WOW! 100 sessions of Group Golf Therapy! To the Dinks, to everyone who tapped in from day one, to those who started listening this morning, to those we lost along the way, thank you from the bottom of our hearts and butts. We love you. The Shrinks take some time to reflect on the road to 100, conduct a “how well do I know you” exercise, and look ahead to how Group Golf Therapy plans to change… In this session: Connor’s new toxic trait, The Newlywed Game, what’s next. As always, thanks...

It's Bradford and Connor's turn to run their isolated ShrinkThoughts Sessions. In this session: Bradford on bodies, A Love Letter to Miguel, the ankle-strike. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favorite golf glove on the market, RED ROOSTER! Get your hand in a...

To kick off the 2024 calendar, we bring you the first-ever installment of Drew Thoughts. Bradford and Connor supplied Drew with questions for solo musings, and a look-ahead to the new year. In this session: 2024 intentions, FMK, desert island golf items. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf...

Maddi MacClurg is an Assistant Editor at Golf Digest, who contributes to the publication’s instruction section — we identify Maddi’s dad, a lifelong golf swing tinkerer, as her direct target reader. Maddi shares that her on-course persona as a junior golfer wasn't always the kindest to herself; something many golfers continue to struggle with. And while she's learned more self-facing compassion, she still holds space for an emotional labyrinth called The B*tch Zone. Join us, friends. In...

Tisha Alyn is a host, creator, and professional golfer who partners with some of the biggest brands in the world. As someone who's business is, well, them, the boundaries between being on and being off can get blurry. Bradford and Connor hear from Tisha about how being an influencer for seven years has impacted her mental health, what her ideal round of golf might look (and sound) like, and how it all comes back to family. In this session: derrière, being alone is weird, shut up!!!!  As...

It’s a spicy time to be in golf, and we’re on the heels of a particularly spicy week. Jon Rahm has left the PGA TOUR to join LIV. Tiger Woods and Nike are reportedly on the outs. The golf ball is under siege. The house of golf is on fire, and the Shrinks dedicated some time to unpack the latest rumblings.  In this session: Rahmageddon, Bradford felt peaceful one night, rollback.  As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and...

Dr. Joe Parent published Zen Golf in 2002, a book that is packed with East-meets-West philosophy of how to master the mental game in golf. The book was instantly endorsed by two of Dr. Joe’s students, Vijay Singh and Christie Kerr, who each became the number 1 ranked golfer in the world, and was a definitive guide for golfers at every level. Dr. Joe is a pioneer in the mental game conversation, and has since inspired work by many coaches to follow. What’s more, his gentle, calming spirit is...

While Drew is being the best dad ever at Disney World, Bradford and Connor are reeling from a soul-deep illness, contracted from a New York City dance club basement.   In this session: Throat Coat, light fraud, how to journal.  As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our...

Matt Blois is a golf performance coach, club fitter, and YouTuber, who runs Golf Liberty in Toronto, Canada. After years of struggling with his mental health and seeking intensive treatment, Matt and his therapist have now launched the Preserve Foundation, a comprehensive mental health clinic offering funding to individuals in need of treatment. Matt shares how his relationship with golf changed through the height of his panic attacks — something that led him to keep a bottle of valium in his...

Dr. Bhrett McCabe is a clinical psychologist and writer, who works with some of the biggest golfers, sports teams, and athletic programs in the world. Bhrett shares that his journey with understanding mental health started as a kid in a “psychologically aware household”: he played college baseball at LSU and realized that his anxiety was impacting his performance. Now, he’s one of the most successful sports psychologists in the field, and has helped athletes around the world win championships...

You know him as Jamie Tartt, you love him as Phil Dunster. Phil is an actor from Northampton, England, who joins the Group Golf Therapy couch from the city of Bristol, where his drama school alma mater is located. Phil is a new golfer, and uses sport as a means of healthy escape and connecting more deeply with friends. The Shrinks are *jazzed* to follow Phil’s golf journey, and were touched by his willingness to talk about the mental health of it all — particularly, how to find self-worth and...

When Ryan Barath was 13, he saw an interview where Phil Mickelson described a modulation he made to his 60-degree wedge, to make it better fit the golf course he was competing at that week. Ryan’s jaw hit the floor: “you can tinker with golf clubs?!” That immediately inspired a career path as a golf club fitter, builder, and writer focused on the many intricacies of golf equipment. Golf wasn’t always a constant for Ryan, though — one afternoon at his local muni, he decided to walk off the...

