the golf guy
Not your typical golf podcast...
Larry the Golf Guy interviews a wide variety of guests from within the golf industry – ranging from top teaching pros, club pros at leading clubs, golf architects, industry and golf association executives and others. Have a listen!
Latest Episodes
The Golf Guy Podcast — Suzy Whaley, PGA of America Hall of Famer and the 41st President of the PGA of America
Suzy Whaley has had an amazing career in golf — member of the PGA of America Hall of Fame, 41st President of the PGA of America, nationally recognized teacher, first woman to qualify for a PGA tour event (2003 GHO) since Babe Zaharias, and the list goes on. We talk with Suzy about how she got started in the game, her college golf experience, her pivot from heading to law school to playing on the LPGA Tour, her subsequent transition to teaching while continuing to play at a high level, the challenges of facing COVID as President of the PGA, her current role with Golf Nation and her thoughts on how to increase the exposure for the women’s game.
The Golf Guy Podcast — Gary McCord, long-time PGA Tour player and CBS golf commentator
Gary McCord had a lengthy career on Tour, playing in over 400 PGA Tour events and then playing in another 161 events on the Champions Tour (with two victories), but Gary is probably best known for his 33 year career as a member of the CBS golf telecast crew from 1986-2019. We talk with Gary about life on Tour in the early 70’s with Monday qualifying, his lead role in creating the all-exempt Tour in 1983, how he got his start with CBS in 1986 and what it was like to work with legendary producer Frank Chirkinian, his experiences as a broadcaster at The Masters and his banishment from the tournament in 1994, and his role in the movie Tin Cup and how Ron Shelton based several key scenes on Gary’s real life experiences on Tour. We also get Gary’s take on the distance debate and the Tour/LIV schism (and some ideas as to how to bridge that divide).
