Any Given Monday

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Breaking Through with Brady Calkins and Alistair Docherty Nov 15, 2022

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Alistair Docherty and Brady Calkins were triumphant at final stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q school, earning guaranteed starts for next season. The two discuss Q school, reflect on the journey, share stories of celebration, and look forward to the first events of the new year.

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The Long Game with Brandon Matthews Nov 02, 2022

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Brandon Mathews is one of the longest players in professional golf. He and wife Danielle discuss Brandon's first year on the PGA Tour, hitting bombs and honeymooning at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

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Inside the Mind: Reflections of a U.S. Women's AM Champ Oct 25, 2022

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The pressures of stardom, self-care and empowerment: Jensen Castle joins The Grind for a candid conversation about the transformative year after her 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur victory. She explains why her story is more than the No. 63 seed and other revelations that followed the hardest week of her career.

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FULL SEND with Robert Garrigus Oct 19, 2022

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PGA Tour member Robert Garrigus is known for his unfiltered, blunt honesty. In this episode he calls players out, talks LIV and PGA Tour leadership, tells wild stories, and discusses the future of the professional game.

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The Pursuit of Happiness with Mark Baldwin Oct 16, 2022

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Professional golfer Mark Baldwin recently traveled to first stage of DP World Tour Q-School in Denmark. He wrote about the sights, recorded the sounds and compiled the experience into this special pod. Enjoy a trip to one of the world's happiest countries.

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Tom Kim Versus the Universe Oct 10, 2022

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In this very special Grind crossover event, Alan Shipnuck is joined by Ryan French and Michael Bamberger to discuss Kim’s emergence as a budding superstar, as well as Eugenio Lopez-Chicarra’s win at LIV and what that means for the competition for young talent. Ryan brings to life his scoop on how the MENA Tour stiffed its players and what that means for LIV. They also riff on everyone from Frank Lickliter to Peter Thomson and its a delightfully discursive conversation.

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A Road Trip to Fight Substance Abuse Oct 06, 2022

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Guest host, Jordan Perez, invites Jeff Johnston, father and founder of Living Undeterred, a nonprofit dedicated to combatting two crises: substance abuse and mental health. Johnston lost his son Seth and wife Prudence to substance abuse and is devoted to destigmatizing and uplifting those surrounding these issues.

This summer, Jeff embarked on a 95-day roadtrip with his sons Ian and Roman. Ian, a college golfer at South Dakota, sells streetwear and donates a part of his profits to the nonprofit. Jeff shares more about his why and shares tales from the road.

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Matt Moroz Tells His Q-School DQ Story Aug 29, 2022

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Ryan French speaks with Matt Moroz, a professional golfer disqualified from Q-School after a series of strange and unlikely events.

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A Q-School DQ for the Ages Aug 28, 2022

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The Pre-Qualifying Stage at Korn Ferry Tour Q-School is usually uneventful. The name of the game is to survive the preliminary stage and advance. In one particular group however, the final day became something wild and contentious and ultimately led to one player's disqualification. In this episode, host Ryan French listens to two different sides of the crazy story from a player in the group, and the caddie of the disqualified player.

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From the U.S. Amateur - Derek Hitchner Aug 20, 2022

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Guest host, Jordan Perez, got a chance to catch up with semifinalist Derek Hitchner, a fifth-year at Pepperdine whose successes in golf have been a bit of an uphill battle. Growing up in Minnesota, Derek spent a lot of his junior career overlooked but landed an offer from Pepperdine. Initially, Derek didn’t receive a ton of playing opportunities – including having been left out of the National Championship team lineup in 2021, but ever since his game has only blossomed. We talk overcoming that, his week at the U.S. Amateur, and his mastery at not just match play, but Catan. Yes, the board game Catan.

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