Kevin Thistle - CEO, The PGA of Canada
Special guest
Kevin has been a Golf Guy all his life. He's been madly in love with everything about golf from cleaning golf cars at Seaton GC to hosting the RBC Canadian Open twice at Angus Glen GC, forming a world class team at Coppinwood Golf, being blessed enough to be the GM at The Toronto Hunt to building a course with Ehlert/ Mickelson in Calgary to his present position of CEO for the PGA of Canada and EVERYTHING/ EVERYWHERE/ EVERYBODY in between. Kevin is a passionate ambassador for the game of golf and who loves his family, friends and life.
Kevin Thistle - CEO, The PGA of Canada has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Season 6 Wrap-up / Season 7 Preview
October 31st, 2019 | Season 6 | 18 mins 17 secs
#growgolf, adam heieck, azucena maldonado, blue ocean strategy, buffalo agency, buffalo.agency, dale merrit, entrepreneurship, future of golf, gina rizzi, golf canada, golf channel, golf genius, golfpay, innovation, kevin thistle, latina golfers, lean startup, modgolf, modgolfpodcast, pga, pga of canada, radius sports group, renee mauborgne, reviver sport entertainment, rich katz, startup, tee it forward, usga, we are golf, youth on course
Host Colin Weston recaps the best from each of our ten Season 6 guests, along with a preview of Season 7 which will premiere early January 2020.
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Building Links That Welcome Newcomers To The Game - Kevin Thistle / The PGA of Canada (063)
April 30th, 2019 | Season 6 | 39 mins 31 secs
#growgolf, entrepreneurship, future of golf, golf canada, golf channel, innovation, kevin thistle, laurence applebaum, lean startup, modgolf, modgolfpodcast, pga, pga of canada, startup, usga, we are golf
“We need to link a newcomer's first golf experience to a golf course experience in a friendly, welcoming and inclusive way in order for the game to grow." This week PGA of Canada CEO Kevin Thistle joins us to share how his organization is showing thought leadership by taking an open and innovative educational approach to teaching the next generation of golf professionals around the world.