | |
Today's episode we welcome CEO & Founder of Ladies Executive Golf Society (LEGS), Jillian Johnson to the show. LEGS is a women's empowerment businsess that launced in 2018 with the initiative to use golf as a platform to "build business, forge friendships, and connect on a deeper level," (www.ladiesexecutivegolfsociety.com). Jillian is going to tell us all about LEGS, why and how she started it, and the vision of LEGS and how it can be the connection of the future of women in golf to their begining. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 19 Mar 2024 | 2023 LPGA National Teacher of the Year, Cheryl Anderson (S2E14) | 00:51:09 | |
Next up on, "The Coach Mo Golf Show," is 2023 LPGA National Teacher of the Year, Cheryl Anderson. Cheryl is a PGA & LPGA certified instructor and is the Director of Instruction at Mike Bender Golf Academy located in Lake Mary, FL. I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Cheryl at the 2024 Troon Southeast Teaching Summit at the PGA Show this year as she was one of the presenters showcasing how to teach with training aids. If you are a teacher, player looking to improve, or just a lover of the game of golf, this episode offers a lot to enjoy. A native of Connecticut, Cheryl taught in the Metropolitan New York area from 1992-2007. She was recognized by the Metropolitan PGA Section in 2007 as the Teacher of the Year and was one of the first instructors in the world to be certified as a golf coach by the Certified Golf Coaches Association. More recently, Anderson was named the 2020 North Florida PGA Section Teacher of the Year. Cheryl has taught several top 100 juniors in the country including a number one ranked junior girl whom she had taught for nearly a decade. She also coached the Lake Mary Prep Girls Golf team to two state championship victories in Florida including a national record 14-under-par performance in an 18-hole event. In 2004, she earned the Met PGA Section Womens’ Player of the Year award for a record fifth consecutive season. More recently she tied for 17th at the 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Brooklawn C.C. in Fairfield, CT on rounds of 74- 76-71-72. Her 16 birdies for the week were second to only the championship’s winner Annika Sorenstam. Her play in 2002 was historic as she became the first women to win all three of the Metropolitan PGA women’s events in one season: The Metropolitan Women’s Open, the Met Women’s Stroke Play Championship and the Met Women’s Match Play Championship. She also was runner-up in the LPGA’s National Club Professional Championship in Southern Pines, North Carolina and in the LPGA’s Northeast Section Championship in Manassas, Virginia. Another professional highlight for Anderson was being named The Journal-News Suburban Golfer Magazine’s “Golfer of the Year” in 2001. Her season that year included making the cut at the LPGA Tour’s Betsy King Classic in Pennsylvania (the only teaching professional to make a cut on the LPGA Tour that season) and winning her first Metropolitan Woman’s Open. A graduate of Rutgers University, Anderson competed on the golf team for four years, including two as team captain. Before turning professional in 1992, she qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Women’s Public Links Championships. Anderson has authored numerous instruction articles in all of the major golf publications including Golf Digest, Met Golfer Magazine and Golf Digest Woman Magazine. Her first book Teach Yourself Visually Golf was published in 2007. She also Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 25 Mar 2024 | Winning with MJ McCloskey: 2023 NCAA DIII National Champion Coach & Author (S2E15) | 00:43:17 | |
The Coach Mo Golf Show welcomes six-time NCAA Division-III West Region Coach of the Year and a nine-time Northwest Conference Coach of the Year, Coach MJ McCloskey to the show. Coach MJ started the George Fox Women's Golf program from the ground-up in 2006 and led them to their first NCAA DIII National title in 2023 at Mission Inn, in Howie-in-the-Hills, FL in 2023. It was a dramatic, controversial, and eventful Championship that flooded social media and national news with videos and news on the tournament's controversial pin position on #6. In this episode you'll hear all about the championship, the controversy, as well as discussions I have with Coach McCloskey's new book, "How Girls Win." Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 03 Sep 2024 | "For the Average Amateur Golfer...." with Jesse Stakes, "Making Cents of it All" (S3E1) | 00:33:46 | |
The Coach Mo Golf Show is kicking off Season 3, Episode 1 from an all new perspective, through the eyes of the average amateur golfer, with special guest, Jesse Stakes. Jesse is the Vice President, Commerical Banking Relationship Manager to Everbank located in Jacksonville, FL. Besides being a businessman full-time, Jesse is the Founder and Chief Content Creator for his podcast, "Making Cents of it All." Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 09 Sep 2024 | Troon's Global Director of Education & Coaching, Top 50 Instructor, Tim Mahoney (S3E2) | 00:45:11 | |
