If you didn’t get the chance to listen to all of our twelve Season 9 episodes, this bonus show gives you a recap of the great conversations I had with some of the golf industry's top influencers, innovators and entrepreneurs. Hopefullly this will inspire you to listen to a couple of the episodes listed below.

Our Season 9 guests were:

Episode 1
Dr. Greta Anderson - Founder of Dr. Greta Golf
BUILDING A BUSINESS THAT HELPS PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH GOLF

Episode 2
James Cronk - Co-Founder of Golf Industry Guru
UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER NEEDS TO CREATE VALUE FOR THE GOLF INDUSTRY

Episode 3
Kathy Erikson - Creator and Owner, The Shortgame Place
CREATING A BUSINESS MODEL THAT MAKES GOLF ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE

Episode 4
Mike Yagley - VP of Innovation at COBRA PUMA Golf
THE JOURNEY TO CREATE THE WORLD’S FIRST 3D PRINTED PUTTER

Episode 5
Andy Walker - Director of The UGA Academy and Player Development
BUILDING THE WAKANDA FOR YOUNG BLACK GOLFERS

Episode 6
Bodo Sieber - CEO of Tagmarshal
DISRUPTING THE MARKET BY SOLVING CUSTOMER PAINS AND PROBLEMS

Episode 7
Charlie Watson - CEO of Tiidal Gaming and Lazarus Esports
CREATING NORTH AMERICA'S FIRST ESPORTS GOLF COMPETITION EVENT

Episode 8
Eric Sedransk - Founder, Member For A Day
INNOVATING IN THE GOLF NONPROFIT SPACE TO HELP CHARITIES FLOURISH

Episode 9
Martin Wyeth - Founder and CEO at Power Tee
ENTREPRENEURIAL LESSONS LEARNED OVER 25 YEARS OF CONSTANTLY INNOVATING

Episode 10
Shelia Finney - Senior Director of Membership Programs at The GCSAA
THE "ACCIDENTAL AGRONOMIST" WHO BECAME A GOLF INDUSTRY CONNECTOR

Episode 11
Keith Stewart - Writer and ESPN Radio Show Host
THE PGA PROFESSIONAL WHO BECAME THE “DIRECTOR OF FUN”

Episode 12
Dick Zokol - CEO and Founder of of MindTRAK Golf
LESSONS LEARNED ON THE PGA TOUR TO RAISE YOUR MENTAL PERFORMANCE

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Special Guests: Andy Walker - Director, UGA Academy & Player Development, Bodo Sieber, Co-Founder and CEO of Tagmarshal, Charlie Watson, CEO at Tiidal Gaming & Lazarus Esports, Dick Zokol - CEO and Founder of MindLink Golf, Dr. Greta Anderson - Founder of Dr. Greta Golf and LPGA Teaching Professional, Eric Sedransk - Founder and CEO at Member For A Day, James Cronk - Co-Founder & President, Golf Industry Guru, Kathy Erikson, Owner/Creator/Designer of The Short Game Place, Keith Stewart - Golf Radio Show Host, Writer and Media Personality, Martin Wyeth - Founder & CEO at Power Tee, Mike Yagley - VP of Innovation and AI at COBRA Golf, and Shelia Finney - Senior Director of Member Programs at The GCSAA.

Want to enter but don't live on Vancouver Island? The #VIRLShowdown is the first of what will be many larger scale tournaments that Lazarus Esports will be rolling out, so your chance to participate will be coming soon!

Click on the image below to check out our extended conversation with Charlie on our Youtube Channel!

You can learn more about Lazarus Esports and connect with Charlie on his bio page.

The #VIRLShowdown finals took place on May 3rd 2021 and we are excited to be part of future Golf Esports tournaments!

You can find out more about Lazarus Esports by visiting their website

Show Notes and Charlie Quotes
"Gaming has that massive ability to heal and to bring people together. That is what this event and eSports is all about. There are no limits, there is no bounds. I can play with someone in Asia, Africa, South America or someone that is just down the road from me and that's the power of gaming and eSports.'

"You see livestreams that have 700,000 viewers just for their three hour broadcasts, so it's just phenomenal to see what's happening in our industry. I've been in this industry for twelve years now and in many ways I feel like I'm late to it, but the great thing is there's so much creation and innovation happening so you're absolutely not late joining the party. We have a lot of room in the sandbox for people to come in and play."

"Adopting the creative play and the freedom of expression of eSports will take an older demographic game like golf and bring it towards a younger audience. That will increase the user base, viewership, content creation, social marketing, the word of mouth and really start to get kids excited about golf again."

About Lazarus
Lazarus Esports “LZR” is Canada’s first established esports team in 2010. They are a professional esports and entertainment organization dedicated to industry growth, developing the Canadian market, fostering amateurs to compete at the highest level & supporting professional gamers and content creators at the highest level for greater success.

LZR is currently ranked 1st in Canada, 10th in North America and 29th in the world for esports earnings and was also the highest earning team at the Fortnite World Cup in New York winning $3.45M USD and holds two Guinness World Records.

For more information, please visit lazarus.gg or it’s parent company, tiidal.gg

Special Guest: Charlie Watson, CEO at Tiidal Gaming & Lazarus Esports.