The ModGolf Podcast
Host Colin Weston explores the future of golf through conversations with the entrepreneurs, visionaries and influencers who are shaking up the sport.
Displaying items 161-165 of 165 in total of The ModGolf Podcast with the tag "future of golf".
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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, Jeff Monday, ModGolf, ModGolfPodcast, Myrtle Beach Golf, Myrtle Beach World Amateur, World Am, future of golf, golf, golf innovation, golf tournament
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
July 4th, 2017 | Season 1 | 34 mins 56 secs
#growgolf, Blue Ocean Strategy, Crossing The Chasm, GolfBoard, Jeff Dowell, Laird Hamilton, Lean Startup, ModGolf, ModGolf Podcast, Surf The Earth, future of golf, golf, golf disruption, golf innovation
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, Guillaume Béland, Guy Laliberté, Jack Nicklaus, Lune Rouge, MSOP, Major Series of Putting, ModGolf, ModGolf Podcast, Nicklaus Design, Populous, future of golf, golf, golf disruption, golf innovation, las vegas, 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, GolfMatch, Lean Startup, ModGolf, ModGolf Podcast, Peter Kratsios, future of golf, golf, golf disruption, golf innovation, 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 | 4 mins 24 secs
Golf Digest, ModGolf, Sports, disruptors, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, future of golf, golf, golf business, golf disruptors, golf innovation, golf innovators, golf podcast, innovation, pga, pga tour, sport podcast, startup
Hello world, welcome to 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 15 is now available along with our 190+ previous engaging episodes.