What an amazing opportunity for myself and listeners to have Tim Mahoney on the show today! Check out Tim's bio here compliments of his website: www.timmahoneygolf.com When not training other teachers, he teaches all levels of golfer from his home base at Troon North Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. During the summer months he teaches at The Club at Cordillera, Vail, Colorado His commitment to the game is evident in his involvement in so many areas, including lecturing at teaching seminars, consulting in the development of computer software for golf swing analysis, development of learning centers and practice facilities and, most of all, the hours spent on the lesson tee with amateurs and professional players alike. Notable students: Betsy King, Billy Mayfair, David Duval, Kevin Streeleman, Blaine McCallister, Tom Kite, Tom Purtzer and Ricky Hearden. Eighteen tour victories to credit. College teams: ASU, UA, Nebraska, Yale, Dartmouth Philosophy: Stability, Structure, Strength, Speed and Sequence. Square clubface and a balance swing on both sides. Consistency through impact and power sources. www.timmahoneygolf.com Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 23 Sep 2024 | Monique Thoresz, PGA, Director of Instruction, Quaker Ridge (S3E3) | 00:44:38 | |
This episode of The Coach Mo Golf Show includes not one, but two Moniques! Coach Mo sits down to talk with Monique Thoresz, a recognized PGA professional, instructor, and committee member of the PGA Board of Junior Development to chat golf, junior development, teaching with ground forces and more! Monique is a dedicated student of the game and the golf swing, and she has spent hundreds of hours studying with and learning from some of the best teachers in the game. Monique has been honored as the 2024 Metropolitan PGA Teacher of the Year and the 2017 Met PGA’s Player Development Award. She is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher to Watch, a Golf Digest Best in State instructor, a US Kids Master Coach and a three-time GRAA Top 100 growth of the Game Teaching Professional. Monique is also the co-founder of the annual Girls to the Tee program, a free clinic for junior girls from the metropolitan New York region that is now in its 16th season. Monique enjoys working with players of all levels and abilities, from club champions to beginners and everyone in between, and she has a particular passion for developing the games of junior golfers. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 10 Oct 2024 | The Value of the Instructor, Lorin Anderson, CEO & Founder of The Proponent Group (S3E4) | 00:43:13 | |
Lorin Anderson, Founder of The Proponent Group, shares insights on golf instruction and its impact on facilities, members, and instructors on the latest episode of “The Coach Mo Golf Show.” Discover how to enhance your club’s value, boost revenue, and improve member retention through effective instructional resources. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 14 Oct 2024 | Special Edition: 50th Episode with special guest, Aunt Caryn (S3E5) | 00:59:07 | |
For the special edition 50th episode of The Coach Mo Golf Show, Coach Mo welcomes back the most popular guest in the show's history, Aunt Caryn! In this milestone episode, they dive into a fun and insightful conversation, blending golf with life lessons and exploring how the two intersect. Aunt Caryn shares her unique wisdom and experiences, reflecting on the journey so far, and the powerful connections between the game of golf and personal growth. This celebratory episode is filled with humor, heartfelt stories, and valuable insights for golfers and non-golfers alike. Tune in for an inspiring conversation that honors the legacy of the show and the dynamic bond between Coach Mo and Aunt Caryn! Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 17 Oct 2024 | "Realities of Recruitment" with Beachside High Senior, Fiona Clancy (S3E6) | 00:59:26 | |
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 6 of the Coach Mo Golf Show! Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 24 Oct 2024 | "Navigating the Way to Play Golf in College: Recruitment Advice for Juniors, Parents, & Players" (S3E7) | 01:21:50 | |
In this episode, we’re joined by ForeCollegeGolf and Brandi Jackson Golf, two leaders in high school and college golf recruitment, to share invaluable advice for juniors, parents, and college players navigating the often overwhelming recruiting process. We dive deep into what it takes to stand out to college coaches, explore key timelines and strategies for successful recruitment, and discuss how to avoid common pitfalls. Whether you're a junior golfer aiming for college golf, a parent supporting your child’s journey, or a college player with questions about the transfer portal, this episode offers actionable insights and expert tips to help you succeed at the next level. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from two of the best in the game! Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 02 Nov 2024 | LPGA Girls Golf, Director of Operations Stephanie Peareth (S3E8) | 00:54:37 | |
