Golf Pod Kentucky
Welcome to the official podcast from the home of golf in Kentucky. The Family of Golf Organizations (Kentucky Golf Association, Kentucky PGA Section and Kentucky Golf Foundation) hope you enjoy this podcast designed to introduce you to some of the names that help make golf in Kentucky thrive. News and updates about things going on within the KGA, KPGA and KGF will be discussed as well.
Episodes
70 episodes since 2021
Episode 70 - Brad Faulkner
Brad Faulkner is the owner of CSS Mechanical which is sponsoring HOPE for Heroes on Monday, April 24 at Polo Fields Golf & Country Club. Brad details the personal investment he has in this event and supporting Veterans on and off the ...
April 13, 2023
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48:09
Episode 69 - Chad Douglas, PGA
The Kentucky PGA's 2023 Assistant Golf Professional of the Year joins the program. Chad Douglas, PGA from The Club at Olde Stone joined a distinguished list of recipients of this award and is here to talk about what it means, his career path, w...
March 28, 2023
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46:33
Episode 68 - Blake Hardesty, PGA
Blake Hardesty, PGA from First Tee - Louisville provides an all-encompassing perspective when it comes to everything taking place within one of the leading organizations with growing the game. The past Youth Player Development Award winner with...
March 16, 2023
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43:54
Episode 67 - Alec Fields & Patrick Graycarek
Alec Fields, the Head Superintendent at Wildwood Country Club, plus Patrick Graycarek, Wildwood's Assistant Spray Technician, know about as much about grass as any two people you could find. They lead the core of a young maintenance staff at Wi...
March 10, 2023
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55:10
Episode 66 - Andrew Strother
You don't often hear of many golfers in their early 30s turning professional when their amateur careers "didn't feature much success," but Lexington's Andrew Strother knew becoming a pro golfer would pay dividends. He talks about what the last ...
February 28, 2023
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52:01
Episode 65 - Hollie Patierno
TopGolf Louisville's Director of Operations joins the podcast to discuss what life has been like running Kentucky's first TopGolf. It's been a whirlwind year for Hollie Patierno who moved to Louisville specifically to run this facility, b...
February 20, 2023
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23:59
Episode 64 - Will Jacoby
Will Jacoby from Steurer & Jacoby, "the best kept secret in Louisville", joins the podcast to discuss some elements of golf not found very often in the 2020s. First is the craftsmanship and selling of traditional golf bags that you would ha...
February 09, 2023
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41:59
Episode 63 - 20 Questions
The first podcast of 2023 features some familiar voices. David Hill (One Bearded Golfer) and Joey Sears (Louisville Metro Golf) are back for more tomfoolery, this time playing a Kentucky golf themed version of 20 Questions with Ethan. Each pers...
January 23, 2023
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39:32
Episode 62 - Best of 2022
In 2022 we welcomed 25 different voices onto this podcast to discuss their careers, their experiences in the sport, opinions on where the game is headed, and much more. After re-listening to each episode released over the course of the year, we...
December 22, 2022
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1:00:00
Episode 61 - Mailbag
Welcome to the official mailbag of Golf Pod Kentucky presented by KT Tape. In a change of pace from previous episodes, all members of the Golf House Kentucky staff will be present in this discussion as some listener questions are answered, whil...
November 17, 2022
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1:04:04
Episode 60 - Trinity Beth
With each passing year, Trinity Beth of Marshall County turns more and more heads. What had been a good 2022 became a great 2022 when she won the KHSAA Girls State Individual Championship for the first time in her career. She discussed that vic...
October 24, 2022
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32:25
Episode 59 - Brady Smith
For the second consecutive year, both of the season's KHSAA State Individual champions will be on the podcast. We begin with Brady Smith, a junior from Christian Academy of Louisville. After winning this championship for the first time in...
October 20, 2022
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31:23
Episode 58 - Jesse Massie, PGA
You've probably seen Jesse Massie, PGA's name a lot recently given his victories at the Kentucky PGA Professional Championship and Kentucky PGA Member Match Play Championship. For good measure, let's also make mention of the fact he won the Nat...
October 07, 2022
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42:46
Episode 57 - Ke'Asha Phillips
Ke'Asha Phillips, the champion of the 2022 Kentucky Women's Open, is on the pod to discuss a number of topics including her victory at Bellefonte Country Club earlier this summer. She recounts her junior golf career in Owensboro and how that le...
September 21, 2022
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32:28
Episode 56 - Kevin Childers, PGA
It's been a busy summer for Kevin Childers, PGA Director of Golf from The Club at Olde Stone. The facility hosted its first USGA National Championship earlier this summer, a widely successful edition of the U.S. Girls Junior. As his club now pr...
September 09, 2022
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27:21
Episode 55 - Patrick Newcomb
The newest champion of the Kentucky Open is on the podcast. A month after triumphing at Persimmon Ridge, Patrick Newcomb documents some of the key moments in his championship run and what it means to win a trophy he's been pursuing for over a d...
September 01, 2022
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37:17
Episode 54 - Tyler Chilson
Representing Callaway Golf as an Outside Sales Rep, Tyler Chilson has impacted many within the Kentucky golf community ever since his arrival in the state in 2018. He's won the last two KPGA Sales Reprentative of the Year awards thanks to his o...
August 26, 2022
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39:06
Episode 53 - Matthew Poff
Bobby Nichols Golf Course in Louisville has seen a resurgence in its appearance this year. A big reason for that is the work of Matthew Poff, who is the facility's new Superintendent. Matthew discussed how he manages on a staff of two at the co...
July 15, 2022
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38:05
Episode 52 - Payton Carter
Following her incredible victory at the Clark's Pump-N-Shop Women's Kentucky Amateur, Payton Carter joins the pod to discuss the biggest win of her career thus far. The Murray State star from Henderson also goes into detail on how she got into ...
July 01, 2022
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32:21
Episode 51 - Matthew Troutman Part II
Having just won the Clark's Pump-N-Shop Kentucky Amateur, Matthew Troutman joins the podcast for the second time in the last year to discuss his dramatic win at Indian Hills Country Club. Troutman never had a piece of the lead until the final h...
June 23, 2022
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29:04
Episode 50 - John Mullendore, PGA
The 50th episode of Golf Pod Kentucky serves as a preview for the 108th Clark's Pump-N-Shop Kentucky Amateur. John Mullendore, PGA Head Golf Professional at Indian Hills Country Club sits down to talk about his facility hosting the oldest champ...
June 10, 2022
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37:54
Episode 49 - Ryan Ogle
The man leading the buildup of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club joins us for a chat at a good time given the ongoing PGA at Southern Hills Country Club. Ryan discusses his roots and what his journey to Kentucky has been like, plu...
May 21, 2022
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42:32
Episode 48 - Matt Bloom
Matt Bloom won the Assistant Golf Professional of the Year Award in the Kentucky Section earlier this spring. The South Park Country Club worker joined the podcast to discuss his journey in the golf industry, what the award meant to him, and ho...
May 14, 2022
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55:36
Episode 47 - Mallory Blackwelder Trudeau
Two-time Kentucky Women's Open champion, two-time U.S. Women's Open competitor and Big Break participant Mallory Blackwelder Trudeau is our latest podcast guest. The Lexington native discussed a number of topics, including but not limited to th...
May 04, 2022
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