Greenside - Official Podcast of the Iowa Golf Association Iowa Golf Association

Katelynn Hogenson, IGA COO, visits the podcast to chat about her experience as a Rules Official at the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur, which included some priceless memories on the grounds of and around Augusta National Golf Club. Simply surreal...

Clive's Jordan Weber joins the podcast to discuss his recent success on a worldwide professional golf tour, the NEXT Golf Tour. Enough success to earn him a spot in a handful of Challenge Tour starts and one on the DP World Tour events in Europe - what a deal!?

Tyler Johnson, of Mason City, joins the podcast to chat about his latest venture that he can't keep in stock – Toddler Golf Bags. Johnson, the 2019 IGA Match Play Champion, and his Charlie Golf Co. has taken on a life of their own. Sit back and listen to how it all started.

Spencer Groessl and Jeff Webb join the podcast to the speak about the Evans Scholars Foundation and their caddie program that is in place at a few IGA member clubs around the state and those that are starting one this year! It's exciting times ahead for sure with this program in the state of Iowa. As background, the Western Golf Association promotes the use of youth caddies and supports the Evans Scholars Foundation's efforts to award full tuition and housing college scholarships, now at the University of Iowa, to high-achieving caddies with limited financial means.

Molly Biggs and Thomas Gould, both with ties to Iowa, stop by the podcast to kick off 2024. Both were interns in 2023 with the USGA's Green Section and were excited to share their experiences from that chapter of their lives. You might even hear a couple stories about recent Greenside guest, Zach Nicoludis - USGA!

Reilly Smidt, former P.J. Boatwright Jr. Intern with the IGA, joins the podcast to chat about his love for golf and the architecture that goes along with it. Smidt has had the fortune of playing several great facilities recently and shares with the listeners what that has been like and what to look for when you are out playing one of your favorite spots!