For Season 3, Episode 8 of The Coach Mo Golf Show, Coach Mo welcomes Stephanie Peareth, LPGA's Director of Operations for Girls Golf. They dive into LPGA’s Girls Golf initiative, which is all about creating a positive, empowering environment for young girls to discover and thrive in golf. Together, they discuss the mission behind the "1 million more" campaign, a bold initiative aiming to engage one million more girls in golf over the next five years. Stephanie shares insights on the LPGA's efforts to make golf more accessible and inclusive for young girls by building opportunities at the grassroots level. Coach Mo and Stephanie explore how LPGA Girls Golf is reshaping the sport by connecting girls with mentorship, teamwork, and community support—creating pathways not just in golf but in life. This episode is packed with insights on how the LPGA Girls Golf program plans to inspire the next generation and give young golfers the skills they need on and off the course. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 21 Nov 2024 | "The Roadmap to Junior Golf Development for Juniors & Parents," Stuart McKechnie, PGA, TPI (S3E9) | 01:12:08 | |
In Season 3, Episode 9 of the Coach Mo Golf Show, Coach Mo is joined by "Golf Digest Best Young Coach," Stuart McKechnie, a PGA and TPI expert originally from Scotland and now based in Charlotte at The Phenom Lab. Together, they explore the "Roadmap to Junior Golf Development for Juniors & Parents." This episode covers essential aspects of developing young golfers, with a focus on both physical and mental growth, and strategies for ensuring long-term progress while avoiding burnout. Stuart emphasizes the vital role parents play in creating a balanced, supportive environment that nurtures their child’s passion for the game. The discussion also touches on college golf, offering insights into the recruitment process and how it serves as a stepping stone to higher-level competition. Additionally, Stuart shares emerging trends in junior golf, including advanced coaching methods and individualized development plans, providing listeners with practical advice to help young athletes thrive both on and off the course. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 12 Dec 2024 | "Merchandising Mastery & Mentorship" with Grace Hurley, PGA (S3E10) | 00:48:18 | |
In Season 3, Episode 10, we welcome Grace Hurley, PGA, to the show! Grace is a PGA professional and currently the Vice President of Brand and National Sales at Catapult. A graduate of the University of Idaho’s Professional Golf Management program, Grace played Division One golf before building an impressive career with the TPC Network and Titleist. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 23 Dec 2024 | The Annika Foundation CEO & President, Rob Ohno (S3E11) | 00:53:10 | |
In this episode, we welcome Rob Ohno, CEO and President of the Annika Foundation, to discuss his journey from the PGA TOUR to leading one of golf's most impactful organizations. Rob shares insights into the foundation's mission to inspire and empower young golfers worldwide through Annika Sörenstam's vision and legacy. We'll explore the foundation's initiatives, including junior tournaments, scholarships, and leadership programs, and Rob's perspective on the importance of growing the game for girls and women. Join us for an engaging conversation about leadership, mentorship, and how the Annika Foundation is shaping the future of golf. 🎙️ Don’t miss this inspiring episode! Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 17 Jan 2025 | Discussions with Golf Digest's "Best Young Teachers in America," Megan Johnston, LPGA (S3E12) | 00:55:26 | |
In this episode of The Coach Mo Golf Show, Coach Mo sits down with Golf Digest "Best Young Teachers in America", Megan Johnston, for an in-depth conversation on junior golf development, growing the game for girls and women, and coaching golfers of all different swings, goals, and movement patterns. They discuss how to build strong foundations for young players, create more opportunities for women in golf, and tailor coaching strategies to fit each golfer’s unique strengths. Whether you're a junior golfer, coach, parent, or golf enthusiast, this episode provides valuable insights to help every golfer improve and succeed. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 29 Jan 2025 | Breaking Barriers in Golf with Cathy Kim, PGA, LPGA: Teaching, Mentorship, and Making the Game Accessible (S3E13) | 00:35:36 | |
