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  <title>Karl Vilips - #1 Ranked Junior Heads to Stanford</title>
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  <itunes:title>Karl Vilips - #1 Ranked Junior Heads to Stanford</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>My guest on this episode is Karl Vilips from Perth, Australia.  He is a two-time Junior President's Cup team member, Quarterfinalist at the 2019 US Amateur, Gold Medal Winner at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and a 4-time Rolex Junior All-American.  Karl and I spoke about his start in the game and his journey in junior golf.   If you're a parent of a junior golfer, or know a junior golfer, or if YOU are a junior golfer looking for a little advice on how to navigate the way to collegiate golf.....this episode is for you!</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;My guest on this episode is Karl Vilips from Perth, Australia.  He is a two-time Junior President's Cup team member, &lt;span&gt;Quarterfinalist at the 2019 US Amateur, &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Gold Medal Winner at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and a &lt;span&gt;4-time Rolex Junior All-American.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Karl and I spoke about his start in the game and his journey in junior golf.   If you're a parent of a junior golfer, or know a junior golfer, or if YOU are a junior golfer looking for a little advice on how to navigate the way to collegiate golf.....this episode is for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LINKS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.karlgolf.info/"&gt;Karl Vilips - Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/koalakarl2001"&gt;Karl Vilips - Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<div style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.57143em; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My guest on this episode is Karl Vilips from Perth, Australia. &nbsp;He is a two-time Junior President&#39;s Cup team member, <span style="line-height: 1.57143em;">Quarterfinalist at the 2019 US Amateur, <span style="line-height: 1.57143em;"><span style="line-height: 1.57143em;">Gold Medal Winner at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and a <span style="line-height: 1.57143em;">4-time Rolex Junior All-American. &nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></div>

<div style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.57143em; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 1.57143em;"><span style="line-height: 1.57143em;"><span style="line-height: 1.57143em;"><span style="line-height: 1.57143em;"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>

<div style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.57143em; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Karl and I spoke about his start in the game and his journey in junior golf. &nbsp; If you&#39;re a parent of a junior golfer, or know a junior golfer, or if YOU are a junior golfer looking for a little advice on how to navigate the way to collegiate golf.....this episode is for you.</span></span></div>

<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>LINKS</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.karlgolf.info/">Karl Vilips - Website</a><br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/koalakarl2001">Karl Vilips - Instagram</a><br></span></span></p>

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<div><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Voice Work by <a href="https://www.mpvoice.com">Mitch Phillips</a> </span></div>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<div style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.57143em; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My guest on this episode is Karl Vilips from Perth, Australia. &nbsp;He is a two-time Junior President&#39;s Cup team member, <span style="line-height: 1.57143em;">Quarterfinalist at the 2019 US Amateur, <span style="line-height: 1.57143em;"><span style="line-height: 1.57143em;">Gold Medal Winner at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and a <span style="line-height: 1.57143em;">4-time Rolex Junior All-American. &nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></div>

<div style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.57143em; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 1.57143em;"><span style="line-height: 1.57143em;"><span style="line-height: 1.57143em;"><span style="line-height: 1.57143em;"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>

<div style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.57143em; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Karl and I spoke about his start in the game and his journey in junior golf. &nbsp; If you&#39;re a parent of a junior golfer, or know a junior golfer, or if YOU are a junior golfer looking for a little advice on how to navigate the way to collegiate golf.....this episode is for you.</span></span></div>

<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>LINKS</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.karlgolf.info/">Karl Vilips - Website</a><br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/koalakarl2001">Karl Vilips - Instagram</a><br></span></span></p>

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<div><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Voice Work by <a href="https://www.mpvoice.com">Mitch Phillips</a> </span></div>]]>
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