Larry The Golf Guy

Larry The Golf Guy
Larry The Golf Guy

I’ve been playing golf since I was 9. I played junior golf extensively at the local and state level as a teenager growing up in West Hartford, Connecticut, and played on both my high school and college teams. That was about as far as my playing career went, but I never lost my love for the game. I am an avid reader and collector of golf book and enjoy the history of the game and golf architecture. I especially enjoy talking with folks in the golf industry generally – be they club pros, teaching pros, players, golf association executives, architects or industry folks – and that is what we do on this podcast.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    The Golf Guy Podcast -- Don Rea, Jr., 44th President of the PGA of America

    Don Rea, Jr., was recently elected president of the PGA of America. We talk with Don about his journey from being a AAA baseball umpire to becoming a PGA member, a golf course owner and operator and ultimately a national officer of the PGA of America. We also discuss the new headquarters at Frisco in North Texas, the importance of public advocacy in golf, the PGA's role and interaction with the other governing bodies in the game, and the biggest challenges facing the game and the profession.

    49 min

  2. NOV 21

    The Golf Guy Podcast -- PGA Teaching Pro and Champion Adaptive Golfer Chris Biggins

    Chris Biggins was born with cerebral palsy, had braces on both legs until 10th grade, and has had numerous medical procedures to deal with his condition. Notwithstanding these physical challenges, Chris has persevered to become one of the best adaptive golfers in the country and a PGA teaching professional at the Country Club of Birmingham in Alabama. We talk with Chris about his prowess in sports growing up, his experiences with both the professional golf management program and the college golf team at Methodist University, his summer internships, his professional ski racing career, and his staff role overseeing the incredible junior golf program at the Country Club of Birmingham.

    42 min

  3. NOV 13

    The Golf Guy Podcast -- Former SCGA President Ed Holmes

    Ed Holmes has had a long and distinguished career as a Board member and leader for various golf associations in Southern California, including the SCGA, the SCGA Junior Foundation and the SCPGA, and has also done television and rules work for the USGA. We talk with Ed about his journey in the game and the many contributions he has made to golf in Southern California and beyond.

    1h 23m

  4. OCT 20

    The Golf Guy Podcast -- Lizette Salas, LPGA Tour Star

    Lizette Salas has come a long way in golf, from her first day going with her dad to the local course in Azusa here in Southern California (where he worked as a mechanic) to being a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour and a five-time member of the US Solheim Cup team. We talk about how she got started in the game, her junior career, earning a golf scholarship to USC, winning the NCAA team championship as a freshman and becoming a four-time All-American, surviving a 9-for-1 playoff to earn her LPGA Tour card, what life on Tour is like, coping with her recent medical challenges, and her thoughts on the women's game today.

    51 min

  5. SEP 26

    The Golf Guy Podcast -- Sheena Willoughby of the Dunvegan Hotel in St. Andrews

    Thirty years ago, Sheena and Jack Willoughby, newly married, purchased the Dunvegan Hotel, which sits just a bit more than 100 yards from the 18th green at the Old Course in St. Andrews. They transformed the place into one of golf's greatest 19th holes. We talk with Sheena about her journey with the Dunvegan and how she and Jack came to purchase it and transformed it, and the great memories she had along the way.

    59 min

  6. SEP 9

    The Golf Guy Podcast -- Kay Cockerill, NBC Sports/Golf Channel Commentator

    Kay Cockerill has had a stellar career as a commentator at The Golf Channel for nearly 30 years. We talk with Kay about her start in golf in Northern California, making the team at UCLA as a walk on and becoming a two-time All-American, winning back-to-back US Women's Amateurs, her time on the LPGA Tour and her transition into broadcasting at the dawn of The Golf Channel. We also get Kay's thoughts on the state of the women's game today and the tremendous talent that we are seeing today at both the pro and amateur level.

    1h 1m

  7. AUG 26

    The Golf Guy Podcast -- Stanford All-American Megha Ganne

    Megha Ganne is entering her junior year at Stanford after a season which saw her earn first-team All-American honors and go undefeated in match play in the NCAA Finals as Stanford won the team title. We talk with Megha about her start in the game at age 7, what it was like to be a 4 time finalist in the Drive, Chip and Putt finals at Augusta, and her stellar junior golf record which included reaching the semifinals of the US Women's Amateur at age 15 and playing in the final group of the US Women's Open at age 17. We also discuss what life is like for her at Stanford and relive some of her college successes over the past two years.

    49 min

  8. AUG 12

    The Golf Guy Podcast -- Hall of Fame Coach Carrie Forsyth

    Carrie Forsyth retired last year after a tremendous 24-year run as head coach of the UCLA Women's Golf Team, where she won 2 national championships and 5 Pac12 championships, and coached many players who are stars today on the LPGA (including Alison Lee, Lilia Vu and Patty Tavatanakit, among others). We talk with Carrie about how she got her start in golf, her junior career in Southern California, making the UCLA team as a walk-on, her decision to go the coaching route, and her Hall of Fame coaching career at UCLA. We discuss the keys to her success at UCLA, what she looked for in her players, her day-to-day role as UCLA coach and how that evolved over time, her thoughts on the seismic changes in college sports (including NIL deals and the collapse of the Pac 12), and her views on the overall state of the women's game today.

    57 min
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About

I’ve been playing golf since I was 9. I played junior golf extensively at the local and state level as a teenager growing up in West Hartford, Connecticut, and played on both my high school and college teams. That was about as far as my playing career went, but I never lost my love for the game. I am an avid reader and collector of golf book and enjoy the history of the game and golf architecture. I especially enjoy talking with folks in the golf industry generally – be they club pros, teaching pros, players, golf association executives, architects or industry folks – and that is what we do on this podcast.

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  • Creator
    Larry The Golf Guy
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    108
  • Rating
    Clean
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