This episode we hear from Fred Ridley, a well-recognized partner at the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP. He is also the current chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and its annual tournaments, which includes The Masters in April. Fred is also well known for being the last US Amateur champion not to turn pro - having won in 1975. He grew up in Lakeland, Florida, learning to play golf on municipal courses. He went on to play collegiate golf at the University of Florida on a team that...

S2 Ep. 5 This episode’s guest is my friend from high school, Doug Yass. Doug and I played golf a few weeks ago with his brother and my classmate, Robbie, and they shared with me their passion for sports gambling and how it’s become their full-time pursuit. They started referencing relatively unknown players by their odds for the upcoming tournament, and backing them up with shots gained stats and recent trends in their games. I was interested in that level of detail and knowledge, and how...

S2 Ep. 4 (almost over) This episode’s guest, Mac Barnhardt, is a longtime agent and performance coach. Over the past 25 years, Mac has represented some of the most well-known and accomplished players in golf. Mac played collegiate golf at High Point University in the mid-80s. After college, he worked in the airline industry before taking a position at Pros Incorporated, a legendary agency created by Vinny Giles that represented the likes of Tom Kite, Lanny Wadkins, Davis Love the third,...

This episode’s guest, John Brooks aka Brooksz, has had a profound impact on many collegiate golfers. John played college golf and was an NAIA All American at the University of North Florida, where he became the men’s team head coach while pursuing his MBA. In 7 years, John took the program from the NAIA league to NCAA Division 1. He remained head coach for 14 years total, during which John oversaw tremendous growth and change in the program, coached 19 All-Americans, and he coordinate the...

This episode's guest, Mark Flaherty, is a stock market and trading guru who currently serves on the Boards of Goldman Sachs and the PGA Tour. Mark grew up in Massachusetts, and started caddying at Mt. Pleasant Country Club nearby when he was 9 years old. Caddying became building blocks for opportunities in Mark’s life as he learned to appreciate meritocracy and hard work from a young age. Mark attended Providence College where he was on the JV basketball team. After Providence, he learned...

Season two of The Turn is here. We start with Will Zalatoris and Scott Fawcett. Will is ranked 43rd in the world golf rankings, is the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur champion, and 2017 ACC player of the year. That same year, he was a member of a victorious Walker Cup team that featured Cameron Champ and Collin Morikawa. Will earned his way onto the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019 through Monday Qualifiers and finished #1 on the KFT’s money list last year. Will earned an exemption into the U.S. Open at...

This episode’s guest, Dennis Satyshur, is a legendary club professional and the director of golf at Caves Valley golf club outside of Baltimore, Maryland. Dennis was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he learned the game of golf through caddying for his dad at an early age. Eventually he won the Pennsylvania high school state title before heading to Duke University as a dual athlete playing on the varsity golf team and as the quarterback of the football team. For those of you who...

The eighth episode’s guest, Tom Fazio, is well known as one of the most renowned and prolific golf course architect’s to ever exist.
 Tom has designed over 200 courses, most of them in the United States. He has more courses on the Golf Digest top 100 courses list than any other architect in history and several of those courses are ranked in the top 50. He’s designed the course for the 2021 Olympics in Japan, is Pine Valley and Augusta National’s go-to guy for additions and renovations, and...

This is our seventh episode of The Turn. Welcome to a different side of golf. This episode’s guest Doctor Bob Rotella is well known as one of the most renowned golf and sports psychologists to live. The golfers he’s consulted for have won over 700 Tour events and 82 majors, by his estimate. He’s published 18 books and has another one om the way. One of those books, Golf is Not a Game of Perfect, is the best-selling sports psychology book of all time. Doc and I started working together when I...

Caddyshack to Corner Office - www.caddyshacktocorneroffice.com/stories/…-stasior This week’s guest, Bill Stasior, is quite literally the inspiration for this podcast. Bill and I were partners at a tournament three years ago, The Stocker Cup, and were stuck with each other in a cart for four days. We shared so many good moments over our mutual love of golf, our appreciation for the book Good to Great by Jim Collins, and I learned from Bill what great leadership is, what it can do for an...

Andy's Twitter - twitter.com/andyroddick?s=20 The Roast of Andy Roddick - www.noloveandyroddick.org/ Sweetens Cove website - sweetenscovegolfclub.com/pages/about This is our fifth episode of The Turn. Welcome to a different side of golf. This week we hear from Andy Roddick. You might know him as a former tennis pro - among winning 32 singles titles during his career, Andy won the 2003 US Open and made the finals again in 2006. He also played in the Men’s Wimbledon Final three times in...

Mike Zisman LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/mike-zisman-51528/ GolfGenius Website - www.golfgenius.com/ This is our fourth episode of The Turn. Welcome to a different side of golf. This season will include 9 episodes with one released every 9 days. In these episodes, we’ll approach what each individual does both on and off the golf course with a business perspective in mind. This week we hear from one of the leading entrepreneurs in golf technology, plus the first person to give me a job -...

Milky Golf Instagram: www.instagram.com/milkygolf/?hl=en Milky Golf website: milkygolfofficial.com/ This is our third episode of The Turn. Welcome to a different side of golf. This season will include 9 episodes with one released every 9 days. In these episodes, we’ll approach what each individual does both on and off the golf course with a business perspective in mind. This is the second week we are focusing on people who have leveraged social media to cultivate a following and create a...

Lou’s Twitter - twitter.com/LouStagner?s=20 Augusta National Amen Corner LEGO replica - golfweek.usatoday.com/2020/03/18/aug…replica-no-12/ This is our second episode of The Turn. Welcome to a different side of golf. This season will include 9 episodes with one released every 9 days. In these episodes, we’ll approach what each individual does both on and off the golf course with a business perspective in mind. The next two weeks we are focusing on people who have leveraged social media to...

Denny's Instagram: www.instagram.com/mccarthy_denny/?hl=en Denny's Twitter: twitter.com/_dennymccarthy?lang=en Hey everyone I am Cory Siegfried and this is my interview series - The Turn. Welcome to a different side of golf. Our first season will include 9 episodes with one released every 9 days. In these episodes, we’ll approach what each individual does both on and off the golf course with a business perspective in mind. Our first guest is Denny McCarthy, a PGA Tour professional and the...