"When you can take a player from a 27 to an 11 handicap, it's something to be really proud of." [caption id="attachment_3195" width="300"] Chris claims there are advantages to teaching golf in Las Vegas, not including the weather.[/caption]   Christopher Howard Worldwide Teaching Golf Professional Las Vegas Golf Club     Contrary to the popular advertising slogan, what happens in Vegas does NOT stay in Vegas; at least in terms of world class golf instruction. Christopher Howard is a golf professional based out of Las Vegas Golf Club. He works with every level of player ..read more

"The reward of writing a book is not seeing your book in a book store. The reward is in the process."   Jeff Wallach Novelist, Journalist, Entrepreneur...and Patron Saint of Zen Golfers Worldwide Portland, Oregon   Jeff Wallach is an award-winning journalist and the author of four books of non-fiction, two novels, and nearly 1,000 articles, essays, and reviews for dozens of national publications including The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Men's Journal, Money Magazine, Health, Men's Fitness, and many others.   Show Highlights In this rambling, fun-filled conversation...no ..read more

"I want to create the largest golf philanthropic platform in history...whatever that means."   Eric Sedransk Founder, Member for a Day Hilton Head, South Carolina   Eric Sedransk serves as the Founder and Charity Golf Officer of Member for a Day, an organization that helps nonprofits to raise funds by auctioning off "once-in-a-lifetime golf experiences." So here's this young guy, Eric Sedransk. straight out of central casting, with an MBA and a 5 handicap, who started a golf-related charity during the height of the pandemic to raise money for healthcare workers, with an expressed goa ..read more

"If you have a little bit of imagination, a knowledge of golf and how people play, course design is not rocket science. Pine Valley was designed by an amateur."   David Glenz Black Oak Golf Club Long Valley, New Jersey   David Glenz has done just about everything over the past 50 years, when it comes to golf-related careers and business ventures. As a member of the University of Oregon golf team, he was voted second team all-American. He then spent six years playing on the PGA Tour. His teaching career, where he often averaged more than a thousand lessons a year, included stints teac ..read more

“Those wedge shots hit out on the toe or high in the face that don't go anywhere? They're not your fault."   Terry Koehler Chairman / Director of Innovation, Edison Golf Port O'Connor, Texas   Terry Koehler is known as “The Wedge Guy” for good reason. In fact, Pope Francis – who plays 4 rounds a week on the Vatican’s private golf course – recently named Terry as the “Patron Saint of Wedge Play.” Unfortunately, his installation ceremony in Rome has been delayed because of the pandemic. But if you dig a little bit deeper into Terry’s background, or are a reader of his hundreds of blog ..read more

“I tried to be the eyes and ears of the reader and to convey that in my story the next day. I think that’s lost today…the printed word has been devalued.”   Hank Gola Veteran Sportswriter & Author Parsippany, New Jersey   Hank Gola has spent more than four decades as a journalist, covering professional football and golf for the New York Daily News and the New York Post. Hank started his career in New Jersey at The Herald-News of Passaic, and the Daily Record of Morris County, where he covered the Cosmos of the North American Soccer League and the New York Giants o ..read more

“The Shivas Irons Society means different things to people. It’s a conversation among people who love the game, whose lives are enriched by being part of that conversation.”   Ben Kline Executive Director The Shivas Irons Society Carmel, California   You won’t find many people with a resume like Ben Kline. You can listen to him tell you his own story, but here are just a few of his career highlights that caught my attention: Ben Kline has been a professional musician who plays trombone and keyboard…but not at the same time; he once played for the pope, and in a USO Show for Bob Hope ..read more

“A lot of people tell me that I have the “dream job.” My response to them is that you chose what you want to do in life…and I chose to do this.”   Evan Schiller Evan Schiller Photography Weston, Connecticut If there is such a thing as an “accidental career,” or a career path that’s discovered, rather than initially pursued…then that may describe the story you’re about to hear from Evan Schiller – who over the last twenty years has established himself as one of the premier golf course photographers in the world. Evan started out with a love for the game of golf, and during the first part o ..read more

“I wish I had known about the Evans Scholars Foundation. I grew up playing on a public course, and didn’t even know what a caddie was.”   John Kaczkowski President & Chief Executive Officer Western Golf Association / Evans Scholars Foundation Golf, Illinois The Western Golf Association may not be well known to the average golfer – particularly if you live on the East or West Coast – but it’s one of the oldest and most respected organizations in the game of golf. The Western Golf Association was founded in 1899 by a small number of Chicago-area golf clubs, to promote the sport. As an ..read more

“I sit in the locker room…and am amazed at how everyone who’s a member of my club is an authority on turfgrass management.” Dr. William A. Meyer C. Reed Funk Distinguished Professor of Grass Genetics Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences New Brunswick, New Jersey The average golfer gives plenty of thought to the type of clubs he carries and the balls he uses, and pays very little attention to the surface that golf is played on…which is a significant factor in a golfer’s overall enjoyment of the game.  Well-maintained tee-boxes, lush fairways, and greens that ..read more