Starting in banking, leaving to start up a real estate private equity development fund, training to become a golf professional, summers interning in the US and now currently the Vice President of Sales for Arccos Golf. It’s been a diverse journey, which sees Andrew now working at a really interesting case study of a successful start-up in golf.  This episode was a little bit like going back to school for us…. We learned A LOT.  Listen out for: Why is nobody tracking the biggest percentage of...

Colin Bell, Adam Keable and Mike Hyde look back at the first two months of Gather. We report our top five learnings from our members, and some thoughts of our own on the journey we're on the journey we are on with you all, to try and build a better golf industry. We discuss: The geographical spread and vocational breadth of the Gather communityThe similarity of the challenges our members face, regardless of industry sectorThe 'positivity paradox' - social media echo chambers are painting a...

The Gather Global Podcast aims to deliver genuine insight and offer you new perspectives on the golf industry, and this episode with Clare Queen and David Kearney goes above and beyond on both fronts. Clare is Head of Performance at Scottish Golf, and David is Performance Director at Irish Ladies Golfing Union. The conversation kicks off with an insight from David about the effect of the global pandemic on golf, which goes far beyond the typical commentary about golf 'enjoying a boom'. As...

Currently CEO at The Scandinavian, David Shepherd moved to Denmark in 2016, after eight years at Monte Rei and time at The Belfry. Perhaps most notably, also David holds the honour of being our first ever Gather member! So, we discussed why he joined the community, as well as looking at the industries that golf could learn from, and how he's crafted a career that's taken him to some of Europe's top venues. Look out for some key points: 4:15 David's biggest frustration about the golf...

Agustín Piza is a man of the world. From Scottish academic roots to his international award-winning architecture practice, Agustín talked honestly about his journey to becoming one of the most influential people in the golf industry today. From unexpected friendships with UK music icons to designing family friendly golf 'playgrounds', Agustin discusses opening our thinking to help us grow as individuals, and to develop the game for the future. We loved our conversation with Agustin and...

In a searingly honest conversation, Gather co-founders Colin Bell, Mike Hyde & Adam Keable introduce Gather - a new global community for golf industry professionals. We discussed: Why the golf industry is broken, despite there being plenty of great people in the golf industryThe glacial pace of changeThe easy solution to make the golf industry booming againWhy do the Gather Values matter so much to us?What do we mean when we are talking about trying to be disruptive?Our biggest fearsWho...