The Back of the Range
Weekly interviews from prominent amateurs, coaches, and personalities from the game of golf!
Displaying items 11-20 of 101 in total of The Back of the Range with the tag "pga tour".
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Jackson Koivun - 2024 Haskins Award Winner
September 19th, 2024 | 19 mins 20 secs
auburn men's golf, college golf, golf podcast, haskins award, jackson koivun, pga tour
Great conversation with Jackson Koivun after his win at the Inverness Intercollegiate. We spoke about his magical run as a freshman last year and what lies ahead as Auburn looks to repeat as national champions.
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Chaz Aurilia - 2024 Pacific Coast Amateur Champion
August 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
amateur golf, arizona wildcats, chambers bay, chaz aurilia, college golf, pacific coast golf association, pga tour, smu golf
My guest on this episode is Chaz Aurilia, the 2024 Pacific Coast Amateur Champion. In this episode, we spoke about his collegiate career at Arizona and SMU and what lies ahead as Chaz embarks on a professional career.
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Drew Goodman - 2024 Trans-Mississippi Amateur Champion
August 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
amateur golf, andrew goodman, elite amateur golf series, flint hills, golf podcast, oklahoma sooners, pga tour, trans-mississippi golf association
My guest on this epsiode is Drew Goodman, rising senior for the Oklahoma Sooners, and the new Trans-Mississippi Amateur Champion. He climbed back into the tournament with a final round 64, and outlasted William Sides from SMU in a sudden-death playoff. It's been a long time since Drew captured a win, but he has been a model of consistency for the Sooners in his collegiate career. We spoke about the upcoming season, how he prepared himself mentally and physically for each competitive round....and the PGA Tour U implications that lie ahead for him in his senior season.
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Lance Ringler - Golfweek's College Golf Insider
June 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
amateur golf, college golf, golf podcast, golfweek, lance ringler, national golf invitational, pga tour
My guest on this episode is Lance Ringler from Golfweek. The truth is that Lance Ringler has been covering college and amateur golf for nearly a quarter of a century. He coached colllege golf, he still writes, he knows rankings inside and out, he will forget more about college golf than I will ever know. Jack of all trades. That's what I should have used.....College Golf's JAck of all Trades. Oh well, maybe I'll use that for the next episode with Lance. We just scratched the surface in this one....we spoke about PGA Tour U, Rankings, College Golf, the TWO tournaments that he runs....the National Golf Invitational and the Hoosier Amateu
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Jacob Modleski - 2024 Jones Cup Invitational Champion
April 30th, 2024 | 40 mins 8 secs
amateur golf, college golf, golf podcast, jacob modleski, jones cup invitational, notre dame golf, pga tour
My guest on this episode is Jacob Modleski, who is finishing up an impressive freshman season at Notre Dame. He picked up a win this spring at the Johnnie-O Collegiate at Sea Island, but his big breakout was in January at the Jones Cup Invitational. Winning that tournament has opened all kinds of doors for Jacob, and I'm sure that I will be seeing quite a bit of him this summer at some of the biggest tournaments in amateur golf.
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Chris Haack - University of Georgia Men's Golf Coach
February 19th, 2024 | 1 hr 12 mins
ajga, amateur golf, chris haack, college golf, georgia bulldogs, junior golf, pga tour
The HAACKER stopped by The Back of the Range before heading to Puerto Rico for the opening tournament of the season. And guess what happened....yep, the Dawgs won. Great conversation with one of the best college golf coaches in the game!
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Hunter Hamrick - On the Bag for Nick Dunlap
January 25th, 2024 | 40 mins 22 secs
alabama, amateur golf, american express, golf podcast, masters, nick dunlap, pga tour, pgatouru, usga
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.
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Erick Morales - Devil's Elbow Invitational Co-Founder
November 7th, 2023 | 50 mins 54 secs
amateur golf, erick morales, golf podcast, mid-amateur golf, pga tour, puerto rico golf association, puntacana
My guest on this episode is Erick Morales from Puerto Rico. An accomplished mid-amateur that has competed in numerous USGA championships and Puerto Rico Opens on the PGA TOUR...now he turns his attention to creating a new mid-amateur championship in the Dominican Republic....the Devil's Elbow Invitational.
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Ludvig Aberg - How to Make a Ryder Cup Team in 100 Days
October 27th, 2023 | 44 mins 11 secs
golf podcast, ludvig aberg, luke donald, pga tour, ryder cup, sweden, viktor hovland
My guest on this episode is Ludvig Aberg. We spoke how his life has changed since turning pro...specifically, being named to the European Ryder Cup team that was victorious in Italy this past fall.
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Dudley Hart - Associate Head Coach, Florida Gators
September 25th, 2023 | 1 hr 18 mins
amateur golf, dudley hart, fred biondi, gators golf, golf podcast, masters, ncaa golf, pga tour
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.