The Back of the Range
Weekly interviews from prominent amateurs, coaches, and personalities from the game of golf!
Displaying all 4 Episode of The Back of the Range with the tag “sunnehanna amateur”.
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Tyler Watts - 2025 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion
August 8th, 2025 | 34 mins 4 secs
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Our guest on this episode of The Back of the Range is junior phenom, Tyler Watts from Huntsville, Alabama. The winner of the 2023 Jones Cup Junior Invitational has been trending upwards since his runner-up finish in 2024 at the U.S. Junior and this summer captured one of the most prestigious title in amateur golf, the Sunnehanna Amateur title.
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Ben Warian - 2024 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion
July 3rd, 2024 | 39 mins 51 secs
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My guest on this episode of The Back of the Range is Ben Warian from Stillwater, Minnesota. Last month, he captured the 2024 Sunnehanna Amateur title in Johnstown, PA. This was Ben's first appearance at the Sunnehanna, and he sure did made it count. We spoke about his career at the University of Minnesota, what lies ahead for him this summer and what it means to him to compete in his final U.S. Amateur in his home state of Minnesota.
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Jackson Van Paris - 2023 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion
June 20th, 2023 | 53 mins 11 secs
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My guest on this episode is the 2023 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion, Jackson Van Paris. We spoke about his massive win last week, his two years playing at Vanderbilt, and what lies ahead for the rest of the summer!
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Elite Amateur Golf Series - Interview with Andy Priest, Exec. Director of Southern Golf Association
December 8th, 2021 | 32 mins 23 secs
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My guest on this episode is Andy Priest, the executive director of the Southern Golf Association. We spoke about the newly announced Elite Amateur Golf Series. The seven championships that make up the series have a distinguished history hosting the top talent and competitive play in amateur golf. These championships are the Sunnehanna Amateur, Northeast Amateur, North & South Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Amateur, Southern Amateur, Pacific Coast Amateur and Western Amateur.