The Back of the Range

Will King - 2025 Kansas State Amateur Champion

August 2nd, 2025  |  39 mins 19 secs

USGA, amateur golf, college golf, jayhawks, kansas golf, u.s. amateur, will king

My guest on this episode is Will King from the University of Kansas Men's Golf Team. Will just picked up a huge win at the Kansas State Amateur, adding his name to a prestigious list of champions and building even more momentum heading into the fall season with the Jayhawks. We talked about life on the KU golf team, what it means to represent that storied program, and the tight-knit culture they’ve built in Lawrence. And with the U.S. Amateur looming at Olympic Club, Will gave us some insight into how he’s preparing for one of the biggest events in amateur golf.

Jay Sigel - Remembering a Legend of Amateur Golf

April 20th, 2025  |  54 mins 16 secs

USGA, amateur golf, jay sigel, walker cup

In this episode, we remember one of the true legends of amateur golf, Jay Sigel. Jay lost his battle with cancer on April 19th, 2025. This is a re-airing of the episode that he did with me back in 2019.

Cameron Tankersley - Ole Miss Men's Golf

January 29th, 2025  |  24 mins 34 secs

USGA, amateur golf, cameron tankersley, college golf, golf podcast, ole miss, patriot all-america

My guest on this episode is Cameron Tankersley from Ole Miss Men's Golf. He just picked up his first amateur win at the 2024 Patriot All-America and will look to help lead the #1 ranked Rebels to the National Championship in May. Great conversation with one of the most consistent collegiate golfers in the country.

Scott Harvey - Founder of the East West Matches

October 26th, 2024  |  21 mins 45 secs

USGA, amateur golf, east west matches, golf podcast, maridoe golf club, scott harvey, stewart hagestad

Great conversation with the founder of the East West Matches, Scott Harvey. We previewed the upcoming matches at Maridoe Golf Club as the series is currently tied 1-1.

Anna Davis - 2024 Illini Women's Invitational Champion

October 23rd, 2024  |  20 mins 4 secs

USGA, anna davis, auburn, augusta national women's amateur, college golf, curtis cup, footjoy, golf podcast

Great conversation with Anna Davis after her win at the Illini Women's Invitational. We spoke about her experience on the U.S. Curtis Cup team this summer and also what lies ahead for her this spring at Auburn.

Hannah Darling - 2024 ANNIKA Intercollegiate Champion

September 19th, 2024  |  20 mins 46 secs

USGA, annika award, annika sorenstam, curtis cup, golf podcast, hannah darling, louise rydquist, r&a, scotland, south carolina

Great conversation with Hannah Darling, the 2024 ANNIKA Intercollegiate Champion. We spoke about her win and also leading her GB&I team to a Curtis Cup victory at Sunningdale.

Josele Ballester - 2024 United States Amateur Champion

September 4th, 2024  |  54 mins 12 secs

USGA, amateur golf, arizona state, college golf, golf podcast, hazeltine, josele ballester, masters, u.s. amateur

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.

Noah Kent - 2024 United States Amateur Finalist

September 4th, 2024  |  57 mins 51 secs

Augusta National, Iowa, USGA, amateur golf, college golf, golf podcast, hazeltine, noah kent, the masters, u.s. amateur

My guest on this episode of TBO is Noah Kent, a rising sophomore for the Iowa Men's Golf team and also the runner-up in this summer's United States Amateur Championship. I've known Noah for a few years now, I would see him during the Terra Cotta Invitational in Naples, Florida....which is essentially his hometown tournament. He had a great freshman campaign at Iowa that included five Top 20 finishes.

Although he did win both his stages of qualifying for this year's U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine, he came in well below the radar. And after a first round 77 at Hazeltine in the stroke play portion, it didn't look like Noah would be around for long in Minnesota. That all changed in a hurry after a 64 at Chaska Town Course, the U.S. Am companion site, that vaulted him into the match play portion of the championship. And that was just the beginning.

During this episode, we spoke about his miracle run all the way into the Championship match against eventual winner Josele Ballester. We also spoke about his fans, that donned yellow Caitlin Clark t-shirts. Clark shirts rooting for Kent.....Clark Kent....yes, sometimes the headlines really are too good to be true.

Neal Shipley - Low Amateur of the 2024 Masters

April 17th, 2024  |  40 mins 42 secs

Augusta National, USGA, amateur golf, masters, neal shipley, ohio state, tiger woods

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....

Amanda Sambach - University of Virginia Women's Golf

April 2nd, 2024  |  31 mins 28 secs

USGA, acc champion, amanda sambach, amateur golf, augusta national women's amateur, college golf, curtis cup, virginia golf

​My guest on this episode is Amanda Sambach from the University of Virginia. The reigning ACC Champion is making another trip to Augusta this week to compete against the best amateurs in the world at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.