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Lighter and Brighter, and More Booze: Thoughts from the Golf Inc. Clubhouse Design Showcase webinar

A few thoughts from the recent Golf Inc. Clubhouse Design Showcase webinar. Give the people what they want: lighter, brighter, more casual spaces, and more booze in those spaces.

Golf Inc. recently hosted a Clubhouse Design Showcase webinar, allowing several prominent architects and interior designers to display their recent projects and discuss trends they are observing in the industry. While not explicitly limited to a subgenre, most of the discussion involved redesign, expansion, or adding on to existing clubhouse spaces rather than new construction, despite the…

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Time for a Change

A change is going to come. This winter, I'm getting professional help to make a serious change to my golf swing. Come enjoy the madness with me.

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The Best Golf Compliment

I reflect on the rare golf compliment that I could be proud of.

In golf, the grass always looks greener on the other side, at least when it comes to my swing and my game. Some of my friends have beautifully rhythmic golf swings that create effortless speed and distance. Others exhibit a raw power I could only hope to emulate in the youth of my next life. I know a wizard with a wedge, and guys and girls that can move the ball both ways with ease. It can…

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E16 - Americans in Oregon Bandon Dunes Retrospective

A year after embarking on our Bandon Dunes adventure, we reconvene to tie the bow on our experiences on the Oregon coast. What we loved, what we didn't, and what we'll do differently on our next adventure out West.

Nearly one year after embarking on our Bandon Dunes adventure, Fred, Matt, and Dave reconvene one final time to tie the bow on our experiences on the Oregon coast. We discuss the highs and lows, what we loved and what we didn’t, and what we’d do differently on our next adventure out west. Matt also gets in a few kind words about his experience and the course at Bandon Crossing, which he played…

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E15 - We're going to The Open! A chat with Kieran Clark.

I checked in with Golfshake's @KieranClarkGolf ahead of our family's trip to Scotland to attend The Open at Royal Troon this month. We discuss what to expect around the championship, as well as the state of golf in Scotland more broadly.

I’m taking my family to the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon this month. To prepare for our adventure, I called on long-time friend of the podcast and unofficial Scotland correspondent Kieran Clark to talk about what we can expect to experience, as well as the current state of Scottish golf. Kieran is a St. Andrews-based writer for, and Social & Community Editor of, Golfshake, the leading…

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E14 Americans in Oregon - Bandon Trails

Americans in Oregon: the Bandon Trails episode. A masterwork of routing and shaping from Coore Crenshaw set inland among the still-wooded dunes and logging trails, the course is almost the perfect mix of difficulty, beauty, and diversity.

The boys finally get around to discussing Bandon Trails, which Matt and I were absolutely smitten with, from start to finish. A masterwork of routing and shaping from Coore Crenshaw set inland among the still-wooded dunes and logging trails, the course is almost the perfect mix of difficulty, beauty, and diversity for golf.

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E13 - Brian Ross on Park Mammoth at two years old, industry trends, and what's next.

Golf course architect Brian Ross rejoins the show to discuss Park Mammoth Golf Club turning two years old, how it continues to evolve, and how his design practice is evolving in a resurgent industry.

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E11 - Hagen O'Neil's film "From Red Clay to Fairways" at The Fields Golf Club

My chat with filmmaker Hagen O'Neil on his film "From Red Clay to Fairways" about The Fields Golf Club in LaGrange, GA. It's a special place, with a great community, and highlights the best of what public golf can attain.

The Fields Golf Club in LaGrange, Georgia, is one of those special places with which I felt an instant connection, a feeling that grew stronger with each step on my first walk around the course. It’s a special place with a remarkable story derived from some of the ideas and principles that best capture what’s right in public golf. In this conversation, I sat down with filmmaker Hagen O’Neil of…

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E11 Americans in Oregon - Sheep Ranch

This is the Sheep Ranch episode, the fifth of our Americans in Oregon series highlighting and detailing Matt, Fred, and my trip to Bandon Dunes last summer. The Sheep Ranch, an instant Coore + Crenshaw hit with the golfing public, provides a more relaxed

This is the Sheep Ranch episode, the fifth of our Americans in Oregon series highlighting and detailing Matt, Fred, and my trip to Bandon Dunes last summer. The Sheep Ranch, an instant Coore + Crenshaw hit with the golfing public, provides a more relaxed experience than it’s bolder neighbors just down the majestic coast line. The heritage of the site is well respected by the wonderful “core…

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E10 - State Park Golf Series - KY Parks Commissioner Russ Meyer

I was honored to sit down with KY State Parks Commissioner Russ Meyer to discuss Kentucky's state park golf courses' variety, mission, funding, and more!

