The ModGolf Podcast
Host Colin Weston explores the future of golf through conversations with the visionaries and influencers that are shaking up the sport.
We found 10 episodes of The ModGolf Podcast with the tag “future of golf”.
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Creating Innovative Products That Find Their Customers First - Klaus Eldrup-Jørgensen / TrackMan (011)
July 18th, 2017 | Season 1 | 33 mins 17 secs
#growgolf, blue ocean strategy, future of golf, golf, golf disruption, golf innovation, klaus eldrup-jørgensen, lean startup, major league baseball, mlb, modgolf, modgolfpodcast, statcast, trackman, trackman golf
TrackMan began in 2003 with a vision of making practice sessions more efficient and fun by introducing radical innovation to the golf industry. On this episode of the ModGolf Podcast, Trackman co-founder and CEO Klaus Eldrup-Jørgensen tells his entrepreneurial journey which started as a trained medical doctor and ex-Danish National Golf Team member who believed Doppler radar could accurately track a golf ball. Fourteen years later, TrackMan is the industry leader with five golf-based ball tracking products, along with developing the StatCast visual tracking for Major League Baseball.
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Growing The Game By Hosting The World's Biggest Golf Tournament - Jeff Monday / Myrtle Beach World Amateur (010)
July 11th, 2017 | Season 1 | 38 mins 21 secs
#growgolf, 19th hole, future of golf, golf, golf innovation, golf tournament, jeff monday, modgolf, modgolfpodcast, myrtle beach golf, myrtle beach world amateur, world am
How do you help grow the popularity of golf? By hosting the world's biggest golf tournament and after-party! Going into the 34th year, The Myrtle Beach World Amateur annually hosts players from the 50 United States and over 30 countries. 3,100 players teed it up in the 2016 tournament, and participation is expected to grow yet again. The event boasts 72 holes of net, stroke play on over 60 championship golf courses, followed every night by their massive "19th Hole" golf party. Players are placed in flights based on gender, age and handicap to keep the competition fun, fair and equitable.
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"Surf The Earth" To Make Golf More Fast, Fun and Popular - Jeff Dowell / GolfBoard (009)
July 4th, 2017 | Season 1 | 34 mins 56 secs
#growgolf, blue ocean strategy, crossing the chasm, future of golf, golf, golf disruption, golf innovation, golfboard, jeff dowell, laird hamilton, lean startup, modgolf, modgolfpodcast, surf the earth
This week host Colin Weston speaks with Jeff Dowell, President of GolfBoard. Since their launch at the 2014 PGA Merchandise Show, GolfBoard is steadily changing how golfers get around the course as a fun, fast and exhilarating alternative to the traditional golf cart. Jeff explains how GolfBoard is poised for rapid growth as they prepare to "Cross The Chasm" on the Product Adoption Curve from their community of passionate early adopters and into the Early Majority phase where the real business opportunity to scale lies.
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A 'Blue Ocean Strategy' For Golf - Guillaume Béland / The Major Series of Putting (006)
June 13th, 2017 | Season 1 | 31 mins 14 secs
#growgolf, cirque du soleil, future of golf, golf, golf disruption, golf innovation, guillaume béland, guy laliberté, jack nicklaus, las vegas, lune rouge, major series of putting, modgolf, modgolf podcast, msop, nicklaus design, populous, putting, skills based gaming
This week's guest is Guillaume Béland, President of Lune Rouge and the new golf tournament event series called . In the business world a "Blue Ocean Strategy" occurs when a company succeeds not by battling competitors, but by systematically creating "blue oceans" of uncontested market space that are ripe for growth. The Major Series of Putting (MSOP) is creating just that in the $70 billion per year golf industry by turning putting greens into blue oceans.
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Creating A Social Community Around Golf - Peter Kratsios and GolfMatch (005)
June 5th, 2017 | Season 1 | 36 mins 40 secs
#growgolf, future of golf, golf, golf disruption, golf innovation, golfmatch, lean startup, modgolf, modgolf podcast, peter kratsios, social network
GolfMatch has been referred to as "The ultimate social network for golfers where, like a dating app, users can find the best matches to play a round of golf with and then share their experiences with groups and friends". On this episode of the ModGolf Podcast, founder and CEO Peter Kratsios talks about his entrepreneurial journey from a "golf nut looking for more like-minded people to play with" to the creation, launch and continued growth of GolfMatch.
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Welcome to The ModGolf Podcast!
April 26th, 2017 | 2 mins 12 secs
disruptors, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, future of golf, golf, golf business, golf digest, golf disruptors, golf innovation, golf innovators, golf podcast, innovation, modgolf, pga, pga tour, sport podcast, sports, startup
Hello world, this is the ModGolf Podcast! Here's our show trailer to give you a taste for how since May 2017 we showcase the entrepreneurs, innovators, influencers and disruptors who are shaping the future of golf. Season 14 is now available along with our 170+ previous engaging episodes.