Pat Corcoran shone bright early. As the manager of Chance the Rapper, Pat saw meteoric success in defining the cultural relevance of independent music. Now, Pat reflects on his twenties through the lens of his Higher Self — how his anxiety limited his ability to process his emotions. He has since shifted focus to managing an independent wine label, No Fine Print, and taking to the golf course to find moments of peace.  In this session: reactions, re-parenting the window-front dog,...

G’day, Dinks! It's us, and it's emoash. In this session: For All The Dogs, caddies, okay we need a bois trip. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favorite golf glove on the market, RED ROOSTER! Get your hand in a new, fresh Cabretta leather glove, and sign up for...

Look out, Dinks: Shank Haney (Government Name, Liz Breed) is back on the Group Golf Therapy couch for a trademark unhinged session. That is all. In this session: Bradford needs AirTags, obsolete golf things, Golf Math. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favorite...

Bradford, Connor, and Drew met Alex Fourie at the 2023 US Adaptive Open at Pinehurst, and were instantly struck by his attitude, his composure, his outlook. At the age of seven, Alex was adopted from Ukraine and relocated to the US. On day 1 in America, he fished — on day 2, he golfed. Golf became a salve, always there with the sun poking through the trees. Now, along with competing in tournaments around the world, Alex and his foundation, Single Hand Golf, are giving golf to children with...

You may not have heard his name, you may not have seen his face, but you know his work. A year ago, Chris Hovsepian left his job in the music industry, where he worked with artists whose names and faces you are certainly familiar with. He had a weird idea — weird is good. The mission: create a cartoon world in which an anthropomorphic golf ball, Jain, shows us how golf should be: fun, diverse, interesting. Jain has become a mascot for golf, shelling out pithy, colorful expressions that every...

Kayla Jones is Head Golf Professional at Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlanta, and is a former competitor on the Epson Tour. Bradford and Drew recently witnessed Kayla’s golf greatness in a match at Bobby Jones, along with our Good Friend, Aaron Chewning, from St. André (view the match on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgsctbTq8B4). Kayla came on the GGT couch to talk about learning the ropes of her new gig as Head Pro, the stresses and successes of playing professional golf, and...

Shane Bacon is a broadcaster, podcaster, writer, and host who covers golf for a wide range of outlets. He made a crack at playing professionally, and subsequently turned to media, working for Golf Channel, hosting a podcast with Max Homa, and covering featured groups for The Masters. Now, Shane is promoting his children’s golf book, The Golfer’s Zoo, and pursuing personal creative projects around the game.  In this session: when to ask if you can play, riding the horse til it bucks you,...

Michael Block is Head Golf Professional at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club, in Mission Viejo, California. In May, 2023, Michael lit the golf world on fire by finishing tied for 15th at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill. It was a storybook week for the 47-year-old: he was surrounded by media, he played his final round with Rory McIlroy, and made a hole-in-one on the 15th hole on Sunday. His PGA Championship success flooded him with PGA Tour sponsor’s exemptions, endorsement deals, private plane rides...

In this third and final episode of Getting Better, presented by the MyTaylormade+ app, the Shrinks dive into the world of professional golf and GETTING FIT with a proven industry luminary. Chris Trott, known better as “Trottie”, is a whisperer to the professional golfers on Taylormade’s roster. His social media content with the world’s best players is relatable, humble, and flat-out impressive. Trottie gave the Shrinks an hour on the driving range at THE KINGDOM—wow.  In this session: not...

In this second episode of Getting Better, presented by the MyTaylormade+ app, the Shrinks dive into the world of GOLF DATA with a proven industry luminary. Justin Ray is Head of Content at Twenty First Group, where he provides data insights to some of the largest sports broadcasting, teams, and players in the world. His Twitter page is a favorite among golf sickos on championship Sundays: his Beautiful Mind-like approach to relaying player insights at break-neck speed is flat-out...

In this first episode of Getting Better, presented by the MyTaylormade+ app, the Shrinks dive into the world of mental game performance with a proven industry luminary. Rick Sessinghaus is a PGA golf performance coach, a Doctor in Applied Sports Psychology, an author, and perhaps most notably, the coach of 2-time major champion, Collin Morikawa, since he was 8 years old. Rick and the Shrinks talk about the power of positive psychology, flow states, imagination, and loaded chicken nachos.  In...

From a lanai in a steamy backyard in Pinehurst, North Carolina, Bradford, Connor, and Drew — AND JOSH — check in for one last time in season 4 of the Group Golf Therapy podcast. Brace yourselves: Drew drops some vulnerable heaviness early; You get introduced to Josh; the Shrinks unpack an epic week in Pinehurst for the US Adaptive Open.   In this session: Drew’s back in therapy, Josh, old men in Spain.  As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe,...