The Kentucky State Park System is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2024. This episode is the first of a new series wherein I’ll profile Kentucky’s state park golf courses from time to time. To kick off this new endeavor, I was honored to sit down recently with the Commissioner of the Kentucky State Park System, Mr. Russ Meyer. We talk the breadth, mission, and funding of Kentucky’s state park…

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E10 - State Parks Series - KY Parks Commissioner Russ Meyer

I was honored to sit down with KY State Parks Commissioner Russ Meyer to discuss Kentucky's state park golf courses' variety, mission, funding, and more!

The Kentucky State Park System is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2024. This episode is the first of a new series wherein I’ll profile Kentucky’s state park golf courses from time to time. To kick off this new endeavor, I was honored to sit down recently with the Commissioner of the Kentucky State Park System, Mr. Russ Meyer. We talk the breadth, mission, and funding of Kentucky’s state park…

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E9 Americans in Oregon - Pacific Dunes

This week we finally get to the Pacific Dunes episode in our Americans in Oregon series. What a setting, what a thrill ride of a course @BandonDunesGolf.

This is the Pacific Dunes episode, our fourth of this season’s “Americans in Oregon Series.” A golf course of almost unanimous acclaim, it’s the golf course that brought architect Tom Doak into the larger golfing public’s consciousness, that showed people how spectacular coastal golf in America can be, and what natural, minimalist golf architecture can be. For the second time, it was also the…

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E8 - Chris Boysel PGA of Play Golf Lexington Returns!

Friend of the Show, Chris Boysel, PGA, returns to talk about where we've been, where we are, and where we think we're going in golf in central Kentucky, and to an extent, in golf writ large.

Friend of the Show, Chris Boysel, PGA, returns to talk about where we’ve been, where we are, and where we think we’re going in golf in central Kentucky, and to an extent, in golf writ large. Chris oversees Tournament Operations and Player Development for Play Golf Lexington, the omnibus organization responsible for municipal golf in Lexington. We discuss the tournament and programming offerings,…

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E7 Americans in Oregon - Bandon Dunes and Beers

This is the Bandon Dunes Course episode, the one that started it all @bandondunesgolf, for the Oregon golf coast the Keiser family golf empire, David McKlay-Kidd, for a new type of destination golf, and for fun overruling difficulty.

This is the Bandon Dunes episode, the one about the original course at the Bandon Dunes Resort, the one that started it all. This is where it began for Oregon as a golf destination, for the Keiser family golf empire, for golf architect David McKlay Kidd, for fun overtaking difficulty as the chief goal of golf, and for a new type of destination golf, far from the things of man. It’s a truly great…

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E6: The Legend of Old Silo with Ethan Fisher

Ethan Fisher, PGA stops by to discuss his article over on the blog detailing the rapid rise and demise of Old Silo Golf Club, Kentucky golf's shooting star. What made it great? What went wrong? And did we learn anything?

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E5: Americans in Oregon - The Old MacDonald Episode

In our 2nd installment of the Americans in Oregon series recounting our trip to @BandonDunesGolf, we go in-depth on the Old MacDonald course. Template holes, playability, and a bit of suggestive golf sacrilege. All good fun.

Our 2nd installment of the Americans in Oregon, discussing our experience on the Old MacDonald course, and the awe and wonderment of realizing the scale of the Bandon Dunes operation. Plus, a heretical idea so crazy I’d could only get away with it because it’s on the Internet.

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Blind Shots Podcast S5 E4: Americans in Oregon - Punch Bowl, Preserve, & Vibes of Bandon Dunes

As we roll into cabin fever-induced daydream season, Matt, Fred, and I begin our "Americans in Oregon" series, examining our experience at Bandon Dunes Resort this past summer. First up: Bandon's Vibes, the Punch Bowl, and Bandon Preserve.

In this first installment of the “Americans in Oregon” series, we set the scene at Bandon Dunes through our impressions of the Punch Bowl putting course, the 13-hole Bandon Preserve short course, and an examination of the resort’s vibe through our lodging and accommodations experiences.