Brentley Romine joins Jim to discuss his career covering primarily the college and amateur game for Golf Channel and NBC Sports. Brentley discusses the growing interest in both men's and women's amateur golf, and how that growth was jeopardized after the NCAA season got off to a bumpy start with the failed transition to Spikemark for live scoring and rankings. The NCAA regionals are set and the season wraps up later this month with a new host site, Omni La Costa in Southern California. In...

Steve 'Pepsi' Hale joins Jim to discuss his long career as a caddie on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry tour. You may know Pepsi as the caddie who was on Keegan Bradley's bag for the 2011 PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. Or may you know Pepsi as the caddie who got into it with Miguel Angel Jimenez at the 2015 World Match Play. These are just a few of the stories that we get into in this episode. In Angle of Attack (1:14:45), Andrew and Jim continue their discussion on the...

PGA Tour rookie Raul Pereda joins Andrew to discuss his journey from the Latin America tour to getting one of the five coveted PGA Tour cards at Qualifying School last fall. Raul shares his experience navigating the stages of Q School and the critical shots in the final round that helped him secure his PGA Tour card for 2024. Raul talks about adapting to life and the competition of the PGA tour, from equipment changes to rounding out his skillset to compete against the best players in the...

Andy Johnson, the founder of Fried Egg Golf and Shotgun Start podcasts, discusses his journey in the golf industry and the leaps of faith he has made in following his passion fo the game and the impact that has made in the golf media landscape. In this conversation, Jim and Andy chat about how Fried Egg Golf has made golf course architecture accessible for a wider audience. The conversation touches on recent trends in golf course architecture, the potential for a Tom Doak-designed...

Kate Smith, a professional golfer and co-owner of Ground Under Repair, discusses her background in golf growing up in Minnesota and her college golf experience at the University of Nebraska. She also talks about her partnership with Shane Bacon and their graphic design business. Kate shares her insights on the recruiting process for college golf, the progression of her golf skills, and her experience playing in the Augusta National Women's Amateur. Jim and Kate then transition to discussing...

Andrew Lewis chats with Chris Mayson, one of Golf Digest's Top 50 Best Teachers in America, and instructor to many top amateur and professional players. Chris discusses his start in the game as an elite junior player in the UK, how that led to opportunities to play college golf in the U.S. and eventually led to a professional and coaching career. Chris has some great stories about when he knew his professional playing days were up and the highlight of being on the bag caddying for his player...

Jim chats with Tony Pancake, the Director of Golf at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana. Tony talks about his 40-year career as a PGA professional, recently culminating in being honored as the PGA of America Golf Professional of the Year for 2024.  Tony tells some fascinating stories about his 20 years at Crooked Stick, including a round with Pete Dye during his job interview, memories from the many professional tournaments hosted over the years and more recently how the club honors...

This episode is a compilation of all the Angle of Attack segments from DGP Episodes 2 to 9. Golf coach Andrew Lewis and I cover the whole spectrum from getting your junior golfer started in tournament golf to how to best prepare leading up to an event. Even if you aren’t a junior golfer or parent of one, I truly believe there is something there for everyone to help in your golf journey. 01:13 Starting Juniors in Tournament Golf 08:56 Specializing vs. Multi-Sport Athletes 21:49 Using Stats...

Jim chats with Ryan French, a.k.a. Monday Q Info. Ryan’s passion for golf and those chasing their dreams has led him to be the trusted source for the compelling stories of heartbreak and breakthroughs that occur nearly every week on the fringes of professional golf. I hope you’ll see the parallels between Ryan’s story and the professional golfers that he covers.  In Angle of Attack, Andrew & Jim finish their three-part series on tournament prep for elite junior golfers. In this episode,...

In this episode, we chat with Kye Goalby, long-time golf course shaper and architect. Kye discusses his unique upbringing in Belleville, Illinois as the son of a Masters champion, how he shifted from a finance career into building golf courses and how he's worked all around the world shaping for top golf course architects such as Tom Doak and Gil Hanse. Kye goes in-depth on his most recent project, the Tree Farm in Aiken, South Carolina, collaborating with Doak and PGA Tour player Zac...

Brian Schneider, a golf architect based in Charleston, South Carolina.  Brian talks about getting his start with Tom Doak over twenty years ago and the influence that he and other great architects have had on his work and his career. Brian also discusses his latest project at Old Barnwell, a co-design with Blake Conant, that has helped turn Aiken, South Carolina into the latest hot bed in golf.  In Angle of Attack (1:25:15), Andrew & I start the first of a three-part series discussing...

Josh Smith is a golf superintendent, renowned oil painter of golf course landscapes and founder of the Flag Bag Golf Company.  He is truly one of the most interesting and talented people in golf. He discusses his junior golf background in Portland, college golf at St. Mary’s, his work in golf course construction, oil painting, his career path in turfgrass at Cal Club and now Orinda Country Club in Northern Califonia.  And more recently, we discuss the idea of Flag Bag Golf and he launched the...

Brian Hilko is a PGA professional and owner of The Golf Factory, a new indoor golf facility outside of Chicago. Brian takes us through his life in the game, from his work with junior golfers to most recently becoming a small business owner.  Brian also provides some great insights for anybody looking to invest in a launch monitor or build out a simulator space in your home. In Angle of Attack w/ Andrew Lewis (1:08:25), Andrew & I talk about the offseason development plans and setting...

Will Smith is the co-founder of National Links Trust, a non-profit organization focused on reinvigorating the three municipal golf courses in Washington D.C. and advocating for muni golf courses across the country. Will and his co-founder Mike McCartin have leveraged their experience and expertise in golf course architecture and deep relationships in the game of golf to strengthen the bond between municipal golf courses and the surrounding communities. In "Angle of Attack with Andrew Lewis"...

Jarrett Phillips is a strength coach and owner of TrainPMT in Southlake, Texas. Jarrett’s tireless work and growth mindset has put TrainPMT at the cutting edge for developing speed and strength for golfers and baseball players. Jarrett discusses the data-driven approach using the latest technology to create positive outcomes for the athletes he trains.  In "Angle of Attack with Andrew Lewis" (1:08:00), Andrew discusses the pros and cons of raising a multi-sport athlete and knowing when is...

Peter Flory is an accomplished amateur golfer from Chicago and a golf historian with particular interest in researching golf courses that are NLE (No Longer Existing). His tireless work to create a digital version of The Lido Golf Club, C.B. Macdonald's lost masterpiece, led to Pete being involved in bringing it back to life at the Sand Valley Golf Resort in Wisconsin. Pete provides a great overview of Macdonald's role as the father of golf in America and how The Lido came to be, no longer...

Andrew Lewis is a Dallas-based golf instructor and one of Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in the U.S. He's also the father of a competitive junior player. We discuss ideas and lessons learned on raising young kids into the game and how Andrew walks that thin line between coach and parent. We also discuss how he forms special relationships with the junior players he coaches. Andrew provides some honest feedback on what he's seen of host Jim's game and the crew discusses some exciting news...