The Back of the Range

Josele Ballester - 2024 United States Amateur Champion

September 4th, 2024  |  54 mins 12 secs

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My guest on this episode is the newly crowned United States Amateur Champion, Josele Ballester from Castellon de la Plana, Spain.
As you would imagine, Josele has been on quite the media blitz as of late. Lots of questions about the final match at Hazeltine against Noah Kent and his legion of Iowa fans. We did speak about the match, but we also dove into his start in the game in Spain, what ultimately made him decide to play college golf at Arizona State, and the other amateur accomplishemnts on his resume that played a huge role in his success at this year's U.S. Amateur.

There is a lot of great information in this episode, I really enjoyed speaking with Josele and I'll see him throughout the college season now that Arizona State has moved to the Big 12 Conference.

Neal Shipley - Low Amateur of the 2024 Masters

April 17th, 2024  |  40 mins 42 secs

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My guest on this episode is Neal Shipley, the Low Amateur at the 2024 Masters.

This episode is all about the Masters, his experience playing with Tiger, the infamous side glance in Butler Cabin, and was there a note from Tiger? There wasn't....but if there was....what would it have said? Hmmm....

Hunter Hamrick - On the Bag for Nick Dunlap

January 25th, 2024  |  40 mins 22 secs

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My guest on this episode is Hunter Hamrick, former assistant coach for Alabama Men's Golf. When Nick Dunlap received his sponsor exemption in the 2024 American Express, he made the call the Hunter to see if he wanted to caddy for him in Palm Springs. The rest, as they say.....is history. Great conversation with the man on the bag during Dunlap's historic win on the PGA Tour.

Dudley Hart - Associate Head Coach, Florida Gators

September 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 18 mins

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My guest on this episode is the Associate Head Coach for the National Champion Florida Gators, Dudley Hart. There is a TON of valuable information in this episode from a two-time PGA Tour winner that is now sharing his wisdom with the new generation of Gators at his alma mater in Gainesville.

Ben Carr and Sam Bennett - Heading into the Masters

April 5th, 2023  |  39 mins 25 secs

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Before the week started, I caught up with Ben Carr and Sam Bennett to talk about the start of their special Masters experience!

Aaron Jarvis - 2022 Latin America Amateur Champion from the Cayman Islands

April 6th, 2022  |  37 mins 17 secs

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The Seminole Sessions: Stewart Hagestad

May 3rd, 2021  |  34 mins 20 secs

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The Seminole Sessions heads into Walker Cup Week with a conversation with the three-time U.S. Walker Cupper, Stewart Hagestad. We spoke about his dominant run in the mid-amateur ranks and how he is preparing for the Walker Cup at Seminole.

The Seminole Sessions: Vinny Giles

April 21st, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins

amateur golf, masters, seminole golf club, usga, vinny giles, walker cup

The Seminole Sessions kick off with a legendary career amateur, Mr. Vinny Giles. The 1972 U.S. Amateur Champion shared some great stories about his career and his experience participating in four Walker Cups as a player and his victorious captaincy in 1993. Easily one of the best episodes in the history of this podcast.

Nathan Smith - He's Won Some Things

October 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 15 mins

amateur golf, masters, mid-amateur, nathan smith, sean knapp, stewart hagestad, usga, walker cup

My guest on this episode is Nathan Smith from Pittsburgh, PA. He's the youngest U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion in history. He's also won the most US Mid-Amateurs in history with FOUR. He's played in three Walker Cups....and his final match as a player in 2013, that final win....was the clincher for the Americans at National Golf Links. He's won the West Penn Amateur four consecutive times, he's won the PA Amateur, the Sunnehanna.... you get the picture!

Winging It at the U.S. Open - John Augenstein, 2019 U.S. Amateur Finalist

September 15th, 2020  |  18 mins 5 secs

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Special Bonus Episode! Had the chance to catch up with 2019 U.S. Amateur Finalist, John Augenstein. John played a practice round on Tuesday with Tiger and JT.....so his day was CLEARLY better than all of ours. Great insights into Winged Foot and he sounds very confident heading into Thursday's opening round!