🎙️ The Coach Mo Golf Show: Season 3, Episode 13 In this episode, Coach Mo welcomes Cathy Kim, PGA/LPGA Director of Instruction at Baltimore Country Club. Cathy is widely recognized as one of Golf Digest’s Best Young Teachers in America and was named the MAPGA Player Development Coach of the Year. Together, they dive into Cathy’s journey into the golf industry, sharing her experiences and the path that led her to become one of the top instructors in the game. The conversation touches on how golf professionals can better teach and connect with female golfers, as well as Cathy’s mission to make the sport more accessible and inclusive for everyone. They also explore the rewards of being a PGA HOPE Certified Coach, serving veterans through the game of golf, and Cathy’s commitment to mentoring the younger generation of coaches and instructors to help grow the game in meaningful ways. Additionally, Cathy shares the one piece of advice she recommends you never ask someone—providing a unique perspective that will make you think differently about how to approach conversations. Coach Mo and Cathy also reflect on the influence of their shared mentor, Steve Loesher, whose guidance has played a pivotal role in shaping both of their journeys in the golf industry. This down-to-earth episode is packed with insights, advice, and laughs from one of the most dynamic leaders in golf instruction today. 📲 Follow and Support Cathy Kim
Make sure to connect with Cathy on social media and check out her website for more tips, insights, and updates from her incredible journey in golf! Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 09 Mar 2025 | How Technology is Changing Golf for the Everyday Golfer Through Rapsodo Golf (S2E14) | 00:39:20 | |
In this episode of The Coach Mo Golf Show, Coach Mo sits down with Justin Bryant of Rapsodo Golf to discuss how advancements in golf technology are transforming the game for everyday golfers. They explore how portable launch monitors, data-driven insights, and AI-powered coaching tools are making it easier than ever for recreational players to improve their game without breaking the bank. Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 13 Mar 2025 | Inside the Annika Women's All Pro Tour – The Path to the LPGA (S3E15) | 00:39:03 | |
Inside the Annika Women's All Pro Tour – The Path to the LPGA: Season 3, Episode 15 In this exciting episode of The Coach Mo Golf Show, we dive into the world of the Annika Women's All Pro Tour (WAPT), a pivotal platform for emerging female golf talent. Host Coach Mo is joined by tour professionals MJ Crain and Marissa McCardell, who share their experiences and insights into the growing influence of the tour on women’s golf. We’ll discuss Annika Sörenstam’s involvement with the tour and how her vision is shaping the future of women’s professional golf. Crain and McCardell provide a behind-the-scenes look at the opportunities the WAPT provides for up-and-coming players and the tour’s role in developing the next generation of LPGA stars. Listen in as we explore the impact of the Annika Women’s All Pro Tour, the unique challenges and rewards of competing at the professional level, and what the future holds for women in golf. Whether you're a golfer, a fan of the sport, or just curious about the exciting changes on the horizon, this episode offers valuable insights you won’t want to miss! @womensallprotour www.wapt.golf Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 24 Mar 2025 | Connecting Through Golf with Colin Weston of The ModGolf Podcast (S3E16) | 00:59:22 | |
In Season 3, Episode 16 of The Coach Mo Golf Show, Coach Mo sits down with Colin Weston, the founder of ModSport Media and the host of The ModGolf Podcast. They explore Colin’s passion for entrepreneurship, discussing how he built his own podcast from the ground up. Colin shares his approach to interviewing guests with entrepreneurial backgrounds, many of whom are reshaping the golf industry. He emphasizes his desire to shine a spotlight on underserved areas and the importance of community connections in the golfing world. Colin values not just golf and technology, but also the power of community building through connecting and sharing stories. Throughout their conversation, Colin talks about how the podcast serves as a platform to highlight innovative ideas, showcase entrepreneurial journeys, and foster a greater sense of connection among golfers and industry pioneers. Be sure to follow Colin on YouTube and his social media accounts, and don’t miss out on his insightful podcast! The ModGolf Podcast (@modgolfpodcast) • Instagram Contact Coach Mo | |||
| 17 Apr 2025 | "True Swing" & True Growth: Erika Larkin on New Products, Trends, & Doors Opening for Women's Golf(S3E17) | 00:42:45 | |
S3 Ep17 – "True Swing" & True Growth: Erika Larkin on New Products, Trends, & Doors Opening for Women's Golf In this episode of The Coach Mo Golf Show, we welcome back the always insightful Erika Larkin, PGA! Erika dives into her brand-new training product, True Swing Golf, designed to help golfers of all levels build feel and flow in their swing. We also explore the evolving landscape of women’s golf, including how new brands, programs, and a community-first approach are helping more women feel confident stepping into the game. From beginner-friendly trends to game-changing gear, this episode is packed with fresh perspective and practical tips for anyone passionate about growing the game—especially for women and new players. Whether you're a coach, a beginner, or simply love hearing from trailblazing women in golf, this one's a must-listen! Follow Erika at: @true.swing.golf www.erikalarkin.com @erikalarkingolf Contact Coach Mo | |||