Send us a textFor 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 ...

Send us a textIn 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...

Send us a textWelcome to Season 3, Episode 6 of the Coach Mo Golf Show!In this episode, we’re diving deep into the world of junior golf recruitment with a special guest, Fiona Clancy, senior golfer at Beachside High School and a key member of the 2023 State Championship team. Fiona has just verbally committed to playing Division I golf at California State University, Bakersfield, and she’s here to share her journey—the highs, the lows, and everything in between.We’ll discuss what it takes to ...

Send us a text 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...

Send us a textLorin 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.Catch the full episode dropping this week on all your favorite podcast platforms on “The Coach Mo Golf Show”! Golf instructors and facility management won’t want to...

Send us a textThis 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 Thoresz is the PGA Director of Instruction at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, NY, the first to hold the position in the club’s 106 year history. Prior to joining Quak...

Send us a textWhat 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 On this episode Tim is going to tell stories and teaching and working with some of the top pro's like David Duval, Betsy King, and Billy Mayfair as well as offer a lot of great advice to players, instructors, and coaches. A lot to enjoy on this episode from one of the industry leaders in instruction, academies, an...

Send us a textThe 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." "Making Cents of it All," highlights people and what they do professi...

 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...

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...

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). "We are seeking to change the paradigm not only on the golf course, but in the business world as well.   Rather than fitting into tradition, we felt that women were...

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.   Furman, ranked in or slightly outside the Top-50 in Division I Women's Golf is a small liberal arts school with a reputation of a fantastic women's golf program. Incredible Hall-of-Famers and/or LPGA Players of the Year like Betsy King, Beth Daniel, Dottie Pepper are former Furman Women's Golf grads as...

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...

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...

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. Stephanie and I attended the 2024 Troon Southeast Education Summit held just before the PGA Show at Mystic Dunes and...

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. Playing Through...

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. Mo's story before life as a golf professional is one you wouldn't imagine, and she's here today to sit down with her Aunt Caryn, her medical health proxy and "life-savior" to share their story together.    In 2012, at age 26, Mo's...

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. He travels the globe conducting informative, engaging, and impactful keynotes, seminars, and workshops on how to grow business and revenue. Since 2019, he's...

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...

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...

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 Woodard, Furman Women's Golf Alum, and...

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. Auston had an impressive career as a college player for Vanderbilt with two individual wins to her name including the Auburn...

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...

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! Coach Ryan Potter Bio via Wake Forest Women's Golf Page located at https://godeacs.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/coaches/ryan-potter/1028 "Ryan Potter has spent six seasons on the coaching staff of the Wake Forest women's golf program, joining the program in January, 2017. After...