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 “pga of america”.
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Embracing A “Give First” Attitude To Build A Successful Business - Matt Fisher, The Mr. Short Game YouTube channel
August 17th, 2021 | Season 10 | 35 mins 2 secs
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"I needed to let things go in order to grow". Golf YouTuber Matt Fisher - creator of Mr. Short Game - joins us to share how his entrepreneurial recipe of staying focused, consistency, authenticity and willingness to give back first has positioned his business for exponential growth.
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Inspiring Women To Build a Career In The Golf Industry - Kelly Hunt, Founder of GolfHers
August 11th, 2021 | Season 10 | 35 mins 33 secs
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Welcome to Season 10 of The Modgolf Podcast! Our guest host Dr. Greta Anderson sits down with Kelly Hunt - The Founder of GolfHers - to learn how she is building a community platform to increase the number of women in the golf industry from 5% currently to a future goal of 50%.
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SEASON 9 WRAP-UP / SEASON 10 PREVIEW
July 20th, 2021 | Season 9 | 18 mins 30 secs
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That's a wrap for Season 9 of The ModGolf Podcast! Our team is currently working on your next twelve episodes for Season 10, which launches mid-August 2021. We heard some amazing stories from a diverse group of guests who discussed how inclusion, technology, entertainment, music, celebrity, hospitality and community building intersect to shape the future of golf.
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Lessons Learned On The PGA Tour To Raise Your Mental Performance - Dick Zokol, CEO and Founder of MindTRAK Golf
June 23rd, 2021 | Season 9 | 34 mins 33 secs
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Nicknamed "Disco Dick" after playing a 1982 PGA Tour event wearing a Sony Walkman, two-time tour winner Dick Zokol joins us to share how listening to music on course to calm his hyperactive mind was the insight that led to the creation of MindTRAK Golf.
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The PGA Professional Who Became The “Director of Fun” - Keith Stewart, ESPN Radio Show Host
June 9th, 2021 | Season 9 | 42 mins 5 secs
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"The golf world is really growing and is becoming so much more engaging. It reminds me of when I was a kid just starting to get involved with golf, knowing nothing about it and everything was new to me. Now it feels new all over again and it's a lot of fun." Keith Stewart joins us to share how he focused on strengths rather than weaknesses to develop his communication skills and find his voice in the golf industry.
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The "Accidental Agronomist" Who Became A Golf Industry Connector - Shelia Finney, Senior Director of Member Programs at The GCSAA
May 19th, 2021 | Season 9 | 33 mins 36 secs
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"For most of these kids it's the first time they've been on a golf course. I remember being on a field trip and one little girl on a green reached down to touch it and said "It's REAL!!" It's a wonderful way to introduce the kids in that class - young women in particular - to golf”. Shelia Finney, Senior Director of Member Programs at The GCSAA joins us to share her transformation from "accidental agronomist" to golf industry connector.
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Entrepreneurial Lessons Learned Over 25 Years Of Constantly Innovating - Martin Wyeth, Founder & CEO at Power Tee
May 13th, 2021 | Season 9 | 36 mins 39 secs
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"The art of inventing new products is being able to separate your good ideas from your bad ideas. A lot of people marry themselves to bad ideas because they fall in love with their creation. So whenever I come up with an idea I'm extremely hard on it and I try to disprove it in every conceivable way." Entrepreneur/Engineer Martin Wyeth joins us to share the quarter century journey that led to the creation of Power Tee.
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Innovating In The Golf Nonprofit Space To Help Charities Flourish - Eric Sedransk, Founder of Member For A Day
May 5th, 2021 | Season 9 | 35 mins 29 secs
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"I received hundreds of messages from all around the world thanking me and wanting to donate additional rounds. It was a movement. I hit on an emotional element within human beings that works." Eric Sedransk, Founder of Member For A Day joins us to share how he applied a Lean Startup mindset to unlock value in the nonprofit and golf charity space.
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Disrupting The Market By Solving Customer Pains and Problems - Bodo Sieber, CEO of Tagmarshal
April 17th, 2021 | Season 9 | 45 mins 15 secs
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"Slow pace of play continued to be a key negative experience factor for golfers and course operators. No one was building technology-led solutions to relieve this pain point, so we did." Tagmarshal Co-Founder and CEO Bodo Sieber joins us to share his entrepreneurial journey and how they create innovative solutions to reduce on-course traffic jams.
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Building The Wakanda For Young Black Golfers - Andy Walker, Director of The UGA Academy & Player Development
April 10th, 2021 | Season 9 | 38 mins 50 secs
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"It's so much bigger than just the technology involved. When we talk about creating The Wakanda For Golf, we're referring to Black Panther which was such a hit for people of colour because for the first time there's a hero that looks like us. Now talented young black golfers are going to be inspired by seeing people that look and talk like them, who are competing, practicing and grinding on their game." Andy Walker, Director of The UGA Academy & Player Development joins us to share how he's passionately giving back to the game he loves.